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To help you support early literacy at home weve created this list ofsome of our favourite books to enjoy with your child during their first five years

Rediscover classics explore something new and read what you love To borrow any of these great books visit hplca to place a hold through the

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I Hamilton Public Library FREEDOM TO DISCOVER

100 Books to Read

Before Starting Kindergarten

2018 Edition

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Animals Canada Animals Paul Covello Click Clack Surprise Doreen Cronin Different Same Heather Tekavec Frank and Laverne David Whamond Mr Kings Machine Genevieve Cote Mr Postmouse Takes a Trip Marianne Dubuc Pirates Perfect Pet Beth Ferry 1he Snow Knows Jennifer McGrath Whos Next Door Mayuko Kishira Won Ton and Chopstick Lee Wardlaw

Bed Time A Bedtime Yarn Nicola Winstanley If Kids Ruled 1he World Linda Bailey I Love You More and More Nicky Benson Sing a Song of Bedtime Barbara Reid Sleepy Bird Jeremy Tankard Sleepyheads Sandra J Howatt Time Now to Dream Timothy Knapman Turn on the Night Geraldo Valerio Zoomberry Dennis Lee

Be Yourself A Tiger Tail Mike Boldt 1he Bad Seed Jory John Hana Hashimoto Sixth Violin Chieri Uegaki Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress Christine Baldacchino Super Red Riding Hood Claudia Davila 1he Cranky Ballerina Elise Gravel 1he Paper Bag Princess Robert Munsch 1he Thing Lou Couldnt Do Ashley Spires Walk on the Wild Side Nicholas Oldland What Noise Do I Make Brian Mclachlan

Colours Butterfly Park Elly MacKay Claymates Dev Petty Colors Versus Shapes Mike Boldt Dinosaur Dance Sandra Boynton Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns Hena Khan Five Green and Speckled Frogs Priscilla Burris One is Not A Pair Britta Teckentrup Red is Best Kathy Stinson Sidewalk Flowers JonArno Lawson

Imagination A Squiggly Story Andrew Larsen Dinosaurs in Disguise Stephen Krensky If I Had a Gryphon Vikki VanSickle How To Julie Morstad Lets Play Herve Tullet Nancy Knows Cybele Young Peterrific Victoria Kann Picture the Sky Barbara Reid Scribble Ruth Ohi 1he Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Drew Daywalt 1he Wish Tree Kyo Maclear 1he Word Collector Peter H Reynolds

Feelings A Surprise for Giraffe and Elephant Paul Gude

Betty Bunny Wants a Goal Michael B Kaplan Captain Monty Takes the Plunge Jennifer Mook-Sang

Giraffe Meets Bird Becca Bender My Heart Fills With Happiness Monique Gray Smith

Scaredy Squirrel has a Birthday Party Melanie Watt 1he Good for Nothing Button Mo Willems

We Sang You Home Richard Van Camp When Sophies Feelings Are Really Really Hurt Molly Bang

Food 1he Bagel King Andrew Larsen

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie Laura Joffe Numeroff Mealtime Kimberley Faria

More Blueberries Susan Musgrave Ten Hungry Pigs Derek Anderson

1he Very Hun~ Caterpillar Eric Carle Toto s Apple Mathieu Lavoie

Friendship Charlotte and the Rock Stephen W Martin

Duck amp Goose Tad Hills Franklins Rocket Team Paulette Bourgeois Fox and Squirrel Make a Friend Ruin Ohi

I Got a New Friend Karl Edwards Ooko Esme Shapiro

Places to Be Mac Barnett Snow Day Werner H Zimmermann

1he Fabulous Friend Machine Nick Bland

Family Are We There Yet Dan Santat

Carson Crosses Canada Linda Bailey How Do Dinosaurs Choose Their Pets Jane Yolen

King Baby Kate Beaton Love Emma Dodd

Mamas Day with Little Gray Aimee Reid Once Upon a Golden Apple Jean Little

Splat the Cat and the Big Secret JE Bright Worm Loves Worm JJ Austrian

Sharing A Day in Canada Per-Henrik Garth

Ill Wait Mr Panda Steve Antony In the Red Canoe Leslie A Davidson

Little Blue Chair Cary Fagan Music is for Everyone Jill Barber

1his House Once Deborah Freedman We Found A Hat Jon Klassen

Will Bear Share Hilary Leung

Reading ABCs on Wheels Ramon Olivera

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin D Is for Dress Up Maria Carluccio Gerald McBoing Boing Dr Seuss

Rockv Mountain ABCs Jocey Asnong 1he Alphabet Boole With No Pictures BJ Novak

1he Boy amp 1he Book David Michael Slater 1he Story Starts Here Caroline Merola

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My Heart Fills With Happiness

Peter H Reynolds Jeremy Tankard Hilary Leung Barbara Reid Monique Gray Smith