Smith Elementary Recommended 1st Grade Summer Reading List
Across the Stream by Mirra Ginsburg
All About You by Catherine Anholt
Alphabet of Dinosaurs, Theby Dr. Peter Dodson and Wayne Barlowe
Amelia and the Grasshopper by Jerry Tello
Amy Loves the Snow by Julia Hoban
Animal Picnic, Theby Leslie D. Perkins
Animal Tracks by Arthur Dorros
Apples and Pumpkins by Anne Rockwell
Art Lesson, Theby TomiedePaola
Ball Game, Theby David Packard
Big Mama and Grandma Ghana by Angela Shelf Medearis
Bread, Bread, Bread by Ann Morris
Clifford’s Family by Norman Bridwell
Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward
Cow That Went Oink, Theby Bernard Most
Crayon Box that Talked, Theby Shane Derolf
Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
Detective Dinosaur by James Skofield
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs by Byron Barton
Doorbell Rang, Theby Pat Hutchins
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Feast for 10 by Cathryn Falwell
Fox on Wheels by Edward Marshall
From Acorn to Zoo by Satoshi Kitamura
George Shrinks by William Joyce
Goat Who Couldn’t Sneeze, Theby Cecilia Avalos
Going Home by Eve Bunting
Going Home by Margaret Wild
Great- Great Granddaughter of La Cucarachita Martina, Theby Alma Flor Ada
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
Hello Amigos! by Tricia Brown
Hello Cat, You Need a Hat by Rita Golden Gelman
Henry and Mudge and Bedtime Thumps by Cynthia Rylant
Hide and Seek by Roberta Brown and Sue Carey
How Far Will I Fly? bySachiOyama
I Love Mud and Mud Loves Me by Vicki Stephens
I Love Spiders by John Parker
I Need a Lunch Box by Jeannette Caines
I Was Walking Down the Road by Sarah Barchas
In My Backyard by Don L. Curry
In the Barrio by Alma Flor Ada
Is It Dark? Is It Light? by Mary D. Lankford
It Begins with an “A” by Stephanie Calmenson
Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox by Grace Maccarone
Jacket I Wear in the Snow, Theby Shirley Neitzel
Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth
Jenny’s Journey by Sheila White Samton
Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg
Leaving Morning, Theby Angela Johnson
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Hungry Bear, Theby Audrey and Don Wood
Log Hotel by Anne Schreiber
Look-Alike Animals by Robin Bernard
Lost! by David McPhail
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mama, Do You Love Me? by Barbara M. Joosse
Margaret and Margarita by Lynn Reiser
Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Hale
Michael Bird-Boy by TomiedePaola
Mighty Spiders! by Jean Day Zallinger
Missing Tarts, Theby B.G. Hennessy and Tracey Campbell Pearson
Mother for Choco, A by Keiko Kasza
Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Cowley
My Friends by Taro Gomi
New Baby Calf, Theby Edith Newlin Chase
One Dark Night by Hazel Hutchins
One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler
One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz
One of Three by Angela Johnson
Owl at Home by Arnold Lobel
Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue by Maurice Sendak
Say It, Sign It by Elaine Epstein
School Bus by Donald Crews
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young