100 Books Every Child Should Know Before Kindergarten

Martin, Bill Piper, Watty Simont, Marc

100 Books
Brown Bear, Brown Bear The Little Engine that Could The Stray Dog

Martin, Bill Potter, Beatrix Slobodkina, Esphyr

Chicka, Chicka Boom, Boom The Tale of Peter Rabbit Caps for Sale

Mayer, Mercer
Frog Goes to Dinner
Rappaport, Doreen
Martin’s Big Words: The Life of
Martin Luther King Jr.
Taback, Simms
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Every Child
McBratney, Sam
Guess How Much I Love You?

McCarthy, Peter
Rathmann, Peggy
Good Night, Gorilla
Walter, Virginia
“Hi, Pizza Man!”

Wells, Rosemary
Should Know
Hondo and Fabian

McCloskey, Robert
Rey, H.A.
Curious George
Noisy Nora

Westcott, Nadine
Before
Kindergarten
Make Way For Ducklings Rohman, Eric The Lady with the Alligator Purse
My Friend Rabbit
McFarland, Lyn Willems, Mo
Widget Rosen, Michael Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
McKissack, Pat Wong, Janet
Goin’ Someplace Special Rylant, Cynthia Buzz
The Relatives Came
McLimans, David Wood, Audrey
Gone Wild: An Endangered Alphabet Say, Allen The Napping House
Grandfather’s Journey
McPhail, David Yolen, Jane
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore Scarry, Richard Owl Moon
Cars and Trucks and Things that Go
Meddaugh, Susan Yolen, Jane
Martha Speaks Seeger, Laura Vaccaro How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight?
First the Egg
Mullan, Kate and Jim Young, Ed
I Stink! Sendak, Maurice Seven Blind Mice Basin City • Benton City • Connell
Where the Wild Things Are
Munari, Bruno Zimmerman, Andrea Kahlotus • Keewaydin Park
Bruno Munari’s ABC Seuss, Dr. Trashy Town Kennewick • Merrill’s Corner
The Cat in the Hat
Noble, Trinka Zion, Gene
Othello • Pasco • Prosser
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash Shaw, Charles Harry, the Dirty Dog West Richland • Bookmobile
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Numeroff, Laura
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Shannon, David
Duck on a Bike
Pinkney, Sandra
Shades of Black Simmons, Jane
Come Along Daisy
100 BOOKS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW BEFORE KINDERGARTEN
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Guarina, Deborah
Is Your Mama a Llama?
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Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock
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develop their Early Literacy Skills. Freight Train Kittens First Full Moon I Took My Frog to the Library
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Good Dog, Carl Hush!: A Thai Lullaby The Carrot Seed
Asch, Frank
Happy Birthday, Moon Dorros, Arthur Hoban, Russell Leaf, Munro
Abuela Bread and Jam for Frances The Story of Ferdinand
Bang, Molly
Ten, Nine, Eight Eastman, P.D. Hoban, Tana Lester, Mike
Are You My Mother? Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? A is for Salad
Barrett, Judi An Adventure in Color
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Ehlert, Lois Lionni, Leo
Feathers for Lunch Hoffman, Mary Little Blue and Little Yellow
Bauer, Marion Amazing Grace
If You Were Born a Kitten Emberley, Ed Lobel, Anita
Go Away, Big Green Monster Holabird, Katherine On Market Street
Behmelmans, Ludwig Angelina Ballerina
Madeline Falconer, Ian Lobel, Arnold
Olivia Hutchins, Pat Frog and Toad Are Friends
Brett, Jan Rosie’s Walk
The Mitten Flack, Marjorie London, Jonathan
Ask Mr. Bear Jenkins, Steve Froggy Gets Dressed
Brown, Marcia What do you do with a tail like this?
Stone Soup Fleming, Denise
Lunch Johnson, Crockett
Brown, Margaret Wise Harold and the Purple Crayon
Goodnight Moon Freeman, Don
Corduroy Juster, Norton
Brunhoff, Jean de The Hello, Goodbye Window
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant Gag, Wanda
Millions of Cats Kasza, Keiko
Burningham, John The Wolf’s Chicken Stew
Mr. Gumpy’s Outing Galdone, Paul
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Keats, Ezra Jack
Burton, Virginia Lee The Snowy Day
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Gerstein, Mordicai
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers Kennedy, Jimmy
Campbell, Rod The Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Dear Zoo Goble, Paul
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses Kent, Jack
The Caterpillar and the Polliwog