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Here is a list of books that I think are good choices to include in a child's literature library.  Although many of them are beyond their current reading level, they will grow into these books and will learn from them when you (parents) read to your children.

First Grade Book List
Click on the book title for more info Rating Difficulty
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Viorst, Judith
Challenging
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Viorst, Judith
Challenging
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
by Lionni, Leo
Challenging
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
by Lionni, Leo
Challenging
Are you My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman
Easy Reading
Are you My Mother?
by P.D. Eastman
Easy Reading
Arthur's Tooth
by Brown, Marc Tolon
Easy Reading
Arthur's Tooth
by Brown, Marc Tolon
Easy Reading
Bedtime for Frances
by Hoban, Russell
Average
Bedtime for Frances
by Hoban, Russell
Average
Big Brown Bear
by Big brown bear
Easy Reading
Big Brown Bear
by Big brown bear
Easy Reading
Bunny Cakes
by Rosemary Wells
Average
Bunny Cakes
by Rosemary Wells
Average
Caps for Sale
by Slobodkina, Esphyr
Average
Caps for Sale
by Slobodkina, Esphyr
Average
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Barrett, Judi
Challenging
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
by Barrett, Judi
Challenging
Corduroy
by Don Freeman
Challenging
Corduroy
by Don Freeman
Challenging
Danny and the Dinosaur
by Hoff, Syd
Average
Danny and the Dinosaur
by Hoff, Syd
Average
Frog and Toad Together
by Lobel
Easy Reading
Frog and Toad Together
by Lobel
Easy Reading
Froggy Gets Dressed
by London, Jonathan
Easy Reading
Froggy Gets Dressed
by London, Jonathan
Easy Reading
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Numeroff, Laura Joffe
Average
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Numeroff, Laura Joffe
Average
In the Tall, Tall Grass
by Vera B. Williams
Easy Reading
In the Tall, Tall Grass
by Vera B. Williams
Easy Reading
Is Your Mama a Llama?
by Deborah Guarino
Easy Reading
Is Your Mama a Llama?
by Deborah Guarino
Easy Reading
Jack and the Beanstalk
by Paul Galdone
Challenging
Jack and the Beanstalk
by Paul Galdone
Challenging
Just Me and My Dad
by Mayer, Mercer
Easy Reading
Just Me and My Dad
by Mayer, Mercer
Easy Reading
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
by Audrey Wood
Average
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub
by Audrey Wood
Average
Let's Go Home, Little Bear
by Waddell, Martin
Average
Let's Go Home, Little Bear
by Waddell, Martin
Average
Little Bear
by Else Holmelund Minarik
Easy Reading
Little Bear
by Else Holmelund Minarik
Easy Reading
Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
Easy Reading
Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
Easy Reading
Mouse Paint
by Walsh, Ellen Stoll
Easy Reading
Mouse Paint
by Walsh, Ellen Stoll
Easy Reading
Rosie's Walk
by Hutchins, Pat
Easy Reading
Rosie's Walk
by Hutchins, Pat
Easy Reading
Round Trip
by Ann Jonas
Average
Round Trip
by Ann Jonas
Average
Sammy, the Seal
by Hoff, Syd
Average
Sammy, the Seal
by Hoff, Syd
Average
Secret Seahorse
by Blackstone, Stella
Average
Secret Seahorse
by Blackstone, Stella
Average
Sheep in a Jeep
by Shaw, Nancy
Easy Reading
Sheep in a Jeep
by Shaw, Nancy
Easy Reading
Stellaluna
by Cannon, Janell
Challenging
Stellaluna
by Cannon, Janell
Challenging
Swimmy
by Leo Lionni
Average
Swimmy
by Leo Lionni
Average
Sylvester and the magic pebble
by William Steig
Challenging
Sylvester and the magic pebble
by William Steig
Challenging
The Gingerbread Man
by Paul Galdone
Average
The Gingerbread Man
by Paul Galdone
Average
The Listening Walk
by Showers, Paul
Easy Reading
The Listening Walk
by Showers, Paul
Easy Reading
The Little Engine That Could
by Retan, Walter
Average
The Little Engine That Could
by Retan, Walter
Average
The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
Average
The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
Average
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
by Linda Williams
Challenging
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
by Linda Williams
Challenging
The Napping House
by Audrey Wood
Challenging
The Napping House
by Audrey Wood
Challenging
The Shortest Kid in the World
by Bliss, Corinne Demas
Average
The Shortest Kid in the World
by Bliss, Corinne Demas
Average
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Scieszka, Jon
Average
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
by Scieszka, Jon
Average
There's a Nightmare in My Closet
by Mayer, Mercer
Average
There's a Nightmare in My Closet
by Mayer, Mercer
Average
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Easy Reading
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
Easy Reading
 
Above Grade Level Suggestions
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Cam Jansen
by David Adler
Challenging
Cam Jansen
by David Adler
Challenging
Horrible Harry
Horrible Harry
Junie B. Jones
by Barbara Parks
Challenging
Junie B. Jones
by Barbara Parks
Challenging
Magic Tree House chapter books
by Mary Pope Osborne
Challenging
Magic Tree House chapter books
by Mary Pope Osborne
Challenging
 



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