Grades K-1: Suggested Picture Books
This reading list was created by your Youth Services Librarians and includes great contemporary and classic books for kids.
Picture books use natural language and are often difficult for beginning readers to read on their own. They are meant to be read aloud by an adult! They help kids develop reading readiness skills and a love of reading & learning, and they give you the chance to snuggle up and read together from a young age!
Let's Eat!
by Ana Zamarano; illustrated by Julie Vivas
Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen; illustrated by John Schoenherr
The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
by Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
by Mo Willems
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog!
by Mo Willems
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!
by Mo Willems
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy!
by Mo Willems
The Pigeon Needs a Bath!
by Mo Willems
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
by Mo Willems
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct
by Mo Willems
The Three Pigs
by David Wiesner
Bunny Cakes
by Rosemary Wells
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
by Bernard Waber
Lyle Finds His Mother
by Bernard Waber
Lyle at the Office
by Bernard Waber
Lyle Walks the Dogs: A Counting Book
by Bernard Waber; illustrated by Paulis Waber
The House on East 88th Street
by Bernard Waber
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst; illustrated by Ray Cruz
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday
by Judith Viorst; illustrated by Ray Cruz
Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move
by Judith Viorst; illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser
Absolutely Positively Alexander: the Complete Stories
by Judith Viorst; illustrated by Ray Cruz and Robin Preiss Glasser
Mary McScary
by R. L. Stine; illustrated by Marc Brown
The Singing Chick
by Victoria Stenmark; illustrated by Randy Cecil
Interruping Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise
by David Ezra Stein
Interrupting Chicken
by David Ezra Stein
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble
by William Steig
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
by Philip C. Stead; illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Circus Caps for Sale
by Esphyr Slobodkina
Caps for Sale and the Mindful Monkey
by Esphyr Slobodkina and Ann Marie Mulhearn Sayer