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There are so many great books for this age group but I have picked some of my favorites to share with you. At this age, there is not a lot of attention span. This means that shorter books with pictures tend to be best. Here are some of my recommends for the best books for 2-4-year-olds.
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2-year-old books
The above books are all books that I personally own and HIGHLY recommend. They are all board books so your little one won’t rip any pages. These books are all fairly short with good graphics. The Good Night series and the Little Blue Truck series are my favorites. There are so many Good Night books with some being location specific, some are people specific and others are themed.
3-year-old books
Guess what? I also own each of the above recommended books and LOVE them! My favorites are the Little Critter books. There are many of these with a lot of different life topics. Books for having a new baby, moving, going to the dentist, etc. More recently, they came out with a few that deal with life morals like being thankful.
The Give a mouse a Cookie series also has some fun other books. Here are a few.
4-year-old books
At 4-years-old, attention spans get a little longer and there is more understanding. Imaginations are really developing too! Here are my top picks for this age.
Some of these books are from my childhood that my kids now love reading like the Berenstein Bears series. They have great life lessons in them, but are still fun to read and often silly.
Well, these are my recommendations for the best books for 2-4-year-olds. What are your favorite kid books for these age groups? I would love to get some recommendations for my kids!
For some adult book recommendations see my post about Audible books.
Dear zoo is one of my favourite!
I just shared a few of our favorite books on my blog. Brown Bear is definitely at the top!
I loved Dear Zoo when I was a kid! Sadly never got around to getting it for mine, & they’re too old now 🙁
My daughter loves The Hungry Caterpillar board book as well as Giraffe’s Can’t Dance. She is 3. Duck and Goose has some great board books as well.