Realistic Fiction Books for Kindergartners
129 books in the realistic fiction 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 realistic fiction book
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129 kindergarten realistic fiction books
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Hooway for Wodney WatHelen Lester
Can I Be Your Dog?Troy Cummings
ChesterMélanie Watt
Chez BobBob Shea
I Need My MonsterAmanda Noll
Madeline Finn and the Library DogLisa Papp
Martha SpeaksSusan Meddaugh
My Lucky DayKeiko Kasza
Are You a Cheeseburger?Monica Arnaldo
Cat SecretsJef Czekaj
Go Away, Big Green MonsterEd Emberley
Harvey Potter's Balloon FarmJerdine Nolen
Humpty-Dumpty Egg-SplodesO'Malley, Kevin
I Ain't Gonna Paint No MoreKaren Beaumont
If I Built a SchoolChris Van Dusen
Julius, the Baby of the WorldKevin Henkes
Library MouseDaniel Kirk
Mr. Fox's Game of "No!"David LaRochelle
Red RacerAudrey Wood
Scaredy SquirrelMelanie Watt
Shark vs. TrainChris Barton
The Monster Who Ate My PeasDanny Schnitzlein
TitanicatMarty Crisp
WidgetLyn Rossiter McFarland
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- Zombies Don't Eat Veggies! · Jorge Lacera
- A Fine, Fine School · Sharon Creech
- Again · Emily Gravett
- Arrowhawk · Lola M. Schaefer
- Bad Kitty · Nick Bruel
- Bagdad Ate It · Phyllis Green
- Basket · George Ella Lyon
- Bedhead · Margie Palatini
- Beware of Boys · Tony Blundell
- Big Bad Bruce · Bill Peet
- Chalk · Bill Thomson
- Cookiesaurus Rex · Amy Fellner Dominy
- Copycat · Ruth Brown
- Dandy · Ame Dyckman
- Diary of a Wombat · Jackie French
- Dogku · Andrew Clements
- Dogzilla · Dav Pilkey
- Don't Fidget a Feather! · Erica Silverman
- Don't Need Friends · Carolyn Crimi
- Don’t Touch My Room · Patricia Lakin
- Drawn Together · Minh Le
- Except Antarctica! · Todd Sturgell
- Exclamation Mark! · Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Find Fergus · Mike Boldt
- Gaston · Kelly DiPucchio
- Grandpa's Teeth · Rod Clement
- Guji Guji · Chen, Zhiyuan
- Hair Love · Matthew A. Cherry
- He Came With the Couch · David Slonim
- Heart of a Tiger · Marsha Diane Arnold
- Herbie's Troubles · Carol Chapman
- High-Wire Henry · Mary Calhoun
- Hoodwinked · Arthur Howard
- Hungry Hen · Richard Waring
- I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato · Lauren Child
- I'm Terrified of Bath Time · Simon Rich
- If I Built a Car · Chris Van Dusen
- Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale · Mo Willems
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse · Kevin Henkes
- Lion vs. Rabbit · Alex Latimer
- Little Rabbit's Loose Tooth · Lucy Bate
- Livingstone Mouse · Pamela Duncan Edwards
- Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp · Mercer Mayer
- Memoirs of a Goldfish · Devin Scillian
- Millie Waits for the Mail · Alexander Steffensmeier
- Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu · Dayle Ann Dodds
- Miss Nelson Has a Field Day · Harry Allard
- Miss Nelson Is Back · Harry Allard
- Miss Nelson Is Missing · Harry Allard
- Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook · Michael Garland
- Mr. Tanen's Ties · Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! · Candace Fleming
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea · Ben Clanton
- Never Spit on Your Shoes · Denys Cazet
- No Such Thing · Jackie French Koller
- Norman Didn't Do It! · Ryan T. Higgins
- One Lucky Girl · George Ella Lyon
- Peabody · Rosemary Wells
- Peter Spit a Seed at Sue · Jackie French Koller
- Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! · David McPhail
- Ploof · Ben Clanton
- Poopsie Gets Lost · Hannah E. Harrison
- Poor Louie · Tony Fucile
- Press Here · Hervé Tullet
- Riptide · Frances Ward Weller
- Rotten Teeth · Laura Simms
- Round Trip · Ann Jonas
- Rugby and Rosie · Nan Parson Rossiter
- Sheepish · Helen Yoon
- Stanley's Wild Ride · Linda Bailey
- Ted · Tony DiTerlizzi
- The Araboolies of Liberty Street · Sam Swope
- The Barnabus Project · Terry Fan
- The Bear and the Piano · David Litchfield
- The Box Turtle · Vanessa Roeder
- The Cow Who Wouldn't Come Down · Paul Brett Johnson
- The Dog Who Had Kittens · Polly M. Robertus
- The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School · Laura Murray
- The Grannyman · Judith Byron Schachner
- The Great White Man-Eating Shark · Margaret Mahy
- The Recess Queen · Alexis O'Neill
- The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School · Judy Sierra
- The Soccer Mom From Outer Space · Barney Saltzberg
- The Toll-Bridge Troll · Patricia Rae Wolff
- The Wolf's Chicken Stew · Keiko Kasza
- The Yawns Are Coming · Christopher Eliopoulos
- There's a Ghost in This House · Oliver Jeffers
- Trouper · Meg Kearney
- Two bad Ants · Chris Van Allsburg
- We Forgot Brock! · Carter Goodrich
- What Do They Do with All That Poo? · Jane Kurtz
- What Happened to Patrick's Dinosaurs? · Carol Carrick
- Who Wet My Pants? · Bob Shea
- A Boy, a Dog and a Frog · Mercer Mayer
- Are You My Mother? · P. D. Eastman
- Fireworks · Matthew Burgess
- Frog Went A-Courtin' · John M. Langstaff
- Little Bear · Else Holmelund Minarik
- Mei Li · Thomas Handforth
- Owl at Home · Arnold Lobel
- Pancakes for Breakfast · Tomie dePaola
- Prayer for a Child · Rachel Field
- Put Me in the Zoo · Robert Lopshire
- Sam, Bangs & Moonshine · Evaline Ness
- Tomás and the Library Lady · Pat Mora
Realistic Fiction books at other grades
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Other kindergarten genres
Picture Book · Children's · Juvenile Fiction · Humor · Picture Book Nonfiction · Fantasy · Fairy Tale/Folklore · Juvenile Nonfiction
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Frequently asked questions
What realistic fiction books are good for kindergarten students?
129 realistic fiction 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 realistic fiction 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 realistic fiction books are on the kindergarten list?
This page lists 129 kindergarten realistic fiction titles, most-assigned first (ties alphabetical). The list expands as more curriculum references are verified.
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