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Incoming 1st Grade Students
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You may enjoy shared reading of the following books before entering 1st grade and during the school year. Some of these may be familiar to you from the last school year, and you may enjoy rereading them.
ANIMALS
Calhoun, Mary. Any Henry Stories
Henry is a Siamese cat who can walk on his back legs.Carle, Eric. The Very Busy Spider;The Very Hungry Caterpillar; The Very Lonely Firefly; any others
Animals are building, munching, flitting: doing their thing.McKee, David. Any Elmer Stories
Elmer is a patchwork elephant who has adventures.Meade, Holly. John, Willy and Freddy McGee
Hamsters escape their cage and go on adventures throughout the house.Meddaugh, Susan. Any Martha Stories
Martha is a dog who, after eating alphabet soup, can speak English.Walsh, Elen Stoll. Any Stories Grade 1: p. 2
Lizards, mice, etc. have adventures in beautifully-illustrated stories.
ART
Laden, Nina. When Pigasso Met Mootisse
Artistic animals battle and reunite.
FAMILY
Bourgeois, Paulette. Any Franklin the Turtle Stories
Franklin gets through life's ups and downs with the help of his friends.Keats, Ezra Jack. Any by this author
About life's ups and downs; multicultural
FANTASY
Auch, Mary Jane. Eggs Mark the Spot
A chicken lays illustrated eggs, which help solve a crime.Browne, Anthony. Willy the Dreamer
Chimp imagines what he can be when he grows up.Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Stella Louella's Runaway Book
When Stella Louella's library book disappears, she has a funny adventure finding it.Palatini, Margie. Any Stories
Humorous books about animals and Gritch the Witch
HUMOR
London, Jonathan. Any Froggie Stories
Froggie the Frog is a bit forgetful.Mahy, Margaret. The Rattlebang Picnic
An old time family goes picnicking in the countryWilliams, Suzanne. Library Lil
A colorful librarian comes to a town that doesn't read.
POETRY Grade 1: p. 3
Prelutsky, Jack. Something Big Has Been Here
Amazing adventures for imaginative youngsters. A collection of poems.
REALISTIC
Steig, William. Pete's a Pizza
A bored kid is made into a pizza by his grandparents.
SCHOOL
Clements, Andrew. Double Trouble in Walla Walla
Lulu finds everyone at school talking strangely. Fun language.Lasky, Kathryn. The Show and Tell Bunnies
Trouble during sharing time at school
SPORTS
Curtis, Gavin. The Bat Boy and His Violin
Reginald's violin playing inspires the baseball team his father coaches.