Books for Preschool - 2nd Grade

Books for New Readers to Love

JE/READER/ABO
Aboff, Marcie - The Giant Jelly Bean Jar
Ben must overcome his shyness in order to win the giant jelly bean jar.

JE/READER/ADL
Adler, David - Young Cam Jansen series
Cam uses her photographic memory to solve mysteries with the help of her best friend.

JE/READER/BOT
Bottner, Barbara - Pish and Posh series
Two beginner fairies practice their new magical skills.

JE/READER/BYA
Byars, Betsy Cromer - Golly Sisters series
May-May and Rose travel west performing in a live road show.

JE/READER/CAP
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin - Biscuit series
Biscuit the puppy is full of play and adventure.

JE/READER/CAZ
Cazet, Denys - Elvis the Rooster series
Elvis gets mixed-up and learns some manners in the barnyard.

Cazet, Denys - Grandpa Spanielson's Chicken Pox Stories series
Grandpa Spanielson tries to keep his favorite grandpup from scratch-ing by distracting him with stories of octopuses and shrunken heads.

Cazet, Denys - Minnie and Moo series
Cow friends Minnie and Moo do it all from meeting aliens to dressing up as the masked Zorro!

JE/READER/EAS
Eastman, Peter - Fred and Ted Go Camping
Fred and Ted are two friends who do everything differently, but still enjoy camping together.

JE/READER/HIL
Hill, Susan - Ruby series
Ruby always gets lots of advice from her friends. When she is baking a cake, her bird friend tells her not to forget the worms. Mixing all the items her animal friends suggest together makes quite a cake!

JE/READER/LAB
Labatt, Mary - Sam series
Sam the dog is always in search of adventure, but often finds trouble too.

JE/READER/MAC
McMullan, Kate - Pearl and Wagner series
Pearl and Wagner begin their friendship by building a garbage eating robot for the science fair.

JE/READER/THO
Thomas, Shelley Moore - Good Knight series
In his first adventure, the Good Knight tries singing, bedtime stories and more to try to get three little dragons to go to sleep.

JE/READER/RYL
Rylant, Cynthia - Mr. Putter and Tabby series
Mr. Putter and his constant companion Tabby take on challenges like stargazing, book writing and more.

Rylant, Cynthia - Puppy Mudge series
Stories of a smaller Mudge and, of course, his best friend Henry.

JE/WILLEMS
Willems, Mo - Elephant and Piggie series
It is Piggie's dream to fly, and even though Elephant thinks he is crazy, it is a friend's job to help.

Prepared by Amanda Blau, October 2007