Books for Kindergarten & First Graders

• Browne. Anthony     My Dad
• Butterworth, Chris. Sea Horse: The Shyest Fish in the Sea
• Catalanotto, Peter     Emily's Art
• Chen, Chih-Yuan     Guji Guji
• Cohen, Miriam     When Will I Read?
• Crews, Nina     The Neighborhood Mother Goose
• Cronin, Doreen. Diary of a Worm
• Dillon, Leo     Rap-A-Tap-Tap
• Downs, Mike     Noisy Airplane Ride
• Falwell, Cathryn     Butterflies for Kiri
• Fleischman, Paul     Sidewalk Circus
• French, Vivan     Growing Frogs
• Graham, Bob     Let's Get a Pup, Said Kate
• Hooks, Bell     Be Boy Buzz
• Jenkins, Steve     Prehistoric Actual Size
• Lehman, Barbara     The Red Book
• McKissack, Patricia     Precious and the Boo Hag
• Mora, Pat     Yum! Mmmm! Que Rico!
• Pak, Soyung     Sumi's First Day of School Ever
• Richardson, Justin     And Tango Makes Three
• Sayre, April Pulley     Vulture View
• Seeger, Laura Vaccaro     Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
• Slate, Joseph     Miss Bindergarten Stays Home from Kindergarten
• Wilson, Karma     Bear Snores On
• Willems, Mo     My Friend is Sad
• Wong, Janet     Apple Pie 4th of July
• Woodson, Jacqueline     Show Way
• Yolen, Jane     How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night?

Updated July 2008

For more great reading, check out other books by these authors or ask your local librarian for additional suggestions.

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