Kindergarten

Your child is five or six years old and enrolled in formal schooling. They can read simple books by themselves. They still love reading with you and sharing books with adults and other children.

• Continue to use your local library and make library visits a priority
• Borrow as many books as you can to create a wide array of reading material for your family
• Your library offers free programs that encourage young readers—take advantage of these programs

Look for books with humor, action, interesting words, interesting sounds, and lively characters. The strong narratives of simple folktales are also popular with children in kindergarten.

Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes

The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Rachel Isadora

Actual Size by Steve Jenkins

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel

Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin

Mama's Saris by Pooja Makhijani

Just a Minute! A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales

My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits

Visit the library often and be sure to ask your librarian for more suggestions. Our Books Aloud! booklist for kindergarteners contains lots of recommended titles, too.

• Remember reading is fun!
• When you read with your child, ask open-ended questions. For example, "What do you think will happen next?"
• Let your child read to you
• Give your child an extra 15 minutes before bed to read on their own
• Attend a Storytime