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Reading Rascals read laters

GRADE 1 BOOK CLUB

Each session we present several books to vote on for future meetings. As only one gets chosen, we list the remainders here so that bookclub members who liked a title that did not win have a reference list.

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P.S. This is also a great list for birthday presents within the age group.

2023/24 Grade 1 

  • Friends by Joy Cowley

  • The Unvisibles by Ian Whybrow

  • Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate Dicamill

  • Mimi Power by Victoria Miles

  • Madame Pamplemousse and Her Incredible Edibles by Rupert Kingfisher

  • Leave it plum by Matt Phelan

  • Minton Goes! by Anna Feinberg & Kim Gamble

  • Gooney the Fabulous by Lois Lowry

  • Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake

2021/22 Grade 1 

  • The Kingdom of Wrenly: The Lost Stone by Jordan Quinn and Robert McPhillips

  • Coyote Tales by Thomas King and Byron Eggenschwiler

  • The Sisters Eight: Annie's Adventures by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

  • Nathanial Fludd, Beastologist: Flight of the Phoenix by R. L. LaFevers

  • Slug Days by Sara Leach

  • Harry Miller's Run by David Almond

  • Forward, Shakespeare! by Jean Little 

  • I, Bruno by Caroline Adderson

  • Angels Inc. Bruce McBay

  • The Blue Vase by Katerina Jovanovic

2016/17 Grade 1

  • Forward Shakespeare by Jean Little

  • Brand-New Page by Tony Davis

  • Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume

2014/15 Grade 1 

  • The Amazing World of Stuart by Sara Pennypacker

  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

  • Penguin Pandemonium by Jeanne Willis

  • Marty Mcguire by Kate Messner

  • Geronimo Stilton: the Journey Through Time

  • Angels Inc. by Bruce McBay

  • The Trouble with Chickens by Doreen Cronin

  • The Girl with 500 Middle Names by Margaret Haddix

  • LuLu Walks the Dogs by Judith Viorst

  • A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith

  • The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate

  • Penguin Pandemonium by Jeanne Willis

  • The Amazing World of Stuart by Sara Pennypacker

  • Jasper John Dooley by Caroline Adderson

  • The Miniature World of Marvin and James

2011/12 Grade 1 

  • Gooney Bird and the Room Mother by Lowis Lowry

  • Mr. Karp’s Last Glass by Cary Fagan

  • The Whale’s Way by Heather Kellerhals-Stewart

  • Ellray Jakes is Not a Chicken by Sally Warner

  • Amazing World of Stuart by Sara Pennypacker

  • Clubhouse Mysteries by Sharon Draper

  • Toys Go Out by Emily Jenkins

  • Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan

  • Angels Inc. by Bruce McBay

  • The Countess’s Calamity by Sally Gardner

  • The Amazing World of Stuart by Sara Pennypacker

  • Roland Wright Brand-New Page by Tony Davis

  • Little Wolf’s Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow

  • The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans

  • Bad Cat by Lynne Reid Banks

2012/13 Grade 1

  • How to Save Your Tail by Mary Hanson

  • Frog in My Throat by Frieda Wishinsky

  • Jacob’s Little Giant by Barbara Smucker

  • Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith

  • Penguin Pandemonium by Jeanne Willis

  • Hamster Magic by Lynne Jonell

  • Burping Bertha by Michael Rosen

  • Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl

  • The Amazing World of Stuart by Sara Pennypacker

  • Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume

  • Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

  • Very Serious Children by Caroline Adderson

  • Angles Inc. by Bruce McBay

2008/9 Grade 1

  • Forward Shakespeare by Jean Little

  • Mieko & the Fifth Treasure by Eleanor Coerr

  • Lizzie Zipmouth by JacquelineWilson

  • Monsterbook by Michael Broad

  • The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith

  • Luke Lancelot by Giles Andreae

  • On the Road Again by Marie-Louise Gay

  • Jacob’s Little Giant by Barbara Smucker                                    

  • Three Good Deeds by Vivian Vande Velde

2022/23 Grade 1 

  • Astrid the Astronaut: The Astronomically Grand Plan by Rie Neal

  • Miles Lewis: King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyon

  • Catalina Incognito by Jennifer Torres

  • The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler

  • Pets Rule!: My Kingdom of Darkness by Susan Tan

  • Einstein the Penguin by Iona Rangeley

2018/19 Grade 1

  • Anne Arrives by Kallie George

  • The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith

  • Forward, Shakespeare! by Jean Little

  • Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan

  • The sisters 8 by Lauren Baratz-Logsted with Greg Logsted and Jackie Logsted

  • The Amazing World of Stuart by Sarah Pennypacker

  • The Giraffe, the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl

  • Beasts of Olympus by Lucy Coats

  • Calvin Coconut by Graham Salisbury

  • Mieko and the fifth treasure by Eleanor Coerr

  • Jasper John Dooley by Caroline Adderson

  • The End of the Beginning by Avi

2015/16 Grade 1

  • Danny Doodles: The Jelly Bean Experiment by David A. Adler

  • Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang by Mordecai Richler

  • Yuit by Yvette Edmonds

  • Guinea Dog by Patrick Jennings

  • The Magnificent Moon Hare by Sue Monroe

  • Nim’s Island by Wendy Orr

  • The Goblin Baby by Berlie Doherty

  • Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl

  • Please Write in This Book by Mary Amato

  • Daisy Dawson and the Secret Pond by Steve Voake

  • No Pets Allowed by Irene Watts

  • Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

  • Clementine by Sara Pennypacker

  • The End of the Beginning by Avi

  • The Magnificent Moon Hare by Sue Monroe

  • Little Wolf’s Book of Badness by Ian Whybrow

2013/14 Grade 1

  • Underworlds: The Battle Begins by Tony Abbott

  • The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans

  • The Invisible Dog by Dick King-Smith

  • Oggie Cooder by Sarah Weeks

  • Mr. Karp’s Last Glass

  • How To Train Your Dragon by Cressida Crowell

  • The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepulveda

  • The West is Calling

  • Hamster Magic

  • The Miniature World of Marvin and James by Elise Broach

  • The Word Eater by Mary Amato

  • Cinderella

  • Fortunately the Milk by Neil Gaiman

  • Three Green Rats by Linda Mason Hunter and Suzanne Summersgill

  • Ruby Goldberg’s Bright Idea by Anna Humphrey

  • I, Bruno by Caroline Adderson

2010/11 Grade 1 

  • The Amazing World of Stuart by Sara Pennypacker

  • The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepulveda

  • The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl

  • Owen Foote: Second Grade Strongman by Stephanie Greene

  • The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson

  • The Clumsies Make a Mess by Sorrel Anderson

  • Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet by Graham Salisbury

2009/10 Grade 1

  • Mammoth Academy: Surf’s Up! by Neil Layton

  • Raffi’s for the Birds by Syvain Meunier

  • Balto and the Great Race by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

  • The Green Dog by Suzanne Fisher Staples

  • The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly by Luis Sepulveda

  • Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume

  • Karlson Flies Again by Astrid Lindgren

  • Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye by Geronimo Stilton

  • Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

  • Cool! by Michael Morpurgo

  • Knights of the Kitchen Table by Jon Scieszka

  • Emmaline and the Bunny by Katherine Hannigan

  • George’s Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl

  • Mischief: Four Trouble Makers by Hongying Yang

  • The Graveyard Hounds by Vi Hughes

  • Mr. Karp’s Last Glass by Cary Fagan

  • Baaaad Animals by Tiffany Stone

  • Things are Looking Up, Jack by Dan Bar-el

2007/8 Grade 1

  • Roxie and the Hooligans by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

  • The Real Thief by William Steig

  • The Countessa’s Calamity by Sally Gardner

  • Monster Mission by Eva Ibbotson

  • Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar

  • Sable by Karen Hesse

  • Chance and the Butterfly by Maggie de Vries

  • Tuk and the Whale by Raquel Rivera

  • Muddle Farm: Pigs Might Fly by Michael Morpurgo

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