Beginning readers need lots of books to practice those new reading skills. So, I’m always excited to discover new early reader books and new early reader book series — like these! See what you think and then for all my easy reader reviews, go to my best books for 5- and 6-year olds page. Playful Early […]
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Entertaining NEW Early Reader Books
Your beginning readers need good books (that make sense!) to read. Check out these new early reader books that are actually really entertaining. While you are reading, play reading games. For example, try searching for words that begin or end with one sound. So search for words that begin with the “p” sound or end with a “d” […]
Beginning Readers Kids Will Actually Like
“I want to save these books for when I have kids and they’re learning to read,” announced my daughter as she organized and read each of the Tug the Pup and Friends beginning readers. So I had to read these and share with YOU. Because it’s my never ending goal to find your kids beginning […]
Recommended Early Readers
I often struggle to find engaging early readers for JJ so I bet you have the same problem, too. Today, I wanted to share some of the best early learning (reader) books we’ve enjoyed lately, most of which are newly published. All these books include beautiful illustrations with appropriate text which in my opinion means […]
Encourage Reading and Pretend Play With Let’s Pretend Balloon Toons
Zoe and Robot Let’s Pretend written by Ryan Sias totally captures what we want for our children – to develop and use their imaginations! The gist of this colorful cartoon is that Zoe wants to pretend play play climbing a mountain (also known as a large pile of pillows) with Robot. Robot tells her, “Zoe, Robot […]
Flip a Word Colorful Early Reader Books
Flip a Word Books (*affiliate link) from Blue Apple Books are the most enticing early readers – colorful, bold, and absolutely perfect for learning to read and learning word families. Early Reader Books I love that each book focuses on three word families. The pages have a bright and bold illustrations matched with one or two […]
Building Reading Skills Through the Language of Comics
written by Geoffrey Hayes, author of award winning Benny and Penny Toon Book, The Big No-No and over 40 picture books. Having spent many years working in the traditional picture book arena, I am now writing and illustrating children’s comics as well. Although I have been a longtime comics fan, doing comics for kids has given me […]