Here are some books about germs and washing hands for preschool. Reading these books to pre-k children will help encourage safe health and hygiene.
Whether it’s back to school time or cold/flu/covid season, these books will teach preschoolers how to stay healthy. If you have children asking why they get sick, you need the best preschool books to provide them with knowledge about harmful germs and how viruses work.
Many books on this list help children learn the importance of hand washing as well as the proper way to wash hands.
Here’s a FREE Hand Washing poster for your class!
This poster shows each step for washing hands. Post it by your sink as a visual reminder for children.
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Books About Germs and Washing Hands for Preschool
These books will help teach pre-k children about germs, good hygiene, and how to wash their hands.
Wash Your Hands, Mr Panda
by Steve Anthony
Wash Your Hands!: Keeping Clean in a Messy World
by Noreen R. Hussain
Sick Simon
by Dan Krall
Pig in Jeans Fights Germs
by Brenda Li
Germs Are Not for Sharing
by Elizabeth Verdick
Germs, YUK!
by Sky Davis
Benjamin Monkey Wash Your Hands
by Spencer Noodle
Cutie Sue Fights the Germs
by Kate Melton
A Germ’s Journey
by Thomas Rooke M.D.
Germs Make Me Sick!
by Melvin Berger
Do Not Lick This Book
by Idan Ben-Barak
Pete the Kitty: Wash Your Hands
by James Dean
Curious George Discovers Germs
by H. A. Rey
Germs vs. Soap: A Silly Hygiene Book about Washing Hands!
by Didi Dragon
Noses Are Not for Picking
by Elizabeth Verdick
Scrubba Dub, Carlos
by Stuart J. Murphy
