ABC Fun Storybooks

A list of preschool storybooks listed alphabetically by title to be used with ABC Fun & 1-2-3, a literature-rich preschool homeschool curriculum for ages 3-6.

If you buy only this book, you will have invested in 44 quality stories that your kids will love! Mine read their favourites in this book over and over!

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A

B
 The Tale of Benjamin Bunny – Beatrix Potter
 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies – Beatrix Potter
 The Boy at the Beach – Niki Daly
 Blueberries for Sal – Robert McCloskey
 The Story of Babar – Jean de Brunhoff*
Find other stories about boats, bears, bunnies or babies!

D
 The Story About Ping – Marjorie Flack
 Make Way for the Ducklings – Robert MacCloskey*
 The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck – Beatrix Potter
 Angus Lost – Marjorie Flack

E
 Elephant - Judy Allen
 Growing Up in Africa's Elephant Kingdom: The Story of Little Bull – Ellen Foley James
 Bashi, Elephant Baby – Theresa Radcliffe
 The Story of Babar – Jean de Brunhoff*
 The Emperor’s Egg – Martin Jenkins
 Edward the Emu – Sheena Knowles

F
 The Story of Ferdinand – Munro Leaf*
 Swimmy – Leo Lionni*
 Frederick’s Tales – Leo Lionni
 A Boy a Dog and a Frog – Mercer Mayer*
 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher – Beatrix Potter
 The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies – Beatrix Potter

G
 Goodnight Moon – Marjorie Wise Brown*
 Goodnight Gorilla – Peggy Rathman*
 Petunia – Roger Duvoisin*

H
 The Little House – Virginia Lee Burton
 Harry the Dirty Dog – Gene Zion*
 A House for a Hermit Crab – Eric Carle
 The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle – Beatrix Potter
Look out for stories about Horses or an abridged version of Heidi by Johanna Spyri.

I
 Inch by Inch – Leo Lionni
 I am an Artist – Pat Lowery Collins
 If You Were Born a Kitten –Marion Dane Bauer

J
 Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? – Nancy White Carlstrom
 The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck – Beatrix Potter
 The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher – Beatrix Potter
 The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse – Beatrix Potter

K
 Katy No-Pocket – Emmy Payne
 The Tale of Tom Kitten – Beatrix Potter
 Katie Morag Delivers the Mail – Mairi Hedderwick
 Kalinzu and the Oxpeckers – Jeremy Grimsdell

L
 Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie – Peter and Connie Roop
 Lentil - Robert McCloskey
 Livingstone Mouse – Pamela Duncan Edwards
 Lester’s Dog – Karen Hesse
 The Big Concrete Lorry – Shirley Hughes

M
 Madeline – Ludwig Bemelmans*
 A Chair for my Mother – Vera B. Williams*
 Goodnight Moon – Marjorie Wise Brown*
 Mister Magnolia – Quentin Blake*
 Mirette on the High Wire – Emily Arnold McCully
 The Tale of Two Bad Mice – Beatrix Potter

N
 The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin – Beatrix Potter
 Noah – Patricia Lee Gauch
 Miss Nelson is Missing – Harry Allard*

O
 Little Oh – Laura Krauss Melmed
 Why Can’t I Fly? – Ken Brown (select digital version)
 Owen – Kevin Henkes*
 Old Hushwing – Alan Brown

P
 The Story about Ping – Marjorie Flack
 A Pig Called Shrimp – Liz Taylor
 The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter
 Petunia – Roger Duvoisin*
 Pi-shu, the Little Panda – John Butler

Q
 The Queen’s Knickers – Nicholas Allan*
 The Quangle Wangle’s Hat – Helen Oxenbury

R
 Roberto and the Fountain of Lights – Donna Reid Vann
 The Velveteen Rabbit – Marjorie Flack
 The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter
 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi – retold by Jerry Pinkney
 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer – retold by Barbara Shook Hazen

S
 One Child, One Seed – Kathryn Cave
 Gift of the Sun – Diane Stewart
 The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats
 Swimmy – Leo Lionni*
 Solo – Paul Geraghty

T
 Tabby the Wild Cat – Dana Kubick
 Freight Train – Donald Crews*
 Titch – Pat Hutchins*
 The Tub People – Pam Conrad*

U
 Up and Up – Shirley Hughes
 The Lion and the Unicorn – Shirley Hughes
 Mary Poppins – P.L Travers

V
 Verdi – Janell Cannon
 Veronica – Roger Duvoisin
 The Velveteen Rabbit – Marjorie Flack
 Camille and the Sunflowers – Laurence Anholt

W
 Winnie the Pooh – A.A. Milne
 The Woodpecker’s Forest – Keizaburo Tejima
 The Whales’ Song – Dyan Sheldon and Gary Blythe
 Big Blue Whale – Nicola Davies
 The Wind’s Song – Jenny Seed

X
 Looking at the Xhosa – Pat and Roger de la Harpe
 Ox-Cart Man – Donald Hall
 Fox in Socks – Dr. Seuss

Y
 Yertle, the Turtle - Dr Seuss
 Children of the Yangtze River – Svend Otto S.
 Not Yet, Yvette – Helen Ketteman

Z
 Hi, Zoleka! – Gcina Mhlophe
 Alison’s Zinnia – Anita Lobel
 Looking at the Zulu – Pat and Roger de la Harpe

ABC Books
 Richard Scarry’s ABC Word Book
 Animal Alphabet – Bert Kitchen
 ABC Book of Feelings – Marlys Boddy
 Quentin Blake’s ABC
 Alfie’s ABC – Shirley Hughes
 Lucy & Tom’s ABC – Shirley Hughes
 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault*
 Alison’s Zinnia – Anita Lobel

You could also read any other ABC book/s that you find.


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