2000s books assigned in Kindergarten
US schools assign 94 books written in the 2000s to kindergarten students, across 9 states, spanning 450L–450L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2000s
Hooway for Wodney Wat
Helen Lester · on 5 reading lists
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- Titles
- 94
- Written
- 2000–2009
- Lexile range
- 450L–450L
- States assigning
- 9
The list — 2000s, kindergarten
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"Let's Get a Pup!", Said KateBob Graham
A Coyote Solstice TaleThomas King
A Fine, Fine SchoolSharon Creech
And If the Moon Could TalkKate Banks
Apples to OregonDeborah Hopkinson
ArrowhawkLola M. Schaefer
Bad KittyNick Bruel
BedheadMargie Palatini
Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!Geoffrey Hayes
Big Mama Makes the WorldPhyllis Root
By the Light of the Halloween MoonCaroline Stutson
Cold FeetCynthia C. DeFelice
Crossing Bok ChittoTim Tingle
Diary of a WombatJackie French
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the BusMo Willems
EpossumondasColeen Salley
Fairy WingsLauren Mills
Falling for RapunzelLeah Wilcox
FlotsamDavid Wiesner
Goin' Someplace SpecialPatricia C. McKissack
Good Boy, FergusDavid Shannon
Guji GujiChen, Zhiyuan
He Came With the CouchDavid Slonim
Henry Hikes to FitchburgD.B. Johnson
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- Hi! Fly Guy
- Hoodwinked
- Hooway for Wodney Wat
- Humpty-Dumpty Egg-Splodes
- Hungry Hen
- I Ain't Gonna Paint No More
- I Dream of Trains
- I Need My Monster
- I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato
- If I Built a Car
- Jazz on a Saturday Night
- Kitten's First Full Moon
- Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale
- Last Night
- Let's Do Nothing
- Mercy Watson to the Rescue
- Millie Waits for the Mail
- Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu
- Mis colores, mi mundo
- Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom
- Mrs. Crump's Cat
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
- My Friend Rabbit
- My Lucky Day
- My People
- Not Afraid of Dogs
- Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
- One Lucky Girl
- One Potato, Two Potato
- Peter Spit a Seed at Sue
- Rap a Tap Tap
- Rhyming Dust Bunnies
- River Friendly, River Wild
- Rosa
- Salt in His Shoes: Michael Jordan in Pursuit of a Dream
- Scaredy Squirrel
- Scranimals
- Skippyjon Jones
- Snow
- So You Want to be President
- Stanley's Wild Ride
- Substitute Teacher Plans
- Talkin' About Bessie
- Ted
- The Blacker the Berry
- The Dirty Cowboy
- The Great Fuzz Frenzy
- The Hello, Goodbye Window
- The House in the Night
- The Lion & the Mouse
- The Lion & the Mouse
- The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)
- The Longest Night
- The Man Who Walked Between the Towers
- The Monster Who Ate My Peas
- The Mysterious Collection of Dr. David Harleyson
- The Recess Queen
- The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School
- The Shoe Tree of Chagrin
- The Soccer Mom From Outer Space
- The Three Pigs
- There Is a Bird On Your Head! (An Elephant and Piggie Book)
- Titanicat
- Togo
- Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival
- Uptown
- We Are the Ship
- Widget
- Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways
Most-assigned 2000s authors in kindergarten
Mo Willems (3) · David Wiesner (2) · O'Malley, Kevin (2) · Leo Dillon (2) · Jerry Pinkney (2) · Sharon Creech
Common questions
- How many 2000s books are assigned in kindergarten?
- 94 books written between 2000 and 2009 appear on kindergarten reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 2000s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2000s titles assigned in kindergarten run from 450L to 450L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 9 states assign at least one 2000s title at kindergarten in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.