Recommended Reading for Rising First Graders

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Fat Hen
by Keith Baker

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
by Eileen Christelow

Jonathan and His Mommy
by Irene Smalls

Over in the Meadow
by Ezra Jack Keats

Time for Bed
by Mem Fox

Trashy Town
by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha

When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry
by Molly Bang

Where Does the Brown Bear Go?
by Nicki Weiss

My Truck Is Stuck!
by Kevin Lewis

A Letter to Amy
by Ezra Jack Keats

All About Alfie
by Shirley Hughes

All By Myself!
by Aliki

Are You a Butterfly?
by Judy Allen

Bark, George
by Jules Feiffer

Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom
by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Corduroy
by Don Freeman

Elmer
by David McKee

Flower Garden
by Eve Bunting

Hide and Seek Fog
by Alvin R. Tresselt

In the Small, Small Pond
by Denise Fleming

Jamberry
by Bruce Degen

Lucy's Picture
by Nicola Moon

Mama Do You Love Me?
by Barbara M. Joosse

Mama Zooms
by Jane Cowen-Fletcher

Max's Chocolate Chicken
by Rosemary Wells

Mommy Works, Daddy Works
by Marika Pederson and Mikele Hall

Mouse Mess
by Linnea Asplind Riley

Mouse Paint
by Ellen Stoll Walsh

My Day, Your Day
by Robin Ballard

My Very First Mother Goose
by Iona Opie

No, David!
by David Shannon

Our Granny
by Margaret Wild

Pete's a Pizza
by William Steig

Pretend You're a Cat
by Jean Marzolla

Sheep Asleep
by Gloria L. Rothstein

Sometimes I'm Bombaloo
by Rachel Vail

Susan Laughs
by Jeanne Willis

The Good-Bye Book
by Judith Viorst

The Little Engine that Could
by Watty Piper

The Napping House
by Audrey Wood

The Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd

This is the Sunflower
by Lola M. Schaefer

Titch
by Pat Hutchins

Truck
by Donald Crews

Water, Water
by Eloise Greenfield

When Mommy and Daddy Go to Work
by Joanna Cole

Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak

Widget
by Lyn Rossiter McFarland

Off We Go!
by Jane Yolen

My Five Senses
by Aliki

A Busy Year
by Leo Lionni

Alice the Fairy
by David Shannon

Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs
by Linda Ashman

If You Take a Mouse to the Movies
by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Rattletrap Car
by Phyllis Root

The Magic Hat
by Mem Fox

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page

26 Letters and 99 Cents
by Tana Hoban

A Baby Sister for Frances
by Russell Hoban

A Chair for My Mother
by Vera B. Williams

 

A Kiss for Little Bear
by Else Homelund Minarik

A Weekend with Wendell
by Kevin Henkes

Abuela
by Arthur Dorros

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst

Alphabet Under Construction
by Denise Fleming

Amazing Grace
by Mary Hoffman

Annie and the Wild Animals
by Jan Brett

Apple Pie Fourth of July
by Janet S. Wong

Arthur Writes a Story
by Marc Brown

Arthur's Computer Disaster
by Marc Brown

Biscuit Finds a Friend
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Blueberries for Sal
by Robert McCloskey

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
by Verna Aardema

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
by Bob Barner

Charlie's Checklist
by Rory S. Lerman

Chester's Way
by Kevin Henkes

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type
by Doreen Cronin

D.W. Rides Again
by Marc Brown

D.W., the Picky Eater
by Marc Brown

Dance Away
by George Shannon

Dandelion
by Don Freeman

Danny and the Dinosaur
by Syd Hoff

Doctor DeSoto
by William Steig

Father Bear Comes Home
by Else Homelund Minarik

Feelings
by Aliki

Frederick
by Leo Lionni

Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel

Good Books, Good Times!
by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Happy Birth Day!
by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Hats Off for the Fourth of July
by Harriet Zeifert

Hedgie's Surprise
by Jan Brett

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?
by Jane Yolen

I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato
by Lauren Child

I'm Growing!
by Aliki

In the Woods: Who's Been Here?
by Lindsay Barrett George

Ira Sleeps Over
by Bernard Waber

Jack's Garden
by Henry Cole

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
by Audrey Wood

Leo the Late Bloomer
by Robert Kraus

Lily's Purple Plastic Purse
by Kevin Henkes

Love to Mama
by Pat Mora

Lyle at the Office
by Bernard Waber

Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey

Making Friends
by Fred Rogers

May I Bring a Friend?
by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
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Miss Rumphius
by Barbara Cooney

Morris and Boris at the Circus
by Bernard Wiseman

Mouse TV
by Matt Novak

Mrs. Brice's Mice
by Syd Hoff

My Best Friend
by Pat Hutchins

My Many Colored Days
by Dr. Seuss

Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs
by Tomie DePaola

Night Shift Daddy
by Eileen Spinelli

Noisy Nora
by Rosemary Wells

Officer Buckle and Gloria
by Peggy Rathman

On the Day You Were Born
by Debra Fraiser

Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen

Patrick's Dinosaurs
by Carol Carrick

Peter's Chair
by Ezra Jack Keats

Piggie Pie!
by Margie Palatini

Poppy & Ella: 3 Stories About 2 Friends
by Jef Kaminsky

Roxaboxen
by Alice McLerran

Seven Blind Mice
by Ed Young

Sheila Rae, the Brave
by Kevin Henkes

Sneakers, the Seaside Cat
by Margaret Wise Brown

So Many Bunnies: A Bedtime ABC and Counting Book
by Rick Walton

Stevie
by John Steptoe

Swimmy
by Leo Lionni

Tabitha's Terrifically Tough Tooth
by Charlotte Middleton

Tale of a Tadpole
by Karen Wallace

Tell Me What It's Like to Be Big
by Joyce Dunbar

That's What Friends Are For
by Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Van Clief

The Big Orange Splot
by Daniel Pinkwater

The Enormous Turnip
by Alexei Tolstoy

The Gardener
by Sarah Stewart

The Gingerbread Rabbit
by Randall Jarrell

The Hatseller and the Monkeys
by Baba Wague Diakite

The Hickory Chair
by Lisa Rowe Fraustino

The Honest-to-Goodness Truth
by Patricia C. McKissack

The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn

The Listening Walk
by Paul Showers

The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton

The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything
by Linda Williams

The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss

The Matzah That Papa Brought Home
by Fran Manushkin

The Mother's Day Mice
by Eve Bunting

The Rainbow Fish
by Marcus Pfister

The Red-Eyed Tree Frog
by Joy Crowley

The Relatives Came
by Cynthia Rylant

The Seashore Book
by Charlotte Zolotow

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
by Judith Viorst

The Town that Got Out of Town
by Robert Priest

Today I Feel Sillly & Other Moods That Make My Day
by Jamie Lee Curtis

Too Many Tamales
by Gary Soto

Tuesday
by David Weisner

TV Dinner
by Betsy Everitt

Waiting for Wings
by Lois Ehlert

We Are Best Friends
by Aliki

What Daddies Do Best
by Laura Joffe Numeroff

When I Am Old With You
by Angela Johnson

Where Are You Going? To See My Friend!
by Eric Carle and Kazuo Iwamura

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
by Verna Aardema

William's Doll
by Charlotte Zolotow

Wonderful Worms
by Linda Glaser

Work
by Ann Morris

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You
by Mary Ann Hoberman

Gingerbread Baby
by Jan Brett