Books to Read to Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten
Children
E ACK Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
E ASH Just Another Morning by Linda Ashman
E BEM Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
E BRO Stone Soup by Marcia Wise Brown
E BRO Goodnight Moon by Margaret Brown
E BUR Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
B CAR Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
E CAR The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
E CAR What Happened to Patrick’s Dinosaur by Carol Carrick
E CHR Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christlow
E CRE Freight Train by Donald Crews
E DEB The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant by Jean DeBrunhoff
E EHL Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
E ELL Hunter’s Best Friend at School by Laura Elliot
E FAL Olivia and other books by Ian Falconer
E FLE Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
E FOX Possum Magic by Mem Fox
E FRE A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman
E GIN Mushroom in the Rain by Mirra Ginsburg
E GUA Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
E GRA Billy’s Bucket by Kes Gray
E Hes You’re the Boss Baby Duck and other books by Amy Hest
E HOb Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban
E HOB Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? by Tana Hoban
E HOF Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
E HOG One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian
E HUT Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
E HUT Titch by Pat Hutchins
E JOO Mama Do You Love Me? and others by Barbara Joosse
E KEA Goggles by Ezra keats
E KEL A-Hunting We Will Go by Steven Kellogg
E KEL Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg
E KRA You’re Just What I Need by Ruth Krauss
E LAN Little Bear Gets Dressed by Jutta Langreuter
E LIO Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse by Leo Lionni
E LON Froggy and other Froggy books by Johnathan London
E MCC Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
E MCP Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore by David McPhail
E MCP Bear’s Toothache by David McPhail
E MAR Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
E MAR Chick Chick Boom Boom by Bill Martin
E MAR Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin
E MAY Just Grandma and Me and others by Mercer Mayer
E MAY Jobs People Do by Christopher Maynard
E MIN Little Bear by Else Minarik
E MUN Thomas’ Snowsuit and other books by Robert Munsch
E NUM The Chicken Sisters by Laura Numeroff
E NUM If You Give A Mouse Aa Cookie by Laura Numeroff
E NUM If you Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff
E PAO Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli
E PEN The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn
E PFI The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
E PIP The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper
E POT The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
E RAT 10 Minutes till Bedtime by Peggy Rathmann
E REY Curious George by H.A. Rey
E ROS We’re going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
E RYL When I was Young in the Mountains and others by Cynthia Rylant
E SEN Where the Wild Things Are
ER EAS Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
ER HOF Danny and the Dinosaur by Sid Hoff
JFIC JUK Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes