Top 40 Picks for First Graders

 

First GraderPicture Books

Old Black Fly  —  Aylesworth

LMNO Peas  —  Baker

Children Make Terrible Pets  —  Brown

Home Run: The Story of Babe Ruth  —  Burleigh

Snowballs  —  Ehlert

Olivia Saves the Circus  —  Falconer

The Doorbell Rang  —  Hutchins

Alphabet City  —  Johnson

The Secret Olivia Told Me  —  Joy

We All Went on Safari  —  Krebs

Too Much Noise  —  McGovern

Bunny Days  —  Nyeu

First Grade Stinks  —  Rodman

Vulture View  —  Sayre

David Goes to School  —  Shannon

The Great Fuzz Frenzy  —  Stevens

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat  —  Taback

Duck at the Door  —  Urbanovic

Once There was a Bull—Frog  —  Walton

Seven Blind Mice  —  Young

 

Easy Readers

I Spy Fly Guy  —  Arnold

Cork and Fuzz  —  Chaconas

Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same  —  Lin

Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris  —  O’Connor

Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia  —  Parish

Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin  —  Rylant

Nate the Great  —  Sharmat

Good Night, Good Knight  —  Thomas

Mac and Cheese  —  Weeks

I Lost My Tooth  —  Wilhelm

There is a Bird on Your Head  —  Willems

 

People, Poetry, Facts, and Folklore

Move!  —  Jenkins

Red-Eyed Tree Frog  —  Cowley

About Birds: A Guide…  —  Sill

The Magic School Bus Has a Heart  —  Cole/Capeci

Johnny Appleseed  —  Demuth

Bread Comes to Life  —  Levenson

You Read to Me and I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories…  —  Hoberman

Once I Ate a Pie  —  MacLachlan

Pets at the White House  —  Kennedy

 

Note to Parents: These titles were chosen by the Youth Services Librarians of the Dauphin County Library System for their appeal to the interest level of this age group. They are not meant to represent or measure your child’s reading ability. A title too difficult to read independently will still be enjoyed as you read it to him/her.