247 books
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167 voters
First Grade Books
Showing 1-50 of 6,498
Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,019,391 ratings — published 1952
Frog and Toad Are Friends (Frog and Toad, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.25 — 96,665 ratings — published 1970
The Giving Tree (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.38 — 1,222,433 ratings — published 1964
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,052,177 ratings — published 1963
Green Eggs and Ham (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.31 — 838,413 ratings — published 1960
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.28 — 94,953 ratings — published 1999
Are You My Mother? (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.22 — 251,493 ratings — published 1960
Make Way for Ducklings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.25 — 90,676 ratings — published 1941
Amelia Bedelia (Amelia Bedelia, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.19 — 92,109 ratings — published 1963
Chrysanthemum (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.34 — 56,436 ratings — published 1991
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.33 — 104,145 ratings — published 2003
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.19 — 580,775 ratings — published 1957
The Night Before First Grade (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.15 — 970 ratings — published 2005
The Dot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.26 — 34,796 ratings — published 2003
David Goes to School (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.19 — 19,895 ratings — published 1999
No, David! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.16 — 62,939 ratings — published 1998
Miss Nelson Is Missing! (Miss Nelson, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.31 — 109,661 ratings — published 1977
The Story of Ferdinand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.37 — 94,111 ratings — published 1936
Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.38 — 15,295 ratings — published 1994
The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Board book)
by (shelved 8 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.34 — 542,871 ratings — published 1969
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.32 — 195,184 ratings — published 1989
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give...)
by (shelved 8 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.29 — 312,068 ratings — published 1985
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.24 — 187,445 ratings — published 1972
Beezus and Ramona (Ramona, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.03 — 103,533 ratings — published 1955
Stellaluna (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.27 — 120,412 ratings — published 1993
The Book with No Pictures (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.35 — 30,808 ratings — published 2014
Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.19 — 6,548 ratings — published 2006
Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.26 — 45,425 ratings — published 1972
Splat the Cat (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.16 — 10,792 ratings — published 2008
Billy and Blaze: A Boy and His Pony (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,065 ratings — published 1936
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.17 — 94,673 ratings — published 1940
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.18 — 141,790 ratings — published 1978
A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.26 — 87,912 ratings — published 1998
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.18 — 14,024 ratings — published 2005
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.20 — 118,880 ratings — published 1962
Corduroy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.33 — 228,562 ratings — published 1968
Junie B., First Grader: Toothless Wonder (Junie B. Jones, #20)
by (shelved 7 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,887 ratings — published 2002
The Day the Crayons Quit (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.42 — 59,088 ratings — published 2013
Junie B., First Grader (at Last!) (Junie B. Jones, #18)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.07 — 9,020 ratings — published 2001
Rosie Revere, Engineer: A Picture Book (The Questioneers)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.46 — 12,821 ratings — published 2013
Sam and Dave Dig a Hole (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.17 — 10,228 ratings — published 2014
Mercy Watson to the Rescue (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,695 ratings — published 2005
Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,970 ratings — published 2008
Dragons Love Tacos (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.20 — 23,746 ratings — published 2012
Oh, the Places You’ll Go! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.37 — 438,799 ratings — published 1990
Doctor De Soto (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.15 — 15,226 ratings — published 1982
Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed (Junie B. Jones, #8)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.03 — 9,901 ratings — published 1997
Today I Will Fly! (Elephant & Piggie, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.34 — 16,981 ratings — published 2007
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.26 — 170,085 ratings — published 1989
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Board book)
by (shelved 6 times as first-grade)
avg rating 4.27 — 190,144 ratings — published 1967
“IF YOUR CHILD IS READY FOR FIRST GRADE: 1979 EDITION
1. Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?
2. Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?
3. Can your child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?
4. Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?
5. Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?
6. Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?
7. Can he tell left hand from right?
8. Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend's home?
9. Can he be away from you all day without being upset?
10. Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as "The boy ran all the way home from the store"?
11. Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?
12. Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?”
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
1. Will your child be six years, six months or older when he begins first grade and starts receiving reading instruction?
2. Does your child have two to five permanent or second teeth?
3. Can your child tell, in such a way that his speech is understood by a school crossing guard or policeman, where he lives?
4. Can he draw and color and stay within the lines of the design being colored?
5. Can he stand on one foot with eyes closed for five to ten seconds?
6. Can he ride a small two-wheeled bicycle without helper wheels?
7. Can he tell left hand from right?
8. Can he travel alone in the neighborhood (four to eight blocks) to store, school, playground, or to a friend's home?
9. Can he be away from you all day without being upset?
10. Can he repeat an eight- to ten-word sentence, if you say it once, as "The boy ran all the way home from the store"?
11. Can he count eight to ten pennies correctly?
12. Does your child try to write or copy letters or numbers?”
― The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure












