Anonymous
03/12/2021 16:16
Subject: Re:What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
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.
Anonymous
03/12/2021 12:03
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
Anonymous wrote: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
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
03/11/2021 09:33
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
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
03/11/2021 07:34
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
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.
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.
Anonymous
03/10/2021 18:18
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
Dog Man!
Anonymous
03/10/2021 17:23
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
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.
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.
Anonymous
03/10/2021 16:00
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
Anonymous wrote: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
NP. Awesome list. Also
Nate the Great
Iris and Walter
Penny series by Kevin Henkes
Mouse and Mole series by Wong Herbert Yee
Anonymous
03/10/2021 14:51
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
I would really use your school and public library so that you can try a wide range of books.
Anonymous
03/10/2021 14:04
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
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
03/10/2021 13:41
Subject: Re:What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
How old is your child?
Anonymous
03/10/2021 13:37
Subject: Re:What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
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.
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
03/10/2021 12:20
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
Anonymous wrote: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
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.
Anonymous
03/10/2021 10:58
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
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
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
03/10/2021 10:34
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
None of the levels match precisely. I would start with 1 and see how they go.
Anonymous
03/10/2021 10:22
Subject: What reading level books to buy for a child who can comfortably read Mo Willems/Madeline/Dr Seuss
Type of book?
I want to buy those collection of books appropriate for her level... would it be level 1, 2 or 3?
Thanks
I want to buy those collection of books appropriate for her level... would it be level 1, 2 or 3?
Thanks