What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
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Type of book?
I want to buy those collection of books appropriate for her level... would it be level 1, 2 or 3? Thanks |
Anonymous
| None of the levels match precisely. I would start with 1 and see how they go. |
Anonymous
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The guided reading levels there vary between about G and about N. For reference, a Boxcar Children book has a guided reading level of O. A Mercy Watson book has a guided reading level of about L. Comparable lexile level might be between 370 and 520 or so?
Things that would work: * Mercy Watson series (mentioned above) * Dodsworth In... series * Princess in Black series * Frog and Toad books * Henry and Mudge and Annie and Snowball series (related to each other) * Young Cam Jansen series * Poppleton series * Mr. Putter and Tabby series * Golly Sisters books |
Anonymous
Thanks!! I want to build her reading stamina slowly within her reading level. She reads these books and similar ones comfortably because they have one to few sentences in each page. If she sees a page with long paragraphs (even if the text is within her skills) she gets overwhelmed and balks. It is frustrating. |
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All the early reader books are made by different companies and they have wildly different definitions of what their reading levels mean.
I found a post like this somewhat helpful, though it's a bit outdated: https://www.themeasuredmom.com/making-sense-of-easy-reader-books/ I found it was helpful to look up the guided reading level of book she could read and look for early readers with that same rating. If you feel comfortable in the store, it is helpful to just flip through a copy and eyeball the text. |
Anonymous
| How old is your child? |
Anonymous
| My 6 yo really loves the Bad Guys series. It’s above her reading level so she needs a lot of help, but she’s motivated to read because the books just crack her up. The mo willems ones were motivating for a while but not anymore. |
Anonymous
| I would really use your school and public library so that you can try a wide range of books. |
Anonymous
NP. Awesome list. Also Nate the Great Iris and Walter Penny series by Kevin Henkes Mouse and Mole series by Wong Herbert Yee |
Anonymous
In that case try Fly Guy. It's "chapters" but each one is very short. A great transition toward some of these others. Then Dodsworth, I think. Half of each page in that book is a picture, the other half larger text. Still "chapters," but not long. |
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| Dog Man! |
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Can you get a friend to recommend a book for her? That’s how my dc made this leap. A friend recommended a book that I actually thought would be too hard for him, but he loved it and jumped into choosing his own chapter books after that.
Also, reading longer text means tracking her eyes across a full line instead of just a few words. This is hard physically even if she has the skills to read each word correctly. It’s worth being patient as she develops these physical skills while reading books that she enjoys. |
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| Scholastic's Branches imprint. They're the earliest chapter books you can find that still have a good story. It includes Dragon Masters, which gets recommended a lot around here. |
Anonymous
Highly recommend all of the above. If your kid is reading some of these, you can also look at "branches" and "acorn" early chapter books. Magic Treehouse and Daisy Meadow Rainbow Magic are early chapter books that kids move onto after this. |
Anonymous
| Our 6 year old likes all the ones you mentioned as well as: Arnold Lobel books (frog and toad series, grasshopper on the road, mouse tales, etc.) it’s a fun beginning reader series. He also likes Nate the great series and Berenstain Bears are good too. |