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Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type

By: Doreen Cronin

Illustrated by: Betsy Lewin

Genre: Fiction

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Farmer Brown has his hands full when the cows on his farm get a typewriter. Duck, however, negotiates successfully for all parties in this very funny farm story of very clever animals. Be prepared to talk about typewriters or take a trip to a museum to see one!

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Grandfather's Journey

By: Allen Say

Genre: Biography, Nonfiction

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Say narrates the saga of his grandfather who as a young man travels to the United States in the early 20th century, marries, and returns to Japan. Watercolor portraits of people and places glimpse the contrast of cultures and parallel the lives of grandfather and grandson. It could lead to a discovery of family histories. Country of origin: Japan

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Knock Knock: My Dad's Dream for Me

By: Daniel Beaty

Illustrated by: Bryan Collier

Genre: Fiction

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Independent Reader

A boy's game with his father begins each morning with, "KNOCK KNOCK." Then one morning, the father is no longer there but he shares his dreams for his son through a letter. Based on the author's separation from his father, sadness and hope radiate from the pages of this affecting story.

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Martha Calling

By: Susan Meddaugh

Genre: Fiction

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

There are three words that Martha — a dog who gained the ability to speak when she ate alphabet soup — absolutely hates. They are: No Dogs Allowed. So when Martha wins a weekend for her (human) family at the Do-Come-Inn, those words propel the Martha and the family into action with very funny results.

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Mirandy and Brother Wind

By: Patricia McKissack

Illustrated by: Brian Pinkney

Genre: Fiction

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Mirandy wants to win the cakewalk dance but to do so, can she capture Brother Wind? Inspired by a family photograph, the author and illustrator richly imagine a time past and what a clever girl can achieve. Realistic watercolor illustrations increase the story’s sense of time, place, and its drama.

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My Father's Dragon

By: Ruth Stiles Gannett

Illustrated by: Ruth Chrisman Gannett

Genre: Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales, Fiction, Fantasy

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

A boy sets off to rescue a baby dragon and has a series of adventures before the happy conclusion. Though written long ago, the slightly eccentric tale continues to engage young readers.

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Parrots Over Puerto Rico

By: Cindy Trumbore

Illustrated by: Susan Roth

Genre: Nonfiction

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Independent Reader

How colorful parrots that have lived on the island of Puerto Rico for “millions of years” almost disappeared but can again be seen today makes an exciting saga. Enjoy the richly colored collage cutouts illustrate alone or read the informative text which details the history of parrots and their island home.

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Snowflake Bentley

By: Jacqueline Martin

Illustrated by: Mary Azarian

Genre: Nonfiction, Biography

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Independent Reader

The story of one boy’s passion for snowflakes led to a lifetime’s study. Wilson Bentley, better known as Snowflake Bentley, is presented in a fascinating picture book biography. Read just the story portion or include the factual narration which is included on each page. Illustrations evoke Snowflake’s Vermont, just the thing for a warm day.

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Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

By: William Steig

Genre: Fiction

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Independent Reader

When a young donkey named Sylvester comes across a magic pebble, he saves himself from a confrontation with a lion by wishing himself into a rock. Frantic parents search for Sylvester until they stop for a picnic on a large rock. Rich language and humorous cartoon illustrations make this a memorable classic.

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Tacky the Penguin

By: Helen Lester

Illustrated by: Lynn Munsinger

Genre: Fiction

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Tacky is an odd bird, very unlike his friends and colleagues. But it is Tacky’s peculiarities that save he and his friends from hungry predators. Humor is created by offbeat illustrations of Tacky’s behavior and clever language.

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The Three Pigs

By: Steven Kellogg

Genre: Fiction, Fairytales, Folk Tales, and Tall Tales

Age Level: 3-6

Reading Level: Beginning Reader

Serafina Sow returns from her retirement in the Gulf of Pasta to help her three pig offspring to defeat the big bad wolf, Tempesto. Elements of the more traditional story are here (houses of brick, straw and sticks) but made fresh and funny (such as the family business of waffle-making) in this creative recasting of an old tale illustrated in the artist’s signature style.

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Zen Shorts

By: Jon J Muth

Genre: Poetry, Fiction

Age Level: 6-9

Reading Level: Independent Reader

Stillwater, a large panda, tells each child a story that illustrates a principle of Zen. Although the tales will captivate children, adults may recognize the philosophy imbedded in them. Delicate, handsome illustrations capture the mood and flow of the stories.

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In first grade, most children are starting to learn to read on their own. But because their abilities and interest in reading at this age can vary like crazy, Leigh Fox, a children’s librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library, “highly encourages” parents and caregivers to continue to read aloud to their first-graders, even as they learn to flip through pages themselves. When reading aloud, Fox suggests incorporating a “variety of stories and formats,” including longer chapter books, nonfiction, graphic novels, and picture books, “to best excite them about reading and make it a positive experience.”

When it comes to books the 6- and 7-year-olds in your life read on their own, Carly Lemire, head of youth services at Blackstone Library in Branford, Connecticut, recommends using the “five-finger test,” rather than grade level, to more accurately choose titles that help instill confidence in young readers. Conducting the five-finger test is simple, she explains: “Open a book to any page and have your child read that page. If there are five or more words that they have difficulty with, then that book is a little too hard for them,” in which case you should either pick something a little easier or read it aloud to them until they are ready to read it themselves.

In terms of subject matter, our experts generally agreed that the best books for any first-grader are the ones they love the most — no matter how silly the story may seem. “Any book that a kid likes to read is one that is going to help make them a lifelong reader,” explains Maggie Levine, a children’s librarian with the Boston Public Library. And no matter how well-stocked their school library might be, it’s never too soon to expand their horizons even further by choosing books that depict children of many different ethnicities and cultures, says Kazz Alexander Pinkard, executive director of Hit the Books, an after-school nonprofit in Harlem. “I think that that level of exposure is really important,” he says.

To help narrow the field, however, we talked to Fox, Lemire, Levine, Pinkard, and five other librarians and educators about their favorite books for kids in first grade. Read on for their picks, which include books to read together, easy-reader books, early chapter books, and even some of the most popular titles as determined by actual 6- and 7-year-olds.

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems

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Four of the people we talked to — Lemire; Faith Ward, a middle-school librarian at Baltimore’s Gilman School; Rouhama Garelick, the director of Walder Education; and Emily Levitt, VP of education at Sylvan Learning — specifically recommend Willems’s picture book about a grumpy pigeon as one to read aloud to a first-grader. Levitt loves how the pigeon’s behavior mirrors that of many kids at this age, and how the bus-driver character breaks the fourth wall to involve the reader. “I love it for this age because the concept is zany and the story is hilarious. Both parent and child will relate to Pigeon’s pleas to drive the bus. It has all the necessary ingredients for a winning first grade children’s book.” Although only half of our experts chose this specific title, nearly all of them recommended reading something written by Mo Willems aloud, raising this to the top of our read-aloud list. Lindsy Serrano, a librarian at St. Francis School in Kentucky, credits Willems’s use of catchy graphics paired with minimal text in different sizes “to display different emotional levels.”

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

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Andrea Beaty’s picture book about a burgeoning scientist is the third in her series of best-selling STEM-themed children’s books and, like the Willems title above, also came recommended by four of our experts as a wonderful read-aloud book for any first-grader. “Ada questions everything and experiments constantly,” says Levitt, who told us she appreciates the book’s “up-close view of the scientific method and excellent representation of children of color engaged in STEM.” Lemire; Brooklyn Public Library librarian Yesha Naik; and Mollie Welsh Kruger, a professor at the Bank Street College of Education who teaches a course in children’s literature, all suggested Ada Twist as well. If that’s not enough to convince you, Netflix recently released an animated series inspired by Ada Twist, making the character a celebrity in many kids’ eyes.

Julián Is a Mermaid by Jessica Love

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Also recommended by four of our experts — Naik, Ward, Lemire, and Serrano — is this story about a boy who loves mermaids. Naik loves the book’s “fluid, colorful illustrations,” and Serrano says she uses it during story time because of the way it “defies male expectations and stereotypes.”

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Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #1-6 Box Set)

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For 6- and 7-year-olds who are fascinated by anything for older kids, the Dog Man series by Pilkey — the author of the wildly popular Captain Underpants franchise — is a great set of books to grow into, according to Lemire, Serrano, Fox, and Lisa Goldstein, another librarian with the Brooklyn Public Library. They all say first-graders love Dog Man because of its big-kid feel and subversive humor. Even though these books are probably a bit too hard for most first-graders to read on their own, graphic novels like these are really popular at this age, according to Serrano, and are generally a fun way to excite young readers. Goldstein agrees, calling the Dog Man books “an exciting boundary-pusher for younger kids.”

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The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak

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Another book first-graders find hilarious is The Book With No Pictures, which was written by The Office star turned kids’ author B. J. Novak and came recommended by Levitt and Serrano. Devoid of illustrations and designed to be read aloud or in groups, this book is popular because it’s full of onomatopoeia and alliteration, forcing the person reading it to say silly things. Levitt likes that it teaches vocabulary while encouraging children to use their imaginations. Serrano says that when she reads it at story time, “kids are rolling on the floor laughing.”

We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

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This book, by award-winning author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins, came recommended by Welsh Kruger and Lemire. We Don’t Eat Our Classmates is also one of the four 2019 winners of the Irma Black Award, an honor determined by an annual vote cast by first- and second-grade children from around the world. Welsh Kruger says that in the past few years, humorous books like this and Novak’s have had “a bit of a winning streak, because kids at that age particularly like humor.”

The Day the Crayons Quit

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The Day the Crayons Came Home

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For first-grade readers, Pinkard always recommends The Day the Crayons Quit and its sequel The Day the Crayons Came Home because they have wonderful, diverse characters that reflect different personalities. “I love the idea of the crayons and the rainbow reflecting the differences between people and attitudes and roles in society,” he says. In addition, the text switches between multiple fonts, which has real-world applications: The more often kids see the same words written in cursive and print, the better they’ll become at reading with fluency.

Gaston by Kelly DiPucchio

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Levine told us that she loves the illustrator Christian Robinson, and that this picture book and DiPucchio’s sequel entitled Antoinette — both of which feature Robinson’s artwork — are her favorite books to give as gifts. Serrano also recommends Gaston, which tells the story of a French bulldog and a poodle switched at birth, because it has sparked interesting conversations among her kindergarteners about what makes a family.

Walter Does His Best: A Frenchie Adventure in Kindness and Muddy Paws

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Pinkard is a huge fan of Walter, a book about a mischievous dog who runs amuck in New York City. “I love all books about New York City, and I think Walter is a perfect book for students to learn vocabulary, but also to learn about the city sounds and how to describe them,” he says. These city onomatopoeia like “screech, honk, and splash” are fun to read aloud and help children sound things out. According to Pinkard, remote schooling during the pandemic has created gaps in early reading development for things like phonemic awareness among kindergarteners and first-graders. One way to help kids catch up is by focusing on books like Walter that depict elements of life they can relate to, while helping them with the phonics and word recognition necessary for them to move forward.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Both Ward and Lemire recommend Maurice Sendak’s classic title as one you should still make space for on your kid’s bookshelf. Ward likes that it shows how children and parents sometimes disagree and how, using his imagination, protagonist Max finds a way to escape when angry. But, in the end, when that anger has passed, he just wants to be back home.

‘Hair Love,’ by Matthew A. Cherry

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“I see many of our young boys and girls running to books like Hair Love because they feel like it depicts them,” says Pinkard. The book, which was made into an Oscar-winning movie, tells the story of a Black father who has to learn how to give his daughter an extra-special hairstyle for a big day. “One of our students, who is in second grade this year, literally jumped up when she saw this book and said, ‘I love this book, it’s about me and my dad.’”

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The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family

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Pinkard also recommends the award-winning picture book The Proudest Blue as a great read-aloud book to help first-graders and their families learn more about Muslim heritage and culture. The vibrantly illustrated book by Olympic medalist and social-justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad follows two sisters on their first day of school — and one’s first day of hijab.

“Frog and Toad Are Friends” by Arnold Lobel

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Fox, Lemire, Levine, and Welsh Kruger all recommend Frog and Toad Are Friends for children starting to read alone. Welsh Kruger told us that this book, and the whole Frog and Toad series, were part of a study that she and a colleague conducted on the best books for early readers. “We were trying to see what makes early readers worthwhile; in the end, this book seems to have hit the nail on the head.” Levine calls the Frog and Toad series an “absolute classic” and says that she loves how the gentle adventures play out across several short stories, which helps encourage beginner readers who might feel overwhelmed by longer chapter books.

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We Are in a Book! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems

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Another early-reader series that stars a memorable duo is Mo Willems’s Elephant and Piggie books. Fox, Lemire, Serrano, and Levine told us that these books, which have no more than ten words per page, are easy and incredibly popular titles for new readers. Lemire says she can’t keep them on the shelves, and Fox says kids love the “fun-filled antics between the beloved Gerald and Piggie.” Serrano specifically recommended this book from the series because it’s designed to introduce all kinds of good reading habits to kids, including predicting outcomes and the concept of reading a book more than once — therefore encouraging reading for pleasure. Like Frog and Toad, these familiar, funny characters and their recurring adventures make learning new words less scary to first-graders, according to our experts.

Super Fly Guy

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According to Jacob Cohen, a teacher in Brooklyn, the Fly Guy book series is crazy popular among first-graders (and some second-graders too) these days. “They’re very competitive about collecting the whole set,” he says. This easy reader series is full of funny drawings and slapstick scenarios, and it’s perfect for independent reading time.

Actual Size by Steve Jenkins

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Levine, Welsh Kruger, Fox, and Lemire recommended this title by Steve Jenkins, an author they say is known for his nonfiction children’s books. Fox says Actual Size is the perfect mix of attention-grabbing story and STEM concepts “such as size comparison and animal behavior.” Levine adds that “Jenkins’s books make animals and bodies accessible to kids.” Welsh Kruger recommends this book for animal lovers in particular because of its “beautiful, ripped-paper collage” illustrations.

Under Water, Under Earth

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Cohen says this giant illustrated encyclopedia about all things under the ocean (and underground) is among the books that first-graders are constantly drawn to. The book is reversible, so from one side you can explore double-page spreads about submarines and deep-sea life. Turn it around, and you’ll get pages upon pages about volcanoes, burrowing animals, and man-made tunnels.

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1. Agniya Barto "Bunny"
2. E. Blaginina "Let's Sit in Silence"
3. O. Vysotskaya "Dandelion"
4. B. Zakhoder "Kiskino Grief", "The Whale and the Cat"
5. Poems (V. Mikhalkov) “What about you?”, “My puppy”, “Kittens”, “Calligraphy”, etc.)
6. V. Oseeva “The Magic Word”, “Sons”
7. “Birch”: Russian folk song
8. "Geese-Swans" : Russian folk tale
9. "Two frosts" : Russian folk tale
10. "Porridge from an ax": Russian folk tale
11. "Fox and crane" : Russian folk tale
12. "Fox and black grouse": Russian folk tale
13. and fox" : Russian folk tale
14. L. N. Tolstoy "Dragonfly and Ants" : fable in prose
15. K. D. Ushinsky "Wind and Sun"
K. "K. Chukovsky sun", "Phone"

Folklore.

1. Russian folk tales:
Tiny Khavroshechka.

2. Russian folk tales about animals:
Winter animals
Cat, rooster and fox
Fox and hare
Goby-Smollya Barrel
Fox and Crane
Fox Sestrich and Wolf
Cockerel - golden comb

3. Tales of the peoples of the world:
African fairy tale "Baby leopard and baby antelope",
Montenegrin fairy tale "Milos finds his mother".

4. Scottish folk songs.
"Little Willie Winky", retold by I. Tokmakova.

4. English folk songs.
"Braves", translation by S. Marshak .

5. English children's songs.
“The boat is sailing, the boat is sailing”, translation by S. Marshak.

6. Czech folk songs for children.
"Round dance", retold by S. Marshak.

7. Slovak fairy tale
"Visiting the sun".

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2. A. Lindgren
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   Blue Snake.
   
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12. Monetskovsky
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13. 7 ” Like a frog was looking for a dad"
    
14. A. Mityaev
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2. N. Nosov.
   Living Hat. "Friend." "Phantoms". "Karasik". "Merry Family" and other stories. "The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends".
3. V. Dragunsky.
   “He is alive and glowing…”
4. V. Oseeva.
   "The Magic Word", "Why?", "Blue Leaves".
5. B. Zhitkov.
   How I caught little men.

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2. Snegirev. Starling. The Sly Chipmunk and Other Stories.
3. N. Sladkov. Multicolored earth. Forest tales.
4. M. Prishvin. Hedgehog. Guys and ducks.
5. I. Sokolov-Mikitov. Leaf fall.

1. A.S. Pushkin. "Winter! Peasant triumphant…”, “Red dawn…”
2. N. Nekrasov. “It is not the wind that rages over the forest…”
3. K. Balmont “Snowflake”.
4. S. Yesenin. “Winter sings – calls out…”
5. S. Cherny “On skates”, “About a girl who found her bear”, “Who?”
6. I.A. Krylov. "Swan, cancer and pike", "Dragonfly and ant", "Crow and fox".

Modern poetry

1. N. Rubtsov "Sparrow", "Crow".
2. A. Barto "In defense of Santa Claus".
3. Sapgir "Gifts of Spring", "Gardener", "Cat and Me", "Forest Alphabet", "Four Envelopes", "Tale of Forest Music".
4. E. Trutneva "Autumn".
5. I. Pivovarova "We have been searching for a long time", "What the cloud dreamed about", "Blue Evening".
6. O. Driz "Glasses", "Buttons", "One hundred funny frogs", "When a man is six", "Cello", "A sip of water".
7. Yu. Moritz “Yes, yes! This is not! "," Favorite pony "," Pony ".
8. D. Rodari "The Train of Poems".
9. V. Berestov "Tales, songs, riddles", "Master Bird".
10. V. Berestov "Lark", "On the way to the first class".

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