Very Easy Reading: Books for the Beginning Reader

Buck

Oh, Cats!

Caple

Well Done, Worm!

Crews

Cloudy Day / Sunny Day

Flanagan

Cats: The Sound of Short A

Martin

Monkey Business

Rau

Purple is Best

Simon

Mud!

Weeks

Drip, Drop

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)

Wiseman, B.    Morris and Borris

Maccarone, Grade   First Grade Friends

Easy Facts: Books About Real Things

Clark

Baby Alligator

Dussling

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Fowler

A Look at Teeth

Lauber

You're Aboard Spaceship Earth

Morris

Families

Moses

Munching, Crunching, Sniffing, and Snooping

Rockwell

One Bean

Royston

Truck Trouble

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

David A. Adler

Aliki

Eric Carle

Joanna Cole

Lois Ehlert

Gail Gibbons

Patricia Polacco

David McPhail