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The Pirate of Kindergarten

Written by George Ella Lyon and Illustrated by Lynne Avril

Double vision is a challenge for Ginny, a young girl starting kindergarten. After some mishaps, she...

Pre-K - 3rd

Thank You, Omu!

Written by Oge Mora

Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent.

Pre-K - 3rd

Going Places

Written by Paul A. Reynolds & Peter H. Reynolds and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds

RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. When everyone else races to build their go-kart the same way, Maya stops, thinks, and creates something nobody has ever seen before!

Pre-K - 3rd

Fast-Draw Freddie (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Bobbie Hamsa and Illustrated by Susan Miller

Big, small, short, tall, thin, or fat, Freddie can draw all kinds of pictures quickly, including...

K - 2nd

Corduroy

Written and Illustrated by Don Freeman

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1968. Corduroy is a little teddy bear sitting on a store shelf, waiting and hoping for someone to take him home. When a girl named Lisa spots him, she knows right away that he is the perfect bear for her.

Infant and Toddler - K

Game Day (Rookie Reader®—GR Level B)

Written by Cari Meister

Illustrations and simple text describe the events of a baseball game.

K - 2nd

Paul the Pitcher (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Paul Sharp

Paul loves to throw a baseball, pitching high and low, fast and slow in order to strike out the...

K - 2nd

Junie B. Jones and the Yucky Blucky Fruitcake

Written by Barbara Park and Illustrated by Denise Brunkus

Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! It’s Carnival Night, and Lucille has already...

1st - 4th

How Many Ants? (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Larry Dane Brimner

Ants increase by multiples of ten as they march up the hill toward a tall cake.

K - 2nd

A Buzz Is Part of a Bee (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Carolyn Lunn

Enumerates a series of words and the greater things of which they are a part, such as leaf and tree...

Pre-K - 2nd

Bears, Bears, Everywhere (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Rita Milios

Count bears from one to ten!

K - 2nd

Hot Rod Harry (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Catherine Petrie

Hot Rod Harry rides so fast on his bike he almost seems to fly like a bird or a jet.

K - 2nd

I Love Rocks (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Cari Meister

From boulders to buildings, from mountains to caves, smooth or jagged, rocks are all around us. With...

1st - 2nd

Too Many Balloons (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Catherine Matthias

A child buys more and more balloons at the zoo, and shows them to the zoo animals

1st - 2nd

Cat in the Bag (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Sara Swan Miller

A child tries to pack for a trip, but the cat keeps jumping into the suitcase.

1st - 2nd

Eat Your Peas, Louise! (Rookie Reader®—Level B)

Written by Pegeen Snow and Illustrated by Mike Venezia

Louise is given all sorts of reasons for eating her peas.

Pre-K - K

Chrysanthemum

Written by Kevin Henkes

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1991. Chrysanthemum loves her long, beautiful name until kids at school laugh at it. Will she ever feel good about being different? Find out what makes her name special after all.

Pre-K - 3rd

The Trumpet of the Swan

Written by E. B. White

"The eventful life of Louis, a voiceless trumpeter swan, from hatching to contented fatherhood...

4th - 5th

Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business

Written by Barbara Park

Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! In the second Junie B. Jones book. When...

K - 2nd

Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart

Written by Howard Binkow & Reverend Ana

Howard loves to dance, until his friends make fun of him. But nothing makes him happy until he...

K - 3rd

Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type

Written by Doreen Cronin and Illustrated by Betsy Lewin

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2000. Farmer Brown has a problem. His cows like to type. All day long he hears Click, clack, MOO. Click, clack, MOO. Click, clack, MOO. Clickety, clack, MOO.

Pre-K - 3rd