Picture Books for Kindergartners
140 books in the picture book genre commonly assigned to kindergarten students — every title’s grade range covers kindergarten, so each is grade-appropriate by curriculum placement. Each links to its reading level, themes, and the curricula that cite it.
Most assigned kindergarten picture book book
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Laura Numeroff · on 4 reading lists
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140 kindergarten picture book books
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If You Give a Mouse a CookieLaura Numeroff · 410L
Buffalo FluffaloBess Kalb
BigVashti Harrison
Last Stop on Market StreetMatt de la Peña · 610L
100 Mighty Dragons All Named BroccoliDavid LaRochelle
BlueNana Ekua Brew-Hammond
Butt or Face?Kari Lavelle
Endlessly Ever After: Pick YOUR Path to Countless Fairy Tale Endings!Laurel Snyder
The Yellow BusLoren Long
Make Way for DucklingsRobert McCloskey · 730L
The Snowy DayEzra Jack Keats · 500L
There Was a Party for LangstonJason Reynolds
This Is Not My HatJon Klassen
Boogie Boogie, Y’allC.G. Esperanza
Heart and SoulKadir Nelson
Kitten's First Full MoonKevin Henkes
Where the Wild Things AreMaurice Sendak · 740L
100 ChapatisDerek Mascarenhas
A Mischief of MiceChristie Matheson
Abuelita and MeLeonarda Carranza
Avocado MagicTaltal Levi
Bathe the CatAlice B. McGinty
Beautiful You, Beautiful MeTasha Spillett-Sumner
Dadaji's PaintbrushRashmi Sirdeshpande
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- Don't Think of Tigers · Alex Latimer
- Don't Trust Cats: Life Lessons from Chip the Dog · Dev Petty
- Farmhouse · Sophie Blackall
- Forever Home: A Dog and Boy Love Story · Henry Cole
- Gibberish · Young Vo
- Greetings, Floof! · C. J. Hong
- How Dinosaurs Went Extinct: A Safety Guide · Ame Dyckman
- How This Book Got Red · Margaret Chiu Greanias
- How to Eat a Book · MacLeod
- How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps · Bambi Edlund
- I Am a Tornado · Drew Beckmeyer
- I Lived Inside a Whale · Xin Li
- John's Turn · Mac Barnett
- Just Like Millie · Lauren Castillo
- Knight Owl · Christopher Denise
- Knight Owl and Early Bird · Christopher Denise
- Like · Annie Barrows
- Little Ghost Makes a Friend · Maggie Edkins Willis
- Lou · Breanna Carzoo
- Midnight and Moon · Kelly Cooper
- Millie Fleur's Poison Garden · Christy Mandin
- Milloo's Mind · Reem Faruqi
- Mr. S · Monica Arnaldo
- Night in the City · Julie Downing
- No Cats in the Library · Lauren Emmons
- Not All Sheep Are Boring! · Bobby Moynihan
- Oh No, the Aunts Are Here · Adam Rex
- People Are Wild · Margaux Meganck
- Powwow Day · Traci Sorell
- Something, Someday · Amanda Gorman
- Squirrel-Ish · Bambi Edlund
- Thank a Farmer · Maria Gianferrari
- That's Not My Name! · Anoosha Syed
- The Bees of Notre-Dame · Meghan Browne
- The Man Who Didn't Like Animals · Deborah Underwood
- Time to Make Art · Jeff Mack
- Two Dogs · Ian Falconer
- Two New Years · Richard Ho
- Ursula Upside Down · Corey R. Tabor
- Watch Out for the Lion! · Brooke Hartman
- Wild Blue: Taming a Big-Kid Bike · Dashka Slater
- Wombat Said Come In · Carmen Agra Deedy
- You're So Amazing! · James Catchpole
- Yuna's Cardboard Castles · Marie Tang
- A Ball for Daisy · Chris Raschka
- A Coyote Solstice Tale · Thomas King
- A Land of Books · Duncan Tonatiuh
- A Letter for Bob · Kim Rogers
- A Sick Day for Amos McGee · Philip C. Stead
- Across the Bay · Carlos Aponte
- Barrio · George Ancona
- Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum · Ashley Bryan
- Beautiful Blackbird · Ashley Bryan
- Big · Vashti Harrison
- Bowwow Powwow · Brenda J. Child
- Bright Star · Yuyi Morales
- C.L.O.U.D.S. · Pat Cummings
- Corduroy · Don Freeman
- Crossing Bok Chitto · Tim Tingle
- De aquí como el coquí · Nomar Perez
- Dear Primo · Duncan Tonatiuh
- Diego Rivera · Duncan Tonatiuh
- Family Pictures / Cuadros de Familia · Carmen Lomas Garza
- Flotsam · David Wiesner
- Forever Cousins · Laurel Goodluck
- Fry Bread · Kevin Noble Maillard
- Funny Bones · Duncan Tonatiuh
- Grandma's Gift · Eric Velasquez
- Hello Lighthouse · Sophie Blackall
- Hot Dog · Doug Salati
- I Have a Dream · Martin Luther King Jr.
- I'm Going to Sing, Black American Spirituals, Volume Two · Ashley Bryan
- In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall · Javaka Steptoe
- Jazz on a Saturday Night · Leo Dillon
- Just In Case · Yuyi Morales
- Just a Minute · Yuyi Morales
- Let it Shine · Ashley Bryan
- Little You / kiya kâ-apisîsisiyan · Richard Van Camp
- Mango, Abuela, and Me · Meg Medina
- Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita · Angela Dominguez
- Me & Mama · Cozbi A. Cabrera
- Mirandy and Brother Wind · Pat McKissack
- Mis colores, mi mundo · Maya Christina Gonzalez
- My Mama Needs Me · Mildred Pitts Walter
- Nelson Mandela · Kadir Nelson
- Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote · Duncan Tonatiuh
- Radiant Child · Javaka Steptoe
- Rap a Tap Tap · Leo Dillon
- Separate Is Never Equal · Duncan Tonatiuh
- Sitting Bull · S.D. Nelson
- Sonadores (Dreamers) · Yuyi Morales
- Soul Looks Back in Wonder · Tom Feelings
- Tar Beach · Faith Ringgold
- The Adventures of Beekle · Dan Santat
- The Bell Rang · James E. Ransome
- The Blacker the Berry · Joyce Carol Thomas
- The Christmas Coat · Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
- The Coquíes Still Sing · Karina Nicole González
- The Creation · James Weldon Johnson
- The Devil and Mother Crump · Valerie Scho Carey
- The Dream Catcher · Marcelo Verdad
- The House in the Night · Susan Marie Swanson
- The Lion & the Mouse · Jerry Pinkney
- The Middle Passage · Tom Feelings
- The Patchwork Quilt · Valerie Flournoy
- The Princess and the Warrior · Duncan Tonatiuh
- Underground · Liv Evans
- Underground · Shane W. Evans
- Uptown · Bryan Collier
- Victory. Stand! · Tommie Smith
- Viva Frida · Yuyi Morales
- Watercress · Andrea Wang
- We Are Water Protectors · Carole Lindstrom
- We Are the Ship · Kadir Nelson
- Wolf in the Snow · Matthew Cordell
- The Giving Tree · Shel Silverstein
Picture Book books at other grades
1st grade · 2nd grade · 3rd grade · 4th grade · 5th grade · 6th grade
Other kindergarten genres
Realistic Fiction · Children's · Juvenile Fiction · Humor · Picture Book Nonfiction · Fantasy · Fairy Tale/Folklore · Juvenile Nonfiction
← Full Kindergarten reading list · All picture bookbooks →
Frequently asked questions
What picture book books are good for kindergarten students?
140 picture book books have a grade range that covers kindergarten and are assigned across US-school curricula — Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and state ELA standards. Each title on this page links to its full curriculum citations and reading level.
Are these picture book books grade-appropriate for kindergarten?
Every title's grade range covers kindergarten, so each is age-appropriate by curriculum placement. Check each book's themes and content notes before assigning.
How many picture book books are on the kindergarten list?
This page lists 140 kindergarten picture book titles, most-assigned first (ties alphabetical). The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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