books for preschool age kids

This collection is recommended for older toddlers who aren't quite school-age but are curious, excited about the world, and ready to get more from their books! We've focused more on activity and interactive books rather than story books to minimize potential challenges with language barriers.

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Wipe-clean books

• Dry erase books, $7.99 (marker included)
• These books are so great for kids who are ready to start exploring the world of writing and drawing! They are sturdy and can handle multiple cleanings - and if the marker provided is lost or smashed or runs out, it can be replaced with any regular dry erase marker.
• We have about 30 wipe-clean books in all! I would particularly recommend books that focus on puzzles, activities, numbers, and basic letters so that the language barrier isn't an issue. 

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Buy Wipe-Clean books here - suggested books: Puzzles, 123, Alphabet, Farm Activities, Dinosaur Activities

1,000 Animals

• Hardcover with cardstock pages ($14.99)
• Each page is filled with tons of animals! They are organized by region, characteristics, colors... it's a great way for kids to connect with animals they know and to be introduced to new species.

Buy 1,000 Animals here

Big Book of Big Machines

• Hardcover with cardstock pages ($14.99)
• Such a fun book for exploring big machines! Farm machines, mining, flying, floating... the book is full of brightly colored illustrations to pore over. And even more fun, there are four giant fold-out pages to emphasize how big these machines are. Also available in the series: dinosaurs, trucks, animals, bugs, etc.

Buy Big Book of Big Machines here

Big Book of English Words

• Board book, $14.99
• To help introduce kids to basic English, this book offers theme-based pages filled with illustrations and simple English words correlations. But it can also be used verbally to expand the children's primary vocabulary.

Buy the Big Book of English Words here

Big Book of Things to Spot

• Paperback, $12.99
• Lots of big books! This one is a great way to engage young kids and help them problem solve. Each page shows a scene, and along the edges of the pages, you see objects to find within the scene - the greenhouse page, for example, includes 8 strawberries, 4 snails, 2 watering cans, among many other objects. What's great, though, is that even without English, kids can participate because they can connect the images with numbers and search from there.

​Buy the Big Book of Things to Spot here

You Choose

• Hardcover, $12.99
• This book is full of illustrations to get your imagination going and start conversations. There are minimal words, making it easy to improvise as you go! Imagine where you'd live, what you would wear, what animal you'd choose for a pet, etc. with many many options on each page.

Buy You Choose here

Lift-the-Flap Shapes

• Hardcover flap book, $13.99
• Usborne has oodles of lift-the-flap books that are interactive and helpful for teaching basic elements. Lift-the-Flap Shapes introduces shapes in a variety of ways to help kids recognize shapes and understand how they can transform.

Buy Lift-the-Flap Shapes here

Muddle and Match: Adventure

• Board book, $8.99
• There are six books in the Muddle and Match series. The books contain thick board book pages, each of which is split into three flippable parts - for the character's head/shoulders, torso, and legs. Kids love mixing and matching the characters in these books to make up their own stories about them.  

Buy Muddle and Match Adventure here - or check out the other books in the series

Little Artists

• Set of four board books, $10.99
• Each board book introduces a different type of art form (musician, dancer, fashion designer, artist). Simple stories with minimal words, and also could work well for verbal storytelling by guessing what's happening in each illustration.

Buy Little Artists here

My First Word Book

• Cardstock book, $9.99
• Each page is filled with simple illustrations to help young kids learn basic words about the world around them. The pages are organized into topics, such as animals, food, vehicles, parts of the body - even action words. Good for introducing basic English but also effective to converse verbally about everyday objects.

Buy My First Word Book here