BIRCHWOOD
MEDIA CENTER RECOMMENDED READING FOR KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-KINDERGARTEN
(See also the first grade list)
(Lists compiled by Mrs. Disque, Media Specialist at Birchwood)
See also Mrs. Bielawski's list of recommended books for kindergarten.
Links are provided to authors' home pages or to character pages where available.
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Arnold, Tedd - Five Ugly Monsters, No Jumping on the Bed
Ata, Te - Baby Rattlesnake
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Bourgeois, Paulette - "Franklin" Books
Brett, Jan - The Mitten, Comet's Nine Lives, The First Dog, Umbrella, Daisy Comes Home (and others) |
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 When the animals hear that a big, bad wolf lives in their forest, they decide to get a closer look. They sneak up on Grandma Wolf's house, where they find her fast asleep. Brave Piglet shouts, 'What's the time, Grandma Wolf?' and the fun begins. |
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 A resourceful chicken seeks the help of her farm animal friends to solve a problem, while giving something of herself along the way. |
| Brown, Margaret - Goodnight Moon, Little Gorilla, Young Kangaroo, The Dirty Little Boy, Little Fur Family, The Important Book, The Good Little Bad Little Pig (and others) |
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 A teeny tiny teacher takes a teeny tiny bone back to her classroom and has it subsequently disrupted by a teeny tiny voice asking for the bone. |
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| Carle, Eric - Do You Want To Be My Friend?, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Lonely Firefly (and others) |
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Christelow, Eileen - Henry And The Dragon, Henry And The Red Stripes, "Five Little Monkeys" Books
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Cronin, Doreen - Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type, Giggle, Giggle, Quack, Duck for President, and others |
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Day, Alexandra - Good Dog, Carl, Carl's Birthday and other "Carl" Books |
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Defelice, Cynthia - Casey in the Bath |
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Dubanevich, Arlene - Tom's Tail, Pig William, Calico Cows
Duke, Kate - The Guinea Pig ABC
Eastman, P.D. - Are You My Mother?, Big Dog, Little Dog, Go Dog, Go (and others)
Edwards, Pamela - Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke, Muldoon (and others)
Ehlert, Lois - Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf, Planting A Rainbow, Feathers For Lunch, Snowballs (and others)
Fernandes, Eugenie - Sleepy Little Mouse
Flack, Marjorie - The Story About Ping
While two kittens copy everything their mother does, their brother naps. |
Fleming, Denise - In the Small, Small Pond, Mama Cat Has Three Kittens, Barnyard Banter, Buster, In the Tall, Tall Grass, and others |
Fox, Christyan - Fire Fighter Piggy Wiggy |
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Fox, Mem - Koala Lou, Hattie And The Fox, Night Noises, Sleepy Bears (and others)
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Freeman, Don - Corduroy,
A Pocket for Corduroy (and others) |
| Galdone, Paul - The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread Boy (and others) |
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George, Kristine - Little Dog Poems, Little Dog and Duncan
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Hest, Amy - Baby Duck and the Bad Eyeglasses, Baby Duck in the Rain and other Baby Duck books |
Hill, Eric - 'Spot" Books
Hoban, Tana - I Read Signs, Is It Red, Is It Yellow, Is It Blue?, Over Under And Through And Other Spatial Concept Books
Holabird, Katherine - "Angelina" Books
Hughes, Shirley - Moving Molly, "Alfie" Books, Dogger (and others)
Hutchins, Pat - Tidy Titch, Rosie's Walk, My Best Friend (and others)
James, Simon - My Friend Whale, The Birdwatcher
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Freeman, Don - Corduroy, A Pocket for Corduroy (and others) |
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Keats, Ezra Jack - Letter To Amy (and others)
Keller, Holly - "Geraldine" Books, The Best Present, Goodbye, Max (and others)
Kent, Jack - Joey, Little Peep, Round Robin (and others)
Kraus, Robert - Herman The Helper, Leo The Late Bloomer, Phil The Ventriloquist, Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? (and others)
Lesser, Carolyn - What a Wonderful Day to be a Cow
Lionni, Leo - Frederick, Fish Is Fish, Swimmy, An Extraordinary Egg (and others)
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London, Jonathan - Froggy Gets Dressed, Let's Go Froggy!, and many other Froggy books |
Lowell, Susan - The Tortoise and the Jackrabbit, Three Little Javelinas
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Martin, Bill, Jr. -
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Chicken Chuck, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?, Beasty Story, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
Matthers, Petra - Lottie's New Friend, Lottie's New Beach Towel
Matthews, Geda - What Was That?
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McKee, David - Elmer, Elmer and Wilbur, Elmer Takes Off (and others) |
McNaughton, Colin - Boo!, Suddenly!, (and others)
Miller, Ned - Emmett's Snowball
| Munsch, Robert - Andrew's Loose Tooth, Fifty Below Zero, Love You Forever, Thomas' Snow Suit, Mud Puddle, The Fire Station, Purple, Green, and Yellow (and many others) |
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Neitzel, Shirley - The Dress I'll Wear To The Party, The Jacket I Wear In The Snow
Noll, Sally - I Have A Loose Tooth
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Numeroff, Laura - Beatrice Doesn't Want To, The Chicken Sisters, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers, Chimps Don't Wear Glasses, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, What Mommies Do Best and others |
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O'Connor, Jane - EEK! Stories To Make You Shriek, Teeny Tiny Woman, "Lulu" Books
| Paye, Won-Ldy - Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her. |
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Penner, Lucille - S-S-S-Snakes!
Pfister, Marcus - The Rainbow Fish, Dazzle The Dinosaur, Penguin Pete (and others)
Pilkey, Dav - "Dragon" Books, Dogzilla, Dumb Bunnies (and others)
Piper, Watty - The Little Engine That Could
Rey, H. A. - "Curious George" Books
Rockwell, Anne - Big Wheels, Apples and Pumpkins, The First Snowfall, Ducklings and Polliwogs (and others)
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| Root, Phyliss - Mrs. Potter's Pig, What Baby Wants |
Various family members try to stop Baby from crying, but only his brother figures out what he wants. |
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Salat, Christiana - Peanut's Emergency |
Seuss, Dr. - Cat In The Hat, Foot Book, Fox In Socks, Green Eggs And Ham, Hop On Pop, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (and others)
| Slate, Joseph - Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, Miss Bindergarthen Stays Home From Kindergarten, Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten (and others) |
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Smith, Mavis - A Snake Mistake
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Tafuri, Nancy - Have You Seen My Duckling?, Follow Me (and others)
Taylor, Livingston - Can I Be Good?
Tolhurst, Marilyn - Somebody and the Three Blairs
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| Wells, Rosemary - Hazel's Amazing Mother, Noisy Nora, Benjamin & Tulip, Fritz And The Mess Fairy, Edward the Unready for School, Mama, Don't Go, McDuff Books, Max and Ruby Books, Read Me a Story, Secret Birthday, (and many others) |
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Weston, Martha - Tuck in the Pool, Tuck's Haunted House
Wilkes, Angela - The Big Book of Dinosaurs
 Things go terribly, hilariously wrong when Daddy takes Trixie and Knuffle Bunny to the Laundromat and somebunny gets left behind. |
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Wolfe, Ashley - A Year Of Beasts, Stella And Roy
Wood, Audrey - Tooth Fairy, Oh My Baby Bear, Piggies, Little Peguins Tale (and others)
| Ziefert, Harriet - Dozen Dogs, New House For Mole And Mouse, Sleepy Dog, Stitches, Pete's Chicken, Nicky Visits the Fire Station, 31 Uses for a Mom (and others) |
Humorous drawings show some different things that moms are great at, like being a party planner, doctor, pitcher, catcher, and chauffeur. |
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Zimmerman, Andrea - Fire! Fire! Hurry! Hurry! |
Zion, Gene - "Harry" Books
These books are available at the Birchwood Media Center and your public library.
Check other grade level lists for more great titles and authors!
Updated August 2005
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