2024 Graded Reading Lists: Grades K & 1

When a kindergarten class arrives for the first day at school, they are greeted only by the words "Mr. S" on the chalkboard and a delicious-looking sandwich, resulting in merry mayhem as the kids wonder if the sandwich is their teacher.

An angry, destructive tornado picks up an empathetic cow, and when Cow politely asks to be put down, the two enter a conversation that has some unforeseen results.

Sir Morien sets off from Africa in search of his father, and meets Sir Gawain and Sir Lancelot who invite him to join their quest.

When Aurora came to America, she learned to speak English. But not her spaniel, Nena. As Aurora explains to her friends she meets along the way, her dog just knows Spanish. Nena doesn't know "sit," but she knows "sientate." And she doesn't know "wait," but she know "espera." And a "treat" might not mean anything to Nena, but she sure can sniff out a "postre"!

"A mindful, gentle picture book about patience and learning to find beauty in the act of waiting"--

"Wombats are elusive, burrowing marsupials. Their teeth never stop growing, they have backwards pouches, and they're the only known animal to have cube-shaped poop. And if you ask their friend Snake, those aren't the only things that are weird about wombats!"--

Big Volcano and Little Volcano live side by side in paradise, but when a silly bird drops a coconut (or two) on Little Volcano's crater he blows his top.

In this followup to "A human for Kingsley", Kingsley has decided to get a job. This is not a decision to be taken lightly. After all, a job is a responsibility. But finding the right kind of job is much harder than Kingsley expected. Some jobs are tricky for paws. Some jobs are difficult to understand. And some just don't seem to appreciate a dog's work ethic the way they should. Will Kingsley ever find a job that is exactly right?

Rani lives in a luxurious palace full of busy adults, but she's lonely. Being the only princess in the kingdom is boring, tedious, dull. She has no one to play with-except her baby brother, who doesn't count! So one morning, Rani decides to leave for the beach in search of adventure. She's sure it will be the opposite of her life in the palace: wonderful, marvelous, fun! But in the world outside the palace walls, Rani isn't a princess anymore, she's...

"A tribute to all types of service dogs that perform important jobs, from providing emotional support to helping disabled people, gives thanks to every human's best friend"--