If you have a cat at home or just littles that are crazy about cats they will love these toddler & kids cat books!
My toddler loves kitty cats and whenever she sees them she will call them meow meows.
Unfortunately we can’t have any for a pet because others in our family are very allergic. So, we just have to be happy with our doggies. But, we do love reading stories about cats together!
There are so many CUTE books about cats, which makes it easy to put together a themed kitty story time for your kids.
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What are the best cat stories for children?
There are so many cute cat and kitten read aloud picture books for kids. Almost too many to mention. Check out our favorite cat picture books below!
10 Toddler Books About Cats
1. Touch And Feel Kitten
2.Kitten’s First Full Moon By Kevin Henkes
3.Kittens By Laura Ellen Anderson
4. Who Is That Cat The Cat? By Mo Willems
5. Pete The Cat Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
6. Splat The Cat By Rob Scotton
7. Hello Kitty: My Home By Roger Priddy
8.SkippyJohn Jones: Up & Down By Judy Schachner
9. Robot Kitties By Jim Benton
10. Tickle Time! By Sandra Boynton
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11. Niblet & Ralph by Zachariah OHora
12. Kit & Kaboodle by Rosemary Wells
13. Luis and Tabitha by Stephanie Campisi
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14. Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats By Alicia Potter
15. The Story of Diva and Flea
16. Spot, the cat / Henry Cole
17. Cat nap By Toni Yuly
18. William & The Missing Masterpiece
19. They all saw a cat Brendan Wenzel
20. A castle full of cats / Ruth Sanderson
21. The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read
22. Big Cat
23. Little cat’s luck / Marion Dane Bauer
24. Fancy Nancy: Oodles of Kittens by Jane O’Connor
25. Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani
26. Kat Writes a Song By Greg Foley
27. Here Comes Teacher Cat by Deborah Underwood
28. Blue Ethel by Jennifer Black Reinhardt
29. Glamourpuss / by Sarah Weeks
30. The sign of the cat / Lynne Jonell
31. A kitten tale / Eric Rohmann
32. Max the brave / by Ed Vere
33. Pete the Cat and the bedtime blues
34. Pepper & Poe / by Frann Preston-Gannon
35. Here comes the Tooth Fairy Cat / by Deborah Underwood
36. Mummy Cat / by Marcus Ewert
37. Black cat, white cat / Silvia Borando
38. Matilda’s cat / Emily Gravett
39. Is that my cat? / Jonathan Allen
40. Cat napped! / Leeza Hernandez
41. Rupert can dance / Jules Feiffer
42. Little Lola / by Julie Saab
43. Skippyjon Jones snow what / Judy Schachner
44. Cat & Dog / Michael Foreman
45. Yoda : the story of a cat and his kittens / Beth Stern with K. A. Alistir
46. A cat named Tim and other stories / by John Martz
47. Dog vs. Cat / Chris Gall
48. Tumford the terrible
49. Tiptop cat / written and illustrated by C. Roger Mader
50. How to be a cat / Nikki McClure
51. Backstage cat / Harriet Ziefert, Jenni Desmond
52. City cat / Kate Banks
53. Old Robert and the sea-silly cats / Barbara Joosse
54. The great cat conspiracy / Katie Davies
55. Cat tale / Michael Hall
56. The Cat in the Hat By Dr. Seuss
Does your toddler love cats? What stories does your toddler/kids love to read most? I would love to hear from you in the comments below!
57. See the Cat by David LaRochelle
See Max. Max is not a cat—Max is a dog. But much to Max’s dismay, the book keeps instructing readers to “see the cat.” How can Max get through to the book that he is a DOG? In a trio of stories for beginning readers, author David LaRochelle introduces the excitable Max, who lets the book know in irresistibly emphatic dialogue that the text is not to his liking.
Emergency Kittens!
Winter CatsQueen of Cats (The Secret Life of Pets 2) (Step into Reading)Goodnight, Rainbow Cats: (Baby Shower Gift, Bedtime Board Book, Children’s Cat Themed Board Book)Pete the Cat’s World TourHats Are Not for Cats!AnotherThere Are No Bears in This BakeryHow to Give Your Cat a Bath: in Five Easy StepsThe Cat Who Lived With Anne FrankUnhappy Birthday, Grumpy Cat! (Grumpy Cat) (Step into Reading)Kat Keeps the BeatHow to Be a CatPrincess Puffybottom . . . and DarrylThis book just stole my cat!Can Cat and Bird Be Friends?Megabat and Fancy CatThe New KittenGoodnight, Max the Brave
Tojo and Nelly's Cat Tales
Your listing is great, some I have read, some I still would like to read to my grandchildren. There are many cat books that are great, one of my grandson’s favourite is Pete the Cat!
Sammy
My kids love Pete the Cat too! Such a classic.
Holly
This is such a great list! I love to read my little cousin animal books, since she’s such a cat lover. Have you read anything about the books on this list – https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/bookpaws/must-read-books-about-famous-cats/? I think it’d be awesome to share some real-life stories about cats!
Darcy Koch
I love cats. Especially my 16 year old tabby. And my grandkids also love him and all cats. We would enjoy reading any one of these books.
Sammy
Hi Darcy! I am so glad you love them. We love cats too. My kids get so excited visiting their grandma because she has fluffy Persian cats, so cute! I hope you enjoy these books with your grandkids!
Jerry Marquardt
I like to read the Dr. Seuss collection to my nephew the most of all books.
Lily Kwan
The Cat in the Hat
Hannah C
I like to read Winnie the Pooh with my niece.
Ann
My boyfriend’s children love books, especially silly ones! The boy (age 5) also likes books about trucks and construction vehicles, and the girl (age 3) really likes books about animals. And they both love Dr. Seuss!
Casey Everidge
my son loves Disney stories!!
Amy Deeter
Green eggs and ham is my favorite book to read to my children
Julieh
We like to read books about animals together.
jesse johnson
I have a real weakness for Disney characters books.
Sammy
Me too, we love Disney!! Thanks for stopping by Jesse. :)
Christina Moore
My granddaughter loves reading Dr. Suess books, she loves all animal books
Sammy
Dr. Suess is always a fantastic choice! Thanks for stopping by Christina. :)
Kathy Pease
I always loved to read any of the Dr.Suess books
Sammy
Dr. Suess is great! My kids love all of his books. Thanks for your comment Kathy. :)
Sarah L
I don’t have any kids. I used to read my niece Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day … . I still quote it to this day.
Sammy
That is a cute book! I remember my grandma reading that one to me as a little girl. Thanks for stopping by Sarah!
Shannon
I love reading Dr. Suess with my kid.
Jeanna Massman
My grandson loves Pete the Cat and Elephant and Piggie.
Daniel M
we like to read lots of dr suess!
Michelle Robbins
One of our favs is The End starring Donut. My 5 year old also memorized Nighttime Ninja when he was about 4.
Sammy
Hi Michelle! Nighttime Ninja is very cute. :)
Kristina Potter
Right now my 3 year old son and I are reading phonics books, the 3 word pages. We are trying to learn better pronounciation. He absolutely loves his Dinosaur Zoom book though.. I’m praying he will be an avid reader and enjoy it like his older brother and sister.. :)
Sammy
That sounds cute! My son had a hard time with reading at first, but one day it just clicked and now he has taken off. Thanks for stopping by Kristina!.
Mallory Bailey
Good Night Moon….it’s a classic :)
Sammy
We love Goodnight Moon and Goodnight Gorilla. So, cute! Thanks for stopping by Mallory. :)
jeani b
i love to read any books that rhyme and are silly! plus, they have these cut-out books that you can put on your head and make it look like YOU ARE wearing a hat or are a character. those are so fun!
Charlene Asay
My 3 year old would love all of these cat books. We have 3 outside cats at our house. Chloe is obsessed with them. Thanks for sharing with us at Family Joy Blog Link Up party this week.
Sammy
How cute! My toddler would love that. We just have to be happy with the cats at grandma’s house for now. ;)
Holly G.
I love the one with Cookie Monster, the monster at the end of this book! Such suspense!
Sammy
That is a cute book. My son used to love it when he was a preschooler, there is even an interactive app for the book that is really cute. Thanks for stopping by Holly!
Alicia Owen
I love Sandra Boynton books and my 3 year old loves cats as well! Thanks for sharing!
Sammy
No problem Alicia! I hope you both can find some new cat books from the list. ;)
Heather Turner
I believe the author is Karen Katz. She writes a series of different books such as Mommy Hugs. You can’t help but smile and snuggle with your little one while reading her books.
Sammy
Hi Heather! We love Karen Katz books. My daughter’s favorite one is her Halloween one because it has a black kitty. We read it year round.
sabina Edwards
MOSTLY we read things like nursery rhymes right now as Dylan is only a bit over 8weeks, but we love books and hope to get quite a few to read.
Sammy
How fun, I loved reading to my kids when they were newborns. Thanks for stopping by Sabina. :)
Judy Cox
They bring their books and movies from home and we watch the movies and I will read them their books. They enjoy animal books mainly. They love looking at the pictures.
Ruth
These books look great.
Jan Lee
My great niece loves any book about princesses :) My great nephew likes the books about cars and trucks, along with the superheroes :)
Susan Smith
My kids love the Dr Suess books/
tammy freeze
I don’t have kids but I enjoyed snow white and the 7 dwarfs when I was little
Susan Hartman
My grandson is 2 and he LOVES his books. We read a stack to him everyday. Little Blue Truck and My Truck is Stuck are his crrent favorites.
Gee Jones
My boys are 6 and love reading Pokemon books.
Harmony Rowley
i always have loved the classics oh and DR.Seuss of course.. i keep my eys peeled for books on mythologhy written for kids as well
Erin Cao
I love to read the curious george books to them!
Talia
My toddler son loves alphabet or counting books because he can recognize the individual parts of them and “help” read. My older son loves the silliness of Elephant and Piggie books, and can read some parts of them too!
Sammy
My 8 year old still loves the Elephant and Piggie books. They are so funny! Thanks for stopping by Talia. :)
robyn
My daughter is into Dora books or any books about animals right now, she would LOVE these kitty books
Sammy
Hi Robyn! Dora is a cute show. My toddler loves animals too. :)
Kim W.
My daughter loves books! She is 2 and right now, loves reading “Llama llama red pajama” and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. :)
Sammy
We love the Llama Llama books too, so cute! Thanks for stopping by Kim. :)
Dana
My daughter loves Bernstein bears books
Stephanie LaPlante
Dr Seuss The Cat in the Hat
Marie Lowther
my son is too little at the moment to enjoy books and i cant wait till he does! :)
Carrie
We love The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big hungry Bear. We also love Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See, Dinosaurs Binket, The Llama Llama Books, The Pout Pout Fish….too many to name all of our favorites!
Char
My children love long chapter books, especially Harry Potter. We try to read every night. We also read a lot on the weekends, especially during school. Thank you so much for this!
Sarahj
Pete the Cat is great for younger kids.
Christy Maurer
My daughter loved Madeline, The Napping House, Goodnight Moon, Piggies, and Mommy’s Lap. My son loved the Usborne Farmyard Tales and Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel.
Natalie
I love to read Dr. Seuss books with my niece!
Sarah De Diego
We love to read the “Cat in the Hat” and “Don’t ever let your cat make you lunch”. There sure are a lot of cat themed books! Thanks for hosting.
Besos, Sarah
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kayla sheehan
Love the giving tree and love you forever
Erin M.
My daughter loves pop-up books and ANY book with animals!
Sammy
Hi Erin! My toddler loves pop up and lift the flap books with dogs and cats. She also loves ripping out the flaps, so I have to be extra careful. ;)
polly
My grandsons favorite book is ‘How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You” Very cute book!
HS
We like to read Charlotte’s Web.
Sammy
I used to love Charlotte’s Web when I was a little girl! Good luck in the giveaway. :)
David H.
My nephew loves the Harry Potter books. He is a very imaginative child.
McKim
My grandson loves me to read the Five Little Monkeys book over and over.
Sammy
Cute, my kids love reading their favorites over and over too. :)
Sara
Theses books look cute
Debbi Wellenstein
I am enjoying reading Harry Potter with my grandchildren.
Sammy
Hi Debbie! My son is almost old enough to enjoy Harry Potter. I am so excited to read it with him.
Holly C.
my grand babies love me to read them Winnie the Pooh!
Sammy
Winnie the Pooh is too cute! Thanks for stopping by Holly. :)
Christina Sparks
I like to read The Fire Cat with the kids.
Cynthia C
I like reading the Dr Seuss books with my nieces.
Jessica Cox
My 4 year old loves the Llama Llama books
Sammy
The Llama Llama books are great! Thanks for stopping by Jessica. :)
Ann Fantom
I like to read Goodnight Moon to my daughter
Julie Lundstrom
I like to read Dr. Seuss or Laura Numeroff books.
Sammy
Hi Julie! Those are both great choices. My son loves Dr. Seuss. :)
shelly peterson
My grandson loves books with animals.
Sammy
My toddler is pretty much obsessed with dogs and cats right now. We love reading about them. Thanks for stopping by Shelly!
Janet W.
I love to read books about dinosaurs to my grandsons. They are fascinated and enjoy learning.
Sammy
How fun! My son loves dinosaurs too. Thanks for stopping by Janet. :)