# Kindergarten Picture Book Nonfiction books

**11** picture book nonfiction books commonly assigned to kindergarten students in US schools. Every title's grade range covers kindergarten, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Grade:** Kindergarten  ·  **Genre:** Picture Book Nonfiction
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## Kindergarten Picture Book Nonfiction reading list

- [A Seed Grows](https://readinglist.school/book/a-seed-grows) by Antoinette Portis _(Grades K–1 · pub 2022)_
- [Brave Baby Hummingbird](https://readinglist.school/book/brave-baby-hummingbird) by Sy Montgomery _(Grades K–2 · pub 2024)_
- [Building an Orchestra of Hope: How Favio Chavez Taught Children to Make Music from Trash](https://readinglist.school/book/building-an-orchestra-of-hope) by Carmen Oliver _(Grades K–1 · pub 2022)_
- [Daughter of the Light-Footed People](https://readinglist.school/book/daughter-of-the-light-footed-people) by Belen Medina _(Grades K–2 · pub 2024)_
- [Gifts from the Garbage Truck](https://readinglist.school/book/gifts-from-the-garbage-truck) by Andrew Larsen _(Grades K–2 · pub 2024)_
- [Ice Cream Everywhere: Sweet Stories from Around the World](https://readinglist.school/book/ice-cream-everywhere) by Judy Campbell-Smith _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_
- [Jose Feeds the World](https://readinglist.school/book/jose-feeds-the-world) by David Unger _(Grades K–2 · pub 2024)_
- [One Day This Tree Will Fall](https://readinglist.school/book/one-day-this-tree-will-fall) by Leslie Barnard Booth _(Grades K–2 · pub 2024)_
- [Whalesong: The True Story of the Musician Who Talked to Orcas](https://readinglist.school/book/whalesong-the-true-story-of-the-musician-who-talked-to-orcas) by Zachariah OHora _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_
- [Whirligigs: The Wondrous Windmills of Vollis Simpson's Imagination](https://readinglist.school/book/whirligigs) by Carole Boston Weatherford _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_
- [Zap! Clap! Boom!: The Story of a Thunderstorm](https://readinglist.school/book/zap-clap-boom) by Laura Purdie Salas _(Grades K–3 · pub 2023)_

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