Students Entering Kindergarten
This list has been compiled from suggested reading lists from the American Library Association, Reading is Fundamental, various school web sites and personal recommendations.
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ABC’s
A My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer ABC, I Like Me! By Nancy Carlson Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. The Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Animal Stories The Berenstain Bears by Jan and Stan Berenstain (series) Clifford’s Pals by Norman Bridwell (series) A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle Jamberry by Bruce Degan Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Around the World Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Counting Arctic Five Arrives by Elinor J. Pincze Five Little Monkeys by Eileen Christelow One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Suess One Hungry Monster by Susan Heyboer
Folk Tales and Fairy Tales The Jolly Postman, or Other People’s Letters by Janet and Allan Ahlburg Stone Soup by Margaret Wise Brown The Bootmaker and the Elves by Susan Lowell Red Riding Hood retold by James Marshall Goldilocks and the Three Bears retold by James Marshall The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Helen Oxenbury Aesop’s Fables by Lisbeth Zwerger
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Fantasy
If by Sarah Perry Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Humor Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin Giggle, Gaggle, Quack by Doreen Cronin The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinks Hakes Noble Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman Kindergarten Classics
All Ready For School by Leone Adelson My First Day of School by Jane Hamilton Merritt When You Go to Kindergarten by Fred Rogers Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate Timothy Goes to School by Rosemary Wells
Rhyme
Each Peach, Pear, Plum by Allan Ahlberg Babushka’s Mother Goose by Patricia Polacco Read Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky Down by the Bay by Raffi The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Suess Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss Eek! There’s a Mouse in the House by Wong Hernert Ye
Science Digging Up Dinosaurs by Aliki The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons Weather Words by Gail Gibbons Over in the Meadow by John Langstaff How is a Crayon Made? By Charles Oz Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
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