Suggested Reading for Kindergarten and First Grade
All of the following book titles can be found in the West Hempstead
Public Library in the Children’s Room in the Picture Book section
under “E” in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.
Book Title
Parts
Snip, Snap! What’s That?
Goodnight Moon
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Guji Guji
Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type
Strega Nona
Llama Llama Red Pajama
Dino Snores
Waiting for Wings
Go Away, Big Green Monster!
Olivia
Bark, George!
Hattie and the Fox
Corduroy
Is Your Mama Llama?
Clementine in the City
Kitten’s First Full Moon
The Doorbell Rang
That New Animal!
Pinkalicious
The Snowy Day
Little Blue and Little Yellow
(Colors)
Author
Ted Arnold
Mara Bergman
Margaret Wise Brown
Eric Carle
Yuan Chen
Doreen Cronin
Tomie dePaola
Anna Dewdney
Kelly DiPucchio
Lois Ehlert
Ed Emberley
Ian Falconer
Jules Feiffer
Mem Fox
Don Freeman
Deborah Guarino
Jessie Hartland
Kevin Henkes
Pat Hutchins
Emily Jenkins
Victoria Kann
Ezra Jack Keats
Leo Lionni
Suggested Reading for Kindergarten
And First Grade
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Book Title
Hondo and Fabian
Elmer
I Stink!
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Fancy Nancy
The Amazing Adventures of Bathman
Mouse Mess
Where the Wild Things Are
My Many Colored Days (Colors)
A Bad Case of Stripes
No, David
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Joseph Had A Little Overcoat
Owl Babies
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
Knuffle Bunny
How Do Dinosaurs…
Author
Peter McCarty
David McKee
Jim McMullan
Laura Numeroff
Jane O’Conner
Andrew Pelletier
Leanna Asplind Riley
Maurice Sendak
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel Seuss)
David Shannon
David Shannon
Charles Green Shaw
Simms Taback
Martin Wadell
Mo Willems
Mo Willems
Jane Yolen
Suggested Reading for Kindergarten
And First Grade
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All of the following book titles can be found in the EASY READER
(green dots) section in alphabetical order by author’s last name.
Book Title
Biscuit (Series)
Dumpy’s Apple Shop
Monkey See, Monkey Do
The Moon Came Down on Milk Street
Magic Matt and the Dinosaur
Swing, Otto, Swing!
Hello, Fire Truck
Puppy Mudge (Series)
Eloise (Series)
Are you Ready to Play Outside?
(Elephants and Pig Series)
I’m Going to New York to Visit
the Lions
Author
Alyssa Capucilli
Julie Andrews Edwards
Marc Gave
Jean Gralley
Grace Maccarone
David Milgrim
Marjorie Blain Parker
Cynthia Rylant
Kay Thompson
Mo Willems
Harriet Zeifert
Suggested Reading for Kindergarten
And First Grade
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All of the following titles can be found in the EASY READER (yellow
dots) section in alphabetical order by the author’s last name.
Book Title
Fly Guy (Series)
Young Cam Jansen (Series)
Clifford (Series)
Flat Stanley (Series)
Little Bill (Series)
Arthur (Series)
Katie Woo (Series)
Easy As Apple Pie
Henry and Mudge (Series)
Poppleton (Series)
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Hopscotch Hill School (Series)
Tales of Oliver Pig/Amanda Pig
Commander Toad (Series)
Author
Ted Arnold
David A. Adler
Norman Bridwell
Jeff Brown
Bill Cosby
Russell Hoban
Fran Manushkin
Karen Gray Ruelle
Cynthia Rylant
Cynthia Rylant
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)
Valerie Tripp
Jean Van Leeuwen
Jane Yolen
Suggested Reading for Kindergarten
And First Grade
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For Non-Fiction titles try these:
 Amazing Animal Series
 First Biographies Series
 Gail Gibbons (Author)
 Math Start Series
 Pebble Plus Series