In District 66 all students use the Houghton Mifflin Reading Series. In kindergarten there are ten themes. Each theme uses two Big Books for direct instruction.

1. Look at Us!

Mice Squeak, We Speak by Tomie dePaola

Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault

2. Colors All Around

I Went Walking by Sue Williams

In the Big Blue Sea by Chyng Feng Sun

3. We're a Family

Shoes From Grandpa by Mem Fox

Tortillas and Lullabies by Lynn Reiser

4. Friends Together

Aaron and Gayla's Alphabet Book by Eloise Greenfield

My Dad and I by Julio Ricardo Baerga

5. Let's Count

Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell

Ten Little Puppies by Elena Vazquez

6. Sunshine and Raindrops

What Will the Weather Be Like Today? by Paul Rogers

All to Build a Snowman by Samuel Tang

7. Wheels Go Around

The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kowalski

Vroom, Chugga, Vroom-Vroom by Anne Miranda

8. Down on the Farm

Cows in the Kitchen by June Crebbin

Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen

9. Spring Is Here

Spring Is Here by Taro Gomi

Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sara Weeks

10. A World of Animals

Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert

Splash! by Flora McDonnell