These books are suggestions. You do not have to read them all.
For students going into:

First Grade:
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by: Judith Barrett
Clifford, the Big Red Dog (series) by: Norman Bridwell
The Berenstain Bears (series) by: Jan and Stan Berenstain
Stone Soup by: Marcia Brown
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by: Virginia Burton
The Little House by: Virginia Burton
Stellaluna by: Janell Cannon
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by: Eric Carle
Miss Rumphius by: Barbara Cooney
Corduroy by: Don Freeman
Millions of Cats by: Wanda Gag
Little Red Hen by: Paul Galdone
Three Billy Goats Gruff by: Paul Galdone
Little Toot by: Hardie Gramatky
Old Bear by: Jane Hissey
Bedtime for Francis (series) by: Russell Hoban
Sammy the Seal by: Syd Hoff
The Doorbell Rang by: Pat Hutchins
I Love You the Purplest by: Barbara Joosse
Miss Fannie’s Hat by: Jan Karon
The Snowy Day by: Ezra Jack Keats
Here Comes the Strikeout! by: Leondard Kessler
My Great-Aunt Arizona by: Susan Condie Lamb
Swimmy by: Leo Lionni
Frog and Toad Are Friends (series) by: Arnold Lobel
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (series) by: Betty MacDonald
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by: Bill Martin
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by: Bill Martin
Blueberries for Sal by: Robert McCloskey
Little Bear (series) by: Else Minarik
Tikki Tikki Tembo by: Arlene Mosel If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by: Laura Numeroff
Amelia Bedelia (series) by: Peggy Parish
Just the Way You Are by: Marcus Pfister
The Paperboy by: Dav Pilkey
The Little Engine That Could by: Watty Piper
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (series) by: Beatrix Potter
Curious George (series) by: H.A. Rey
The Relatives Came by: Cynthia Rylant
Where the Wild Things Are by: Maurice Sendak
Horton Hatches the Egg by: Dr. Seuss
Caps For Sale by: Esphyr Solbodkina
Pete’s a Pizza by: William Steig
Tops and Bottoms by: Janet Stevens
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile by: Bernard Waber
The Biggest Bear by: Lynd Ward
The Napping House by: Audrey Wood
Old Turtle by: Douglas Wood How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight by: Jane Yolen
Harry, the Dirty Dog by: Gene Zion

*Note: You will find multiple books by these authors. Any title selected would be a good choice.