Kindergarten Readiness

This book is great as a first Bible for kids to read on their own. I wouldn't choose it as a read-aloud (there are better options for reading to preschoolers, like this or this, and personally I find the illustrations unappealing), but for a budding reader, I know of no better. Some of the stories are also available as individual I Can Read! books -- we have Joseph and His Brothers -- in case reading a Bible cover to cover is too intimidating to start.

This story, which follows Pete as he discovers the varied parts of his school, has a similar message to other Pete the Cat books: No matter what comes your way, keep grooving on "because it's all good."

A rhyming book that also reinforces the alphabet as Miss Bindergarten and her 26 students (whose names begin with each letter of the alphabet) prepare for the first day of school.