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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Early Readers Boxed Set, Alphabet Animal Friends - NL-1975
Newmark Learning
Now: $27.59Was: $29.99Adorable animals help young children master key early language skills. Perfect for PreK-K teachers, day care and nursery school providers and parents preparing for school readiness. This set of 24 alphabet books to help young children learn phonemic...Now: $27.59Was: $29.99 -
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day - MW-1232
Merriam-webster
Now: $13.79Was: $14.99Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Merriam-Webster to highlight the best of the English language. Follow a menagerie of...Now: $13.79Was: $14.99 -
Merriam-Webster's 150 First Words - MW-1171
Merriam-webster
Now: $10.11Was: $10.99Move over, "generic" 100 first word books! Get babies and toddlers talking all day long with a colorful board book of first words and phrases. This engaging large-format board book encourages toddlers' language learning through the repetition of simple...Now: $10.11Was: $10.99 -
Brown Bear, Brown Bear Big Book - MM-9780805087185
Macmillan Publishers
Now: $25.71Was: $27.95With more than two million copies sold, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? has opened up a world of learning to a generation of children. For this edition, created for the twenty-fifth anniversary in 1992, Bill Martin, Jr., restored his text to its...Now: $25.71Was: $27.95 -
Little Blue Truck Big Book - HO-9780547482484
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Now: $24.83Was: $26.99Beep! Beep! Beep! Meet Blue. A muddy country road is no match for this little pick up--that is, until he gets stuck while pushing a dump truck out of the muck. Luckily, Blue has made a pack of farm animal friends along his route. And they're willing to...Now: $24.83Was: $26.99 -
Pete the Cat's Super Cool Reading Collection, Set of 5 - HC-9780062304247
Harpercollins
Now: $22.99Was: $24.99This super cool paperback beginning reader collection includes five of the grooviest stories from the Pete the Cat I Can Read series by New York Times bestselling artist James Dean: Pete the Cat: Play Ball!, Pete the Cat: Pete's Big Lunch, Pete the Cat:...Now: $22.99Was: $24.99 -
The Saints Chronicles Collection 2
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $13.75Was: $14.95In this handsome graphic novel, you'll join some of the world's greatest saints in their inspiring – and often exciting and even dangerous – quests for holiness. These thrilling stories and stunning images found here will captivate you and fascinate...Now: $13.75Was: $14.95 -
Spider Who Saved Christmas
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $16.51Was: $17.95The Spider Who Saved Christmas tells the tale of what happened to the Holy Family on their way to Egypt after receiving the message of the angel. When Joseph, Mary, and Jesus are in danger of being discovered and harmed by Herod's murderous soldiers, a...Now: $16.51Was: $17.95 -
Grumpy Old Ox
Sophia Institute Press
Now: $15.59Was: $16.95This children's Christmas book by bestselling author Anthony DeStefano tells the story of a mean-spirited, prideful old ox who has lost his sight — both physically and spiritually — but who nevertheless experiences the transformative power of God's grace...Now: $15.59Was: $16.95Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $15.59Was: $16.95Subtotal: -
All About Rosa Bilingual Board Books, Set of 4
Child's Play Books
Now: $25.72Was: $27.96Let's find out which toys Rosa and her friends are playing with today! Rosa makes sure that everyone is happy when they are playing together and sharing. She connects with friends and makes sure that everyone is having fun. An important series that...Now: $25.72Was: $27.96Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $25.72Was: $27.96Subtotal: -
You and Me Board Book Set, Set of 4
Child's Play Books
Now: $25.72Was: $27.96A new addition to the family is exciting, but the experience can also be worrying and confusing for siblings. Coping with the new situations and emotions that arise can be quite challenging. This series deals with the anticipation of waiting for the new...Now: $25.72Was: $27.96 -
Rosa Plays Ball Board Book
Child's Play Books
Now: $6.43Was: $6.99Let's find out what Rosa and her friends are playing with today! An important board book series that celebrates inclusivity, promotes gender equality and embraces the uniqueness of every child. 14 pagesKey Features : i : Develops reading skillsii : 14...Now: $6.43Was: $6.99 -
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
Merriam-webster
Now: $13.79Was: $14.99Become a word virtuoso in just one year with 366 crackerjack words aimed to impress. This charmingly illustrated book features boffo words selected by the masterminds at Merriam-Webster to highlight the best of the English language. Follow a menagerie of...Now: $13.79Was: $14.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $13.79Was: $14.99Subtotal: -
A Place to Stay: A Shelter Story
Barefoot Books
Now: $9.19Was: $9.99This simple, touching picture book shows readers a women's shelter through the eyes of a young girl, who with her mother's help, uses her imagination to overcome her anxiety and adjust. Includes factual endnotes detailing various reasons people...Now: $9.19Was: $9.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $9.19Was: $9.99Subtotal: -
Peekaboo! Board Book, On the Farm
Child's Play Books
Now: $11.95Was: $12.99Peekaboo! Who's hiding on the farm? Lift the flap to find out! Perfect for guessing, prediction and memory skills, and simply joining in!Key Features : i : Teaches kids about life on the farmii : Lift the flap to find out what is underneathiii : Perfect...Now: $11.95Was: $12.99 -
Read-Alouds with Heart: Grades 3-5
Scholastic Teaching Solutions
Now: $20.23Was: $21.99Use thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentors texts, such as We are the Water Protectors, Dreamers, and Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, to build classroom community and honor the identities of everyone in your class. Companion mini-lessons offer...Now: $20.23Was: $21.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $20.23Was: $21.99Subtotal: -
Read-Alouds with Heart: Grades K-2
Scholastic Teaching Solutions
Now: $20.23Was: $21.99Build classroom community and honor the identities of everyone in your class with thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentors texts, such as Alma and How She Got Her Name, Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao, In My Mosque, and more. Companion mini-lessons offer...Now: $20.23Was: $21.99Qty in Cart: 0Price:Now: $20.23Was: $21.99Subtotal: -
The Saints Chronicles Collection 1
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 four volumes of this Graphic Novel Series are packed with engaging texts and dramatic images that captivate and...Now: $13.75Was: $14.95 -
Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear Big Book
Macmillan Publishers
Now: $18.39Was: $19.99What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the animals make. And they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book-- look at the last page! Bill...Now: $18.39Was: $19.99 -
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Book
Macmillan Publishers
Now: $20.23Was: $21.99A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck-- all parade across the pages of this delightful book. Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat, boldly colored collages. Combined with Bill Martin's...Now: $20.23Was: $21.99