New Readers - Reading Independently
A child who is beginning to read independently is mastering vowel and consonant sounds, improving reading comprehension and speed and using longer words and sentences in small chapters. This list has resources at the end for parents. (Updated December 2025)
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Sarah Ponakey, Storycatcher and Âhâsiw's Forest Powwow
After moving to the city, Sarah is homesick, and to make matters worse, she’s misplaced her favorite stuffed animal, Âhâsiw. When Âhâsiw appears to her in a dream and takes her to a magical powwow in the forest, Sarah realizes she can connect to her Cree culture no matter where she is.
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Royal Garden Party
Beena loves all things royal, and she has definite ideas for her royal tea party. When her friend Bow brings a piñata, she must figure out how to include it in her royal plans.
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Eliza and the Flower Fairies
Eliza loves reading stories about fairies, so when a magic door opens onto the Land of the Flower Fairies – of course she goes through!
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Fergus and Zeke and the Great Farm Field Trip
Class pets and best friends Fergus and Zeke do everything the students in Miss Maxwell’s class do. When they stow away on a class trip to a farm, they get more adventure than they bargained for!
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Troubling Tonsils!
Are you brave enough to read the story of Charlie Marmot’s tonsils, which have a mind of their own?
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Lone Wolf Goes to the Library
Wolf loves nothing more than reading quietly at home, until he receives an overdue notice from the library. Try as he might to avoid the noisy kids at story time and the stern librarian, Wolf knows he must return his books!
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May the Bot Best Win
The first Earth-born Transformers are ready to compete in the first ever Terran Games.
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Theodor Seuss Geisel Award | The Seattle Public Library | BiblioCommons
Named after Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), this annual award honors the best new books for beginning readers.
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Reading Is Fundamental
Find booklists and fun story activities for the whole family.
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Reading Rockets - Reading 101: A Guide for Parents
Discover what it takes to build important literacy skills, and how you can help your children grow as readers, writers, and thinkers!
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