Ages 3-6: Pre- to Beginning Readers
Here are resources to encourage a love of reading, from picture books to read aloud to your child to books for beginning readers.
Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman is a beginner book for beginning readers. It is also popular with younger children who enjoy hearing the story again and again.
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman is a beginner book for beginning readers. It is also popular with younger children who enjoy hearing the story again and again.
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers is a good children's picture book for three- to six-year-olds. Featuring Charlie and Lola, the characters created by Lauren Child and featured on Playhouse Disney, We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers provides an introduction to the importance of recycling and concern for the environment, stressing the role children can play in protecting the environment through recycling.
We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers is a good children's picture book for three- to six-year-olds. Featuring Charlie and Lola, the characters created by Lauren Child and featured on Playhouse Disney, We Are Extremely Very Good Recyclers provides an introduction to the importance of recycling and concern for the environment, stressing the role children can play in protecting the environment through recycling.
Fancy Nancy
Fancy Nancy is the first picture book of Jane O'Connor's popular picture books about a little girl who loves everything fancy. I recommend Fancy Nancy for three- to six-year-olds.
Fancy Nancy is the first picture book of Jane O'Connor's popular picture books about a little girl who loves everything fancy. I recommend Fancy Nancy for three- to six-year-olds.
1. Summertime Favorites: Classic Literature, Gr. K-3
This booklist from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) "represents NEH's long-standing effort to highlight classic literature for young people." This list includes books for reading aloud and books for the beginning reader.
This booklist from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) "represents NEH's long-standing effort to highlight classic literature for young people." This list includes books for reading aloud and books for the beginning reader.
Hooray for Dr. Seuss!
Find out why Dr. Seuss' popularity has endured for over 60 years.
Find out why Dr. Seuss' popularity has endured for over 60 years.
Books to Remember
Summaries of books from Flyleaf Publishing that stress phonics for decoding.
Summaries of books from Flyleaf Publishing that stress phonics for decoding.
Beginning Reader Book Lists
These reading lists of recommended children's books, with cover art and brief annotations, are from the Hennepin County (MN) Library. Lists include: Starting to Read, First Early Reader, Advanced Early Reader, First Chapter Books, Girls Read Jr, and Guys Read Jr.
These reading lists of recommended children's books, with cover art and brief annotations, are from the Hennepin County (MN) Library. Lists include: Starting to Read, First Early Reader, Advanced Early Reader, First Chapter Books, Girls Read Jr, and Guys Read Jr.
First Books for Emergent Readers
Interesting article by Carol Otis Hurst that includes summaries of recommended books.
Interesting article by Carol Otis Hurst that includes summaries of recommended books.