Kindergarten Core Literature List

Elmer

by David McKee
AR: 3.2
​Guided Reading Level: J-M
Common Core Level:  2
​DESCRIPTION

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

by Laura Numeroff
AR: 2.7
Guided Reading Level: D-I
Common Core Level: 1
​DESCRIPTION

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The Little Red Hen

by Paul Galdone
AR: 2.9     DRA: 5-16
Guided Reading Level: D-I
​Common Core Level: 2
​DESCRIPTION

Brown Bear, Brown Bear

by Bill Martin
AR: 1.5
Guided Reading Level: D-I
Common Core Level: K
​DESCRIPTION

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Very Hungry Caterpillar

by Eric Carle
AR: 2.9     DRA: 5-16
Guided Reading Level: D-I
Common Core Level: 2
​DESCRIPTION

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak
AR: 3.4     DRA 18-20
Guided Reading Level: J-K
​Common Core Level: 2
​DESCRIPTION

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Other Recommended Titles

I'm as Quick as a Cricket
by John Archambault & Bill Martin Jr.
​AR: 2.4
Guided Reading Level: D-I
Common Core Level: 1

The Empty Pot 
by Ruth Heller
AR: 3.6
Guided Reading Level: J-M
Common Core Level: 2

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
by Valeri Gorbachev
AR: 2.5
Guided Reading Level: D-I
Common Core Level: 2

I'm as Quick as a Cricket
by Don & Audrey Woods
AR: N/A

The Empty Pot
by Demi
AR: 3.8
Guided Reading Level: L-M
Common Core Level: 2

The Enormous Turnip
by Kathy Parkinson
AR: 1.3
Guided Reading Level: D-I

The Gingerbread Man
by Eric Kimmel
AR: 2.4     DRA: 6-16
Guided Reading Level: D-I
Common Core Level: 1

The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
AR: 4.2     DRA: 28-30
Guided Reading Level: M-N
Common Core Level: 2 to 3

The Pumpkin Circle
by George Levenson
AR: 3     DRA: 5-18
Guided Reading Level: D-K
Common Core Level: 2