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Torrance Unified First Grade Summer Reading List

 

Incoming First Grade Reading List 

       Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures by Cynthia Rylant

      A Good Day by Kevin Henkes

       Little Rat Makes Music by Monika Bang-Campell

       The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Janice Harrington

       Duck for President-2008 by Doreen Cronin

       Even More Parts: Idioms from Head to Toe by Tedd Arnold

       The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

       Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss

       My Colors, My World by Maya Christina Gonzalez

       Pepita Talks Twice by Ophelia Dumas Lachtman

       Nate the Great (series) by Marjorie Sharmat

       Cassie's Word Quilt by Faith Ringgold

       My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza

       I Stink! by Kate McMullan

       Junie B. Jones, First Grader: Dumb Bunny by Barbara Park (series)

       Mother Goose Numbers on the Loose by Leo and Diane Dillon

       Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

       Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin

       Spinky Sulks by William Steig

 

These books have been recommended by the School Library Journal. You can read their reviews and those by the American Library Association on amazon.com. Most books or authors published before 2004 can also be found on the California Department of Education site Recommended Literature for Kindergarten Through Grade 12- http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/