These are our favorite books about Bugs and Insects for Pre-K kids. I only list books my Pre-K students and I truly enjoy and find educational.
Visit the Bug Activities page for lots of Preschool & Pre-K lesson ideas.
Search for these at your library or click the book covers to go to Amazon. All book links are Amazon affiliate links. (Don’t forget to look for used or paperback books to lower the price.)
Butterfly Books
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
Waiting for Wings
by Lois Ehlert
What’s Inside a Caterpillar Cocoon?
by Rachel Ignotofsky
Ten Little Caterpillars
by Bill Martin Jr.
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
by DK Publishing
Are You a Butterfly?
by Judy Allen
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
by Deborah Heiligman
Ant Books
Bee Books
The Honeybee
by Kirsten Hall
Are You a Bee?
by Judy Allen
Bee
by Britta Teckentrup
The Bee Book
by Charlotte Milner
Buzz, Bee
by National Geographic Kids
These Bees Count!
by Alison Formento
Save the Bees!
by Bethany Stahl
Spider Books
The Very Busy Spider
by Eric Carle
Aaaarrgghh! Spider!
by Lydia Monks
Spiders
by National Geographic Kids
More Bugs
The Grouchy Ladybug
by Eric Carle
Ten Little Ladybugs
by Melanie Gerth
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle
by Eric Carle
The Very Quiet Cricket
by Eric Carle
Creepy Crawly Calypso
(Book with CD)
by Tony Langham
Are You a Grasshopper?
by Judy Allen
In the Tall, Tall Grass
by Denise Fleming
The Icky Bug Alphabet Book
by Jerry Pallotta
Bug Dance (Math Start 1)
by Stuart J. Murphy
Are You a Ladybug?
by Judy Allen
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
by Simms Taback
The Very Lonely Firefly
by Eric Carle
Are You a Dragonfly?
Judy Allen
The Best Bug Parade (MathStart 1)
by Stuart J. Murphy
The Bugliest Bug
by Carol Diggory Shields
Are You a Beetle?
by Judy Allen
Bugs
by Britta Teckentrup