The following books are included in the Memoria Press 1st Grade Read-Aloud Program. These books can be purchased as a package from Memoria Press or directly from Amazon or another retailer. You may also be interested in the complete Memoria Press 1st Grade Curriculum.
A Visitor for Bear
by Bonny Becker
The Ink Garden of Brother Theophane
by C. M. Millen
A House Is a House for Me
by Mary Ann Hoberman
Also: National Book Award Children's Book Winners
Miss Twiggley's Tree
by Dorothea Warren Fox
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
by Bernard Waber
Recommended Age: 5
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus
by David A. Adler
Katy No-Pocket
by Emmy Payne
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Before Five in a Row Book List for Ages 3-4
Also: My Father's World Kindergarten Literature Collection
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod
by Eugene Field, Illustrated by Johanna Westerman
The Caboose Who Got Loose
by Bill Peet
The Owl and the Pussycat
by Edward Lear
The Little Island
by Margaret Wise Brown, Illustrated by Leonard Weisgard
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Moving Beyond the Page Age 4-5 Literature Package
Also: What We Read: Summer and the Beach
The Very First Thanksgiving Day
by Rhonda Gowler Greene
Choo Choo
by Virginia Lee Burton
The Polar Express
by Chris Van Allsburg
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
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: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Also: Top 25 Christmas Picture Books
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
by Dr. Suess
Also: Moving Beyond the Page Age 5-7 Literature Package
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: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Also: Top 20 Science and Nature Books for Young Children
Also: What We Read: Winter and Snow
The Moon Shines Down
by Margaret Wise Brown
Norman the Doorman
by Don Freeman
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Pickle-Chiffon Pie
by Jolly Roger Bradfield
The Star-Spangled Banner
by Peter Spier
Also: Picture Books for Minor Holidays
Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books
by Kay Winters
White Snow, Bright Snow
by Alvin Tresselt, Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland
by Tomie dePaola
Also: Picture Books for Minor Holidays
Also: What We Read: Ireland
Doctor De Soto
by William Steig
Also: National Book Award Children's Book Winners
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Little Toot
by Hardie Gramatky
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Rechenka's Eggs
by Patricia Polacco
Also: Top 10 Easter Picture Books
Also: What We Read: Russia
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: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
Also: What We Read: France
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
Retold by Verna Aardema, Illustrated by Leo & Diane Dillon
Recommended Age: 5
Also: Caldecott Medal Winners
Also: Moving Beyond the Page Age 6-8 Literature Package
Also: Reading Roadmaps Kindergarten
Also: What We Read: West Africa
Fly High, Fly Low
by Don Freeman
Millions Of Cats
by Wanda Gág
Recommended Age: 3
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: 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 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury)
The Storm Book
by Charlotte Zolotow
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: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: New York Public Library’s List of 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Also: Reading Roadmaps 1st Grade
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)
A Time to Keep
by Tasha Tudor
A Child's Book of Poems
by Gyo Fujikawa
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: Top 10 Poetry Collections for Children
Eric Carle's Animals Animals
Compiled by Laura Whipple; Illustrated by Eric Carle
Recommended Age: 4
Also: Memoria Press 2nd Grade Read-Aloud Program
Also: Memoria Press Kindergarten Read-Aloud Program
Also: Sonlight Pre-K Book List for Ages 4-5