St. Joseph - Kindergarten Reading Lists

Autobiography
Winners Never Quit, by Mia Hamm     JE HAMM                               
Chloe’s Birthday . . . And Me, by Giselle Potter     JE POTTER
Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina, by Maria Tallchief     J792.028 TALLCHIEF
26 Fairmount Avenue, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
What a Year, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Here We All Are, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
On My Way, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Things Will Never Be the Same, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Under My Nose, by Lois Ehlert     J813.54 EHLERT
Author: A True Story, by Helen Lester     J813.54 LESTER

Biography
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordicai Gerstein     JE GERSTEIN
Rocks in His Head, by Carol Otis Hurst     JE HURST
Thank You, SarahLaurie Halse Anderson     J394.264 ANDERSON
Mother to Tigers, by George Ella Lyon     J591.7 LYON
Fannie in the Kitchen, by Deborah Hopkins     J641.5 HOPKINS
My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris     J921 KING
Martin’s Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport     J921 KING
The Boy on Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull     J921 SEUSS

Fantasy
Burnt Toast on Davenport Street, by Tim Egan     JE EGAN
Weslandia, by Paul Fleischman     JE FLEISCHMAN
Corduroy, by Don Freeman     JE FREEMAN
Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook, by Michael Garland     JE GARLAND
Arthur’s Tractor, by Pippa Goodhart     JE GOODHART
Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, by Bob Graham     JE GRAHAM
Max, by Bob Graham     JE GRAHAM
Traction Man is Here, by Mini Grey     JE GREY
Harold and the Purple Crayon, by Crockett Johnson     JE JOHNSON
Superhero ABC, by Bob McLeod     JE MCLEOD
If you Decide to Go to the Moon, by Faith McNulty     JE MCNULTY
The Adventures of Sparrowboy, by Brian Pinkney     JE PINKNEY
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrice Potter     JE POTTER
Clara and Asha, by Eric Rohmann     JE ROHMANN
Davy Crockett Save the World, by Rosalyn Schanzer     JE SCHANZER
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, by Dr. Seuss     JE SEUSS
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak     JE SENDAK
The Lost and Found, by Mark Teague     JE TEAGUE

Historical Fiction
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordicai Gerstein     JE GERSTEIN
Rocks in His Head, by Carol Otis Hurst     JE HURST
Thank You, Sarah, by Laurie Halse Anderson     J394.264 ANDERSON
Mother to Tigers, by George Ella Lyon      J591.7 LYON
Fannie in the Kitchen, by Deborah Hopkins     J641.5 HOPKINS
My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris     J921 KING
Martin’s Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport     J921 KING
The Boy on Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull     J921 SEUSS

Mystery
Grandpa’s Teeth, by Rod Clement     JE CLEMENT
Where’s the Big Bad Wolf, by Eileen Christelow     JE CRISTELOW
Stella Louella’s Runaway Book, by Lisa Campbell Ernst     JE ERNST
Olivia . . . And the Missing Toy, by Ian Falconer     JE FALCONER
The Missing Mitten Mystery, by Steven Kellogg     JE KELLOGG
The Web Files, by Margie Palatini     JE PALATINI
Dolores on Her Toes, by Barbara Samuels     JE SAMUELS
Detective LaRue, by Mark Teague     JE TEAGUE
Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery, by David Adler     J Blue Dot ADLER
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver, by Eth Clifford     J Blue Dot                                                                                                            CLIFFORD
Aunt Eater’s Mystery Vacation, by Doug Cushman     J Blue Dot CUSHMAN
Inspector Hopper, by Doug Cushman     J Blue Dot CUSHMAN
Nate the Great and the Big Sniff, by Marjorie Sharmat     J Blue Dot SHARMAT

Poetry
Mathematickles!, by Betsy Franco     JE FRANCO
Little Dog Poems, by Kristine O’Connell George     JE GEORGE
There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnegan, by Mary Ann Hoberman     JE                                                                                                                                   HOBERMAN
Good Rhymes, Good Times, by Lee Bennett Hopkins     JE HOPKINS
Wake Up House!, by Dee Lillegard     JE LILLEGARD
A Cake for Herbie, by Petra Mathers     JE MATHERS
The Tale of Custard the Dragon, by Ogden Nash     JE NASH
Go!, by Daniel Kirk     J 782.42 KIRK
I’m Still Here in the Bathtub, by Alan Katz     J 782.421 KATZ   
America Is . . . ., by Louise Borden     J 811.54 BORDEN
Summersaults, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny, by Bill Grossman     J 811.54 GROSSMAN
The Llama Who Had No Pajama, by Mary Ann Hoberman     J 811.54 HOBERMAN
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, by Jack Prelutsky              J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles          , by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
Falling Up, by Shel Silverstein     J 811.54 SILVERSTEIN

Realistic Fiction
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, by Margaret Chodos-Irvine     JE CHODOSIRVINE
Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble, by Maryann Cocca-Leffler     JE COCCALEFFLER
Two Old Potatoes and Me, by John Coy     JE COY
Pie in the Sky, by Lois Ehlert     JE EHLERT
I Dream of Trains, by Angela Johnson     JE JOHNSON
Countdown to Kindergarten, by Alison McGhee     JE MCGHEE
Crazy Hair Day, by Barney Saltzberg     JE SALTZBERG
Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie, by Gloria Whelan     JE WHELAN
Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan Zweibel     JE ZWEIBEL

Science Fiction
Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter, by Timothy Bush     JE BUSH
First Graders from Mars, by Shana Corey     JE COREY
Beegu, by Alexis Deacon           JE DEACON
Jimmy Zangwow’s Out-of-this-World, Moon Pie, by Tony DiTerlizzi     JE DITERLIZZI
Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby, by David McPhail     JE MCPHAIL
Cosmo and the Robot, by Brian Pinkney     JE PINKNEY
Baloney (Henry P.), by Jon Scieszka     JE SCIESZKA
June 29, 1999, by David Wiesner     JE WIESNER
Space Cat, by Doug Cushman     J Red Dot CUSHMAN
Trouble in Space, by Rose Greydanus     JE Red Dot GREYDANUS
Ready-Set-Robot!, by Russell Hoban     J Blue Dot HOBAN
Bobo Crazy, by Marilyn Sadler     J Blue Dot SADLER