Books
for First Graders
I Can Read
Smell my foot!
by Cece Bell

An early reader told through comic panels shares the giggle-inducing interactions of the rule-following Chick and the absent-minded Brain, whose burgeoning friendship is tested by miscommunications and misunderstandings about good manners.
Sparkly new friends
by Heather Ayris Burnell

Differing on the subjects of magic and snowball fights, Unicorn and Yeti nevertheless bond over their shared love of sparkly things, hot chocolate with rainbow sprinkles and, most of all, being best friends, in a lighthearted series debut for new readers. Simultaneous.
A pig, a fox, and a box
by Jonathan Fenske

Combines simple language and comic art in three whimsical tales about best friends Pig and Fox, whose shenanigans with a cardboard box have rather crushing results. By the Geisel Award finalist creator of Love Is in the Air.
Garden day!
by Candice F. Ransom

A brother and sister spend a spring day planting a garden
The cookie fiasco
by Dan Santat

The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of The Adventures of Beekle and the Caldecott Honor-winning creator of Knuffle Bunny present the story of four wacky animal friends who struggle to share three cookies.
Baby Monkey, private eye
by Brian Selznick

The Caldecott Medal-winning creator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret blends the styles of a picture book, beginning reader and graphic novel in a story for younger audiences that conveys the imaginative adventures of Baby Monkey, Private Eye, who searches for lost jewels, sniffs out a missing pizza and tracks down a stolen spaceship.
Fox the tiger
by Corey R. Tabor

Fox decides to become a tiger because they are fast and sneaky, and soon, his other animal friends are joining in
We are in a book!
by Mo Willems

When Piggie discovers that she and Gerald are in a book and she can make the reader say a funny word out loud, Gerald is tickled pink, but what happens when the story is over? By a three-time Caldecott Honor winner, two-time Theodor Seuss Geisel Medal winner and #1 New York Times best-selling illustrator/author.
Read to Me
Cece loves science
by Kimberly Derting

A STEM-themed series debut follows an inquisitive youngster who teams up with her best friend in an effort to use science to answer the pressing question about whether or not her adorable dog, Einstein, eats vegetables.
Who am I? : an animal guessing game
by Steve Jenkins

Readers are given clues about an animal's characteristics and must use them to guess the identity of the creature
A big mooncake for Little Star
by Grace Lin

Reimagines the cycles of the moon as a mother bakes a Big Moon Cookie and, despite Mama's request to wait, Little Star begins nibbling at it every night
Who will plant a tree?
by Jerry Pallotta

Explores how animals, in the course of their everyday activities, help disperse seeds that will one day turn into trees
The kindness book
by Todd Parr

The beloved New York Times best-selling author uses his signature blend of playfulness and sensitivity to explore the value and joy in being kind to others.
Who wet my pants?
by Bob Shea

Triggering a blame game upon discovering that his pants are wet in an embarrassing way, young Reuben the bear is reassured by his friends that sometimes accidents happen and that there is no reason to be ashamed. By the author of the Dinosaur vs. series.
Llama destroys the world
by Jonathan Stutzman

An uproariously cake-obsessed, dancing llama gorges himself silly until he rips his favorite pair of dancing pants, inadvertently opening a black hole that challenges him to save the world, and perhaps fall for a different sweet treat.
Oops, pounce, quick, run! : an alphabet caper
by Mike Twohy

A whimsically illustrated alphabet book by the celebrated New Yorker cartoonist incorporates a story about a little mouse whose nap is interrupted by a ball that bounces into his home, setting off an epic chase from A to Z.
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