Kindergarten Bibliography

Reading to your child daily is the best way to prepare them for school. This booklet recommends books to correspond with each of the curriculum areas covered in kindergarten in the Warwick schools. This list is a starting place. There are many more great books in each of these subject areas and a librarian can give you additional recommendations.

As you read, encourage your child to react to the story, relate personal experiences to characters in the book and join in with sound effects and to complete predictable sentences. Children learn through repetition so reading the story every night for a week is okay. And above all else have fun.

Language Arts
Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack
Blueberries For Sal by Robert McCloskey
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Curious George by H.A. Rey
Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail
Elmer by David McKee
George and Martha by James Marshall
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
If You Give A Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Joseph Had an Overcoat by Simms Taback
The Library by Sarah Stewart
Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Mrs. Potter's Pig by Phyllis Root
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg
Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
There's an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
A Whistle For Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

Mathematics
12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Beginning to Learn about Shapes by Richard Allington
The Best Bug Parade by Stuart Murphy
The Best Vacation Ever by Stuart Murphy
Bunny Money by Rosemary Wells
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Grandfather Tang's Story by Ann Tompert
The Great Divide by Dayle Ann Dodds
How Much Is a Million? by David Schwartz
If You Hopped Like a Frog by David Schwartz
Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan
The King's Commissioners by Aileen Friedman
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
One Grain of Rice by Demi
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes
A Pair of Socks by Stuart Murphy
Sea Squares by Carol Hulme
Spunky Monkeys on Parade by Stuart Murphy
Super Sand Castle Saturday by Stuart Murphy
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
Twenty Is too Many by Kate Duke

Visual Arts
A is for …? A Photographer's Alphabet of Animals by Henry Horenstein
The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola
City ABC Book by Zoran Milich
The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
Hamilton's Art Show by Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Incredible Paintings of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee
Kenji and the Magic Geese by Ryerson Johnson
Linnea in Monet's Garden by Christina Bjork
Market Day by Lois Ehlert
Spot a Cat by Lucy Micklethwait
Spot a Dog by Luch Micklethwait
The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer
What is Square by Rebecca Dottich
When a Line Bends…A Shape Begins by Rhonda Greene
Wipe Your Feet! by Daniel Lehan

Nonfiction
Hidden Pictures by Linda Bolton (N7560 B65)
Oxford First Book of Art by Gillian Wolfe (N7440 W65)
Squeaking of Art: The Mice Go to the Museum by Monica Wellington (N7440 W45

Physical Education
At the Ballpark by Ken Robbins
Ballerina! by Peter Sis
Bravo, Tanya by Patricia Gauch
Frank and Ernest Play Ball by Alexandra Day
Froggy Plays Soccer by Jonathan London
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Goal by Robert Burleigh
Impatient Pamela Asks: Why Are My Feet so Huge? by Mary Koski
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Max by Rachel Isadora
The Moonglow Roll-a-Rama by Dav Pilkey
The Mudflat Olympics by James Stevenson
Rhinos Who Skateboard by Julie Mammano
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Shields
Sophie Skates by Rachel Isadora
Strong to the Hoop by John Coy
Swim by Eve Rice
Tuck in the Pool by Martha Weston
Way to Go Alex by Robin Pulver

Nonfiction
Albert the Running Bear's Exercise Book by Barbara Isenberg (RJ133 I84)
Children's Book of Yoga by Thia Luby (RA781.7 L814)

Music
The Music in Derrick's Heart by Gwendolyn Battle-Lavert
Hurricane Music by Barbara Bottner
Wolf Plays Alone by Dominic Catalano
The Cello of Mr. O by Jane Cutler
The Heart of the Wood by Marquerite Davol
The Song of Six Birds by Rene Deetlefs
Fiddlin' Sam by Marianna Dengler
Sing, Henrietta! Sing! By Lynn Downey
Gabriella's Song by Candace Fleming
Little Lil and the Swing-Singing Sax by Libba Moore Gray
When Uncle Took the Fiddle by Libba Moore Gray
Georgia Music by Helen Griffith
Ben's Trumpet by Rachel Isadora
The Cat's Midsummer Jamboree by David Kherdian
Musical Max by Robert Kraus
Hip Cat by Jonathan London
Five Live Bongos by George Ella Lyon
Nicholas Cricket by Joyce Maxner
The Piano by William Miller
Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney
Moose Music by Sue Porter
Rainbow Joe and Me by Maria Diaz Storm
Music, Music for Everyone by Vera B. Williams
Something Special for Me by Vera B. Williams

Biography
Duke Ellington: Piano Prince and His Orchestra by Andrea Pinkney (ML3930 E44 P56 1997)
Once Upon a Time in Chicago: The Story of Benny Goodman by Jonah Winter (ML3930 G66 W56)

Nonfiction
Jumbo Book of Music by Deborah Dunleavy (MT740 D922 2001)
The Story of the Incredible Orchestra by Bruce Koscielniak (ML1200 K67 2000)

Science
The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry
Bread Is For Eating by David Gershator
Call Me Ahnighito by Pam Conrad
The Compost Heap by Anne Rockwell
A Cow, a Bee, a Cookie and Me by Meredith Hooper
Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
Dory Story by Jerry Pallotta
The Empty Lot by Dale Fife
A House by the Sea by Joanne Ryder
I Met a Dinosaur by Jan Wahl
Is this a House for Hermit Crab? by Megan McDonald
Insects Are My Life by Megan McDonald
Jody's Beans by Malachy Doyle
June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
Komodo! by Peter Sis
Martian Rock by Carol Diggory Shields
Mary Ann by Betsy James
Meteor! by Patricia Polacco
The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats by Carol Greene
Oliver's Milk Shake by Vivian French
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Sunflower House by Eve Bunting
A Taste of Honey by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
This is the Story of Archibald Frisby by Michael Chesworth
This is the Sunflower by Lola Schaefer
UFO Diary by Satoshi Kitamura
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman
Where Once There Was a Wood by Denise Fleming

Social Studies
Blackberry Booties by Tricia Gardella
Career Day by Anne Rockwell
Caribbean Dream by Rachel Isadora
Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide
Dear Garbage Man by Gene Zion
Elizabeti's Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
Everybody Cooks Rice by Nora Dooley
Go Ask Giorgio! by Patricia Wittmann
Grandfather's Work: A Traditional Healer in Nigeria by Ifeoma Onyefulu
Handy Hank Will Fix It by Anne Rockwell
Happy Birthday Mr. Kang by Susan Roth
I Hate English by Ellen Levine
I Love You Like Crazy Cakes by Rose Lewis
Jingle Dancer by Cynthia Smith
Love as Strong as Ginger by Lenore Look
Market by Ted Lewin
Mei-Mei Loves the Morning by Margaret Tsubakiyama
Mr. Griggs' Work by Cynthia Rylant
My Town by William Wegman
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman
Rainbow Tulip by Pat Mora
Rice is Life by Rita Gelman
Snapshots from the Wedding by Gary Soto
Tap Tap by Karen Lynn Williams
Three Cheers for Catherine the Great by Cari Best
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman
What Could a Hippopotamus Be? by Mike Thaler
The Whispering Cloth: A Young Refuge's Story by Pegi Shea
Willie Wins by Almira Astudillo Gilles