Beginner Book List!

Here's a beginning reader book list thanks to another homeschooling mom on the WTM forums who saved and shared this list. I have copied and saved it here for easy finding and then added to it as we go. Happy beginning reading!

1.Controlled Vocabulary, Leveled Phonics Readers (for beginning readers who are just beginning to read – starts with short vowel sounds and CVC words and progresses through the various levels of reading)

Itty Bitty Phonics Readers from Creative Teaching Press
Bob Books by Bobby Lynn Maslen
Now I’m Reading series by Nora Gaydos
Phonics Practice Readers from Modern Curriculum Press

2.First Books (for readers who have learned short vowel sounds and consonant blends and digraphs and want to read “real books”. Generally very short, with few words on the page but there will often be some sight words or a few longer words that you will have to help your child sound out.)

Step Into Reading Level 1:
6 Sticks
Big Egg
Cat Traps
Ducks in Muck
Hot Dog
I Like Bugs
I Like Stars
Jack and Jill and Big Dog Bill
See the Yak Yak
The Berenstain Bears Big Bear, Small
Bear
The Berenstain Bears go in and out
The Berenstain Bears go up and down

Real Kids Readers Level 1:
Big Ben
Dress Up
Hop, Skip, Run
I am Mad!
I Like Mess
I Like to Win!
Mud!
My Pal Al
No New Pants!
Spots
The Big Box
The New Kid
The Pet Vet
Wash Day

Green Light Readers Level 1:
Dot and Bob
Rick is Sick
Sam and Jack
Jack and Rick
A New Home
Jan has a Doll
Down on the Farm
The Van
Just Clowning Around
What I see
Popcorn
Todd’s Box
Get up, Rick!

Other books:
Hop on Pop
Go, Dog, Go
The Foot Book
Old Hat, New Hat

3.Moving On to Long Vowels (introduce more vowel combinations but are still short books with just a few sentences on each page)

My First I Can Read Book:
Bathtime for Biscuit
Biscuit
Biscuit and the Baby
Biscuit and the Little Pup
Biscuit finds a Friend
Biscuit goes to School
Biscuit wants to play
Biscuit wins a prize
Biscuit’s Big Friend
Biscuit’s day at the Farm
Biscuit’s New Trick
Chicken said, “Cluck!”
Go away, Dog
How Many Fish?
I See, You Saw
Loose Tooth
Oh, Cats!
Pedro’s Burro
Ruby bakes a Cake
Sid and Sam
Splish, Spash!
The Day I had to play with my Sister
Thump and Plunk
What’s that, Mittens?
Whose Hat is it?

Green Light Reader Level 1:
Rip’s Secret Spot
Sometimes
Come Here, Tiger!
The Tapping Tale
The Big, Big Wall
Best Friends
What day is it?
Lost!
Big Pig and Little Pig
Cloudy Day Sunny Day
Six Silly Foxes
Daniel’s Pet
Big Brown Bear
Rabbit and Turtle go to School

Step into Reading, Level 1:
Boats!
Mouse Makes Words
Wheels!
The Pup Speaks Up
Elmo says Achoo!
Too Many Dogs
The Snowball
Sunshine, Moonshine
Babe the Sheep Pig: Oops, Pig!
Watch your step, Mr. Rabbit!
There is a Town

Linda D. Williams books: (1-3 sentences per page with photos)
Bulldozers
Backhoes
Concrete Mixers
Cranes
Dump Trucks
Earth Movers

4.Next Step (many different vowel and consonant combinations; books are starting to get longer or introducing more words per page)

Step into Reading Level 2:
Bookstore Cat
Two Find Ladies have a Tiff
I can do it!
Pizza Pat
Quick, Quack, Quick!
Bones
Smarty Sara
The Berenstain Bears Catch the Bus
Counting Sheep
Pie Rats Ahoy!
Wake up, Sun!
Sir Small and the Dragonfly
Bears are Curious
Richard Scarry’s the Early Bird
My New Boy
David and the Giant
Mole in a Hole
Noah’s Ark
P. J. Funnybunny Camps Out

Bright & Early Books:
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb
Hooper Humperdink - ? Not Him!
Bears on Wheels
There’s a wocket in my pocket!
Great Day for UP!
The Tooth Book
The Eye Book
Wings on Things
The Nose Book
The Ear Book
He Bear, She Bear
Inside, Outside, Upside Down
Mr. Brown can Moo! Can you?
The Knee Book

Real Kids Readers Level 2:
Did you hear about Jake?
I’ll do it later
Let me help!
My Brother, the Pest
Rainy day grump
Shoes, Shoes, Shoes
Show and Tell
Surprise!
That Cat!
That’s hard, that’s easy
The best pet yet
The Big Sale
The Lunch Bunch
Time for Bed?

Ready-to-Read Level 1:
A Tooth Story
Brave Norman
Clouds
Happy Christmas, Honey
Lucky Duck
Mount Rushmore
Niagara Falls
Picnic!
Puppy Mudge wants to Play
Rain
Snow
The Grand Canyon
The Mighty Mississippi
The Pumpkin Patch
The Rocky Mountains
The Sky is Falling
The Statue of Liberty
The Three Little Pigs
The Tortoise and the Hare
Wind

Step into Reading Level 3:
Arthur in New York
Baseball Ballerina
Bean Baker’s Best Shot
The Best Mistake Ever! And other
Stories
The Bravest Dog Ever
Dolphins!
The Nutcracker Ballet
Arthur’s Reading Trick

I Can Read it all by Myself:
A Fish out of Water
A Fly Went By
Big Dog . . . Little Dog
Green Eggs and Ham
I want to be Somebody New!
I wish that I had Duck Feet
Put Me in the Zoo
The Best Nest
The Cat in the Hat
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
Fred and Ted go camping
Fred and Ted like to fly

5.Transitional Books (paragraphs; longer books often divided into small chapters)

I Can Read Book Level 1:
A Kiss for Little Bear
Baa-Choo!
Barkley
Barney’s Horse
Captain Cat
Chester
Crocodile and Hen
Danny and the Dinosaur
Danny and the Dinosaur go to Camp
Drip, Drop
Father Bear comes Home
Grizzwold
Happy Birthday, Danny and the
Dinosaur
Harry and the Lady Next Door
Joe and Betsy the Dinosaur
Johnny Lion’s Book
Julius
Little Bear
Little Bear’s Friend
Little Bear’s Visit
Morris and Boris at the Circus
Morris goes to School
Morris the Moose
Mrs. Brice’s Mice
No more Monsters for Me!
Oliver
Oscar Otter
Ruby Paints a Picture
Ruby’s Perfect Day
Sammy the Seal
Silly Tilly and the Easter Bunny
Silly Tilly’s Valentine
Stanley
The Fire Cat
The Horse in Harry’s Room
The Littlest Leaguer
What’s Going On?

I Can Read Books Level 2:
A Bargain for Frances
Addie’s Bad Day
Amazing Dolphins!
Amelia Bedelia
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby
Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise
Shower
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out
Arthur’s Birthday Party
Arthur’s Camp-Out
Arthur’s Christmas Cookies
Arthur’s Loose Tooth
Bread and Jam for Frances
Custard Surprise
Days with Frog and Toad
Frog and Toad all Year
Frog and Toad are Friends
Frog and Toad Together
Goose and Duck
Grandmas at Bat
Mildred and Sam
Mouse Soup
Mouse Tales
Owl at Home
Scruffy
The Case of the Cat’s Meow
The Case of the Double Cross
The Case of the Hungry Stranger
Who’s a Pest?