JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN and KINDERGARTEN SUMMER READING LIST
JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN and KINDERGARTEN SUMMER READING LIST
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
|---|---|
| FRESHLY MINTED | |
| Bears | Ruth Krauss Bears on stairs and under chairs—an old favorite with fresh, new pictures from a master illustrator. |
| Food for Thought: the Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds | Saxton Freyman Fruits and vegetables carved into hilarious faces illustrate ABC's, 123's and more. |
| I Ain't Gonna Paint no More! | Karen Beaumont An exuberant and delightfully messy boy spreads his artistry all over his house and himself. |
| TRIED AND TRUE | |
| Alexander and the Terrible,Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Judith Viorst Recounts the events of a day when everything goes wrong for Alexander. |
| Andy and the Lion | James Daugherty The lion remembers Andy's kindness to him. |
| Bark, George | Jules Feiffer A mother dog worries about the strange noises her puppy is making. |
| Bread and Jam for Frances | Russell Hoban; illus. by Lillian Hoban Frances decides she likes to eat only bread and jam at every meal—until to her surprise—her parents grant her wish. |
| Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type | Doreen Cronin When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn, they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want. |
| Kitten's First Full Moon | Kevin Henkes When Kitten mistakes the full moon for a bowl of milk, she ends up tired, wet and hungry trying to reach it. |
| Owen | Kevin Henkes Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy. |
| Pierre: a Cautionary Tale | Maurice Sendak The story of a boy who learned to care. |
| The Story of Ferdinand | Munro Leaf The story of a bull that would rather sit quietly under a tree than fight. Illustrations by Robert Lawson. |
| Swimmy | Leo Lionni Swimmy, the only black fish of the entire school, devises for himself and his adopted brothers and sisters a safer way to live in the sea. |
| Yoko | Rosemary Wells When Yoko brings sushi to school for lunch, her classmates make fun of what she eats—until one of them tries it for himself. |
| MORE SUGGESTIONS | |
| Karen Ackerman | Song and Dance Man |
| Alma Flor Ada | I Love Saturdays y Domingos |
| Aliki | My Visit to the Aquarium |
| Harry Allard | Miss Nelson is Missing |
| Anno | Anno's Counting Book |
| Frank Asch | Here Comes the Cat! |
| Keith Baker | Hide and Snake |
| Molly Bang | Ten, Nine, Eight |
| Byron Barton | I Want to be an Astronaut |
| Melvin Berger | Ouch! A Book about Cuts, Scratches and Scrapes |
| Michael Bond | The Tales of Olga da Polga |
| Franz Brandenberg | Aunt Nina's Visit |
| Barbara Brenner | Thinking about Ants |
| Jan Brett | Armadillo Rodeo and many other titles |
| Brad Burg | Outside the Lines: Poetry at Play Little Badger's Just About Birthday |
| Eve Bunting | You choose |
| John Burningham | John Patrick Norman McHennessy |
| Mary Calhoun | Hot-Air Henry |
| Janell Cannon | Stellaluna |
| Alyssa Satin | Capucilli Biscuit (series) |
| Eric Carle | Eric Carle's Animals Animals |
| Nancy White | Carlstrom Grandpappy |
| Carol Carick | Patrick's Dinosaur |
| Johanna Cole | The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane |
| Donald Crews | Short Cut |
| Barbara Cooney | You choose the title |
| Cronin, D. | Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type |
| A lexandra Day | Frank and Ernest Play Ball |
| Tomie dePaola | You choose the titles |
| P.D. Eastman | Go, Dog, Go |
| Lois Ehlert | Color Farm, Color Zoo |
| Ed Emberley | Go Away Big Green Monster |
| Denise Fleming | Alphabet Under Construction |
| Debra Frasier | On the Day You were Born |
| Michael Foreman | Cat and Canary |
| Don Freeman | A Pocket for Corduroy |
| Vivian French | Growing Frogs |
| Kristine O'Connell | George Little Dog Poems |
| William T. George | Box Turtle at Long Pond |
| Susanna Gretz | Teddy Bears' Moving Day |
| Elissa Guest | Iris and Walter and Baby Rose |
| Deborah Heiligman | From Caterpillar to Butterfly |
| Kevin Henkes | You choose the titles |
| Russell Hoban | Bread and Jam for Frances |
| Hoban, Tina | I Read Signs Construction Zone |
| Margaret Hodges | Bother Francis and the Friendly Beast |
| Syd Hoff | Danny and the Dinosaur and many other titles |
| Lee Bennett Hopkins | Surprises Yummy, Eating Through the Day |
| Elizabeth F. Howard | Aunt Flossie's Hats (And Crab Cakes Later) |
| Johanna Hurwitz | Russell Sprouts |
| Pat Hutchins | Good-Night, Owl |
| Reiko Kasza | The Wolf's Chicken Stew |
| Ezra Jack Keats | Goggles |
| Steven Kellogg | The Mysterious Tadpole |
| Jill Krementz | A Very Young Musician |
| Lena Landstrom | Little Hipppo's Adventure |
| Edward Lear | The Owl and the Pussycat (James Marshall, illus.) |
| Jean Van Leeuwen | Amanda and Oliver Pig (series) |
| Riki Levinson | Watch the Stars Come Out |
| J. Patrick Lewis | A Hippopotamusn't |
| Leo Lionni | You choose the titles |
| Arnold Lobel | Owl at Home Mouse Soup |
| James Marshall | George and Martha |
| Robert McCloskey | Make Way for Ducklings |
| David McCord | Every Time I climb a Tree |
| Ann McGovern | Too Much Noise |
| Bruce McMillan | Puffins Climb, Penguins Rhyme |
| Kate McMullan | I Stink! |
| Susan Meddaugh | Martha Speaks |
| Eve Merriam | Blackberry Ink |
| Margaret Miller | My Five Senses |
| Else Holmelund Minarik | Little Bear (series) |
| Arlene Mosel | Tikki Tikki Tembo |
| Lloyd Moss | Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin |
| Marty Neumeier | Action Alphabet |
| Laura Joffe Numeroff | If You Give a Moose a Muffin |
| Peggy Parish | Dinosaur Time |
| Patricia Pollacco | Just Plain Fancy Babuska's Mother Goose |
| Jack Prelutsky | Ride a Purple Pelican |
| Alice and/or Martin Provensen | You choose the titles |
| Gloria Rand | Little Flower |
| Peggy Rathmann | Officer Buckle and Gloria |
| Anne Rockwell | The Three Beasr and 15 Other Stories Becoming Butterflies Bugs are Insects |
| Pam Munoz Ryan | Mice and Beans |
| Marilyn Sadler | Alistair in Outer Space |
| Allen Say | Emma's Rug |
| Alvin Schwartz | Busy Buzzing Bumblebees & Other Tongue Twisters |
| Maurice Sendak | Pierre |
| Seuss | Fox in Sox and many other titles |
| David Shannon | Duck on a Bike |
| Marc Simont | The Stray Dog |
| Peter Spier | Oh, Were They Ever Happy! |
| Ernest Lawrence Thayer | Casey at the Bat |
| Janwillem Van de Wetering | Hugh Pine |
| Martin Waddell | Farmer Duck |
| Rosemary Wells | McDuff Moves In Yoko |
| Vera Williams | Something Special for Me |
| Jeanne Willis | I want to be a Cowgirl |
| Jude Wisdom | Whatever Wanda Wanted |
| Bernard Wiseman | Morris (series) |
| Ed Young | Seven Blind Mice |
| Charlotte Zolotow | You choose the titles |