Sunday, April 3, 2011

Easy Reading books for Beginners

This has been a fun bunch of books to read. Younger readers who are itching to move from picture books will love these as they are perfect for beginners!

Rascal Bumps His Head Paul Jennings & Bob Lea (Penguin)
In this series (17 titles so far) moving from picture books to reading books is easy. Each title has minimal text and lavish illustrations. They are small in size, perfect for little hands.

Rascal is a dragon and this time Rascal thinks he is a chicken. He chases chickens, pretends to lay eggs like a chicken, sleeps in the hen house like a chicken, even runs from a fox like a chicken ... but Rascal is a chicken, not for long!




Boris Andrew Joyner (Puffin)
I just love this new series of Borris books, great for readers who have moved from picture books. each page is heavily illustrated in full colour. The story is written on the page as well as in speech bubble and the book is also broken into chapters.

Boris is a loveable warthog and lives with his mum and dad. They live in a bus that once travelled the world but now stays in the garden. Boris even has a world map with red pins for the places he liked to see and a green pin for Hogg Bay - the place he had seen. Boris wanted to travel. Then one morning when Boris was reading his favourite book and suddenly the bus starts moving and they are off - but it is not quite the travelling that Boris was hoping for.

Also look for Boris Gets a Lizard


The Aussie Nibbles series has been around for ages and is filled with books by some of Australia's best authros and illustrators. each book has shrot chapters, are filled with black adn white illustrations and have large print size. they are also the perfect books for young readers who have moved from picture books but are not quite ready for novels. Here are two more:

Aussie Nibbles: Fast Grandma Margaret Clark & Craig Smith (Puffin)
This is no ordinary grandma. This grandma is fast, even her grandkids Evie and Matthew can't keep up. When most of the other grandmas (and grandpas) sat around reading books drinking cups of tea and minding the bags Evie and Matthew's grandma is on the go! What is grandma's secret behind her fast pace? It might just have something to do with the vegetables that she eats, the vegetables that Evie and Matthew don't like eating!

Aussie Nibbles: Crusher Kevin Penny Matthews & Andrew McLean (Puffin)
Charlie wants a dog. His parents have promised him a puppy when they move into the new house that is being built. bvut he doesn't want a dog like crusher, who is on the building site guarding all teh building materials. Crusher is a huge scary dog but soon Charlies starts to see Crusher in a very different light.

Younger readers will love these.

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