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Grab These Free Printable Books for Preschool and Kindergarten

Shared by Mary Catherine 18 Comments

Printable books can make such a difference in your preschool classroom. These free printable emergent readers are perfect for teaching young children early literacy skills.

collage of printable emergent readers with text that reads free printable books for preschool

Related: 50+ Free Preschool Printables

I love making books with kids, be they class books, emergent readers, or individual kid-directed books.

There is just SO MUCH learning that can take place during this process.

Plus, it’s just plain fun. For the kids. And me.

Because, let’s be honest, I have just as much fun making these books as the children do!

Table of Contents

  • How to Use This Page
  • Free Printable Books for Preschoolers
    • Simple Butterfly Life Cycle Book
    • Colorful Dinosaur Emergent Reader
    • Counting Flowers Easy Reader
    • Counting Apples Printable Book
    • “The Mitten” Emergent Reader
    • “Look at the Turkey” Homemade Book
    • Bats Up in the Sky
    • “On the Farm” Book-Making
    • Halloween Emergent Reader
    • Spider Counting Book
    • Apple Emergent Reader
    • Halloween Bookmaking
    • “If I Were a Leprechaun” Book
    • Turkey Tracks Class Book
    • Watermelon Counting Book
  • How Do Printable Books Help Preschoolers?
  • How to Fold Printable Books
  • More Printable Literacy Resources

How to Use This Page

This page is home to all of my preschool printable book posts.

I put it together so that you wouldn’t have to go searching through my entire site to find the free books I’ve made over the years.

This means that you will click on individual links (they’ll be blue and underlined) that lead out to individual posts that explain how to use each of the individual printables. They’re also where you will be able to grab your own copies of the books.

Free Printable Books for Preschoolers

Below you’ll find all of my free printable books, all of which I’ve used with my preschool and kindergarten students.

Of course, I have even more to share with you. So I’ll be adding to this post as I write about more!

Please note that these are both printable emergent readers, printable class books, and printable words that you can combine with kids’ art to make books.

Related: Materials for Easier Printable Prep

Simple Butterfly Life Cycle Book

This is a simple, repetitive butterfly life cycle printable book.

printable book about butterflies with text that reads Here is a chrysalis. Here is a butterfly.

It’s perfect for extending a preschool butterfly theme, or as an activity after the kids have observed the butterfly life cycle in real life.

Add some basic items as illustrations, then let the kids read and reread their books.

Colorful Dinosaur Emergent Reader

This dinosaur emergent reader pairs well with a preschool dinosaur theme.

pages from a printable dinosaur book with text that reads I see a yellow dinosaur. I see a green dinosaur.

Or maybe you just have a classroom of future paleontologists?!

Have the kids work on math and literacy concepts with this book about dinosaur colors.

Counting Flowers Easy Reader

I’m always amazed at how into books the kids get.

pages from a printable flower book with text that reads I see 5 blue flowers. I see 6 purple flowers.

Let me tell you, this printable book about counting flowers was a hit the instant I introduced it to the kids!

The children can count, identify numbers, and explore early reading skills all in one fun book.

Counting Apples Printable Book

Our free printable book about counting apples is great for a preschool apple theme or during a fruit and vegetable theme.

collage of pages from an apple counting book with text that reads I see 4 apples.

This children count and represent numbers 1 through 5 in this printable apple book.

“The Mitten” Emergent Reader

The Mitten printable book is a wonderful way to extend a Jan Brett author study.

pages from printable book retelling the mitten with text that reads The badger is in the  mitten. The fox is in the mitten.

It helps the children explore the characters in a simple, repetitive way.

The children can retell the well-loved book by Jan Brett using this emergent reader.

Related: Early Literacy Activities

“Look at the Turkey” Homemade Book

Grab this Thanksgiving printable easy reader when you’re talking about turkeys or Thanksgiving.

pages from printable turkey book with text that reads Look at the red turkey. Look at the orange turkey.

The kids explore color words and early reading skills in one activity.

Bats Up in the Sky

This printable bat emergent reader is great for Halloween or a preschool bat theme.

stack of pages from a printable book entitled bats up in the sky

The children can explore counting, one-to-one correspondence, and number identification as they work on early literacy skills.

Here’s a video peek at the book:

“On the Farm” Book-Making

This farm book-making printable combines kids’ art with text to make a book all about farm animals.

front cover of preschool book with text that reads on the farm

Make these printable books during your next farm theme, or as a way to follow up a trip to a real-life farm.

Halloween Emergent Reader

Our printable Halloween emergent reader touches on different Halloween costumes kids might wear trick-or-treating.

color and black and white printable Halloween books with text that reads I see Halloween costumes

Print out the color version to read with the children, or let them color/paint the black-and-white version themselves.

Spider Counting Book

The kids can explore Halloween math with a spider counting book.

page from a preschool spider homemade book with text that reads I see 2 spiders.

Perfect for kids who aren’t too found of spiders, too.

Use children’s fingerprints as part of the illustrations in this counting book.

Apple Emergent Reader

Extend a preschool apple theme with a printable apple emergent reader.

child coloring in an apple book with a green crayon

It’s a very basic book, but the kids always seem to enjoy making it with me!

Kids can learn color words, and other sight words, with this easy reader.

Halloween Bookmaking

For this Halloween bookmaking experience, the kids combine printable sentences with their own colorful artwork.

front cover of a preschool book called where do monsters live?

Great for a preschool Halloween theme, a monster theme, or just for fun!

“If I Were a Leprechaun” Book

Make a class book about where the kids would hide gold if they were leprechauns!

printable front book cover entitled if i were a leprechaun

You can find this printable with my other St. Patrick’s Day activities for preschoolers.

Turkey Tracks Class Book

Make some fun process art with “turkey tracks”.

Turkey tracks turkey art on free printable class book page

Then turn that art into a class book about where the turkeys are hiding out.

Read more, and grab the printable, in my turkey tracks turkey art post.

Here’s a look at the turkey tracks book:

Watermelon Counting Book

This watermelon printable book would be great during a summer camp, a watermelon theme, or a fruit theme.

placing black buttons on watermelon printable book

Lots of early literacy skills, along with counting and one-to-one correspondence practice.

Take a look at the watermelon counting book video:

How Do Printable Books Help Preschoolers?

I mentioned earlier that children can learn A LOT with printable emergent readers or homemade books. In case you were wondering, I wasn’t exaggerating that at all!

In addition to the skills covered in the early readers (like counting, colors, etc.), children also touch on quite a few early literacy concepts.

Here is a list of such concepts (and this list is by no means an exhaustive one):

  • Basic book knowledge (front and back of the book)
  • Directionality (we read left to right, top to bottom)
  • Concept of a word
  • Punctuation
  • Sight words
  • Letter-sound correspondence
  • Context cues

Related: Preschool Worksheets Vs. Printables

How to Fold Printable Books

I’m often asked how to fold many of the emergent readers I share.

Here’s a quick video that shows how to fold many of my free printable books:

Of course, if you’d rather just cut the pages in half and then staple them you can!

More Printable Literacy Resources

If you’re looking to save some time planning for preschool, be sure to pop over to Preschool Teacher 101.

You’ll find a bevy of done-for-you resources like preschool lesson plans, math and STEM activities, and literacy packs. Check out our membership options for even more ways to save your time.

Here are some literacy activities you might like:

  • Self Portrait Journals for Preschool
collage of printable easy readers with text that reads free printable books for kids

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  1. Janet says

    February 12, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    Love all these books.

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    • Mary Catherine says

      February 12, 2020 at 8:44 pm

      Glad to hear that, Janet! Thank you! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Beth Fosgate says

    February 20, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    Thanks!!

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    • Mary Catherine says

      February 21, 2020 at 7:15 pm

      Happy to help!

      Reply
  3. Sisca says

    March 9, 2020 at 8:29 am

    Thanks for sharing 😊

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    • Mary Catherine says

      March 19, 2020 at 10:29 pm

      Happy to help!

      Reply
  4. amy says

    April 4, 2020 at 9:06 pm

    Love these books

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    • Mary Catherine says

      April 5, 2020 at 11:45 am

      Happy to hear that, thank you!

      Reply
  5. Kim says

    April 8, 2020 at 3:30 pm

    I am trying to get the free printable emergent readers however it just keeps bouncing me around from webpage to webpage

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    • Mary Catherine says

      April 9, 2020 at 1:33 am

      Hey Kim! This page is a collection of the different posts I’ve written about free printable emergent readers. So you can go to the link of the book you want and grab that book there. They are all located here on Fun-A-Day. This way people can pick and choose the readers they’d like. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  6. Linda says

    September 25, 2020 at 4:57 pm

    Hello I would like the free printable books (Counting Apple. Colorful Dinosaurs, Look at the Turkey, Counting Flowers). However, every time I click the link it doesn’t bring to a printable copy of the books. Thanks in advance for your help.

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    • Mary Catherine says

      September 27, 2020 at 5:30 pm

      Hi Linda! I explained how this page works near the top, under the heading “How to Use this Page”. Since it’s a collection of many of my printable books, each link takes you out to a post describing the individual books. So the links will lead you to the posts where you can grab the free books! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Tammy says

    October 21, 2020 at 8:19 pm

    Thank you for sharing this. I have been looking for things to do and little readers for my special needs students. These are perfect for them. L

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    • Mary Catherine says

      October 22, 2020 at 9:23 am

      You are so welcome, Tammy! I hope your students find them fun and helpful. Thanks for your kind words. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Cindy Mondi says

    December 4, 2020 at 10:14 am

    I LOVE these mini booklets, but I am having trouble finding them to print. Can you help me print these for my little learners?

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    • Mary Catherine says

      December 12, 2020 at 11:01 am

      Hi Cindy, thank you so much for your kind words! This is a big list of the free printable books I have. So each link goes to a post that explains the individual book. That’s where you can grab them. Feel free to email me at mc@fun-a-day.com if you have any other questions. 🙂

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  9. Dina says

    December 4, 2020 at 9:29 pm

    This is great!

    Reply
    • Mary Catherine says

      December 12, 2020 at 10:57 am

      Thanks, Dina! I hope you and the kids like the books. 🙂

      Reply
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