Master list for 1st grade reading

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Picture Books

• Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorist
• The Bears’ Picnic by Stan Beremstain

• Bedtime for Frances by Russell Hoban

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle

• Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business by Esphyr Slobodkina

• Franklin Rides a Bike by Paulette Bourgeois
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

• Freckle Juice by Judy Bloom

• The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

• The Listening Walk by Paul Showers

• Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish

• Quick as a Cricket by Don Wood

• Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss

• There’s an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer

• The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka

• Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

• Ivy and Bean by Annie Barrows

• Margaret and Margarita: Margarita y Margaret by by Lynn Reiser

• My Best Friend by Julia Fogliano

• There Is a Bird on Your Head! By Mo Williams

• Widget by Lyn Rossiter McFarland

• Aunt Chip & The Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Polacco

• The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter

• Carlo and the Really Nice Librarian by Jessica Spanyol

• Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail

• Max’s Words by Katie Banks

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

• The Apple Pie That Papa Baked by Lauren Thompson

• Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

• The Big Snow by Berta Hader

• Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French

• The Snow Leopard by Jackie Morris

• Winter’s Eyes by Douglas Florian
• Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
• The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
• Emily’s First 100 Days of School by Rosemary Wells
• Little Cliff’s First Day of School by Clifton L. Taulbert
• Miss Smith’s Incredible Story Book by Michael Garland
• Ramona the Pest by Beverly Clearly
• The New Girl…And Me by Jacqui Robbins
• Is A Worry Worrying You by Ferida Wolff
• Oh Brother! By Nikki Grimes
• Dad, Jackie and Me by Myron Uhlberg
• Big Bug Surprise by Julia Gran
• Elena’s Serenade by Campbell Geeslin
• The Empty Pot by Demi
• Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant
• I Knew You Could by Craig Dorfman
• How to be a Good Dog by Gail Page
• Raggedy Ann’s Wishing Pebble by Johnny Gruelle
• What’s So Bad About Being An Only Child? By Cari Best
• I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Theo LeSieg
• The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
• The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
• The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint- Exupery
• Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Florence Atwater
• The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
• Fairytale News by Colin Hawkins
• Flotsam by David Wiesner
• The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum by Kate Bernheimer
• Goldilocks and the Three Martians by Stu Smith
• How the Elephant Got Its Trunk by Robert James Phd
• Let’s Play In the Forest While the Wolf Is Not Around by Claudia Rueda
• Prancing, Dancing Lily by Marsha Diane Arnold
• Pinkalicious by Victoria Kann
• When the Library Lights Go Out by Megan McDonald
• The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
• Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
• Minnie and Moo and the Case of the Missing Jelly Donut by
• Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
• Stella, Queen of the Snow
• George Washington’s Cows
• The Giant Hug
• Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse
• Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash!
• I Love You This Much: A Song of God’s Love
• The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name
• Wee One’s Bible Stories
• The Beginner’s Bible: Timeless Children’s Stories
• Precious Moments Bible
• The Icky Bug Counting Book
• The Nature Treasury: A First Look at the Natural World
• The Polar Bears’ Home: A Story About Global Warming
• Why Do Leaves Change Color?

Chapter Books