JR Kindergarden Reading List
Fiction
Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg
The Mitten - Jan Brett
The Arthur series - Marc Brown
Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
Favorite Nursery Rhymes - Tomie dePaola
Are You My Mother? - P.D. Eastman
The Magic Hat - Mem Fox
Jamaica’s Find - Juanita Havill
Chrysanthemum - Kevin Henkes
Whistle For Willie - Ezra Jack Keats
Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
The Story of Ferdinand - Munro Leaf
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse - Leo Lionni
Chica, Chica, Boom, Boom - Bill Martin, Jr.
An Alligator under My Bed - Mercer Mayer
Winnie the Pooh - A.A.Milne
Just Plain Fancy - Patricia Polacco
Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
Read along Rhymes for the Very Young - Jack Prelutsky
Curious George - H. A. Rey
In November - Cynthia Rylant
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish - Dr. Seuss
Where the Sidewalk Ends - Shel Silverstein
Non-Fiction
Rookie Reader science series
Holiday series - from Creative Press
Everyday Science series
Heineman Animals series
Smart About…series
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Children Reading Lists- Kindergarden
The Paper Bag Princess - Robert Munsch
Ramona series - Beverly Cleary
Little House series - Laura Ingalls Wilder
Amazing Grace - Mary Hoffman
The Wednesday Surprise - Eve Bunting
Jamaica’s Find - Juanita Havill
The First Strawberries – Joseph Bruchac
A Cherokee Story - Joseph Bruchac
The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush - Tomie dePaola
The Legend of the Bluebonnet - Tomie dePaola
The Mitten – Jan Brett
The Wild Christmas Reindeer and other titles - Jan Brett
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me - Eric Carle
The Hungry Caterpillar and other titles - Eric Carle
Assorted books by Tomie dePaola – his characters are often drawn in profile
The Legend of the Sleeping Bear - Kathy-jo Wargin
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Series for Beginning Readers- Elementary
Amelia Bedelia - Peggy Parish
Frog and Toad - Arnold Lobel
Henry and Mudge - Cynthia Rylant
Little Bear - Else Holmelund Minarik
Mr. Putter and Tabby - Cynthia Rylant
Nate the Great - Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Pictures Books to Read Aloud
Fiction
Chester’s Way - Kevin Henkes
House for Hermit Crab - Eric Carle
I am Really a Princess - Carol Diggiry Shields
Ira Sleeps Over - Benard Waber
Koala Lou - Mem Fox
The Little House - Virginia Lee Burton
Sand Castle - Brenda Shannon Yee
Strega Nona - Tomie de Paola
You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You - Mary Ann Hoberman
Non-Fiction
Great White Sharks - Sandra Markle
So You Want to be President - Judith St. George
The Scrambled States of America - Laurie Keller
Throw Your Tooth on the Roof - Selby Beeler
Folktales
The Legend of Sleeping Bear - Kathy Jo Wargin
Rampunzel - Paul O. Zelinsky
Tops and Bottoms - Janet Stevens
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears - Leo and Diane Dillon