Comments on: Recommended Early Readers

By: nottithistledore

nottithistledore — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:10:00 +0000

What a wonderful list! Thank you for taking the time to put it together.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:45:00 +0000

One of our favorites is. Time for bed, the babysitter said by Peggy perry Anderson

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:49:43 +0000

thanks, Jennifer!

By: Melissa Taylor

Melissa Taylor — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:26:04 +0000

In reply to PragmaticMom. Love Elephant and Piggie - anything by Mo Willems. Thanks, Mia!

By: PragmaticMom

PragmaticMom — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:09:42 +0000

I am in total agreement with you on the real lack of excellent easy readers. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Grace Lin’s Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same. It won the Geisel and it has that same timelessness of a Little Bear book (to me at least).

We are also enjoying Elephant and Piggie books because my son can read these out loud tome without much help, and Mr. Putty and Tabby series (LOVE those!). My older kids will come into the room when I read those out loud, they are so beloved.

I also love the classics: Frog and Toad, Little Bear, and actually anything by Arnold Lobel.

I’m going to segue into Advanced Picture Books very soon though and try to delay the chapter book series because I think the Advanced Picture Books are a much richer experience both in terms of experience and vocabulary.

By: Michelle Breum

Michelle Breum — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:01:38 +0000

I like Nora Gaydos books. I haven’t read The Neat Pig yet. The schools in our area teach manuscript or DeNealian printing, so I haven’t bought these books. Trucktown and Fly Guy are fun too. Nice list. My kids are past the beginning reading stage. Enjoy this time with JJ. Having good books makes learning to read so fun. You have a nice list. I’m going to check out your Newmark Learning Early Reader post next. Here’s a link to some of my favorite books for Beginning Readers. http://www.squidoo.com/goodbooksforbeginningreaderswithsomephonicsknowledge

By: JDaniel4's Mom

JDaniel4's Mom — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:53:01 +0000

I am going to have to look for the Neat Pig for my son!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:28:31 +0000

Nice list, and I agree that it’s often hard to find good books for young readers. One of my favorite resources for books for kids is our local $1 book store. The books can be pretty beaten up sometimes, but most are in reasonable condition, with the kind of bends you’d expect your own kids to add to it soon enough. Makes it much easier to build a collection on a budget.