Ready-to Read PreLevel 1 Puppy Mudge Wants to Play by Cynthia Rylant illustrated by Sucie Stevenson*

A perfect series for the new reader-
One sentence per page with simple sight words or picture clues to help figure out more challenging words.
Henry is reading but Mudge wants to play.  How can Mudge convince Henry to play with him?
*Highly recommend.
Borrowed from the library.
Guided Reading Level: E (1st grade)
Grade Level Equivalent: 0.6

Ready to Read PreLevel 1 Puppy Mudge Finds a Friend by Cynthia Rylant illustrated by Sucie Stevenson*

A perfect series for the beginning reader!
One sentence per page with words that comprise of sight words or words that can be determined by picture clues.
In this book Mudge makes a new friend-Fluffy the cat.
*Highly recommend.
Borrowed from the library.
Guided Reading Level: E (1st grade)
Grade Level Equivalent: 0.6

My Very First-I Can Read Box Set #2 by Dr. Julie M. Wood*

I bought this set for my current kindergartner.
The illustrations are adorable and the story lines are engaging and humorous.
A pure delight!
*Highly recommend for the very beginning reader.
Guided Reading Levels: C, D, E
Parent's Corner at the end offers suggestions for "rereading the book together", "fun with words", and "more learning".
*We own this set.

The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

My five year old read this to himself/aloud today and was quite proud of himself.
The book contains a lot sight words.  The illustrations support the more challenging words.
Perfect for beginning readers.
Strategies: sight words, cross checking
Guided Reading Level: E (1st grade)
Grade Level Equivalent: 1.1

My First Animal Library -Lions by Mary Lindeen*

My preschooler wanted to research lions since his brother was researching platypuses so we read a few lion books this week!
"Bullfrog Books" publication
Ms. Lindeen focuses on the lion family and each member's role.
Full page photographs and large, simple text for beginning readers and researchers.
Text features: table of contents, heading, label, diagram, picture glossary, index.
If I had a PreK-1st grade classroom, I would make sure this title and the rest of the titles in the series were part of our classroom library.
*Highly recommend.
Other titles in series: Bats, Bullfrogs, Elephants, Foxes, Giraffes, Mice, Monkeys, Owls, Penguins, Polar Bears and Raccoons.
Guided Reading Level: E (1st grade)