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Parent's Guide to Early Literacy Development

Recommended Books for Reading at Home

Infant
Toddler
Preschooler or Pre-Kindergartner
Kindergartner through Second Grader (Beginning Readers)
Third through Fifth Grader

Infant

Baby Dance by Ann Taylor
Baby Face Smile by Roberta Grobel Intrater
Animal Noises by Stephen Cartwright
Baby Colors by Dorling Kindersley Publishing
It's Raining, It's Pouring by Kin Eagle
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
The Silly Shapes Series by Sophie Fatus
I Can by Helen Oxenbury
Happy Baby Friends by Priddy Bicknell
Shake, Shake, Shake by Andrea & Brian Pinkney

Toddler

My Family by Debbie Bailey
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Time to Wake Up by Diane James
One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root
Dinosaur Roar! by Paul and Henrietta Strickland
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Tiger Cub See-and-Do by the Smithsonian Institution
The Wheels on the Bus by Child's Play
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
Good Morning, Chick by Mirra Ginsburg

Preschool & Pre-Kindergarten

The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
But Excuse Me that is My Book by Lauren Child
Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk
Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant by Jack Prelutsky
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judith Barrett
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon

Kindergartener to Second Grader (Beginning Readers)

Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
Shoo, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold
Alpha Oops! by Alethea Kontis
Flotsam by David Wiesner
Amelia Bedelia Under Construction by Herman Parish
Beans Baker's Best Shot by Richard Torrey
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
A Kiss for Little Bear by Elsa Minarik
Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures by Cynthia Rylant
A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy

Third through Fifth Grader

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Winner's Walk by Nancy Ruth Patterson
Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Mysterious Matter of I.M. Fine by Diane Stanley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
The Borrowers by Mary Norton

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