Concord Public Schools
Summer Reading List
Grade 1
June 2010
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FICTION
Arnold, Tedd
Fly Guy series
Bang-Campbell, Monika
Little Rat series
Best, Cari
Sally Jean, Bicycle Queen
Boelts, Maribeth
Dogerella
Brown, Peter
The Curious Garden
Capucilli, Alyssa
Biscuit series
Carle, Eric
Mister Seahorse
Child, Lauren
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers
Cushma, Doug
Dirk Bones series
DiPucchio, Kelly
Grace for President
Ehlert, Lois
Oodles of Animals
Frazee, Marla
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
Fucile, Tony
Let’s Do Nothing!
Gorbachev, Valeri
Turtle’s Penguin Day
Harper, Charisse
Uh-Oh, Cleo
Henkes, Kevin
Birds
Lee, Suzy
Wave
Lester, Helen
Tacky Goes to Camp
London, Jonathan
Froggy Goes to Camp
Lord, James
Albert the Fix-it Man
McLeod, Bob
SuperHero ABC
Madison, Alan
Velma Gratch & the Way Cool Butterfly
Makhijani, Pooja
Mama’s Saris
Meister, Cari
My Pony Jack series
O’Malley, Kevin
Captain Raptor & the Space Pirates
Osborne, Mary Pope
Magic Tree House series
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse
Duck! Rabbit!
Rylant, Cynthia
Mr. Putter and Tabby series
Schwarz, Viviane
Timothy & the Strong Pajamas
Scieszka, Jon
Robot Zot!
Seeger, Laura Vaccaro
Dog & Bear: Two Friends, 3 Stories
Sherry, Kevin
I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
Spinelli, Eileen
Heat Wave
Van Leeuwen, Jean
Amanda & Oliver Pig series
Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth
Shells! Shells! Shells!
Watt, Melanie
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach
Willems, Mo
Elephant & Piggie series
NONFICTION
Arnosky, Jim
All About Frogs
Brenner, Barbara
One Small Place By the Sea
Cobb, Vicki
I Face the Wind
I Get Wet
Dillon, Leo & Diane
Mother Goose: Numbers on the Loose
Dobson, Christina
Pizza Counting
Frost, Helen
Monarch and Milkweed
Hall, Katy
Ribbit Riddles
Neubecker, Robert
Wow! America!
Rockwell, Ann
Becoming Butterflies
Sayre, April P.
Trout Are Made of Trees
Serafini, Frank
Looking Closely Along the Shore
Walsh, Melanie
10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
Williams, Rozanne
The Coin Counting Book
Zschock, Martha Day
Journey Around Boston from A to Z
Zuckerman, Andrew
Creature ABCs
POETRY
Bagert, Brod
Shout! Little Poems That Roar
Fisher, Aileen
The Story Goes On
George, Kristine O’Connell
Little Dog Poems
Hopkins, Lee Bennett
Weather: Poems for All Seasons
Katz, Bobbi
More Pocket Poems
Katz, Susan
Oh, Theodore! Guinea Pig Poems
Mannis, Celeste A.
One Leaf Rides the Wind
Martin, Bill
The Bill Martin, Jr. Big Book of Poetry
Paolilli, Paul
Silver Seeds
Schertle, Alice
Button Up!
Yolen, Jane
Here’s a Little Poem
Zemach, Margot
Some from the Moon, Some From the Sun
Zolotow, Charlotte
Seasons
BIOGRAPHY
Adler, David A.
Any “Picture Book” title (ex: Harry Houdini)
Berne, Jennifer
Manfish: a Story of Jacques Cousteau
Brown, Don
One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong
Krensky, Stephen
Ben Franklin and His First Kite
Rodriguez, Rachel
Through Georgia’s Eyes
Winter, Jeanette
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
FOLKTALES
Bruchac, Joseph
Raccoon’s Last Race
Craft, K.Y.
Sleeping Beauty
Diakite, Babu Wague
The Hatseller and the Monkeys
Kimmel, Eric
Anansi’s Party Time
MacDonald, Margaret
The Great Smelly, Slobbery Small-Tooth Dog
Paye, Won-Ldy
The Talking Vegetables
Pinkney, Jerry
The Lion & the Mouse
Squires, Janet
The Gingerbread Cowboy
