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Suggested Reading for Students Entering Grade 1 These are books you might like to read over the summer! Have fun and read, read, read!

Books That Celebrate Diversity Confetti: Poems for Children Pat Mora ​ ​ Hello Goodbye Dog Maria Gianferrari ​ ​ This Is How We Do It Matt Lamothe ​ ​ The Water Princess Susan Verde, and Georgie Badiel ​ ​ ​ That Is My Dream! Langston Hughes ​ ​ The Children’s Garden: Growing Food in the City Carole Lexa Schaefer ​ ​ Rulers of the Playground Joseph Kuefler ​ ​ ​ Last Stop On Market Street Matt de la Peña ​ ​ Just Like Me Vanessa Brantly Newton ​

Fiction Take Your Pet to School Day Linda Ashman ​ ​ No Place Like Home Ronojoy Ghosh ​ I’m Worried Michael Ian Black ​ ​ I Am a Tiger Karl Newson ​ ​ Dandy Ame Dyckman ​ Bruno, the Standing Cat Nadine Robert ​ ​ Bear Came Along Richard T. Morris ​ ​ The Babysitter From Another Planet Stephen Savage ​ ​ Picture WIndow Books (Fairy Tale Classics) ​ Henry and Mudge (series) by Cynthia Rylant ​ The First Grade Friends: Lunch Box Surprise by Grace Maccarone and ​ ​ ​ ​ The 100th Day of School by Angela Shelf Medearis ​ First Grade Here I Come by Nancy Carlson ​ Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes ​ The Listening Walk by Paul Showers ​ How Full is Your Bucket by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer ​ Spaghetti in a Hotdog Bun by Maria Dismondy ​ The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka ​ Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein ​ What Do You Do With an Idea? by Kobi Yamada ​ Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty ​ Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg ​ Africa Dream by Eloise Greenfield ​ Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett ​ Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson ​ Best Friends for Frances by Russell Hoban ​ Big Cats by Joyce Milton ​ Can I Keep Him? by Steven Kellogg ​ ​ Danny and the Dinosaur by Sid Huff ​ Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night by Joyce Sidman ​ Eight Days Gone by Linda McReynolds ​ Elmer by David McKee ​ ​ Emma’s Yucky Brother by Jean Little ​ Falling Up by Shel Silverstein ​ Frances (series) by Russell Hoban ​ From Caterpillar to Butterfly by Deborah Heligman ​ The Funny Little Women by Arlene Mosel ​ Good Morning, Chick by Mirra Ginsburg ​ How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long ​ Jamaica Tag-Along by Juanita Havill ​ Johnny Appleseed by Patricia Demuth ​ Leonardo, The Terrible Monster by Mo Willems ​ Lon PoPo: A Red Riding Hood Story From China by Ed Young ​ by Ludwig Bemelmans ​ Madlenka’s Dog by Peter Sis ​ Mrs. Brice’s Mice by Sid Hoff ​ Owl At Home by Arnold Lobel ​ The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg ​ Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman ​ Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child’s Book of Poems by Beatrice Schenk deRegniers ​ Swirl by Swirl by Joyce Sidman ​ Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester ​ What Do You Do with a Tale Like This? By Steven Jenkins and Robin Page ​ When Will I Read by Miriam Cohen ​ Why Am I Different? by Caroline Rubin ​ Rufus Goes to School by Kim Griswell and Gorbachev Valeri ​ ​ Rufus Goes to Sea by Kim Griswell and Gorbachev Valeri ​ A Day with No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch ​

Non-Fiction National Geographic Books (levels 1 and 2) ​ ​ Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia by ​ ​ Won-Ldy Paye and Margaret H. Lippert How People Learned to Fly by Fran Hodgkins ​ Lizards, Frogs and Polliwogs by Douglas Florian ​

​ If​ your 1st grader is looking for​ silly books​: ● My Toothbrush is Missing​ by Jan Thomas ● What is Chasing Duck?​ by​ Jan Thomas ● We Are in a Book by​ Mo Willems (all Elephant and Piggie books are fantastic!) ● The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow​ by​ Andy Griffiths

If your 1st grade child likes stories about​ real life and friendships​: ● Who Is That, Cat the Cat?​ by​ Mo Willems ● We Are Growing​ by Laurie Keller ● Don’t Worry, BEE Happy​ by Ross Burach ● Big Cat​ by Ethan Long ● The Cookie Fiasco​ by Dan Santat ● Baby Monkey, Private Eye​ by Brian Selznick & David Serlin ● Lazy Bear, Crazy Bear​ by Kevin Bolger ● T​rucktown​ by Jon Scieszka

If your 1st grader likes animal​ stories​: Slow,​ Slow Sloths​ by Bonnie Bader ​ Little Big Horse​ by Dave Horowitz We​ Dig Worms ​by Keven McCloskey

HAVE FUN READING!