ABC Fun & 1-2-3 Story Books

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.

44 Stories in One Book

The stories marked with an asterisk (*) can all be found in one publication: The 20th-Century Children's Book Treasury: Picture Books and Stories to Read Aloud selected by Janet Schulman.

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!

The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter

The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter is another worthwhile compilation in which to invest.

All the links on the titles below will take you to Amazon.com where you can preview and purchase the books if you choose.

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
Owen - Kevin Henkes*
Old Hushwing - Alan Brown

P
The Story about Ping - Marjorie Flack
A Pig Called Shrimp -v 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.