1st Grade  
Reading  List 

 

*Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young,* Prelutsky

       Over 200 poems to suit every mood, with illustrations from Marc Brown.

*A Bad Case of Stripes,  *Shannon

       Camilla wants to fit in with everyone, til she changes colors too often at

          people’s demands.

*Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, *Martin

       Letters topple a coconut tree in this alphabet rap.

*Chicken Soup with Rice, *Sendak

       Funny poems about the months of the year and chicken soup.

*Corduroy, “Freeman

       A toy bear on sale, seeks a button and a good home.

*Frog and Toad are Friends, *Lobel

       Two friends plant a garden, share cookies, and try to be brave together.

*Funnybones, *Ahlberg

       The skeleton family can’t find any humans to scare.

*If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, *Numeroff

       A boy finds that a mouse is not satisfied with just a cookie, he wants more.

*Just a Mess, *Mayer

       A boy cleans up his room while trying to find his baseball mitt.

*Martha Speaks, *Meddaugh

       The family dog talks non-stop after eating alphabet soup.

*Mouse Count, *Walsh

       Ten mice outsmart a hungry snake.

*One Was Johnny, *Sendak

       Johnny’s room gets crowded until he starts counting backwards.

*Where the Wild Things Are, *Sendak

       Max imagines a wild adventure when he’s in disgrace in his room.

*Goldilocks and the Three Bears (many versions)

       When three bears come home, they find Goldilocks asleep in bed.

*Cricket in Times Square (and sequels), *Selden

        Unusual animal friends help a city newsstand owner in a crisis.

*Indian in the Cupboard, *Banks

       A magic cupboard turns toys into live people and animals.

*Mary Poppins, *Travers

       It’s fun to read the original version in which Mary is much more mysterious

          than the movie.

*The Mouse and the Motorcycle, *Cleary

       A boy shares his toy motorcycle with a mouse named Ralph.

*Stuart Little, *White

       Stuart, an inventive and debonair mouse, has great adventures.

*Sunny-Side Up, *Giff

       Richard “Beast” Best swims to make up for work at summer school.


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