Suggested Titles


Suggested Titles



Here are just a few of the wonderful children’s books that are appropriate for National Reading Day..


  • All Birds Have Feathers By Bruce Larkin
  • A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
  • A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
  • Abuela by Arthur Dorros
  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
  • Alpha Oops! The Day the Z Went First by Alethea Kontis
  • Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner by Amy Schwartz
  • Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
  • Bear Draws Food by Bruce Larkin
  • Ben’s Teddy Bear by Beverly Randell
  • Black? White! Day? Night!: A Book of Opposites by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
  • Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
  • Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg
  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
  • Corduroy by Don Freeman
  • Curious George by H.A. Rey
  • Dino Pets by Lynn Plourde
  • Doctor De Soto by William Steig
  • Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
  • Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy
  • Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
  • Easy Street by Rita Gray
  • Farm Colors By Bruce Larkin
  • Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
  • Freight Train by Donald Crews
  • Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London
  • Green as a Bean by Karla Kuskin
  • Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
  • Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
  • Hot dogs by Beverly Randell
  • How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen
  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
  • If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff
  • In My Classroom By Bruce Larkin
  • Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
  • It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale retold by Margot Zemach
  • It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Green Shaw
  • Jump, Frog, Jump! by Robert Kalan
  • Kindergarten Countdown by Anna Jane Hays
  • King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
  • Kiss Good Night by Amy Hest
  • Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
  • Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
  • Let’s Eat By Bruce Larkin
  • Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! by Nancy Carlson
  • Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
  • Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
  • Mama Cat Has Three Kittens by Denise Fleming
  • Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
  • Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
  • Mother Goose: Numbers on the Loose by Leo & Diane Dillon
  • Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont
  • Mr. Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
  • Mushroom in the Rain retold by Mirra Ginsburg
  • My Grandma= Mi Abuelita by Ginger Foglesong Guy
  • My Kindergarten by Rosemary Wells
  • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
  • Old MacDonald Drives a Tractor by Don Carter
  • Olivia by Ian Falconer
  • Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
  • Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
  • Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
  • Pretty Salma: A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa by Niki Daly
  • Ready For The Heat by Bruce Larkin
  • Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Zelinsky
  • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
  • Smash! Crash! by Jon Scieszka
  • Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
  • SuperHero ABC by Bob McLeod
  • Swimmy by Leo Lionni
  • Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
  • Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
  • Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
  • Ten Naughty Little Monkeys by Suzanne Williams
  • The Baby Beebee Bird by Diane Massie
  • The big kick by Beverly Randell
  • The Bridge is Up! by Babs Bell
  • The Bus Stop by Janet Morgan Stoeke
  • The Gingerbread Boy retold by Richard Egielski
  • The Great Gracie Chase by Cynthia Rylant
  • The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by Shirley Neitzel
  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
  • The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges
  • The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney
  • The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
  • The Mitten by Jan Brett
  • The New Girl– and Me by Jacqui Robbins
  • The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
  • The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
  • The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
  • The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
  • The Stray Dog retold by Marc Simont
  • The Three Bears retold by Paul Galdone
  • The Three Billy Goats Gruff retold by Paul Galdone
  • The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
  • The Twelve Days of Kindergarten by Deborah Rose
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
  • Thelonius Monster’s Sky-High Fly Pie by Judy Sierra
  • There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
  • Tiger, Tiger by Dee Lillegard
  • Tikki Tikki Tembo retold by Arlene Mosel
  • When a Monster Is Born by Sean Taylor
  • Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
  • Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
  • White Is for Blueberry by George Shannon
  • Widget by Lynne McFarland
  • Zomo the Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa retold by Gerald McDermott

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Celebrate National Reading Day On January 23, 2023.