Easy Readers

Easy Readers are books expressly written for young and emergent readers.  Many use sight words combined with short words that are easy to for young readers to decode.  Sentences are made up of 5 to 10 words and longer sentences can be broken into 2 lines.  There may also be a lot of repetition and or rhyming to help make the text more predictable.  The illustrations give clues that children can use to help figure out difficult words.  There are different levels of Easy Reader Books to satisfy the need for more difficult words and sentences.

"The Cat in the Hat" and "Little Bear" were the first Easy Readers back in 1957.  And publishers continued the trend to create books that would have engaging and predictable text. The following are just a few titles/series that fall into the "Easy Reader" category. 

 

The Cat in the Hat, Dr. Seuss

Little Bear, Elsa Holmelund Minarik

Frog and Toad, Arnold Lobel

Tales of Oliver Pig, Jean Van Leeuwen

Henry and Mudge, Cynthia Rylant

Pal the Pony, Ronnie Herman

Mr. Putter and Tabby, Cynthia Rylant

Buscuit, Alyssa Capucilli

Kit and Kat, Tomie dePaola

Sleepy Dog, Harriet Ziefert

Cat Traps, Molly Coxe

Richard Scarry's Pie Rats Ahoy!, Richard Scarry

Tiger is a Scaredy Cat, Joan Phillips

Fox and his Friends, James Marshall

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