Kindergarten Reading List
Books on the reading list are arranged alphabetically by category.
Note that there are specific requirements for each category. For children entering Kindergarten, it is assumed that adults will read these books aloud to their children.
The requirements for students entering Kindergarten are 1 folk/fairy tale book, 5 nursery rhymes, 3 picture books, 5 poems and 1 science book.
Most books on the list are available through the Montgomery County Public Library system. You can search online and place books on hold at your local branch. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are recommended, but are not available through the county's library system.
Specific instructions on completing these requirements are available from the office.
Folk/Fairy Tales
Baby's Story Book (folk tale collection)
Chorao, Kay
Cinderella
Craft, Kinuko
Empty Pot
Demi
Gingerbread Baby
Brett, Jan
Gingerbread Boy
Galdone, Paul
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Brett, Jan
Henny Penny
Galdone, Paul
Little Red Riding Hood
Hyman, Trina Schart
Peach Boy
Hooks, William
Random House Book of Fairy Tales
Enhrlich, Amy
Snow White
Heins, Paul
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Jarrell, Randall
Stone Soup
Brown, Marcia
Three Bears
Galdone, Paul
Three Bears and 15 Other Stories
Rockwell, Anne
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Gald, Peter Asbjornsen
Tomie dePaola's Favorite Nursery Tales
dePaola, Tomie
Zomo the Rabbit: a Trickster Tale of West Africa
McDermott, Gerald
Nursery Rhymes
Glorious Mother Goose
Eden, Cooper
Here Comes Mother Goose
Opie, Iona
Real Mother Goose
Wright, Blanche
Rooster Crows: a Book of American Rhymes and Jingles
Petersham, Maud and Miska
Picture Books
Annie and the Wild Animals
Brett, Jan
Aunt Flossie's Hat (and Crab Cakes Later)
Howard, Elizabeth
Bear Shadow
Asch, Frank
Birthday Basket for Tia
Mora, Pat
Book of Jonah
Spier, Peter
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain: a Nandi Tale
Aardema, Verna
Button Box
Reid, Margarette
Caps for Sale
Slobodkina, Esphyr
Chrysanthemum
Henkes, Kevin
Crictor
Ungerer, Tomi
Each Peach, Each Plum
Ahlberg, Janet
Edward and the Pirates
McPhail, David
Freight Train
Crews, Donald
Gilberto and the Wind
Ets, Marie Hall
Harry the Dirty Dog
Zion, Gene
Hat
Brett, Jan
I Like to Be Little
Zolotow, Charlotte
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Taback, Simms
Katy and the Big Snow
Burton, Virginia
Katy No-Pocket
Payne, Emmy
Koala Lou
Fox, Mem
Little House
Burton, Virginia
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
Waber, Bernard
Madeline (or Madeline's Rescue)
Bemelmans, Ludwig
Mama, Do You Love Me?
Joosse, Barbara
Millions of Cats
Gag, Wanda
My Freight Train
Rex, Michael
Nessa's Fish
Luenn, Nancy
Old Bear
Hissey, Jane
On Mother's Lap
Scott, Ann
Pablo's Tree
Mora, Pat
Paper Crane
Bang, Mollie
Pelle's New Suit
Beskow, Elsa
Peter Spier's Rain
Spier, Peter
Peter's Chair (and other Peter books)
Keats, Ezra
Petunia
Duvoisin, Roger
Salamander Room
Mazer, Anne
Sheep in a Jeep (and other Sheep books)
Shaw, Nancy
Someone Says
Schaefer, Carole
Story About Ping
Flack, Marjorie
Story of Babar
de Brunhoff, Jean
Sylvester and the Magic Pebbles
Steig, William
Tale of Peter Rabbit (and others)
Potter, Beatrice
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon
Kent, Jack
Two Bad Ants
VanAllsburg, Chris
Umbrella
Yashima, Taro
Verdi
Cannon, Janell
Very Hungry Caterpillar (and others)
Carle, Eric
Poetry
Child's Garden of Verses (various illustrators)
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes
Denton, Kady
Crossing
Booth, Philip
Now We Are Six
Milne, A. A.
Poems for the Very Young
Rosen, Michael
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young
Prelutsky, Jack
Rhymes for Annie Rose
Hughes, Shirley
When We Were Very Young
Milne, A. A.
Science
Big Book of Things That Go
Bingham, Caroline
Carrot Seed
Kraus, Ruth
Crinkleroot's 25 Birds/Mammals/Fish Every Child Should Know
Arnosky, Jim
Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here (seasons)
George, Jean C.
Feel the Wind
Dorros, Arthur
Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll (weather)
Branley, Franklin
Growing Vegetable Soup (plants)
Ehlert, Lois
How Many Teeth?
Showers, Paul
Listening Walk (five senses)
Showers, Paul
My Five Senses
Aliki
Planting a Rainbow (plants, five senses)
Ehlert, Lois