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Suggested Reading List For
Suggested Reading List For
Students Entering Kindergarten
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.
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
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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