Reading List: Grades K-2
Topics: Middle Years (5-9), Top Early Elementary Books
Below is a list of books recommended for children in kindergarten through second grade.
Amelia Bedelia (series) -Parish, Peggy
Arthur (series) -Brown, Marc
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See? -Martin, Bill, Jr.
Caps for Sale - Slobodkina, Esphyr
The Cat in the Hat -Dr. Seuss
Corduroy -Freeman, Don
The Doorbell Rang -Hutchins, Pat
Frog and Toad Are Friends (series) -Lobel, Arnold
The Gingerbread Man -Aylesworth, Jim
Goodnight Moon -Brown, Margaret Wise
Grandfather's Journey -Say, Allen
How Big is a Foot?Myllar, Rolf
If a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks-Ringgold, Faith
Green Eggs and Ham -Dr. Seuss
Harold and the Purple Crayon-Johnson, Crockett
Henry and Mudge (series)-Rylant, Cynthia
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (series)-Numeroff, Laura
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse-Henkes, Kevin
The Little Engine That Could- Piper, Watty
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile-Waber, Bernard
Make Way for Ducklings-McCloskey, Robert
The Mitten-Brett, Jan
The Mouse and the Motorcycle-Cleary, Beverly
The Polar Express-Van Allsburg, Chris
The Snowy Day-Keats, Ezra Jack
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble-Steig, William
There's an Alligator Under My Bed-Mayer, Mercer
The Three Little Pigs-Kellogg, Steven
The Very Hungry Caterpillar-Carle, Eric
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly-Rounds, Glen
Owl Moon-Yolen, Jane
Sheep in a Jeep-Shaw, Nancy
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You-Ciardi, John
Digging Up Dinosaurs-Aliki
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