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REQUIRED SUMMER READING APPROVED LIST FOR

FIRST GRADE

2018-2019 (*) Indicates books found in FCA Library.

If “series” is noted by a title, any book in that series may be read.

Themes are listed at the end of the list.

Please do not read more than two per series/theme until the minimum 10-book requirement is met. Then read extra!!!

Please specify title AND series/theme on summer reading log (when applicable-see examples).

Allard, Harry *Miss Nelson is Missing [C,P]

Ardema, Verna Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears [C,P]

Barlowe, D. Who Lives Here? [C]

Bemelmans, L. *Madeline (series) [C,P]

Berenstain, S.& J. *The Berenstain Bears Go to School (B.Bears series) [C,P]

Berenstain, S & J. *Trouble at School [C,P]

Borden, Louise A. Lincoln and Me [C]

Borden, Louise Off to First Grade [P]

Brett, Jan *Annie and the Wild Animals (any Jan Brett picture book) [C,P]

Brett, Jan *Town Mouse/Country Mouse [C]

Bridges, Ruby Ruby Bridges Goes to School: My True Story [P]

Brown, M. *Arthur’s Tooth (Arthur series) [C,P]

Bulla, C.R. *Daniel’s Duck [C]

Burton, V. *Katy and the Big Snow [C,P]

Butterworth,N. & M.Inkpen *Stories Jesus Told series (If reading from this Treasury, record each story separately on reading log.)

Butterworth,N. & M.Inkpen *The Mouse’s Story: Jesus and the Storm (and series)

Capucilli, Alyssa *Biscuit (series) [C,P]

Carlson, Nancy Harriet and the Roller Coaster (Harriet series) [C,P]

Carlson, Nancy First Grade Here I Come! [C,P]

Carlson, Nancy I Don’t Like to Read [C,P]

Carlson, Nancy Sit Still! [C,P]

Cleary, Brian Punctuation Station [C]

Cohen, M. The New Teacher [C]

Crawford, Kathleen *Have You Seen the Wind?

Cronin, Doreen *Click, Clack, Moo [C,P]

Cronin, Doreen Dooby, Dooby, Moo [C,P]

Cronin, Doreen Giggle, Giggle, Quack [C,P]

Cronin, Doreen Thump, Quack, Moo: A Wacky Adventure [C,P]

Crump, D. Creatures Small and Furry [C]

Darling, Kathy ABC Cats [C]

Darling, Kathy ABC Dogs [C]

Daugherty, J. *Andy and the Lion [P]

Davis, Meredith Up and Away! Taking a Flight [C]

Davol, B. *Christopher Church Mouse series

de la Bédoyère, Camilla Farmyard Friends series [C]

de Paola, Tomie Charlie Needs A Cloak [C,P]

de Paola, Tomie Pancakes for Breakfast [C]

de Paola, Tomie Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs [C]

Dobson, Danae *Woof series (The Best of Woof) [C]

Drummond, Allan Casey Jones [C]

Duvoisin, R. Petunia [C,P]

Eastman, P.D. *Are You My Mother? [C,P]

Eastman, P.D. *Go, Dog, Go [C,P]

Ehlert, Lois Eating the Alphabet [C,P]

Ehlert, Lois Lots of Spots [C,P]

Farmer, Bonnie ABC Letters in the Library [C]

Flack, M. Angus series [C]

Fredericks, Anthony Weird Walkers [P]

Fox, Mem Zoo Looking [C]

Galdone, Paul The First Seven Days [C]

Gambill, Henrietta *Dinosaurs in God’s World Long Ago

Gerstein, Mordecai *The Man Who Walked Between the Towers [C,P]

Gibbons, Gail *Check It Out: The Book About Libraries [C,P]

Gibbons, Gail The Milk Makers [C]

Godfrey, Jan *Who Made the Morning?

Guarino, D. *Is Your Mama a Llama? [C,P]

Harrison, David Caves: Mysteries Beneath Our Feet [C]

Ham, Ken *All God’s Children

Ham, Ken *It’s Designed to Do What It Does Do

Henkes, K. *Owen [C,P]

Hoban, Tana 26 Letters and 99 Cents [C]

Hodgkins, Fran How People Learned to Fly [C,P]

Hoff, Syd *Danny and the Dinosaur (any Syd Hoff picture book) [C,P]

Hoff, Syd *Oliver [C,P]

Hopkinson, Deborah Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale [C,P]

Horenstein, H. Sam Goes Trucking [C]

Hudson, F.M. *My Bible Alphabet Book

Hurd, Edith Thacher Starfish [C]

Hutchins, Pat Changes, Changes [C]

Jenkins, Priscilla *A Nest Full of Eggs

Jenkins, Steve and Robin Page What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? [C,P]

Jeunesse, Gallimard * Airplanes and flying machines [C]

Keane, Glen *Adam Raccoon series

Keatts, E. *Goggles [C,P]

Keatts, E. *Peter’s Chair [C,P]

Keatts, E. Whistle for Willie [C,P]

Keller, Laurie Do Unto Otters [C,P]

Kingsbury, Karen Far Flutterby (and other children’s books by this author)[C]

Kirk, Pat & Alice Brown *Bear Up [C]

Kraus, R. Whose Mouse Are You? [C,P]

Lane, M. The Beaver [C]

Lawrence, Jacob Harriet and the Promised Land [C]

Leedy, Loreen The Edible Pyramid [C]

LeSieg, Theo (Dr. Seuss) Ten Apples Up on Top [C,P]

Lester, Helen *Tacky the Penguin (series) [C,P]

Lionni, Leo Mr. McMouse [C]

Lionni, Leo *Swimmy (any Leo Lionni picture book) [C,P]

Lobel, Arnold *Frog and Toad (series) [C,P]

Lottridge, Celia Barker One Watermelon Seed [C]

Mackall, Dandi Daley Bob’s Great Escape (and series) [P]

Mackall, Dandi Daley *My Favorite Verses series (any picture book by D.D. Mackall - [C,P])

Maestro, B. Ferryboat [P]

Mayer, Mercer Just Me and My Dad (any Mercer Mayer picture book) [C,P]

McBratney, S. *Guess How Much I Love You [C,P]

McCarthy, Meghan Astronaut Handbook [C]

McCloskey, R. *Make Way for Ducklings [C,P]

McCloskey, R. *Blueberries for Sal [C,P]

McNaught, H. Animal Babies [e-book]

McPhail, D. Bear’s Toothache [C]

McPhail, D. *Pig-Pig series [C,P]

Minarik, E. *Kiss for Little Bear (series) [C,P]

Mishica, C. *Billions of Bugs

Morris, R. *Dolphin

Murphy, Frank George Washington and the General’s Dog [C,P]

Numeroff, L. *If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (series) [C,P]

Oxenbury, H. It’s My Birthday [C]

Parish *Amelia Bedelia series [C,P]

Paulsen, Gary Canoe Days [C,P]

Peet, Bill Huge Harold [C]

Pfeffer, Wendy What’s It Like to Be a Fish? [C,P]

Pinczes, Elinor *One Hundred Hungry Ants [C,P]

Pinkney, Jerry *The Lion and the Mouse [C,P]

Pinkney, Jerry The Ugly Duckling [C]

Potter, Beatrix *The Tale of Peter Rabbit [C,P]

Pulver, Robin Mrs. Toggle’s Zipper [C]

Pulver, Robin Silent Letters Loud and Clear [P]

Pulver, Robin Thank You, Miss Doover [C]

Rabe, Tish Oh Say Can You Say What’s the Weather Today? [C,P]

Rappaport, Doreen Martin’s Big Words [C,P]

Recorvits, Helen My Name is Yoon [C,P]

Rey (and others) *Curious George series [C,P]

Robinson, Sharon Testing the Ice [C,P]

Rock, Brian Deductive Detective [C]

Rylant, Cynthia *When I Was Young in the Mountains [C,P]

Scarry, Richard *Richard Scarry series [C,P]

Schweninger, A. *Autumn Days

Seuss *Cat In the Hat [C,P]

Seuss *Horton Hears a Who! [C,P]

Seuss *Horton Hatches the Egg [C,P]

Seuss *Fox in Socks [C,P]

Seuss *Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories [C,P]

Seuss *The Sneetches and Other Stories [C, P]

Seuss *Oh Say Can You Say? [C]

Seuss Wacky Wednesday

Skerry, Brian A Whale on Her Own [C]

Soule, Jean Never Tease a Weasel[C,P]

Stanley, Diane Joining the Boston Tea Party (Time Traveling Twins series) [C,P]

Steig, William *Doctor De Soto [C,P]

Steinberg, Laura Thesaurus Rex [C]

Thayer, J. The Puppy Who Wanted A Boy [C,P]

Viorst, Judith *The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day [C,P]

Waber, B. *Ira Sleeps Over [C]

Waite, Michael P. *Casey the Greedy Young Cowboy (and series – some @ C)

Weisner, David *Tuesday [C,P]

Weisner, David *Art and Max [C,P]

Wilder, Laura I. and R. Graef *My First Little House Books series [C,P]

Winters, Kay & N. Carpenter Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books [P]

Wiseman, Bernard *Morris the Moose [C,P]

Wiseman, Bernard *Morris Goes to School [C]

Wood, A. The Napping House [C,P]

Young, Ed Seven Blind Mice [C]

Ziefert, Harriet ABC Dentist [C]

Ziefert, Harriet A Dozen Dozens [C]

Zoehfeld, Kathleen W. What Lives in a Shell? [C]

Zordel, Amie Dinosaurs: Stars of the Show

*Dick & Jane Series - Division of Penguin Young Readers [C,P]

*The Little Red Hen (original story and/or adaptations by various authors) [C,P]

*The Three Bears (original story and/or adaptations by various authors) [C,P] “American Symbols”, “Amazing Science”, “Math Fun”, and/or “Field Trips” series by Picture Window Books,

various authors [C,P]

*Arch Books Bible story series – various authors

“Biographies” series by Picture Window Books, various authors [C,P]

*Happy Day Book series – various authors (Standard Publishing)

*All Books from the ABEKA Summer Reading Packet

*Theme books: Students may read any nonfiction title about these themes: America, animals, nature.

Please list theme (America, animals, or nature) on reading log along with title of the book.

(Nonfiction = true/factual/informational)

Check out the FCA online library: http://fcavirginia.follettdestiny.com.

Students may create an online account for placing book reservations online. Request your RenWeb ID

number at the office to get started. This is a wonderful tool for summer reading that I hope you will

take advantage of!

bplsonline.org – Campbell County Public Library website

pcplib.org – Pittsylvania County Public Library website

To request books through the public online library systems, first visit your local library branch to obtain a library card (if you

don’t already have one) and a pin number. Then log onto the website and set up an account.

Summer Reading Log Examples:

Example 1: Title: Dinosaurs: Stars of the Show

Author: Amie Zordel Series or Theme: N/A (not part of a series or theme)

Example 2: Title: How to Bake an American Pie

Author: Karma Wilson Series or Theme: America

http://fcavirginia.follettdestiny.com/

Summer Reading Log

Kindergarten-Second Grade

My son/daughter read completely the following books from the approved list during this summer.

(Ten books required.)

Parent Endorsement______________________________________

Limit of two per series/theme until minimum book requirement is met. Please specify title AND series/theme.

Themes are grade-appropriate topics listed at the bottom of the list. Students may read any nonfiction book related to these topics. If

“series” is listed beside a title, any book from that series may be read.

When selecting titles from a series or theme, please pay special attention to content and appropriate grade level.

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