A reading list, for kindergarten? These 50 books, both old and new, make for top-notch reading that young children shouldn't miss.
There's everything from read-alouds to early reading practice, and they deal with topics (like fear of school), skills to master
(such as the alphabet), and, of course, flat-out fun! So hunker down and get reading!
 

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
• Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel or Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
• Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
• The Berenstain Bears series by Stan and Jan Berenstain
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
• Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
• Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett
• Curious George by H.A. Rey
• Danny and the Dinosaur by Syd Hoff
• Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! By Mo Willems
• Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown
• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• Froggy Gets Dressed or Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London
• George and Martha by James Marshall
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
• Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
• How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen
• I Stink! by Kate McMullen
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura J. Numeroff
• Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber

• Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
• Leo, the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
• Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber
• Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
• The Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole
• Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh
• Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
• Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
• Miss Nelson is Missing! by Harry Allard and James Marshall
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
• My Father’s Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
• Nate the Great by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
• Owen by Kevin Henkes
• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
• Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
• Pierre: A Cautionary Tale by Maurice Sendak
• Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
• Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
• Strega Nona by Tomie De Paola
• Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
• Tough Boris by Mem Fox
• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf, by John Scieszka
• Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Yoko by Rosemary Wells