97 books
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19 voters
Kindergarten Books
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board book)
by (shelved 69 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.35 — 554,370 ratings — published 1969
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 67 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.27 — 172,584 ratings — published 1989
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Board book)
by (shelved 58 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.27 — 193,374 ratings — published 1967
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,079,187 ratings — published 1963
Green Eggs and Ham (Hardcover)
by (shelved 54 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.32 — 858,360 ratings — published 1960
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Pigeon, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.33 — 106,805 ratings — published 2003
Corduroy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.33 — 231,187 ratings — published 1968
The Kissing Hand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.45 — 73,802 ratings — published 1993
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
by (shelved 48 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.30 — 317,518 ratings — published 1985
Madeline (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.27 — 220,142 ratings — published 1939
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,453 ratings — published 1996
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
by (shelved 43 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.20 — 594,763 ratings — published 1957
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.20 — 120,236 ratings — published 1962
Make Way for Ducklings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.25 — 91,414 ratings — published 1941
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.24 — 188,514 ratings — published 1972
Stellaluna (Hardcover)
by (shelved 39 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.27 — 121,287 ratings — published 1993
The King of Kindergarten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 38 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,625 ratings — published 2019
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Harold, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.28 — 148,609 ratings — published 1955
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.18 — 142,499 ratings — published 1978
Blueberries for Sal (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.22 — 74,519 ratings — published 1948
The Night Before Kindergarten (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,874 ratings — published 2001
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,942 ratings — published 1999
The Day the Crayons Quit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.42 — 60,556 ratings — published 2013
The Story of Ferdinand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.37 — 94,915 ratings — published 1936
Are You My Mother? (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.22 — 254,216 ratings — published 1960
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.19 — 217,939 ratings — published 1960
Kindergarten Rocks!: A First Day of School Book for Kids (Hardcover)
by (shelved 34 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 3.85 — 516 ratings — published 2005
Chrysanthemum (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.34 — 56,766 ratings — published 1991
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,253,658 ratings — published 1964
No, David! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.17 — 64,261 ratings — published 1998
Planet Kindergarten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 3.70 — 672 ratings — published 2014
The Mitten (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.28 — 95,113 ratings — published 1989
We Don't Eat Our Classmates (Penelope Rex, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.51 — 12,167 ratings — published 2018
The Lorax (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.35 — 374,345 ratings — published 1971
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale (Knuffle Bunny, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.27 — 50,689 ratings — published 2004
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.17 — 95,222 ratings — published 1940
Strega Nona (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.26 — 90,675 ratings — published 1975
Kitten's First Full Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.10 — 25,445 ratings — published 2004
Llama Llama Red Pajama (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.31 — 54,521 ratings — published 2005
Owl Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.23 — 44,852 ratings — published 1987
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come (Picture Puffins)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 3.76 — 842 ratings — published 1999
Ox-Cart Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.09 — 15,522 ratings — published 1979
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.37 — 448,294 ratings — published 1990
The Book with No Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.35 — 31,755 ratings — published 2014
The Little House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.30 — 42,617 ratings — published 1942
The Rainbow Fish (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.21 — 165,865 ratings — published 1992
I Want My Hat Back (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.35 — 36,547 ratings — published 2011
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.35 — 60,598 ratings — published 2010
Curious George (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.17 — 140,790 ratings — published 1941
Goodnight Moon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as kindergarten)
avg rating 4.32 — 398,935 ratings — published 1947
“IF YOUR CHILD IS READY FOR FIRST GRADE: 1979 EDITION
1. Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?
2. Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?
3. Can your child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?
4. Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?
5. Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?
6. Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?
7. Can he tell left hand from right?
8. Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend's home?
9. Can he be away from you all day without being upset?
10. Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as "The boy ran all the way home from the store"?
11. Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?
12. Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?”
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
1. Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?
2. Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?
3. Can your child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?
4. Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?
5. Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?
6. Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?
7. Can he tell left hand from right?
8. Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend's home?
9. Can he be away from you all day without being upset?
10. Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as "The boy ran all the way home from the store"?
11. Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?
12. Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?”
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
“Only grown-ups would say boots were for keeping feet dry. Anyone in kindergarten knew that a girl should wear shiny red or white boots on the first rainy day, not to keep her feet dry, but to show off. That’s what boots were for – showing off, wading, splashing, stamping.”
― Ramona the Pest
― Ramona the Pest












