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Recommended books for Grade 1-2

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Recommended books for Grade 1-2 includes Angelina Ice Skates, You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together (2012), Toot & Puddle: A Present for Toot (1999), Chester's Way, Kitty Riddles (2002).

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Angelina Ice Skates

by: Katharine Holabird
Angelina Ice Skates
Angelina is planning a New Year's Eve ice dance for everyone in Mouseland. All of her friends are taking part—even little cousin Henry. But two big boys from school keep interrupting their rehearsals. When a giant snowball fight breaks out, Angelina is sure the dance will be ruined. Will she find a way to make the show a success?

You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together

by: Mary Ann Hoberman
release date: Sep 11, 2012
You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together
Join the fun as familiar fairy tale characters take starring roles in this latest addition to the New York Times bestselling series YOU READ TO ME, I'LL READ TO YOU. Designed with budding readers in mind, each of the tales is set in three columns with color-coded type as a script for two voices to read separately and together. These tales with a twist will delight and amuse young readers!

Toot & Puddle: A Present for Toot

by: Holly Hobbie
release date: Jan 01, 1999
Toot & Puddle: A Present for Toot
It's Toot's birthday, and Puddle wants to get him the best present ever! He goes to the Blue Ox Bookstore, but he can't find the right book. He visits a hardware store, a sports shop, an appliance store - but nothing is quite special enough for his best friend. Puddle wonders if he will ever find the perfect gift in time for the party, but just as he is about to give up, Toot's present finds him.

With a delightful mix of humor, warmth, and a classic style all her own, Holly Hobbie captures all the magic, fun, and joy that surrounds birthdays and celebrations. Best of all, this deluxe paperback edition comes with a greeting card that kids can punch-out, personalize, and send off to someone special.

Chester's Way

by: Kevin Henkes
Chester's Way

Chester and Wilson had their own way of doing things, and they did everything together. When they cut their sandwiches, it was always diagonally. When they rode their bikes, they always used hand signals. If Chester was hungry, Wilson was too. They were two of a kind, and that's the way it was - until indomitable Lilly, who had her own way of doing things, moved into the neighborhood.

Kitty Riddles

by: Katy Hall
release date: Mar 18, 2002
Kitty Riddles
Why did the baby cat carry around a box of Band-Aids? Because she wanted to be a first-aid kit! Do you know what kind of kitty wears sunglasses and a raincoat and says, "Bow wow?" An impawstor, of course! Amaze your friends with these laugh-out-loud riddles and puns.

"The combination of 34 puns with ink-and-watercolor slapstick cartoons will please (okay, a-mews) cat lovers and show new readers that the sounds of words are part of the fun." (Booklist )

Iris and Walter: The Sleepover

by: Elissa Haden Guest
Iris and Walter: The Sleepover
Iris cannot wait to have her first sleepover at her best friend Walter's house. They will put on a puppet show. They will ride Walter's horse, Rain, in their pajamas. They will stay up very, very late. But when it's time to go to sleep, Iris feels homesick. What if having a sleepover wasn't such a good idea?
 

Behold...the Unicorns!

by: Gail Gibbons
Behold...the Unicorns!

0nce people believed in unicorns, legendary creatures that were said to have magical powers. Today these one-horned creatures still have a special power -- the power to capture our imaginations.

Using careful research and spirited illustrations to explain the origins, mythology, and folklore of the unicorn, Gail Gibbons gets right to the heart of why these marvelous creatures are still so popular today.

Summersaults

by: Douglas Florian
Summersaults

What do you like about summer?

Mountain hikes?
Picking cherries?
Curve balls?
Ice cream cones?

What do you not like about summer?

Blackouts?
Bee swarms?
Thunderstorms?
Ninety degrees?

However you answered, Douglas Florian will convince you that summer is great. His poems and pictures add up to the best vacation imaginable -- and it is one you can have at any time of the year. A companion volume to the highly praised Winter Eyes,Summersaults proves that Douglas Florian is a poet for all seasons.

Stella Louella's Runaway Book

by: Lisa Campbell Ernst
Stella Louella's Runaway Book
FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. As she tries to find the book that she must return to the library that day, Stella gathers a growing group of people who have all enjoyed reading the book.

What a Year

by: Tomie dePaola
What a Year
The year 1940 is a very big year for Tomie-it's the start of first grade, and it's his first birthday in the new house at 26 Fairmount Avenue. It's also the first year that Tomie gets to go trick-or-treating with his older brother, Buddy. Then the holidays arrive, and Tomie has a part in the Christmas play. This Christmas is going to be great! But disaster strikes when Tomie gets the chicken pox. Will he be cured in time for the Christmas pageant? Join Tomie dePaola once again as he takes us back to his childhood and allows us to share the holiday season with his family and friends.

Special Deliveries

by: Alexandra Day
Special Deliveries
Taffy gets the job of delivering the mail in her valley, and her whole family lends a handfrom her two daughters to all fourteen of their animals. But when they discover that some of their neighbors never get any letters, they decide to create their own special deliveries.

Starring the family from The Christmas We Moved to the Barn, this warm and wonderful story captures the joy of receiving a letter and delivers it straight to the reader's heart.

Bat Loves the Night

by: Nicola Davies
Bat Loves the Night
Did you know that bats aren't birds, but mammals? That they sleep upside down? That they shout as they fly, using their voice to find their way? Curious young minds will love learning about the life cycles of bats in this picture book which combines story with information. Previously part of the acclaimed "Read and Wonder" series, "Bats Love the Night" has been re-launched in the new "Nature Storybooks" series with a brand new look and accompanying CD with fun facts, songs, sound effects and a story reading by TV actor Stephen Tompkinson.

Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown

by: Paula Danziger
Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber Brown
Amber Brown is excited to be starting second grade--and a little nervous, too. But Amber Brown decides she's ready for whatever happens, and second grade had better be ready for Amber Brown!

Robots Don't Catch Chicken Pox

by: Marcia T. Jones
Robots Don't Catch Chicken Pox
The Bailey School kids are convinced that Roberta Bott is not a normal drama teacher, but really a robot trying to hack into the school's computer system.

Inspector Hopper

by: Doug Cushman
release date: Apr 10, 2001
Inspector Hopper

Private bug on the case

Inspector Hopper is a detective with a feel -- and feelers -- for mysteries. With the help of his partner, McBugg, this tiny supersleuth can crack any case!

Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book)

by: Ellen Conford
Nibble, Nibble, Jenny Archer (Jenny Archer Chapter Book)
Jenny Archer is excited about making a television commercial for a new snack food until she discovers that the food she liked so much was meant for gerbils! Color illustrations throughout.

Ready, Set, Read--And Laugh!: A Funny Treasury for Beginning Readers

by: Stephanie Calmenson
Ready, Set, Read--And Laugh!: A Funny Treasury for Beginning Readers
There's nothing like humor to get children reading as well as laughing. What better way could there be to introduce them to the joys of reading than a superb treasury of humorous works by beloved children's book authors and illustrators?

Created especially for beginning readers, Ready...Set...Read—and Laugh! is a rich compilation of comic stories, hilarious poems, outlandish jokes, and clever word games. It includes renowned works that feature some of the best-loved and funniest characters in children's literature. In keeping with the needs of its audience, this book features simple vocabulary, easy-to-read large type, and bright colorful illustrations.

Ready, Set, Read!

by: Joanna Cole
release date: Sep 01, 1990
Ready, Set, Read!
Created especially for children who are learning  to read, this anthology contains renowned works  with some of the best-loved characters in children's  literature--including Else Holmelund Minarik and  Maurice Sendak's Little Bear, Arnold Lobel's Frog  and Toad, and the madcap creations of Dr. Seuss.  Also included is poetry by Eve Merriam, Lilian Moore  and Gwendolyn Brooks; as well as stories, poems,  riddles and word games.

An American Bookseller Pick of the  Lists.

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express

by: Eleanor Coerr
release date: Aug 02, 1996
Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express

A story about Buffalo Bill and his exploits as a pony express rider.

Grandpa's Teeth

by: Rod Clement
release date: Mar 27, 1999
Grandpa's Teeth

"Help, I've been robbed!
It'sth a disthasthter!"

Grandpa's teeth, handmade by the finest Swiss craftsman, are gone -- stolen from his bedside table! Grandpa suspects anyone who doesn't smile widely enough to prove that their teeth are their own. Soon everyone in town is smiling -- all the time -- and their ghastly grins are frightening the tourists away. Can the culprit be caught before the whole town cracks up

Popular Australion cartoonist Rod Clement, illustrator of Edward The Emu and Edwina The Emu by Sheena Knowles, has created a rollicking whodunit with a surprise ending that will have readers grinning from ear to ear.

00-01 CA Young Reader Medal Masterlist

Return of the Home Run Kid

by: Matt Christopher
Return of the Home Run Kid
Passport to Reading Level 3

Newly independent readers will love this classic baseball story now illustrated in full color with brand new artwork!

Mike has a special relationship with his dog, Harry. They can read each other's minds! Harry is able to help Mike out with tips about the opposing players on the baseball field, but Mike's having trouble with his pitches--and the buddies need to work together to save the game!

The Friendship Tree

by: Kathy Caple
The Friendship Tree
Blanche and Otis, two friends who are sheep, enjoy each other's company from the autumn through the winter to the spring.

Gloria's Way

by: Lis Toft
Gloria's Way
Gloria is best friends with Julian and his little brother Huey, and she has as much to say as they do. There's the parrot that ruins the Valentine for her mother; Huey's dog, who needs to be cured of his squirrel obsession; and what happens when classmate Latisha tricks Gloria, Julian, and Huey-but they don't know until it's too late! Fans of Ann Cameron's best-selling chapter books about Julian and Huey will love Gloria, too.

"This is where peace begins-in an ordinary neighborhood where children learn to address their problems with the help of wise adults who offer them good counsel while respecting the children enough to let them work out their own solutions . . . . Sparkles with humor." (The Horn Book)

The Frog Principal

by: Stephanie Calmenson
release date: Jul 01, 2006
The Frog Principal
When Marty Q. Marvel the magician accidentally turns Mr. Bundy into a frog, the students of P.S. 88 don¹t know what to do! It¹s not always easy having a slimy, green-skinned amphibian for a principal. Even worse, Mr. Bundy has started playing leapfrog, swimming in the kindergarten sink, and eating students¹ fly collections. Will he ever be his old self again?

Sing a Song of Piglets

by: Eve Bunting
release date: Jan 01, 2002
Sing a Song of Piglets
From skiing in January, to surfing in July, to giving in December, two energetic piglets romp through the months of the year in this delightful calendar in verse.

At year's end, the piglets sum up their experiences:

Sing a song of seasons, Lots of things to do.
They would be fun With only one But I'm so glad we're two!

Jin Woo

by: Eve Bunting
release date: Jan 01, 2001
Jin Woo
David likes his family the way it has always been, just him and Mom and Dad. He never wanted to be a big brother. And he certainly didn't want Jin Woo, the little baby from Korea, to join the family. Now Jin Woo is getting all the attention, and David feels as if no one cares about him anymore. But then a surprising letter helps him to understand that being a brother can mean being surrounded with more love than ever.
Eve Bunting and Chris Soentpiet bring the same deep emotion that distinguished their previous collaboration, So Far from the Sea, to this moving story of an adoptive family that has love to spare.

Girls A to Z

by: Eve Bunting
Girls A to Z
The world is full of great things to be and do. Meet Aliki, Belinda, Chris, and the other girls who are having fun dreaming of what they want to be when they grow up. This lively alphabet book shows girls imagining various professions and activities, from astronaut to zookeeper. Eve Bunting's breezy, rhyming text, with lively illustrations by Suzanne Bloom, invites girls to "dream any dream you want to dream."

Arthur's Teacher Moves In

by: Marc Brown
Arthur's Teacher Moves In
Arthur is overwhelmed with dread when he hears that his teacher is coming to stay at his house. But soon, Arthur discovers that Mr. Ratburn is just like everyone else. Arthur thinks his problems are over, but when he gets an A on his test his friends start calling him a teacher's pet. In the end, Arthur and Mr. Ratburn set the record straight. Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Caves

by: Larry Dane Brimner
release date: Mar 01, 2000
Caves
Ideal for today's young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

Daisy Comes Home

by: Jan Brett
release date: Jan 01, 2009
Daisy Comes Home
Mei Mei has the six happiest hens in China. She gives them treats and fresh hay baths, and when she calls to them-gu gu gu gu gu!-they all run to her as fast as they can. But one of the hens, Daisy, is not always so happy. The other hens pick on Daisy and push her off the perch every night, knowing that she is too small to stand up to them. Then one day Daisy accidentally drifts out onto the river in a basket and must quickly learn how to survive. When Daisy finds her way home, this plucky little hen is no longer afraid.
Jan Brett and her husband, Joe, traveled with their daughter-in-law, Yun, and her husband, Sean, to China, the land where Yun was born. During this trip, Jan found the inspiration for Daisy's story.
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