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Book Recs for Beginning Readers
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Allison Smith
These are books and reading tools that have been so helpful and fun for our little first-time reader!
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Our first time reader loves these books and learns so many facts and reading comprehension skills!
Magazines - NWF
Perfect for building confidence!
Shop by Stage
A classic and a favorite in our family! So much so that we had to get a new copy when we lost the first one.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 9780805047905
This has been one of our favorites since day one!
The Pout-Pout Fish by Diesen & Hanna
A great way to introduce discussion about safe hands and boundaries!
Where Hands Go: Intro to Safe & Unsafe Touch
A family favorite!
Clifford The Big Red Dog: Books
Classic story my beginner reader loves to read on their own!
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Cronin
We love these fun, colorful workbooks!
My First Learn-to-Write Workbook for Kids
A fun interactive way for our kiddo to work on comprehension!
LeapStart® Learning System
Our first time reader read this one every day for months!
Are You My Mother? (Bright & Early Board Books)
This one came highly recommended from other parents!
Harry the Dirty Dog (Harry the Dog) - Books
Classic!
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Our first time reader goes through this book almost weekly! This was a key tool in learning the ABCs
Dr Seuss ABC Pages 1-50 - Flip PDF Download
Love the rhymes!
Llama llama red pajama - Gavin - Page 1 - 30 | Flip PDF Online
We really love this one and practically know it by heart!
But Not the Hippopotamus: Sandra Boynton ...
Another bedtime favorite!
One, Two, Three!: A Happy Counting Book
We loveeeeeee this one in our house!
The Berenstains' B Book (Bright & Early)
This one is super fun and one I think I might love more than my kid does!
The Shakespeare Alphabet Book: A-Z Menagerie
Hilarious and this one really keeps our reader engaged!
Eat Pete - Books
This was a great buy for our first time reader!
Talking Flash Cards with 240 Sight Words
Such a cute and educational read! This really keeps our first time reader engaged during book time!
8 Little Planets: Solar System Book for Kids
The repetition is great for first time learners!
Go, Dog. Go! - P. D. Eastman: Books
This one is really fun!
That's Not a Hippopotamus! by Juliette MacIver
This book has great artwork and a great message
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
This book fell apart with the amount of times our first time reader flipped through this one! An early favorite
The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin
The flip book is interactive and really helped with our first time reader get down their ABCs
A to Z: An Alphabet of Animals
This one helped a lot learning body parts!
Eyes & Nose, Fingers & Toes (Sesame Beginnings)
My grandmother was an elementary school librarian and she loved reading this book to her students!
Babar's Counting Book: de Brunhoff, Laurent
Great for counting comprehension!
Five Little Ladybugs
We love this one!
Grumpy Monkey - Books
Very helpful introduction to the power of choices and how they affect us and the people around us!
What Should Danny Do? (The Power to Choose Series)
Our first time reader laughs at this one every time!
Lucky Duck: Pizzoli, Greg
Another one that we could all probably recite in our sleep! Loved this one and the movement that goes along with it
Llama Llama Hoppity-Hop by Anna Dewdney
We love this tool! It's especially helpful with writing
Write & Learn Creative Center
We really love this story and the messages it shares with some of our first time reader's favorite characters!
ABCs for a Better You and Me: Diversity & Kindness
This is such a sweet and important book! Our first time reader loves this one
We All Belong: Children's Book on Diversity
I loved these books as a kid and now my first time reader does too!
Froggy Series
