Beginning Readers: Kids Core Collection

Level 1

Check out these level 1 books. Their call numbers start with jR or jR 1, and they have yellow or green stickers on their spines.

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Brimner, Larry Dane

Ace has built her own go-kart, but when she is ready for a test run it will not start, and she has to figure out what part is missing. Then in the middle of the race, something else goes wrong.

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Curry, Parker

While playing dress-up, Parker and her siblings imagine endless possibilities for future careers.

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Eastman, Peter

Even though they do things very differently, friends Fred and Ted enjoy going camping together in the woods.

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Ebbeler, Jeffrey

Izzie and her new friend, an Ogre named Tim, plan an obstacle course to lure her brother Ollie away from his video game. 

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Emberley, Michael

A girl tries and tries again to learn to ride a bicycle and all her friends provide words of encouragement.

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Maslen, Bobby Lynn

Created by a teacher, Bob Books have been helping children learn to read for more than forty years. This iconic phonics-based learn-to-read set has sold millions of copies, allowing children around the world to say with pride, "I read the whole book!"® Find the rest of the series here.

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Meisel, Paul

A dog enjoys barking at a cat, a bee, and especially squirrels in this easy-to-read book.

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Morris, J. E.

Although Flubby the cat refuses to do pet tricks, he proves his pet worthiness during a scary situation.

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Plohl, Igor

An easy-to-read story about Lucas the lion who learns how to live life with a physical disability with help from his friends and family.

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Ruzzier, Sergio

When a tiny wave grows bigger and bigger, what's a fish to do? Fish and Wave by Sergio Ruzzier is a playful exploration of what it really means to go with the flow.

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Santat, Dan

There are only three cookies and four hungry friends to share them with. This is not good. This is not equal! How are they going to solve this fiasco?

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Shaffer, Jody Jensen

Emergent readers will learn to recognize vowel blends through short sentences and full-color photographs that illustrate the vowel blended word used in the sentence. Find the rest of the series here.

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Tabor, Corey R.

Fox decides to become a tiger because they are fast and sneaky, and soon, his other animal friends are joining in.

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Willems, Mo

Gerald the elephant discovers that there is something worse than a bird on your head-- two birds on your head! Piggie will try to help her best friend.

Level 2

Check out these level 2 books. Their call numbers start with jR 2, and they have blue stickers on their spines.

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Adler, David A.

When Mo and his dad join in a volleyball game at the beach and the score is tied, it is up to Mo, the smallest boy on the team, to secure the game-winning point.

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Burnell, Heather Ayris

Unicorn and Yeti run into each other (literally) while looking for sparkly things, and despite some differences, the two become friends over a shared love of hot chocolate with rainbow sprinkles.

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Chang, Maggie P.

With encouragement from her supportive lunchbox, a young girl ignores a classmate's teasing and heartily enjoys bao buns, stinky tofu, and other tasty lunches prepared by her Taiwanese grandmother.

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Hashimoto, Meika

When Kitty looks for the perfect home, she makes an unlikely best friend--Dragon! 

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Henkes, Kevin

Penny has a new sled, but will it ever snow?

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Iwai, Melissa

Gigi can't wait for her Ojiji--Japanese grandpa--to move in. Gigi plans lots of things to do with him, like playing tag, reading books, and teaching Roscoe, the family dog, new tricks. 

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Tina Kügler

Follows best friends Snail and Worm through three adventures involving how one defines a good day, an encounter with a dragon, and storytelling.

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Lyons, Kelly Starling

Ty cannot wait to ride his new scooter, but when he has a hard time learning and wants to quit, a new friend encourages him to give it another try.

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Medina, Juana

Elena wants to ride her bike. She steadies, she readies. She wobbles, she bobbles...KA-BANG! Learning to ride a bike is hard. But Elena can do it. She just has to try, try again.

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Rylant, Cynthia

Mr. Putter and Mrs. Teaberry bring Tabby and Zeke to the library for a special storytime.

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Yoo, Paula

Lily and her parents move to a new home in New York City. Everything is so new and different, which makes Lily even more homesick.

Level 3

Check out these level 3 books. Their call numbers start with jR 3, and they have red stickers on their spines.

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Bell, Cece

Rabbit is excited about the sleepover he has carefully planned for his friend Robot, but Robot has some different ideas about how things should go.

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Brallier, Max

The Clark children are Mia's first babysitting job, and everything is going fine until she sees a life-sized doll sitting in the hallway; a doll that was not there before, a doll that Mr. Clark knows nothing about, and whose eyes follow Mia-- and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.

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Brockenbrough, Martha

Frank the cat is happy at home with his two humans until they bring home a puppy who disturbs his entire way of life. After running away and finding out how unwelcoming the world outside is, he makes his way back to where he belongs.

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Butler, Dori Hillestad

When a mysterious letter written in code arrives at King's house for his human, Kayla, he follows the trail of the person who left it.

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Derting, Kimberly

Libby hosts a puppy party for her friends and their dogs. With the help of her friend Rosa and little brother, Libby decorates, stuffs goody bags and bakes delicious cupcakes. But when they realize they've forgotten an important ingredient, they use science to solve the problem just in the nick of time.

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Faruqi, Saadia

Yasmin can do it! She thinks outside the box to create solutions to problems like disagreements with friends, challenging schoolwork, or gardening dilemmas. 

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Heuer, Lourdes

A chapter book about a young girl, Esme, who is off to plan her own birthday party with the help of the eclectic neighbors who reside in her apartment building.

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Lin, Grace

Identical twins Ling and Ting like to be silly, tell jokes, and laugh together.

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Raúl the Third

Wrestling star El Toro teams up with his fighting partner, La Oink Oink, when a post-match mess at the stadium becomes a bit too intimidating to clean up alone.

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Snyder, Laurel

Charlie and Mouse, two young siblings, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks.

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