The collection of works "Post-Literary Reader" will acquaint 1st grade students with a wide and accessible range of children's reading and prepare them for independent reading. The collection includes riddles, colloquialisms, counters, toys, myrils, fairy tales, as well as poems and stories about children, their relationships in the family and school, about nature, homeland, customs and holidays of Ukrainians. The variety of works on themes, genres, emotional orientation will help first-graders to perceive literature as an unusual and fascinating world in which everyone can find something interesting for themselves. Excellent illustrations will help to better understand the content of the works read and the development of children's artistic tastes and creative imagination. The content of the manual corresponds to the State Standard of Primary Education and standard educational programs. For teachers, 1st graders and their parents.