Best Books for 1st Graders

Find decodable readers designed for 1st graders (ages 5-6). These phonics-based stories help master VC, CVC, CVCC, CCVC, silent e, and consonant digraphs. Explore picture books, PDF downloads, printables, and audiobooks. Build reading confidence with engaging stories perfect for developing readers.
Dan and the Big Fish
Animals <sh>
Little Ghost Wants to Play!
Adventure VCC CVCC
The Cat
Animals Mystery Family <sh>
Tire Trouble
Adventure Inclusion <ck>
Yap!
Animals SEL Family <ch>
A Spot to Nap
Animals Humor Nature <ch>
Brat Cat Can Fly
Minecraft <ng>
Magnet Magic!
STEM Science <ck>
The Sea Dragon
Fantasy Adventure Music <sh>
Ned the Bookworm
Fantasy Adventure <wh>
Pup Hears a Noise
Animals Nature <ch>
The Little Fish Goes Deep
Adventure Animals Family <sh>
My Comb
Animals Nature Silent-e
Ned Makes a Trade
Adventure <th>
Flip, Flop!
Animals <ch>
Ned Gets a Piggyback Ride
Fantasy Adventure Humor <sh>
Ned Has Too Much Stuff
Animals Friendship Adventure Minecraft <ch>
Ned and the Spooky Sniper
Adventure Fantasy Humor Minecraft <ck>
Ned's Honey Problem
Fantasy Humor Minecraft <th>
The Butterfly Garden
Friendship Nature SEL <nk>
Where Is My Shoe?
Humor Animals Nature <sh>
Cam Can Fly?
Fantasy Adventure Family <wh>
Ned Gets Blown Up
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <th>
Ned Gets Too Hungry
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <nk>
Ned and the Evil Bunny
Adventure Animals Fantasy <ng>
Super Shooter Ned
Adventure STEM Minecraft <ng>
The Old Mine
Adventure Mystery Animals Minecraft Silent-e
The Quiet Hut
Friendship Animals Nature Minecraft <sh>
You're Poor, Ned!
Adventure Fantasy Humor Minecraft <ck>
A Boy and His Hat
Life Silent-e
All of Us
Life CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
An Odd Day
Fantasy Humor Mystery CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Can You Help?
Family SEL CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Cub
Adventure Animals Humor Minecraft <ng>
Farmer Ned Starts Off
Nature STEM Adventure Minecraft Silent-e
Forester Can Protect!
Nature Animals Adventure Silent-e
Full Metal Ned
Adventure Fantasy <ng>
I am a Bot
STEM Friendship VCC CVCC
Kites
STEM Nature Adventure Silent-e
Let's Bee Friends
Friendship Humor Nature <ng>
Make it Rain
Dinosaur Music Nature V CV CCV
Ned Gets Metal
Adventure STEM Friendship Minecraft Silent-e
Ned Gives a Haircut
Animals Humor Silent-e
Ned Lights the Way
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft Silent-e
Ned Makes a Home
STEM Minecraft Silent-e
Ned Protects His Wheat
Adventure Minecraft <th>
Ned Suits Up
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <th>
Ned and the Wolf Pack
Adventure Animals Friendship Minecraft Silent-e
Ned is a Wizard
Fantasy Adventure STEM Minecraft <wh>
Ned the Swordsman
Fantasy Adventure <th>
Ned's Metal Pal
Fantasy Friendship STEM Minecraft <th>
Ned, King of the Bees
Animals Nature Adventure Minecraft <sh>
Pests!
Family Humor Friendship Minecraft <ck>
Phantoms
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <ch>
Pull the Twine
Family Silent-e
Snow!
Christmas Friendship Animals Minecraft V CV CCV
Spots to Live
Family Silent-e
The Best Tube
Fantasy SEL Silent-e
The Big Sneeze
Animals Friendship Humor <nk>
The Hungry Hen
STEM Animals Humor Minecraft Silent-e
The Iron Golem
Adventure Fantasy <nk>
The Lotl Gang
Adventure Animals Friendship Minecraft <nk>
The Ocean World
Adventure Animals Fantasy CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
The Pumpkin Patch
Mystery Fantasy Humor Minecraft <ch>
What a Shock!
Adventure Animals Friendship Minecraft <ck>
You're Rich, Ned!
Adventure Mystery Minecraft <ck>
Zom's Deep Dive
Adventure Animals Humor Minecraft <ch>
Zombie Attack
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <sh>
A Big Pot
Family Nature Silent-e
A Goat Home
Animals Nature Silent-e
A Mess!
Family SEL VCC CVCC
A Puppet Can
Humor CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
A Puppet Can...
Humor Fantasy <ck>
A Ride on a Spell
Fantasy Adventure Family Silent-e
A Shed for Ned
Adventure SEL Minecraft Silent-e
A Small Boat in a Big Lake
Adventure Friendship V CV CCV
A Tall Tale
Fantasy Family Mystery <th>
Achoo!
Humor Animals Minecraft <ck>
Allie's Haircut
Family Humor SEL <sh>
Animal Friends
Animals Nature Science Silent-e
Archie Can Invent!
STEM Humor Silent-e
Art Day
Animals Humor Friendship V CV CCV
Axolotl
Adventure Animals Nature Minecraft <th>
Ballerina
Girls Music CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Banana Hunt
Mystery Animals Humor CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Best Pals
Friendship SEL juyv
Bird in a Cage
Animals Family SEL <th>
Birds
Animals Nature Science CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Book Nook
Life <th>
Callum Can Speed!
STEM Family <th>
Cat's House
Animals Humor Family <th>
Caterpillars!
Animals Nature Science <th>
Cats!
Animals Humor <wh>
Chuck it!
STEM Humor Minecraft CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Clip and Trim!
Family Nature <ch>
Cod
Adventure Animals Nature Minecraft VC CVC
Come Back, Rex!
Animals Adventure Family <wh>
Curly or Not
Science Nature <th>
Dark Blocks
Adventure Fantasy <th>
Dig!
Adventure Humor VC CVC
Dive!
Animals Silent-e
Dogs!
Animals Friendship Humor <sh>
Don't Fall, Ned!
STEM Adventure <wh>
Dot and the Cat
Animals Humor VC CVC
Down by the Sea
Animals Friendship Adventure V CV CCV
Dr. Can Do Makes a Rail
STEM Adventure V CV CCV
Dr. Can Do Turns it On
STEM Adventure Friendship Minecraft Silent-e
Dragon School
Fantasy Humor <th>
Dragon!
Adventure Friendship Fantasy Minecraft <th>
Drip, Drop!
Family Nature Science CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Ella Can Trek!
Adventure Nature Animals Silent-e
Eloise can Swim!
Fantasy Adventure Animals <sh>
Emma can Roll!
Adventure Sports <th>
Enderman Scream
Mystery Friendship Fantasy Minecraft VCC CVCC
Extra! Extra!
STEM Adventure Minecraft CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Fig Pig Takes a Trip
Adventure Animals Minecraft CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Fill It Up!
Nature Adventure <wh>
First?
Animals SEL Friendship V CV CCV
Fly!
Nature Science V CV CCV
Foxes!
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Get a Pot!
Fantasy Family juyv
Got it!
Family Nature juyv
Hats!
Humor Adventure Nonfiction <wh>
He Can Spy…
Animals Humor <nk>
Heat It Up, Ned!
STEM Adventure Minecraft Silent-e
Hens
Animals Nature Humor Nonfiction V CV CCV
Here and There
Adventure Family <wh>
Hop Finds the King
Adventure Animals <ng>
How Many Ways Can You Use a Towel?
Family Humor <th>
I Can Do Magic
Friendship Humor Animals V CV CCV
I Can Do it All
Family SEL CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
I Love My Mom
Family SEL Silent-e
I Think I Can Help!
Animals Friendship juyv
I Want Fans
Animals Adventure <nk>
I Want to Go Home
Animals Adventure Silent-e
I Want to Sing!
Animals Music Friendship <ng>
I am a Crow
Animals Nature Family CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
I am a Train!
Adventure Friendship Music V CV CCV
If Dinos Did not Die...
Dinosaur Science Humor Silent-e
In the Deep
Adventure Animals Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
In the Pit
Adventure SEL Minecraft CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Inès Can Twirl!
Girls Music <th>
Is This the Sea?
Science Nature STEM <th>
Kittens!
Animals Family Friendship Nonfiction <th>
Lava Bridge
Adventure Fantasy Friendship juyv
Let Go!
Animals Adventure Humor CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Little Book of Big Facts: Javan Leopard
Animals Nature Science <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Orangutan
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Sumatran Elephant
Animals Nature Science <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Sun Bear
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <th>
Lost Toy
Family Mystery VCC CVCC
Lost!
Adventure Animals Nature <nk>
Lots of Pots
Family Humor CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Mel Can Help
SEL Adventure <ng>
Microbes
Science STEM Girls <th>
Mooshroom Madness
Adventure Animals Fantasy Minecraft CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Mouse!
Animals Family Humor <th>
My Cat
Animals Family <th>
My Cousin Is Here!
Family Inclusion V CV CCV
My Dog
Animals Adventure Minecraft VC CVC
My Hair
Girls SEL CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Nakita Can Help!
Animals SEL Inclusion Silent-e
Ned Lives by the Sword
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <th>
Ned Makes Fuel
STEM Nature Minecraft <th>
Ned Reels One In
Adventure Humor Nature Minecraft <th>
Ned and His Cows
Animals Adventure Humor Minecraft <th>
Ned in a New World
Adventure Fantasy Friendship Minecraft Silent-e
Ned's Birthday Cake
Family Animals STEM Minecraft <th>
Ned's Fashion Show
STEM Nature Humor Minecraft <th>
Ned's Piggy Tale
Animals Friendship Adventure Minecraft <th>
Nether Portal
Adventure Friendship Fantasy CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
No Pals
Animals Nature Humor <th>
Not the Same
Animals Nature Science Silent-e
Off!
STEM Science <nk>
Otter and Her Pups
Animals V CV CCV
Pig
Humor Animals Adventure CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Pillager!
Adventure Animals Fantasy Minecraft juyv
Pumpkin Hunt
Adventure Fantasy Friendship Silent-e
Puppy's Birthday
Animals Family Friendship <ck>
Pups
Animals Humor <ng>
Pups!
Animals Humor Nonfiction juyv
Ren Can Zoom!
Adventure Science STEM Silent-e
Ride, Ned, Ride!
Adventure Animals Nature Minecraft <wh>
Roar Roar Dinosaurs
Dinosaur Science STEM <th>
Smog
Adventure STEM Nature <th>
Spencer Can Advance!
SEL Sports Family <th>
Spring
Nature Family Animals <th>
Squad!
Sports Friendship <ck>
Stop the Raid
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft Silent-e
Straw
Animals Friendship Minecraft <nk>
Swim, Red, Swim!
Animals Adventure Friendship VCC CVCC
Tag
Humor Friendship VC CVC
Ted
Humor Family juyv
The Brown Rabbit
Animals Adventure Humor VCC CVCC
The Cuckoo's Call
Animals <ck>
The Dog Got Out!
Animals Adventure Humor juyv
The Duck Race
Animals Sports Adventure <ck>
The Dump
Friendship Adventure juyv
The Elf
Fantasy Friendship Music VCC CVCC
The Fish and Chip Shop!
Adventure Humor <sh>
The Flame
Fantasy Animals SEL Silent-e
The Giraffe Who Ate the Sun
Fantasy Family Friendship Silent-e
The Good Lamp
Family Nature Silent-e
The Guide
Adventure Fantasy CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
The Haunted Village
Fantasy Adventure Mystery Minecraft juyv
The Internet
Science <th>
The Magic Loom
Fantasy Family Music V CV CCV
The Monster
SEL Family CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
The Nest
Animals Nature Family VCC CVCC
The Quest
Adventure Family CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
The Wool Shop
STEM Adventure VCC CVCC
There Are Ants!
Animals Nature Humor <th>
Trap
Animals Adventure Minecraft CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Tug
Adventure Family FairyTales juyv
Turn!
STEM Science <ck>
Two Mice
Friendship Animals Adventure VCC CVCC
We All Help
Family Inclusion SEL Silent-e
What a Shock!
Fantasy Adventure Animals Minecraft CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
What's the Scoop on Pee and Poop?
Science STEM Adventure Silent-e
Wind!
Mystery STEM Fantasy Minecraft juyv
Zombie Attack
Adventure Fantasy STEM Minecraft VCC CVCC
Flower Hunt
Nature Animals Family <th>
Mud
Animals Nature Science juyv
Pat the Cat
Animals juyv
Rock and a Feather
Science STEM Maths Nonfiction <th>
Flip and Toss
Family Humor CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Market Fun
Family Adventure juyv
My Best Sock
Family Mystery <ck>
Pranks
Fantasy Humor Minecraft <ck>
Sun?
Nature Animals juyv
Tame the Wolf
Animals Adventure Nature Minecraft <wh>
The Dragonfly Net
Nature Science Friendship Silent-e
Up and Up
Adventure Silent-e
Bones and the Wolves
Animals Friendship Adventure Minecraft <sh>
Bop
Music Family VCC CVCC
Clean the Rainbow
Fantasy FairyTales Silent-e
In My Garden
Nature Animals Science VCC CVCC
Mining School
Adventure STEM Friendship Minecraft <ck>
Prickly
STEM Adventure <ck>
A Hot Christmas
Christmas Friendship Humor Minecraft V CV CCV
Enchantments
Fantasy Humor Animals Minecraft <wh>
Nuts!
Animals Mystery Silent-e
Off to Fish
Family Nature Animals V CV CCV
Pencil Box
SEL Fantasy CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
The Big Sheep
Animals Friendship Inclusion <th>
The Swamp Hut
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft <ck>
This is the Way
Inclusion Friendship SEL <th>
Tin Man
Adventure VCC CVCC
A Green Thumb for Ned
Nature STEM Adventure Minecraft Silent-e
Big Fish and Little Fish
Animals Friendship Adventure <sh>
Busy Hen
Animals Family Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Colour Mix
Science STEM <wh>
Count and Say
Maths Animals Nature <th>
Dogs and Cats
Friendship Animals Family VCC CVCC
In My Life
Family SEL Silent-e
Leg It!
Animals VCC CVCC
Min Wants Help
Family Humor SEL VCC CVCC
My Old Wand
Fantasy Humor Adventure CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Rainbow Birds
Animals VCC CVCC
Run!
Animals Adventure Family V CV CCV
Save the Lake!
Animals Nature Friendship Silent-e
The Cap
Fantasy Family Nature VCC CVCC
White Calf
Life <th>
Zom's Milk Bar
Humor Animals Fantasy Minecraft <wh>
Girl of the Forest
Adventure Animals Nature V CV CCV
I Can Spot …
Animals Nature V CV CCV
Tears
Family SEL V CV CCV
Time to Go Home
Animals Family Friendship <th>
Fast
SEL Humor VCC CVCC
Got to Go!
Animals Adventure Friendship V CV CCV
Hantu
Fantasy Humor Friendship <th>
He Can Draw
Life CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
If You Lived...
Science Animals Nature <th>
Insects!
Science Nature Animals Silent-e
Little Vet
Animals Adventure Friendship juyv
Mum Needs a Bike
Animals Family Silent-e
Ned Digs and Digs
Adventure STEM Minecraft Silent-e
No Sleep For Jill
Adventure Mystery Minecraft Silent-e
Pals or Not?
Friendship Inclusion Animals V CV CCV
Pep Likes To Mix
Animals <th>
Sad Tune
Music Animals Friendship Silent-e
Save It
SEL Friendship Family Silent-e
Tom's Creeper Trouble
Adventure Fantasy Minecraft Silent-e
Water Spout
Life VC CVC
Where is Pluto?
STEM Science Friendship CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
A Rod
Friendship Minecraft <wh>
Bat Box
Minecraft <wh>
Bat Mob
Adventure Fantasy juyv
Birthday Pet
Animals CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Bub Goes Up
Family Humor Adventure V CV CCV
Cured
Fantasy Adventure Mystery Minecraft <ck>
Gifts For Tip
Friendship Animals Fantasy Minecraft VCC CVCC
He Can Spy…
Life V CV CCV
Hot or not?
Humor Adventure Minecraft <ch>
In My Tum
Friendship Humor Sports Silent-e
Jill Has a Go
STEM Girls Minecraft VCC CVCC
Jill Lost it All
Friendship Adventure Inclusion Minecraft VCC CVCC
Jump Up!
Sports Inclusion Friendship <th>
Litterbug
Life <th>
Little Book of Big Facts: Irrawaddy Dolphin
Animals Science Nature Nonfiction <sh>
Little Book of Big Facts: Komodo Dragon
Animals Science Nature <wh>
Little Book of Big Facts: Sumatran Tiger
Animals Nature Science Nonfiction <wh>
May and the Sea
Adventure Friendship Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Mine!
Family Adventure Fantasy Silent-e
Rooster
Animals Family juyv
Rot
Humor Animals <ng>
The Best!
Family Friendship Animals juyv
Yum!
Family Nature juyv
Zom is Sick of Brains
Humor Fantasy Minecraft <wh>
A Strange Day
Humor Mystery VCC CVCC
Apam Cake
Life CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Be a Tree
Adventure Family Nature VCC CVCC
Cats and Crabs
Animals Nature CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Hot or not?
STEM Science Humor Minecraft VC CVC
I Am Up
Animals juyv
In Mum's Pouch
Animals V CV CCV
In the Sky
Nature Music Fantasy V CV CCV
Lonely Golem
Fantasy Friendship VCC CVCC
Look! Look!
Friendship Adventure Family V CV CCV
Monster Pile
Adventure Silent-e
Save Our Sea
Nature SEL Family Silent-e
Sing!
Animals Friendship Music <ng>
The Sea Egg
Adventure Animals Fantasy V CV CCV
The Stars
Adventure Nature Animals CCVC CCVCC CCCVCC CCCVC
Time for a Bite
Animals <sh>
Vines
Science Silent-e
What’s Your Name?
Friendship Inclusion Sports Silent-e

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