Kindergarten Reading List

Research has shown that the single greatest factor in predicting reading success is whether a child is read to when young. Here are some titles to get you started!

Note: The following books are only suggestions. Please feel free to add any books that are appropriate for your reader! 

Books About Me
I Like Me! by Nancy L. Carlson
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
My Five Senses by Aliki
Owen by Kevin Henkes

​Predictable Books (stories with a pattern)
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. & Eric Carle
Curious George by H. A. Rey
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
The Napping House by Audrey Wood**
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin**

Color and Counting Books
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson
Dog's Colorful Day: A Messy Story About Colors and Counting by Emma Dodd**
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews

Caldecott Winners and Honor Books
Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!  by Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems**
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
Waiting  by Kevin Henkes

Stories in Rhyme
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault**
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

** Some of Miss Tucker's favorites!