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Talking- Kindergarten Countdown

Check out the list of books to get kids going into Kindergarten talking! Whether it's by predicting what will happen next, rhyming words, or both, these books will help teach young kids language skills.

Contra Costa County Library

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  • Bark, George is a hilarious story about a dog who can't . . . bark!
    Picture Book[New York?] : HarperCollins Publishers, 1999. — JPB FEIFFER, J.
  • Kids will love learning colors and predicting the animals through this rhythmic classic picture book.
    Picture BookNew York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, c1983. — JPB MARTIN, B.
  • Bright illustrations paired with interactive call-and-response questions tell of what makes a house a home.
    Picture BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, [2021] — JPB HENKES, K.
  • Fire Flo gets a call and stops a fire with her team of firefighters.
    Picture BookNew York : Holiday House, [2022] — JPB ZIMMERMAN, A.
  • As one comically foiled plan follows another, it soon becomes clear that their quiet, observant companion, hand outstretched, has a far better idea.
    Picture BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2014. — JPB HAUGHTON, C.
  • Follow an adventurous armadillo through nighttime fun as dawn approaches.
    Picture BookDallas, Texas : Brown Books Kids, [2022] — JPB MARTIN, B.
  • It's Nanette's first trip to get the baguette! Is she set? You bet!
    Picture BookNew York : Hyperion Books for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group, 2016. — JPB WILLEMS, M.
  • Records the misadventures of a group of sheep that go riding in a jeep.
    Picture BookBoston : Houghton Mifflin, 1986. — JPB SHAW, N.
  • In gentle rhyme, this whimsical picture book introduces little readers to all sorts of wonderful mushrooms: ones that grow up high and ones that never stay dry, ones that grow in a park and ones that glow in the dark, and even one made…
    Picture BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2022. — JPB KRAEGEL, K.
  • The repetition in this story is perfect for early readers.
    Picture BookSan Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1984. — JPB WOOD, A.