Wednesday, August 3, 2011

50 Books to Read before Kindergarten

It's hard to believe but my baby starts Kindergarten 
in only five days!  

I've been trying to prep him as best I can and the first place I started was reading. I picked up the below list  from my local library's children services. We haven't read them all yet, but we made a good dent and added many of our own favorites. What additional books do you think should be added?  I personally love The Ravenous Beast by Niamh Sharkey!
  1. Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
  2. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
  3. Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
  4. The Mitten by Jan Brett
  5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  6. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
  7. Freight Train by Donald Crews
  8. Llama, Llama, Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
  9. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
  10. In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
  11. Corduroy by Don Freeman
  12. Is Your Mamma a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
  13. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
  14. The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
  15. Peter's Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
  16. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  17. Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  18. The Arnold Lobel Book of Mother Goose by Arnold Lobel
  19. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
  20. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
  21. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr and John Archambault
  22. Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
  23. Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia mcKissack
  24. I Stink! by Kate and Jim McMullan
  25. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
  26. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
  27. Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
  28. Uncle Nacho's hat by Harriett Rohmer
  29. The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
  30. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  31. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
  32. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Suess
  33. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
  34. It Look like Split Milk by Charles Shaw
  35. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
  36. Too many Tamales by Gary Soto
  37. Joseph had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
  38. Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri
  39. Alexander and the Terrible, horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Vlorst
  40. Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
  41. Mouse Paint by Ellen Stohl Walsh
  42. Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
  43. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
  44. Knuffle Bunny by Mo Wilson
  45. Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood
  46. A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams
  47. Bear Snores On by Audrey Wood
  48. The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Don & Audrey Wood
  49. A Number of Animals by Christopher Wormell
  50. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen
 What books do you think should be on the list?

1 comment:

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