14 best books age 3s

Books for children aged 3 are typically designed to introduce them to important concepts related to growing up, life facts, and various aspects of the world around them. These books aim to be engaging, age-appropriate, and often feature colorful illustrations. Here are some popular types of children's books for 3-year-olds:

Board Books: These books are made of durable, thick pages, perfect for little hands. They often cover simple concepts like colors, shapes, numbers, and basic vocabulary.
Picture Books: Picture books for 3-year-olds often include engaging stories with vibrant illustrations. They can explore themes like friendship, family, and basic life experiences.
Interactive Books: Interactive books may have flaps to lift, textures to touch, or buttons to press, providing a multisensory experience for young children.
Concept Books: These books help children learn about important concepts like emotions, manners, and daily routines in an easy-to-understand way.
ABC and 123 Books: These books introduce the alphabet and numbers through engaging visuals and simple text, helping children start to recognize letters and count.
Animal Books: Many children's books for this age group feature animals as main characters, teaching kids about different animals and their behaviors.
Bedtime Books: Bedtime stories are often soothing and help establish a calming bedtime routine for young children.
Potty Training Books: These books can be helpful when it comes to teaching children about using the potty in a friendly and reassuring manner.
First Experiences Books: These books address common first experiences like going to the doctor, starting preschool, or welcoming a new sibling, helping children understand and cope with these changes.
Classic Children's Books: Classic books like "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown and "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle are timeless favorites for young children.

It's important to choose books that are age-appropriate, with simple text and engaging visuals, to capture the attention and interest of 3-year-olds.These books can play a crucial role in early childhood development, fostering a love for reading and providing valuable life lessons.

Below you can find our editor's choice of the best books age 3s on the market

Horizons Preschool for Three's Curriculum Set

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Every Last Word

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Big Skills for Little Hands® Trace Shapes Workbook—Learning Shapes, Colors, Fine Motor Skills, Tracing Activity Book for Preschool–Kindergarten (32 pgs)

Brighter Child

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PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES

This workbook helps your child get ahead with continued practice at home.

ENGAGING EXERCISES

Grade-appropriate activities help children develop essential skills in a fun and engaging way.

KINDERGARTEN READINESS

Set your child up for success with the skills they need for confident learning in kindergarten.

My Little Library: Bible Stories (12 Board Books & 3 Downloadable Apps!)

Little Grasshopper Books

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The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs

Da Capo Lifelong Books

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The Wall: A Timeless Tale (Happy Fox Books) A Children's Picture Book About the Benefits of Diversity, How We Thrive When We Work Together, and the Damage That Can Be Done by Barriers Between Us

Happy Fox Books

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The Wall

Learn what happens when a wall separates a once thriving kingdom.

When a king realizes that people in his kingdom are different from him, he banishes everyone to the other side of a wall!

However, he soon realizes that his kingdom isn’t what it used to be.

The realm was once flourishing with singers and sculptors, dancers and astronomers, and everyone in between. Now they are all gone.

The king tries different fixes until, bit by bit, he develops an enthusiastic appreciation for his original, diverse kingdom.

Whose idea was it to build that silly wall, anyway?

The importance of a diverse and thriving society

A realm suffers from its citizens' departure, then slowly comes back together again as the residents return, bringing all their life experience and unique ways of thinking with them.

How people in power can make mistakes

No one's right all the time, and even royalty can make a bad decision. Learning from our mistakes is how we grow!

An interactive way to explain borders

The pop-up wall inside The Wall divides the newly separated kingdom in two in a way that's visual, palpable, and easy for young children to understand.

Conversation Starters for Parents

It's important for children to appreciate people who might be different from them, but it can also be difficult for grownups to teach that lesson in a fun and memorable way.

The Wall from Happy Fox Books is the perfect way to get a conversation about diversity started!

This colorful children's picture book provides a positive view of a multicultural and thriving society, subtly suggesting all the wonderful kinds of people we might miss meeting when we don't practice tolerance and acceptance.

Buzzy Bumblebee Counts Her 1,2,3's: Preschool Rhyming Counting Book for Kids ages 0-5

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My Book of Simple Multiplication (Kumon Workbooks)

Kumon Publishing North America

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Retire Before Mom and Dad: The Simple Numbers Behind A Lifetime of Financial Freedom

Glenbrook Press

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Boris Gets a Lizard: Branches Book (Boris #2) (2)

Scholastic Inc.

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Kansas Jayhawks ABCs and 1-2-3s Second Edition

Ascend Books

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What is the Tiny Tutors Series?

The Tiny Tutors Series is a line of children's books published by Ascend Books with the help of educators and child development experts. These books are designed to be simple for parents to use as they help build their children's foundation of skills that they'll carry all through life. The Tiny Tutor Series helps build skills in reading, counting, color identification, and so much more! Be sure to look for the latest books in the Tiny Tutors Series to help your child build the cornerstone skills they'll need to succeed as they grow and learn.