Here are the top 30 bestselling early learning books for 3 year olds. Please click Read Review to read book reviews on Amazon. You can also click Find in Library to check book availability at your local library. If the default library is not correct, please follow Change Library to reset it.
1. First 100 Words
by: Roger Priddy Release date: May 10, 2011 Number of Pages: 26 Find in Library Read Review |
Your little one will soon learn some essential first words and pictures with this bright board book. There are 100 color photographs to look at and talk about, and 100 simple first words to read and learn, too. The pages are made from tough board for hours of fun reading, and the cover is softly padded for little hands to hold.
2. Little Blue Truck’s Christmas
by: Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry Release date: Sep 23, 2014 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Little Blue Truck is spreading cheer by delivering Christmas trees to his animal friends. Can you help count each green tree from one to five and back again? Don’t forget to save one for Blue! Beep! Beep!
With the gentle rhythm and signature illustration style that made Little Blue Truck a household name, Blue’s new adventure is full of holiday warmth. Sturdy cardstock pages, a compact and child-friendly text, and flashing colored Christmas lights on the final page come together in a novelty gift book that’s sure to be the favorite treat of the season.
3. The Day the Crayons Quit
by: Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers Release date: Jun 27, 2013 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Beige Crayon is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking—each believes he is the true color of the sun.
What can Duncan possibly do to appease all of the crayons and get them back to doing what they do best?
Kids will be imagining their own humorous conversations with crayons and coloring a blue streak after sharing laughs with Drew Daywalt and New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers. This story is perfect as a back-to-school gift, for all budding artists, for fans of humorous books such as Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith, and for fans of Oliver Jeffers’ Stuck, The Incredible Book Eating Boy, Lost and Found, and This Moose Belongs to Me.
Praise for The Day the Crayons Quit
Amazon’s 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year
A Barnes & Noble Best Book of 2013
Goodreads’ 2013 Best Picture Book of the Year
Winner of the E.B. White Read-Aloud Award
* “Hilarious . . . Move over, Click, Clack, Moo; we’ve got a new contender for the most successful picture-book strike.” –BCCB, starred review
“Jeffers . . . elevates crayon drawing to remarkable heights.” –Booklist
“Fresh and funny.” –The Wall Street Journal
“This book will have children asking to have it read again and again.” –Library Media Connection
* “This colorful title should make for an uproarious storytime.” –School Library Journal, starred review
* “These memorable personalities will leave readers glancing apprehensively at their own crayon boxes.” –Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Utterly original.” –San Francisco Chronicle
4. Numbers Colors Shapes (First 100)
by: Roger Priddy Release date: May 10, 2011 Number of Pages: 26 Find in Library Read Review |
Your little one will soon learn their first numbers, shapse and colors with this bright board book. There are 100 color pictures which they will love to look at, and 100 simple first words to learn, too. The pages are made from tough board for hours of fun reading, and the cover is softly padded for little hands to hold.
5. Where Is Baby’s Belly Button? A Lift-the-Flap Book
by: Karen Katz, Karen Katz Release date: Sep 01, 2000 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
“Where are Baby’s hands? Under the bubbles!”
“Where are baby’s eyes? Under her hat!”
6. Potty (Leslie Patricelli board books)
by: Leslie Patricelli, Leslie Patricelli Release date: Sep 14, 2010 Number of Pages: 28 Find in Library Read Review |
With pitch-perfect humor and pacing, Leslie Patricelli follows the inner dialogue (sure to have little ones shouting responses) and hilarious actions of everyone’s favorite Baby, winding up with an over-the-top look of surprise and delight that will have both parents and offspring laughing out loud–“I did it!”
7. Peek-A Who?
by: Nina Laden Release date: Feb 01, 2000 Number of Pages: 10 Find in Library Read Review |
8. Baby Touch and Feel: Animals
by: DK Release date: Jan 21, 2008 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
This USA Today bestselling board book encourages tiny fingers to explore and develop fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. Babies will meet adorable puppies, kittens, penguins, and other animals throughout the pages of the book.
Filled with real-life animal photographs featuring touch-and-feel textures that help children develop their knowledge while increasing their use of senses, Baby Touch and Feel: Animals is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won’t tear. Your baby can practice animal recognition and perfect animal noises while touching the novelty textures on the pages.
With over one million copies sold, Baby Touch and Feel: Animals is the perfect book for your child’s bookshelf.
About the series:
Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a tantalizing texture to touch. These safe novelty textures intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, and opposites.
9. Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things That Go
by: Richard Scarry Release date: Jun 01, 1998 Number of Pages: 72 Find in Library Read Review |
10. Doggies (Boynton on Board)
by: Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton Release date: Oct 11, 1984 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.
11. Thanksgiving Is for Giving Thanks! (Reading Railroad)
by: Margaret Sutherland, Sonja Lamut Release date: Sep 11, 2000 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
12. Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!
by: Dr. Seuss Release date: Nov 26, 1996 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
13. Wipe Clean: Letters (Wipe Clean Learning Books)
by: Roger Priddy Release date: Mar 01, 2004 Number of Pages: 28 Find in Library Read Review |
Help your child learn to write letters with this amazing wipe-clean book. The outlines to complete and activities to do make writing practice simple! The special pen included allows letters to be written again and again?simply wipe them away with a cloth.
14. The Sweet Smell of Christmas (Scented Storybook)
by: Patricia M. Scarry Release date: Sep 23, 2003 Number of Pages: 36 Find in Library Read Review |
15. Trace Letters, Ages 3 – 5 (Big Skills for Little Hands®)
by: Brighter Child, Carson-Dellosa Publishing Release date: Mar 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
16. Moo Baa La La La
by: Sandra Boynton Release date: Nov 30, 1982 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
Serious silliness for all ages. Artist Sandra Boynton is back and better than ever with completely redrawn versions of her multi-million selling board books. These whimsical and hilarious books, featuring nontraditional texts and her famous animal characters, have been printed on thick board pages, and are sure to educate and entertain children of all ages.
17. Just Me and My Dad (Little Critter)
by: Mercer Mayer, Mercer Mayer Release date: Mar 02, 2001 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
18. Mix It Up!
by: Herve Tullet Release date: Sep 16, 2014 Number of Pages: 56 Find in Library Read Review |
Accept Hervé Tullet’s irresistible invitation to mix it up in a dazzling adventure of whimsy and wonder. Follow the artist’s simple instructions, and suddenly colors appear, mix, splatter, and vanish in a world powered only by the reader’s imagination. Tullet—who joins such greats as Eric Carle and Leo Lionni as a master of his craft—sets readers on an extraordinary interactive journey all within the printed page. Tullet prompts plenty of giggles in addition to a profound understanding of colors, and once again displays his unique genius and vision in a work that is a glorious and richly satisfying companion to Press Here.
19. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed (A Five Little Monkeys Story)
by: Eileen Christelow Release date: Jul 31, 2012 Number of Pages: 30 Find in Library Read Review |
20. My First Touch & Feel Picture Cards: First Words (My 1st T&F Picture Cards)
by: DK Release date: Dec 05, 2005 Number of Pages: 16 Find in Library Read Review |
Featuring subjects that babies love including toys, food, and clothing, My First Touch & Feel Picture Cards: First Words contain photographs and textures on the front of the cards to keep young children engaged, while the back of the cards have related questions for additional talking points. In addition to English, each card includes pronunciations in Spanish, French, German and Chinese. A parents’ guide that contains ideas for simple and advanced games to enhance the learning experience rounds out the package.
With more titles available including Animals, Things That Go, and Colors & Shapes, My First Touch & Feel Picture Cards often are recommended by speech language pathologists for building receptive and expressive language skills in children with speech delays.
21. Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever (Giant Golden Book)
by: Richard Scarry, Golden Books Release date: Sep 01, 1999 Number of Pages: 70 Find in Library Read Review |
Words, words, words! They define everything and kids want to define their world. Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever is frankly the best word book ever!!! From the Bear’s home to the beach, from the airport to the zoo, verbs, numbers, parts of the body, every oversized spread has hundreds of things to look at, point to, and identify.
Pigs, cats, rabbits, and bears, all doing what we do every day—playing with toys, driving fire engines, and experiencing life, just like the avid readers of this classic favorite.
In print for fifty years, this book has sold over a half million copies. . . . That’s over a billion words learned by children all over the world.
Learning has never been more fun!
22. Trace Numbers, Ages 3 – 5 (Big Skills for Little Hands®)
by: Brighter Child, Carson-Dellosa Publishing Release date: Mar 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 32 Find in Library Read Review |
23. Hands Are Not for Hitting (Board Book) (Best Behavior Series)
by: Martine Agassi Ph.D., Marieka Heinlen Release date: Feb 15, 2002 Number of Pages: 24 Find in Library Read Review |
In this bright, inviting, durable board book, simple words and full-color illustrations teach these important concepts in ways even very young children can understand.
Created in response to requests from parents, preschool teachers, and childcare providers, this book belongs everywhere young children are. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.
24. My Very First Book of Colors
by: Eric Carle, Eric Carle Release date: May 19, 2005 Number of Pages: 20 Find in Library Read Review |
25. Llama Llama’s Little Library
by: Anna Dewdney Release date: Oct 03, 2013 Number of Pages: 56 Find in Library Read Review |
Included in this set:
Llama Llama Wakey-Wake
Llama Llama Nighty-Night
Llama Llama Hoppity-Hop
Llama Llama Zippity-Zoom
26. The Little Engine That Could (Original Classic Edition)
by: Watty Piper, George Hauman, Doris Hauman Release date: Jul 31, 2001 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review |
27. Curious George Good Night Book (CGTV Tabbed Board Book)
by: H. A. Rey, Margret Rey Release date: May 23, 2007 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
28. Baby Touch and Feel: Puppies and Kittens (Baby Touch & Feel)
by: Dorling Kindersley Release date: Sep 01, 2008 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
Filled with real-life puppy and kitty photographs that feature touch-and-feel textures that babies can stroke, tickle, and touch, Baby Touch and Feel: Puppies and Kittens is the perfect size for small hands. Its padded cover can withstand biting and throwing while its thick sturdy board pages won’t tear. Your baby can practice animal recognition and perfect animal noises while touching the novelty textures on the pages.
About the series:
Baby Touch and Feel books are the perfect series for the very youngest readers. These small, padded books excite babies and toddlers with their foil and touch-and-feel covers. Each book in this affordable series contains twelve vibrant interior pages with bold, engaging images. Containing large word labels, each page has foil or glitter to behold or a tantalizing texture to touch. These safe novelty textures immediately intrigue babies and are perfect for little fingers to feel. The Baby Touch and Feel series encourages sensory development, language skills, and early reading skills while teaching colors, shapes, patterns, and opposites.
29. God Gave Us You
by: Lisa Tawn Bergren, Laura J. Bryant Release date: Sep 19, 2000 Number of Pages: 40 Find in Library Read Review |
As Mama bear tucks her youngest cub under the quilts, she gently, tenderly, and reassuringly communicates the message loving parents everywhere (bears and non-bears alike) want their little ones to hear: “We wanted you very, very much, and we are so very glad because—God gave us you.”
Perfect for bedtime, naptime, storytime or anytime, God Gave Us You provides a valuable opportunity to build children’s self-esteem every day and assure each one that he or she truly is a welcomed, precious, and treasured gift from the Lord.
Also available in the God Gave Us series:
God Gave Us Two
God Gave Us Christmas
God Gave Us Heaven
God Gave Us Love
God Gave Us So Much
30. First 100 Words Bilingual (Spanish Edition)
by: Roger Priddy Release date: Feb 19, 2013 Number of Pages: 14 Find in Library Read Review |
Best Selling Books for 3 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- Sports & Outdoors
Recommended Books for 3 year olds:
- Action & Adventure
- Activities, Crafts & Games
- Animals
- Biographies
- Classics
- Comics & Graphic Novels
- Early Learning
- Education & Reference
- History
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Humor
- Literature & Fiction
- Mysteries & Detectives
- Religions
- Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Myths
- Sports & Outdoors
Best Selling Early Learning Books for:
- 1 Year Olds
- 2 Year Olds
- 3 Year Olds
- 4 Year Olds
- 5 Year Olds
- 6 Year Olds
- 7 Year Olds
- 8 Year Olds
- 9 Year Olds
- 10 Year Olds
- 11 Year Olds
- 12 Year Olds
- Teen & Young Adults
Recommended Early Learning Books for:
- 1 Year Olds
- 2 Year Olds
- 3 Year Olds
- 4 Year Olds
- 5 Year Olds
- 6 Year Olds
- 7 Year Olds
- 8 Year Olds
- 9 Year Olds
- 10 Year Olds
- 11 Year Olds
- 12 Year Olds
- Teen & Young Adults
Last updated: Monday, December 5, 2016 2:54 AM