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Some fun beginning readers to try out!
Updated June 28, 2024
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Big Dog and Little Dog
Pilkey, Dav
Paper Book
Meet Big Dog and Little Dog, stars of a new early reader series by Captain Underpants creator Dav Pilkey! With easy vocabulary, repetition, and bold illustrations, this book is sure to give young readers a good base for decoding and comprehension while tickling their funny bones as only Pilkey...
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Don't throw it to Mo!
Adler, David A.
Paper Book
Winner of the 2016 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins, his football team. His classmates don't mind, but the kids on their rival team tease him for being a "butterfingers" who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan to turn Mo's little...
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An Elephant & Piggie Biggie!
Willems, Mo
Paper Book
Read 5 Elephant & Piggie adventures in this special bind-up collection! Mo Willems, award-winning, New York Times best-selling creator of The Pigeon, Knuffle Bunny, and Unlimited Squirrels, presents best friends Elephant and Piggie. Gerald is...
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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...
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Fox has a problem
Tabor, Corey R.
Paper Book
In his next I Can Read adventure, Fox--the hilarious trickster character featured in Geisel Award winners Fox at Night and Fox the Tiger--learns to solve a problem in an unexpected way. Fox has a problem: His kite is stuck in a tree! But every clever plan creates even more...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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See me run
Meisel, Paul.
Paper Book
Happiness is a day in the park for a pack of joyful pups, in this Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning Level D early reader. See me run. A happy, fuzzy gold mutt is running through the park when he finds some friends. So he joins the crowd, and together they run, chase, and play in...
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Ty's travels. Zip, zoom!
Lyons, Kelly Starling
Paper Book
Ty can't wait to ride his brand-new scooter at the park. Other kids zip and zoom by like race cars, but all Ty can do is wobble! Ty wants to give up, but a new friend helps Ty give it another try. A 2021 Geisel Honor Book! Celebrate imagination and the power of persistence in...
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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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What is chasing Duck?
Thomas, Jan
Paper Book
What is chasing Duck? Is it something wild and hairy? Does it have big teeth? Who will help protect Duck? Featuring Jan Thomas's wonderfully wacky humor, rowdy repetitions, and hilarious characters, this book is sure to have young readers laughing out loud!
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What this story needs is a pig in a wig
Virja n, Emma J.
Paper Book
"A story with the echoes of Seuss and Willems."-- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A boatload of giggles will keep the reader returning for more easy-to-read fun."-- Kirkus Reviews The first book in the vibrant and laugh-out-loud funny early reader What...
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