Children’s Books Recommended by Kindergarten Readiness

A is for Apple: Take a Peek! Slide and Seek!
(letter sounds)
A You’re Adorable by Buddy Kaye
(alphabet, letter sounds)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Arthur series by Marc Brown
The Berenstain Bears series
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault (ABCs)
Cinderella - fairy tale
Clifford books by Norman Bridwell
The Complete Adventures of Curious George
by H.A. Rey (making choices)
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins (math)
Dr. Seuss books (rhyming) The Cat in the Hat ;
Green Eggs and Ham ; Hop on Pop ;
Horton Hears a Who!
Each Peach Pear Plum by Janet and Allen Ahlberg
Eric Carle books
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
The Gingerbread Man illustrated by Karen Shmidt
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein (generosity)
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears - folktale
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Goodnight Owl by Pat Hutchins
Gregory the Terrible Eater
by Mitchell Sharmat (nutrition)
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Little Red Riding Hood – folktale
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come!
by Nancy Carlson
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten
by Joseph Slate
The Mitten by Jan Brett
No, David! by David Shannon
No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister (sharing)
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw (rhyming)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
The Three Little Pigs by Margot Zemach
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
(days of week, counting)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
(imagination)

Also recommended: Usborne Books

Teacher Resource Books

Math Their Way by Mary Baratta-Lorton

Words Their Way by Donald Bear, et al

Sing, Spell, Read, and Write Phonics Kit

Zoo Phonics by Georgene E. Bradshaw