Check out these wonderful books for kids in kindergarten and first grade. For more suggested reading, check out our suggested reading lists here or visit the Somerset County Library Kids' Page.
Picture Books
Aardema, Verna
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale
Reveals the meaning of the mosquito's buzz.
Allard, Harry
Miss Nelson Is Missing
The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
Buehner, Caralyn
Snowmen at Night
Snowmen play games at night when no one is watching.
Bruss, Deborah
Book! Book! Book!
When the children go back to school, the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the library in town trying to find something to do.
Cannon, Janell
Stellaluna
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
The Great Kapok Tree
The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.
DePaola, Tomie
Strega Nona
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
Fleming, Candace
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!
After planting the garden he has dreamed of for years, Mr. McGreely tries to find a way to keep some persistent bunnies from eating all his vegetables.
Fox, Mem
Tough Boris
Although he is a very tough pirate, Boris cries when his parrot dies.
Goble, PaulThe Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.
Henkes, KevinChrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
Keats, Ezra JackWhistle For Willie
A little boy wishes so much he could whistle.
Lionni, LeoFrederick
Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter.
Polacco, PatriciaThunder Cake
Grandma finds a way to dispel her grandchild's fear of thunderstorms.
Rylant, CynthiaLong Night Moon
Text and illustrations depict the varied seasonal full moons that change and assume personalities of their own throughout the year.
Scieszka, JonThe True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
Steig, WilliamDoctor De Soto
Dr. De Soto, a mouse dentist, copes with the toothaches of various animals except those with a taste for mice, until the day a fox comes to him in great pain.
Teague, MarkDear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School
Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her dog Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy and come back home.
Easy Readers
Adler, David
Young Cam Jansen series
Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to solve mysteries.
Arnold, Tedd
Hi! Fly Guy
When Buzz captures a fly to enter in The Amazing Pet Show, his parents and the judges tell him that a fly cannot be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin
Biscuit Goes to School
Even though dogs are not allowed in school, Biscuit is determined to see and do everything that takes place in school and wants to meet the teacher. What will the teacher do when Biscuit sneaks in?
DiCamillo, Kate
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons, all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a big hole in the floor.
Hoff, Syd
Danny and the Dinosaur
A little boy is surprised and pleased when one of the dinosaurs from the museum agrees to play with him.
Lobel, Arnold
Frog and Toad All Year
Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.
Parish, Peggy
Amelia Bedelia (and other books in series)
A literal-minded housekeeper causes chaos in the Rogers household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.
Rylant, Cynthia
Puppy Mudge books
Rylant, Cynthia
Henry and Mudge books
Rylant, Cynthia
Mr. Putter and Tabby books
