Animals and More Animals

So many animals for preschoolers to love. They come from so many climates and so many countries. I have separated animals into many subcategories. These are the books I love to share with preschoolers and see what they really think about all the different animals. I teach some of these themes during the year and they love them all.

Birds

• Owlet's First Flight by Mitra Modarressi
• How Do Birds Find Their Way? by Roma Gans
• Six Crows by Leo Lionni
• Hummingbirds by Avelyn Davidson
• From Chick to Robin by Melvin and Gilda Berger

Farm

• Old MacDonald Had a Dragon by Ken Baker
• Inside a Barn in the Country by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
• Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
• Cows and Their Calves by Margaret Hall

Forest

• Beavers by Melvin and Gilda Berger
• Who Lives in the Forest by Scholastic
• Black Bear Cub By Alan Lind
• Over in the Forest by Marianne Berkes
• Big Tracks, Little Tracks by Millicent E. Selsam

Jungle

• The Loudest Roar by Thomas Taylor
• Who Is the Beast? by Keith Baker
• Rumble in the Jumble by Giles Andreae
• The Umbrella by Jan Brett
• The Jungle Run by Tony Mitton

Pet

• Chester by Melanie Watt
• Please, Puppy Please by Spike and Tonya Lewis Lee
• The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
• Just One More Pet by Mercer Mayer
• A Dog's Life by Acorn

Pond

• Pond Circle by Betsy Franco
• Over in a River by Marianne Berkes
• In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
• The Big Wide Mouthed Frog by Ana Martín Larrañaga
• A Frogs Life by Acorn

Reptile

• The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
• Crocodile Beat by Gail Jorgensen
• The Foolish Tortoise by Eric Carle
• Great Snakes by Fay Robinson
• Lizards by Laura Marsh

Savannah

• A Mama for Owen by Marion Dane Bauer
• Hidden in the Grass 
• Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
• Cheetahs by Laura Marsh
• Here is the African Savannah by Madeleine Dunphy

Sea

• Poles Apart by Dr. Mark Norman
• I Love Sharks
• I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
• Big Al by Andrew Clements Yoshi
• Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian

Zoo

• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? By Bill Martin Jr.
• Animal Strike at the Zoo, It's True! by Karma Wilson
• The View at the Zoo by Kathleen Long Bostrom
• I Love You, Zoo Borns! by Andrew Bleiman
• A B C Zoo Borns by Andrew Bleiman

General

• Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
• Who Has This Tail? by Laura Hulbert
• Say What? by Angela DiTerlizzi
• My Book of Animals
• While the World is Sleeping? by Pamela Duncan Edwards
• Animals Talk by Arthur Dorros
• Who's Looking at You? by Stéphane Frattini
• If You Were a Panda Bear by Wendell and Florence Minor
• Whose Teeth are These? by Kris Hirschmann
• Big Babies, Little Babies