A list of recommended books to read at playgroup

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle
• Cat by Mike Dumbleton and Craig Smith
• Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
• Five Little Ducks illustrated by Dan Yuccarino
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Nick Page and Claire Fennell
• Handa’s Hen by Eileen Brown
• Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Brown
• I Know an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly by Nikki Smith
• I Went Walking by Sue Williams and Julie Vivas
• Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth
• Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams and Julie Vivas
• Mr Gumpy’s Motor Car by John Burningham
• Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle
• Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
• Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale
• The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
• The Gingerbread Man by Janet Brown and Ken Morton
• The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Stephen Carpenter
• The Three Little Pigs by Sharon Harmer
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• The Wheels on the Bus by Penny Dann
• The Wonkey Donkey by Craig Smith and Katz Cowley
• Titch by Pat Hutchins
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
• Where is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek
• Where’s Spot? by Eric Hill
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen

Additional reading resources

Raising Literacy Australia - aims to educate parents, carers and the childhood sector of the importance of reading, playing, talking and singing with children right from the start.

Let’s Read - a national early literacy initiative that promotes reading with children from birth.

Indigenous Literacy Foundation - resources for Indigenous families to promote reading.

Libraries SA - South Australia’s more than 130 public libraries work collaboratively to provide a service to all South Australians.

Words Grow Minds - resources for parents and carers to help babies and young children thrive in the critical early years.