Reading is a developmental skill that children master at different ages. This list encompasses the many reading levels found among first graders and  includes just a sampling of the many outstanding texts available to students. Some of listed titles may need to be read to children. Many of these authors have additional titles which are appropriate for this reading level.

 

Alphabet Books

 

 

A My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer

ABC, I Like Me! by Nancy Carlson

Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC by Deborah Pearson

Click Clack Quackety Quack: An Alphabetical Adventure by Doreen Cronin

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.

Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A-Z by Lois Ehlert.

I am the Dog, I am the Cat by Donald Hall

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

What Pete Ate from A- Z by Maira Kalman

 

 Animal Stories

 

Cats! by Larry Brimner

Creepy, Crawly Baby Bugs by Sandra Markle

Ducks in Muck by Lori Haskins

Fantastic Frogs! by Fay Robinson

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

How Many Fish? by Lee Caron Cohen

I Like Bugs by Margaret Wise Brown

In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming

I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe

Mole in the Hole by Rita Golden Gelman

Quick, Quack, Quick by Marsha Arnold

Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Romp by Carol Shield

Say Cheese! by Nancy Smiler Levinson

Where are the Night Animals? by Mary Ann Fraser

Who Lives in a Tree? by Susan Canizares        

 

Concept and Science Books

 

 

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by Steve Jenkins

Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Crowley

Exactly the Opposite by Tana Hoban

In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming

My Five Senses by Aliki

My Visit to the Aquarium by Aliki

Pumpkin Book, The by Gail Gibbons

Squirrels and Their Nests by Martha Rustad

Wake up, World by Beatrice Hollyer

Zinnia's Flower Garden by Monica Wellington

 

 

Counting and Number Books

 

Anno's Counting Book by Anno Mitsumasa

Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin

Feast for Ten by Cathryn Falwell

How Many Feet in the Bed? By Diane Johnston Hamm

One Duck Stuck: A Mucky Ducky Counting Book by Phyllis Root

Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang

Very Hungry Caterpillar, The by Eric Carle

 

  Folk and Fairy Tales

 

Baby Beluga by Ashley Wolff

Chickerella by Mary Jane Auch

Enormous Turnip, The by Alexei Tolstoy

Henny Penny by Paul Gladone

Itsy Bitsy, the Smart Spider by Cherise Mericle

Mitten, The by Jan Brett

Mrs. Chicken and the Hungry Crocodile by Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret Lippert

Principal's New Clothes by Stephanie Calmenson

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel

Who Stole the Cookies? by Judith Moffatt

Why the Sky is Far Away by Mary Joan Gerson

  

Nonfiction/ Informational Text

  

A Good Night's Sleep by Sharon Gordon

Arctic Winter, Arctic Summer by Susan Canizares

A Tree is a Plant by Clyde Robert Bulla

Carrot Seed, The by Ruth Krauss

Clocks and More Clocks by Pat Hutchins

Footprints in the Sand by Cynthia Benjamin

Jambo Means Hello by Muriel Feelings

Pop! A Book about Bubbles by Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

Reasons for Seasons, The by Gail Gibbons

Sea Shapes by Suse McDonald

 

 

Poetry, Rhythm, Nursery Rhymes and Pattern Books

 

Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes by Cecil Alexander

Barn Dance! By Bill Martin, Jr.

Can I Help? By Marilyn Janovitz

Car Wash Kid by Cathy Goldberg Fishman

Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Strickland

Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman

Mice are Nice by Charles Ghigna 

Over in the Meadow by Ezra Jack Keats

Pizza Party by Grace Maccarone

Ride a Purple Pelican: Rhymes by Jack Prelutsky

Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Sometimes by Keith Baker

There's a Zoo in Room 22 by Judy Sierra

Why a Dog? By A. Cat by Robin Michal Koontz

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together by Mary Ann Hoberman

 

 

Picture Books

 

Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg

Dirty Dog, The by Gene Zion

Duck Skates by Lynne Berry

If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks

Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus

Red Dancing Shoes by Denise Patrick Harry

Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins

When I Am Old with You by Angela Johnson

 

  

First Readers and Books to Be Read Aloud

 

A Balloon for Granddad by Nigel Gray

Abuela by Arthur Dorros

Anna's Secret Friend by Yoriko Tsutsui

Annabelle Swift, Kindergartener by Amy Schwartz

A Pocket for Corduroy by Don Freeman

Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli

Catch Me If You Can! by Bernard Most

Chester's Way by Kevin Henkes

Chicken or the Egg, The? by Allan Fowler

Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes

Eat Your Peas, Louise by Pegeen Snow

Frederick by Leo Lionni

Grandma's Promise by Elaine Moore

Happy and Honey by Laura Godwin

Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber

It's My School by Sally Grindley

Julius by Angela Johnson

Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes

Loose Tooth by Lois Schaefer

Minerva Louise at School by Janet Stoeke

Mine's the Best by Crosby Bonsall

My Teacher Sleeps in School by Leatie

My Outrageous Friend Charlie by Martha Alexander

Nettie Jo's Friends by Patricia McKissack

Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells

Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann

Olivia by Ian Falconer

Ooey Gooey by Erica Farber

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell

Puppy Mudge Finds a Friend by Cynthia Rylant

Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann

Runaway Bunny, The by Margaret Wise Brown

Sam's Snowy Day by Mary Labatt

Snow Joe by Carol Greens

Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Tell Me a Story, Mama by Angela Johnson

Will I Have a Friend? by Miriam Cohen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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