Great Reads for Grade One

Read Alouds and Read Alone--

The Tenth Good Thing About Barney

Judith Viorst

 Hog-Eye

Susan Meddaugh

Cherries and Cherry Pits

Vera B. Williams

Thank You, Mr. Falker

Patricia Pollaco

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky

Faith Ringgold

The Gardener

 Sarah Stewart

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Verna Aardema

Chrysanthemum

Kevin Henkes

Abuela

Arthur Dorros

Sukey and the Mermaid

Robert D. San Souci

Ten Apples on Top

 Theo LeSeig  (Dr. Seuss)

Strega Nona

Tommie De Paola

Stone Soup

Marcia Brown

The Little Red Hen

 Paul Galdone

It Looked Like Spilt Milk

C. Shaw

Stellaluna

Verdi

both by Janelle Cannon

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Meyer

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Day by Judith Viorst

Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

The following Books by Dr. Seuss:

The Cat in the Hat

McElliot's Pool

Yertle the Turtle

One Fish, Two Fish

Horton Hatches the Egg

Green Eggs and Ham

The Following Books by Eric Carle:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

he Very Busy Spider