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Speech Therapy, Language & Oral Motor Therapy, and Kindergarten Prep For Children in Manhattan

Guided Reading Levels A, B, C

Kindergarten Book Suggestions For Your Child To Read To You

Choosing the correct level of books for your child can be confusing. Leveled books from different publishers are typically not the same level. Leveled books from the same publisher often fluctuate as well. You may need to experiment to see which books work best for your child.

Tips

  • Beginner books often include simple words, repetition and rhyme for predictability, and pictures that match the text.

 

  • Encourage your child to try to sound out words, but if help is needed, provide it!

 

  • Read the title to your child – the words in the title can go a long way with successfully reading the text of emergent reader books.

 

  • It’s okay to read the book a few times out loud to your child before your son or daughter gives it a try.

 

  • If you’re looking for additional books on the same level your child is reading at, use the Scholastic Book Wizard.  However, this tool seems to work best as your child’s reading level increases.

 

  • Try to take beginning readers out from your local library so you can experiment. The books listed below may be found at the New York Public Library, and all the books on this list can be found on Amazon.

 

  • Guided Reading Levels for all the books listed were confirmed on the Scholastic Book Wizard, the Fountas and Pinnell subscription site, or Holiday House, which allows you to sort their selections from level A through G.

 

  • When your child begins to read, don’t stop reading aloud to your child. If you haven’t already, try making the jump to reading chapter books out loud.

 

  • Check out America Reading At Home to find more Guided Reading Level A / B / C suggestions. The “Training Wheels” / Yellow books can be helpful to get started. These books can be found at Barnes and Noble in a section labeled: Learn to Read with the Training Wheels Series.

 

 

  • You may feel your child memorizes the repetitive patterns in Training Wheels books or Level A books in general. The new word that changes on each page will either have to be read (decoded), or your child will have to examine the corresponding picture for a clue. This process is an important first step to reading confidence.

 

  • Try reading leveled books online at Reading A-Z with a free trial.

 

Level A

 

At the Beach by Alexa Andrews

Autumn Leaves by Gail Saunders Smith

Cars by Gail Saunders-Smith

Count and See by Tana Hoban

Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle

Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan

Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri

Look What I Can Do by Jose Aruego

I Like Bugs by Margaret Wise Brown

In the Forest by Alexa Andrews

On a Farm by Alexa Andrews

Big Cat by Ethan Long

Here is Big Bunny by Steve Henry

I Can Run by Murray Head

I Hug by David McPhail

Jump by David McPhail

I Like My Bike by AG Ferrari

I Like the Farm by Shelley Rotner

I See a Cat by Paul Meisel

 

Level B

 

A Big Surprise by Kristi Butler

Brothers by Lola Schaefer

Buttons, Buttons by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

Cat Days by Alexandra Andrews

Fathers by Lola Schaefer

Fun With Hats by Lucy Malka

Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle

How Many Fish by Caron Lee Cohen

How’s the Weather? by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

I Have Shapes by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

I See Colors by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

I See Shapes by Marcia Fries

Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams

Mothers by Lola Schaefer

Our Pumpkin by Renee Keeler

Sisters by Lola Schaefer

The Headache by Rod Hunt

We Can Share at School by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

You Can Do It! by Betsy Lewin

Up by Joe Cepeda

Pig Has a Plan by Ethan Long

I See by Joe Cepeda

I See and See by Ted Lewin

It is a Tree by Susan Batori

Happy Cat by Steve Henry

I Have a Garden by Bob Barner

I Like My Car by Michael Robertson

 

Level C

 

A New Friend by Wiley Blevins

All Through the Week with Cat and Dog by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

Bathtime for Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Ben’s Pets by Anne Miranda

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin

Bugs! by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack

Clara and Clem in Outer Space by Ethan Long

Clara and Clem Take a Ride by Ethan Long

Clara and Clem Under the Sea by Ethan Long

Costumes by Lola Schaefer

Fall Leaves by Don L. Curry

Family Pets by Lola Schaefer

Go To Bed Blue by Bonnie Bader

Going to Grandma’s Farm by Betsy Franco

Grandfathers by Lola Schaefer

Grandmothers by Lola Schaefer

Happy and Honey by Laura Godwin

Hello Doctor by David F. Marx

How Many? by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

I Want a Pet by Barbara Gregorich

I Went Walking by Sue Williams (paperback)

Is it Alive? Kimberlee Graves

It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw

Joshua James Like Trucks by Catherine Petrie

Ladybug Girl – Who Can Play? By David Soman and Jacky Davis

Masks by Lola Schaefer

Max Finds an Egg by Wiley Blevins

Pancakes, Crackers and Pizza: A Book About Shapes by Margaret Gisler and Marjorie Eberts

Pigs by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

Pigs Peek by Rhonda Cox

Play With Blue by Bonnie Bader

Roll Over! A Counting Song by Merle Peek

Sam and Jack – Three Stories by Alex Moran

See How it Grows by Kimberlee Graves

Silly Sally by Betsy Franco

Spots, Feathers and Curly Tails by Nancy Tafuri (paperback)

The Four Seasons by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

Trucks by Gail Saunders Smith

Under the Sky by Rozanne Lanczak Williams

Snow is Fun by Steve Henry

See Me Play by Paul Meisel

Pug by Ethan Long

Pig and Cat Are Pals by Douglas Florian

Pie for Chuck by Pat Schories

Me Too! by Valeri Gorbachev

Mice on Ice by Rebecca Emberley

Momo by Ethan Long

Little Ducks Go by Emily Arnold McCully

Lost Dog by Michael Garland

Squeak the Mouse Likes His House by Pat Schories

The Fly Flew In by David Catrow

What Am I? Where Am I? by Ted Lewin

Can You See Me? by Ted Lewin

Bad Dog by David McPhail

Animals Work by Ted Lewin

Go, Go, Go by Bob Barner

Cat Likes Red by Chris Russo

Cat Got a Lot by Steve Henry

I Hop by Joe Cepeda – A Theodor Geisel Honor Book!

I Dig by Joe Cepeda

I Had Ten Hats by Daivd McPhail

 

Stephanie Sigal, M.A. CCC-SLP, is a speech therapist working with children on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side of Manhattan. She would be happy to speak with you about concerns you have for your child’s articulation and language development, and kindergarten readiness. You can reach Stephanie at sayandplay@yahoo.com.