READING SELECTIONS FOR FIRST GRADE

Books Recommended by Librarians

Anderson, C. W..... Billy and Blaze   (series)

Averill, Esther.... The Fire Cat  

Bemelmans, Ludwig....Madeline’s Rescue (series)

(Caldecott Award Winner)

Brown, Marc.... Arthur Meets the President (series)

Burningham, John....It’s A Secret!

Calhoun, Mary.... Cross Country Cat  

            

Catusanu, Mircea....The Strange Case of Missing Sheep

Chocolate, Deborah M....El Barrio

Climo, Shirley.... Egyptian Cinderella  

Cole, Joanna.... Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor   (series)

DePaolo, Tomie.... Legend of the Bluebonnet 

Eastman, P.D..... Are You My Mothers?  

            Ehrlich, Amy....The Girl Who Wanted To Dance

Fleming, Denise.... In the Tall, Tall Grass  

Freeman, Don.... Corduroy 

Galdone, Paul.... Three Billy Goats Gruff 

           Henkes, Kevin.... Kitten's Full Moon (Caldecott Medal Winner-2005) 

Herriot, James.... Moses the Kitten 

Hoff, Syd.... Danny and  the Dinosaur 

Hogrogian, Nonny.... One Fine Day 

(Caldecott Award Winner) 

Horton, Joan....Math Attack!

Hubbell, Patricia....Airplanes:  Soaring! Diving! Turning!

Huget, Jennifer LaRue....Thanks a lot, Emily Post! 

Johnson, D. B. ....Henry’s Night

Joosse, Barbara M..... Mama, Do You Love Me? 

Kellogg, Steven.... Mysterious Tadpole 

        Kroll, Steven....Stuff!:  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Lionni, Leo.... Swimmy  

Lobel, Arnold.... Frog and Toad Are Friends (series)

Manning, Peyton....Family Huddle

McNelly McCormack, Caren....The Fiesta Dress:  A Quinceanera Tale

McCloskey, Robert.... One Morning in Maine 

Marshall, James....Fox On The Job (series)

Meddaugh, Susan.... Martha Speaks 

Mills, Claudia....How Oliver Olson Changed the World

Minarik, Else.... Little Bear  (series)

Mosel, Arlene.... Funny Little Woman   

(Caldecott Award Winner)

Mayer, Mercer.... Just Me and My Puppy (series)

Morrow, Barbara Olenyik....Mr. Mosquito Put on His Tuxedo

Napoli, Donna Jo....Sly the Sleuth and the Code Mysteries

Negron, Ray....One Last Time:  Good-Bye to Yankee Stadium

Parish, Peggy.... Amelia Bedelia  (series)

Park, Barbara.... Junie B. First Grader (At Last!) (series) 

Pennypacker, Sara....Sparrow Girl

Rocco, John....Fu Finds the Way

Rompella, Natalie....Edgar, Allen, and Poe, and the Beating of the Tell-Tale Beets

Rylant, Cynthia.... Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble (series)

Say, Allen....Erika-San              

 

Sidman, Joyce....Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors

Stohner, Anu....Brave Charlotte and the Wolves

Stewart, Sarah.... Gardener  

Swanson, Susan Marie....The House in the Night  

(Caldecott Award Winner 2009)

Wilson, Karma....Mortimer’s First Garden 

Winter, Jonah....The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert and Sullivan

Wood, Audrey.... The Napping House 

Young, Ed....Hook

Zelinsky, Paul.... Rapunzel 

(Caldecott Award Winner)