What are some good children's books?

Question

I have a son in Kindergarden what are some books that would be good to read with him

Answer 1

75 Books that every Kindergartner should be familiar with before entering school as suggested by librarians across the United States, and compiled by Mrs. Suzanne Ng, South Mountain School Annex Librarian, May 2003

"The single most important activity for building the knowledge for
eventual success in reading, is reading aloud to children."
-- Becoming a Nation of Readers

Angus and the Ducks - Marjorie Flack
Babar - Jean de Brunhoff
Best Friends - Steven Kellogg
Blueberries for Sal - Robert McCloskey
Bread and Jam for Frances - Russell Hoban
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? - Bill Martin, Jr.
Caps for Sale - Esphyr Slobodkina
The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss
A Chair for My Mother - Vera Williams
Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom - Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault
Chicken Soup with Rice - Maurice Sendak
Cinderella - Charles Perrault
Click Clack Moo : Cows that Type - Doreen Cronin
Corduroy - Don Freeman
The Doorbell Rang - Pat Hutchins
Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen
Fairy Tales - Grimm Brothers
Fox in Socks - Dr. Seuss
Freight Train - Donald Crews
Froggy Gets Dressed - Jonathan London
George and Martha - James Marshall
Guess How Much I Love You - Sam McBratney
Gingerbread Baby - Jan Brett
Goldilocks and the Three Bears - James Marshall
Goodnight Moon - Margaret Wise Brown
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
The Grinch who stole Christmas - Dr. Seuss
Horton Hatches the Egg - Dr. Seuss
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Numeroff
Imogene's Antlers - David Small
Ira Sleeps Over - Bernard Waber
It Looked Like Spilt Milk - Charles G. Shaw
The Keeping Quilt - Patricia Polacco
The Kissing Hand - Audrey Penn
Leo the Late Bloomer - Robert Kraus
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse - Kevin Henkes
Little Blue and Little Yellow - Leo Lionni
Love You Forever - Robert Munsch
Madeleine - Ludwig Bemelmens
Make Way for Ducklings - Robert McCloskey
Mary Wore Her Red Dress - Merle Peek
The Mitten - Jan Brett
Mole Music - David McPhail
Mortimer - Robert Munsch
Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes
Napping House - Audrey Wood
No, David! - David Shannon
Olivia - Ian Falconer
Owen - Kevin Henkes
Owl Moon - Jane Yolen
Peter Rabbit - Beatrix Potter
Pink and Say - Patricia Polacco
Rainbow Fish - Marcus Pfister
The Rainbow Goblins - Ul De Rico
Rumpelstiltskin - Paul Zelinsky
Runaway Bunny - Margaret Wise Brown
Sheep in a Jeep - Nancy Shaw
Shy Charles - Rosemary Wells
The Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats
Something Good - Robert Munsch
Sophie's Masterpiece: A Spider's Tale - Eileen Spinelli
Stella Louella's Runaway Library Book - Lisa Campbell Ernst
Stellaluna - Janell Cannon
The Story of Grump and Pout! - Jamie McEwan
Strega Nona - Tomie DePaola
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble - William Steig
Tacky the Penguin - Helen Lester
Thank You Mr. Falker - Patricia Polacco
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly - Simms Taback
Tough Boris - Mem Fox
The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
The Very Quiet Cricket - Eric Carle
We're Going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Winnie the Pooh - A. A. Milne

Links to the list, in 3 parts:

http://www.amazon.com/Books-Every-Pre-Kindergartner-Should-Know/lm/R7HESZWA6YIT&tag=24680e-20

http://www.amazon.com/Books-Every-Pre-Kindergartner-Should-Know/lm/35EH77BJSAV0&tag=24680e-20

http://www.amazon.com/Books-Every-Pre-Kindergartner-Should-Know/lm/304M8ILNEQ97N&tag=24680e-20

Answer 2

My son who starts Kindergarten in the Fall loves:

What Bunny Loves
Thomas and the Big, Big Bridge
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears
Scuffy the Tugboat
The Fire Engine Book
The Ox Cart Man
The Little House
Frog and Toad books
Curious George books
Read A-loud Bible Series books
Dr Seuss books

Answer 3

Dr Suess books were my favorite, and are my son's favorite.
Just to list a few:
Oh Say Can You Say (there is also a Dinosaur edition of this book)
The Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
Oh the Places You'll Go
The Foot Book
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

I think children like these books because they rhyme, and they normally have pretty easy words that children can sound out if they are beginning readers.

Answer 4

I think that the books by Chris Van Allsburg are some of the best out there. If i ever have children there will be a copy of all his books just for them. The illustrations are really great and your son will enjoy the stories past kindergarden.

My favorites are: "The Sweetest Fig," "The Stranger," and "The Gardern of Abdul Gasazi"

There is another book called balloon farm that my dad bought for me one year at a book fair it's called Balloon Farm and Harvey Potter is the author.

The links in the sources list will bring you to pages that can tell you more about the books.

Also, you could always go to the library and let your son pick out books that looks interesting to him.

Answer 5

My daughter loves to read. We have tons of books and go to the library all the time. Some of her favorites are

Llama Llama Red Pajama
The Thirsty Moose
Buttercup the Clumsy Cow
Don't Let the Piseon Drive the Bus
Bubblegum Bubblegum
And anything by Dr Suess

Answer 6

I remember when I was a kid everybody loved the book 'When You Give a Mouse a Cookie.' Also the Bernstein Bears, Franklin, and Clifford the Big Red Dog series. And anything by Dr. Seuss.

Answer 7

Where the Wild Things Are, Harold and the Purple Crayon, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (and If you Give a Moose a Muffin), Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Anything with a fun story and great illustrations should appeal to a five year old.

Answer 8

Well some of my favorites are goodnight moon, or if you give a mouse a cookie, and also the little engine that could!!

>>>you could even try some sesame street and dora books!!

Answer 9

Dr. Seuss books are wonderful reading for children.

Answer 10

Enid Blyton and Dr Suess Are really good books. i used to read them when i was small. They helps your child understand peoms, short stories and many basic phrases.