Every Child Ready to Read
Recommended Reading List
Vocabulary
Vocabulary is knowing the names of things. The more words children hear and understand, the more ready they will be to read on their own. Books offer vocabulary that conversation and television do not.
| Age Level | Call # | Author | Title |
| 4 - 8 yrs. | P MCCL | McClintock, Barbara | Adele & Simon |
| 4 - 8 yrs. | P MCCL | McClintock, Barbara | Adele & Simon in America |
| 4 - 8 yrs. | P MURP | Murphy, Yannick | Ahwoooooooo! |
| 3 - 5 yrs. | P SHAN | Shannon, David | Alice the Fairy |
| 4 - 8 yrs. | P MCGH | McGhee, Alison | Always |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P ROCK | Rockwell, Anne | At the Supermarket |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P HIND | Hindley, Judy | Baby Talk: A Book of First Words and Phrases |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P ASHM | Ashman, Linda | Babies on the Go |
| 1 - 4 yrs. | P SLAT | Slater, Dashka | Baby Shoes |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P WILS | Wilson, Karma | Bear Feels Scared |
| 3 - 7 yrs. | P COFF | Coffelt, Nancy | Big, Bigger, Biggest! |
| 3 - 5 yrs. | P ZIEF | Ziefert, Harriet | Bigger Than Daddy |
| 5 - 6 yrs. | P ROCK | Rockwell, Anne F. | Big Wheels |
| 4 - 8 yrs. | P CURT | Curtis, Jamie Lee | Big Words for Little People |
| 3 - 7 yrs. | P SEEG | Seeger, Laura | Black? White! Day? Night!: A Book of Opposites |
| 3 - 7 yrs. | P HUBB | Hubbell, Patricia | Boats: Speeding! Sailing! Cruising! |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P MILT | Milton, Giles | Call Me Gorgeous! |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | E WICK | Wick, Walter | Can You See What I See? |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P RING | Ringgold, Faith | Cassie's Word Quilt |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P TRAY | Traynor, Tracy | Cheese Please, Chimpanzees |
| 2 - 8 yrs. | P CLEM | Clement, Nathan | Drive |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P KIMM | Kimmelman, Leslie | Everybody Bonjours! |
| 1 - 3 yrs. | P HOBA | Hoban, Tana | Exactly the Opposite |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P HIND | Hindley, Judy | Eyes, Nose, Fingers and Toes |
| 4 - 7 yrs. | P OCON | O'Connor, Jane | Fancy Nancy |
| 4 - 7 yrs. | P OCON | O'Connor, Jane | Fancy Nancy's Favorite Fancy Words |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P TAFU | Tafuri, Nancy | Five Little Chicks |
| 5 - 8 yrs. | P CREW | Crews, Donald | Freight Train |
| 2 - 4 yrs. | P HUDS | Hudson, Cheryl | Hands Can |
| 3 - 5 yrs. | P FOX | Fox, Mem | Hello Baby! |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P WICK | Wickberg, Susan | Hey Mr. Choo-Choo, Where Are You Going? |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P LUCI | Luciani, Brigitte | How Will We Get to the Beach? |
| 4 - 8 yrs. | P LEST | Lester, Helen | Hurty Feelings |
| 3 - 7 yrs. | P ELLE | Ellery, Tom | If I Had a Dragon |
| 3 - 6 yrs. | P WEEK | Weeks, Sarah | If I Were a Lion |
| 3 - 5 yrs. | P DODD | Dodd, Emma | I Love Bugs! |
| 3 - 6 yrs. | P STUR | Sturges, Philemon | I Love Bugs! |
| 5 - 8 yrs. | P FLEM | Fleming, Denise | In the Tall, Tall Grass |
| 1 - 4 yrs. | P OXEN | Oxenbury, Helen | I See |
| 5 - 8 yrs. | P STEI | Steiner, Joan | Look-Alikes |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P JENK | Jenkins, Steve | Move! | 5 - 7 yrs. | P BART | Barton, Byron | My Car |
| 5 - 6 yrs. | E HALL | Hall, Kirsten | My New Town |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | E HSU | Hsu, Stacey | Old Mo |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | E CLEA | Cleary, Brian | The Peaches on the Beaches |
| 4 - 8 yrs. | P ERIC | Ericsson, Jennifer | A Piece of Chalk |
| 4 - 7 yrs. | P OCON | O'Connor, Jane | Poet Extraordinaire! |
| 5 - 8 yrs. | P STOJ | Stojic, Manya | Rain |
| 2 - 6 yrs. | P MAMM | Mammano, Julie | Rhinos Who Rescue |
| 3 - 5 yrs. | P ISAD | Isadora, Rachel | Say Hello! |
| 3 - 5 yrs. | P BLAC | Blackstone, Stella | Secret Seahorse |
| 3 - 6 yrs. | P MARK | Markes, Julie | Shhhhh! Everybody's Sleeping |
| 1 - 3 yrs. | P TABA | Taback, Simms | Simms Taback's Big Book of Words |
| 5 - 8 yrs. | P EHLE | Ehlert, Lois | Snowballs |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P SHAH | Shahan, Sherry | Spicy Hot Colors = Colores Picantes |
| 5 - 8 yrs. | P DAVI | Davies, Nicola | Surprising Sharks |
| 2 - 4 yrs. | P GARC | Garcia, Emma | Toot Toot Beep Beep |
| 5 - 7 yrs. | P BUTL | Butler, John | Whose Baby Am I? |
| 2 - 5 yrs. | P BUTL | Butler, John | Whose Nose and Toes? |
| 3 - 7 yrs. | P NEUB | Neubecker, Robert | Wow! City! |
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