# Kindergarten books about friendship

**21** books commonly assigned to kindergarten students in US schools that explore friendship. 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  ·  **Theme:** friendship
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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 friendship reading list

- [A Mischief of Mice](https://readinglist.school/book/a-mischief-of-mice) by Christie Matheson _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_
- [Buffalo Fluffalo](https://readinglist.school/book/buffalo-fluffalo) by Bess Kalb _(Grades K–2 · pub 2024)_
- [Corduroy](https://readinglist.school/book/corduroy) by Don Freeman _(600L · Grades K–3 · pub 1968)_
- [Don't Need Friends](https://readinglist.school/book/dont-need-friends) by Carolyn Crimi _(Grades K–2 · pub 1999)_
- [Gibberish](https://readinglist.school/book/gibberish) by Young Vo _(Grades K–3 · pub 2022)_
- [He Came With the Couch](https://readinglist.school/book/he-came-with-the-couch) by David Slonim _(Grades K–3 · pub 2005)_
- [How This Book Got Red](https://readinglist.school/book/how-this-book-got-red) by Margaret Chiu Greanias _(Grades K–2 · pub 2023)_
- [I Lived Inside a Whale](https://readinglist.school/book/i-lived-inside-a-whale) by Xin Li _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_
- [Just Like Millie](https://readinglist.school/book/just-like-millie) by Lauren Castillo _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_
- [Knight Owl](https://readinglist.school/book/knight-owl) by Christopher Denise _(Grades K–3 · pub 2022)_
- [Knight Owl and Early Bird](https://readinglist.school/book/knight-owl-and-early-bird) by Christopher Denise _(Grades K–3 · pub 2024)_
- [Let's Do Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/lets-do-nothing) by Tony Fucile _(Grades K–3 · pub 2009)_
- [Memoirs of a Goldfish](https://readinglist.school/book/memoirs-of-a-goldfish) by Devin Scillian _(Grades K–3 · pub 2010)_
- [Mercy Watson to the Rescue](https://readinglist.school/book/mercy-watson-to-the-rescue) by Kate DiCamillo _(450L · Grades K–3 · pub 2005)_
- [No Cats in the Library](https://readinglist.school/book/no-cats-in-the-library) by Lauren Emmons _(Grades K–2 · pub 2024)_
- [Rugby and Rosie](https://readinglist.school/book/rugby-and-rosie) by Nan Parson Rossiter _(Grades K–3 · pub 1997)_
- [The Bear and the Piano](https://readinglist.school/book/the-bear-and-the-piano) by David Litchfield _(Grades K–3 · pub 2015)_
- [The Giving Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giving-tree) by Shel Silverstein _(530L · Grades K–5 · pub 1964)_
- [We Forgot Brock!](https://readinglist.school/book/we-forgot-brock) by Carter Goodrich _(Grades K–3 · pub 2015)_
- [You're So Amazing!](https://readinglist.school/book/youre-so-amazing) by James Catchpole _(Grades K–2 · pub 2023)_
- [Yuna's Cardboard Castles](https://readinglist.school/book/yunas-cardboard-castles) by Marie Tang _(Grades K–2 · pub 2023)_

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