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Easy Chapter Books for Beginning Readers

Before having kids I was an elementary school teacher.  What I loved most about teaching was watching children learn how to read.  It’s an amazing transformation watching a first grader become a fluent reader.

Typically as kids are learning to read, they are eager to read chapter books.  It’s almost like chapter books are magical to them and they are drawn to them.  The hard part is that chapter books are often too hard for a beginning reader to read.


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Katherine and Caroline are both in that spot right now.  While they’d love to be reading The Magic Treehouse series and Ivy and Bean, they just aren’t ready for them.  There aren’t many books that bridge the gap between beginning BOB books and Dick and Jane to more in depth chapter books.  We often struggle and wonder what can the kids read that’s not too hard and if there are any chapter books that are easy for beginning readers.

We’ve finally found some easy chapter books that will fill those holes.  These are our favorite chapter books that are easier for beginner readers to read. 

They are:

Critter Club
Humphrey
Katie Woo
Mercy Watson
Nate the Great
Stink
Sophie Mouse
Bob Books Chapter Books

Do you have any additional recommendations? What could we add to this list?

xoxo
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Kristina Grum is a Certified Parent Educator who has over a decade of experience working with children, including being a classroom teacher. She currently teaches parenting classes in her local area and writes about shifting parenthood from barely surviving to thriving.

Kristina Grum is a Certified Parent Educator who has over a decade of experience working with children, including being a classroom teacher. She currently teaches parenting classes in her local area and writes about shifting parenthood from barely surviving to thriving.

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  3. Lisa Witherspoon says

    My youngest (now 7 in second grade) loved a series called "My Weird School." There are lots of them and she thought they were funny. She read them at the same time she read Ivy & Bean, though, so they might still be a little advanced. She also loved a series called Katie Kazoo which would definitely fit in with the ones listed here.