Kindergarten Supplemental Reading List

Bible Stories and Catholic Stories:

• New Saint Joseph Beginner’s Bible, by Lawrence G. Lovasik (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• Saint Joseph Beginner Book of Saints, by Lawrence G. Lovasik (available at www.setonbooks.com)
• My Bible Friends Read-and-Do Book, by Robin Currie (available at www.pauline.org)
• Brian Wildsmith’s Illustrated Bible Stories, Philip Turner
• The Parables of Jesus, by Tomie dePaola
• The Miracles of Jesus, by Tomie dePaola
• Christopher: The Holy Giant, by Tomie dePaola
• The Lady of Guadalupe, by Tomie dePaola
• An Alphabet of Saints, Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson (available at www.neumannpress.com)
• The Angels’ Alphabet, by Hilda van Stocku (available at www.bethlehembooks.com)
• My First Book About Mary, by Christine V. Orfeo (available at www.pauline.org)

Dictionary:

• The American Heritage Picture Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonbooks.com)

Recommended Anthologies:

• American Cardinal Readers, Primer (available at www.neumannpress.com)
• What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
• Listen, My Children: Poems for Kindergarteners (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
• Read and Learn with Classic Stories, Grade K (ISBN: 1-56189-681-0, available at www.teacherspecialty.com)
• The Children’s Book of Virtues, edited by William J. Bennett

Nursery Rhymes:

• My Mother Goose Library, Iona Opie
• The Original Mother Goose, or The Real Mother Goose, illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright
• Mother Goose – a color reprint of a 1928 edition (Books of Wonder Classics, available at www.booksofwonder.com)
• The Oxford Nursery Treasury, Ian Beck (available at www.oup.com/us/)

Children’s Verse:

• A Child’s Garden of Verses, Stevenson – (Classic Illustrated Edition available at www.chroniclebooks.com)
• First Verses – Finger Rhymes, John Foster (available at www.oup.com/us/)
• First Verses – Action Rhymes, John Foster (available at www.oup.com/us/)
• First Verses – Chanting Rhymes, John Foster (available at www.oup.com/us/)
• First Verses – Counting Rhymes, John Foster (available at www.oup.com/us/)

Poems and Stories:

• My First Oxford Book of Poems, John Foster (available at www.oup.com/us/)
• My First Oxford Book of Stories, Geraldine McCaughrean (available at www.oup.com/us/)

Foreign Languages and Cultures:

• International Children’s Digital Library (available at www.icdlbooks.org)

Kindergarten Phonetic Readers:

• Bob Books First! and Bob Books Fun! by Bobby Lynn Maslen (available at www.scholastic.com)
• Short Vowel Words Phonetic Readers and Long Vowel Words Phonetic Readers (available at www.grades123.com)
• Primary Phonics storybooks, BK 1 and BK 2 (available at www.epsbooks.com)

Zaner-Bloser Non-Fiction Literacy books: Early Emergent Level

Includes easy readers for Reading, Science, Math, Social Studies, and Spanish. My Alphabet; Blends; Early Emergent Science; Spatial Concepts; Counting; Harry’s Math Books; Community Places and Workers; My Special Days. (www.zaner-bloser.com)

Dorling Kindersley Level 1 Eyewitness Readers

A Day at Greenhill Farm; Truck Trouble; Tale of a Tadpole; Surprise Puppy; Ducking Days; A Day at Seagull Beach; Whatever the Weather; Busy Buzzy Bee; Big Machines; Wild Baby Animals; A Bed for the Winter; Born to be a Butterfly; Feeding Time; Jobs People Do (Firefighter); My Cat’s Secret; First Day of Gymnastics; A Trip to the Zoo (www.dk.com)

Dr. Seuss Bright and Early Books

Dr. Seuss books can help your child develop an awareness of phonetic word patterns. Kindergarten level titles include: Dr. Seuss’s ABC; The Foot Book; The Eye Book; The Tooth Book; The Shape of Me and Other Stuff; There’s a Wocket in My Pocket; Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?; Great Day for Up! (www.seussville.com)

Theme: Trains

• The Big Book of Trains, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection, (unabridged edition) by The Reverend W. Awdry
• Casey Jones’s Fireman: The Story of Sim Web, by Nancy Farmer
• The Little Engine That Could (original unabridged edition), by Watty Piper
• Freight Train, by Donald Crews

Theme: Forest Animals

• Look Closer: Forest Life, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• Look Closer: Tree Life, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• Wild Animals, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• Amazing Monkeys (Eyewitness Juniors, www.dk.com)
• The Complete Adventures of Curious George, by H.A. Rey
• Bonjour, Babar: The Six Unabridged Classics by the Creator of Babar, by Jean De Brunhoff
• Corduroy, by Don Freeman
• A Rainbow of My Own, by Don Freeman
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin, Jr.
• Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina

Theme: Farm Animals

• Look Closer: Meadow, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• Amazing Butterflies and Moths (Eyewitness Juniors, www.dk.com)
• Amazing Animal Babies (Eyewitness Juniors, www.dk.com)
• On the Farm, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• Big Red Barn, by Margaret Wise Brown
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle
• The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf
• The ABC Bunny, by Wanda Gag
• The Velveteen Rabbit, by Margery Williams
• The Runaway Bunny, by Margaret Wise Brown (and other books by Margaret Wise Brown)
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit, written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter
• Floss, by Kim Lewis – other titles by this author/illustrator include: Friends, Little Calf, Little Puppy
• Charlie Needs A Cloak, by Tomie dePaola; or A New Coat for Anna, by Harriet Ziefert

Theme: Seasons

• DK Explorers: Trees, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• DK Explorers: Weather, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
• What’s the Weather Today, by Allan Fowler (Rookie Read About Science series – Children’s Press)
• The Little House, and Katy and the Big Snow, by Virginia Lee Burton
• The Snowy Day, by Ezra Jack Keats
• One Summer Day, by Kim Lewis
• First Snow, by Kim Lewis

More Kindergarten Classics:

• A Was Once an Apple Pie, by Edward Lear (Candlewick Press, 1992)
• On Market Street, by Arnold Lobel
• Blueberries for Sal; One Morning In Maine; and Make Way For Ducklings, by Robert McCloskey
• Are You My Mother, by P.D. Eastman
• Prayer For A Child, by Rachel Field
• The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss
• My Five Senses; and The Listening Walk, by Aliki
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Bill Martin Jr., and John Archambault
• Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales, by Ludwig Bemelmans
• George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends, by James Marshall
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, by Virginia Lee Burton
• Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown
• Eloise Wilkin’s Poems to Read to the Very Young, Eloise Wilkin (and others illustrated by Eloise Wilkin)
• Pooh’s Bedtime Book, or Winnie the Pooh, and When We Were Very Young, by A.A. Milne, illustrated by Shepard
• Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown