1st Grade Book List

Note: Order of texts is subject to change as curriculum development is completed.

Fiction (13 weeks)

  1. Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes
  2. Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni
  3. Sam and Dave Dig a Hole written by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Jon Klassen
  4. Sato the Rabbit, Vol. 1 written by Yuki Ainoya and translated from the Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky
  5. A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
  6. Last Stop on Market Street written by Matt De La Pena and illustrated by Christian Robinson
  7. The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story written by Aya Khalil and illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan
  8. Tomatoes for Neela written by Padma Lakshmi and illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
  9. A Different Pond by Bao Phi
  10. On the Trapline written by David A. Robertson and illustrated by Julie Flett
  11. A Little Like Magic by Sarah Kurpiel
  12. The Wish Tree written by Kyo Maclear and illustrated by Chris Turnham
  13. I Am the Storm written by Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple and illustrated by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell

Nonfiction (12 weeks)

  1. Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpré written by Anika Aldamuy Denise and illustrated by Paola Escobar
  2. On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein written by Jennifer Berne and illustrated by Vladimir Radunsky
  3. The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey by Jason Chin
  4. If You Lived Here: Houses of the World by Giles Laroche
  5. This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe
  6. Big Tracks, Little Tracks: Following Animal Prints written by Millicent E. Selsam and illustrated by Marlene Hill Donnelly
  7. Wild City: Meet the Animals Who Share Our City Spaces written by Ben Hoare and illustrated by Lucy Rose (2 weeks)
  8. DK Findout! Animals (4 weeks)

Poetry (7 weeks)

  1. How to Write a Poem written by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Deanna Nikaido
  2. Bathe the Cat written by Alice B. McGinty and illustrated by David Roberts
  3. Nell Plants a Tree written by Anne Wynter and illustrated by Daniel Miyares
  4. Something, Someday written by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Christian Robinson
  5. Imagine by Juan Filipe Herrera
  6. If You Want to See a Whale by Julie Fogliano
  7. Remember written by Joy Harjo and illustrated by Michaela Goade

Grammar (all year)

Visual Guide to Grammar and Punctuation by DK