I love going to amblesideonline.org for quality book lists as well. Below is their 'Year 0' suggested list (meaning prior to 6yo).
Winnie the Pooh series by AA Milne and Ernest H. Shepard
Beatrix Potter series
The Little House by Virginia Burton
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
Ox-Cart Man by Barbara Cooney
Stone Soup and other folk tale retellings by Marcia Brown
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
The Story of Little Babaji by Helen Bannerman
Brer Rabbit books by Joel Chandler Harris
Poems and Prayers for the Very Young by Martha Alexander
A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson
A good collection including classic stories and folktales such as The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff.
A good collection of Aesop's Fables, such as the one illustrated by Milo Winter
A nice Mother Goose collection, such as The Real Mother Goose illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright Mama Goose, a collection by Edelen Wille, or versions such as those by Rojankovsky, Marguerite De Angeli or Tasha Tudor
Illustrated classic poetry such as Poems for Young Children compiled by Caroline Royds
A good collection of classic children's poetry such as The Oxford Book of Children's Verse edited by Peter Opie
Their list goes on into advisory favorites and honorable mentions, but this is a great starting point for building a fantastic reading library and enjoying snuggly storytimes.
Thanks for starting the thread!
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