Elizabeth Dale
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A high-energy read-aloud that turns engineering failure into pure comedy; the illustrations do half the storytelling work.
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Nothing at All
by Wanda Gág
Picture book · ages 3–7 · 1941
Gág's anarchic 1941 picture book is pure imaginative chaos—a kid with nothing makes increasingly ridiculous things happen, no moral, no lesson, just delightful absurdist momentum.
Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes
by Marguerite de Angeli
Picture book · ages 3–7 · 1970
De Angeli's illustrations are warm and period-detailed without being cloying; this is the read-aloud collection that actually works across the 3–7 span because the rhymes carry kids who can't read yet and entertain those who can.
Press Here
by Hervé Tullet
Picture book · ages 3–7 · 2011
The most interactive picture book ever printed — kids feel like they're controlling the book, and the physical act of pressing and turning pages holds toddler attention better than any story could.