This beginning reader book won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor! This book has repeating questions and sentences like "have you seen my hat?" that will help kids learn to read. A bear asks a lot of animals if they have seen his hat and they all say no. A deer comes along and sparks the bears memory that he did see an animal wearing his hat that tried to deny it. The bear ends up with his hat back and is a happy bear.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Author: Jon Klassen
Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780763655983
This beginning reader book has the characters Lolly, Spider, and Sam telling stories after a picnic on the beach. The book is separated in a chapter way by each person's story. All of their stories included a rat and a cat. Lolly's story was very short, Sam's story had a twist ending, and Spider's story was the scariest of them all.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Author: Edward Marshall
Illustrator: James Marshall
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers
Publication Date: 1994
ISBN: 9780140370041
This beginning readers book by Dr. Seuss is a simple easy to read book for children learning to read. It involves short rhymes, words, and silly illustrations to help kids predict the words on each page. Even with short rhymes and sentences, this book is a little lengthier so kids can practice their reading.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Author: Dr. Seuss
Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 1963
ISBN: 9780394800295
This picture book has very detailed illustrations that help to show a story about how both kids and parents have "what if?" questions in their life. A little boy looks for his friend's party that he lost the invitation to. Along the way the little boy asks his mom a lot of questions about the party. Once he goes into the party his mom then worries if he will have fun. The book ends with the little boy having fun at the party and the mom being reassured.
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Author: Anthony Browne
Illustrator: Anthony Browne
Publisher: Candlewick
Publication Date: 2014
ISBN: 9780763674199
This picture book helps show how kids can go from being bored to figuring out all the fun and exciting things they can use their imagination to do. A little girl runs into a potato who finds kids boring. The girl is shocked and shows him how she can imagine she is a famous ballerina, or how she can fly. The potato is still not amused by the little girl who is no longer bored and is now happy to be a kid than a potato.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Author: Michael Ian Black
Illustrator: Debbie Ridpath Ohi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: 2012
ISBN: 9781442414037
This picture book has beautiful illustrations along with a great inspiring message. Kids of all nationalities travel the world telling of all the things they would do to make it a better place. An example is "no matter how sick people were, they would have the medicine they needed". If kids ran the world the world would be a place of peace with no more hate. This book is very inspiring showing kids how they can make a difference in this world.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Author: Leo & Diane Dillon
Illustrator: Leo & Diane Dillon
Publisher: The Blue Sky Press
Publication Date: 2014
ISBN: 9780545441964
This decodable book is for new readers to help them learn to read. This book's target is short vowel sounds. Each page has a new plot and sentence to help the reader to learn about short vowel sounds. An example from this book is "Pam had some jam on her ham". To show the target words with short vowel sounds, the left hand column of each page lists the target word along with a picture of the word. The example above has target words: Pam, jam, and ham.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Illustrator: Jason Miskimins
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Publication date: 2009
ISBN: 9780761342021
This decodable book is designed to help new readers learn to read. The focus of this book is long vowel sounds and also consonant digraphs. Each page has a new plot with a sentence describing the illustration. It also has on the left hand side of each page the pictures and words of the target words. An example would be "The sun shone on the throne as he talked on the phone" with the words being targeted: shone, throne, and phone.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Illustrator: Jason Miskimins
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Publication date: 2009
ISBN: 9780822576402
This decodable book is designed to help new readers learn to read. This book's main focus is on short vowel sounds and also has consonant blends. Each page has a sentence that describes the illustration such as "the clam swam in the tram ". Every page has a different plot and on the left hand side of each page has the words that are being focused on. With the example above the left hand side of the page has the word and picture of: clam, swam, and tram.
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Title: Stop, Drop, and Flop in the Slop
Author: Brian P. Cleary
Illustrator: Jason Miskimins
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Publication date: 2009
ISBN: 9780822576358
