Children's Books
Children's Books, Leveled Readers, Phonics Readers and Big Books
Phonics Readers, Big Books, Leveled Readers, and Books with CDs
Phonics readers give children opportunities to sound out letters and letter combinations and ultimately recognize words. Sounding out words can lead to reading entire books, and phonics readers are designed to help students do so as they progress through their phonics reading series. Modern Curriculum Press offers several sets of Phonics Practice Readers to assist students and educators at each stage of the phonetic process of learning to read. These readers address short vowels, long vowels, blends and digraphs. Skill Station Readers are also available from Modern Curriculum Press to develop phonetic awareness. The Itty Bitty Phonics Readers Series by Creative Teaching Press provides 36 readers, each with 10 pages. Children get a sense of accomplishment from finishing an entire book after practicing with each small reader’s text and drawings.
After mastering phonics readers and practicing sight words, big books are often a next step for emerging readers. Many students find it exciting to move from small readers to big books and encouraging them to feel this way can help generate a continued interest in reading. Big books are easy for young readers to handle and view, plus they stimulate big enthusiasm for reading with the stories, illustrations, and activities they contain. Candlewick Press offers a series of Sesame Street big books, including Watch Out for Banana Peels, which features Grover, and Hooray for Our Heroes, which features Big Bird. These big books can capture children’s attention by providing additional stories related to the familiar television show. Other big books are also available to address student’s diverse interests and encourage them to practice reading, with Teacher Created Resources offering sets of themed big books for voracious readers.
Leveled Readers by Scholastic, Newmark Learning, Frog Street Press and other publishers help educators guide students through increasingly challenging texts. Each of the 3-2-1 Learn Student Editions by Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt offer students activity pages that cover four curriculum areas and are applicable to their lives. Other leveled readers, such as the Little Leveled Readers Box Sets by Scholastic come as a set of small books appropriate for the reading level indicated. Leveled readers have been carefully assessed for difficulty in order to assign the correct level to them, making it easy for educators to offer students appropriately challenging reading assignments.
Books with CDs can be a particularly useful supplement to phonics readers, big books, and leveled readers. Books with CDs help students match sounds to words as they look at the book and listen to its accompanying CD. Try the Read Listen and Wonder Series by Candlewick Press for K-2 readers interested in the natural world.
Books for Reading Classrooms and Books on Other Subjects
Classroom books, including books for reading classrooms and books on other subjects such as those with content for Science and Social Studies courses, can supplement phonics readers, big books, and leveled readers or replace them at more advanced levels.
Classroom favorites such as Amelia Bedelia, Stuart Little, and Anne Frank: Life in Hiding by Harper Collins are interesting reads as well as great books for discussion because they are relatable and many people are familiar with them. Classic books such as Curious George at the Baseball Game or The Little Red Hen by Houghton-Mifflin also work well for inspiring discussion and are sure to continue to become student favorites. Class Packs of books also help educators bring interesting texts into the classroom. Houghton-Mifflin offers a Classic Fairy Tales Set containing six books, Scholastic offers a Spotlight on Literary Elements set that contains six copies each of eight student books, and Edupress offers My Alphabet Book Pack of 10 so that each student can have his own copy of the classroom text. There’s a classroom favorite, classic, or classroom set available to meet every classroom reading material need.
Learning to read is about sounding out words, recognizing sight words, understanding sentences and so on, but students can also learn about other subjects alongside their reading progress. Books like Surviving the Dustbowl by Teacher Created Resources and The Human Body Pop Up Book by Carson Dellosa can teach students about social studies and science while they practice reading skills.
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Curious Georges First Day of School Book
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Now: $5.51Was: $5.99It's the first day of school and George has been invited to Mr. Apple's class to be a special helper! George is just the right monkey for the job—that is, until he starts to make his usual mischief. A mixture of red and yellow paint makes orange . . . a...Now: $5.51Was: $5.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $5.51Was: $5.99Subtotal: -
I Went Walking Big Book
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Now: $24.83Was: $26.99A young child goes for a walk and discovers a colorful parade of animals along the way. These catchy stanzas frolic through the Australian author Sue Williams's simple, funny read-aloud picture book that tracks a crazy-haired boy's stroll through the...Now: $24.83Was: $26.99 -
First Christmas
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $15.59Was: $16.95Lovingly illustrated by celebrated artist Frank Fraser, Thomas D. Williams's magnificent poem First Christmas tells of the monumental event that Christians have celebrated for more than two thousand years: the birth of Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem...Now: $15.59Was: $16.95 -
The Saints Chronicles Collection 4
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $13.75Was: $14.95Experience the rousing adventures of some of history's greatest saints. Their lives, depicted here in spectacular graphics, demonstrate that living our true faith is never dull but demands heroic courage and tireless strength. In these thrilling stories...Now: $13.75Was: $14.95 -
The Saints Chronicles Collection 3
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $13.75Was: $14.95These gripping texts and dramatic images bring you the exciting stories of some of the Church's greatest saints. Along with them, you'll embark upon the adventure of holiness, learning from their example how to embrace wholeheartedly God's unique mission...Now: $13.75Was: $14.95 -
Vincent
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $15.59Was: $16.95In this beautifully illustrated journey without words, a glum little pig named Vincent is given a mysterious gift that fills his heart with something he's never possessed: Love. But all too soon Vincent's new found love is tested when he chances upon a...Now: $15.59Was: $16.95 -
Our Ladys Wardrobe
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $15.59Was: $16.95This delightful rhyming book introduces Catholic children to the Blessed Virgin Mary in a fun and simple way—through her clothes! When Our Lady lived in Nazareth two thousand years ago, she was very poor and probably didn't have many nice things to wear...Now: $15.59Was: $16.95 -
Before I Was Me
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $15.59Was: $16.95"Oh, my little one, I have great plans for you! I have chosen you to be a very important person whom I will always love." This beautifully illustrated, delightful story of an imaginary conversation between God and an unborn baby will lead children to...Now: $15.59Was: $16.95 -
The Saints Chronicles Collection 5
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $13.75Was: $14.95The Saints Chronicles bring vividly to life the stories of courageous Christians from the earliest days of Christianity to modern times. All five volumes of this popular graphic novel series are packed with engaging texts and dramatic images that...Now: $13.75Was: $14.95 -
Philip Rivers: Passion and Purpose
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $13.75Was: $14.95Here's the perfect book for young football fans who want to meet Philip Rivers: the eight-time Pro Bowl quarterback who has united his love of the Catholic Faith to his love of football. In page after page of full color photographs, you’ll follow...Now: $13.75Was: $14.95 -
What Can You Do?
Teacher Created Materials
Now: $6.43Was: $6.99In this delightful book, beginning readers are encouraged to share what they can do as they follow along with the story. Readers will be encouraged to practice a variety of phonemic rhymes and uses through lively images and fresh text.Key Features : i :...Now: $6.43Was: $6.99 -
Hit It!
Teacher Created Materials
Now: $6.43Was: $6.99Beginning readers learn words that rhyme with the short vowel -it sound such as hit, pit, and bit. Engaging illustrations, simple text, and accommodating sight words enhance readers' practice of phonemic pronunciation and recognition.Key Features : i :...Now: $6.43Was: $6.99 -
Main Street Parade
Teacher Created Materials
Now: $6.43Was: $6.99There's a parade on Main Street! Vibrant images and enjoyable text make this story engaging and delightful for beginning readers. Sight and challenge words work in conjunction with familiar vocabulary to provide plenty of opportunities for readers to...Now: $6.43Was: $6.99 -
You Can Do It!
Teacher Created Materials
Now: $6.43Was: $6.99Follow along to discover the many things that kids, bugs, and animals can do! Beginning readers will enjoy this engaging story that features playful illustrations and simple text in a story made up of sight words and words with short vowel sounds. Young...Now: $6.43Was: $6.99 -
Gus in the Tub
Teacher Created Materials
Now: $6.43Was: $6.99Gus plays in the mud and has to get in the tub! Readers will practice recognizing short U words and develop their early reading and phonemic skills as they make their way through this delightful book. With lively illustrations and simple text, children...Now: $6.43Was: $6.99 -
Top That!
Teacher Created Materials
Now: $6.43Was: $6.99Ross and Gus want to try to top what the other can do! Beginning readers will be entertained with this delightful phonics book that uses bright images and simple text in a story made up of sight words and words with short O sounds. Young children will...Now: $6.43Was: $6.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $6.43Was: $6.99Subtotal: -
Amazing Migrations Book
Scholastic Teacher Resources
Now: $5.47Was: $5.95Offers a unique twist on wild animals. Each book focuses on a particular trait and highlights the most extraordinary examples nature has to offer. Stunning wildlife photography and fascinating text.Key Features : i : Color full photosii : Which is More...Now: $5.47Was: $5.95 -
Clifford The Big Red Dog Book
Scholastic
Now: $11.95Was: $12.99Meet Clifford and Emily Elizabeth in the original Clifford book! Clifford is big. Clifford is red. But most of all, Clifford knows how to BE A GOOD FRIEND.Key Features : i : Author Norman Bridwellii : 32 pages paperbackiii : Language: EnglishNow: $11.95Was: $12.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $11.95Was: $12.99Subtotal: -
Bud, Not Buddy (2000)
Random House
Now: $14.71Was: $15.99The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy who decides to hit the road to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, author of The Watsons Go To Birmingham—1963, a Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honoree. It's 1936, in...Now: $14.71Was: $15.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $14.71Was: $15.99Subtotal: -
Hoot
Random House
Now: $14.71Was: $15.99This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes. Everybody loves Mother...Now: $14.71Was: $15.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $14.71Was: $15.99Subtotal: