Open Court

Grade 1

Let’s Read

811 Hop

Good books, good times! 1st ed. New York : Harper & Row, c1990.

An anthology of poems about the joys of books and reading.

Includes selections by David McCord, Karla Kuskin, Myra Cohn

Livingston, and Jack Prelutsky.

811 Wil

Willard, Nancy. A visit to William Blake's inn : poems for

innocent and experienced travelers. 1st ed. New York :

Harcourt Brace, c1981. A collection of poems describing the

curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake's

inn.

E Blo

Bloom, Becky. Wolf! 1st American ed. New York : Orchard Books,

1999. A wolf learns to read in order to impress a group of

farmyard animals he has met.

E Bra

Bradby, Marie. More than anything else. New York : Orchard

Books, c1995. Nine-year-old Booker works with his father

and brother at the saltworks but dreams of the day when

he'll be able to read.

E Bro

Brown, Marc Tolon. Arthur's reading race. New York : Random

House, c1996. Arthur doesn't believe that his little sister

can really read, so he challenges her to prove it.

E Bru

Bruss, Deborah. Book! book! book! 1st ed. New York : Arthur A.

Levine Books, 2001. When the children go back to school,

the animals on the farm are bored, so they go into the

library in town trying to find something to do.

E Cas

Caseley, Judith. Sophie and Sammy's library sleepover. New York

: Greenwillow Books, c1993. A loving and sensitive

book-loving little girl teaches her brother to enjoy books.

E Coh

Cohen, Miriam. When will I read? New York : Greenwillow Books,

c1977. Impatient to begin reading, a first-grader doesn't

realize that there is more to reading than books.

E Dee

Deedy, Carmen Agra. The library dragon. Atlanta : Peachtree,

1994. Miss Lotta Scales is a dragon who believes her job is

to protect the school's library books from the children, but

when she finally realizes that books are meant to be read,

the dragon turns into Miss Lotty, librarian and storyteller.

E Gif

Giff, Patricia Reilly. Today was a terrible day. New York :

Penguin Books, 1984, c1980. Follows the humorous mishaps of

a second grader who is learning to read.

E Hob

Hoban, Tana. I read signs. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow

Books, c1983. Introduces signs and symbols frequently seen

along the street.

E Hut

Hutchins, Pat, 1942-. The tale of Thomas Mead. 1st ed. New

York : Greenwillow Books, c1980. Thomas refuses to learn to

read and gets into trouble when he fails to read signs like

"Exit," "Danger," and "Ladies.".

E Kim

Kimmel, Eric A. I took my frog to the library. New York, N.Y.,

U.S.A. : Viking, 1990. A young girl brings her pets to the

library--with predictably disastrous results.

E Med

Meddaugh, Susan. Hog-eye. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1995.

A young pig uses her ability to read to outwit a wolf that

intends to eat her.

E Pol

Polacco, Patricia. The bee tree. New York : Philomel Books,

c1993. To teach his granddaughter the value of books, a

grandfather leads a growing crowd in search of the tree

where the bees keep all their honey.

E Pol

Polacco, Patricia. Thank you, Mr. Falker. New York : Philomel

Books, c1998. At first, Trisha loves school, but her

difficulty learning to read makes her feel dumb, until, in

the fifth grade, a new teacher helps her understand and

overcome her problem.

E Roc

Rockwell, Anne F. I like the library. 1st ed. New York :

Dutton, c1977. A young child describes all the things that

are available at the library.

E Seu

Seuss, Dr. I can read with my eyes shut. New York : Beginner

Books, c1978. The Cat in the Hat takes Young Cat in tow to

show him the fun he can get out of reading.

E Wel

Wells, Rosemary,. Bunny cakes. 1st ed. New York : Dial Books

for Young Readers, c1997. Max makes an earthworm cake for

Grandma's birthday and helps Ruby with her angel surprise

cake. At the store, the grocer can't read all of the

shopping list, until Max solves the problem by drawing a

picture.

F Lob

Lobel, Arnold. Fables. [New York] : HarperCollins, c1980.

Twenty original fables about an array of animal characters

from crocodile to ostrich.