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Books For First Graders


Picture Books

Author Title
Arnosky Deer at the Brook
Baker Big Fat Hen
Barton The Three Bears
Fleming In the Tall, Tall Grass
Florian Nature Walk
McMillan Eating Fractions
Morris Hats, Hats, Hats
Raschka Yo! Yes?
Showers The Listening Walk
Williams I Went Walking


Readers

Author Title
Berenstain Inside, Outside, Upside Down
The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
Bonsall And I Mean It, Stanley
Mine's the Best
Buck Oh, Cats!
Byars The Golly Sisters Go West
Eastman Are You My Mother?
Hayward Hello, House!
Heilbroner Robert, the Rose Horse
Hoban Arthur's Prize Reader
Hurd Johnny Lion's Bad Day
Le Sieg The Eye Book
Lopshire Put Me in the Zoo
Minarik Cat and Dog
Little Bear
Palmer A Fish Out of Water
Parish Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping
Wiseman Morris and Boris at the Circus


N
onfiction

Call Number Author Title
398.2 M143z McDermott           Zomo the Rabbit
582 J763h 1992          Jordan How a Seed Grows
597 C675h Cole Hungry, Hungry Sharks
597.8 P475f Pfeffer From Tadpole to Frog
597.92 B453L Berger Look out for Turtles!
599 M833d Morris Dolphin
599.5 Es12b Esbensen Baby Whales Drink Milk
612 Sh82dr Showers A Drop of Blood
612.3 Sh82h Showers How Many Teeth?
612.98 AL44m Aliki My Feet
818 K281o Kessler Old Turtle's 90 Knock-Knocks, Jokes, & Riddles

The following books are to be read aloud to a first-grader:


Read-Aloud Picture Books

Author Title
Dorros Abuela
Ernst Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale
Hoffman Amazing Grace
Isaacs Swamp Angel
Mahy Great White Man-Eating Shark: A Cautionary Tale
Meddaugh Hog-Eye
Palatini Piggie Pie
Schroeder Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman
Steig Doctor De Soto
Stolz Storm in the Night


Read-Aloud Fiction

Author Title
Alexander The Fortune Tellers
Cameron The Stories Huey Tells
Cleary Ramona the Pest
Howe Bunnicula
Hurwitz Russell and Elisa
King-Smith Sophie Hits Six
Kipling Just So Stories
Le Guin Catwings
Marshall Rats on the Roof
McCloskey Homer Price
Milne Winnie-the-Pooh
Selden The Cricket in Times Square
Wilder Little House in the Big Woods


Read-Aloud Nonfiction


Call Number Author Title
292 D265 d'Aulaire Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths
513 Sch95h Schwartz How Much Is a Million?
590 K617d King-Smith            Dick King-Smith's Animal Friends
595.7 B751t Brenner Thinking about Ants
595.79 M583L Micucci The Life and Times of the Honeybee
597.9 J643s Johnston Scaly Babies: Reptiles Growing up
599.5 T573h Tokuda Humphrey the Lost Whale
796.357 G581t          Golenbock Teammates
808.81 Si64 Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child's Book of Poems
808.81 B385 The Beauty of the Beast: Poems from the Animal Kingdom
811 G837n Greenfield Nathaniel Talking
920 W276b Bradby More Than Anything Else
920 Ap523k Kellogg Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale

 

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