St. Joseph - First Grade Reading Lists

Autobiography
Winners Never Quit, by Mia Hamm     JE HAMM
Chloe’s Birthday . . . And Me          , by Giselle Potter     JE POTTER
Tallchief: America’s Prima Ballerina, by  Maria Tallchief     J792.028 TALLCHIEF
26 Fairmount Avenue, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
What a Year, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Here We All Are, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
On My Way, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Things Will Never Be the Same, by Tomie dePaola     J813.54 DEPAOLA
Under My Nose, by Lois Ehlert      J813.54 EHLERT
Author: A True Story, by Helen Lester     J813.54 LESTER

Biography
Alice Ramsey’s Grand Adventure, by Don Brown     JE BROWN
The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordicai Gerstein     JE GERSTEIN
This Land is Your Land, by Woody Guthrie     JE GUTHRIE
Rocks in His Head, by Carol Otis Hurst     JE HURST
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning, by Rosalyn Schanzer     JE SCHANZER
Boss of the Plains, by Laurie Carlson     J338.7 CARLSON
Thank You, Sarah, by Laurie Halse Anderson     J394.264 ANDERSON
Snowflake Bentley, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin      J551.57 MARTIN
Mother to Tigers, by George Ella Lyon     J591.7 LYON
One Giant Leap, by Don Brown     J629.45 BROWN
Bill Pickett, by Andrea Davis Pinkney     J636.2 PINKNEY
Fannie in the Kitchen, by Deborah Hopkins     J641.5 HOPKINS
Mack Made Movies, by Don Brown     J791.43 BROWN
Knockin’ on Wood, by Lynne Barasch     J792.78 BARASCH
America’s Champion Swimmer, by David Adler     J797.21 ADLER
A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison, by David Adler     J921 EDISON
Odd Boy Out, by Don Brown     J921 EINSTEIN
My Brother Martin, by Christine King Farris     J921 KING
Martin’s Big Words, by Doreen Rappaport     J921 KING
Shooting for the Moon, by Stephen Krensky     J921 OAKLEY
The Boy on Fairfield Street, by Kathleen Krull    J921 SEUSS
Sequoya, by James Rumford      J975.004 RUMFORD

Fantasy
My Life with the Wave, by Catherine Cowan     JE COWAN
Burnt Toast on Davenport Street, by Tim Egan     JE EGAN
Weslandia, by Paul Fleischman     JE FLEISCHMAN
Corduroy, by Don Freeman     JE FREEMAN
Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook, by Michael Garland     JE GARLAND
Arthur’s Tractor, by Pippa Goodhart     JE GOODHART
Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, by Bob Graham     JE GRAHAM
Max, by Bob Graham     JE GRAHAM
Traction Man is Here, by Mini Grey     JE GREY
Harold and the Purple Crayon          , by Crockett Johnson     JE JOHNSON
Superhero ABC, by Bob McLeod     JE MCLEOD
If you Decide to Go to the Moon, by Faith McNulty     JE MCNULTY
The Adventures of Sparrowboy, by Brian Pinkney     JE PINKNEY
The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrice Potter     JE POTTER
Clara and Asha, by Eric Rohmann         JE ROHMANN
Davy Crockett Save the World, by Rosalyn Schanzer     JE SCHANZER
The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins, by Dr. Seuss     JE SEUSS
Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak     JE SENDAK
The Bad Case of Stripes, by David Shannon     JE SHANNON
The Lost and Found, by Mark Teague     JE TEAGUE
The World According to Humphrey, by Betty G. Birney     JF BIRNEY
The School Mouse, by Dick King-Smith     JF KINGSMITH
On the Road, by Lucy Nolan     JF NOLAN
Happily Ever After, by Anna Quindlen     JF QUINDLEN
Zathura, by Chris Van Allsburg     JF VANALLSBURG

Historical Fiction
Miss Bridie Chose a Shovel, by Leslie Connor     J AUDIO CONNOR
Camille and the Sunflowers, by Laurence Anholt     JE ANHOLT
Cocoa Ice, by Diana Applebaum     JE APPLEBAUM
Players in Pigtails, by Shana Corey     JE COREY
Liberty!, by Allan Drummond     JE DRUMMOND
Boxes for Katje, by Candace Fleming     JE FLEMING
Sunny Boy, by Candace Fleming     JE FLEMING
The Toughest Cowboy, or How the Wild . .., by John Frank             JE FRANK
Will’s Quill, or How a Goose Saved . . . , by Don Freeman     JE FREEMAN
The Log Cabin Quilt, by Ellen Howard     JE HOWARD
The Pickle Patch Bathtub, by Frances Kennedy     JE KENNEDY
Nine for California, by Sonia Levitin     JE LEVITIN
John Philip Duck, by Patricia Polacco     JE POLACCO
An Orange for Fankie, by Patricia Polacco     JE POLACCO
The Boston Coffee Party, by Doreen Rappaport     J Red RAPPAPORT
Sam’s Wild West Show, by Nancy Antle     J Blue Dot ANTLE
Wagon Wheels, by Barbara Brenner     J Blue Dot BRENNER
Daniel’s Duck, by Clyde Robert Bulla     J Blue Dot BULLA
The Golly Sisters Go West, by Betsy Cromer Byars     J Blue Dot BYARS
The Drinking Gourd, by F. N. Monjo     J Blue Dot MONJO
The Long Way Westward, by Joan Sandin     J Blue Dot SANDIN
Magnus at the Fire, by Jennifer Armstrong     JF ARMSTRONG
Togo, by Robert J. Blake     JF BLAKE
The Sea Chest, by Toni Buzzeo     JF BUZZEO
The Bat Boy and His Violin, by Gavin Curtis     JF CURTIS
Leah’s Pony, by Elizabeth Friedrich     JF FRIEDRICH
Birdie’s Lighthouse, by Deborah Hopkinson     JF HOPKINSON
Apples to Oregon, by Deborah Hopkinson     JF HOPKINSON
Fannie in the Kitchen, by Deborah Hopkinson     J641.5 HOPKINSON

Mystery
Grandpa’s Teeth, by Rod Clement     JE CLEMENT
Where’s the Big Bad Wolf, by Eileen Christelow     JE CRISTELOW
Stella Louella’s Runaway Book, by Lisa Campbell Ernst     JE ERNST
Olivia . . . And the Missing Toy, by Ian Falconer     JE FALCONER
The Missing Mitten Mystery, by Steven Kellogg     JE KELLOGG
The Web Files, by Margie Palatini     JE PALATINI
Dolores on Her Toes, by Barbara Samuels     JE SAMUELS
Detective LaRue, by Mark Teague     JE TEAGUE
Young Cam Jansen and the Library Mystery, by David Adler     J Blue Dot ADLER
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver, by Eth Clifford     J Blue Dot
CLIFFORD
Aunt Eater’s Mystery Vacation, by Doug Cushman     J Blue Dot CUSHMAN
Inspector Hopper, by Doug Cushman              J Blue Dot CUSHMAN
Nate the Great and the Big Sniff, by Marjorie Sharmat     J Blue Dot SHARMAT
Ace Lacewing, by David Biedrzycki     JF BIEDRZYCKI

Poetry
Mathematickles!, by  Betsy Franco     JE FRANCO
Little Dog Poems, by Kristine O’Connell George     JE GEORGE
There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnegan, by Mary Ann Hoberman
JE HOBERMAN
Good Rhymes, Good Times, by Lee Bennett Hopkins     JE HOPKINS
Wake Up House!, by Dee Lillegard     JE LILLEGARD
A Cake for Herbie, by Petra Mathers               JE MATHERS
The Tale of Custard the Dragon, by Ogden Nash     JE NASH
Go! Daniel Kirk     J 782.42 KIRK
I’m Still Here in the Bathtub, by Alan Katz     J 782.421 KATZ
A Child’s Calendar, by John Updike     J 811 UPDIKE    
Oh, No! Where Are My Pants? And Other Disasters, by Lee Bennett Hopkins                                                                                                             J811.008 OH
Snuffles and Snouts, by Laura Robb     J 811.008 SNUFFLES
America Is . . . ., by Louise Borden     J 811.54 BORDEN
Bow Wow Meow Meow, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Summersaults, by Douglas Florian     J 811.54 FLORIAN
Timothy Tunny Swallowed a Bunny, by Bill Grossman     J 811.54 GROSSMAN
The Llama Who Had No Pajama, by Mary Ann Hoberman     J 811.54 HOBERMAN
A Pizza the Size of the Sun, by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
The Frogs Wore Red Suspenders, by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles          , by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 PRELUTSKY
Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme, by Jack Prelutsky     J 811.54 READ
Falling Up, by Shel Silverstein     J 811.54 SILVERSTEIN
The Essential Worldwide Monster Guide, by Linda Ashman     J 811.6 ASHMAN

Realistic Fiction
Good Luck, Mrs. K!, by Louise Borden     JE BORDEN
Mr. Tanen’s Tie Trouble, by Maryann Cocca-Leffler     JE COCCALEFFLER
Two Old Potatoes and Me, by John Coy     JE COY
Pie in the Sky, by Lois Ehlert     JE EHLERT
I Dream of Trains, by Angela Johnson     JE JOHNSON
Crazy Hair Day, by Barney Saltzberg               JE SALTZBERG
Jam and Jelly by Holly and Nellie, by Gloria Whelan     JE WHELAN
Our Tree Named Steve, by Alan Zweibel     JE ZWEIBEL
Birthday Pony, by Jessie Haas     J Blue Dot HAAS
Say What?, by  Margaret Peterson Haddix     JF HADDIX
Elisa Michaels, Bigger and Better, by Johanna Hurwitz     JF HURWITZ
Gooney Bird Greene, by Lois Lowry     JF LOWRY
Angelo, by David Macaulay     JF MACAULAY
Judy Moody Declares Independence, by Megan McDonald     JF MCDONALD

Science Fiction
Benjamin McFadden and the Robot Babysitter, by Timothy Bush   JE BUSH
First Graders from Mars, by Shana Corey   JE COREY
Beegu, by Alexis Deacon     JE DEACON
Jimmy Zangwow’s Out-of-this-World, Moon Pie Adv., by Tony DiTerlizzi                                                                                                                            JE DITERLIZZI
Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby, by David McPhail     JE MCPHAIL
The Wump World, by Bill Peet     JE PEET
Cosmo and the Robot, by Brian Pinkney     JE PINKNEY
Baloney (Henry P.), by  Jon Scieszka              JE SCIESZKA
June 29, 1999, by David Wiesner     JE WIESNER
Commander Toad in Space, by Jane Yolen     JE YOLEN
Space Cat, by Doug Cushman     J Red Dot CUSHMAN
Trouble in Space, by Rose Greydanus     JE Red Dot GREYDANUS
Ready-Set-Robot!, by Russell Hoban               J Blue Dot HOBAN
Midnight on the Moon, by Mary Pope Osborne     J Blue Dot OSBORNE
Bobo Crazy, by Marilyn Sadler     J Blue Dot SADLER
Zathura, by Chris Van Allsburg     JF VANALLSBURG