Grades K-1: Suggested Easy Readers
This reading list was created by your Youth Services Librarians and includes great contemporary and classic books for kids.
Easy Readers use controlled vocabulary, short sentence structure, repetition, and brief text to make stories accessible to children who are just beginning to read.
The Gossie & Friends series
by Olivier Dunrea
The Andy & Sandy series
by Tomie dePaola; cowritten with Jim Lewis
Rose and Riley Come and Go
by Jane Cutler; illustrated by Thomas Yezerski
Rose and Riley
by Jane Cutler; illustrated by Thomas Yezerski
Baseball Ballerina Strikes Out
by Kathryn Cristaldi; illustrated by Abby Carter
Big Egg
by Molly Coxe
The Cork & Fuzz series
by Dori Chaconas; illustrated by Lisa McCue
The Biscuit series
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli; illustrated by Pat Schories
The Friendship Tree
by Kathy Caple
Duck & Company
by Kathy Caple
I Like Stars
by Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Joan Paley
One Saturday Evening
by Barbara Baker; illustrated by Kate Duke
The Fly Guy series
by Tedd Arnold
The Mo Jackson series
by David A. Adler; illustated by Sam Ricks
The Bones series
by David A. Adler; illustrated by Barbara Johansen Newman