Top 40 Picks for First Graders
Picture 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.