First Grade Supplemental Reading List
Bible Stories and Catholic Stories:
- First Children’s Bible (available at www.setonbooks.com)
- First Book of Saints (available at www.setonbooks.com)
- Catholic Stories for Boys and Girls, Volume 1 (available at www.neumannpress.com)
- Stories Told By Mother Teresa, by Drummond, Le Joly & Chaliha
- Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland, by Tomie dePaola
- Saint Francis, by Brian Wildsmith (detailed illustrations, simple text)
- Mary: The Mother of Jesus, by Tomie dePaola
- Old Testament Rhymes, Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson (available at www.neumannpress.com)
- A Child’s Rule of Life, Msgr. Robert Hugh Benson (available at www.neumannpress.com)
Dictionary:
- The American Heritage First Dictionary, Houghton Mifflin (available at www.setonbooks.com)
Recommended Anthologies:
- American Cardinal Readers, Book One (www.neumannpress.com) (Book One contains twenty-three stories about family life and Bible stories to read to your child.)
- What Your First Grader Needs to Know (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
- Listen, My Children: Poems for First Graders (available at www.coreknowledge.org)
- Read and Learn with Classic Stories, Grade 1 (ISBN: 1-56189-682-9 available at www.teacherspecialty.com)
- The Children’s Book of America, edited by William J. Bennett
- Beatrix Potter: The Complete Tales (The Original and Authorized Edition - F. Warne & Co.)
- The Complete Tales of Winnie the Pooh, and The Complete Poems of Winnie the Pooh, by A. A. Milne
- Paddington Treasury, by Michael Bond
- Great Children’s Stories: The Classic Volland Edition, illus. by F. Richardson (www.barnesandnoble.com)
- Let’s Play: Traditional Games of Childhood, Camilla Gryski
Foreign Languages and Cultures:
Grammar:
- Fantastic! Wow! and Unreal! : A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions (Ruth Heller’s Language Series)
- Behind the Mask : A Book About Prepositions, by Ruth Heller
- Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns, by Ruth Heller
- Many Luscious Lollipops : A Book About Adjectives, by Ruth Heller
- Merry-Go-Round : A Book About Nouns, by Ruth Heller
- Mine, All Mine : A Book About Pronouns, by Ruth Heller
- Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs, by Ruth Heller
Poems:
- The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles, by Maud and Miska Petersham
- The Owl and The Pussycat, by Edward Lear, illustrated by Jan Brett
- Over the River and Through the Wood, by Lydia Maria Child, illustrated by Brinton Turkle
- Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, by Eugene Field, illustrated by Johanna Westerman
- Johnny Appleseed, poem by Reeve Lindbergh, illustrated by Kathy Jakobsen
- The Night Before Christmas, Moore - (Classic Illustrated Edition available at www.chroniclebooks.com)
Tales and Legends:
- How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? and Other Tales, retold by Julius Lester
- In a Circle Long Ago: A Treasury of Native Lore from North America, retold by Nancy Van Laan
- The Story of Jumping Mouse, retold and illustrated by John Steptoe
- The Story of Johnny Appleseed, retold and illustrated by Aliki
Aesop’s Fables:
Be aware that several versions of these fables exist in modern children’s books.
Grade 1 Phonetic Readers:
Easy Readers:
Zaner-Bloser Non-Fiction Literacy books: Upper Emergent Level
Ray’s Readers; Emergent Science; Upper Emergent Science; Plane Geometry; More Geometry; National Holidays; My Family; My Friends; My Community. (
www.zaner-bloser.com)
Dorling Kindersley Level 2 Readers
Photographs and historical facts. Titles Include:
Firefighters; Bugs! Bugs! Bugs; Slinky, Scaly Snakes; Animal Hospital; The Little Ballerina; Munching, Crunching, Sniffing, and Snooping; The Secret Life of Trees; Winking, Blinking, Wiggling and Waggling; Astronaut - Living in Space; Twisters; Holiday! Celebration Days around the World; The Story of Pocahontas; Pony Show; Journey of a Humpback Whale; (Volcano) Eruption; Survivors; Dinosaur Dinners; Horse Show; The Story of Columbus. (
www.dk.com)
Dr. Seuss Beginner Books
The simple stories containing phonetic word patterns enforce phonetic concepts. First Grade level titles include:
Hop On Pop; The Cat in the Hat; Green Eggs and Ham; Fox in Socks; One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish; I Can Read with My Eyes Shut; I Wish That I Had Duck Feet; Oh, Say Can You Say; Oh the Thinks You Can Think; There’s No Place Like Space; On Beyond Bugs; Fine Feathered Friends: All About Birds; Is a Camel a Mammal? All About Mammals; Ten Apples Up on Top (by Theodore LeSeig) (
www.seussville.com)
Picture Book Theme: Pond Animals
- Look Closer: Pond Life, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
- Amazing Frogs and Toads (Eyewitness Juniors www.dk.com)
- Frogs and Toads and Tadpoles, by Allan Fowler (Rookie Read About Science series - Children’s Press)
Picture Book Theme: Sea Animals
- Look Closer: Coral Reef, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
- Look Closer: Shoreline, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
- Look Closer: Tide Pool, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
- Amazing Fish (Eyewitness Juniors www.dk.com)
- Life in a Tide Pool, by Allan Fowler (Rookie Read About Science series - Children’s Press)
- Humphrey the Lost Whale: A True Story, by Wendy Tokuda
- Baby Whale’s Journey, by Jonathan London
- Jonah and the Whale (Bible Story)
Picture Book Theme: River Animals
- Look Closer: River Life, Dorling Kindersley (www.dk.com)
- Fish is Fish, by Leo Leonni
Classic Books:
- Classic Short Stories Adapted by Paul Galdone (Clarion Books). Titles include: The Elves and the Shoemaker; Jack and the Beanstalk; Little Red Hen; Rumplestiltskin; The Three Bears; The Three Little Pigs; The Gingerbread Boy.
- Hailstones and Halibut Bones, poems by Mary O’Neill
- Raggedy Ann Stories, by Johnny Gruelle (unabridged edition)
- Raggedy Andy Stories, by Johnny Gruelle (unabridged edition)
- Stuart Little, E.B. White
- The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit, retold by Julius Lester
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