Books in Junior Library Guild - Pre-Kindergarten Selection

JLG is a commercial book club devoted to juvenile literature. Selection of a children's book by the editors of the Junior Literary Guild (or latterly the Junior Library Guild) is a distinction used for publicity by publishers and authors of children's books. At present, 492 books are selected each year.

2025

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	What James Likes Best	Amy Schwartz	Selection	Log In To Like
	Mr. Fox's Game of No!	David LaRochelle	Selection	Log In To Like
	You Are Not Sleepy!	Mark Teague	Selection	Log In To Like
	Not-A-Box City	Antoinette Portis	Selection	Log In To Like
	Tumblebaby	Adam Rex	Selection	Log In To Like

2024

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Where Have You Been, Little Cat?	Richard Jones	Selection	Log In To Like
	Up High	Matt Hunt	Selection	Log In To Like
	Mama in the Moon	Doreen Cronin	Selection	Log In To Like
	Finding Things	Kevin Henkes	Selection	Log In To Like
	On a Summer Night	Deborah Hopkinson	Selection	Log In To Like
	Ahoy!	Sophie Blackall	Selection	Log In To Like
	Go and Get with Rex	David LaRochelle	Selection	Log In To Like
	The Pelican Can!	Toni Yuly	Selection	Log In To Like
	Problem Solved!	Jan Thomas	Selection	Log In To Like
	Mermaid Lullaby	Kenneth Kraegel	Selection	Log In To Like
	How to Count to One: (And Don't Even Think about Bigger Numbers!)	Caspar Salmon	Selection	Log In To Like
	What's New, Daniel?	Micha Archer	Selection	Log In To Like
	Not-A-Box City	Antoinette Portis	Selection	Log In To Like
	Ten Little Rabbits	Maurice Sendak	Selection	Log In To Like

2023

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Night in the City	Julie Downing	Selection	Log In To Like
	Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?	Helen Yoon	Selection	Log In To Like
	One Tiny Treefrog: A Countdown to Survival	Tony Piedra	Selection	Log In To Like
	13 Stories about Ayana	Amy Schwartz	Selection	Log In To Like
	No No, Baby!	Anne Hunter	Selection	Log In To Like
	If I Was a Horse	Sophie Blackall	Selection	Log In To Like
	You Rule!	Rilla Alexander	Selection	Log In To Like
	In the Night Garden	Carin Berger	Selection	Log In To Like
	Some of These Are Snails	Carter Higgins	Selection	Log In To Like
	Well Done, Mommy Penguin	Chris Haughton	Selection	Log In To Like
	Simon and the Better Bone	Corey R. Tabor	Selection	Log In To Like
	Good Night, Little Man	Daniel Bernstrom	Selection	Log In To Like
	Bear with Me	Kerascoët	Selection	Log In To Like
	Mushroom Lullaby	Kenneth Kraegel	Selection	Log In To Like

2022

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Baby Squeaks	Anne Hunter	Selection	Log In To Like
	Lost Things	Carey Sookocheff	Selection	Log In To Like
	Dress-Up Day	Blanca Gómez	Selection	Log In To Like
	Everybody in the Red Brick Building	Anne Wynter	Selection	Log In To Like
	Color the Sky	David Elliott	Selection	Log In To Like
	Meow	Chris Raschka	Selection	Log In To Like

2021

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Vrooom, Vrooom!	Mary Lyn Ray	Selection	Log In To Like
	Time for Kenny	Brian Pinkney	Selection	Log In To Like
	Hello, Moon	Julie Downing	Selection	Log In To Like
	We All Play / kimêtawânaw	Julie Flett	Selection	Log In To Like
	Unraveled	Leanne Hatch	Selection	Log In To Like
	A Polar Bear in the Snow	Mac Barnett	Selection	Log In To Like
	Henry at Home	Megan Maynor	Selection	Log In To Like
	I Can Make a Train Noise	Michael Emberley	Selection	Log In To Like
	My Bed: Enchanting Ways to Fall Asleep Around the World	Rebecca Bond	Selection	Log In To Like
	Blueberry Cake	Sarah Dillard	Selection	Log In To Like
	Original Cat, Copy Cat	Sarah Kurpiel	Selection	Log In To Like

2020

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Vroom!	Barbara McClintock	Selection	Log In To Like
	Puppy Truck	Brian Pinkney	Selection	Log In To Like
	The Hike	Alison Farrell	Selection	Log In To Like
	Friday Night Wrestlefest	J.F. Fox	Selection	Log In To Like
	Don't Worry, Little Crab	Chris Haughton	Selection	Log In To Like
	Nesting	Henry Cole	Selection	Log In To Like
	Our Favorite Day	Joowon Oh	Selection	Log In To Like
	Just in Case You Want to Fly	Julie Fogliano	Selection	Log In To Like
	One Fox: A Counting Book Thriller	Kate Read	Selection	Log In To Like
	Where's Baby?	Anne Hunter	Selection	Log In To Like
	Goodnight, Veggies	Diana Murray	Selection	Log In To Like

2019

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Five Flying Penguins	Barbara Barbieri McGrath	Selection	Log In To Like
	Kitten and the Night Watchman	John Sullivan	Selection	Log In To Like
	Leyla	Galia Bernstein	Selection	Log In To Like
	Where Is My Balloon?	Ariel Bernstein	Selection	Log In To Like
	Not Your Nest!	Gideon Sterer	Selection	Log In To Like
	Winter is Here	Kevin Henkes	Selection	Log In To Like
	The Happiest Tree: A Story of Growing Up	Hyeon-Ju Lee	Selection	Log In To Like
	Good Boy	Sergio Ruzzier	Selection	Log In To Like

2018

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	New Shoes	Susan Lynn Meyer	Selection	Log In To Like
	I Just Ate My Friend	Heidi McKinnon	Selection	Log In To Like
	Our Celebración!	Susan Middleton Elya	Selection	Log In To Like
	Little Whale	Jo Weaver	Selection	Log In To Like
	Hungry Bunny	Claudia Rueda	Selection	Log In To Like
	Play	Jez Alborough	Selection	Log In To Like

2017

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Bunny Slopes	Claudia Rueda	Selection	Log In To Like

2016

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Little One	Jo Weaver	Selection	Log In To Like
	What to Do with a Box	Jane Yolen	Selection	Log In To Like
	Mr. Moon Wakes Up	Jemima Sharpe	Selection	Log In To Like

2015

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	McToad Mows Tiny Island: A Transportation Tale	Tom Angleberger	Selection	Log In To Like
	Butterfly Park	Elly Mackay	Selection	Log In To Like

2014

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Extraordinary Jane	Hannah E. Harrison	Selection	Log In To Like
	Peggy: A Brave Chicken on a Big Adventure	Anna Walker	Selection	Log In To Like
	Tyrannosaurus Wrecks!	Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen	Selection	Log In To Like
	The Line	Paula Bossio	Selection	Log In To Like
	Fraidyzoo	Thyra Heder	Selection	Log In To Like
	Found	Margaret Peterson Haddix	Selection	Log In To Like

2013

	Book	Author	Award Level	Completed
	Tap the Magic Tree	Christie Matheson	Selection	Log In To Like
	Dusk	Uri Shulevitz	Selection	Log In To Like
	Dinosaur Kisses	David Ezra Stein	Selection	Log In To Like