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:

• International Children’s Digital Library (available at www.icdlbooks.org)

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.

• Aesop’s Fables – (Classic Illustrated Edition – available at www.chroniclebooks.com)
• Aesop’s Fables on-line at http://classics.mit.edu/Aesop/fab.html
• The Complete Fables, by Aesop – Penguin Classics annotated edition (parent reference)

Grade 1 Phonetic Readers:

• Bob Books Kids! by Bobby Lynn Maslen (www.scholastic.com)
• Bob Books Pals! by Bobby Lynn Maslen (www.scholastic.com)
• Level 3: Consonant Blends Phonetic Readers (available at www.grades123.com)
• Level 4: Consonant Digraphs Phonetic Readers (available at www.grades123.com)
• Primary Phonics storybooks, BK 3 (available at www.epsbooks.com)
• Primary Phonics storybooks, BK 4 (available at www.epsbooks.com)

Easy Readers:

• Adventures of Frog and Toad, by Arnold Lobel (www.barnesandnoble.com)
• Adventures of Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minarik (www.barnesandnoble.com)
• Adventures of Amelia Bedelia, by Peggy Parish (www.barnesandnoble.com)
• A Bargain For Francis, by Russell Hoban

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

Recommended Publishers:

• Barnes and Noble (reasonably priced classic reprints and eBooks) www.barnesandnoble.com
• Books of Wonder (finest quality classic editions) www.booksofwonder.com (800) 835-4135