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1st grade reading books for children aged 6-7 in Elementary School
Books for 1st grade – this list of suggested reading books has been curated and compiled by teachers, home educators and librarians for elementary school students aged 6-7. There is a range of picture books and short single chapter books to suit all abilities, including easy readers and more challenging stories. This list of 1st grade reading recommendations include titles by Jon Scieszka, Mal Peet, Mo Willems, Dr. Seuss, and Eleanor Estes.
The Book Hog by Greg Pizzoli
The book hog adores books – any books. He feels the pages with his hooves. He sniffs the pages and loves the pictures. However, he has a secret that mustn’t be told. He can’t read! Follow his journey to the library for story time and the joy when he learns to read. A great picture book to encourage younger readers.
Picture book
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The traditional tale of the Three Little Pigs is retold by the Wolf, and it wasn’t his fault. A very funny reimagining of this story with great illustrations. A perfect book for grade 1 group and shared reading.
Picture book
There’s an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
A young boy is convinced there’s an alligator under his bed. How will he stop it eating him in the middle of the night? Can he lure it to the garage with a series of clever tricks? Ideal for more confident 1st grade readers.
Bedtime story
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Andrew’s best friend Nicky has freckles, and Andrew wants them so badly he’ll do anything to get some. Then Sharon offers him a secret recipe to grow freckles.
Fantasy
The Boy Who Loved Words by Roni Schotter
Selig doesn’t collect action figures or trading cards – he collects words. Words which make him giggle or words which sound nice to say.
An excellent book to spark your child’s interest in language.
Picture book
There is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems
Gerald the Elephant gets extremely irritated by a series of birds that camp out on his head. Can his friend Piggie help him out?
Classic
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Ramona is excited to start school for the first time. But things don’t go to plan and she’s in trouble from the first moment. Will she work out what she’s doing wrong? A thought-provoking 1st grade reading book.
School story
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
The daily life of a wombat is not at all what you might expect. A very funny look at life from a different point of view. A funny 1st grade reading picture book.
Animal story
Little Cliff’s First Day of School by Clifton L Taulbert
A classic based in the South in the 1950s, this is a great book to discuss anxiety about starting school.
Heartwarming and sensitive, it should answer many children’s worries and questions.
Classic | School story
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
Wanda is teased by her classmates for wearing the same blue dress every day. This isn’t helped by a lie she tells which snowballs out of control. But, her friend Maddie then shows extraordinary kindness and stands up for her. Ideal to discuss with your 1st grade child.
Classic | Picture book
Hot Hot Hot by Neal Layton
Oscar and Arabella don’t like summer. Heat, flies, sweat, insects are not for them – because they are woolly mammoths. But then they come up with a very clever idea.
Animal story
Tuesday by David Wiesner
A stunningly imaginative picture book with strange and fantastical images including frogs on flying lily pads. There are no words in this book – which makes it ideal for helping your child tell the story and develop a rich and descriptive use of language.
An ideal first grade reading book to share.
Picture book | Fantasy
365 Penguins by Jean Luc Fromental
Imagine you wake up each day to find a penguin delivered to your front door. Who is sending them, what should you do with them, and where do you put them? A great picture story for helping 1st grade children to count and use their imagination.
Animal story
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
A funny story about life from the point of view of a worm. Homework can be eaten, baths are not necessary and mud is fine everywhere. But there’s one thing the worm wishes he could do.
Animal story | Humor
Uneversaurus by Aidan Potts
A clever book all about dinosaurs which encourages children to imagine for themselves what these creatures looked, like, sounded like and felt like.
Narrative non fiction
Water Boy by David McPhail
A moving fantasy story.
When a teacher tells a boy that people are mostly made out of water, he begins to panic. What if he dissolves? What if he goes down the plughole at bath time? But when he deals with fears, amazing and unexpected things start to happen. A great book for 1st grade children.
Fantasy
The Dot by Peter H Reynolds
Vashti sits through art class looking at her blank piece of paper. She hates art. But her teacher tells her, “Just make a mark and see where it takes you.” A world of creativity is opened up in this memorable story about overcoming a fear of failure.
Classic
When Sheep Cannot Sleep by Satoshi Kitamura
A story about a sheep who goes to extraordinary lengths to get to sleep, by going outside and counting everything he meets. A great story for developing math and memory skills.
Animal story
When Will I Read? by Miriam Cohen
Ideal for children struggling to read in first grade.
A heartwarming story about how different people learn in different ways.
School story
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
The classic Dr. Seuss rhyming story about all the places green eggs and ham can be eaten. Can the reader remember all the places at the end?
Classic
And I Mean It, Stanley by Crosby Bonsall
A fun and madcap story about a girl and her pet and the imaginative ideas she has to build something from nothing. This is an ideal first grade book for more confident readers.
Family story
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
An amazing book about a grumpy and rude ladybug who refuses to say please or thank you or be polite in any way. Great collage illustrations from the author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Animal story | Classic
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
Ideal for reluctant and emerging readers, this is a great rhyming book with repetition and stunning pictures.
Classic | Rhyming
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mrs. Mallard has the unenviable task of guiding her troop of ducklings across the city of Boston to the Public Gardens. But lots of interesting people help her along the way.
Classic
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Max has been sent to bed without supper. But once in his bedroom, his imagination comes alive with forests, jungles, wild beasts, and almost scary monsters.
Classic | Picture book
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
A group of sheep decides to see if they can all fit into a Jeep. Then they think of all sorts of unlikely places they can drive to, and nothing quite goes to plan. A very funny book ideal for more reluctant readers.
Humor | Animal story
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Trixie goes with her father to the Laundromat.
But she leaves something behind. No! It’s Knufflebunny her favorite toy! How can she explain to her father when she has yet to utter her first word? A touching and fun 1st grade reading book.
Classic | Picture book | Family
Morris the Moose by Bernard Wiseman
Morris, a toothy-grinned Moose, encounters some strange new animals for the first time and assumes each one is a strange kind of moose. But the Cow has other ideas. A story of unlikely friendship.
Animal story | Humor
How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? by Jane Yolen
A fly on the wall story of the life of dinosaurs, including dinosaur bedtimes, dinosaur dinner, and dinosaur tantrums. Great pictures.
Bedtime story
Bats at the Beach by Brian Lies
A night out at the beach with a group of bats – including moon tan lotion and toasting bug-mallows.
A very original rhyming story.
Rhyming
Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet
A heartwarming story about a girl whose mother is too ill to work. Set in the foothills of the Himalayas, Tashi is helped by magic monkeys to find the most valuable tea leaves in the land. Based on a Chinese legend. Ideal to read aloud to grade 1 children.
Legend | Picture book
How to Clean a Hippopotamus by Robin Page
A clever book about how animals help each other. By posing questions such as the story title, the book explores how living things work together in harmony.
Animal story | Narrative non fiction
The Retired Kid by John Agee
Brian has had enough of school, homework, chores and being told off – so he decides to retire and live at the Sunset Retirement Community. However, Brian’s new life isn’t quite what he’d imagined.
Humor | Picture book
Press Here by Herve Tullet
A clever book to fire the imagination. The reader presses dots, shakes pages, pulls tabs – and creates their own magic trick-like adventure. A great book for emerging readers and ideal for reading and discussing with your child. A great 1st grade storybook to share with reluctant readers.
Classic
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1st Grade Summer Reading List of Books
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Keep your soon-to-be 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best, most highly recommended first grade books!
These are favorite books for beginning readers from the easiest books with a few words per page to beginning chapter books with a sentence per page. (For my kids, this was first grade but for some kids, it’s earlier and for other children, it’s later. All stages of growth are fine!) You can find harder books on my summer reading list for second graders and more 5- and 6- year old book recommendations here.
Keep your first grade kids reading lots and lots of books this summer vacation!
Remember to help your 1st graders figure out those hard-to-read words with word attack strategies beyond the typical (and often useless) “sound it out.” Try these word attack strategies & download the free printable bookmark.
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First Grade Beginning Readers (EASY)
This list of beginning readers are first grade books with only a few words per page, perfect for kids who are entering first grade and just beginning to read. (Sight words are really important at this stage – download free printable sight word cards.)
If your 1st grader is looking for silly books, read:
- My Toothbrush is Missing by Jan Thomas
- What is Chasing Duck? by Jan Thomas
- We Are in a Book by Mo Willems (all Elephant and Piggie books are fantastic!)
- The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow by Andy Griffiths
- Ed and Ted and Ted’s Dog Fred by Andy Griffiths
- Friends Do Not Eat Friends (Thunder and Cluck) by Jill Esbaum
- Hi, Jack! by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli
- Let’s Make Cake (Bobo and Pup Pup) by Vikram Madan
- That Egg is Mine by Liz Goulet Dubois
If your 1st grade child likes stories about real life and friendship, try:
- Who Is That, Cat the Cat? by Mo Willems
- We Are Growing by Laurie Keller
- Don’t Worry, BEE Happy by Ross Burach
- Big Cat by Ethan Long
- The Cookie Fiasco by Dan Santat
- Trucktown by Jon Scieszka
- Emerson Is Mighty Girl! by Meredith Rusu
- Kit and Kaboodle Take the Train by Michelle Portice
- Unlimited Squirrels in I Lost My Tooth! by Mo Willems
- Nick and Nack Fly a Kite by Brandon Budzi
- Do You Like My Bike? (Hello, Hedgehog!) by Norm Feuti
- The Great Bunk Bed Battle by Tina Kugler
If your 1st grader likes animal stories, try reading:
- Slow, Slow Sloths by Bonnie Bader
- Little Big Horse by Dave Horowitz
- We Dig Worms by Kevin McCloskey
- The Lost Kitten (Katie Fry, Private Eye) by Katherine Cox
- Lazy Bear, Crazy Bear by Kevin Bolger
- Baby Monkey, Private Eye by Brian Selznick & David Serlin
- Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
- Goat Wants to Eat by Laura Gehl
Find MORE easy readers with reviews for first grade age children readers HERE.
First Grade
Easiest Chapter Books
Easy chapter books have pictures with words. The easiest chapter books have just a few sentences per page. Try these first grade favorites…
(If you want to read my reviews of each of these books, go here.)
FUNNY Easiest Chapter Books
- Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
- See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog by David LaRochelle
- An Elephant & Piggie Biggie! by Mo Willems
- See the Dog: Three Stories About a Cat by David LaRochelle
- Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song
FRIENDSHIP Easiest Chapter Books
- Hi, Jack! (A Jack Book) by Mac Barnett & Greg Pizzoli
- Do You Like My Bike? (Hello, Hedgehog!) by Norm Feuti
- Aggie the Brave by Lori Ries
- Mr. Putter and Tabby Walk the Dog by Cynthia Rylant
- Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea by Ben Clanton
- Frank and Bean by Jamie Michalak
- Doggo & Pupper by Katherine Applegate
First Grade
Easy Chapter Books for Summer Reading
Easy chapter books have bigger text with pictures every few pages.
These books listed range from middle of 1st grade to beginning of second-grade reading levels.
(Go here for a harder 2nd-grade chapter book list.)
If your first grader likes animal main characters, read:
- Kitty and Dragon by Meika Hashimoto
- Pug Blasts Off (Diary of a Pug) by Kyla May
- Kung Pow Chicken by Cindi Marko
- Owly: The Way Home and The Bittersweet Summer by Andy Runton
If your 1st grade children like funny books, try:
- Smell My Foot (Chick and Brain) by Cece Bell
- Moldylocks and the Three Beards by Noah Z. Jones
- Meet Mo and Jo: The Boulder Brothers by Sarah Lynn
- The Infamous Ratsos by Kara Lareau
- Geeger the Robot Goes to School by Jarret Lerner
- Nugget and Hot Dog by Jason Tharp
If your 1st grade kids like realistic books, read:
- Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqui
- Cornbread & Poppy by Matthew Cordell
- Happy Paws: Layla and the Bots by Vicky Fang
- The Party and Other Stories (Fox and Chick) by Sergio Ruzzier
If your 1st graders like adventure & fantasy books, try:
- Bo’s Magical New Friend (Unicorn Diaries) by Rebecca Elliott
- The Princess in Black by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale
- Ricky Ricotta’s Mighty Robot #1 by Dav Pilkey
- Notebook of Doom #1 by Troy Cummings
- Rise of the Earth Dragon #1 by Tracey West
- Kitty and the Moonlight Rescue by Paula Harrison
- Mia Mayhem Is a Superhero! by Kara West
If your first grader likes nonfiction, read:
- Caterpillar to Butterfly by Laura Marsh
- Jungle Animals by Camilla Gersh
- Amazing Dogs by Laura Buller
- Fly Guy Presents Snakes by Tedd Arnold
- Mythical Beasts: 100 Fun Facts About Real Animals and the Myths They Inspire by Stephanie Warren Drimmer
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The best books for first-graders – There are no analogies
Contents
- Books for future first-graders – a selection
- Dobrochasova A.
“Tail at school, or First-grader stories of Sonya Grushina” - Schwartz E. “First grader” 9 T0.0506 Ella in the first grade”
- Nestlinger K. “Stories about Franz and school”
- Olshansky I. “Unlucky: some funny stories from the life of a seven-year-old man who is unlucky”
- Lagercrantz R. “My happy life”
- First time in first grade. Collection
- Best books for first-graders
- Ulf Nilsson “Alone on stage”
- Gossini N. “Baby Nicolas”
- Aleshkovsky Yu. »
- Mogilevskaya S. “Stamp of the country of Gondeloup”
- Maria Bershadskaya “Big little girl”
- Nilsson F. “Hedwig finally goes to school”
- Parr M. “Waffle heart”
- Lederman V. “Svetlik Tuchkin and the Bubble of Desires”
- Lenderman V. “There will be no lessons”
- Schwartz E. “The Tale of Lost Time”
- Davydychev L. “The Life of Ivan Semenov”
- Mebs G. “To School ! Frieder and Grandmother shout”
- Nilsson M. “Tzatziki Goes to School”
- How to instill a love of reading in a first grader
“Tail at school, or First-grader stories of Sonya Grushina” 
“Tzatziki Goes to School” Children’s books for first graders are the most important for a 7 year old. These are books about school friendships and the first teacher, about growing up and the first responsibility, about huge satchels and bouquets, September 1st rulers and choosing a school desk … This is a selection of fiction about other first grade children who experience the same emotions, worries, joys and failures that and an ordinary child reader going to grade 1.
Books for first-graders are interesting not only for first-graders, but also for all elementary school students, and especially for preparatory students . It is important for them, like no one else, to know and feel from the inside, even through the feelings of school heroes, what this school is and how one should behave there.
Books for future first graders – a selection
Here is a selection of books aimed primarily at future first graders.
In these books, preschoolers get to know themselves, they discuss the topics of adaptation in a new team with children and teachers, the problems of friendship and mutual assistance, overcoming fears, bullying, and also tell that school is great !
Dobrochasova A. “Tail at school, or first-grader stories of Sonya Grushina”
So the day came when Sonya Grushina, nicknamed Tail, became a first-grader! Of course, at first she was a little uncomfortable. But as soon as she realized how many funny adventures awaited her, how many friends she would find at school, then there was no trace of her fears!
Illustration from the book “A Tail at School, or First Grade Stories by Sonya Grushina”
First of all, the road to the school itself is full of magic. Secondly, at school they teach not only to read, write and count, but also to discover talents in themselves. And funny incidents seem to be pouring into a backpack!
Schwartz E.
“First grader”
Marusya Orlova was looking forward to this day: finally she became a first grader! She will have to learn not only reading and writing, but also friendship, mutual assistance, and responsibility. So far, Marusya is far from succeeding, but she will definitely cope!
The story of Yevgeny Schwartz was written in the middle of the 20th century, but it is close and understandable to the modern reader. The era has changed, but the anxieties and experiences of little first graders have not changed, the best books for first graders are still the same.
Parvela T. “Ella in the first grade”
Hilarious stories from the life of Finnish first graders. Mischievous, inventive and very funny. Only 5 parts. Ella and her classmates grow with the readers: in the first book, we meet first graders, and then vacation adventures, detective stories, comic skits await us – and so on until the end of elementary school!
“Our teacher is about to have a baby, pass it on,” Hannah whispered to me.
“I won’t transmit anything,” I muttered. – They will mix it up anyway, and in the end it will turn out to be nonsense again.
– What nonsense? Tucca asked. He stood in front of me.
“Yes, about the teacher’s child,” I waved him off.
– The teacher’s child is complete nonsense, pass it on, – Tukka Sampa whispered.
“The pig teacher is not a complete pig,” Sampa told Tina.
“The teacher is hiding a big pig in the bag,” Tina told Pat.
– What are you whispering about? the teacher asked Pat, who was first in line.
– Can I stroke it? Pat asked timidly and pointed to the bag with his eyes.From Timo Parvel’s Ella in First Grade
Nestlinger K. Stories about Franz and School
Franz is already 7 years old and he is finally going to school! The hero of the series “Stories about Franz” is not easy at first: the teacher does not like it, an enemy appears in the class, hilariously ridiculous situations from school life happen .
.. But Lilly, humor, friendship will always help.
Short, illustrated books for future first graders.
Illustration from the book “Stories about Franz and School”
Olshansky I. “Bad luck: some funny stories from the life of a seven-year-old man who is unlucky” because his birthday is on February 29 and he celebrates it every four years. Kostya Probochkin always wants to do something good, but it doesn’t always work out… The book is not about school. But nevertheless, it is very relevant for a “seven-year-old person”!
Lagercrantz R. “My Happy Life”
Dyunne is an ordinary girl. She lives in Sweden, is in the first grade, she really likes the school, and she, like any girl, has a best friend.
Illustration from Ruse Lagercrantz’s book “My Happy Life”
Gradually, Dunne learns that things happen in life that make you really sad. For example, your best friend might move to another city.
Dad might not want Dunne to get guinea pigs. And with classmates, it turns out, you can quarrel over a mere trifle.
There are 8 books in the Dunne series about the life of an ordinary first grader.
First time – first grade. Collection
A rather motley, but interesting thematic collection: about school, about grades 1 and 2, about zero, about dad and mom …
A little man went to school for the first time. What an important event in his life! At school, instead of mom – a teacher, instead of toys – textbooks and notebooks. And you can’t be late for class or play pranks in class. And you need to be careful and careful. And in general, getting used to this new school life is so difficult, but fun and interesting!
The best books for first-graders
And this selection of books will be more interesting for successful first-graders, although all these divisions, , are certainly conditional (yes, butter oil).
Ulf Nilsson “Alone on stage”
The most difficult thing at school at first is to be seen all the time. Just now you were in a cozy house, with your mom-dad-brother, and now you need to go to the board, stand at the desk or go on stage – and demonstrate your knowledge and skills to everyone. To all these unfamiliar boys and girls, uncles and aunts.
Ulf Nilsson and Eva Erikson, the legendary Swedish tandem of laureates of the Astrid Lindgren International Prize, deal with another fear familiar to everyone since childhood — stage fright — with understanding and humor.
Gossini N. “Baby Nicolas”
This story began in the distant fifties of the last century with small humorous drawings by Jean-Jacques Sampe. His friend writer René Goscinny decided to write texts for these drawings. It turned out funny stories-comics, the hero of which was the little Nicolas. Young readers fell in love with this boy very much and were looking forward to the publication of the next story.
The authors composed and drew more and more new stories, and the publishers decided to combine them into books.
Many years have passed since then, but baby Nicola is still extremely popular and loved by children in many countries of the world. Funny stories about this kind, charming tomboy, about his friends and school are close and understandable to children. It doesn’t matter what language they speak.
Spread of the book “All about baby Nicolas”
Aleshkovsky Yu. “Shoot, Two briefcases and a whole week”
This book is necessary for every first grader! All of its action fits into one week of September, when the first-grader Alyosha Seroglazov receives the funny nickname of Two Briefcases at school and finds real friends.
Nosov N. “Vitya Maleev at school and at home”
This is, as it is now customary to say, “old school”, in places overly moralizing, but still a good story about a Soviet schoolboy.
Nosov is a writer of our childhood who has become a classic for our children. And not only thanks to “Dunno”!
Now the book has become a kind of manual for those who dream of turning from a loser into an excellent student. But the book is not only about studying, but also about friendship, mutual assistance, hobbies – about everything that excites children at all times.
Spread of the book by Vitya Maleev at school and at home from Exmodestvo
Mogilevskaya S. “Mark of the country of Gondeloup”
Petya, Vovka and Kirilka are first-graders. They go to school for a week without a year, and everything is here again for them, you need to get used to everything. The boys discover for themselves that, it turns out, friendship also needs to be learned! After all, Petya’s excessive passion for postage stamps almost separated the friends. But the boys immediately forgot the offense as soon as Petya needed their help.
The book tells young readers about eternal, enduring values: honesty, sincerity, kindness, mutual assistance.
Maria Bershadskaya “Big Little Girl”
Belarusian writer Maria Bershadskaya’s series about Zhenya, a girl so tall, but still a first-grader, is ideal for the first experience of socialization, when many people around you think of parental (grandmother’s, teacher’s) stereotypes. You can be friends with those who are younger or older than you, taller or fatter, you can make sandwiches from whatever you want and it is not necessary to give and receive valentines on Valentine’s Day.
Nilsson F. “Hedwig finally goes to school”
A funny book – a kind of Swedish “Vitya Maleev at school and at home”, but about a girl from the outback. A whole year from August to August in the 1st grade, little life from bell to bell . Funny, ironic, bold, mischievous, frank, and most importantly vital. It turns out that books for first-graders in Sweden tell about the same simple things as in Russia, and even (at one time) in the USSR!
Parr M.
Waffle Heart
Opening with an illustration from Maria Parr’s book Waffle Heart
Waffle Heart (2005) is Maria Parr’s debut book, which has been translated into more than twenty languages and won numerous awards in her home country of Norway and abroad. More than 120 thousand copies have already been sold in Russia alone, and the total circulation around the world has long exceeded one million. In 2018, the long-awaited sequel, The Goalkeeper and the Sea, was released.
A year in the life of two residents of the Shchepka-Matilda Bay, where there are only three houses – nine-year-old Trille, who tells us this story, and his neighbor and classmate Lena – contains an unthinkable number of events and adventures: funny, touching, dangerous … The idyllic life on a Norwegian farm is disturbed – but not destroyed – by dramatic events. But friendship, of course, is stronger!
Lederman V. “Svetlik Tuchkin and the Bubble of Desires”
The adventures of a 7-year-old boy begin in the first grade, where he doesn’t like it at all.
Scribbles, boring examples, compulsory reading – there was nothing like that in kindergarten, just know yourself to play! “I wish I could return to that happy time,” Svetlik thinks one day, and together with his cousin Rodka comes up with a seemingly ideal plan.
Svetlik Tuchkin’s school life turns into fantastic adventures. He travels from the past to the future, from the future to the past – without the help of any time machines. How? He doesn’t know it himself! There is a fairy and there is a huge soap bubble, inside which Svetlik’s wishes come true, but for some reason it is always a little different from what he wants.
Lenderman V. “There will be no lessons”
What unites timid first-graders with veterans from the fourth “B”? Incorrigible hooligans with strong good guys? Those whose relatives participate in all holidays, with those whose mom and dad do not even come to parent meetings? They are all delighted with the phrase “There will be no lessons!” — even those who love to learn!
Schwartz E.
“The Tale of Lost Time”
Four schoolchildren suddenly became old men and women because they were always late and wasted precious time…
Davydychev L. “The Life of Ivan Semyonov”
A funny story about the “torments” of a second grader and repeater in the style of Deniska’s stories. Boyko, fervently and sincerely. The story was made into a film in 1966.
Mebs G. “To school! shout Frieder and grandmother.
Frieder is going to school. But in the morning everything goes wrong: at breakfast he soiled his festive clothes, on the way to school he constantly quarrels with his grandmother, and besides, they arrive an hour earlier. Of course, Frieder is worried on his first day at school, but his grandmother is always there and he is not afraid of anything with her.
Nilsson M. “Tzatziki goes to school”
What associations do you have with the name Tzatziki? Surprisingly, the book is a Swedish author.
Tzatziki is a boy who went to school where he met his first friend, his first love, and his first enemy.
Adventures at school get an unexpected continuation at Tsatsiki’s home, because he has the most incredible mother in the world, who can walk on her hands, moving her toes, and can break into the principal’s office if she gets very angry.
The story is bold, frank, without any forbidden topics between an adult and a child, mischievous and reckless.
The book is intended for children of primary and secondary school age. The most striking thing in it for moralizers is the head of the Daughter-Mother (read below)
The girls stripped naked! They stood in front of them in what their mother gave birth to and giggled. Tzatziki has seen many girls in his life, but he has never had to marry them …. But Per Hammar had already crawled into bed with his wife, who was kissing him tenderly….Suddenly the door opened and the light came on.
From Moni Nilson’s book “Tzatziki Goes to School”
Karin.. and Morten, the Smelly Rat…. stared in surprise at Tzatziki in a diaper and naked Helena … Fru Hammar flew into the room … pulled off the blanket and saw Per and Luvisa – completely naked … “God! .. What is happening here?” – They FUCK! howled Morten. – FUCK! By the way, I’m sure the children will like this frankness.
Here are the best books for first graders in my opinion. They were selected and placed precisely by relevance – that is why Lenderman and Dobrochasova are higher than Schwartz in the list. But it’s not a rating.
How to instill a love of reading in first graders
What books for first graders did you read as a child? And which one does your child choose?
Books as a gift for a first grader | Publishing house AST
About the verb and about the dash.
And about the rain in the yard… And about a lot of things that kids still have to learn, opening a new page of growing up – schooling.
It is very difficult to surprise modern children. But, as folk wisdom says, the best gift at all times is a book. Properly selected literature can become an invaluable assistant for a child in mastering new knowledge and a good guide on the way from a cozy kindergarten to a new environment – school. The AST publishing house sorts out which books as a gift for a first grader will bring joy to children and benefit to parents in the early stages of education in elementary school.
Subtract and multiply
Book “Great gift for first graders” will be a real find. A complex of developing tasks and games will allow the future first grader to prepare for school. Little schoolchildren will try to write letters and words and start reading fairy tales. They will get acquainted with the first steps of mathematics, the Russian language and spelling. They will compare numbers, solve examples and problems, learn a lot about the world around them. And in the book for little fidgets, visual games and exciting tasks, interesting crossword puzzles and entertaining riddles are prepared, accompanied by bright funny pictures that will attract their attention.
The bright book “Multiplication Table with Tips” will simply tell about the complex. With the help of pictures and short hints, she will create a special atmosphere and turn a serious learning process into a fun activity. Therefore, even the smallest students will not only learn the multiplication table, but also understand the intricacies of counting, learn associative memorization of rules from prompts. In addition, students will learn about the history of the multiplication table.
Add two to four. Read words syllable by syllable
And this is a real textbook of well-known practitioners Olga Uzorova and Elena Nefyodova. It will become a real personal assistant for parents in mastering the modern school curriculum. The manual is needed to develop graphic skills among first-graders, develop beautiful handwriting and increase the speed of writing. Experts call such books simulators.
B “Charigraphy simulator. 1 class. Letter period” contains a workbook in which the child will train to write letters, their elements and combinations, as well as syllables, words and sentences. This will help him subsequently to more easily master dictations, presentations and compositions, rewrite written and printed texts.
An excellent gift for a first grader will not even be a book, but “Reader’s Diary” . It is intended for those who have just gone to school, but are already friends with books. In the Diary, a young reader will be able to record the books they have read: retell the plot, find the main idea, and draw conclusions from what they have read. Indeed, for a good study, it is not enough to love reading – you need to remember what you read and analyze the information received.
Each page of the diary is a ready-made questionnaire-hint for the book you have read, where everything is divided into points: “title”, “author”, “main characters”, “plot”, “conclusion”, “my opinion about the book”. The Reader’s Diary has emoticon stickers with which you can rate the book, and there is a place to draw an illustration for it.
Good books to love and be educated
Works of folk art and the best works of world classics in one edition “Gift for a first grader” . The book is intended for elementary school age. The novice reader will find in it both classic works of literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as the best stories of contemporary authors. The book “A Gift to a First Grader” also includes songs, fairy tales, riddles and sayings, both Russian and foreign folklore. The works are specially selected in accordance with the school reading program for grade 1.
A useful gift for a first grader will be a complete collection of books intended for study in elementary school. “Complete reader for elementary school. Grades 1-4 “ from AST Publishing House is an invaluable assistant for the next 4 years. Reader for extracurricular reading will be of interest to the whole family. It will not only form the correct attitude to the word and language, but also help to learn how to creatively interpret the information received and convey its content.
The texts are divided into six groups according to genres and topics according to the age of the children. Sections are designed with introductory information about writers. This will greatly expand the literary horizons of the child.
This wonderful “Big funny book of funny stories and funny tasks” is an interesting symbiosis of children’s literature and a developmental notebook with tasks for attentiveness, logic, development of counting and reading skills. The “Big Funny Book of Funny Stories and Funny Tasks” includes the most hilarious works by Viktor Dragunsky, Mikhail Zoshchenko, Eduard Uspensky and other authors who know a lot about joy and good mood. The book will be useful for young schoolchildren for an interesting and boring pastime – they will laugh along with the heroes of this cool book.
The favorite of millions of children and parents – Grigory Oster – offers first graders “School Harmful Advice” . Unlike dad and mom, this friend of all children allows absolutely everything! At the same time, Oster turns everything “impossible” not only into “possible”, but also into “necessary”. Only surprisingly, such bad advice makes the kids think about the questions “what is good?” and “what is bad?”. And most importantly, they help to draw the right conclusions.
Truths decorated with a light syllable are remembered from the first time. And sad things suddenly become funny. This book by Grigory Oster will reveal and explain to the student, and at the same time to his “harmful” parents, such important topics as friends, family, school.
Never confuse islands and cities
It is impossible to know everything. But it is always possible to strive for knowledge. Especially when there are wonderful books. School programs may seem boring to some children, and the knowledge offered may be insufficient. Especially for such children, the AST Publishing House has released two amazing books. This is a collection of articles and materials on various topics “Everything that an educated person should know” and a book by Anna Kochetova “The Universe in 60 Seconds” .
The publications will become indispensable guides in mastering such a complex elementary school subject as the world around. Here are collected amazing facts from the field of not only scientific achievements of different eras, but also modern discoveries.
What is 60 seconds on the scale of the universe? It turns out there are a lot! During this time, new stars explode and are born, and thousands of meteorites collide with the Earth. For those who choose books as a gift for a first grader, these publications are just a godsend. A find for future excellent students, scientists and conquerors of the world.
We recommend reading:
“Traveling around the world with the artist Chizhikov”
One of the most famous domestic children’s artists Viktor Chizhikov worked for a long time in the magazine “Around the World” and traveled a lot. Over 40 years of traveling around the world, he collected a huge number of small sketches that gathered dust in archival folders. But at one point, Chizhikov and his friends decided to make an interesting book out of these drawings. Friends, and they were very good writers and poets, composed a witty story for each drawing by Chizhikov and really made a wonderful book. “Journey around the world with the artist Chizhikov” will appeal to both schoolchildren and their parents.
“Games with letters and words”
An entertaining guide for learning the spelling and parts of speech of the Russian language. First-graders will go on a journey together with the heroes of a smart book. They learn about lowercase and uppercase letters, punctuation marks, hyphenation rules, synonymous words and other riches of their native language. And to make the knowledge practical and durable, there are riddle questions at the end of the book.
“Big book of poems, fairy tales, short stories”
Nikolai Nosov
The book will introduce readers to the work of the famous children’s writer Nikolai Nikolaevich Nosov. Here are poems familiar to every adult, songs from famous Soviet cartoons, fairy tales and stories, and, of course, the adventures of Dunno and his friends. The AST publishing house has released a collection of works by Nikolai Nosov specially for the 110th anniversary of his birth.
“Everything for 1st grade. Reader on reading”
Here are collected the most necessary small works of famous writers, folk tales and riddles for a first grader. All materials are selected so that the child can cope with them and cover the necessary maximum of what is recommended for reading in the first grade. The reader included works by domestic and foreign classics of children’s literature: Marshak and Mikhalkov, Dragunsky and Oster, Anderson and Kipling.
“Big Reading Reader for Grade 1”
The author and compiler of this book, Elena Vyacheslavovna Posashkova, is a candidate of philological sciences, a well-known specialist in the field of the Russian language and methods of teaching it in elementary school. Posashkova compiled this anthology in such a way that it included not only texts of fiction, but also articles about writers, questions and tasks for texts for young readers, and important methodological tips for adults. This reader can be used for home family reading, when parents themselves can take part in teaching their children to read and understand what they read.
The reading book was compiled taking into account the school curricula adopted by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.
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