Favorite Reads 1000 Books Before Kindergarten Favorite Reads Some favorites from children who’ve participated in the program: (each title is linked to our catalog for easy ordering) A Bear for Breakfast by Jennifer King A Big Guy Took My Ball! By Mo Willems A Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman A Potty for Me by Karen Katz Amigos by Eric Carle And to Think I Saw it on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss Animals Hide and Seek by Bastien Contraire Another by Christian Robinson Are We There Yet? by Dan Santat Are You a Cow? by Sandra Boynton Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman Bad Kitty Does Not Like Dogs by Nick Bruel Bear Snores On by Kama Wilson Before After by Jean Jullien Belly Button Book by Sandra Boynton Big Words for Little Geniuses by James and Sue Patterson Biscuit Wants to Play by Alyssa S Capucilli Biscuit’s Day at the Farm by Alyssa S Capucilli Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton Boats by Byron Barton Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley BooBoo Bread and Jam for Francis by Russell Hoban Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Bunnies by Kevan Atteberry Can I Play Too? by Mo Willems Cat in the Hat Comes Back Cecily Parsley’s Nursery Rhymes Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Corduroy by Don Freeman Counting Kisses by Karen Katz Courage by Bernard Waber Daniel Tiger by various authors Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Library by Julie Gassman Dog Wants to Play by Christine McDonnell Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! By Mo Willems Dr. Seuss ABC by Dr. Seuss Festivals of the World China by Colin Cheong Frankenstein by Ludworst Bemonster Freight Train by Donald Crews Fruits in Suits by Jared Chapman Germs by Ross Collins Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae Go, Dog, Go! by P. D. Eastman Go to Bed, Monster! By Natasha Wing Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears by Corey Rosen Schwartz Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann Goodnight Moon Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Hansel and Gretel Ninja Chicks by Corey Rosen Schwartz Happy Pig Day by Mo Willems Harold and Hog Pretend for Real by Mo Willems Harold and the Purple Crayon Have You Seen My Dragon? By Steve Light Hocus Pocus, It’s Fall! by Anne Sibley O’Brien Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan Hush, Mama Loves You by Ana Strauss I Am a Rainbow I Love You as Much by Laura Krauss Melmed I Really Like Slop! By Mo Willems I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs I Will Surprise My Friend by Mo Willems I Will Take a Nap! by Mo Willems I’m a Big Brother by Joanna Cole I’m a Frog by Mo Willems I’m Bored by Michael Ian Black I’m Going to Grandma’s by Mary Ann Hoberman If I Were a Bee by Dolores Keaveney If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie It’s a Tiger! by David LaRochelle It’s Not Easy Being a Bunny by Marilyn Sadler Jamberry by Bruce Degen Jody’s Beans by Malachy Doyle Just One More by Jennifer Hansen Rolli Ladybug Girl and the Dress-up Dilemma by David Soman Let’s Eat by Ana Zamorano Let’s Say Hi to Friends Who Fly! by Mo Willems Little Bee Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle Little Chick by Amy Hest Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney Little Polar Bear by Hans De Beer Little Truck by Gomi Taro Little Tug by Stephen Savage Living Wild by Elaine Miller Bond Lizard from the Park by Mark Pett Love You Forever by Robert Munsch Lucy and The Bully by Claire Alexander Maisy Goes on a Plane by Lucy Cousins Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle Mommy Hugs by Karen Katz Moo! by David Larochelle Mossy by Jan Brett Mud Puddle by Robert Munsch My Car, Mi Carro by Byron Barton My First Christmas by Tomie DePaola My Friend is Sad by Mo Willems My Kite is Stuck Nobody Likes a Goblin by Ben Hatke Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today? by Tish Rabe Oh, No! by Candace Fleming Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! By Dr. Seuss Once Upon a Potty by Alona Frankel One Fish, Two Fish Pajama time Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me by Eric Carle Pat the Cat by Colin Hawkins Pete the Cat by Dean James Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes by Kim Dean Pete the Cat’s Train Trip by James Dean Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey Pig the Stinker by Aaron Blabey Pig the Winner by Aaron Blabey Pigs Make Me Sneeze by Mo Willems Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann Pirate Jamboree by Mark Teague Plumply Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo Polar Bear Ponyella by Laura Numeroff Press Here by Herve Tullett Princess! Fairy! Ballerina! Bethanie Deeney Murguia Purplicious by Victoria Kann Red Truck by K.R. Hamilton Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever by Richard Scarry Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson Runaway Bunny Running Wild by Elaine Miller Bond Sam the Most Scaredy-Cat by Mo Willems Sammy the Seal Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach by Melanie Watt Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt Shine by Patrick McDonnell Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree Snow Babies Snow Friends by M. Christina Butler Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Snuggle Puppy Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton Spooky Pookie by Sandra Boynton Spot a Lot Vehicle Adventure by Steve Smallman Spring for Sophie by Yael Werber Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker Stella’s Starliner by Rosemary Wells Stick Man by Julia Donaldson Stop Bot by James Yang Supertruck by Steven Savage Suriya and Roscoe by Bhagavan Antle Swimmy by Leo Lionni Tap, Tap, Boom, Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss That’s Not My Kitten The Art Lesson by Tomie DePaola The Bookshop Dog by Cynthia Rylant The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss The Cat in the Hat Series by Dr. Seuss The Composer is Dead by Lemony Snicket The Cookie Fiasco by Mo Willems The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins The Foolish Tortoise by Eric Carle The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson The Honey Makers by Gail Gibbons The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani The King’s Stilts by Dr. Seuss The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear The Little Rabbit by Nicola Killen The Little Train by Lois Lenski The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle The Moon’s Almost Here by Patricia MacLachlan The Night You Were Born by Wendy McCormick The Pigeon Needs a Bath by Mo Willems The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! By Mo Willems The Princess Knight by Cornelia Funke The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf The Tale of Peter Rabbit The Tale of Two Bad Mice The Tool Box by Ann and Harlow Rockwell The Wheels on the Bus by Jane Cabrara The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin The Yawn That Wouldn’t Stop by Greg Gormley There is a Bird on Your Head by Mo Willems There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight by Penny Parker Klostermann There’s No Place Like Space by Tish Rabe They All Saw a Cat by Brenden Wenzel Those Darn Squirrels! By Adam Rubin Three Little Pigs Time to Pee Toot by Leslie Patricelli Tooth by Leslie Patricelli Toys Meet Snow by Emily Jenkins Trucks by Gail Gibbons Uncle Vova’s Tree Uni the Unicorn by Amy Rosenthal Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen Vroom by Barbara McKintock Waiting by Kevin Henkes We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems Weird Sea Creatures by Erich Hoyt What Was I Scared Of? by Dr. Seuss Where Did Dinosaurs Come From? by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld Where is Baby Series by Karen Katz Where’s Spot by Eric Hill Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman Yes, We Can by Sam McBratney Zoom by Nick Ackland
1000 Books Before Kindergarten Favorite Reads
