Suggested Reading List Grades K 2

Suggested Reading List Grades K–2

This list has been compiled from several sources including the American Library Association, the International Reading Association, and state reading lists, when available. The books on this list are not required reading nor is this intended to be an all-inclusive list. As always, parents are encouraged to review the selections to ensure the appropriateness for individual students. Fiction

. Biscuit and the Lost Teddy- Alyssa Satin Capucilli . Planting a Rainbow – Lois Ehlert . Mr. Putter & Tabby Clear the Decks- Cynthia Rylant . The Doorbell Rang – Pat Hutchins . Touchdown!- Alyson Heller . The Snowy Day – Ezra Jack Keats . Tell Me the Day Backwards- Albert Lamb . Leo the Late Bloomer – Robert Kraus . You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fables to . Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? – Bill Read Together- Mary Ann Hoberman Martin, Jr. . Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site-Sherri Duskey . Junie B. Jones (series) – Barbara Park Rinker . The Stories Julian Tells (series) – Ann Cameron . Starry, Starry Night- Wade Cooper . The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco . Cake Soup- Erica Farber . The Complete Adventures of Curious George – H.A. and . The Big Fat Cow that Goes Kapow- Andy Griffiths Margret Rey . Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk- James Howe . Tar Beach – Faith Ringgold . Ducks Go Vroom- Jane Kohuth . Henry and Mudge (series) – Cynthia Rylant . Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same!- Grace Lin . The Relatives Came – Cynthia Rylant . Katie Woo: Where Are You?- Fran Manushkin . A Bad Case of Stripes – David Shannon . Just a Little Sick- Mercer Mayer . Hip Cat – Jonathan London . Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day- Kate McMullan . Sister Anne’s Hands –Marybeth Lorbiecki . Fancy Nancy: My Family History- Jane O’Connor . God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday and Jerry Pinkney . Trucks Line Up- Jon Scieszka . The Giving Tree – Shel Silverstein . Bad Kitty Meets the Baby- Nick Bruel . Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad . Prudence Wants a Pet- Cathleen Daly Day – Judith Viorst . Madeleine – Ludwig Bemelmans . Frog and Toad – Arnold Lobel . Arthur (series) – Marc Brown . The Berenstain Bears (series) – Stan and Jan Berenstain . The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle . Miss Birdie Chose A Shovel – Leslie Connor . The Grouchy Ladybug – Eric Carle . Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Judi Barrett . The Great Kapok Tree – Lynne Cherry . Luka’s Quilt – Georgia Guback . Hairs = Pelitos – Sandra Cisneros . Chrysanthemum – Kevin Henkes . Ramona (series) – Beverly Cleary . How My Parents Learned to Eat – Ina Friedman . The Josefina Story Quilt – Eleanor Coerr . Tuesday – David Wiesner . The Treasure Hunt – Bill Cosby . Uncle Jed’s Barbershop – Margaree King Mitchell . Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type – Doreen Cronin . A Country Far Away – Nigel Gray . The Empty Pot – Demi . Miss Nelson is Missing! – Harry Allard . Amber Brown (series) – Paula Danziger . Goodnight, Moon – Margaret Brown Poetry

. Goodnight Moon – Margaret Wise Brown . A Pizza the Size of the Sun – Jack Prelutsky . Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom – Bill Martin, Jr. . Dizzy Dinosaurs: Silly Dino Poems- Hopkins, Lee Bennett . Honey I Love, and Other Poems – Eloise Greenfield . Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems- Kristine O'Connell George . Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein . The Great Migration: Journey to the North- Eloise . Insectlopedia – Douglas Florian Greenfield

Non-Fiction

. Hello, Baby Beluga- Darrin Lunde, . The Story of Ruby Bridges – Robert Coles . Plants Grow!- Mary Dodson Wade . Ten Black Dots – Donald Crews . Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?- Susan A. Shea . Me on the Map – Joan Sweeney . Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man – David Adler . Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, . Corn is Maize – Aliki Jr. – Doreen Rappaport . Crinkleroot (series) – Jim Arnosky . Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the . Tell Me, Tree: All About Trees for Kids – Gail Gibbons World’s Fastest Woman – Kathleen Krull . Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America – Joseph . Chickens Aren’t the Only Ones (World of Nature Series) Bruchac – Ruth Heller . The Magic School Bus (series) – Joanna Cole . Exactly the Opposite – Tana Hoban . Animal Dads – Sneed B. Collard . Snowflake Bentley – Jacqueline Briggs Martin . The Dinosaur Alphabet Book – Jerry Palotta . Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman – Alan Schroeder Folklore and Fantasy

. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – Verna Aardema . The Littles (series) – John Peterson . Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African . The Ugly Duckling – Hans Christian Anderson and Jerry Tale – Verna Aardema Pinkney . The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale – Jan Brett . Abiyoyo – Pete Seeger . The Story of the Milky Way: A Cherokee Tale – Joseph . Where The Wild Things Are – Maurice Sendak Bruchac . Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – John Steptoe . Strega Nona – Tommie de Paola . Tops and Bottoms – Janet Stevens . Anansi and the Talking Melon – Eric A. Kimmel . The Warrior and the Wise Man – David Wisniewski . The Story of Ferdinand – Munro Leaf . Sleeping Ugly – Jane Yolen . Catwings – Ursula Le Guin . Dinosaurs Before Dark – Mary Pope Osborne . Tikki Tikki Tembo – Arlene Mosel . My Father’s Dragon – Ruth Stiles Gannett Graphic Fiction

. Luke on the Loose- Harry Bliss . Korgi: Book 1- Christian Slade . The Adventures of Polo- Régis Faller . Little Mouse Gets Ready- Jeff Smith . Airplane Adventure – Cari Meister . The Meeting- Brigitte Luciani . Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!- Geoffrey Hayes . Otto's Orange Day -Jay Lynch . Binky to the Rescue- Ashley Spires . Owly: The Way Home & The Bittersweet Summer- Andy . Captain Raptor and the Space Pirates -Kevin O'Malley Runton and Patrick O'Brien . Patrick in a Teddy Bear's Picnic and Other Stories- . A Day at the Fire Station- Lori Mortensen Geoffrey Hayes . Hamster and Cheese- Colleen Venable . You Can't Take a Balloon into the Museum of Fine Arts- . Johnny Boo: The Best Little Ghost in the World!- James Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman Kochalka . Rick & Rack and the Great Outdoors- Ethan Long . Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons- Agnès Rosenstiehl