Great Books for Beginning Readers Entering 1st Grade This list includes suggested authors and titles to assist parents in choosing books that reflect their child’s reading level, interests, and family values. Included here are concept books, pre-primers and primers for developing readers, picture books that are enjoyed by a wide audience, and beginning chapter books suitable for advancing readers. Book lists with current popular titles are also widely available on the Internet. Check these sites for ideas that may interest your student: http://www.reading.org/resources/booklists/childrenschoices.aspx Children’s Choice Awards http://www.haisln.org/recommendedreadinglists.html Houston Area Independent Schools Library Network http://txla.org/groups/2x2 Texas Library Association 2x2 Reading Lists http://www.dallasisd.org/Page/19288 Dallas ISD - Readers are Leaders Luminarias list PK-3rd grade, Bilingual and Spanish. The books of many authors listed below are also found in Spanish. Picture Books Baker, Keith Barnett, Mac Barrett, Judi Barton, Chris Bate, Lucy Brett, Jan Brown, Marc Brown, Margaret Wise Campbell, Scott Carle, Eric Carlson, Nancy Carlstrom, Nancy Child, Lauren Chodos-Irvine, Margaret Crews, Donald Crews, Nina Cronin, Doreen Degen, Bruce DiPucchio, Kelly Ehlert, Lois Falconer, Ian Feiffer, Jules Fleming, Denise Fox, Mem Gall, Chris Gormley, Greg Graves, Keith Hall, Michael Henkes, Kevin Hoban, Russell Hoban, Tana Quack and Count, LMNO Peas ( and other titles) Sam and Dave Dig a Hole Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing (and other titles) Shark vs.Train Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth any titles Arthur and D.W. books The Big Red Barn (and other titles) Hug Machine The Very Busy Spider (and other titles) ABC I Like Me! (and other titles) Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? I Am Too Absolutely Small for School (and other titles) Ella Sarah Gets Dressed Freight Train The Neighborhood Mother Goose Click Clack Moo, Diary of a Spider (and other titles) Jamberry! Dog Days of School Growing Vegetable Soup (and other titles) Olivia (and other titles) Bark George In the Tall, Tall Grass (and other titles) The Magic Hat (and other titles) Dog vs. Cat Dog in Boots Chicken Big Perfect Square Kitten’s First Full Moon (and other titles) Bedtime for Frances (and other titles) I Read Signs (and other titles) Plano ISD Librarians and Elementary Curriculum 5-2014 Page 1 of 4 Hoberman, Mary Ann Howe, James Hutchins, Pat Jeffers, Susan Johnson, Stephen Kann, Victoria Keats, Ezra Jack Ketteman, Helen Klassen, John Lester, Helen Lionni, Leo London, Jonathan Martin, Jr., Bill McGhee, Alison McMillan, Bruce McMullan, Kate Munsch, Robert Neitzel, Shirley Novak, B.J. Numeroff, Laura Joffe O’Connor, Jane Palatini, Margie Penn, Audrey Rathmann, Peggy Ryan, Pam Munoz Sendak, Maurice Shannon, David Shaw, Nancy Sierra, Judy Simont, Marc Slate, Joseph Slobodkina, Esphyr Stead, Philip Sturges, Philemon Waddell, Martin Walsh, Ellen Stoll Waring, Richard Wells, Rosemary Wiesner, David Willems, Mo Williams, Sue Wilson, Karma Winthrop, Elizabeth Wood, Audrey and Don Yolen, Jane Zion, Gene You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You (and other titles) Horace and Morris join the Chorus (But What About Dolores?) Rosie’s Walk My Pony Alphabet City Pinkalicious (and other titles) Whistle for Willie (and other titles) Armadilly Chilli This Is Not My Hat Hooway for Wodney Wat, Tacky the Penguin (and other titles) Alexander and the Windup Mouse (and other titles) Froggy stories Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (and other titles) Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth (and other titles) Growing Colors I Stink! (and other titles) Any by this author The Jacket I Wear in the Snow The Book With No Pictures If You Give a Moose a Muffin (and other titles) Fancy Nancy (and other titles) Moo Who? The Kissing Hand Good Night, Gorilla Mice and Beans Chicken Soup with Rice and Where the Wild Things Are David Gets in Trouble, Duck on a Bike, (and other titles) Sheep in a Jeep (and other titles) Wild About Books The Stray Dog “Miss Bindergarten” stories Caps for Sale A Sick Day for Amos McGee She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round the Mountain Any by this author Mouse Paint Alberto, the Dancing Alligator and Hungry Hen “Max and Ruby” stories, “McDuff” stories (and other titles) Tuesday; Mr. Wuffles! Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, Knuffle Bunny (and other titles) I Went Walking A Frog in the Bog, Bear Snores On (and other titles) Dumpy La Rue The Napping House (and other titles) How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? (and other titles) Harry the Dirty Dog Plano ISD Librarians and Elementary Curriculum 5-2014 Page 2 of 4 Early Readers Arnold, Tedd Capucilli, Alyssa Cazet, Denys Cole, Joanna De Paola, Tomie Eastman, P.D. Gutman, Dan Hoban, Lillian Howe, James Lasky, Katherine Lobel, Arnold Minarik, Else H. Parish, Peggy Dr. Seuss Silverman, Erica Thomas, Shelley Moore Van Leeuwen, Jean Willems, Mo Hi, Fly Guy! (and other titles) Happy Birthday, Biscuit! (and other titles) Minnie and Moo (series) Bug in a Rug Hide-and-Seek All Week (and other titles) Go, Dog, Go! (and other titles in the Dr. Seuss/Random House library) Babe Ruth and the Ice Cream Mess Arthur’s Camp Out (and other titles) Pinky and Rex (series) The Lunch Bunnies (and other titles) Frog and Toad are Friends (and other titles) Little Bear (and other titles) Amelia Bedelia series Cat in the Hat (and other titles) Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Get Well, Good Knight and Good Night, Good Knight Oliver and Amanda (and other titles) Elephant and Piggie (and other titles) Beginning Chapter Books and Series Adler, David Cam Jansen Mysteries Applegate, Katherine Roscoe Riley Rules Brown, Marc or Stephen Krensky Bruel, Nick Arthur chapter books Cazet, Danys Minnie and Moo Christopher, Matt Soccer Cats DiCamillo, Kate Mercy Watson Giff, Patricia Reilly Polk Street School Greenburg, Dan The Zack Files Kline, Suzy Horrible Harry Litwin, Eric / Dean, James Pete the Cat O’Ryan, Ray Galaxy Zack Osborne, Mary Pope Magic Tree House Pilkey, Dav Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot Porter, Connie , Janet Shaw, or Valerie Tripp Rylant, Cynthia American Girls Sharmat, Marjorie Bad Kitty Henry and Mudge series, Mr. Putter and Tabby series, Poppleton series, Cobble Street Cousins series, and High-Rise Private Eyes Nate the Great Bilingual Canetti, Yanitzia El Patito Bello (and other titles) Plano ISD Librarians and Elementary Curriculum 5-2014 Page 3 of 4 Dewdney, Anna Falconer / Mlawer Kann, Victoria Klein, Adria Numeroff, Laura Dr. Seuss Stead, Philip Wells, Rosemary La Llama Llama Rojo Pijama Olivia (and other titles) Pinkalicious Max Come al Aire Libre (and other titles) Si Llevas un Raton a la Escuela Huevos verdes con jamon (and other titles) Un Día diferente para el Señor Amos Los 100 Primeros dias de Colegio de Emilia Poetry Bagert, Brod Brown, Margaret Wise Carle, Eric Florian, Douglas Shout! Little Poems That Roar I Like Stars Animals Animals Bow Wow Meow Meow Nonfiction Topics These are topics to be explored in first grade science or social studies. Your child might enjoy building background knowledge during the summer to enhance fall learning. Health, including safety, nutrition, exercise and hygiene The 5 senses Maps and globes Good citizenship and leadership qualities Water, rocks, soil States of matter Light, heat, and sound energy Force and motion Earth and space—cycles and patterns Weather, rain, air, wind Plano ISD Librarians and Elementary Curriculum 5-2014 Page 4 of 4
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