EARLY READERS : First Level

Antle, Nancy and Sandford, John.
The good bad cat.

Benjamin, Cynthia and Rogers, Jacqueline.
Footprints in the snow.
Pictures and simple text depict forest animals' tracks in the snow as they rush to their homes during a winter storm.

Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan.
Old hat, new hat.
Can the perfect old hat really be replaced by a new one?

Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan.
The Berenstain Bears : Big bear, small bear.
Papa and Brother Bear demonstrate the difference between big and small with a variety of objects from hats and heads to suits of clothes.

Berenstain, Stan and Berenstain, Jan.
The Berenstain Bears ride the Thunderbolt.
The Bear family goes on a roller coaster ride.

Blevins, Wiley.
Clifford Phonics Fun, book 3 : Happy Birthday, Clifford!
Whare are Clifford's friends?

Bridwell, Norman.
Clifford makes a friend.
Because Clifford, the big red dog, imitates everything the boy does, he quickly makes a friend.

Brown, Margaret Wise and Karas, G. Brian.
I like bugs.
In brief rhyming text, lists all the types of insects the narrator likes.

Brown, Margaret Wise and Paley, Joan.
I like stars.
A simple poem describing all kinds of stars that appear in the night sky.

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.
Biscuit.
A little yellow dog wants ever one more thing before he'll go to sleep.

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.
Biscuit finds a friend.
A puppy helps a little duck find its way home to the pond.

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.
Biscuit's big friend.
Biscuit, a little puppy, and Sam, a big dog, play together despite their difference in size.

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin and Schories, Pat.
Biscuit goes to school.
A dog follows the bus to school, where he meets the teacher and takes part in the activities of the class.

Cohen, Caron Lee and Schindler, S. D.
How many fish?
A school of fish and a group of children frolic in the bay.

Coxe, Molly.
Hot dog.
A dog tries to find a way to cool off on a hot summer day on a farm.

Coxe, Molly.
Big egg.
A mother hen wakes up one morning to find a gigantic egg among the others in her nest and goes in search of the egg's origin.

Coxe, Molly.
Cat traps.
A hungry cat, wanting a snack, tries to catch different animals without much success.

Foster, Kelli C and Gifford, Kerri.
Find Nat.
Through illustrations and a rhyming text the reader is invited to look for Nat the gnat among a group of animals.

Gave, Marc and Rogers, Jacqueline.
Monkey see, monkey do.
Rhyming text relates the antics of monkeys that play all day.

Gregorich, Barbara and Sandford, John.
The gum on the drum.
A bear who loves gum and plays the drums, finds himself in a sticky situation.

Haskins, Lori and Mathieu, Joseph.
Too many dogs.
A man's barbecue is interrupted when he is visited by a bevy of dogs from the neighborhood.

Haskins, Lori and Petrone, Valeria.
Ducks in muck.
Ducks escape from trucks that are stuck in the muck.

Herman, Gail and McCue, Lisa.
The lion and the mouse.
An adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when he rescues the King of the Jungle.

Karlin, Nurit.
I see, you saw.
Two cats take a stroll and find a seesaw, which one of them saws.

Mayer, Mercer.
Skating day.
Little Critter enjoys a day of ice skating with his family and friends.

Packard, David and Alley, R. W.
The ball game.
A young player steps up to bat at a crucial point in a baseball game and succeeds in making the play that wins the game.

Ziefert, Harriet and Gorbaty, Norman.
Sleepy dog.
Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog getting ready for bed, sleeping, dreaming, and waking up.


Also see these Phonics Readers

ER BRIDWELL Clifford Phonics Fun
ER MASLEN The Bob Books