Books we recommend for 1st graders

J Easy – alphabetical by author

• Some Dog by Mary Casanova
• Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig
• Put It on the List by Kristen Darbyshire
• The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst
• Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
• The Wonderful Book by Leonid Gore
• Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza
• Owney the Mail Pouch Pooch by Mona Kerby
• Snow Day by Lester Laminack
• Sally and the Some-thing by George O'Connor
• Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
• Moon Rabbit by Natalie Russell
• All the World by Elizabeth Scanlon
• Alice the Fairy by David Shannon
• We're All in the Same Boat by Zachary Shapiro

• Wombat Walkabout by Carol Diggory Shields
• Katy Did It by Lorianne Siomades
• He Came with the Couch by David Slonim
• Hero Cat by Eileen Spinelli
• Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
• Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens
• Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
• Have I Got a Book for You by Melanie Watt
• Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She was Extinct by Mo Willems
• My Friend is Sad (Gerald and Piggie series) by Mo Willems

J Easy Reader – alphabetical by author

• Young Cam Jansen (series) by David Adler
• The Fat Cat Sat on a Mat by Nurit Karlin
• Frog and Toad are Friends (series) by Arnold Lobel
• Fancy Nancy (series) by Jane O'Connor
• The Fox and the Grapes: a retelling of Aesop's Fable (series) by Mark White