Early Readers
boundaries. The books on this page will satisfy a young reader's
need for interesting and fun material, without overwhelming him/her.
If a child finds a series they particularly like, let them read their fill of
that series. They will get much needed practice and develop their
reading fluency, a necessary skill for reading comprehension to
grow.
Some of the best books written for early
readers in the first and second grades are by
Cynthia Rylant. She has three great series for
early readers that are interesting and fun to
read. Our favorite series is the Henry and
Mudge series. In the first book, we meet Henry
who is an only child and has no friends his age
in the neighborhood. Henry convinces his
parents he needs a dog, a BIG dog! When
Henry sees Mudge, he knows he has found his
dog. Henry and Mudge have many adventures
and you can read all about them in the many
Henry and Mudge books
The Poppleton series of early readers follows
the adventures of Poppleton the Pig, and the
Mr. Putter and Tabby series tells the many
stories of Mr. Putter and his wonderful cat
Tabby. All of the stories are wonderful. Highly
recommended by Sarah and Rachel.
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by Mary Pope Osborne
We love tree houses and books. In this great
series for readers who are ready for slightly
longer books with chapters, you get both. Jack
and Annie find a tree house in the Frog Creek
Woods near their home filled with books. They
soon discover that the tree house will take you
to the many settings found in the books. Their
first adventure takes them back to the time of
the dinosaurs! Other adventures include trips
to a medieval castle, Ancient Egypt, Ancient
Greece, Pompeii, The Titanic, Shakespeare's
stage and so many more (there are 26 books
in the series now). The books are best read in
order, but if you can't arrange that try to at
least read them in groups of four because
there is a "mystery" in each group of four
books to be solved. (Books 1-4, 5-8, 9-12,
13-16, etc) We love these books and so does
our mom. She began reading them to us when
we were in kindergarten.
Mrs. Osborne and her husband Will have
recently begun to write non-fiction "quide
books" for some of the Magic Tree House titles
for children who have become interested in
finding out more about the time period or topic
of a particular adventure. These guide books
are written on about the same level as the
fictional stories, so young readers can do their
own research. They are particularly popular
with boys who prefer non-ficiton.
Both series are very highly recommended by
Sarah and Rachel.
