Books for Beginning ReadersMost of the books for beginning readers are found in the Picture Books (E) section. Novice readers possess a range of skills; there are many levels of “easy readers” to fit their abilities. These readers can have just a few words per page up to several paragraphs. The number of sight words used, repetition, and predictability also varies.For the Very Beginning ReaderSeries(Books can be found by typing in the series title listed below in a “title” search.)Bob Books (Maslan, Bobby) PM Starters (Rigby)Brand New Readers (Candlewick) Real Kids Readers (Millbrook)Early Step Into Reading (Random House) Story Box (Wright Group)My First I Can Read (HarperCollins) Sunshine (Wright Group)My First Reader (Childrens Press)Individual Titles*Armstrong, Jennifer. SUNSHINE, MOONSHINE. Ill. Lucia Washburn. Random House, 1997. Browne, Anthony. I LIKE BOOKS. Random House, 1988.Buck, Nola. SID AND SAM. Ill. G. Brian Karas. HarperTrophy, 1996.Cobb, Annie. WHEELS. Random House, 1996.Cohen, Caron. THREE YELLOW DOGS. Ill. Peter Sis. Greenwillow, 1986.Cousins, Lucy. MAISY GOES TO SCHOOL. Candlewick, 1992.Falwell, Cathryn. WE HAVE A BABY. Clarion, 1993.Fleming, Denise. IN THE TALL, TALL GRASS. Holt, 1991.Ginsburg, Mirra. ASLEEP, ASLEEP. Ill. Nancy Tafuri. Greenwillow, 1992.Hutchins, Pat. ROSIE’S WALK. Macmillan, 1967.Jonas, Ann. NOW WE CAN GO. Greenwillow, 1986.Kalan, Robert. RAIN. Ill. Donald Crews. Greenwillow, 1978.McMillan, Bruce. MOUSE VIEWS: WHAT THE CLASS PET SAW. Holiday, 1993.Raschka, Chris. YO? YES! Orchard, 1993.Rathmann, Peggy. GOOD NIGHT, GORILLA. Putnam, 1994.Shannon, David. NO, DAVID. Blue Sky, 1998.Shaw, Charles. IT LOOKED LIKE SPILT MILK. HarperCollins, 1947.Tafuri, Nancy. WILL YOU BE MY FRIEND? Scholastic, 2000.Ward, Cindy. COOKIE’S WEEK. Ill. Tomie dePaola. Putnam, 1988.Wildsmith, Brian.WAKE UP, WAKE UP! Harcourt, 1996.*See also our Patterned/Predictable BibliographyFor Readers With Varying Skill LevelsPublishers’ SeriesAll Aboard Reading Holiday House ReaderBank Street Ready-to-Read I Can Read (HarperCollins)Blue Bananas (Crabtree) Puffin Easy to ReadDial Easy to Read Road to Reading (Golden)Dutton Easy Reader Rookie Read About…(Children’s Press) Green Light (Harcourt) Rookie Reader (Children’s Press)Hello Reader (Scholastic) Viking Easy to ReadAuthors’ SeriesAdler, David A. Young Cam Jansen McDonald, Megan. BeezyCazet, Denys. Minnie and Moo Mills, Claudia. Gus and Grandpa Cosby, Bill. Little Bill Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia Cowley, Joy. Agapanthus Hum Porte, Barbara. HarryDanziger, Paula. A is for Amber Rylant, Cynthia. Henry and Mudge Giff, Patricia Riley. Ronald Morgan Rylant, Cynthia. High Rise Private Eyes Guest, Elissa Haden. Iris and Walter Rylant, Cynthia. Mr. Putter and Tabby Howe, James. Pinky and Rex Rylant, Cynthia. PoppletonKrensky, Stephen. Lionel Sharmat, Marjorie. Nate the Great Lobel, Arnold. Frog and Toad Van Leeuwen, Jean. Amanda and Oliver Marshall, Edward/James. Fox Wells, Rosemary. Yoko & Friends Individial Titles for New Readers:Arnosky, Jim. LITTLE LIONS. Putnam, 1998.Bang-Campbell, Monika. LITTLE RAT SETS SAIL. Ill. Molly Bang. Harcourt, 2002. Barton, Byron. MACHINES AT WORK. HarperCollins, 1987.Dragonwagon, Crescent. ANNIE FLIES THE BIRTHDAY BIKE. Ill. Emily Arnold McCully.Macmillan, 1993.Ehlert, Lois. RED LEAF, YELLOW LEAF. Harcourt, 1992.Fleming, Denise. LUNCH. Holt, 1992.Fox, Mem. HATTIE AND THE FOX. Ill. Patricia Mullins. Bradbury, 1987.Hawkins, Colin and Jacqui. JEN THE HEN. Putnam, 1988.Hest, Amy. BABY DUCK AND THE BAD EYEGLASSES. Ill. Jill Barton. Candlewick, 1996. Hughes, Shirley. CHATTING. Candlewick, 1994.Keats, Ezra Jack. WHISTLE FOR WILLIE. Puffin, 1964.Keller, Holly. GOODBYE, MAX. Greenwillow, 1987.Kopper, Lisa. DAISY KNOWS BEST. Dutton, 1999.Kraus, Robert. WHOSE MOUSE ARE YOU? Simon & Schuster, 2000.McPhail, David. THE PUDDLE. Farrar, Strauss, Giroux, 1998.Morris, Ann. HATS, HATS, HATS. Photo. Ken Heyman. Lothrop, Lee, & Shepard, 1989. Reiser, Lynn. ANY KIND OF DOG. Greenwillow, 1992.Rockwell, Ann. CARS. Dutton, 1984.Shaw, Nancy. SHEEP IN A JEEP. Houghton Mifflin, 1986.Titherington, Jeanne. PUMPKIN, PUMPKIN. Greenwillow, 1986.Walsh, Ellen Stoll. HOP JUMP. Harcourt, 1993.Professional ResourcesBarstow, Barbara and Judith Riggle. BEYOND PICTURE BOOKS. Bowker, 1995. REF/Z1037.B278 Provides an annotated booklist of easy readers (most in series) and includes both subject andreadability indexes.Fountas, Irene C. and Gay Su Pinnell. GUIDED READING: GOOD FIRST TEACHING FOR ALL CHILDREN. Heinemann, 1996. C.L.R/H46Describes how to use guided reading as one part of a literacy program. Includes an appendix of over 2500 leveled books.Fountas, Irene C. and Gay Su Pinnell. MATCHING BOOKS TO READERS: USING LEVELED BOOKS IN GUIDED READING, K-3. Heinemann, 1999. C.L.R/H46mbContains guided reading book lists arranged by title and by reading level for 7500 books. Information is given on how to match books to readers, the role of leveled books in a literacy program, how to develop a collection, and how to use the book lists.Gillespie, John T. BEST BOOKS FOR CHILDREN: PRESCHOOL THROUGH GRADE 6. Libraries Unlimited, 2002. REF/Z1037.B546Includes a substantial section on Books for Beginning Readers. Entries include series title, “suitable grade levels,” brief annotations, and review information.Gunning, Thomas G. BEST BOOKS FOR BEGINNING READERS. Allyn and Bacon, 1998.REF/LB1573.G92 1998Offers an annotated booklist of titles at sixteen different levels. Appendixes include the Primary Readability Index used to level the books, graduated word lists and the Primary Reading Passages Inventory, titles of readers’ series by educational publishers, and a list of publishers’ addresses. Homa, Linda. L., ed. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTION. Brodart, 2000.REF/Z1037.E4Includes Books for Independent Reading for grades 1 and 2.Smith, Robin. “Too Easy? Too Hard? Finding the Right Easy Reader.” Booklist July 2003: 1902-1903.Discusses easy readers in terms of three levels and recommends some titles.。