FIRST GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
FIRST GRADE SUMMER READING LIST
| TITLE | AUTHOR |
|---|---|
| FRESHLY MINTED | |
| Bee-Bim Bop | Linda Sue Park A Korean-American family gathers around the table for a favorite dish. Recipe included. |
| Chameleon, Chameleon | Joy Cowley A small lizard changes trees in search of food and love. A tropical forest tale illustrated with vibrant color photographs. |
| The Dog Who Cried Wolf | Keiko Kasza A pet dog heeds the call of the wild and discovers that the world is a little too scary. |
| Dona Flor | Pat Mora A giant woman with a great big heart saves her small town from a mysterious menace in this original tale set in the Southwest. |
| A Splendid Friend, Indeed | Suzanne Bloom A patient bear and an inquisitive goose find common ground. |
| Terrific | Jon Agee A disgruntled man and a parrot forge an unlikely friendship. |
| The Bossy Gallito: A Traditional Cuban Folk Tale | Lucia M. Gonzalez In this cumulative Cuban folktale, a bossy roster dirties his beak when he eats a kernel of corn and must find a way to clean it before his parrot uncle's wedding. |
| Elephants Can Paint, Too! | Katya Arnold Who has more fun with a paintbrush—elephants in Thailand or children in New York City? A lively photo-essay from an art teacher. |
| Zen Shorts | Jon J. Muth Three children learn wisdom from an uncommon—and furry-new neighbor. Elegant illustrations complement the wry humor in these three tales. |
| Please Bury Me in the Library | J. Patrick Lewis An uproarious sets of poems about books and reading illustrated with witty paintings. |
| MORE SUGGESTIONS | |
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Mitsumasa Anno | Anno's Journey |
| Mary Jane Auch | Peeping Beauty |
| Esther Averill | The Fire Cat |
| Alix Berenzy | A Frog Prince |
| Claire Bishop | Five Chinese Brothers |
| Barbara Brenner | Chibi |
| Jan Brett | Daisy Come Home |
| Raymond Briggs | Jim and the Beanstalk |
| Marc Brown | Arthur (series) |
| Brad Burg | Outside the Lines: Poetry at Play |
| John Burningham | Mr. Gumpy (series) |
| Betsy Byars | Golly Sisters Go West |
| Kathy Caple | Duck and Company |
| Miriam Cohen | When Will I Read |
| Joanna Cole | Bony-Legs |
| Barbara Cooney | Island Boy |
| Arthur Dorros | Abuela |
| Ian Falconer | Olivia |
| Valerie Flournoy | Patchwork Quilt |
| Wanda Gag | Millions of Cats |
| Paul Galdone | You choose the title |
| Jack Gantos | Rotten Ralph (series) |
| Arthur Geisert | Pigs from A to Z |
| Jean Craighead George | How to Talk to Your Cat How to Talk to Your Dog |
| Gail Gibbons | Monarch Butterflies |
| Mirra Ginsburg | Mushroom in the Rain |
| Diane Goode | Monkey Goes to Sea |
| Niki Grimes | Come Sunday |
| Donald Hall | Ox-Cart Man |
| Kevin Henkes | Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse |
| Lillian Hoban | You choose the title |
| Russell Hoban | You choose the title |
| Syd Hoff | Mrs. Brice's Mice |
| Katherine Holabird | Angelina Ballerina (series) |
| Gloria Houston | My Great-Aunt Arizona |
| James Howe and Mary Louise Gay | Hounsley and Catina |
| Pat Hutchins | You choose the title |
| Steven Kellogg | Pinkerton (series) Jack and the Beanstalk Pecos Bill |
| Erica A. Kimmel | The Runaway Tortilla |
| Ursula LeGuin | Tom Mouse |
| Anita Lobel | You choose the title |
| Arnold Lobel | You choose the title |
| Margaret Mahy | The Terrible Topsy-Turvy, Tissy-Tasssy Tangle |
| Edward Marshall | Fox and his Friends (series) |
| James Marshall | George and Martha (series) |
| Gerald McDermott | Raven Zomo the Rabbit |
| Patricia McKissack | A Million Fish. . . More or Less |
| Alice McLerran | Roxaboxen |
| Davis McPhail | Pig Pig Grows Up (series) |
| Susan Meddaugh | Martha Blah Blah |
| A.A. Milne | Now We are Six |
| Else Minarik | Little Bear (series) |
| Robert Munsch | The Paper Bag Princess |
| Ogden Nash | Adventures of Isabel |
| Jan O'Connor | Lulu Goes to Witch School |
Nancy Parker| Bugs |
|
| Katherine Paterson | Tale of the Mandarin Ducks |
| Bill Peet | Big Bad Bruce |
| Charles Perrault | Puss in Boots |
| Jack Prelutsky | The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders |
| Peggy Rathmann | Officer Buckle and Gloria |
| Faith Ringgold | Tar Beach |
| Anne Rockwell | You choose the title |
| Christina Rossetti | What is Pink? |
| Cynthia Rylant | Henry and Mudge (series) When I was Young in the Mountains Poppleton (series) |
| Alvin Schwartz | There is a Carrot in my ear |
| David Schwartz | If You Made a Million |
| Jon Scieszka | You choose the title |
| Marjorie Sharmat | You choose the title |
| Uri Shulevitz | The Treasure |
| Diane Snyder | Boy of the Three Year Nap |
| William Stieg | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (and many other titles) |
| Jean Van Leeuwen | Tales of Oliver Pig (series) |
| Gabrielle Vincent | Ernest and Celestine |
| Margaret Wild | Very Best of Friends |
| Brian Wildsmith | You choose the title |
| Vera Williams | A Chair for My mother |
| Yee Wong | Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole |
| Audrey Wood | Heckedy Peg |