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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

Acorn Was a Little Wild

By: Jen Arena
Illustrated by:
Jessica Gibson
ISBN: 9781534483156
Fiction, 4-6, Science
 
Being Friends with Dragons

Being Friends with Dragons

By: Katherine Locke
Illustrated by:
Diane Ewen
ISBN: 9780762473243
Fiction, 4-6, Fantasy
 
Big and Small and In-Between

Big and Small and In-Between

By: Carter Higgins
Illustrated by:
Daniel Miyares
ISBN: 9781452166506
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
 
Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune

Blue Baboon Finds Her Tune

By: Helen Docherty
Illustrated by:
Thomas Docherty
ISBN: 9781728238906
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
 
Blue Bison Needs a Haircut

Blue Bison Needs a Haircut

By: Scott Rothman
Illustrated by:
Pete Oswald
ISBN: 9780593428160
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
Blurp’s Book of Manners

Blurp’s Book of Manners

By: Cindy Derby
Illustrated by:
Cindy Derby
ISBN: 9781250810359
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
Come On In: There’s a Party in this Book!

Come On In

By: Jamie Michalak
Illustrated by:
Sabine Timm
ISBN: 9781662640001
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
 
The Comet

The Comet

By: Joe Todd-Stanton
Illustrated by:
Joe Todd-Stanton
ISBN: 9781838740658
Fiction, 4-6, Imagination / Play
 
Creepy Crayon!

Creepy Crayon!

By: Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by:
Peter Brown
ISBN: 9781534465886
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Dodos Are NOT Extinct!

Dodos Are NOT Extinct!

By: Paddy Donnelly
Illustrated by:
Paddy Donnelly
ISBN: 9781953458209
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?

Does a Bulldozer Have a Butt?

By: Derick Wilder
Illustrated by:
K-Fai Steele
ISBN: 9781452182124
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
Doggie

Doggie

By: Nancy Armo
Illustrated by:
Nancy Armo
ISBN: 9781605376059
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Don’t Hug the Quokka

Don’t Hug the Quokka

By: Daniel Errico
Illustrated by:
Mia Powell
ISBN: 9781433837067
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Every Dog in the Neighborhood

Every Dog in the Neighborhood

By: Philip C. Stead
Illustrated by:
Matthew Cordell
ISBN: 9780823444274
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Farmhouse

Farmhouse

By: Sophie Blackall
Illustrated by:
Sophie Blackall
ISBN: 9780316528948
Fiction, 4-6, Historical Fiction
 
Gold!

Gold!

By: David Shannon
Illustrated by:
David Shannon
ISBN: 9780593352274
Fiction, 4-6, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
 
Have You Eaten?: A Story of Food, Friendship, and Kindness

Have You Eaten?

By: Su Youn Lee
ISBN: 9781250791146
Fiction, 4-6, Diversity
 
Hey, Bruce!: An Interactive Book

Hey, Bruce!

By: Ryan T. Higgins
Illustrated by:
Ryan T. Higgins
ISBN: 9781368084116
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
Howard the Average Gecko

Howard the Average Gecko

By: Wendy Meddour
Illustrated by:
Carmen Saldaña
ISBN: 9781682634349
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Hush, Little Trucker

Hush, Little Trucker

By: Kim Norman
Illustrated by:
Toshiki Nakamura
ISBN: 9781419746444
Fiction, 4-6, Poetry
 
I Can’t Draw

I Can’t Draw

By: Stephen W Martin
Illustrated by:
Brian Biggs
ISBN: 9781534493414
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
I Want to be a Vase

I Want to be a Vase

By: Julio Torres
Illustrated by:
Julian Glander
ISBN: 9781534493902
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
Is This Your Class Pet?

Is This Your Class Pet?

By: Troy Cummings
Illustrated by:
Troy Cummings
ISBN: 9780593432167
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
It’s A Sign!

It’s A Sign!

By: Mo Willems, Jarrett Pumphrey, and Jerome Pumphrey
Illustrated by:
Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey
ISBN: 9781368075848
Fiction, 4-6, Concepts
 
King Kong’s Cousin

King Kong’s Cousin

By: Mark Teague
Illustrated by:
Mark Teague
ISBN: 9781665912303
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Moody Moody Cars

Moody Moody Cars

By: Eileen Kennedy-Moore and Michael Furman
ISBN: 9781433836992
Nonfiction, 4-6, Mental/Physical Health
 
Music Is a Rainbow

Music Is a Rainbow

By: Bryan Collier
Illustrated by:
Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9780316537421
Fiction, 4-6, Music / Art
 
Never Teach a Stegosaurus to Do Sums

Never Teach a Stegosaurus to Do Sums

By: Rashmi Sirdeshpande
Illustrated by:
Diane Ewen
ISBN: 9781684643424
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Noodle and the No Bones Day

Noodle and the No Bones Day

By: Jonathan Graziano
Illustrated by:
Dan Tavis
ISBN: 9781665927109
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Not a Cat

Not a Cat

By: Winter Miller
Illustrated by:
Danica Novgorodoff
ISBN: 9780884488798
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Not Enough Lollipops

Not Enough Lollipops

By: Megan Maynor
Illustrated by:
Micah Player
ISBN: 9780593372562
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
Octopus Shocktopus!

Octopus Shocktopus!

By: Peter Bently
Illustrated by:
Steven Lenton
ISBN: 9781536223965
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Our World is a Family

Our World is a Family

By: Miry Whitehill and Jennifer Jackson
Illustrated by:
Nomar Perez
ISBN: 9781728231839
Nonfiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Polar Bear

Polar Bear

By: Candace Fleming
Illustrated by:
Eric Rohmann
ISBN: 9780823449163
Nonfiction, 4-6, Animals
 
Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn

Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn

By: Shannon Hale
Illustrated by:
LeUyen Pham
ISBN: 9781419750939
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
The Sour Grape

The Sour Grape

By: Jory John
Illustrated by:
Pete Oswald
ISBN: 9780063045415
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
A Spark in the Dark

A Spark in the Dark

By: Pam Fong
Illustrated by:
Pam Fong
ISBN: 9780063136533
Fiction, 4-6, Animals
 
The Three Billy Goats Gruff

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

By: Mac Barnett
Illustrated by:
Jon Klassen
ISBN: 9781338673845
Fiction, 4-6, Folklore / Fairytales / Myths
 
Twelve Dinging Doorbells

Twelve Dinging Doorbells

By: Tameka Fryer Brown
Illustrated by:
Ebony Glenn
ISBN: 9781984815170
Fiction, 4-6, Background / Culture
 
Wake Me Up in 20 Coconuts!

Wake Me Up in 20 Coconuts!

By: Laurie Keller
Illustrated by:
Laurie Keller
ISBN: 9780316311960
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
 
A Wee Boo

A Wee Boo

By: Jessica Boyd
Illustrated by:
Brooke Kerrigan
ISBN: 9781459827639
Fiction, 4-6, Humor
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