Easy to Read
Selected Books
These beginning readers and many more can be found in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
Flubby Is Not a Good Pet! by 
The Book Hog by 
Henry, Like Always by 
Fox Has a Problem by Beginning Readers
Beginning readers are perfect choices for the newly independent reader because they build the confidence of the reader. These books feature a more controlled vocabulary than read-aloud picture books. Some titles are for the earliest readers while others are easy-to-read chapter books.
Find these beginning readers and many others in the Children's Collection on Montgomery Library's main floor.
| Addie's bad day / Joan Robins | PZ 7 .R5555 Af 1993 | |
| Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower / Peggy Parish | PZ 7 .P219 An 1966 | |
| Are you my mother? / P.D. Eastman | PZ 10.3 .E1095 Ar 1960b | |
| Are you ready to play outside? / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Ar 2008 | |
| Baby monkey, private eye / Brian Selznick | PZ 7 .S4654 Bab 2018 | |
| Ball / Mary Sullivan | PZ 7 .S95314 Bal 2013 | |
| Benny and Penny in the big no-no! / Geoffrey Hayes | PZ 7.7 .H39 Be 2009 | |
| The Berenstain Bears and the missing dinosaur bone | PZ 8.3 .B4493 Bg 1980 | |
| The Berenstain Bears on the job | PZ 8.3 .B4493 Bhe 1987 | |
| A big guy took my ball / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Big 2013 | |
| The big jump, and other stories / Benjamin Elkin | PZ 8 .E45 Bi 1958 | |
| Bink and Gollie / Kate Di Camillo | PZ 7 .D5455 Bi 2010 | |
| The book hog / Greg Pizzoli | PZ 7.1 .P6898 Boo 2019 | |
| The cat in the hat / Dr. Seuss | PZ 8.3 .G276 Cat 1985 | |
| Charlie & Mouse / Laurel Snyder | PZ 7 .S6851764 Ch 2016 | |
| Chick and Brain: smell my foot / Cece Bell | PZ 7.7 .B4453 Sm 2019 | |
| Clara and the book wagon / Nancy Smiler Levinson | PZ 7 .L5794 Cl 1988 | |
| Come back Amelia Bedelia / Peggy Parish | PZ 7 .P219 Co 1971 | |
| Don't throw it to Mo! / David A. Adler | PZ 7 .A2615 Dp 2015 | |
| Emmett's pig / Mary Stolz | PZ 7 .S 875754 Em 1959 | |
| Flubby is not a good pet / J.E. Morris | PZ 7 .M82824 Fl 2019 | |
| Fox + Chick: the Party / Sergio Ruzzier | PZ 7 .R9475 Par 2018 | |
| Fox at night / Corey R. Tabor | PZ 7.1 .T29 Fn 2021 | |
| Fox Has a Problem / Corey R. Tabor | PZ 7.1.T29 Fno 2023 | |
| Fox the tiger / Corey R. Tabor | PZ 7.1 .T29 Foxt 2018 | |
| Frog and toad are friends / Arnold Lobel | PZ 7 .L7795 Fr 1970 | |
| Frog and toad together / Arnold Lobel | PZ 7 .L7795 Ft 1972 | |
| Go, dog, go! / P.D. Eastman | PZ 10.3 .E1095 Go 1989 | |
| Go, Otto, go! / David Milgrim | PZ 7 .M5955 Go 2016 | |
| Good night owl / Greg Pizzoli | PZ 7 .P6898 Go 2016 | |
| Green eggs and ham / Dr. Seuss | PZ 8.3 .G276 Gr 1960 | |
| Harry and the lady next door / Gene Zion | PZ 7 .Z66 Han 1978 | |
| Henry and Mudge and the great grandpas / Cynthia Rylant | PZ 7 .R982 Heamg 2005 | |
| Henry, Like Always / Jenn Bailey, Mika Song | PZ 7.1 .B325 2023 | |
| Hop on Pop / Dr. Seuss | PZ 8.3 .G276 Hn 1991 | |
| I did it! / Michael Emberly | PZ 7.7.E456 Iad 2022 | |
| I broke my trunk / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Iah 2011 | |
| I hop / Joe Cepeda | PZ 7 .C3184 Iah 2021 | |
| I see a cat / Paul Meisel | PZ 7 .M515875 Iam 2017 | |
| I want my hat back / Jon Klassen | PZ 7 .K6781446 Tap 2011 | |
| The infamous Ratsos / Kara LaReau | PZ 7 .L55813 In 2016 | |
| The Josefina story quilt / Eleanor Coerr | PZ 7 .C6567 Jo 1986 | |
| King & Kayla and the case of the missing dog treats / Dori Butler | PZ 7 .B9759 Kin 2018 | |
| Let's go for a drive! / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Lep 2012 | |
| Little Bear / Else Holmelund Minarik | PZ 7 .M652 Li 1957 | |
| Little Bear's visit / Else Holmelund Minarik | PZ 10.3 .M628 Lm 1961 | |
| Mr. Putter & Tabby turn the page / Cynthia Rylant | PZ 7 .R982 Mvm 2014 | |
| Monster munchies / Laura Numeroff | PZ 8.3 .N92 Mo 1998 | |
| My kite is stuck / Salina Yoon | PZ 7 .Y817 Mu 2017 | |
| Nate the Great and the lost list / Marjorie Weinman Sharmat | PZ 7 .S5299 Nau | |
| Nate the Great and the sticky case / Marjorie Weinman Sharmat | PZ 7 .S5299 Navg 1978 | |
| No fighting, no biting / Else Holmelund Minarik | PZ 7 .M652 No 1958 | |
| Nothing fits a dinosaur / Jonathan Fenske | PZ 8.3 .F3664 No 2021 | |
| One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish / Dr. Seuss | PZ 8.3 .G276 On 1988 | |
| Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons / Eric Litwin | PZ 7 .L7376 Pff 2012 | |
| Play ball, Amelia Bedelia / Peggy Parish | PZ 7 .P219 Pl 1972 | |
| Put me in the zoo / Robert Lopshire | PZ 8.3 .L862 Pu 1960 | |
| Rabbit & robot: the sleepover / Cece Bell | PZ 7 .B38891527 Rak 2012 | |
| Robert the rose horse / Joan Heilbroner | PZ 8.2 .H34 1962 | |
| Sam and the firefly / P.D. Eastman | PZ 10.3 .E1095 Sam 1958 | |
| Scruffy / Peggy Parish | PZ 7 .P219 Sc 1988 | |
| See me run / Paul Meisel | PZ 7 .M5158752 Se 2011 | |
| See Pip flap / David Milgrim | PZ 7 .M5955 Sdm 2018 | |
| See the cat / David LaRochelle | PZ 7 .L3234 See 2020 | |
| Snail & Worm / Tina Kugler | PZ 7.1 .K844 Sj 2017 | |
| Stop! Bot! / James Yang | PZ 7 .Y1934 St 2019 | |
| Supertruck / Stephen Savage | PZ 7 .S2615 Sup 2015 | |
| Tales for very picky eaters / Josh Schneider | PZ 7 .S36335 Tal 2011 | |
| There is a bird on your head / Mo Willems | PZ 7.7 .W65535 Th 2007 | |
| Tiger vs. nightmare | PZ 7.7 .T478 Tig 2018 | |
| Uncle Elephant / Arnold Lobel | PZ 7 .L7795 Un 1981 | |
| Up, tall, and high! / Ethan Long | PZ 7 .L8453 Up 2012 | |
| Waiting / Kevin Henkes | PZ 7 .H389 Wai 2015 | |
| Waiting is not easy / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Wai 2014 | |
| The watermelon seed / Greg Pizzoli | PZ 7 .P6898 Wat 2013 | |
| We are growing / Laurie Keller | PZ 7 .K281346 Wd 2016 | |
| What about worms / Ryan T. Higgins | PZ 7 .W65535 Wg 2020 | |
| You are (not) small / Anna Kang | PZ 7 .K127637 Yo 2014 |
Geisel Award
The (Theodor Seuss) Geisel Award has been given annually since 2006 by the Association for Library Service to Chidren, a division of the American Library Association, to the author(s) and illustrator(s) of the most distinguished American book for beginning readers published in English in the United States during the preceding year.
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