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Children's Recommendations - Grade 1

Grade 1 - Picture Books

 

Extra yarn
ISBN: 9780061953385
Title: Extra yarn by Mac Barnett - With a supply of yarn that never runs out, Annabelle knits for everyone and everything in town until an evil archduke decides he wants the yarn for himself
Author: Barnett, Mac.
One cool friend Cover
ISBN: 9780803734135
Title: One cool friend by Toni Buzzeo - Elliot, a very proper young man, feels a kinship with the penguins at the aquarium and wants to take one home with him
Author: Buzzeo, Toni.
Thank you, Omu Cover
ISBN: 9780316431248
Title: Thank you, Omu! by Oge Mora - When the aroma of Omu's homemade stew fills the air, her neighbors arrive, one by one, for a taste until all is gone except for her generous spirit
Author: Mora, Oge, author, illustrator.
Dragons love tacos Cover
ISBN: 9780803736801
Title: Dragons love tacos by Adam Rubin - Explores the love dragons have for tacos, and the dangers of feeding them them anything with spicy salsa
Author: Rubin, Adam, 1983-
Cover of My Pet Wants a Pet by Elise Broach depicting a Black by driving a remote controlled car while an orange cat and white dog run along side him.
ISBN: 9781250109279
Title: My Pet Wants a Pet
Author: Broach, Elise
Cover of Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal depicting a girl with short black hair wearing red an white striped overalls holding a pencil.
ISBN: 9780763693558
Title: Alma and How She Got Her Name
Author: Martinez-Neal, Juana
Cover of Dim Sum, Here We Come by Maple Lim depicting two children peering over the top of a table at steamer baskets full of food. Behind them a large family looks on.
ISBN: 9780062396983
Title: Dim Sum, Here We Come
Author: Lam, Maple
Cover of The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi depicting a girl wearing a burgundy helmet and riding a bicycle. There is a cute, pink monster on her head.
ISBN: 9781368025621
Title: The Magical Yet
Author: DiTerlizzi, Angela
Cover of Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates by Cheryl Klein depicting a hamster peering through the bars of his cage.
ISBN: 9780593324233
Title: Hamsters Make Terrible Roommates
Author: Klein, Cheryl
Cover of Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Doreen Conin depicting three cows, a chicken, and a duck looking at a typewriter.
ISBN: 9780689832130
Title: Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
Author: Cronin, Doreen
Cover of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka depicting the front page of a newspaper called Daily Wolf. The headline is the title and there is a picture of the wolf blowing out air and knocking the pigs down.
ISBN: 9780670827596
Title: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!
Author: Scieszka, Jon
Cover of Can I Be Your Dog by Troy Cummings depicting a brown dog holding a letter in his mouth. The letter's address is the book title.
ISBN: 9780399554520
Title: Can I Be Your Dog?
Author: Cummings, Troy
Cover of How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers depicting a boy standing on a star, reaching up towards another star.
ISBN: 9780399242861
Title: How to Catch a Star
Author: Jeffers, Oliver
Cover of Chez Bob by Bob Shea depicting an alligator wearing a chef's hat and a tuxedo. There is a pink bird sitting on his snout sprinkling salt on his food. Bob is grinning and sprinkling salt on to the bird.
ISBN: 9780316483117
Title: Chez Bob
Author: Shea, Bob
Cover of Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep depicting a sheep and a sheep dog riding in an old blue pickup truck.
ISBN: 9780062677389
Title: Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep
Author: Barclay, Eric

Grade 1 - Readers

Cover of The Bad Seed Goes to the Library by Jory John depicting the Bad Seed lying on the floor reading a book in the library.
ISBN: 9780062954565
Title: The Bad Seed Goes to the Library
Author: John, Jory
Cover of Ty's Travels: Lab Magic by Kelly Starling Lyons depicting two Black boys doing a chemistry experiment. They are both wearing lab coats and safety goggles.
ISBN: 9780062951175
Title: Ty's Travels: Lab Magic
Author: Lyons, Kelly Starling
Cover of Interrupting Cow and the Chicken Crossing the Road by Jane Yolen depicting a cow with a rooster on her head. The rooster is crowing.
ISBN: 9781534481602
Title: Interrupting Cow and the Chicken Crossing the Road
Author: Yolen, Jane
Cover of Pete the Cat's Groovy Bake Sale by James Dean depicting Pete holding a steaming plate of chocolate chip cookies. The title of the book is written across a colorful pennant banner
ISBN: 9780062675255
Title: Pete the Cat's Groovy Bake Sale
Author: Dean, James
Cover of Dinosaur Friends! by Peter Curtis depicting 5 colorful dinosaurs looking at the reader.
ISBN: 9781665964548
Title: Dinosaur Friends!
Author: Curtis, Peter
Cover of The Nervous Narwhal by Maria Le depicting a green narwhal wearing glasses and a blue unicorn wearing a clear helmet.
ISBN: 9781665971195
Title: The Nervous Narwhal
Author: Le, Maria
Cover Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand by Rob Scotton depicting Splat at a lemonade stand, pouring lemonade from a pitcher into red plastic cups.
ISBN: 9780062697097
Title: Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand
Author: Scotton, Rob
Cover of Pinkalicious and the Pinkamazing Little Library by Victoria Kann depicting Pinkalicious and a boy standing next to a pink little free library.
ISBN: 9780063257320
Title: Pinkalicious and the Pinkamazing Little Library
Author: Kann, Victoria
Cover of Twinkle and the Fairy Flower Garden by Katharine Holabird depicting three fairies sitting in a flower garden.
ISBN: 9781534486270
Title: Twinkle and the Fairy Flower Garden
Author: Holabird, Katharine
Cover of Bruce's Big Fun Day by Ryan T. Higgins depicting Bruce struggling to carry an oversized backpack full of camping supplies while a small, brown mouse looks at him.
ISBN: 9781368015776
Title: Bruce's Big Fun Day
Author: Higgins, Ryan T.
Cover of Ninja at the Pet Shop by Luke Flowers depicting Moby Shinobi standing on the back of a light brown dog, There is a turtle on his head and an orange kitten and a red snake holding on to his wooden staff.
ISBN: 9781338187274
Title: Ninja at the Pet Shop
Author: Flowers, Luke
Cover of School of Fish by Jane Yolen depicting a large, gray fish floating above a blue school.
ISBN: 9781534438897
Title: School of Fish
Author: Yolen, Jane