Mrs. Sandhop's Suggested Reading List

Don't forget, the public library is a great place to borrow books for free and at the beginning of every month, students have the chance to order from Scholastic.  Scholastic offers new release books at a reasonable price.

Favorite Authors:

Eric Carle
Gail Gibbons
Leo Lionni
James Marshall
Bill Martin
Mercer Mayer
Dr. Seuss

Series for First Graders:

(Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park is a favorite)

Berenstain Bears - Jan and Stan Berenstain
Arthur Series - Marc Brown
Clifford Books - Norman Bridwell
Henry and Mudge - Cynthia Rylant
Little Bear - Minarik

Favorite Titles

Caps for Sale - Esphyr Slobodkina
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Chicken Soup with Rice - Maurice Sendak
Chester's Way - Kevin Henkes
Chrysanthemum - Kevin Henkes
The Cow That Went OINK - Bernard Most
Drummer Hoff - Barbara Embeley
Five Little Ducks - Raffi
Frog and Toad are Friends - Arnold Lobel
Freight Train - Donald Crews
A Friend for Dragon- Dav Pilkey
Good Work, Amelia Bedelia - Peggy Parish
Guess How Much I Love You - Sam McBratnay
If You Give a Moose a Muffin - Laura Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Numeroff
If the Dinosaurs Came Back - by Bernard Most
If You Give a Moose a Muffin - Laura Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie - Laura Numeroff
Is This a House for Hermit Crab? - Megan McDonald
Jolly Postman and Other People's Mail - Janet and Alan Ahlberg
Leo the Late Bloomer - Robert Kraus
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse - Kevin Henkes
Little Red Hen, The - Paul Galdone
May I Bring a Friend - Beatrice deRegniers
Millions of Cats - Wanda G'ag
Miss Nelson Has a Field Day - Harry Allard
(and other Miss Nelson books)
Mouse Soup - Arnold Lobel
Napping House - Don and Audrey Wood
More Spaghetti, I Say - Rita Goldman Gelman
Office Buckle and Gloria - Peggy Rathmann
Old Black Fly - Jim Aylesworth
Pancakes for Breakfast - Tomie de Paola
Pig Pig Gets a Job - David McPhail
Piggies - Audrey Wood
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!- David McPhail
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear - Bill Martin
Popcorn Dragon - Jane Thayer
Quick as a Cricket
Seven Blind Mice - Ed Young
Silly Sally - Audrey Wood
Snowy Day - Ezra Jack Keats
Somebody and the Three Blairs
Teeny Tiny - retold by Jill Bennett
There's a Monster Under My Bed
Very Hungry Caterpillar, The - Eric Carle
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak