# Kindergarten reading list — Common Core, AP, IB & state curricula

**10** books commonly assigned to kindergarten students in US schools. Sourced from Common Core exemplars (Appendix B), AP Course Audit, IB Diploma Programme, Cambridge Assessment International, and 50 state department-of-education curriculum guides.

Of these, **10** have a verified curriculum citation at the kindergarten level. 

**Grade level:** Kindergarten
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://achievethecore.org/page/2699

## Kindergarten reading list

- [Corduroy](https://readinglist.school/book/corduroy) by Don Freeman _(600L · Grades K–3 · pub 1968)_
- [Green Eggs and Ham](https://readinglist.school/book/green-eggs-and-ham) by Dr. Seuss _(210L · Grades K–2 · pub 1960)_
- [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 · pub 1985)_
- [Last Stop on Market Street](https://readinglist.school/book/last-stop-on-market-street) by Matt de la Peña _(610L · Grades K–3 · pub 2015)_
- [Make Way for Ducklings](https://readinglist.school/book/make-way-for-ducklings) by Robert McCloskey _(730L · Grades K–3 · pub 1941)_
- [The Cat in the Hat](https://readinglist.school/book/the-cat-in-the-hat) by Dr. Seuss _(430L · Grades K–2 · pub 1957)_
- [The Giving Tree](https://readinglist.school/book/the-giving-tree) by Shel Silverstein _(530L · Grades K–5 · pub 1964)_
- [The Snowy Day](https://readinglist.school/book/the-snowy-day) by Ezra Jack Keats _(500L · Grades K–2 · pub 1962)_
- [The Very Hungry Caterpillar](https://readinglist.school/book/the-very-hungry-caterpillar) by Eric Carle _(460L · Grades K–2 · pub 1969)_
- [Where the Wild Things Are](https://readinglist.school/book/where-the-wild-things-are) by Maurice Sendak _(740L · Grades K–3 · pub 1963)_

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