Very Easy Reading: Books for the Beginning Reader
Books to Read Independently (These are easy readers which practice sight words.)
Hillert
All books by Margaret Hillert are excellent beginning readers for practicing sight words.
Seuss
Hop on Pop
The Foot Book
Green Eggs and Ham
Lopshire
Put Me in the Zoo
Berenstein
He Bear/She Bear
Maccarone
Pizza Party
Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox
Wilhelm
I Lost My Tooth
Scherer
One Snowy Day
Herman
My Dog Talks
Teddy Bear for Sale
Lobel
Frog and Toad
Frog and Toad are Friends
Frog and Toad Together
Easy Reading Series ( Most students should be able to read these by Christmas)
Easy Facts: Books About Real Things
Chapter Books Series for First Grade (Advanced reading)
Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Cam Jansen Series by David A. Adler
Pee Wee Scouts Series by Judy Delton
A to Z Mysteries by Ron Roy
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
The Little House Chapter Book Series
Great Read-aloud authors
Patricia Polacco
David McPhail