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The Ultimate List of Book Activities for Kids

The ultimate collection of activities to use with popular children’s books! These picture book activities for Kindergarten and Preschool are fun and easy to do!

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the Ultimate List of Books Activities for Kids!

At The Educators’ Spin On It, we’ve been sharing with you fun and easy Book Activities with our Virtual Book Club Weekly Plans for many years! These have made quite a collection of popular children’s books and book extensions to do with them.

They are now all available in one spot in this ultimate list of book activities for kids.

These books and activities are perfect to use for these popular book events:

You’ll find a variety of popular children’s books and many of your favorite children’s authors including Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, Julia Donaldson, Laura Numeroff, Mo Willems, Mem Fox, and more.

Book Activity Ideas for Kids

100+ Picture Book Activities for Kids

This collection of popular picture books for children shares our top picks for books and book activities to go along with them. Individually this guide shares with you 100+ books as well as several themed book lists for you to explore and read with your child.

We’re not alone in our love for these children’s books, you can find many of them on lists like 100 Children’s Books to Read in a Lifetime from Amazon Editors or 100 Favorite Books For Young Readers from NPR.

Child reading in a tent

These featured books were my children’s favorite in our home with my 3 children as well as in my Kindergarten classroom year after year. We put together fun book activities to go along with these popular books for tons of un and learning inspired by BOOKS!

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Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood

The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson

https://www.amazon.com/Rained-Hearts-Felicia-Bond-2006-12-12/dp/B01F7X9UOQ?crid=ZHDL1ADSYEPO&keywords=the+day+it+rained+hearts&qid=1646168557&sprefix=the+day+it+rained+hearts+%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=4a277a817cdbd951cbe68939e9e53dcb&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type  by Doreen Cronin

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes

Book Activity Ideas for Kids

Corduroy by Don Freeman 

The Day It Rained Hearts by Felicia Bond

https://www.amazon.com/Dot-Peter-H-Reynolds/dp/0763619612?crid=1MT0M00WIMEZS&keywords=The+Dot&qid=1646168685&sprefix=the+dot%2Caps%2C123&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=0d27cf32b11b3566627edc354f479a33&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds 

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

https://www.amazon.com/Easter-Egg-Jan-Brett/dp/039925238X?keywords=the+easter+egg+jan+brett&qid=1646169190&s=books&sprefix=the+easter+e%2Cstripbooks%2C112&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=b7f996d502a5c6200d9f23867bd7d2e8&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? by Mo Willems

The Easter Egg by Jan Brett

Five Little Pumpkins  by Dan Yaccarino

Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert

https://www.amazon.com/Freight-Train-Donald-Crews/dp/068880165X?encoding=UTF8&qid=1646168820&sr=1-2-bc8857be-3dda-4d87-931c-fb888d986596&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=7f207a395ac5b545eab7318a7c35f85e&language=en_US&ref=as_li_ss_tl

Freight Train by Donald Crews

Book Activity Ideas for Kids

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Brown Wise

Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle

The Gruffalo by Julie Donaldson

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

Hopper by Marcus Pfister

How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow  by Monica Sweeney

If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff

https://www.amazon.com/Its-Mine-Leo-Lionni/dp/0679880844?crid=2CUDQD7SQU0UQ&keywords=it%27s+mine&qid=1646170482&s=books&sprefix=it%27s+mine+%2Cstripbooks%2C132&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=82cce8e96247fc917ebd51bcb8e68538&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

It’s Mine by Leo Lionni

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems

Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert 

Leaves, Leaves, Leaves  by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Blue-Truck-Alice-Schertle/dp/0152056610?encoding=UTF8&qid=1646170951&sr=1-2&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=f586ed8409fec3808a1dfa732f23536a&language=en_US&ref=as_li_ss_tl

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney

Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans

Maggie’s Chopsticks by Alan Woo

The Mitten by Jan Brett

Mouse Count by Ellen Stohl Walsh 

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

https://www.amazon.com/No-David-Shannon/dp/0590930028?crid=1JGLN13G47T52&keywords=no+david&qid=1646171683&s=books&sprefix=no+david+%2Cstripbooks%2C129&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=3b8b416aa59f2e305bf201df161ce30c&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

No David by David Shannon 

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Patrick Benson

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin

A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon

Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean

Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann and Elizabeth Kann

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Ehlert

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt

Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Shubh Diwali! by Chitra Soundar and Charlene Chua

Spoon by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman and Sylvia Long

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Time for Bed by Mem Fox

Time to Sleep by Denise Fleming

Touch the Art: Make Van Gogh’s Bed by Julie Appel and Amy Guglielmo

Toy Boat by Randall de Seve

https://www.amazon.com/Very-Busy-Spider-Eric-Carle/dp/0399211667?encoding=UTF8&qid=1646175125&sr=8-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=f910fadec1d9958e38626c20bde83508&language=en_US&ref=as_li_ss_tl
https://www.amazon.com/Very-Quiet-Cricket-Avenues/dp/0399218858?encoding=UTF8&qid=1646175216&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=21879c6d4c2dee6ef8343378a9b450ed&language=en_US&ref=as_li_ss_tl

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

The Wide-Mouthed Frog (A Pop-Up Book) by Keith Faulkner

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

Weezer Changes the World by David M. McPhail

https://www.amazon.com/Wheres-My-Teddy-Jez-Alborough/dp/0763698717?keywords=where%27s+my+teddy+jez+alborough&qid=1646175531&s=books&sprefix=where%27s+my+teddy+%2Cstripbooks%2C97&sr=1-1&linkCode=ll1&tag=thedsponit02-20&linkId=c4aedad1c97d9e498ed7286bfc1b4886&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

Where’s My Teddy? by Jez Alborough

 Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

The Wooden Camel by Wanuri Kahiu

mom reading christmas book to children with santa hats on

Christmas Themed Book Activities

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth 

Pick a Pine Tree by Patricia Toht

Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Merry Christmas, Mouse!  by Laura Numeroff

Children at library for summer readying

Themed Children’s Book Lists

Adult reading books for children

Books by Month

Take these book extension activities to create your preschool lesson plans and picture book activities for kindergarten. Many of these stories we included as part of our after school activities at home.

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