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Great Books For First Graders February 2024 |
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Ada Twist’s head is full of questions. Like her classmates Iggy and Rosie, Ada has always been endlessly curious. Even when her fact-finding missions and elaborate scientific experiments don’t go as planned. |
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By Dan Santat
Humpty Dumpty's post-fall resolve to overcome his fears in order to reach great new heights, an ambition that leads to a surprising transformation. |
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Amelia Bedelia By Peggy ParishA literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions
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Battle Bunny By Jon ScieszkaAlex, whose birthday it is, hijacks the Birthday Bunny that his grandma gave him on his special day and turns it into a battle between a supervillain and his enemies in the forest.
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"Buzz," Said The Bee By Wendy Cheyette LewisonAs one animal sits on another in an accumulating progression, the reader learns the sounds each animal makes
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Chrysanthemum By Kevin HenkesChrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.
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Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs By Judi BarrettLife is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
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Creepy Crayon! By Aaron Reynolds Jasper Rabbit, who is NOT doing well in school, stumbles upon a pointy, perfect purple crayon, who wants to help him, but things take a sinister turn when the purple fiend tries to take over his life.
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| A surprised librarian and a young reader watch as dancing dinosaurs in a book leap off the page and into the school, causing havoc in the classroom and on the playground. |
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Danny And The Dinosaur By Syd Hoff Danny fulfills every boy's fantasy and befriends a dinosaur from the museum.
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The Dot By Peter H. ReynoldsTrying to make a point to her teacher that she has no artist talent, Vashti jabs the brush onto the canvas in a fit of anger, yet in doing so, Vashti sees something special and soon works with it.
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Dragons Love Tacos By Adam RubinExplores the love dragons have for tacos and the dangers of feeding them anything with spicy salsa.
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Duck! Rabbit! By Amy Krouse RosenthalTwo unseen characters argue about whether the creature they are looking at is a rabbit or a duck.
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Fancy Nancy : Fancy Day In Room 1-A By Jane O'ConnorHoping to cheer up her classmates after a gloomy week indoors, Nancy plans an elegant dress-up party and helps her teacher, Miss Glass, who arrives late in plain clothes on the big day.
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Frog And Toad Together By Arnold LobelFive further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.
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Giggle, Giggle, Quack By Doreen CroninWhen Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge, Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.
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Giraffes Can't Dance By Giles AndreaeSince his skinny legs won't cooperate when he wants to get down and boogie, Gerald the giraffe dreads going to the Great Jungle Dance, until he discovers his own unique rhythm.
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The Good Egg And The Talent Show By Jory JohnDuring the talent show, the good egg, accepting the fact he'll be just a regular audience member, gets his chance to shine when his friends need help on stage.
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Grace For President By Kelly S. DiPucchioExcited about the idea of becoming the country's first female president, Grace joins the school's presidential campaign to get her career on track, but when her competition seems to have the support of all the male voters, Grace must use all her campaigning skills to win them over by showing how she is truly the best person for the job.
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Hi! Fly Guy By Tedd ArnoldWhile out on a search to find the perfect creature to bring to "The Amazing Pet Show," a young boy encounters a friendly fly who is more than happy to lend him a hand, in an amusing tale about a very unlikely friendship.
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I Need My Monster By Amanda NollChecking under the bed for his monster, Ethan discovers that he is gone fishing for a week, and realizing he can't sleep without him tries to find a substitute monster.
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Jack At Bat By Mac BarnettA tied baseball game between the Lady Town Ladies and the Big City Brats challenges snack-sniffing bat boy Jack to hit a home run.
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The Library Fish Learns To Read by Alyssa Satin CapucilliHappily listening to story time and learning the alphabet, Library Fish, deciding she wants to read, too, jumps out of her bowl to practice when the library closes at night, determined to read on her own.
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Lola At The Library With Mommy By Anna McQuinnEnjoying weekly visits to the library with her mother, young Lola carefully packs up the borrowed books she is returning and secures her library card before picking out new stories that her mother reads to her at bedtime.
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Mac and Cheese By Sarah WeeksMacaroni and Cheese--two cats who are as different as night and day--are nevertheless best friends, as Cheese proves when a gust of wind plays havoc with Mac's favorite hat.
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Miss Nelson Is Missing! By Harry AllardThe kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.
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Morris Goes To School By Bernard WisemanMorris the Moose learns many useful things on his first day at school.
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My Toothbrush Is Missing! By Jan ThomasThe disappearance of a toothbrush leads to wacky misunderstandings and explanations for Dog, Donkey and the rest of their Giggle Gang friends.
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The New Girl-- And Me By Jacqui RobbinsTwo girls become friends when Shakeeta boasts that she has a pet iguana and Mia learns how to help Shakeeta "feel at home" even when she is in school.
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The Night Before First Grade By Natasha WingPenny's excitement over the start of first grade turns to sadness when she and her best friend are placed different classrooms, but they make the best of it and some new friends.
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Nothing Rhymes With Orange By Adam RexAll the fruits gather together and enjoy a rhyming party, but poor Orange feels left out because he does not rhyme with anything--until Apple invents a new word.
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Officer Buckle And Gloria By Peggy RathmannOfficer Buckle puts everyone to sleep with his painfully dull if informative lectures on safety, until he takes on a new partner, Gloria, Napville's new police dog, who knows just how to liven up Officer Buckle's safety speeches.
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Olivia Takes A Trip By Ellie O'RyanOlivia wiles away a long, tedious car trip by pretending to be on a jet to visit Grandma.
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Pete The Cat : A Pet For Pete By James DeanGarnering attention after painting a picture of his new pet goldfish, Pete the cat receives so many requests to make paintings for his neighbors that he devises an uproarious solution.
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Pig Makes Art By Laura Gehl"Pig makes art. Cat does not like the art. Will Cat have a change of heart?"
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Pinkalicious By Victoria KannBeing pink obsessed, a little girl goes wild when she is served pink cupcakes at a party, but when she eats one too many and actually turns pink, the little girl worries that her pink passion might have gotten a bit out of control--even for her!
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Splat The Cat And The Lemonade Stand By Laura DriscollSchool's out, and Splat can't wait to visit the waterpark, but first he needs make some money-selling lemonade! Splat opens a lemonade stand to make enough money to buy a ticket to the Super Jump Water Park. But when Spike opens another lemonade stand right across the street, Splat is in for some friendly competition. He's going to have to think fast to beat his rival!
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Splat The Cat Takes The Cake By Amy Hsu LinWhen an unfortunate accident breaks the family's television, young Splat resolves to win a new TV by entering a cake-baking competition, an effort that is challenged by a disastrous first attempt and a goal of preparing a cake in the shape of a favorite superhero.
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Swimmy By Leo LionniA small black fish teaches a school of red fish to frighten their enemies by swimming close together.
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There Is A Bird On Your Head! By Mo WillemsGerald the Elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head--two birds on your head!
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We Don't Eat Our Classmates By Ryan T HigginsWhen the class pet bites the finger of Penelope, a Tyrannosaurus rex, she finally understands why she should not eat her classmates, no matter how tasty they are.
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What This Story Needs Is A Pig In A Wig By Emma J. VirjánPig embarks on an exciting boat ride and discovers that life is more fun with friends, in a cumulative story that features such giggle-inducing characters as a dog on a log and a skunk on a trunk.
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Leonardo The Terrible Monster By Mo WillemsLosing all hope in his ability to scare people, which is sorely lacking, Leonardo, who is terrible at being a monster, discovers a nervous little boy who seems to be the perfect candidate for him to practice on.
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Longwood Public Library800 Middle Country RoadMiddle Island, New York 11953
(631) 924-6400
longwoodlibrary.org |
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