What's the best book to read to first graders?
114826
Some of the favorites when I taught first grade were The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Stone Soup, The Carrot Seed, Love You Forever, Good Night Moon, all the Mercer Meyer books, The Runaway Bunny, Pablo the Penguin, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, A Salmon for Simon, and the many wonderful predictable books with rich language and some repetition so that the kids can learn to read them fairly quickly.
158077
http://www.enchantedlearning.com is a very nice site.\n\nhttp://www.ed.gov/pubs/CompactforReading/tablek.html\n\nhttp://www.kidport.com/GradeK/GradeKHome.htm
94736
well for one thing...Harry Potter. Thats one of my favorite series. If you haven't already read them, sisterhood of the traveling pants. one of my favorite books ever is cobwebs, by karen young...thats awesome. also, the dueling princes, stealing princes, pulling princes set...i love those. One of those hideous books where the mother dies (yes, thats the title) i love that book, i've read it like 6 times. all of those are great...i hope there's at least a few you haven't read here! this is exactly what i told someone else, idk if you read that, but if you did, thats why it looks familiar :)
1153798
Congratulations!\n\nYou can finally begin first grade!
839842
Timeforkids.com\nweeklyreader.com
801053
Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones book series, has books that are geared for older readers.\n\nYou can't go wrong with the Ramona Series by Beverly Clearly.\n\nBoys may enjoy the Hardy Boys books\n\nTry the links below for suggestions.\n\nHappy Reading!
331594
I'd say Hardy Boys is nice. Much better though is "The Three investigator series", it is fantastic. If it the 13 yr old is a girl, Nancy Drew would be good. Any of Roald Dahl's books would be quite good for a 13 year old.\nSome books in order of my preference wud be:\n1.The Three Investigators (they have 13 or 14 books, u cud choose anyone, they r equally nice)\n2. The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More,\nOR\nThe Great Automatic Grammatizer(both by Roald Dahl\n3. Eragon by Christopher Paolini\n4. Goosebumps by R.L Stine(any of those 50 odd books)\n5. The Princess Diaries, by Meg Cabot(only if it is a Girl)\n6. Nancy Drew OR Hardy Boys Series\nMost of them are really good, i enjeoyed them when I was 13, I think so will u.U cud try out Harry Potter too, but I think u must already have, It is so popular\n\nWARNING:I do not suggest u to continue reading Enid Blyton. She uses the same kind of Characters, and almost the same plot n all her stories, gift her books to ur younger siblings. If u really must read her books, try reading the Famous Five series, The first 3-4 books are good but then she gets into much repition
1084718
a wonderful website that teaches prek- 2nd grade reading skills\nstarfall.com  give it a try and see what you think, entertaining and both my boys enjoy it as a daily part of their reading lesson.
372713
Try reading the "Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snickett....they're great and will keep your imagination running while we all wait!
240936
The Clique novels by Lisi Harrison!!! They are SOOO good! Im a preteen so its pretty awesome because the story is mainly about middle school girls living and getting through the year of lieing,gossiping, hating other students!The book im on is the one that just came out this marchcalled "The Pretty Committee Strikes Back" All of the ones out right now are (in order by time coming out)\n#1.The Clique\n#2.Best Friends for Never\n#3.Revenge of The Wannabes\n#4.Invasion of The Boy Snatchers\n#5.The Pretty Committee Strikes Back\n Hopefully, you find it as intresting and hooking as i do!\nThankz for asking, by the way! =]
953483
Try the following, although some may be a challenge, he should probably enjoy them:\n\nMoby Dick\nCharlotte's Web\n20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\nWatership Down\nThe Wind in the Willows\nBridge to Teribitha\nSeven Little Australians\nAnything by Robin Klein\nThe Railway Children\nHarry Potter books \nHans Christian Anderson tales are great (but he may feel a bit insulted by the 'fairy tale' element)\n\n\nAlso, magazines are good - Time, National Geographic, The Bulletin, etc\n\nAlthough some of these may come from a childs / teens perspective due to the level of education - a lot of these are universal favourites and classics that appeal to all ages.\n\nHope this helps\n\n\n\nThe guy above mentioned Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer - great choices!
303708
scout...\n\nit's a good book if you'd actually READ it...
13151
Besides the Harry Potter books, I would have to say "Mama" by Terry McMillian.\n\nThe struggles Mildred go through trying to raise her children- Frida, Bootsee, Angel, Money and two others that I've feel for her. The abusive relationship with the childrens father, the neighbor that rapes her oldest. The men that Mildred runs through and the growing pains of life. Great book. Must read.
936139
Hope this helps - I've dozens more, if you need. \n(I am an elementary teacher and have taught third grade.)\n\nGiving Thanks:  A Native American Good Morning Message by Chief Jake Swamp\nIt's a beautiful story with cool illustrations written by a Mohawk Chief - good for Thanksgiving, Earth Day, or environmental units\nhttp://www.leeandlow.com/teachers/guide12.html\n\n\nMy Teacher for President by Kay Winters\nfun, short, and good for a quick read or discussion about the president or America themes\nhttp://www.kaywinters.com/my_teacher.htm\n\nOfficer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathman\nadorable story on safety and working as a team\nhttp://www.peggyrathmann.com/officerbuckle.html\n\n\nSorry to say, many of the other suggestions seem a little juvenile for third grade.
1138404
Absolutely, without a doubt, Calvin and Hobbes. It's intelligent and fun. Calvin makes you wish you could be 6 again. Like when he says to his dad "it's a beautiful day, dad. There won't be too many more days like this this year. Me and Hobbes are gonna make water balloons and play games and lay in the grass. Well, Have a nice day at work. Bye."
151269
This is a really great site that I use.\n\nhttp://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.htm
420062
I know it's probably not the sort of thing you're looking for, but when I was 6, my father read the Old Testament book of Job to me, and I found it truly fascinating. I couldn't wait until school was out, and he'd read me the next installment. I had him tell me the story of Job over and over again.\n\nThe Old Testament story of Joseph and his coat of many colors (or Jonah and the whale) might be a hit. There are tons of great Old Testament stories. The walls of Jericho coming down is a good story, too. And don't forget Noah's Ark.\n\nFor the New Testament perspective, the story of Jesus feeding the five thousand might work. If the kids are sharp, they might like hearing about Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus. Any of the healing stories with Jesus could get their attention (the raising of Jairus' daughter, etc).