book list

Very Easy Reading: Books for the Beginning Reader

Buck
Oh, Cats!

Caple
Well Done, Worm!

Crews
Cloudy Day / Sunny Day

Flanagan
Cats: The Sound of Short A

Martin
Monkey Business

Rau
Purple is Best

Simon
Mud!

Weeks
Drip, Drop

 

Books to Read Independently   (These are easy readers which practice sight words.)

Hillert     

           All books by Margaret Hillert are excellent beginning readers for practicing sight words. 

Seuss        

          Hop on Pop

          The Foot Book

          Green Eggs and Ham

Lopshire

           Put Me in the Zoo

Berenstein

          He Bear/She Bear

Maccarone

          Pizza Party

          Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox

Wilhelm

          I Lost My Tooth

Scherer

         One Snowy Day

Herman

         My Dog Talks

         Teddy Bear for Sale

Lobel

         Frog and Toad

         Frog and Toad are Friends

         Frog and Toad Together

 

 Easy Reading Series      ( Most students should be able to read these by Christmas)

 
Wiseman, B.    Morris and Borris
 
Maccarone, Grade   First Grade Friends

 

Easy Facts: Books About Real Things

Clark
Baby Alligator

Dussling
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Fowler
A Look at Teeth

Lauber
You're Aboard Spaceship Earth

Morris
Families

Moses
Munching, Crunching, Sniffing, and Snooping

Rockwell
One Bean

Royston
Truck Trouble
 
 

Chapter Books Series for First Grade  (Advanced reading)

Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne

Cam Jansen Series by David  A. Adler

Pee Wee Scouts Series by Judy Delton

A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy

Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park

The Little House Chapter Book Series

 

Great Read-aloud authors

David A. Adler

Aliki

Eric Carle

Joanna Cole

Lois Ehlert

Gail Gibbons

Patricia Polacco

David McPhail