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Grade 1: Recommended Reads

Teaching and Learning resources support Grade 1 students.

Fiction Picture Books

Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown
Call Number: Favorites E BRO
ISBN: 0316015482
Publication Date: 2010-09-07
I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin; James Dean (Illustrator)
Call Number: Animals E LIT
ISBN: 0061906220
Publication Date: 2010
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
Call Number: Giggles E KLA
ISBN: 0763655988
Publication Date: 2011-09-27

Fiction Picture Book Series

Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Favorites E BRI
ISBN: 9780545215787
Publication Date: 2010-05-01
Curious George by H. A. Rey (Illustrator); Margret Rey
Call Number: Favorites E REY
ISBN: 9780395150238
Publication Date: 1973-03-15
I Can Do Anything That's Everything All on My Own by Lauren Child
Call Number: Favorites E CHI
ISBN: 0448447924
Publication Date: 2008-01-10

Early Chapter Books

Early Chapter Book Series

Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish; Fritz Siebel (Illustrator)
Call Number: EC PAR
ISBN: 0064441555
Publication Date: 2012-12-26
Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold (Illustrator)
Call Number: EC ARN
ISBN: 0439639034
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Biscuit Goes to School by Alyssa Satin Capucilli; Pat Schories (Illustrator)
Call Number: EC CAP
ISBN: 0064436160
Publication Date: 2003-07-01
Fancy Nancy by Jane O'Connor; Robin Preiss Glasser (Illustrator)
Call Number: EC OCO
ISBN: 0060542101
Publication Date: 2005-12-13
Rascal the Dragon by Jennings, Paul.
Call Number: EC JEN
ISBN: 0143300369
Franklin and the Duckling by Sharon Jennings (Adapted by); Sean Jeffrey (Adapted by); Jelena Sisic (Adapted by); Sasha McIntyre (Adapted by); Kids Can Press Staff (Editor)
Call Number: EC JEN
ISBN: 155337889X
Publication Date: 2007-08-01

Early Nonfiction

Giraffes by Jill Anderson
Call Number: J 599.63 AND
ISBN: 9781559719285
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
Nest by Jorey Hurley (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 598 HUR
ISBN: 1442489715
Publication Date: 2014-02-04
Space by Tedd Arnold (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 520.3 ARN
ISBN: 0545564921
Publication Date: 2013-08-27
Amazing Airplanes by Tony Mitton; Ant Parker
Call Number: J 629.13 MIT
ISBN: 0753454033
Publication Date: 2002-09-01

Early Nonfiction Series

Dinosaurs IR by Conrad Mason
Call Number: J 567.9 MAS Early Nonfiction
ISBN: 0794527302
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Elephants by Katie Davies
Call Number: J 599.67 DAV
ISBN: 0794522912
Publication Date: 2009-06-01
Jack and the Beanstalk by Katie Daynes; Paddy Mounter (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 398.2 DAY
ISBN: 0794512380
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Martin Luther King, Jr by Emma E. Haldy; Jeff Bane (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 921 KIN
ISBN: 9781634704779
Publication Date: 2016-01-01
These Birds Can't Fly by Allan Fowler
Call Number: J 598.5 FOW
ISBN: 9780516264202
Publication Date: 1999-03-01

Award Winners

Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle (Illustrator)
Call Number: Wordless E IDL
ISBN: 1452110069
Publication Date: 2013-02-05
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Call Number: J 398.2 PIN
ISBN: 0316013560
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Marshmallow by Clare Turlay Newberry (Illustrator)
Call Number: Animals E NEW
ISBN: 0765109514
Publication Date: 1999-02-01
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue; Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator)
Call Number: Family E LOG
ISBN: 0547641028
Publication Date: 2012-10-23
Lon Po Po by Ed Young (Illustrator)
Call Number: J 398.2 RED
ISBN: 9780698113824
Publication Date: 1996-04-16
Blackout by John Rocco (Illustrator)
Call Number: Creativity E ROC
ISBN: 1423121902
Publication Date: 2011-05-24

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