The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has selected their 2014 Notable Children’s Books list.  The Younger Readers section contains books for children preschool to age 7.  Here are the books:

  

Alphablock by Christopher Franceschelli

Ball by Mary Sullivan

The Bathing Costume, or, the Worst Vacation of My Life by Charlotte Moundlic, illustrated by Olivier Tallec

  

Benjamin Bear in Bright Ideas by Philippe Coudray

A Big Guy Took My Ball! by Mo Willems

Building Our House by Jonathan Bean

 

Bully by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Kevin Cornell

  

The Dark by Lemony Snicket, illustrated by Jon Klassen

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunname, illustrated by Hoda Hadadi

 

Eat Like a Bear by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Steve Jenkins

Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

  

Flight of the Honey Bee by Raymond Huber

Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle

Fraidyzoo by Thyra Heder

  

Little Santa by Jon Agee

Locomotive by Brian Floca

Lulu and the Dog from the Sea by Hilary McKay, illustrated by Priscilla Lamont

 

Maria Had a Little Llama by Angela Dominguez

Martin & Mahalia by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Brian Pinkney

  

Mitchell Goes Bowling by Hallie Durand, illustrated by Tony Fucile

Moo! by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

 

Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner

My Father’s Arms Are a Boat by Stein Erik Lunde, illustrated by Øyvind Torseter

  

My Happy Life by Rose Lagercrantz

Nelson Mandela by Kadir Nelson

Nino Wrestles the World by Yuyi Morales

  

Old Mikamba Has a Farm by Rachel Isadora

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne, illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky

Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore

  

Penny and Her Marble by Kevin Henkes

Robot, Go Bot! by Dana Meachen Rau, illustrated by Wook Jin Jung

Take Me Out to the Yakyu by Aaron Meshon

 

Ten Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage

Tito Puente: Mambo King by Monica Brown, illustrated by Rafael Lopez

 

The Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney

Warning: Do Not Open This Book! by Adam Lehrhaupt, illustrated by Matthew Forsythe

  

The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli

Xander’s Panda Party by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Matt Phelan

The Year of Billy Miller by Kevin Henkes