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Grade 1 Summer Reading |
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Suggested Summer Reading List – Grade 1
Barrett, J. -- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers.
Bemelmans, L. -- Madeline Twelve little girls and their headmistress travel through a series of madcap adventures.
Berenstain, S. & J. -- The Berenstain Bears (series) and Chapter Books While the Bear family has adventures, information is given on holidays, weather, the seasons and other things young readers wish to know.
Bond, M. -- Paddington (series) Paddington Bear arrives from Peru and is adopted by the Brown family who delights in his antics.
Brett, J. -- The Mitten When Nicki drops his newly knitted mitten in the snow, the animals put it to good use!
Bridwell, N. -- Clifford (series) Clifford is big, red and very full of life. This book describes the dilemmas and delights of having a really BIG dog.
Briggs, R. -- The Snowman A little boy builds a snowman which comes to life.
Brown, Marcia -- Stone Soup When three hungry soldiers come to town where all the food has been hidden, they set out to make soup from water and stones.
Brunhoff, J. -- Story of Babar An orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady who gives him everything he wants. He eventually returns to the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants.
Carle, E. -- The Very Lonely Firefly A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for other fireflies.
Eastman, P.D. -- Are You My Mother? A baby bird falls from the nest and tries to find his mother.
Freeman, D. -- Pocket for Corduroy A stuffed teddy bear accompanies Lisa to a laundromat where he realizes that while he now has a button, he is missing a pocket.
Hoban, R. -- Bedtime for Frances (series) A little badger has trouble falling asleep at night because she sees so many things - both real and imaginary.
Holabird, K. -- Angelina Ballerina (series) A little mouse wants to be a ballerina and gets her heart's desire.
Joosse, B. -- Mama, Do You Love Me? The strength of this universal story is the unconditional love a mother demonstrates for her daughter.
Keats, E. -- The Snowy Day A little boy has such fun in the snow that he decides to save a snowball for the next day.
Leaf, M. -- A Story of Ferdinand Ferdinand the Bull does not want to go into the ring and fight. He really wants to sit under the cork tree and smell the flowers.
Martin, B. -- Brown Bear, Brown Bear This is a classic story for children about animals of different colors.
McCloskey, R. -- One Morning in Maine Sal loses a tooth in this story of a family which lives on an island.
Minarik, E. -- Little Bear (series) Little Bear, his doting parents in their Victorian dress, and his considerate friends are featured in one of the first of a series of early-reader books.
Mosel, A. -- Tikki Tikki Tembo First-born sons in China were once given long names, but not any longer.
Numeroff, L. -- If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young boy's day.
Pfister, M. -- The Rainbow Fish The Rainbow Fish, with his shimmering scales, learns a special lesson about friendship.
Polacco, P. -- Babushka's Doll A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as her owner.
Potter, B. -- The Tale of Peter Rabbit Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail are good little bunnies, but Peter disobeys and goes to Mr. MacGregor's garden with nearly disastrous consequences.
Rosen, M. -- We're Going on a Bear Hunt Dad, his four children, and their dog go on an adventure which leads into a gloomy cave and a bear.
Sharmat, M. -- Nate the Great (series) Nate, a boy detective, puts on his Sherlock Holmes outfit and confidently sets out to solve mysteries.
Thompson, K. -- Eloise (series) Eloise is six, rather adorable, and terribly clever. She lives in the Plaza Hotel in New York City and has many adventures there.
Waber, B. -- Lyle, Lyle Crocodile (series) The crocodile who lives in the house on East 88th Street wants to make friends with Loretta, the cat. The Primm family copes, of course. |
