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)














