Collection: 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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  • Maisy Goes to a Sleepover

    Lucy Cousins · ages 3–5

  • Zookeeper Zoe

    Daniel Prince · ages 3–5

  • Peppa Pig My Daddy

    Peppa Pig · ages 3–5

  • Maisy, Charley and the Wobbly Tooth

    Lucy Cousins · ages 3–5

  • We are going on a Bear hunt

    Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury · ages 3–6

  • Elmer and the Big Bird

    David McKee · ages 3–5

  • The three Little Misses and the Big Bad Wolf

    Roger Hargreaves · ages 3–5

  • 123 Do the Dinosaurs

    Michelle Robinson & Rosalind Beardshaw · ages 1–4

  • Lamb Says Boo

    Katherine Sully · ages 3–5

  • Baby bear baby bear, what do you see

    Eric Carl · ages 3–5

  • You are all my Favourties

    Sam Mc Bratney · ages 3–5

  • The Snail and the Whale

    Julia Donaldson · ages 3–5

  • Peppa Pig- Mr Fox's Shop

    ages 3–5