Books for 3-Year-Olds Who Love Animals

At three, children start following simple stories and love guessing what happens next. Picture books with repetition and rhyme keep them turning the pages. These picks are full of animals, from pets and farm animals to jungle creatures, chosen so the story matters as much as the animal.

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  • If you give a Mouse a Cookie

    Laura Numeroff · ages 3–5

  • Hello, Goodbye

    David Lloyd · ages 0–3

  • It Wasn't Me

    Lucy Barnard · ages 3–5

  • Bertie The Buffalo

    Wendy H. Jones · ages 6–8

  • Worrysaurus

    Rachel Bright · ages 3–7

  • Where is my Teddy

    ages 3–5

  • Maisy Learns to Swim

    Lucy Cousins · ages 3–5

  • Thats not my Tractor

    Usborne · ages 1–3

  • Peppa Pig My mummy

    ages 3–5

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Eric Carl · ages 3–5

  • Peppa Pig

    ages 3–5

  • George's First Day at Playgroup

    ages 3–5

  • Kipper's A to Z

    Mick Inkpen · ages 3–5

  • Itsy Bitsy Spider and other rhymes

    Samantha Meredith · ages 3–5

  • Squirrels who Squabbled

    Rachel Bright and Jim Field · ages 3–5

  • Maisy Plays Soccer

    Lucy Cousins · ages 3–5