Kindergarten Summer Reading List

For Students Entering Kindergarten

One of the joys of childhood is story-time, that special time when the grown-up puts everything else aside for a few minutes and reads to the child.  The love expressed in this simple act is deeply felt and long remembered.

We know that children who are read to daily enter kindergarten with more vocabulary, better listening skills and a natural expectation that they will read too.  There is not a better or easier way to prepare your child for school than the shared time and language a book can provide.

You may have many favorite books you love to read.  If so, stick with them, for young children benefit from hearing favorite stories over and over.  We know that the five-year-old loves to hear stories of princesses and castles, giants and dragons, talking animals and magic.

Any telling of a classic tale such as The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Snow White, The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Three Pigs would be a good story to share. 

We also recommend some of our old favorites:

Cannon, Janelle Stella Luna
Carle, Eric The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Quiet Cricket
de Paola, Tomie    Book of Poems, Favorite Nursery Rhymes
Dumuth, Patricia   Those Amazing Ants
Fleming, Denise    In the Tall, Tall Grass
Hoban, Russell    A Baby Sister for Frances, Bedtime for Frances
Hobson, Sally       Chicken Little
Hutchins, Pat        Rosie’s Walk, My Best Friend
Keats, Ezra Jack    Pet Show, Peter’s Chair
Kellogg, Steven    Jack and the Beanstalk
Lionni, Leo         Frederick, It’s Mine!
Lobel, Arnold        Frog and Toad stories
Minarik, Elsa H.    Little Bear stories
Murphy, Jill        Five Minutes Peace, A Piece of Cake
Rey, H. A.        Curious George stories
Sendak, Maurice    Where the Wild Things Are
Waddell, Martin    Can’t You Sleep Little Bear?