Suggested Books for Kindergartners
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Perfect
PICTURE BOOKS
to read-aloud with your child
- Eight Animals Bake a Cake
by Susan Middleton Elya - Dinosaur Train
by John Steven Gurney - Jamaica's Find (series)
by Juanita Havill - Julius, the Baby of the World
by Kevin Henkes - Angelina's Birthday Surprise (series)
by Katharine Holabird - The Doorbell Rang
by Pat Hutchins - Luke Goes to Bat
by Rachel Isadora - Fortune Cookie Fortunes
by Grace Lin - Running the Road to ABC
by Denize Louture - Baya Baya Lulla-by-a
by Megan McDonald - Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!
by David McPhail - Trucks
by Anne Rockwell - Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
by Simms Taback - Cherish Me
by Joyce Carol Thomas - Farmer Duck
by Martin Waddell
Excellent
EASY READER
with clear short sentences you can read-aloud to your child (and they may want
to start reading them on their own)
- Fat Cat on a Mat (Usborne Easy Words to Read phonics series)
by Phil R. Cox - Aa (See It. Say It. Hear It. phonics series)
by Kelly Doudna - My Day (We Both Read series)
by Sindy McKay - Joshua James Likes Trucks (Rookie Reader Level A series)
by Catherine Petrie - Puppy Mudge Takes a Bath (Level 1 Ready-to-Read series)
by Cynthia Rylant
Fantastic
FOLKTALES and POETRY
to read-aloud with your child
- Raccoon's Last Race: A Traditional Abenaki Story
by Joseph Bruchac
J 398 B - Adelita: A Mexican Cinderella Story
by Tomie DePaola
J 398 D - You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together
by Mary Ann Hoberman
J 398 H - Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa
by Gerald McDermott
J 398 M - Jumpety-Bumpety Hop: A Parade of Animal Poems edited
by Kay Chorao
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Charming
CHAPTER BOOKS
to share with your Kindergartner
- Starring Grace
by Mary Hoffman - The Case of the Buried Treasure (A Jigsaw Jones mystery)
by James Preller - Mush's Jazz Adventure
by Daniel Pinkwater - The Cat's Meow
by Gary Soto - Skunk Scout
by Laurence Yep
Prepared by the Children's Services Staff of: The White Plains Public Library 100 Martine Avenue, White Plains, NY 10601 (914) 422- 1476 Web Site: www.whiteplainslibrary.org