Hitting the Shelves: Early Readers
January 2023

Finding the right level reader for your beginning reader.
 
Early Reader books are categorized to help emergent readers find the right book for their reading level. This chart can help you find the level that is best for your child. 
 
Need help finding a book? Stop by the library and visit with your favorite Super Librarian. Or fill out our Super Librarian Reading Rescue form and we will hand-select titles just for you.
Beginning Readers

Bookstore bunnies
by Eric Seltzer

Young readers can spend the day with bookstore bunnies as they choose just the right books for their customers. 
Reader: Blue
Fiona gets the sniffles
by Richard Cowdrey

Fiona the hippo and her friends Cheetah, Chicken, and Fox figure out how to help Mr. Elephant feel better when he has a case of the sniffles.
Reader: Blue
Grumpy monkey the egg-sitter
by Suzanne Lang

Hilarious chaos ensues when Jim agrees to watch Oxpeckers egg, which rolls away while he takes a break for lunch and ends up in Snakes nest where the snake hatchlings think Jim is their mother. 
Reader: Green
Hoof on the roof
by Cath Jones

Lizzy is determined to reach the grass on the farmer's roof! This charming story's fun illustrations and text engage children as they learn to read.
Reader: Green
Interrupting Cow and the horse of a different color
by Jane Yolen

Making friends with an unusual new horse on the farm, who is actually a joke-telling zebra, Interrupting Cow learns all about the big bright world beyond his home. 
Reader: Red
Meet Tracker!
by Geof Smith

Early readers will love joining Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol as they find adventure and make a new friend.
Reader: Green
This is Ant-Man
by Chris Wyatt

Introduces Scott Lang and discusses how he became the hero known as Ant-Man.
Reader: Green
 
A dream for a princess / : Disney Princess
by Melissa Lagonegro

Simplified retelling of the tale of Cinderella, a kitchen maid mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters who, with the help of her fairy godmother, attends the palace ball and meets the prince of her dreams.
Reader: Green
 
Vivi loves science : wind and water
by Kimberly Derting

Vivi helps her community clean up the beach after a storm and learns about how wind and water shape the landscape.
Reader: Red
Whoosh!
by Katie Dale

Only one thing can ruin Ben's day outside: the wind. But Ben's dad has a plan!
Reader: Red

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