EASY READER SERIES

 

 

(From: Cazet, Denys.  (2003).  Minnie and Moo: Will you be my Valentine?  New York: HarperCollins.)

 

 

Easy readers are beginning chapter books designed for new readers.  They employ controlled vocabularies and simplified sentence structures, as well as large typefaces and generous leading (white space between lines of type).  Each chapter is generally about four to eight pages long, although some easy readers are not divided into chapters.  Large illustrations help new readers to decipher unfamiliar written words.

 

Each of the authors listed below has written at least one easy reader series that is widely available in bookstores and libraries.

 

 

AUTHOR

SERIES (OR MAIN CHARACTER) NAME

Byars, Betsy 

The Golly Sisters

Capucilli, Alyssa

Biscuit

Cazet, Denys

Minnie and Moo

Cushman, Doug

Aunt Eater

Hoban Lillian 

Arthur

Krensky, Stephen 

Lionel

Lobel, Arnold 

Frog and Toad

McPhail, David

Pig Pig

Rylant, Cynthia

Henry & Mudge

Rylant, Cynthia

Mr. Putter & Tabby

Rylant, Cynthia

Poppleton

Sharmat, Marjorie W.

Nate the Great

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Amanda Pig

Van Leeuwen, Jean

Oliver

Yolen, Jane

Commander Toad

 

 

 

 

 


 

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