Books We're Reading In Kindergarten

 

*Of course the weekly list does not include books that we are re-reading that week.

*Book titles with ^ were special Line Leader selections.

Week 30

Moosestache - Margie Palatini

Chicks and Salsa - Aaron Reynolds

You Hold Me Up - Monique Gray Smith

Stone Soup - Jon J. Muth

^That's NOT a Hippopotamus! - Juliette Maclver

ish -Peter H. Reynolds

World Pizza - Cece Meng

Week 29

^My Lucky Day - Keiko Kasza

Tops and Bottoms - Janet Stevens

The Family of Earth - Schim Schimmel

From Tree to Paper - Wendy Davis

The Giving Tree - Shel Silverstein

Dreaming Up - Christy Hale

Goodnight, Butterfly - Ross Burach

Week 28

We're going on an Egg Hunt - Laine Mitchell

The Big Egg Hunt - Suzanne Weyn

The Night Before Easter - Natasha Wing

Max's Chocolate Chicken - Rosemary Wells

How to Catch the Easter Bunny - Adam Wallace

Week 27

The Perfect Nest - Catherine Friend

Chewy Louie - Howie Schneider

A Perfect Day - Lane Smith

Peter's Chair - Ezra Jack Keats

Froggy Plays Soccer - Jonathan London

Week 26

Never EVER Shout in the Zoo - Karma Wilson

^Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons - Eric Litwin

Should I Share My Ice Cream? - Mo Willems

My Lucky Day - Keiki Kasza

When Spring Comes - Kevin Henkes

Virgin Islands, My Favorite Place to Be - Brin Goldman-Ray

Week 25

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish - Dr. Seuss

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut - Dr. Seuss

The Foot Book - Dr. Seuss

Hop on Pop - Dr. Seuss

Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss

The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss

Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo!! - Rosetta Stone

Are You My Mother? - P.D. Eastman

Flap Your Wings - P.D. Eastman

Week 24

I Am Love - Susan Verde

Silly Sally - Audrey Wood

What a Wonderful World - George David Weiss and Bob Thiele

Rabbit's Gift - George Shannon

Zug the Bug's Big Book - Colin and Jacqui Hawkins

Not Norman, A Goldfish Story - Noah Z. Jones

Week 23

Ruby's Chinese New Year - Vickie Lee

We don't lose our goldfish - Ryan T. Higgins

What Do You Do With An Idea? - Kobi Yamada

Gossie - Olivier Dunrea

Lunar New Year - Hannah Eliot

I am Enough - Grace Byers

Week 22

The Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats

There's a Monster in Your Book - Tom Fletcher

Jabari Tries - Gaia Cornwall

Kitchen Dance - Maurie J. Manning

Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy - Eric Litwin

The First Bear in Africa - Satomi Ichikawa

The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle

Sweet Hearts - Jan Carr

Week 21

Groundhog Gets A Say - Pamela Curtis Swallow

Never Let A Unicorn Scribble - Diane Alber

There's Nothing To Do! - Dev Petty

Blueberries For Sal - Robert McCloskey

My Mouth is A Volcano - Julia Cook

Tortoise's Dream - Joanna Troughton (This is the story that inspired GHCDS' AgFair project)

Week 20

Ten Apples Up On Top! - Dr. Seuss

Ruby the Copycat - Peggy Rothmann

Noisy Nora - Rosemary Wells

Find Fergus - Mike Boldt

Pat The Cat's Big Book - Colin and Jacqui Hawkins

Week 19

Rain! - Linda Ashman

The Word Collector - Peter H. Reynolds

Wordy Birdy - Tammy Sauer

The Snowy Nap - Jan Brett

The Way Home for Wolf - Rachel Bright

Week 18

Sheila Rae, the Brave - Kevin Henkes

That is NOT a Hippopotamus! - Juliette Maclver

Strictly No Elephants - Lisa Mantchev

World Pizza - Cece Meng

How to Make a Friend - Stephen W. Martin

Week 17

Elephant and Piggie: I will surprise my friend! - Mo Willems

Huggapotamus - Steve Metzger

The Mitten - adapted by Jan Brett

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay up Late! - Mo Willems

Week 16

Llama Llama Holiday Drama - Anna Dewdney

Santa Duck - David Milgrim

If You Take A Mouse to the Movies - Laura Numeroff

Pete the Cat's 12 Groovy Days of Christmas - Kimberly & James Dean

How to Catch an Elf - Adam Wallace

Bear Stays Up for Christmas - Karma Wilson

Week 15

Come on, Rain! - Karen Hesse

^ Lou - Breanna Carzoo

Snowball - Sue Hendra

"Let's Get a Pup!" - Bob Graham

^ The Fairies' Birthday Surprise - Daisy Meadows

The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School - Laura Murray

Week 14

Those Shoes - Maribeth Boelts

The Three Little Pigs - retold by James Marshall

^ We're Better Together (A Book About Community) - Eileen Spinelli

The Quiet Book - Deborah Underwood

The Three Little Pigs - retold by Mara Alperin

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

Our Table - Peter H. Reynolds

The Crayons' Christmas - Drew Daywalt (A book from Brooklyn's collection)

Week 13

Thanksgiving in the Barn  - Nadine Bernard Wescott

The Forever Tree - Tereasa Surratt and Donna Lukas

Amazing Grace - Mary Hoffman

I'm a Turkey - Jim Arnosky

Bunny Cakes - Rosemary Wells

The Thank You Book - Mo Willems

Week 12

Because of an Acorn - Lola M. Shaefer and Adam Shaefer

^ Biblioburro, Una Historia real de Colombia - Jeanette Winter (even though this book was in Spanish, the class listened and waited for Ms. Cerni to translate!)

The Thankful Book - Todd Parr

Give Thanks for Each Day - Steve Metzger

The Duckling Gets a Cookie?! - Mo Willems

Week 11

Madeline Finn and the Library Dog - Lisa Papp

Scallywag - Jeannette Rowe

Duck on a Bike - David Shannon

The Boy who wouldn't share - Mike Reiss

Week 10

Little Boo - Stephen Wunderli

The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin - Joe Troiano

The Haunted Ghoul Bus - Lisa Trumbauer

Otter Loves Halloween - Sam Garton

Caps for Sale - Esphyr Slobodkina

Room on the Broom - Julia Donaldson

Week 9

Leonardo, the Terrible Monster - Mo Willems

We're Going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen

Mrs. Wishy Washy - Joy Cowley

Meesha Makes Friends - Tom Percival

My New Friend is So Fun! - Mo Willems

Harry the Dirty Dog - Gene Zion

Fluffy McWhiskers, Cuteness Explosion - Stephen W. Martin

The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky - Jory John

Week 8

The Leaf Thief - Alice Hemming

Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! - Rosetta Stone

Goldilocks and the Three Bears - retold by James Marshall

Monster Trouble! - Lane Fredrickson

The Little Red Hen - folktale

The Good Egg - Jory John

Week 7

The Coquies Still Sing - Karina Nicole Gonzalez

Coqui in the City - Nomar Perez

Stop, Drop, and Roll - Margery Cuyler

Dragons Love Tacos - Adam Rubin

Giraffes Can't Dance - Giles Andreae

The I'm Not Scared Book - Todd Parr

Max the Brave - Ed Vere

Week 6

We are in a Book! - Mo Willems

The Pigeon wants a Puppy - Mo Willems

Dreamers - Yuyi Morales

Dear Primo (A Letter from my Cousin) - Duncan Tonatiuh

My First Soccer Game - Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie - Laura Rankin

Week 5

Edwina~ The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct - Mo Willems

Wemberly Worried - Kevin Henkes

Goodnight Butterfly - Ross Burach

Creak! Said the Bed - Phyllis Root

The Three Billy-Goats Gruff - A Norwegian Folktale

Where Are You From? - Yamile Saied Mendez

Week 4

The Dot - Peter H. Reynolds

The Invisible Boy - Trudy Ludwig

Wait - Antoinette Portis

We Don't Eat Our Classmates - Ryan T. Higgins

Mother Goose Bruce - Ryan T. Higgins

Bright Star - Yuyi Morales

Week 3

Perfect - Max Amato

Be Kind - Pat Zietlow Miller

Ralph Tells a Story - Abby Hanlon

The Thing Lou couldn't do - Ashley Spires

Harold and the Purple Crayon - Crockett Johnson

White Rabbit's Color Book - Alan Baker

Ruby Finds a Worry - Tom Percival

How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow - Monica Sweeney

Week 2

Red - Michael Hall

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear - Don & Audrey Wood

Red is Best - Kathy Stinson

Ravi's Roar - Tom Percival

The Family Book - Todd Parr

Sky Color - Peter H. Reynolds

Green Green, A Community Gardening Story - Marie Lamba & Baldev Lamba

The Day the Crayons Quit - Drew Daywalt

Week 1

The Pout Pout Fish Goes to School - Deborah Diesen

The Pigeon Has to go to School - Mo Willems

The Rabbit Listened - Cori Doerrfeld

Wave - Suzy Lee

Lucy Walker, Nonstop Talker - Christianne C. Jones

Growing Vegetable Soup - Lois Ehlert

Jabari Jumps - Gaia Cornwall