50+Books+to+Read+before+Kindergarten


 * A reading list, for kindergarten? Though they're not exactly required reading, these 50 books, both old and new, make a top-notch reading that young kinders shouldn't miss. They run the gamut from read-alouds that parents can share to early reading practice, and deal with topical subjects (like fear of school), skills kids should master (such as the alphabet), and, of course, flat-out fun! So hunker down and get reading! **
 * 1) // Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Da //y by Judith Viorst
 * 2) // Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock // by Eric Kimmel or Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
 * 3) // Bark, George // by Jules Feiffer
 * 4) The Berenstain Bears series by Stan and Jan Berenstain
 * 5) // Caps for Sale // by Esphyr Slobodkina
 * 6) // The Carrot Seed // by Ruth Krauss
 * 7) // A Chair for My Mother // by Vera B. Williams
 * 8) // Chicka Chicka Boom Boom // by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
 * 9) // Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type // by Doreen Cronin
 * 10) // Clifford the Big Red Dog // by Norman Bridwell
 * 11) // Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs // by Judy Barrett
 * 12) // Curious George // by H.A. Rey
 * 13) // Danny and the Dinosaur // by Syd Hoff
 * 14) // Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! // By Mo Willems
 * 15) // Flat Stanley // by Jeff Brown
 * 16) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Frog and Toad Are Friends // by Arnold Lobel
 * 17) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Froggy Gets Dressed // or // Froggy Goes to School // by Jonathan London
 * 18) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// George and Martha // by James Marshall
 * 19) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Green Eggs and Ham // by Dr. Seuss
 * 20) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Harold and the Purple Crayon // by Crockett Johnson
 * 21) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Harry the Dirty Dog // by Gene Zion
 * 22) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? //By Jane Yolen
 * 23) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// I Stink! // By Kate McMullen
 * 24) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// If You Give a Mouse a Cookie // by Laura J. Numeroff
 * 25) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Ira Sleeps Over // by Bernard Waber
 * 26) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Joseph Had a Little Overcoat // by Simms Taback
 * 27) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Leo, the Late Bloomer //by Robert Kraus
 * 28) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile // by Bernard Waber
 * 29) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Madeline // by Ludwig Bemelmans
 * 30) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// The Magic School Bus Series // by Joanna Cole
 * 31) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Martha Speaks // by Susan Meddaugh
 * 32) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel // by Virginia Lee Burton
 * 33) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten // by Joseph Slate
 * 34) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Miss Nelson is Missing! // By Harry Allard and James Marshall
 * 35) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Mr. Popper’s Penguins // by Richard Atwater
 * 36) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// My Father’s Dragon // by Ruth Stiles Gannett
 * 37) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Nate the Great // by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
 * 38) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Owen // by Kevin Henkes
 * 39) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// The Paper Bag Princess // by Robert Munsch
 * 40) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Pete’s a Pizza // by William Steig
 * 41) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Pierre: A Cautionary Tale // by Maurice Sendak
 * 42) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Puss in Boots // by Charles Perrault
 * 43) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Rapunzel //by Paul O. Zelinsky
 * 44) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Strega Nona // by Tomie De Paola
 * 45) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Stellaluna // by Janell Cannon
 * 46) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Sylvester and the Magic Pebble // by William Steig
 * 47) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Tough Boris // by Mem Fox
 * 48) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// The True Story of the Three Little Pigs // by A. Wolf, by John Scieszka
 * 49) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Where the Wild Things Are // by Maurice Sendak
 * 50) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #363636; font-family: inherit; font-family: verdana,Helvetica,Arial,clean,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-size: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">// Yoko //by Rosemary Wells