Recommend Reading Books for Kindergarten.

Bob Books Set 1: Beginning Readers

Little Cat Feet, Good Fences, Maybe a Mile, (These are from the older Keys to Reading series — great controlled readers, but harder to find . You might check used bookstores or libraries for them as a bridge to first grade or even beginning First Grade. This is one of the best resources I used.)

  • Yellow Fish, Blue Fish (Level PP1) by Laurene Krasny Brown, illustrated by Marc Brown.

  • My Friends the Frogs (Level PP2) by James Marshall.

  • Grab That Dog! (Level PP3) by Tomie dePaola (with Sherry Forman Litwack).

These are short, illustrated readers with simple stories, poems, and activities (like making a bookmark or hat) to build early reading skills, sight words, and phonics in a fun way. They were part of a larger 16-volume Heath Reading program from the late 1980s/early 1990s.

Availability:

These are out of print but still available used on several sites:

  • Amazon, eBay, AbeBooks, ThriftBooks, and Etsy often have individual copies (prices typically $6–$50+ depending on condition).

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