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BEYOND BEGINNING READERS

Wooster School

Lower School Library

Danbury, CT

Transitional readers have the early behaviors well under control. They can read texts with many lines of print. While they notice pictures and enjoy them, they do not need to rely heavily on illustrations as part of the reading process.

They read fluently with some expression, using multiple sources of information while reading for meaning. They have a large core of frequently used words that they can recognize quickly and easily.

They are working on how to solve more complex words through a range of word analysis techniques.

 

Matching Books to Readers
by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These books are for children who have mastered the easy readers, but are not quite ready for longer novels.

If you enjoy a book on this list, look for others in the series or by that author.

 

ANIMALS

J Averill The Cat Club

Jenny’s Moonlight Adventure

J Blegved The Great Hamster Hunt

J Carris Howling for Home

J Clymer Harry, the Wild West Horse

J Dolch Horse Stories

J Erickson A Toad for Tuesday

J Farley The Little Black Pony Races

J Hoban Jim Hedgehog and the Lonesome Tower

J King-Smith Jenius the Amazing Guinea Pig

J Impey No-Name Dog

J Sharmat The Great Genghis Khan Look- Alike Contest

J Thomas Scaredy Dog

 

FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION

J Corbett The Great Custard Pie Panic

Dr. Merlin’s Magic Shop

J Dolch Fairy Stories

Gulliver’s Stories

J Donnelly A Package for Miss Marshwater

J Etra Aliens for Breakfast

Aliens for Lunch

J Greer Jason and the Aliens Down the Street

Jason and the Lizard Pirates

J Greer Let Me Off This Spaceship

J Hanel Lila’s Little Dinosaur

J Hoban Ace Dragon LTD

J Osborne The Knight at Dawn

Midnight on the Moon

J Peterson The Littles

HISTORY

J Avi Finding Providence. The Story of Roger Williams

J Dalgliesh The Courage of Sarah Noble

J Dolch Robin Hood Stories

J910.45D The Titanic, Lost...and Found

J932D Tut’s Mummy Lost...and Found

J Gauch This Time, Tempe Wick?

J Hooks Pioneer Cat

J796.522K To the Top: Climbing the World’s Highest Mountain

J133.43K Witch Hunt. It Happened in Salem Village

J292L The Trojan Horse

J Love Bess’ Log Cabin Quilt

JB/Parks I am Rosa Parks

J Wetterer The Snow Walker

HUMOR

J Byars The Seven Treasure Hunt

J Fleishman McBroom Tells a Lie

Hey Hey Man

J Leroe Leap Frog Friday

J Marshall Rats on the Roof and other stories

Rats on the Range and other stories

J Pinkwater Mush, a Dog from Space

J Sachar Marvin Redpost. Kidnapped at Birth?

Marvin Redpost. Why Pick on Me?

J Sathre Leroy Potts Meets the McCrooks

 

KIDS LIKE YOU

J Cameron Julian, Dream Doctor

J Conford Jenny Archer to the Rescue

J Danziger Amber Brown is Not a Crayon

J Delton Pee Wee Scouts on Parade

Cookies and Crutches

J Giff Matthew Jackson Meets the Wall

Watch Out, Ronald Morgan

J Gilson You Cheat!

J Haywood Betsy and Billy

Betsy’s Busy Summer

J Herman Max Malone, Superstar

J Howe Pinky and Rex and the New Baby

J Hurwitz Russell and Elisa

Busybody Nora

J Keller I am Angela

J Park Junie B. Jones and Some Sneaky Peeky Spying

SCHOOL DAYS

J Berenstain The Berenstain Bears Accept No Substitutes

J Giff The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room

Emily Arrow Promises to Do Better This Year

Snaggle Doodles

J Giff Shark in School

J Kline Horrible Harry in Room 2B

Mary Maroney and the Snake

Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt

J Toles My School is Worse Than Yours

J Ziefert Egg-drop Day

Worm Day

SPORTS

J Berenstain The Berenstain Bears and the Female Fullback

J Christopher The Dog That Pitched a No-Hitter

The Dog That Stole Football Plays

Zero’s Slider

J Lord Guards for Matt

Rough Ice

J796.357O Jackie Robinson and the Story of All-Black Baseball

J Park Harvey and Rosie...and Ralph

J Wohl Christopher Davis’s Best Year Yet

WHO-DUN-ITS

J Adler Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Monster Movie

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the U.F.O.

J Clifford Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Eye

J Dadey Dracula Doesn’t Drink Lemonade

Frankenstein Doesn’t Plant Petunias

Skeletons Don’t Play Tubas

J Fleischman The Case of the Flying Clock

The Case of the Secret Message

J Herman The Missing Fossil Mystery

J Levy Something Queer at the Birthday

Party

Something Queer in Outer Space

J Parish Clues in the Woods

The Haunted House

J Quackenbush Detective Mole

 

 

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