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American Library Association Reading List

Preschool

• Brown, Margaret Wise. Goodnight Moon.
• Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
• Freeman, Don. Corduroy.
• Hughes, Shirley. Alfie Gives a Hand.
• Martin, Bill Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit

Ages 5 – 7

• Keats, Ezra Jack. The Snowy Day.
• Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Are Friends.
• McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
• Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
• Steptoe, John. Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale.
• Viorst, Judith. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Favorite Books of RIF Kids
Provided by Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.

For Preschool to Kindergarten Age Children

• Allard, Harry. Miss Nelson Is Missing!
• Ames, Lee J. Draw Draw Draw.
• Anonymous. Fairy tales, folk tales, and mursery rhymes including: “Cinderella,” “The Gingerbread Man,” “Little Red Riding Hood,” “The Three Little Pigs,” “The Three Billy Goats Gruff,” “Goldilocks and the Thre e Bears,” and Mother Goose rhymes.
• Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeleine.
• Berenstain, Stan and Jan. The Berenstain Bears.
• Bridwell, Norman. Clifford, the Big Red Dog.
• Brown, Margaret W. Goodnight, Moon.
• Carle, Eric. The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
• Mayer, Mercer. There’s a Nightmare in My Closet.
• McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings.
• Piper, Watty. The Little Engine That Could.
• Potter, Beatrix. The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
• Rey, H.A. Curious George.
• Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
• Seuss, Dr. The Cat in the Hat.
• Solbodkina, Esphyr. Caps for Sale.
• Waber, Bernard. Ira Sleeps Over.
• Zion, Gene. Harry the Dirty Dog

Here’s some more:

100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know

75 Authors/Illustrators Everyone Should Know

*links provided by Mrs. Baby Alfonso, EED Librarian