1. The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen/Jerry Pinkney
2. Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
3. I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
4. Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss/Tiphanie Beeke
5. A Splendid Friend Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
6. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
8. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelowe
9. The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews
10. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
11. Strega Nona: an Old Tale by Tomie de Paola
12. Snowballs by Lois Ehlert
13. Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
14. In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
15. Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
16. Corduroy by Don Freeman
17. How Are You Peeling? Foods With Moods by Saxton Freymann and Joost Elffers
18. Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
19. Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
20. Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
21. Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban
22. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
23. The Wolf's Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
24. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
25. Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
26. Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
27. Swimmy by Leo Lionni
28. Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
29. Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
30. I Stink! by Kate and Jim McMullan
31. Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
32. Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
33. The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper/Loren Long
34. The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
35. Mother, Mother I Want Another by Maria Polushkin Robbins/Jon Goodell
36. The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
37. Down the Road by Alex Schertle
38. Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
39. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
40. Spicy Hot Colors by Sherry Shahan
41. Gregory, the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat
42. Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
43. Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
44. Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
45. There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Sims Taback
46. My Kindergarten by Rosemary Wells
47. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
48. King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Don and Audrey Wood
49. How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen
50. Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

50 More Books to Read in Kindergarten

1. A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
2. A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
3. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
4. Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
5. Bill Grogan's Goat by Mary Ann Hoberman
6. Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
7. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
8. Fireman Small by Wong Herbert Yee
9. Fish, Swish! Splash, Dash!: Counting Round and Round by Suse MacDonald
10. Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
11. Hurry! Hurry! by Eve Bunting
12. I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
13. It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
14. Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
15. Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
16. Llama, Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
17. Look Out, Kindergarten, Here I Come! by Nancy Carlson
18. Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
19. Manana, Iguana by Ann Whitford Paul
20. Me I Am! by Jack Prelutsky
21. Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
22. Mr. Gumpy's Outing by John Burningham
23. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
24. Oh No, Gotta Go! by Susan Middleton Elya
25. Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Jane Cabrera
26. Olivia by Ian Falconer
27. Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest
28. Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
29. Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
30. Please, Puppy, Please by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
31. Rapunzel by Paul Zelinsky
32. Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
33. Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
34. Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
35. The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward
36. The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
37. The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
38. The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
39. The Empty Pot by Demi
40. The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
41. The Mitten by Jan Brett
42. The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg
43. The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort
44. The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
45. The Stray Dog by Marc Simont
46. There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
47. Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
48. Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
49. Turtle's Race With Beaver: A Traditional Seneca Story by Joseph Bruchac
50. Whose Chick Are You? by Nancy Tafuri