Books for Kindergarteners & First Graders
A mix of sure fire hits for early elementary children to listen to, and to read on their own! (Updated March 2020)
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Dreamers
An illustrated picture book autobiography in which award-winning author Yuyi Morales tells her own immigration story.
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The Girl With A Mind for Math
After touring a German submarine in the early 1940s, young Raye set her sights on becoming an engineer. Little did she how hard it would be but the gifted mathematician persisted--finally gaining her well-deserved title in history: a pioneer who changed the course of ship design forever.
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Don't Call Me Grandma
A granddaughter recounts the reasons why her grandmother is hard to love--and why she loves her anyway.
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Georgia's Terrific, Colorific Experiment
Georgia wants to become a famous scientist, but she does not think her family of artists can be of any help to her.
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A Different Pond
As a young boy, Bao Phi awoke early, hours before his father's long workday began, to fish on the shores of a small pond in Minneapolis. Between hope-filled casts, Bao's father told him about a different pond in their homeland of Vietnam.
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A Friend for Dragon
Dragon is lonely so he goes looking for a friend and when an apple falls on his head he is convinced that he has found one; but at home Apple is quiet and unresponsive, and when a visit to the doctor only makes things worse, Dragon mourns the loss of his friend--until an apple tree grows where Apple is buried.
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Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
Sammy is having a very bad day at school and at home until his autistic brother, Benji, finds a way to make him feel better.
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My Papi Has A Motorcycle
When Daisy Ramona zooms around her neighborhood with her papi on his motorcycle, she sees the people and places she's always known. She also sees a community that is rapidly changing around her but as the sun sets purple-blue-gold behind Daisy Ramona and her papi, she knows that the love she feels will always be there.
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¡Vamos! Let's Go to the Market
Little Lobo, a Mexican American, and Bernabe, his dog, deliver supplies to vendors at the Mercado, a busy border town market.
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Looking for Bongo
When a boy's abuela accuses him of being careless with his beloved Bongo, he devises a trap and catches the toy thief red-handed.
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