Recommended Books

There are hundreds of wonderful books available to enjoy with your child. Here are just a few titles Reading Foundation Directors say kids enjoy...and so do  they. Check it out!  

Kindergarten

• Kindergarten ABC by Jacqueline Rogers
• Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarnio
• A Baby Sister for Frances by Russell Hoban
• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• Corduroy by Don Freeman
• The Crayon Box that Talked by Shane DeRolf
• Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

1st grade

• Amanda Pig, First Grader by Jean Van Leeuwen
• Fancy Nancy at the Museum by Jane O'Connor
• Miss Moo Goes to the Zoo by Kelly Graves
• Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
• Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
• Junie B., First Grader (at last!) by Barbara Park
• Moose's Loose Tooth by Jacqueline A. Clarke

2nd grade

• Frederick by Leo Lionni
• The Best Chef in Second Grade by Katharin Kenah
• Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole
• Where Is Cuddly Cat? by June Woodman
• Frog And Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
• Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
• The Magic Tree House (series) by Mary Pope Osborne

3rd grade

• Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald J. Sobol
• The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Ronald Dahl
• The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
• There's A Boy In The Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar
• Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
• Where The Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
• Welcome to Third Grade by Jacklyn Williams