These are some children’s books in English that you can use to inspire some fun and engaging lessons for primary school EFL students.

Hello, Goodbye by David Lloyd English Picture Book
Hello, Goodbye
Cover image of Maisy Goes to Preschool, a children's book by Lucy Cousins that teaches English preschool vocabulary through colorful illustrations and daily routines
Maisy Goes to Preschool
Spot Goes to School by Eric Hill - Printables worksheet and games
Spot Goes to School
Cover of the children’s book Pete the Cat Too Cool for School, used for ESL lessons on clothes vocabulary
Pete the Cat: Too Cool for School
Cover of the children’s book Cat and Mouse Go to School! – a fun ESL resource to teach English school vocabulary and routines to young learners.
Cat and Mouse Go to School!
Meg and Mog Worksheet
Meg and Mog
A Dark, Dark Tale
A Dark, Dark Tale
Room on the Broom Halloween children Book Worksheet Activities
Room on the Broom
Cover of the children’s book Where’s Spot?, used in an ESL lesson plan.
Where’s Spot?
Spot's First Christmas by Eric Hill
Spot’s First Christmas
Father Christmas Needs a Wee by Nicholas Allan
Father Christmas Needs a Wee
Ketchup on Your Cornflakes by Nick Sharratt
Ketchup on Your Cornflakes
Cover of the picture book Don’t Put Your Finger in the Jelly, Nelly! by Nick Sharratt, featuring a colorful and humorous illustration of a finger pointing at a jelly.
Don’t Put Your Finger in the Jelly, Nelly!
Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne Worksheet Printable
Handa’s Surprise
Book cover of Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose by Julia Donaldson and Nick Sharratt – Macmillan Children’s Books
Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose
If You Take a Mouse to School cover by Laura Numeroff
If You Take a Mouse to School
From Head to Toe Eric Carle book
From Head to Toe
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See ?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See ?
Cock-a-Moo-Moo
Hooray for Fish By Lucy Cousins
Hooray for Fish
Cover of Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell – ideal for ESL animal vocabulary lessons
Dear Zoo
Good Night, Gorilla
Good Night, Gorilla
Colourful chameleon illustration from The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle - ESL resource for teaching animal vocabulary and identity
The Mixed-Up Chameleon
My Nose, Your Nose
It’s Okay To Be Different
susan laughs esl picture book children
Susan Laughs
The illustrated cover of Go Away, Big Green Monster featuring a green monster’s face
Go Away, Big Green Monster!
Hippo Has a Hat by Julia Donaldson
Hippo Has a Hat
Cover of the picture book Bear Gets Dressed by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Arnold Lobel
Bear Get Dressed
Cover of Mo Willems’ picture book Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!, showing the pigeon
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
One is a Snail Ten is a Crab, a counting book by April Pulley and Jeff Sayre
One is a Snail Ten is a Crab