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Book Suggestions for Beginning Readers
Adults should spend some time each night reading the following books to their beginning reader. These books specifically play with the sounds of language to increase phonemic awareness in children, helping them to develop an awareness of rhyming patterns in children and prepare them for beginning to read:
Author |
Title |
| Bemelmans, Ludwig |
Madeline |
| Brown, Margaret Wise |
Four Fur Feet |
| Bunting, Eve |
The Pumpkin Fair |
| de Paola, Tomie |
Hey Diddle Diddle and Other Mother Goose Rhymes |
| Fleming, Denise |
In the Tall, Tall Grass |
| Fox, Dan & Fox, P. (eds.) |
Go in and Out the Window: An Illustrated Song Book for Young People |
| Galdone, P. |
Henny Penny |
| Hawkins, C. & Hawkins, J |
Tog the Dog |
| Heidbreder, Robert |
I Wished for a Unicorn |
| Ho, Minfong |
Hush! A Thai Lullaby |
| Karlin, Nurit |
The Fat Cat Sat on the Mat |
| Kellog, Stephen |
Aster Aardvark’s Alphabet Adventures |
| Krauss, Ruth |
Bears |
| Larrick, Nancy |
Songs form Mother Goose |
| LeSeig, Theo |
Please Try to Remember the first of Octember! |
| LeTord, B. |
An Alphabet of Sounds: Arf Boo Click |
| Lewis, K. & Kirk, D. |
Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo |
| Lewison, W. |
Buzz, Said the Bee |
| Lobel, Arnold |
Whiskers and Rhymes |
| Martin, B., Archambault, J. & Ehler, L. |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom |
| Ochs, C.P. |
Moose on the Loose |
| Pretlusky, J. (ed) |
Read-Aloud Rhymes for the very Young |
| Seuss, Dr. |
There’s a Wocket in my Pocket
(and other title by Dr. Seuss) |
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Hop on Pop |
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish |
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Green Eggs and Ham |
| Silverstein, Shel |
A Giraffe and a Half |
| Van Allsburg, C. |
The Z was Zapped |
| Yee, Josie |
Classic Sing-along Rhymes |
| Zeifert, Harriet |
I Swapped My Dog |
The following is a list of books that are appropriate for your child to begin reading. You can initially read them with your child and have your child point to each word read, then gradually increase the amount the child read and decrease the amount you read until the child is reading the books independently.
Author |
Title |
| Cohen, Caron Lee |
How Many Fish? |
| Davis, Katie |
Who Hops? |
| Eastman, P.D. |
Go Dog Go! |
| Emberly, Ed |
Drummer Hoff |
| Hutchin’s Pat |
Rosie’s Walk |
| Kraus, Robert |
Whose Mouse Are You? |
| Martin Bill Jr. |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |
| Martin, David |
Monkey Trouble |
| Neitzel, Shirley |
The Jacket I Wear in the Snow |
| Seuss, Dr. |
The Foot Book |
| Tafuri, Nancy |
The Ball Bounced |
This list of references has been supplied to you by Carroll County School Psychologists and comes from the book: Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz, M.D. This book provides a wealth of information for parents who’s children are struggling to learn to read and those who have been diagnosed with Dyslexia (or Learning Disabilities that impact reading).
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