Reading List: Pre-K - Kindergarten 

Students in the Pre-K-kindergarten age group are learning to read and write for the first time, and it’s a skill that, once developed, will last a lifetime.

As a parent, you can help your child develop his or her reading skills in a variety of ways. Start by reading with your child at least once every day. Find books that appeal to his or her interests, and try to incorporate reading into everyday activities.

Summer is a great time to begin developing reading rituals with your child. Take 30 minutes out of every day to sit down and read one of our recommended books together. Most of these books are available at your local public library for free. To check out any of these books all you need to have is a library card. Click on the links below to learn more about each book or download the  2009 summer reading list.

Pre-K-Kindergarten 2009 summer reading list

1, 2, Buckle My Shoe, Anna Grossnickle Hines

17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore, Jenny Offill

Alphabet, Matthew Van Fleet 

Born to Read, Judy Sierra

Carl’s Summer Vacation, Alexandra Day

Chester, Melanie Watt

Do Unto Otters, Laurie Keller

Do You Love Me?, Joost Elffers

¡Fiesta!, Ginger Foglesong Guy

First the Egg, Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The House in the Night, Susan Marie Swanson

I Love My New Toy!, Mo Willems 

Ivan the Terrier, Peter Catalanotto

Jazz Baby, Lisa Wheeler

Join Hands, Pat Mora

Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book, Yuyi Morales

Just like Bossy Bear, David Horvath

The Life of a Car, Susan Steggall

Me Hungry!, Jeremy Tankard

My Preschool,  Anne Rockwell

Old Bear, Kevin Henkes

One Boy, Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Our Abe Lincoln: An Old Tune with New Lyrics, Jim Aylesworth

Peekaboo Bedtime, Rachel Isadora

Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!, Mo Willems

Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale (Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend), Deborah Hopkinson

Abe’s Fish: A Boyhood Tale of Abraham Lincoln, Jennifer Bryant

Are You Ready to Play Outside?, Mo Willems

The Best Story, Eileen Spinelli

The Blacker the Berry, Joyce Carol Thomas

Buster Goes to Cowboy Camp, Denise Fleming

The Cheese, Margie Palatini

The Chicken of the Family, Mary Amato

Chicken Said, “Cluck!”, Judyann Grant

A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever, Marla Frazee

Doo-Wop Pop, Roni Schotter

Eggs, Marilyn Singer

Fly High, Fly Guy, Tedd Arnold

 

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella , Paul Fleischman

 

Goose and Duck, Jean Craighead George

 

Roadwork , Sally Sutton

 

Same Same, Marthe Jocelyn

 

Say Hello, Jack Foreman

 

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes , Mem Fox

 

There Is a Bird on Your Head! , Mo Willems

 

Twenty-Six Princesses, Dave Horowitz

 

What’s Up, Duck?: A Book of Opposites, Tad Hills

 

Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? Karen Beaumont

 

Yoko Writes Her Name, Rosemary Wells

 

Other books

Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons: A Toon Book, Agnes Rosenstiehl

 

Abraham Lincoln, Pam Walker

 

Big and Small, Room for All, Jo Ellen Bogart

 

My Baby & Me, Lynn Reiser

 

 My Family/Mi Familia, Pat Mora

 

My Very First Bilingual Series, Eric Carle

 

Ready for Summer, Marthe Jocelyn

 

 10 Things I Can Do to Help My World: Fun and Easy Eco-Tips, Melanie Walsh

 

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