VCCB: RF Book Lists 2006 - Kindergarten
Read Alouds
He Came with the Couch written and illustrated by David Slonim (Chronicle)
I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow (Harcourt)
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom (Boyds Mill Press)
Guji Guji written and illustrated by Chih-Yuan Chen (Kane/Miller)
Duck & Goose written and illustrated by Tad Hills (Schwartz & Wade)
Russell the Sheep written and illustrated by Rob Scotton (HarperCollins)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus written and illustrated by Mo Willems (Hyperion)
Tickle the Duck written and illustrated by Ethan Long (Little, Brown)
Wiggle by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Scott Menchin (Simon & Schuster)
From Head to Toe written and illustrated by Eric Carle (HarperCollins)
I Stink! by Kate McMullan, illustrated by Jim McMullan (HarperCollins)
Wake Up, Big Barn written and illustrated by Suzanne Tanner Chitwood (Scholastic)
Lilly's Big Day written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes (Greenwillow)
No, David (and other 'David' books) written and illustrated by David Shannon (Scholastic)
Too Many Frogs! by Sandy Asher, illustrated by Keith Graves (Penguin)
Traction Man is Here! written and illustrated by Mini Grey (Random House)
Gossie., Gossie and Gertie (and others in the series) written and illustrated by Olivier Dunrea (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
Poetry and Alphabet Books
Little Dog Poems by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by June Otani (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Meilo So (Random House)
Ook the Book by Lissa Rovetch, illustrated by Shannon McNeill (Chronicle)
Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke (HarperCollins), Dinorella: a Prehistoric Fairytale (Hyperion), and Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards, illustrated by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)
Into the A, B, Sea by Deborah Lee Rose, illustrated by Steve Jenkins (Scholastic)
Click Clack Quackity Quack: An Alphabetical Adventure by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster)
Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin (Simon & Schuster)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert (Simon & Schuster)
Alphabet Under Construction written and illustrated by Denise Fleming (Henry Holt)
Pattern Books
Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan Ahlberg, illustrated by Janet Ahlberg (Viking)
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass and Philomen Sturges, illustrated by Ashley Wolff (Little, Brown)
The Wheels on the Race Car by Alexander Zane, illustrated by James Warhola (Orchard)
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly written and illustrated by Simms Taback (Viking)
To Market To Market by Anne Miranda, illustrated by Janet Stevens (Harcourt)
The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort, illustrated by G. Brian Karas (Henry Holt)
Non-Fiction/Informational
On the Way to the Beach written and illustrated by Henry Cole (HarperCollins)
I Took a Walk written and illustrated by Henry Cole (Greenwillow)
Growing Frogs by Vivian French, illustrated by Alison Bartlett (Candlewick)
Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley, photographs by Nic Bishop (Candlewick)
I See a Kookaburra!: Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page (Houghton Mifflin Co.)
Chapter Books (good for read-alouds)
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams (HarperCollins)
Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing About Me by Katy Kelly, illustrated by Adam Rex (Random House)