Library hours: Mon-Thurs 9-7; Fri 9-6; Sat 9-5; Sun 12-5. Get more info at our website www.telluridelibrary.org.   

Horario de biblioteca: Lun-Jue 9-7; Vie 9-6; Sáb 9-5; Dom 12-5. Para más información, visite www.telluridelibrary.org

Kindergarten Recommended Reading 2014


Showing 1 - 20 of 76  There are a total of 76 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Five little monkeys go shopping"
Star rating for Five little monkeys go shopping
Series:
Description:
Five little monkeys go shopping for school clothes with their mama, but in spite of her warnings about not wandering off, things quickly get complicated.
Book cover for "Five little monkeys reading in bed"
Star rating for Five little monkeys reading in bed
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Mama has said it is time for "Lights out! Sweet dreams! No more reading in bed," but her five little monkeys cannot resist reading just a few more books to one another.
Book cover for "Five little monkeys trick-or-treat"
Star rating for Five little monkeys trick-or-treat
Series:
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
When babysitter Lulu takes the five little monkeys trick- or-treating, they decide to change costumes with their friends and try to fool Lulu and their mother.
Book cover for "Thump, quack, moo"
Star rating for Thump, quack, moo
Series:
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and everyday the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard recreating his own surprise.
Book cover for "I'm telling you, Dex, kindergarten rocks!"
Star rating for I'm telling you, Dex, kindergarten rocks!
Description:
Dexter knows everything there is to know about kindergarten and is not at all scared about his first day there, but his stuffed dog, Rufus, is very nervous.
Book cover for "Sam and the firefly"
Star rating for Sam and the firefly
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Sam the owl is wishing for someone to come out and play when he sees a light flying about in the sky. The light turns out to be Gus the firefly, who comes out to play, but causes trouble along the way.
Book cover for "Corduroy"
Star rating for Corduroy
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all." "Corduroy has been on the department store shelf for a long time. Yet as soon as Lisa sees him, she knows that he’s the bear for her. Her mother, though, thinks he’s a little shopworn—he’s even missing a button! Still, Corduroy knows that with a bit of work he can tidy himself...
Book cover for "A pocket for Corduroy"
Star rating for A pocket for Corduroy
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.
Book cover for "Jack and the beanstalk"
Star rating for Jack and the beanstalk
Description:
Instead of returning from the fair with the goose Old Mother Twaddle told him to buy, her son Jack brings a single bean with magic properties, which grows nearly as high as the sun and which harbors a giant surprise. Adapted from The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of her Son Jack, written by B.A.T. and published in 1807 by J. Harris, London.
Book cover for "Penny and her doll"
Star rating for Penny and her doll
Series:
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
Penny instantly loves the doll her grandmother sends her, but finding the perfect name for her is a challenge.
Book cover for "Old Bear"
Star rating for Old Bear
Average Rating:
2 stars
Description:
When Old Bear falls asleep for the winter, he has a dream that he is a cub again, enjoying each of the four seasons.
Book cover for "Chrysanthemum"
Star rating for Chrysanthemum
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Until Chrysanthemum started kindergarten, she believed her parents when they said her name was perfect. But on the first day of school, Chrysanthemum begins to suspect that her name is far less than perfect, especially when her class dissolves into giggles upon hearing her name read aloud. That evening, Chrysanthemum's parents try to piece her self-esteem back together again with comfort food and a night filled "with hugs, kisses, and Parcheesi."...

13. Owen

Book cover for "Owen"
Star rating for Owen
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Owen's parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy.
Book cover for "Julius, the baby of the world"
Star rating for Julius, the baby of the world
Description:
"Lilly is convinced that the arrival of her new baby brother is the worst thing that has happened in their house, until Cousin Garland comes to visit"--Title page verso.
Book cover for "Little white rabbit"
Star rating for Little white rabbit
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
As he hops along a little rabbit wonders what it would be like to be green as grass, tall as fir trees, hard as rocks, and flutter like butterflies.
Book cover for "Say hello!"
Star rating for Say hello!
Description:
A little girl greets people in her neighborhood in many different languages.
Book cover for "Peekaboo morning"
Star rating for Peekaboo morning
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A toddler plays peek-a-boo throughout the day.
Book cover for "There was a tree"
Star rating for There was a tree
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A favorite children's song, "The Green Grass Grew All Around," becomes a colorful book filled with African wildlife.
Book cover for "Old Mikamba had a farm"
Star rating for Old Mikamba had a farm
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
A variation on the song "Old MacDonald", the inhabitants of Old Makimba's farm in Africa, including a baboon, an elephant, and a lion, are described, verse by verse. Includes facts about African animals.

20. Yo, Jo!

Book cover for "Yo, Jo!"
Star rating for Yo, Jo!
Description:
Jomar greets his neighbors using slang, but his grandfather wants to hear some more traditional words.