Homeschooling, The First Year: Books for Kindergarteners

One of the records I have recently begun keeping is a "good books" list, and I love it! I order books every week through our library, and I realized that I did not want to have to do the research looking for book titles and lists again every time we have a child in an age group. Thus, I have started my own record of good books, listed by age-appropriateness - preschool, kindergartener (age 4-6), early elementary, late elementary, junior high, and high school. I wish I'd started keeping this list years ago! 

While my lists are going to grow exponentially, I thought I'd share my kindergarten list with you all - it's missing a lot of books, but I'm working on it! It's an exciting project, and I'll post again later (probably in a year or so) with a complete list (and further on with my other lists).

Please note that age appropriateness is extremely approximate, and furthermore is based primarily (at this age) off of read-aloud level rather than reading-to-self level.

Good Books for Kindergarteners (age 4-6)

Series

Henry & Mudge (Series)

Mr. Putter & Tabby (Series)

Clifford the Big Red Dog (Series)

Annie & Snowball (Series)

Strega Nona

Clarence and the Purple Horse

Mirette and Bellini

Curious George

Frog and Toad

Little Bear

Maple Hill Farm

Lyle Crocodile

Magic School Bus

 “I Can Read” books on the library catalogue or the internet

Babar

Madeline

Poppleton

Mrs. Toggle

Aunt Eater

Berenstain Bears

Clifford the Big Red Dog

Frances

George and Martha

Little Critter

Amelia Bedelia

Richard Scarry books

Mercy Watson

Individual books

Nine for California

Armadilly Chili

A Pipkin of Pepper (& sequels)

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

Lost and Found

Harry in Trouble

The Island of the Skog

Granddaddy’s Place

The Gingerbread Man

The Gingerbread Cowboy

The Carrot Seed

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Corduroy

A Pocket for Corduroy

Just Me and My Dad (and others)

The Ugly Duckling

Stone Soup

There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon

The Little Engine That Could

Harry the Dirty Dog

The Biggest Bear

Caps for Sale

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (and sequels)

Mice at Bat

The Case of the Cat’s Meow

Wagon Wheels  (history, B)

The Mysterious Tadpole

A House in the Woods

The Story About Ping

Ask Mr. Bear

Millions of Cats

May I Bring a Friend?

Six-Dinner Sid

The Story of Little Babaji (Pancakes for Supper is another retelling of this story)

Lentil

The Reluctant Dragon (history, B)

The Visit

The Velveteen Rabbit

When I Was Young in the Mountains

Saving Strawberry Farm (history)

The Long Way to a New Land, and sequels (history)

Authors

Cynthia Rylant

Leo Lionni

Virginia Burton

Arthur Howard, illustrator

Steven Kellog

Helen Cooper

Arnold Lobel

Inga Moore

Barbara Brenner