50 Books to Read Before Kindergarten
Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting Kindergarten!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start Kindergarten.
Beneath
Cori Doerrfeld
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Saki Tanaka
Boxitects
Kim Smith
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen
Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert
Dad Bakes
Katie Yamasaki
Daniel's Good Day
Micha Archer
Dinothesaurus
Douglas Florian
The Dot
Peter Reynolds
Fern and Otto
Stephanie Graegin
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Michelle Schaub
Good Night, Baddies
Deborah Underwood
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Tim Kleyn
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
I Like This, You Like That
Linda Ashman
I Love You, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
If Frogs Made the Weather
Marion Dane Bauer
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
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Just Because
Mac Barnett
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Keith Calabrese
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Scott Magoon
Little i
Michael Hall
Come Out and Play, Little Mouse
Robert Kraus, Jose Aruego, Ariane Dewey
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Mirka Hokkanen
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Philemon Sturges
Love Waves
Rosemary Wells
The Mochi Makers
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Monster Hands
Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss
My Dog's a Chicken
Susan McElroy Montanari
Outside In
Deborah Underwood
Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Raindrops Roll
April Pulley Sayre
Round Is a Tortilla
Roseanne Thong
The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
Spoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Thank You, Omu!
Oge Mora
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
There's a Monster in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Whose Egg Is That?
Darrin Lunde
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer
Adventure Begins at Your Library!
The theme for the summer is "Adventure Begins at Your Library."
We’ll be using Beanstack, a fun online platform where you can keep track of your summer reading and earn virtual raffle tickets for prize drawings. Prizes include new books and grand prize bundles. Pick up a Book Bag to take books with you on your summer adventures!
Register for the reading challenge at boylepublib.beanstack.org.
Roxie Loves Adventure
Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
Frozen 2: Bruni's Big Adventure
Disney Book Group
Badger and the Big Adventure
Suzanne Chiew
Pirate Treasure Map
Colin Hawkins, Jacqui Hawkins
Historical Chapter Books
One of our most requested genres right now is historical! Take a look at this mix of fiction and nonfiction chapter book titles available to check out. Ideal for upper elementary and middle school readers
Echo
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Saving Zasha
Randi G. Barrow
Number the Stars
Lois Lowry
Prairie Lotus
Linda Sue Park
Talking Leaves
Joseph Bruchac
Amber and Clay
Laura Amy Schlitz
Stella by Starlight
Sharon M. Draper
Soldier Dog
Sam Angus
Race to the Bottom of the Earth
Rebecca E. F. Barone
What Was the Holocaust?
Gail Herman, Who HQ
Flooded
Ann E. Burg
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