2010s books assigned in 1st grade
US schools assign 143 books written in the 2010s to 1st grade students, across 11 states, spanning 610L–610L. Every title below is cited from a state ELA standard, district reading list, or AP/IB syllabus.
Most widely assigned from the 2010s
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
Drew Daywalt · on 6 reading lists
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- Titles
- 143
- Written
- 2010–2019
- Lexile range
- 610L–610L
- States assigning
- 11
The list — 2010s, 1st grade
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A Ball for DaisyChris Raschka
A Band of AngelsDeborah Hopkinson
A Dance Like StarlightKristy Dempsey
A Friend for Lakota: The Incredible True Story of a Wolf Who Braved BullyingJim Dutcher
A Green Place to beAshley Benham Yazdani
A Sick Day for Amos McGeePhilip C. Stead
A Visitor for BearBonny Becker
Across the BayCarlos Aponte
Are You Ready to Play Outside?Mo Willems
Are You Scared, Darth Vader?Adam Rex
At NightJonathan Bean
Baby Monkey, Private EyeBrian Selznick
Balloons over BroadwayMelissa Sweet
Best Frints in the Whole UniverseAntoinette Portis
Big Red LollipopRukhsana Khan
Bink and Gollie: Two for OneKate DiCamillo
Boats for PapaJessixa Bagley
Bowwow PowwowBrenda J. Child
Building Our HouseJonathan Bean
Can I Be Your Dog?Troy Cummings
Cat SecretsJef Czekaj
ChalkBill Thomson
Charlie & Mouse Even BetterLaurel Snyder
ChesterMélanie Watt
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- Clever Little Witch
- Crash, Splash, or Moo!
- Creepy Carrots!
- Dandy
- Dave the Potter
- Dewey: There’s a Cat in the Library!
- Diego Rivera
- Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
- Dogku
- Don't Throw It to Mo!
- Doña Flor
- Dragons Love Tacos
- Drawn Together
- Escargot
- Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist
- Even Monsters Need Haircuts
- Extra Yarn
- Finding Winnie: The Story of the Real Bear Who Inspired Winnie-the-Pooh
- Firebird
- Fox the Tiger
- Freedom Over Me
- Fry Bread
- Fry Bread
- Funny Bones
- Gaston
- Good Dog
- Goodbye Autumn, Hello Winter
- Grandma's Gift
- H.O.R.S.E.
- Heart and Soul
- Hello Lighthouse
- Henry and Mudge Ready-to-Read Value Pack #2
- I Have a Dream
- I Know Here
- I Yam a Donkey
- I, Too, Am America
- I'm Going to Sing, Black American Spirituals, Volume Two
- I'm Trying to Love Spiders
- If I Built a School
- Jazz Day
- Juana and Lucas
- Just a Minute
- Just In Case
- Knock Knock
- Last Stop on Market Street
- Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters
- Let it Shine
- Library Mouse
- Lion vs. Rabbit
- Little You / kiya kâ-apisîsisiyan
- Locomotive
- Made By Hand: A Crafts Sampler
- Madeline Finn and the Library Dog
- Mama, Do You Love Me? & Papa, Do You Love Me? Bundle
- Mango, Abuela, and Me
- Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía Una Llamita
- Mario and the Hole in the Sky
- Martina the Beautiful Cockroach: A Cuban Folktale
- Marvelous Cornelius
- Me and Momma and Big John
- Memoirs of a Goldfish
- Mother Bruce
- Mr Gumpy's Outing
- Mr Tiger Goes Wild
- My Mama Needs Me
- Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea
- Nelson Mandela
- Open This Little Book
- Otis and Will Discover the Deep
- Out of Wonder
- Pancho Rabbit and the Coyote
- Pocketful of Posies
- Poor Louie
- Press Here
- Radiant Child
- Radiant Child
- Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
- Separate Is Never Equal
- Shark vs. Train
- Sitting Bull
- Sophie's Squash
- Stop! Bot!
- Tales for Very Picky Eaters
- The Adventures of Beekle
- The Bear and the Piano
- The Bell Rang
- The Christmas Boot
- The Christmas Coat
- The Day the Crayons Quit
- The Farmer and the Clown
- The Full Moon at the Napping House
- The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School
- The Invention of Hugo Cabret
- The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors
- The Monkey Goes Bananas
- The Patchwork Bike
- The Princess and the Warrior
- The Rain Came Down
- The Remember Balloons
- The Snowman: The Book of the Classic Film
- The Undefeated
- The Watermelon Seed [Board Book]
- They Say Blue
- This is My Book
- Traction Man Is Here!
- Trombone Shorty
- Trouper
- Underground
- Underground
- Up, Tall and High
- Viva Frida
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates!
- We Forgot Brock!
- What Do They Do with All That Poo?
- Who Wet My Pants?
- Wolf in the Snow
- You are (not) Small
- Zombies Don't Eat Veggies!
Most-assigned 2010s authors in 1st grade
Duncan Tonatiuh (5) · Ashley Bryan (3) · Yuyi Morales (3) · Jonathan Bean (2) · Brian Selznick (2) · Bob Shea (2)
Common questions
- How many 2010s books are assigned in 1st grade?
- 143 books written between 2010 and 2019 appear on 1st grade reading lists tracked by ReadingList. Each one is cited from a state department of education, district list, or AP/IB syllabus.
- What Lexile range do these 2010s books cover?
- Lexile measures for the 2010s titles assigned in 1st grade run from 610L to 610L. Poetry, drama, and graphic novels without a published Lexile measure are not counted in that range.
- Are these assigned nationally or in a few states?
- 11 states assign at least one 2010s title at 1st grade in the lists tracked here, so this is a broad pattern rather than a single state's canon. Per-state lists are on each state page.