Raising Readers
1st Grade
Alexander, who's not (Do you hear me?
I mean it!) Going to move
Judith Viorst; illustrated by Robin Preiss-Glasser.
E/V
Alexander is angry and refuses to move away if it means
having to leave his favorite friends and special places.
Are You My Mother
P.D. Eastman
E/E
Beginner Books: A baby bird is born while his mother is away. He sets out to look for her, and asks everyone he meets including a dog, a cow, and a plane --"Are you my mother?"
The baby beebee bird
Diane Redfield Massie; pictures Steven Kellogg
E/M
The zoo animals find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.
Bears on wheels
Stan and Jan Berenstain
EZ Bere
A Bright & early book: An acrobatic act begins with one bear on a unicycle and ends with twenty-one bears and sixteen wheels flying through the air.
Clifford's Best Friend: A Story about
Emily Elizabeth
Norman Bridwell.
E/B
Emily Elizabeth and Clifford the big red dog are best friends. Having the big red dog around makes every day special for Emily.
Curious George
H. A. Rey.
E/R
The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continual trouble.
Days with Frog and Toad
Arnold Lobel.
EZ Lobel
An I can read book: Frog and Toad spend their days together, but find sometimes it's nice to be alone.
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Arnold Lobel
EZ Lobel
Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends - Frog and Toad.
The Foot Book
Dr. Seuss
E/S
A Bright & early book: beginner's text describes all sorts of feet doing all sorts of things.
Froggy gets dressed
Jonathan London ; illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz.
E/L
Rambunctious Froggy hops out into the snow for a winter frolic but is called back by his mother to put on some necessary articles of clothing.
The giving tree.
Shel Silverstein
X 811 Sil
Animated story of a young boy who grows to manhood and old age experiencing thelove and generosity of a tree which gives to him without thought of return.
Goodnight moon
Margaret Wise Brown pictures by Clement Hurd.
E/B
Goodnight to each of the objects in the great green room: goodnight chairs, goodnight comb, goodnight air, goodnight moon.
It's George!
Miriam Cohen ; pictures by Lillian Hoban
E/C
Although George's classmates are well aware that he is not the smartest student in the First grade, they are proud to know him when his fast action in an emergency saves an elderly friend's life.
Junie B., first grader (at last!)
Barbara Park
X Park
Junie B. thinks first grade is a flop when her kindergarten friend Lucille prefers the company of twins Camille and Chenille and Junie B. needs glasses
Just grandpa and me
Mercer Mayer
E/M
A Little critter book ; A Golden look-look book. A little creature and his grandfather have fun on a trip to the department store.
King Bidgood's in the bathtub
Audrey Wood, illustrated by Don Wood
Top shelves children's section
Despite pleas from his court, a fun-loving king refuses to get out of his bathtub to rule his kingdom.
Madeline's rescue
Ludwig Bemelmans.
E/B
A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise. Caldecott medal, 1954
Miss Malarkey doesn't live in room 10
Judy Finchler ; illustrations by Kevin O'Malley
E/F
A first-grade boy is shocked, then pleased, when he discovers that his teacher has a life away from school.
Morris goes to school
B. Wiseman.
EZ Wiseman
An I can read book: Morris the moose has an exciting day in school learning the alphabet, counting, singing, spelling, and doing other things that make him a unique moose.
The pain and the great one
Judy Blume ; illustrations by Irene Trivas
E/B
Text originally appeared in: Free to be ... you and me / A six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) see each other as troublemakers and the best-loved in the family.
Put me in the zoo
Robert Lopshire.
EZ Lopshire
Beginner Books: A large, spotted animal discovers he really belongs in a circus, not a zoo.
Where the wild things are
Maurice Sendak
E/S
A naughty little boy is sent to bed without his supper, sails to the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.