# Picture Book books assigned in US schools

**7** books in the Picture Book genre that US schools assign. Sourced from state ELA standards, AP/IB syllabi, and Common Core exemplar lists.

**Lexile range:** 410L–740L
**Grade span:** K–5
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/genre/picture-book
**Wikipedia (entity):** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_book
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## Recurring themes

- imagination (3)
- friendship (2)
- kindness (2)
- Boston setting
- anger and tantrums
- belonging
- boyhood
- cause and effect
- city childhood
- community helpers

## Authors in this genre

- Don Freeman
- Ezra Jack Keats
- Laura Numeroff
- Matt de la Peña
- Maurice Sendak
- Robert McCloskey
- Shel Silverstein

## Picture Book titles

- [Corduroy](https://readinglist.school/book/corduroy) by Don Freeman _(600L · Grades K–3)_
- [If You Give a Mouse a Cookie](https://readinglist.school/book/if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie) by Laura Numeroff _(410L · Grades K–3)_
- [Last Stop on Market Street](https://readinglist.school/book/last-stop-on-market-street) by Matt de la Peña _(610L · Grades K–3)_
- [Make Way for Ducklings](https://readinglist.school/book/make-way-for-ducklings) by Robert McCloskey _(730L · Grades K–3)_
- [The Giving Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giving-tree) by Shel Silverstein _(530L · Grades K–5)_
- [The Snowy Day](https://readinglist.school/book/the-snowy-day) by Ezra Jack Keats _(500L · Grades K–2)_
- [Where the Wild Things Are](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-wild-things-are) by Maurice Sendak _(740L · Grades K–3)_

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