SUGGESTED BOOK LIST FOR KINDERGARTEN

STORIES IN RHYME

BRINGING THE RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN Aardema
SHEEP SHEEP SHEEP HELP ME FALL ASLEEP Alda
ALL THE COLORS OF THE EARTH Hamanaka
MISS SPIDER’S TEA PARTY Kirk*

 FRIENDS

WE ARE BEST FRIENDS Aliki* 
WHO WILL BE MY FRIENDS? Hoff*
WILL I HAVE A FRIEND? Cohen*
BENJAMIN AND TULIP Wells*

FABLES AND FAIRYTALES

ONCE IN A WOOD TEN TALES FROM AESOP Rice
YEH SHEN A CINDERELLA STORY FROM CHINA Young*
THREE LITTLE PIGS Marshall*
THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE Wildsmith*

 FABULOUS SCIENCE BOOKS

EYEWITNESS JUNIORS AMAZING FROGS AND TOADS*
CARS AND HOW THEY GO Cole*
THE MILK MAKERS Gibbons*
MAGIC SCHOOLBUS UNDER THE SEA
MAGIC SCHOOLBUS IN THE TIME OF THE DINOSAURS
CALL ME AHNIGHITO Conrad

 CLASSIC STORIES TO READ TO A KINDERGARTNER

THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT Potter*
THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD Piper
HORTON HEARS A WHO Dr Seuss*
THE UGLY DUCKLING Andersen*
THE LITTLE RED HEN Zemach*
THE STORY OF BABAR THE LITTLE ELEPHANT deBrunhof
MADELINE Bemelmans

 

 CALDECOTT WINNERS AND
HONOR BOOKS

 SWIMMY Lionni*
RAIN DROP SPLASH Tresselt
RAIN RAIN RIVERS Shulevitz*
MIRETTE ON THE HIGH WIRE McCully*
OFFICER BUCKLE AND GLORIA Rathman
TOPS AND BOTTOMS Stevens
 

SILLY STORIES

THE DAY JIMMY’S BOA ATE THE WASH Kellogg*
PIGGIE PIE! Palatin
MR AND MRS PIG’S EVENING OUT Rayner
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS Barrett
TUESDAY Weisner*

 DINOSAURS!!!


BIG OLD BONES A DINOSAUR TALE Carrick*
DINOSAUR BOB AND HIS ADVENTURES WITH THE FAMILY LAZARDO Joyce
PATRICK’S DINOSAURS Carrick*
HOW BIG WERE THE DINOSAURS? Most*
MY VISIT TO THE DINOSAURS Aliki*

 ALPHABETS AND NUMBERS

CURIOUS GEORGE LEARNS THE ALPHABET Rey
A, MY NAME IS ALICE Bayer
ALLISON’S ZINNIA Lobel
CHICKA CHICKA BOOM BOOM
COUNT ON CLIFFORD Bridwell
ANNO’S COUNTING BOOK Anno
FIVE LITTLE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED Christelow
1HUNTER Hutchins

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