Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Favorites 2023
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade book recommendations for kids, educators, booksellers, librarians, and caregivers of the best children’s books in 2022.
Acorn Was a Little Wild
By: Jen Arena
Illustrated by:
Jessica Gibson
Jessica Gibson
ISBN: 9781534483156
Fiction, 4-6, Science
Being Friends with Dragons
By: Katherine Locke
Illustrated by:
Diane Ewen
Diane Ewen
ISBN: 9780762473243
Fiction, 4-6, Fantasy
Big and Small and In-Between
By: Carter Higgins
Illustrated by:
Daniel Miyares
Daniel Miyares
ISBN: 9781452166506
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune
By: Helen Docherty
Illustrated by:
Thomas Docherty
Thomas Docherty
ISBN: 9781728238906
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
Blue Bison Needs a Haircut
By: Scott Rothman
Illustrated by:
Pete Oswald
Pete Oswald
ISBN: 9780593428160
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
Blurp’s Book of Manners
By: Cindy Derby
Illustrated by:
Cindy Derby
Cindy Derby
ISBN: 9781250810359
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
Come On In
By: Jamie Michalak
Illustrated by:
Sabine Timm
Sabine Timm
ISBN: 9781662640001
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
The Comet
By: Joe Todd-Stanton
Illustrated by:
Joe Todd-Stanton
Joe Todd-Stanton
ISBN: 9781838740658
Fiction, 4-6, Imagination / Play
Creepy Crayon!
By: Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by:
Peter Brown
Peter Brown
ISBN: 9781534465886
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Dodos Are NOT Extinct!
By: Paddy Donnelly
Illustrated by:
Paddy Donnelly
Paddy Donnelly
ISBN: 9781953458209
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?
By: Derick Wilder
Illustrated by:
K-Fai Steele
K-Fai Steele
ISBN: 9781452182124
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
Don’t Hug the Quokka
By: Daniel Errico
Illustrated by:
Mia Powell
Mia Powell
ISBN: 9781433837067
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Every Dog in the Neighborhood
By: Philip C. Stead
Illustrated by:
Matthew Cordell
Matthew Cordell
ISBN: 9780823444274
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Farmhouse
By: Sophie Blackall
Illustrated by:
Sophie Blackall
Sophie Blackall
ISBN: 9780316528948
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
Gold!
By: David Shannon
Illustrated by:
David Shannon
David Shannon
ISBN: 9780593352274
Fiction, 4-6, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
Hey, Bruce!
By: Ryan T. Higgins
Illustrated by:
Ryan T. Higgins
Ryan T. Higgins
ISBN: 9781368084116
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
Howard the Average Gecko
By: Wendy Meddour
Illustrated by:
Carmen Saldaña
Carmen Saldaña
ISBN: 9781682634349
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Hush, Little Trucker
By: Kim Norman
Illustrated by:
Toshiki Nakamura
Toshiki Nakamura
ISBN: 9781419746444
Fiction, 4-6, Poetry
I Can’t Draw
By: Stephen W Martin
Illustrated by:
Brian Biggs
Brian Biggs
ISBN: 9781534493414
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
I Want to be a Vase
By: Julio Torres
Illustrated by:
Julian Glander
Julian Glander
ISBN: 9781534493902
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
Is This Your Class Pet?
By: Troy Cummings
Illustrated by:
Troy Cummings
Troy Cummings
ISBN: 9780593432167
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
It’s A Sign!
By: Mo Willems, Jarrett Pumphrey, and Jerome Pumphrey
Illustrated by:
Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey
Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey
ISBN: 9781368075848
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
King Kong’s Cousin
By: Mark Teague
Illustrated by:
Mark Teague
Mark Teague
ISBN: 9781665912303
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Moody Moody Cars
By: Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Michael Furman
ISBN: 9781433836992
Nonfiction, 4-6, Mental/Physical Health
Music Is a Rainbow
By: Bryan Collier
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9780316537421
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
Never Teach a Stegosaurus to Do Sums
By: Rashmi Sirdeshpande
Illustrated by:
Diane Ewen
Diane Ewen
ISBN: 9781684643424
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Noodle and the No Bones Day
By: Jonathan Graziano
Illustrated by:
Dan Tavis
Dan Tavis
ISBN: 9781665927109
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Not a Cat
By: Winter Miller
Illustrated by:
Danica Novgorodoff
Danica Novgorodoff
ISBN: 9780884488798
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Not Enough Lollipops
By: Megan Maynor
Illustrated by:
Micah Player
Micah Player
ISBN: 9780593372562
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
Octopus Shocktopus!
By: Peter Bently
Illustrated by:
Steven Lenton
Steven Lenton
ISBN: 9781536223965
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
Our World is a Family
By: Miry Whitehill and Jennifer Jackson
Illustrated by:
Nomar Perez
Nomar Perez
ISBN: 9781728231839
Nonfiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
Polar Bear
By: Candace Fleming
Illustrated by:
Eric Rohmann
Eric Rohmann
ISBN: 9780823449163
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn
By: Shannon Hale
Illustrated by:
LeUyen Pham
LeUyen Pham
ISBN: 9781419750939
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
By: Mac Barnett
Illustrated by:
Jon Klassen
Jon Klassen
ISBN: 9781338673845
Fiction, 4-6, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
Twelve Dinging Doorbells
By: Tameka Fryer Brown
Illustrated by:
Ebony Glenn
Ebony Glenn
ISBN: 9781984815170
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
Wake Me Up in 20 Coconuts!
By: Laurie Keller
Illustrated by:
Laurie Keller
Laurie Keller
ISBN: 9780316311960
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
