Glen Ridge Elementary School

At the primary level in Glen Ridge, our philosophy for literacy development is that children develop at their own pace. The following reading lists were designed to support various levels of reading.

Encouraging reading can develop the literacy process. Students should be reading at a comfortable level and being read to at a level(s) above. Please peruse our suggested summer reading list to locate books at your child’s reading development level.

Do not forget to visit the local library and consult with the librarian in the children’s section. For added information, click on the link from American Library Association For Children (A division of the American Library Association) for Caldecott Medal winners and honorees. The Caldecott Medal is awarded to the illustrator of the year’s most distinguished children’s picture book.

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecotthonors/caldecottmedal.htm

Pre-K Picture Book Reading List

Author	Title
Ahlberg, Janet and Allen	Each Peach Pear Plum
Appelt, Kathi	Bat Jamboree
Asbjfrnsen, P.C. and J.E. Moe	The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Asch, Frank	Happy Birthday, Moon
Asch, Frank	Moon Dance
Aylesworth, Jim	Old Black Fly
Belpre, Pura	Perez and Martina
Bemelmans, Ludwig	Madeline
Berger, Barbara	Grandfather Twilight
Brown, Marcia	Stone Soup
Brown, Margaret Wise	Goodnight Moon
Burningham, John	Mr. Grumpy’s Outing
Burton, Virginia L.	Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel
Campbell, Rod	Dear Zoo
Carle, Eric	A House for Hermit Crab
Carle, Eric	The Grouchy Ladybug
Carle, Eric	Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
Carle, Eric	The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Carlstrom, Nancy	Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear?
Cousins, Lucy	Maisie Goes Swimming
Crews, Donald	Freight Train
DeBrunhoff, Jean	The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
DePaola, Tomie	Strega Nona
Edwards, Pamela Duncan	Some Smug Slug
Emberley, Ed	Go Away, Big Green Monster
Feiffer, Jules	The Daddy Mountain
Fleming, Denise	Lunch
Gag, Wanda	Millions of Cats
Galdone, Paul	Henny Penny
Galdone, Paul	Little Red Riding Hood
Ginsburg, Mirra	Mushroom in the Rain
Guarino, Deborah	Is your Mama a Llama?
Henkes, Kevin	Chrysanthemum
Henkes, Kevin	Owen
Hill, Eric	Where’s Spot?
Hoban, Russell	Bread and Jam for Frances
Hoban, Tara	Is it Red? Is it Yellow? Is it Blue? An Adventure in Color
Holabird, Katharine	Angelina’s Birthday Surprise
Hong, Lily Toy	Two of Everything: A Chinese Folktale
Hooper, Meredith	A Cow, a Bee, a Cookie, and Me
Hutchins, Pat	Rosie’s Walk
Hutchins, Pat	Shrinking Mouse
Isadora, Rachel	Ben’s Trumpet
Johnson, Angela	Julius
Johnson, Crockett	Harold and the Purple Crayon
Jonas, Ann	Round Trip
Keates, Ezra Jack	The Snowy Day
Keates, Ezra Jack	Whistle for Willie
Kellogg, Steven	Can I Keep Him?
Kraus, Robert	Leo the Late Bloomer
Langstaff, John	Over in the Meadow
Leaf, Munro	The Story of Ferdinand
Lester, Julius	John Henry
Lionni, Leo	Little Blue and Little Yellow
Lobel, Arnold	Frog & Toad Stories
Marshall, James	George and Martha
Martin Jr., Bill	Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
Martin Jr., Bill and John Archambault	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Mayer, Mercer	There’s a Nightmare in My Closet
McCloskey, Robert	Blueberries for Sal
McCloskey, Robert	Lentil
McCloskey, Robert	Make Way for Ducklings
McDermott, Gerald	Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa
Meddaugh, Susan	Martha Calling
Mosel, Arlene	Tikki Tikki Tembo
Nobel, Trinka Hakes	The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash
Numeroff, Laura J.	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Pelletier, David	The Graphic Alphabet
Pfister, Marcus	Rainbow Fish
Potter, Beatrix	The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Pulley, April	One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab
Rathmann, Peggy	Good Night, Gorilla
Rathmann, Peggy	Officer Buckle and Gloria
Rey, H.A.	Curious George
Rosen, Michael	We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
Rounds, Glen	I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Rylant, Cynthia	When I Was Young in the Mountains
Say, Allen	Grandfather’s Journey
Scieszka, John	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf
Sendak, Maurice	Pierre: A Cautionary Tale
Sendak, Maurice	Where the Wild Things Are
Seuss, Dr.	Horton Hatches the Egg
Sis, Peter	Komodo!
Slobodkina, Esphyr	Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys And Their Monkey Buisness
Steig, William	Doctor De Soto
Stoeke, Janet Morgan	Minerva Louise at School
Steptoe, John	Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale
Ungerer, Tomi	The Three Robbers
Vaccaro, Laura	The Hidden Alphabet
Waber, Bernard	Lyle, Lyle Crocodile
Waddell, Martin	Farmer Duck
Waddell, Martin	Owl Babies
Walsh, Ellen S.	Mouse Paint
Weisner, David	Tuesday
Wells, Rosemary	Morris’ Disappearing Bag
Willems, Mo	Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Willems, Mo	The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog
Williams, Vera	A Chair for My Mother
Young, Ed	Seven Blind Mice
Zelinsky, Paul O.	Rumpelstiltskin
Zelinsky, Paul O.	The Wheels on the Bus
Zemach, Margot	It Could Always be Worse: A Yiddish Folktale
Zion, Gene	Harry the Dirty Dog