Suggested summer reading, entering Kindergarten

Interest level Pre-K through 3.  Some books are at Kindergarten reading level.

 

The list for students entering Kindergarten is made up primarily of books recommended for parents to read to their children.  I also included several books at Kindergarten reading level for students who are already reading.

 

Asch, Frank                             Happy Birthday, Moon

Barnett, Mac                           Count the Monkeys

Barton, Byron                         My Bus

Bingham, Kelly                        Z is for Moose

Brown, Margaret Wise           Goodnight Moon

                                                   The Important Book

                                                  Runaway Bunny

Carle, Eric                                The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Crews, Nina                            The Neighborhood Mother Goose

Degen, Bruce                          Jamberry

Dominguez, Angela               Santiago Stays

Eastman, P.D.                         Are You My Mother?

Fleming, Denise                     Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy

Freeman, Don                        Corduroy

Haughton, Chris                     Sh! We Have a Plan

Isadora, Rachel                       Bea at Ballet

Jeffers, Oliver                          The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Johnson, Crockett                  Harold and the Purple Crayon

Kang, Anna                              You Are (Not) Small

Keats, Ezra Jack                       The Snowy Day

Landstrom, Lena                    Pom and Pim

                                                  Where Is Pim?

Long, Ethan                             Up, Tall and High!

Martin, Bill                               Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

                                                  Knots of a Counting Rope

Matheson, Christie                Tap the Magic Tree

McBratney, Sam                     Guess How Much I Love You

McCourt, Lisa                          I Love You, Stinky Face

McMullan, Kate and Jim        I Stink!

Meisel, Paul                             See Me Run

Pfister, Marcus                       The Rainbow Fish

Piper, Walter                           The Little Engine That Could

Scieszka, Jon                           Trucktown (series)

Seeger, Laura                         Green

Sendak, Maurice                    Where the Wild Things Are

Willems, Mo                            Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (series)

                                                  Waiting Is Not Easy!

Yoon, Salina                            Found

Yum, Hyewon                         Mom, It’s My First Day of Kindergarten!