Suggested Reading List for Kindergarten

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One of the greatest things we can do for our children is give them a love of literature. Here is a list of books that are age appropriate and come highly recommended by many moms. Enjoy!

1. 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
2. A Grain of Rice by Pittman
3. A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno
4. The Apple & the Arrow by Buff
5. A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee by Chris Van Dusen
6. Another Celebrated Dancing Bear by Gladys Scheffrin-Falk
7. Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
8. Benjamin and Tulip by Rosemary Wells
9. Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole
10. The Boxcar Children by Warner
11. Capyboppy by Peet
12. Cars and How they Go by Joanna Cole
13. Children’s Encyclopedia by Elliott and King
14. The Clown of God by Tomie DePaola
15. Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
16. Corduroy by Don Freeman
17. Cranberry Thanksgiving by Wende and Harry Devlin
18. Dolphin Adventure by Grover
19. Dolphin Treasure by Grover
20. Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti and Donald Crews
21. Eric Carle’s Animals Animals by Carle
22. Eyewitness Juniors Amazing Frogs and Toads by Dorling Kindersley
23. Family Under the Bridge by Carlson
24. First Pink Light by Eloise Greenfield
25. Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
26. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
27. Five True Dog Stories by Davidson
28. Frog Counts to Ten by John Liebler
29. The Glorious Flight by Alice and Martin Provensen
30. Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
31. Grandpa’s Face by Eloise Greenfield
32. Granny Han’s Breakfast -by Groves
33. Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield
34. The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
35. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World by Marjorie Priceman
36. The Hundred Dresses by Estes
37. I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carlson
38. I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
39. In Grandma’s Attic by Richardson
40. Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
41. Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? by Tana Hoban
42. Jamaica Tag-a-Long by Juanita Havill
43. Jamaica’s Find by Juanita Havill
44. James Herriot’s Treasury for Children by Herriot
45. Johnny Appleseed by Holland
46. Just Me Books by Mercer Mayer
47. Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
48. Lentil by Robert McCloskey
49. The Light at Tern Rock by Sauer
50. Living Long Ago -by Brooks and Edom
51. Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
52. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
53. Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole
54. Mama Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
55. Mary on Horseback by Wells
56. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
57. The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
58. More, More, More Said the Baby by Vera B. Williams
59. My Father’s Dragon by Gannet
60. My Five Senses by Aliki
61. The Napping House by Audrey Wood
62. Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha
63. Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
64. Owen by Kevin Henkes
65. Papa Piccolo by Carol Talley
66. Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
67. The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
68. Richard Scarry’s Please and Thank You Book by Scarry
69. Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
70. The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
71. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
72. Storm in the Night by Mary Stoltz
73. The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese
74. The Story of Dr. Dolittle by Lofting
75. Swimmy by Leo Lionni
76. Ten Bears in My Bed: A Goodnight Countdown by Stanley Mack
77. Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood
78. The Three Little Pigs by Steven Kellogg
79. Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
80. Twenty and Ten by Bishop
81. Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews
82. We Are Best Friends by Aliki
83. When I Get Bigger by Mercer Mayer
84. Who Owns the Sun? by Stacy Chbosky
85. Who Will Be My Friends? by Syd Hoff
86. Wild Places by Wilkes

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