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Kindergarten Literature List

Kindergarten Literature List

Title Author Unit or Lesson Topic
Where’s My Teddy? Alborough, Jez 1–13 Measurement
Bat Jamboree Appelt, Kathi 2–9 Counting
Benny’s Pennies Brisson, Pat 6–1 Money
Flower Garden Bunting, Eve 1–8  
The Secret Birthday Message Carle, Eric 1–8  
The Grouchy Ladybug Carle, Eric 8–3 Clocks and Calendars
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? Carlstrom, Nancy White 5–1 Clocks and Calendars
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Chritelow, Eileen 1–4 Counting
The April Rabbits Cleveland, David 2–6 Counting
Two Ways to Count to Ten Dee, Ruby 6–10 Numeration
Picture Pie Emberley, Ed 7–4 Shapes
Picture Pie 2 Emberley, Ed 7–4 Shapes
The King's Commissioners Friedman, Aileen 6–14 Counting
The Big Buck Adventure Gill, Shelley, and Toola, Deborah 8–7 Money
How Many Feet in the Bed? Hamm, Diane Johnston 6–10 Counting
A Bargain for Frances Hoban, Russell 8–8 Money
More, Fewer, Less Hoban, Tana 8–14 Operations
Changes, Changes Hutchins, Pat 1–2 Visual and Auditory Patterns
Rosie’s Walk Hutchins, Pat 2–3 Spatial Relationships
The Doorbell Rang Hutchins, Pat 6–11 Numeration
The Quilt Jonas, Ann 1–2 Visual and Auditory Patterns
Splash! Jonas, Ann 2–14 Operations
Pet Show! Keats, Ezra Jack 5–13  
Wacky Wednesday LeSieg, Theo 3–10 Data and Probability
Chugga–Chugga Choo–Choo Lewis, Kevin 3–13 Operations
Inch by Inch Lionni, Leo 5–11 Measure and Size
I Spy Marzollo, Jean and Wick, Walter 5–3 Sorting
My Grandmother’s Clock McCaughrean, Geraldine 8–2 Clocks and Calendars
12 Ways to Get to 11 Merriam, Eve 7–3 Operations
The Tortoise and the Hare Multiple Authors 6–4 Clocks and Calendars
The Three Bears Multiple Authors 2–3  
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Multiple Authors 2–3  
The Gingerbread Boy Multiple Authors 4–4 Operations
Moira’s Birthday Munsch, Robert 1–8  
Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom! Murphy, Stuart J. 1–9 Visual and Auditory Patterns
Circus Shapes Murphy, Stuart J. 2–1 Shapes
The Best Bug Parade Murphy, Stuart J. 3–7 Measurement
Mighty Maddie Murphy, Stuart J. 3–12 Measurement
3 Little Firefighters Murphy, Stuart J. 4–13 Sorting
Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes Murphy, Stuart J. 6–3 Shapes
The Best Vacation Ever Murphy, Stuart J. 6–5 Data and Chance
Give Me Half! Murphy, Stuart J. 6–16 Numeration
Animals on Board Murphy, Stuart J. 7–6 Operations
How Big is a Foot? Myller, Rolf 5–7 Measure and Size
Arctic Fives Arrive Pinczes, Elinor J. 5–8 Numerations
The Button Box Reid, Margarette S. 1–6 Sorting
One Hundred Is a Family Ryan, Pam MuÑoz 3–15 Counting
One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab Sayre, April Pulley and Jeff 8–9 Numeration
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street Seuss, Dr. 3–10 Data and Probability
Caps For Sale Slobodkina, Esphyr 3–14  
Selina and the Bear Paw Quilt Smucker, Barbara 1–2 Visual and Auditory Patterns
Math Fables Tang, Greg 7–16 Operations
Little Quack Thompson, Lauren 5–5 Numeration
Grandfather Tang’s Story Tompert, Ann 4–10 Geometry
Mouse Count Walsh, Ellen Stoll 2–14 Counting
Emily’s First 100 Days of School Wells, Rosemary 1–5 100th Day
I Went Walking Williams, Sue 7–15 Patterned Language
A Chair for My Mother Williams, Vera B. 8–8 Money
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear Wood, don and Audrey 6–16 Numeration

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