100 Great Books for First Graders
Fiction
Across the Stream. Mirra Ginsburg
All By Myself. Mercer Mayer
Alligator Shoes. Arthur Dorros
Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing. Judi and Ron Barrett
Are You My Mommy? Carla Dijs
The Ball Bounced. Nancy Tafuri
Big Friend, Little Friend. Eloise Greenfield
Billy Goats Gruff. Paul Galdone
Bread and Jam for Frances. Russell Hoban
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr.
A Bug, a Bear, and a Boy. David M. McPhail
Buzz Said the Bee. WnedyCheyetteLewison
The Carrot Seed. Ruth Krauss
Cat Goes Fiddle-I-Fee. Paul Galdone
The Cat in the Hat. Dr. Seuss
ChickaChicka Boom Boom.John Archambault and Bill Martin, Jr.
Chicken Soup with Rice. Maurice Sendak
City Mouse-Country Mouse. John C. Wallner
Coco Can’t Wait! Taro Gomi
Come! Sit! Speak! Charnan Simon
Cookie’s Week. Cindy Ward
Corduroy. Don Freeman
Count and See. Tana Hoban
A Dark, Dark Tale. Ruth Brown
David Goes to School. David Shannon
Drummer Hoff. Ed and Barbara Emberley
Each Peach Pear Plum. Janet and Allan Ahlberg
First Graders From Mars. Shana Corey
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. Eileen Christelow
Fraidy Cats. Stephen Krensky
Frog and Toad Are Friends. Arnold Lobel
George Shrinks. William Joyce
Go Dog Go. Philip D.
Goodnight Moon. Margaret Wise Brown
Hattie and the Fox. Mem Fox
Have You Seen My Cat? Eric Carle
Have You Seen My Duckling? Nancy Tafuri
Henry’s Busy Day. Rod Campbell
A House Is a House for Me. Mary Ann Hoberman
How Many Bugs in a Box? David Carter
The Hungry Caterpillar. Eric Carter
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.
If You Give a Mouse a Muffin. Laura JoffeNumeroff
Ina Dark, Dark Wood. David Carter
Is Anyone Home? Ron Maris
Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox. Grace Maccarone
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow. Shirley Neitzel
Junie B., First Grader (At Last!). Barbara Park
Just For You. Mercer Mayer
Just Like Daddy. Frank Asch
Little Bear. Else HolmelundMinarik
Look What I Can Do. Jose Aruego
Mama, Do You Love Me? Barbara M. Joosse
Monster Math. Grace Maccarone
Mrs. Wishy Washy. Joy Cowley
The Napping House. Don and Audrey Wood
A New house for Mole and Mouse. Harriet Ziefert
Noisy Nora. Rosemary Wells
The Nose Book. Al Perkin
Oink. Arthur Geisert
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish. Dr. Seuss
One Hunter. Pat Hutchins. Oops! Mercer Mayer
Owl babies. Martin Waddell
Polar Bear, Polar bear. Bill Martin, Jr.
Peter’s Chair. Ezra Jack Keats
Rap A Tap Tap. Leo and Diane Dillon