Great Beginning Readers

Some fun beginning readers to try out!

Updated June 28, 2024
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Big Dog and Little Dog
Pilkey, Dav
Paper Book
In this lovable board book series, Dav Pilkey captures the humor of everyday canine behavior. The sweet personalities, lasting friendship, and hilarious antics of Big Dog and Little Dog will enchant little ones and entertain dog lovers of all ages.
Don't throw it to Mo!
Adler, David A.
Paper Book
Mo may not be the biggest, the strongest, or the fastest football player, but he won't let that stop him from playing! The Geisel Award Winning reader from David Adler is now in Step into Reading! Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team...
Drop it, Rocket!
Hills, Tad.
Paper Book
Rocket, the beloved dog from the New York Times bestselling picture books How Rocket Learned to Read and Rocket Writes a Story, is back in a Step 1 leveled reader. Rocket is ready to find new words for his word tree with his teacher, the little yellow bird....
Fly high, fly guy!
Arnold, Tedd
Paper Book
The fifth book in an award-winning, easy-to-read series about a boy and his pet fly, each book in the series has a fun foil cover!Mom and Dad won't let Fly Guy go along on the family road trip. They're afraid he'll get lost. But when Dad accidentally shuts him in the trunk, Fly Guy goes along for...
Gigi and Ojiji
Iwai, Melissa
Paper Book
"Gigi crafts her Japanese American identity in this ­enchanting early reader. The cuteness, inclusivity, and cross-cultural problem-solving represented will have young ­readers coming back again and again. A must-buy." --School Library Journal (starred review) "The text is...
Go, Otto, go!
Milgrim, David
Paper Book
Otto the robot builds a spaceship in this funny and poignant Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. This Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read by New York Times bestselling author/illustrator David Milgrim is part of the award-winning, star-reviewed The Adventures of Otto series! See Otto...
A pig, a fox, and a box
Fenske, Jonathan
Paper Book
This Theodore Seuss Geisel Honor winning story about Fox and Pig is laugh-out-loud funny! Now available in Step into Reading, the premier leveled reader line. In the style of Mo Willems, Jonathan Fenske tells three humorous stories of two friends, Fox and Pig, and their...
I see a cat
Meisel, Paul
Paper Book
A dog barks at everything he loves--a cat, a squirrel, and his favorite boy! This Level A book is perfect for new readers.  I see a cat. I see a bird. I see a fly.  Easy-to-read text and fun pictures follow a dog through his happy day.  Sitting...
We are growing!
Keller, Laurie
Paper Book
Walt and his friends are growing up fast! Everyone is the something-est. But . . . what about Walt? He is not the tallest, or the curliest, or the silliest. He is not the anything-est! As a BIG surprise inches closer, Walt discovers something special of his own!

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