Explore April book list and themes for your child. Come join along with our weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids as we share spring themed books and activities for your preschooler!
Are you ready to see which themes and books we’re featuring? Take a look below. Take a moment to search your bookshelf, reserve them at the library or I’ve included links to Amazon for easy shopping.
We choosen fun themes that work with several books this April!
April Book List for Kids
This is an awesome collection of April Books to go along with these April Activities for your child to read at home after school.
Each week in our Weekly Virtual Book Club for Kids we’ll share a book list of themed books to match the theme of the week too.
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Bug Books for Kids
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
- The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer
- The Backyard Bug Book for Kids by Lauren Davidson
- The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
- Backpack Explorer: On the Nature Trail by Editors of Storey Publishing
- The Honeybee by Kirsten Hall
Gardening Books for Kids
- Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
- Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
- The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
- Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn
- The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
- Hello, World! Garden Time by Jill McDonald
Spring Books for Kids
- Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson
- Little Blue Truck’s Springtime by Alice Schertle
- Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring by Kenard Pak
Weather Books for Kids
- All About Weather by Huda Harajli
- Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons
- Freddy the Frogcaster by Janice Dean
- Worm Weather by Jean Taft
- Little Cloud by Eric Carle
- Hello, World! Weather by Jill McDonald
Easter Books for Kids
- The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
- How to Catch the Easter Bunny by Adam Wallace
- The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
- Hopper by Marcus Pfister
- Happy Easter, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
- The Night Before Easter by Natasha Wing
- The Good Egg by Jory John
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr Books
- Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr by Sara Khan
- Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr by Lisa Bullard
- Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi
- The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard
- Ramadan by Hannah Eliot
- Moon’s Ramadan by Natasha Khan Kazi
- It’s Ramadan, Curious George by H. A. Rey
Passover Books for Kids
- It’s Passover, Grover! by Jodie Shepherd and Joe Mathieu
- Passover: A Celebration of Freedom (Big Golden Book) by Bonnie Bader
- The Story of Passover by David A. Adler
- More Than Enough: A Passover Story by April Halprin Wayland
- Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail by Leslea Newman
- The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah by Leslie Kimmelman
- The Night Before Passover by Natasha Wing
Earth Day Books for Kids
- My Friend Earth by Patricia MacLachlan
- Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by Oliver Jeffers
- One Earth by Eileen Spinelli
- The EARTH Book by Todd Parr
- Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years by Stacy McAnulty
- Our Planet! There’s No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty
- Big Earth, Little Me by Thom Wiley
Arbor Day Books for Kids
- The Magic and Mystery of Trees by Jen Green
- The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City Forever by H. Joseph Hopkins
- The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng by Sophia Gholz
- Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids by Gail Gibbons
- Kate, Who Tamed The Wind by Liz Garton Scanlon
- The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
- The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest by Lynne Cherry
- Tree Full of Wonder by Anna Smithers
April Themes for Kids
- Spring Flower Activities
- Outdoor Spring Activities
- Easter Activities
- Spring Gardening Activities
- Earth Day Activities
- Insect Activities
- Weather Themed Activities
- Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
There you have it. A month full of ideas for your child to do after school this April. Plus several hand-picked books to extend with activities.
Which one will you read first?
Here’s an example from a previous year’s book club…
- April 3-
Theme: Easter/Eggs/Chicks
Featured Book: Peep and Egg: I’m Not Hatching
by Laura Gehl - April 10-
Theme: Airplanes
Featured Book: The Noisy Airplane Ride by Mike Downs - April 17-
Theme: Earth
Featured Book: The EARTH Book by Todd Parr - April 24-
Theme: Nursery Rhymes
Featured Book: Pick your favorite Nursery Rhyme
by Laura Gehl
by Todd Parr
Don’t forget to sneak back to our Bunny Week when we featured Knuffle Bunny Activities!
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Here’s the book themed activity ideas that we share on Mondays that highlight the April Book List.
- Alphabet
- Names
- Pre-Writing
- Numbers
- Shapes
- Colors
- Fine Motor
- Gross Motor
- Cooking
- Science
- Sensory
Best part is that it’s all free to join! Are you ready to join the spring book fun each week with your preschooler?
Leave me a comment below if you’re ready to join us each week with book themed fun for your child and you!
These sound great.I´d love to participate but getting hold of these books are difficult as we live in Spain!: (
Tracey we use a lot of youtube videos to read books. Plus all of our themes were chosen to go along with any type of book. So if you can find a book based on our themes there you can easily do the preschool activities with your child at home. Let me know if you have any more questions.