2011 Summer Reading List for First Grade Students
	Parents may select books from this list to read to their children. All of these books can generate many worthwhile discussions. Reading together is also a good way to work on listening skills.   Arnold, Tedd - No Jumping on the Bed! Barber, Tiki - Game Day Bemelmans, Ludwig - Madeline series Brett, Jan - The Mitten, Comet's Nine Lives Buehner, Caralyn - The Escape of Marvin the Ape Bunting, Eve - Anna's Table Calvert, Pam - Princess Peepers Clements, Andrew - Slippers at Home, Ringo Saves the Day Cooper, Helen - The Boy Who Wouldn't Go to Bed Cronin, Doreen - Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type; Diary of a Worm Dealey, Erin - Goldie Locks Has Chicken Pox Dunrea, Olivier - Gossie and Gertie Edwards, Pamela Duncan and Henry Cole - Livingstone Mouse and sequels Elliott, Laura - Hunter's Best Friend at School Falconer, Ian - Olivia Fleming, Candace - Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! Gliori, Debi - Flora's Blanket Hennessy, B.G. - The Boy Who Cried Wolf Hoberman, Mary - The Seven Silly Eaters Hoffman, Mary - Amazing Grace Hutchins, Pat - Where’s the Baby? Joyce, William - George Shrinks Kellogg, Steven - The Mysterious Tadpole , Chicken Little, and others Kimmel, Eric - Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock Lindbergh, Reeve - The Awful Aardvarks Shop for School Lubner, Susan - Ruthie Bon Bair, Do Not Go to Bed with Wringing Wet Hair Lum, Kate -What! Cried Granny Maloney, Peter - Belly Button Boy Marshall, James - George and Martha Mayer, Mercer - There’s an Alligator Under My Bed McBratney, Sam - I'll Always Be Your Friend McCarthy, Peter - Hondo and Fabian McCloskey, Robert - Make Way for Ducklings, One Morning in Maine McFarland, Lyn - Widget Numeroff, Laura - If You Give a Pig a Pancake, Beatrice Doesn't Want To Palatini, Margie - The Web Files Peet, Bill - Chester, the Worldly Pig Pilkey, Dav - The Moonglow Roll-a-Rama, The Paper Boy Pinkney, Andrea - Sleeping Cutie Rand, Gloria - Salty Dog Rathmann, Peggy - Officer Buckle and Gloria Rey, H.A. - the Curious George series Rohmann, Eric - My Friend Rabbit Robertson, M.P. - The Egg (a story of dragons) Rosales, Melodye - Leola and the Honeybears Rosoff, Meg - Jumpy Jack and Googily Rylant, Cynthia - Henry and Mudge,The Best Day of All; The Great Gracie Chase:  Stop That Dog; Mr. Putter and Tabby Write the Book Say, Allen - The Lost Lake Schachner, Judy - Skippyjon Jones books Sendak, Maurice - Where the Wild Things Are Shannon, David - Duck on a Bike Silverman, Erica - Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa Partners Sharmat, Marjorie - A Big Fat Enormous Lie Slonin, David - He Came with the Couch Stanley, Diane - Goldie and the Three Bears Stevenson, Janet - Tops and Bottoms Tryon, Leslie - Albert’s Field Trip Wells, Rosemary - Yoko, Noisy Nora Williams, Barbara - Albert's Impossible Toothache Willems, Mo - Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Wilson, Eva - Bear Snores On Yolen, Jane - How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? Young, Amy - Belinda in Paris