Last week I shared our Preschool Read Aloud List, so this week I thought I would share what we’ve enjoyed for our read aloud time during the Kindergarten year. While picture books still dominate the list, Kindergarten is a good time to introduce some chapter books. I have noted which books are chapter books and which are picture books by noting the picture books with a (pic) and chapter books with a (ch). Please keep in mind that children can understand books at a higher level than they can read them, so if the books seem advanced for this age group, they are supposed to be!
*Personal Family Favorite
- A Fine, Fine School by Sharon Creech (pic)
- Bridget and the Gray Wolves by Pija Lindenbaum (pic)
- The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin, Jr. (pic)
- Alexander, and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (pic)*
- Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst (pic)
- Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst (pic)
- Are You Going to Be Good? by Cari Best (pic)
- Once Upon an Ordinary Day by Colin McNaughton (pic)
- Aunt Minnie McGranahan by Mary Skillings Prigger (pic)
- Baby in a Basket by Gloria Rand (pic)*
- The Bear that Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (pic)*
- The Biggest Bear by Lynd Ward (pic)
- Capyboppy by Bill Peet (pic)
- Harry’s Pony by Barbara Ann Porte (pic)
- The Josefina Story Quilt by Eleanor Coerr (pic)
- Thy Friend Obadiah by Brinton Turkle (pic)
- The Babe and I by David A. Adler (pic)
- Matthew’s Dragon by Susan Cooper (pic)
- Brave Irene by William Steig (pic)*
- A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams (pic)
- Something Special for Me by Vera B. Williams (pic)
- Music, Music for Everyone by Vera B. Williams (pic)
- A Day’s Work by Eve Bunting (pic)
- The Gunniwolf by Wilhelmina Harper (pic)
- Harry in Trouble by Barbara Ann Porte (pic)-series
- Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood (pic)
- A Cowboy Christmas by Audrey Wood (pic)
- Henry and the Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall (pic)
- Here Come the Aliens! by Colin McNaughton (pic)
- Humphrey, Albert, and the Flying Machine by Kathryn Lasky (pic)
- If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss (pic)
- Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber (pic)
- Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber (pic)
- I Lost My Bear by Jules Feiffer (pic)
- The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg (pic)
- The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie DePaola (pic)
- The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie DePaola (pic)
- Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet (pic)
- Mirabelle by Astrid Lindgren (pic)
- Betty Doll by Patricia Polacco (pic)
- Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans (pic) series*
- Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell (pic)
- Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man by Robert McCloskey (pic)
- Lentil by Robert McCloskey (pic)
- One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey (pic)
- Chibi: A True Story from Japan by Julia Takaya and Barbara Brenner (pic)
- Marven of the Great North Woods by Kathryn Lasky (pic)
- Max by Bob Graham (pic)
- Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton (pic)
- Choo-Choo by Virginia Lee Burton (pic)
- The Emperor’s New Clothes by Virginia Lee Burton (pic)
- Man on the Moon by Simon Bartram (pic)
- Pop’s Bridge by Eve Bunting (pic)
- The Minpins by Roald Dahl (pic)
- Mirette on the High Wire by Arnold McCully (pic)*
- Starring Mirette and Bellini by Arnold McCully (pic)*
- Mirette and Bellini Cross Niagara Falls by Arnold McCully (pic)
- The Bobbin Girl by Arnold McCully (pic)
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein (pic)
- Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard (pic) series*
- Niccolini’s Song by Chuck Wilcoxen (pic)
- Nora’s Ark by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (pic)
- The Bravest of Us All by Marsha Diane Arnold (pic)
- Miss Ida’s Front Porch by Sandra Belton (pic)
- An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco (pic)
- Mim’s Christmas Jam by Andrea Davis Pinkney (pic)
- The Paperboy by Dav Pilkey (pic)
- The Poppy Seeds by Clyde Robert Bulla (pic)
- I, Doko: The Tale of a Basket by Ed Young (pic)
- Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling (pic)*
- Rotten Teeth by Laura Simms (pic)
- 100th Day Worries by Margery Cuyler (pic)
- Author Day by Daniel Pinkwater (pic)
- The Frightful Story of Harry Walfish by Brian Floca (pic)
- Curious George by H. A. Rey (pic) series*
- Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems (pic)*
- The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill (pic)
- The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague (pic) series*
- Lost and Found by Mark Teague (pic)
- One Halloween Night by Mark Teague (pic)
- Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman (pic)
- A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman (pic)
- Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli (pic)
- Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig (pic)*
- The Amazing Bone by William Steig (pic)
- Doctor De Soto by William Steig (pic)
- The Toy Brother by William Steig (pic)
- Zeke Pippin by William Steig (pic)
- Thank You, Sarah: The Woman Who Saved Thanksgiving by Laurie Halse Anderson (pic)
- Milly and the Macy’s Parade by Shana Corey (pic)
- The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen (pic)
- Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen (pic)
- The Boy in the Drawer by Robert Munsch (pic)
- David’s Father by Robert Munsch (pic)
- 50 Below Zero by Robert Munsch (pic)
- I Have to Go! by Robert Munsch (pic)
- Moira’s Birthday by Robert Munsch (pic)
- Mortimer by Robert Munsch (pic)
- The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch (pic)
- Flossie and the Fox by Patricia McKissack (pic)
- John Philip Duck by Patricia Polacco (pic)
- Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (pic)
- Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu by Emily Arnold McCurry (pic)
- Blue Willow by Pam Conrad (pic)
- The Boy Who Drew Cats by Arthur A. Levine (pic)
- Crow Boy by Taro Yahima (pic)
- The Emperor and the Kite by Jane Yolen (pic)*
- Kamishibai Man by Allen Say (pic)
- The Voice of the Great Bell by Lafcadio Hearn (pic)
- The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka (pic)*
- Uncle Jed’s Barbershop by Margaree K. Mitchell (pic)
- The Friend by Sarah Stewart (pic)
- Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (pic)
- In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak (pic)
- The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf (pic)*
- The Whingdingdilly by Bill Peet (pic)
- Big Bad Bruce by Bill Peet (pic)
- The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet (pic)
- Eli by Bill Peet (pic)
- Encore for Eleanor by Bill Peet (pic)
- Fly, Homer, Fly by Bill Peet (pic)
- How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head by Bill Peet (pic)
- Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet (pic)
- Randy’s Dandy Lions by Bill Peet (pic)
- The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman (pic)*
- Angelina Ballerina by Katharine Holabird (pic) series*
- Pinkalicious by Elizabeth Kann (pic) series*
- Dinosaurs Before Dark by Mary Pope Osborne (ch) Magic Tree House series*
- Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner (ch)
- Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones by David Adler (ch) series
- My Father’s Dragon by Ruth S. Gannett (ch) series*
- The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron (ch) series*
- Two Times the Fun by Beverly Cleary (ch)
- The Dragonling by Jackie French Koller (ch)
- Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White (ch)*
- The Real Mother Goose illustrated by Blanche F. Wright (poetry)
- The Water Horse by Dick King-Smith (n)*
- A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith (ch)
- Uncle Wiggly’s Storybook by Howard Garis (ch)
- The Classic Tales of Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris (ch)*
- The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary (ch)*
- Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary (ch)
- Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary (ch)
- Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary (ch) series*
- Stuart Little by E. B. White (ch)
- Tumtum and Nutmeg: Adventures Beyond Nutmouse Hall by Emily Bearn (ch)
- Tumtum and Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Tales by Emily Bearn (ch)
- The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook by Joyce Lankester Brisley (ch)
Happy reading from the tree house,
Chelli
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