Reading Roadmaps is a manual containing annotated reading lists for grades K-12 created by the Center for Lit. The manual summarizes the plot, themes, and other literary devices in each of the books. The following books are covered for 1st grade.
The Story of Ferdinand
by Munro Leaf
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: My Father's World Kindergarten Literature Collection
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: What We Read: Spain and Portugal
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
Thunder Cake
by Patricia Polacco
Little Toot
by Hardie Gramatky
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Brave Irene
by William Steig
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
A Bargain for Frances
by Russell Hoban
Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
by Beatrix Potter
Also: Sonlight Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5 (in The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit)
Amos & Boris
by William Steig
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Madeline
by Ludwig Bemelmans
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: Memoria Press Junior Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Also: What We Read: France
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
Owl Moon
by Jane Yolen, Illustrated by John Schoenherr
Recommended Age: 3
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: Picture Books for Minor Holidays
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
The Relatives Came
by Cynthia Rylant
Also: Memoria Press Junior Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
The Treasure
by Uri Shulevitz
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
by Marjorie Priceman
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: My Father's World Kindergarten Literature Collection
Nate the Great
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
Also: Reading Roadmaps 2nd Grade
Also: Sonlight Grade 2 Readers
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Sonlight Grade 2 Readers
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
Dandelion
by Don Freeman
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
The Gardener
by Sarah Stewart
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Horton Hears a Who!
by Dr. Seuss
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade
Miss Rumphius
by Barbara Cooney
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: National Book Award Children's Book Winners
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Sam, Bangs & Moonshine
by Evaline Ness
Recommended Age: 7
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
The Biggest Bear
by Lynd Ward
Recommended Age: 7
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
Recommended Age: 3
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: My Father's World Kindergarten Literature Collection
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in Make Way for McCloskey: A Robert McCloskey Treasury)
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge
by Mem Fox
Henry & Mudge: The First Book
by Cynthia Rylant
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Leo the Late Bloomer
by Robert Kraus
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Little Bear
by Elsa Holmelund Minarik
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: My Father's World Kindergarten Literature Collection
Also: Sonlight Grade 1 Readers
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Snap!
by Marcia Vaughan
The Biggest House in the World
by Leo Lionni
The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog!
by Cynthia Rylant
Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Illustrated by Mary Azarian
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Top 20 Science and Nature Books for Young Children
Also: What We Read: Winter and Snow
Petunia
by Roger Duvoisin
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
The Five Chinese Brothers
by Claire Huchet Bishop
Also: Mater Amabilis Kindergarten Book List for Ages 5-6
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
The Spider and the Fly
by Mary Howitt
Fishing in the Air
by Sharon Creech
Bread and Jam for Frances
by Russell Hoban; illustrated by Lillian Hoban
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folktale
Retold And Illustrated by Margot Zemach
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Former Sonlight Books
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
The True Story Of Pocahontas
by Lucille Rech Penner
Alternate:
The Church Mouse
by Graham Oakley
Alternate:
Blueberries for Sal
by Robert McCloskey
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Before Five in a Row Book List for Ages 3-4
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Moving Beyond the Page Age 4-5 Literature Package
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: Top 10 Books for Toddlers
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in Make Way for McCloskey: A Robert McCloskey Treasury)
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Waiting to Waltz
by Cynthia Rylant
Alternate:
The Wing Shop
by Elvira Woodruff
Alternate:
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Retold by Arthur Ransome, Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: What We Read: Russia
Alternate:
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
Recommended Age: 9
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: National Book Award Children's Book Winners
Alternate:
Tops & Bottoms
by Janet Stevens
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Alternate:
Ish
by Peter H. Reynolds
Alternate:
The Crock of Gold
by Joseph Jacobs
Alternate:
Days of the Blackbird
by Tomie dePaola
Alternate:
Madeline's Rescue
by Ludwig Bemelmans
Recommended Age: 3
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Alternate:
The Judge: An Untrue Tale
by Harve Zemach
Alternate:
Duffy and the Devil
Retold by Harve Zemach, Illustrated by Margot Zemach
Recommended Age: 6
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Alternate:
How the Ostrich Got Its Long Neck: A Tale from the Akamba of Kenya
by Verna Aardema
Also: What We Read: East Africa
Alternate:
The Crane Wife
by Odds Bodkin
Alternate:
The Empty Pot
by Demi
Also: Memoria Press Junior Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Alternate:
The Stranger
by Chris Van Allsburg
Also: Memoria Press 3rd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Alternate:
The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Sonlight Grade 1 Readers
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Alternate:
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
Also: Former Sonlight Books
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Also: Veritas Press 2nd Grade Literature
Alternate:
Caps for Sale
by Esphyr Slobodkina
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Before Five in a Row Book List for Ages 3-4
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Veritas Press 1st Grade Literature
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in Harper Collins Treasury of Picture Book Classics)
Alternate:
Love You Forever
Robert Munsch
Also: My Father's World Kindergarten Literature Collection
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Alternate:
Bedtime for Frances
by Russell Hoban
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
Alternate:
Sammy the Seal
by Syd Hoff
Alternate:
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Top 25 Christmas Picture Books
Alternate:
Mike Mulligan And His Steam Shovel
by Virginia Lee Burton
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Mater Amabilis Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: TIME: The 100 Best Children's Books of All Time
Also: What We Read: Trucks and Construction
Also: Sonlight Preschool Book List for Ages 3-4 (in Mike Mulligan and More)
Alternate:
Paper John
by David Small
Alternate:
The Boy Who Fooled the Giant
by Tamara Kitt
Alternate:
Baby Brains
by Simon James
Alternate:
Sir Kevin of Devon
by Adelaide Holl
Alternate:
Journey Cake, Ho!
by Ruth Sawyer
Alternate:
The Selfish Giant
by Oscar Wilde, Illustrated by Ritva Voutila
Also: Top 20 Beautifully Illustrated Fairy Tales
Alternate:
The Glorious Flight: Across the Channel with Louis Bleriot
by Alice & Martin Provensen
Recommended Age: 6
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Five in a Row Book List for Ages 4-8
Also: Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: What We Read: France
Alternate:
A Baby Sister for Frances
by Russell Hoban
Alternate:
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
by Beatrix Potter
Also: My Father's World Kindergarten Literature Collection
Also: Sonlight Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5 (in The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit)
Also: Amazon's 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime (in Beatrix Potter The Complete Tales)
Alternate:
Many Moons
by James Thurber, Illustrated by Louis Slobodkin
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners