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Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally through earthday.org

A Tree Is a Community
A Tree Is a Community
David L. Harrison
Wildlife Crossings of Hope
Wildlife Crossings of Hope
Teddi Lynn Chichester
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth
Rachel Ignotofsky
50 Things You Should Know about the Environment
50 Things You Should Know about the Environment
Jen Green
Conservation
Conservation
Andrea Rivera
Backyard Bears
Backyard Bears
Amy Cherrix
Animals Lost and Found
Animals Lost and Found
Jason Bittel
Hug a Bug
Hug a Bug
Bonnie Worth
Honeybee Rescue
Honeybee Rescue
Loree Griffin Burns
Lights Out
Lights Out
Jessica Stremer
Rewilding
Rewilding
David A. Steen, Neon Squid
The Wolf Effect
The Wolf Effect
Rosanne Parry
Looking After My Environment
Looking After My Environment
Neil Morris
DK Super Readers Pre-Level: Save the Trees
DK Super Readers Pre-Level: Save the Trees
DK
Tracking Tortoises
Tracking Tortoises
Kate Messner
What a Waste
What a Waste
Jess French
Trees
Trees
Lemniscates
Mother Aspen
Mother Aspen
Annette Lebox
Listen to the Language of the Trees
Listen to the Language of the Trees
Tera Kelley
The Second Life of Trees
The Second Life of Trees
Aimée M. Bissonette
Habitats
Habitats
Hannah Pang
Bloom Boom!
Bloom Boom!
April Pulley Sayre
Plant the Tiny Seed
Plant the Tiny Seed
Christie Matheson
Spring Parade
Spring Parade
Allyn Howard
Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk
Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk
Lucy Cousins
What's New, Daniel?
What's New, Daniel?
Micha Archer
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
Kenard Pak
Plants
Plants
Camilla de la Bédoyère
Knowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi
Knowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi
(none)
Grow
Grow
Riz Reyes
A Seed is Sleepy
A Seed is Sleepy
Dianna Hutts Aston
Mushrooms Know
Mushrooms Know
Kallie George
A Tree Is a Community
A Tree Is a Community
David L. Harrison
Wildlife Crossings of Hope
Wildlife Crossings of Hope
Teddi Lynn Chichester
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth
The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth
Rachel Ignotofsky
50 Things You Should Know about the Environment
50 Things You Should Know about the Environment
Jen Green
Conservation
Conservation
Andrea Rivera
Backyard Bears
Backyard Bears
Amy Cherrix
Animals Lost and Found
Animals Lost and Found
Jason Bittel
Hug a Bug
Hug a Bug
Bonnie Worth
Honeybee Rescue
Honeybee Rescue
Loree Griffin Burns
Lights Out
Lights Out
Jessica Stremer
Rewilding
Rewilding
David A. Steen, Neon Squid
The Wolf Effect
The Wolf Effect
Rosanne Parry
Looking After My Environment
Looking After My Environment
Neil Morris
DK Super Readers Pre-Level: Save the Trees
DK Super Readers Pre-Level: Save the Trees
DK
Tracking Tortoises
Tracking Tortoises
Kate Messner
What a Waste
What a Waste
Jess French
Trees
Trees
Lemniscates
Mother Aspen
Mother Aspen
Annette Lebox
Listen to the Language of the Trees
Listen to the Language of the Trees
Tera Kelley
The Second Life of Trees
The Second Life of Trees
Aimée M. Bissonette
Habitats
Habitats
Hannah Pang
Bloom Boom!
Bloom Boom!
April Pulley Sayre
Plant the Tiny Seed
Plant the Tiny Seed
Christie Matheson
Spring Parade
Spring Parade
Allyn Howard
Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk
Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk
Lucy Cousins
What's New, Daniel?
What's New, Daniel?
Micha Archer
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring
Kenard Pak
Plants
Plants
Camilla de la Bédoyère
Knowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi
Knowledge Encyclopedia Plants and Fungi
(none)
Grow
Grow
Riz Reyes
A Seed is Sleepy
A Seed is Sleepy
Dianna Hutts Aston
Mushrooms Know
Mushrooms Know
Kallie George
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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. 

The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Philemon Sturges
Love Waves
Love Waves
Rosemary Wells
The Mochi Makers
The Mochi Makers
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Mommy's Hometown
Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Monster Hands
Monster Hands
Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss
My Dog's a Chicken
My Dog's a Chicken
Susan McElroy Montanari
Outside In
Outside In
Deborah Underwood
Over and Under the Snow
Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner
Owl Moon
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Mo Willems
Raindrops Roll
Raindrops Roll
April Pulley Sayre
Round Is a Tortilla
Round Is a Tortilla
Roseanne Thong
The Runaway Pea
The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
Spoon
Spoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Thank You, Omu!
Thank You, Omu!
Oge Mora
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
There's a Monster in Your Book
There's a Monster in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Whose Egg Is That?
Whose Egg Is That?
Darrin Lunde
The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street)
The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street)
Jon Stone
The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
Wood, Don
Wonder Walkers
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer
Beneath
Beneath
Cori Doerrfeld
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Saki Tanaka
Boxitects
Boxitects
Kim Smith
The Boy Who Loved Maps
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen
Color Zoo
Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert
Dad Bakes
Dad Bakes
Katie Yamasaki
Daniel's Good Day
Daniel's Good Day
Micha Archer
Dinothesaurus
Dinothesaurus
Douglas Florian
The Dot
The Dot
Peter Reynolds
Fern and Otto
Fern and Otto
Stephanie Graegin
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Michelle Schaub
Good Night, Baddies
Good Night, Baddies
Deborah Underwood
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Tim Kleyn
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
I Like This, You Like That
I Like This, You Like That
Linda Ashman
I Love You, Stinky Face
I Love You, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
I Want My Hat Back
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
If Frogs Made the Weather
If Frogs Made the Weather
Marion Dane Bauer
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
(none)
Just Because
Just Because
Mac Barnett
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Keith Calabrese
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
Kevin Henkes
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Scott Magoon
Little i
Little i
Michael Hall
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Mirka Hokkanen
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
Philemon Sturges
Love Waves
Love Waves
Rosemary Wells
The Mochi Makers
The Mochi Makers
Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Mommy's Hometown
Mommy's Hometown
Hope Lim
Monster Hands
Monster Hands
Karen Kane, Jonaz McMillan
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?
Dr. Seuss
My Dog's a Chicken
My Dog's a Chicken
Susan McElroy Montanari
Outside In
Outside In
Deborah Underwood
Over and Under the Snow
Over and Under the Snow
Kate Messner
Owl Moon
Owl Moon
Jane Yolen
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Pigs Make Me Sneeze! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
Mo Willems
Raindrops Roll
Raindrops Roll
April Pulley Sayre
Round Is a Tortilla
Round Is a Tortilla
Roseanne Thong
The Runaway Pea
The Runaway Pea
Kjartan Poskitt
Spoon
Spoon
Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Thank You, Omu!
Thank You, Omu!
Oge Mora
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
Simms Taback
There's a Monster in Your Book
There's a Monster in Your Book
Tom Fletcher
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Whose Egg Is That?
Whose Egg Is That?
Darrin Lunde
The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street)
The Monster at the End of This Book (Sesame Street)
Jon Stone
The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
The little mouse, the red ripe strawberry, and the big hungry bear
Wood, Don
Wonder Walkers
Wonder Walkers
Micha Archer
Beneath
Beneath
Cori Doerrfeld
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Between Words: A Friendship Tale
Saki Tanaka
Boxitects
Boxitects
Kim Smith
The Boy Who Loved Maps
The Boy Who Loved Maps
Kari Allen
Color Zoo
Color Zoo
Lois Ehlert
Dad Bakes
Dad Bakes
Katie Yamasaki
Daniel's Good Day
Daniel's Good Day
Micha Archer
Dinothesaurus
Dinothesaurus
Douglas Florian
The Dot
The Dot
Peter Reynolds
Fern and Otto
Fern and Otto
Stephanie Graegin
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Fresh-Picked Poetry
Michelle Schaub
Good Night, Baddies
Good Night, Baddies
Deborah Underwood
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Grilled Cheese? Yes, Please!
Tim Kleyn
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!
Karen Beaumont
I Like This, You Like That
I Like This, You Like That
Linda Ashman
I Love You, Stinky Face
I Love You, Stinky Face
Lisa McCourt
I Want My Hat Back
I Want My Hat Back
Jon Klassen
If Frogs Made the Weather
If Frogs Made the Weather
Marion Dane Bauer
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
If You Give a Moose a Muffin
(none)
Just Because
Just Because
Mac Barnett
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Lena's Shoes Are Nervous
Keith Calabrese
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 20th Anniversary Edition
Kevin Henkes
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Linus The Little Yellow Pencil
Scott Magoon
Little i
Little i
Michael Hall
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Little Seasons: Spring Seeds
Mirka Hokkanen
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50 Books to Read Before First Grade

Here is our list of 50 Books to Read Before starting First Grade!! This list was lovingly made by our librarians to share books that are fun to read and developmentally appropriate for those about to start First Grade.

Kipper and Roly
Kipper and Roly
(none)
Leave Me Alone!
Leave Me Alone!
Vera Brosgol
Malik's Number Thoughts
Malik's Number Thoughts
(none)
Marigold Bakes a Cake
Marigold Bakes a Cake
(none)
My Friend Earth
My Friend Earth
Patricia MacLachlan
Rainbow Hands
Rainbow Hands
Mamta Nainy
The Rainbow Mystery
The Rainbow Mystery
Fran Manushkin
The Robot and the Bluebird
The Robot and the Bluebird
David Lucas
Saving the Sun
Saving the Sun
Emma Pearl
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Cate Berry
Secret Pizza Party
Secret Pizza Party
Adam Rubin
Something Smells!
Something Smells!
Blake Liliane Hellman
Song in the City
Song in the City
Daniel Bernstrom
Square
Square
Mac Barnett
The Squish
The Squish
Breanna Carzoo
Stellaluna
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon
Stillwater and Koo Save the World
Stillwater and Koo Save the World
(none)
This Table
This Table
Alex Killian
Thunder Cake
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco
What Do You Do with an Idea?
What Do You Do with an Idea?
Kobi Yamada
When Litte Owl Met Little Rabbit
When Litte Owl Met Little Rabbit
(none)
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
Andrea L. Rogers
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends
(none)
The World's Best Class Plant
The World's Best Class Plant
Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon
Yumbo Gumbo
Yumbo Gumbo
Keila V. Dawson
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
All the Water in the World
All the Water in the World
George Ella Lyon
Awe-Samosas!
Awe-Samosas!
Marzieh Abbas
Badger's Perfect Garden
Badger's Perfect Garden
Marsha Diane Arnold
Bean Thirteen
Bean Thirteen
(none)
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Todd Tarpley
The Big Bike
The Big Bike
C. L. Reid
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
Chelsea Lin Wallace
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures
B. J. Novak
Brilliant Bea
Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vukadinovich
Built to Last
Built to Last
Minh Lê
Can Bears Ski?
Can Bears Ski?
(none)
Chicken Talk
Chicken Talk
Patricia MacLachlan
The Day the Crayons Quit
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Dessert Island
Dessert Island
Ben Zhu
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Derick Wilder
Empanadas for Everyone
Empanadas for Everyone
Jackie Azúa Kramer
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Catherine Rayner
Every Night Is Pizza Night
Every Night Is Pizza Night
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Gianna Ruggiero
Days with Frog and Toad
Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel
Gift & Box
Gift & Box
Ellen Mayer
The Hidden Forest
The Hidden Forest
Jeannie Baker
I Will Read to You
I Will Read to You
Gideon Sterer
Julián Is a Mermaid
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
Mo Willems, LeUyen Pham
Kipper and Roly
Kipper and Roly
(none)
Leave Me Alone!
Leave Me Alone!
Vera Brosgol
Malik's Number Thoughts
Malik's Number Thoughts
(none)
Marigold Bakes a Cake
Marigold Bakes a Cake
(none)
My Friend Earth
My Friend Earth
Patricia MacLachlan
Rainbow Hands
Rainbow Hands
Mamta Nainy
The Rainbow Mystery
The Rainbow Mystery
Fran Manushkin
The Robot and the Bluebird
The Robot and the Bluebird
David Lucas
Saving the Sun
Saving the Sun
Emma Pearl
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Scorch, Hedgehog of Doom
Cate Berry
Secret Pizza Party
Secret Pizza Party
Adam Rubin
Something Smells!
Something Smells!
Blake Liliane Hellman
Song in the City
Song in the City
Daniel Bernstrom
Square
Square
Mac Barnett
The Squish
The Squish
Breanna Carzoo
Stellaluna
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon
Stillwater and Koo Save the World
Stillwater and Koo Save the World
(none)
This Table
This Table
Alex Killian
Thunder Cake
Thunder Cake
Patricia Polacco
What Do You Do with an Idea?
What Do You Do with an Idea?
Kobi Yamada
When Litte Owl Met Little Rabbit
When Litte Owl Met Little Rabbit
(none)
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
When We Gather (Ostadahlisiha): a Cherokee Tribal Feast
Andrea L. Rogers
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends
(none)
The World's Best Class Plant
The World's Best Class Plant
Audrey Vernick, Liz Garton Scanlon
Yumbo Gumbo
Yumbo Gumbo
Keila V. Dawson
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
The Adventures of Amelia Bedelia
Peggy Parish
All the Water in the World
All the Water in the World
George Ella Lyon
Awe-Samosas!
Awe-Samosas!
Marzieh Abbas
Badger's Perfect Garden
Badger's Perfect Garden
Marsha Diane Arnold
Bean Thirteen
Bean Thirteen
(none)
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep!
Todd Tarpley
The Big Bike
The Big Bike
C. L. Reid
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary
Chelsea Lin Wallace
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures
B. J. Novak
Brilliant Bea
Brilliant Bea
Shaina Rudolph, Mary Vukadinovich
Built to Last
Built to Last
Minh Lê
Can Bears Ski?
Can Bears Ski?
(none)
Chicken Talk
Chicken Talk
Patricia MacLachlan
The Day the Crayons Quit
The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt
Dessert Island
Dessert Island
Ben Zhu
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
Derick Wilder
Empanadas for Everyone
Empanadas for Everyone
Jackie Azúa Kramer
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit
Catherine Rayner
Every Night Is Pizza Night
Every Night Is Pizza Night
J. Kenji Lopez-Alt, Gianna Ruggiero
Days with Frog and Toad
Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel
Gift & Box
Gift & Box
Ellen Mayer
The Hidden Forest
The Hidden Forest
Jeannie Baker
I Will Read to You
I Will Read to You
Gideon Sterer
Julián Is a Mermaid
Julián Is a Mermaid
Jessica Love
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
The Itchy Book! (Elephant & Piggie Like Reading!)
Mo Willems, LeUyen Pham
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