| Kindergarten Books and Beginning Readers: good books for ages 5-6 |  | Eric Carle (Paperback) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Theme: Nature Eric Carle is a favorite author and illustrator among young children. "Draw Me a Star" is a good children's picture book for preschoolers, kindergarteners and first graders. An artist first draws a star, then a sun, then a tree, and so on. As with Eric Carle's other picture books, the colors are bright, bold and strong. The paperback book also tells children how to draw a star. |
|  | Robert McCloskey (Hardcover) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey is a charming classic children's book and one of the best picture books ever written. Mr. and Mrs. Mallard look for a place to hatch their ducklings. Later, Mrs. Mallard and her ducklings walk across town to Boston Public Garden with the help of a local policeman. Robert McCloskey's illustrations are detailed, realistic and expressive. This Caldecott Medal winner is a great book for preschoolers, kindergarteners and beginning readers. |
|  | Laura Numeroff, Felicia Bond (Hardcover) Genres: Fiction - Children's Picture Books, Humorous Stories; Book Theme: Animals "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" is a humorous story for your preschoolers or early elementary school children to read. After a kid gives a moose a muffin, a sequence of events follows one after another. Laura Numeroff's silly moose story is hilarious. The illustrations by Felicia Bond are playful and expressive. "If You Give a Moose a Muffin" is a good read-aloud book. |
|  | Maurice Sendak (Hardcover) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak is an imaginative classic children's book with great illustrations. The picture book has won many awards, including Caldecott Medal, Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Illustration and ALA Notable Children's Books award. After being put to bed without supper by his mother, Max imagines sailing off to where the wild things are, becoming the king of all wild things and eventually returning to his own room where hot supper is waiting for him. "Where the Wild Things Are" is a good book for preschoolers, kindergarteners and beginning readers. |
|  | Esphyr Slobodkina (Paperback) Genres: Fiction - Children's Picture Books, Humorous Stories; Book Theme: Animals "Caps for Sale" by Esphyr Slobodkina is one of the best children's picture books. The author tells a humorous story about a peddler who sells caps and his encounter with mischievous monkeys. Colorful pictures help tell a captivating story. Children will enjoy this classic book. "Caps for Sale" is a fun book to read aloud. |
|  | Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd (Paperback) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Themes: Emotions and Feelings, Halloween "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" by Linda Williams is a great Halloween story although it doesn't have the word Halloween anywhere in the texts. A brave old lady walks home through a dark forest. She comes across two big shoes, a pair of pants, a shirt, two gloves and a hat. Each time, the little old lady tells them she is not afraid of anything. Then after a scary orange pumpkin head appears, the old lady runs all way home. Once at home, she overcomes her fear and finds a happy solution. The items that have tried to scare her become a scarecrow in the little old lady's garden. The picture book makes good use of attention-grabbing sound words, such as "clomp clomp", "shake, shake" and "clap, clap". Megan Lloyd's lively and detailed illustrations show the old lady's emotions and complement the story well. It is a good picture book for read aloud to children in preschool, kindergarten and first grade. |
|  | Bernard Waber (Hardcover) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Theme: Animals Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile by Bernard Waber Lyle is an engaging classical children's book with colorful and expressive illustrations. Lyle the Crocodile is happy living with the Primm family on East 88th Street. However, Mr. Grumps, his neighbor, doesn't like Lyle at all. When the crocodile does an impromptu performance with his former stage partner Hector Valenti in Mr. Grumps' department store, Mr. Grumps gets so furious that he arranges to have Lyle locked in the zoo. Lyle escapes and rescues Mr. Grumps from a fire. With an interesting story and a rich vocabulary, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a good picture book for children in preschool, kindergarten and first grade. |
|  | H. A. Rey, Margret Rey (Hardcover) Genre: Fiction - Children's Picture Books; Book Theme: Animals Curious George has delighted generations of children. "The Complete Adventures of Curious George" includes seven stories: "Curious George", "Curious George Takes a Job", "Curious George Rides a Bike", "Curious George Gets a Medal", "Curious George Flies a Kite", "Curious George Learns the Alphabet", and "Curious George Goes to the Hospital". Preschoolers, kindergarteners, and beginning readers will like these classic stories about a curious little money by H. A. Rey and Margret Rey. |
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