Teaching Essential Reading Skills: A Book for Classroom Teachers, Grades 1-4

Pre-Primer and Primer Level

• Barkley (Sid Hoff, 1975)
• Buzz, Buzz, Buzz (Byron Barton, 1973)
• Mr. Gumpy’s Outing (John Burningham, 1970)
• Cat Is Back at Bat (John Stadler, 1979)
• Cat on the Mat (Brian Wildsmith, 1982)
• Cat Traps (Molly Coxe, 1996)
• Fat Cat (Jack Kent, 1971)
• Five Little Monkeys (M. Gardner, 1986)
• Have You Seen My Cat? (Eric Carle, 1987)
• Hop on Pop (Dr. Seuss, 1963)
• Have You Seen My Duckling? (Nancy Tafuri, 1984)
• Jump, Frog, Jump! (Robert Kalan, 1981)
• Mary Wore Her Red Dress, and Henry Wore His Green Sneakers (Merle Peek, 1985)
• The Napping House Wakes Up (Audrey Wood, 1994)
• Pickle, Pickle, Pickle Juice (Patty Walcott, 1975) Pumpkin, Pumpkin (Jeanne Titherington, 1986)
• Rosie’s Walk; Goodnight Owl (Pat Hutchins, 1967; 1972)
• Shapes, Shapes, Shapes (Tana Hoban, 1986)
• Ten Black Dots (Donald Crews, 1968)
• A Tree Is Nice (Janice May Udry, 1956)
• Where’s Spot? series (Eric Hill, 1980)

• Are You My Mother?; Go, Dog, Go! (P.D. Eastman, 1960; 1961)
• Arthur’s Pen Pal, series (Lilian Hoban, 1976)
• The Best Way to Play: Little Bill Books for Beginning Readers*, series (Bill Cosby, 1997)
• Clifford the Small Red Puppy, series (Norman Bridwell, 1985)
• The Case of the Cat’s Meow (Crosby Bonsall, 1965)
• Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole, series (Jane Yolen, 1983)
• Drummer Hoff (Barbara Emberley, 1967)
• The Doorbell Rang; The Wind Blew (Pat Hutchins, 1986; 1986)
• Emmett’s Pig (Mary Stolz, 1959)
• Flossie and the Fox *(Pat McKissack, 1986)
• Fraidy Cats (Stephen Krensky, 1993)
• Frog and Toad Are Friends, series; Owl at Home; Uncle Elephant (Arnold Lobel, 1970; 1975; 1981)
• The Gingerbread Boy; Henny Penny (Paul Galdone, 1975; 1968)
• Green Eggs and Ham; The Cat in the Hat (Dr. Seuss, 1960; 1957)
• Hattie and the Fox (Mem Fox, 1987)
• Henry and Mudge, series (Cynthia Rylant, 1987)
• A Kiss for Little Bear, series (Else Minarik, 1968)
• Little Nino’s Pizzeria* (Karen Barbour, 1987)
• More Spaghetti, I Say! (Rita Gelman, 1992)
• Pizza Party* (Grace Maccarone, 1994)
• The Snowy Day* (Ezra Jack Keats, 1962)
• Ten, Nine, Eight* (Molly Bang, 1983)
• This Is the Way We Go to School: A Book About Children Around the World* (Edith Baer, 1990)
• The Very Busy Spider (Eric Carle, 1984)
• What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s? (Suzanne Aker, 1990)
• Who Sank the Boat? (Pamela Allen, 1983)
• Whose Mouse Are You? (Robert Kraus, 1969)
• DARTTS Story Book, Level 1 (F.G. Roswell and J.S. Chall, eds., Riverside Publishing Co., 1992)

• Arthur's First Sleepover, series (Marc Brown, 1994)
• A Bargain for Frances, series (Russell Hoban, 1970)
• Ben's Trumpet* (Rachel Isadora, 1979)
• Cactus Hotel (Brenda Z. Guiberson, 1991)
• Chang's Paper Pony (Eleanor Coerr, 1988)