Primary teachers often struggle to find high quality literature for use with their first-grade students. Therefore, a list of award winning books was evaluated for characteristics that lend themselves to teaching reading comprehension strategies and literary elements. The Golden Kite Award, an annual award which provides a grant to the winning author and illustrator, was used for this study. The Golden Kite Award reflects five categories, including young reader and middle grade fiction, young adult fiction nonfiction, picture book text, and picture book illustration. Literature in the picture-book text category was evaluated for reading level and possible comprehension strategy use in a first grade classroom. Books best suited for use with first grade comprehension instruction are described in this chapter.