Entering Grade One
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Bean Dog and Nugget
By Charise Harper
Follows the adventures of an unusual duo who dream up elaborate and silly ways to reclaim a ball that has rolled into a bush.
The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books
P.D.Eastman
A full collection of early readers by the author of classics such as Are You My Mother? and Put Me in the Zoo.
Chapter Two is Missing!
Josh Lieb
The narrator of this story needs you, the reader, to help because so many things have gone wrong with this book!
Flop to the Top
By Eleanor Davis & Drew Weing
Wanda's plan to make herself famous backfires when her floppy-faced dog starts drawing all the attention.
How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?
Jane Yolen
​Even dinosaurs can find reading both a challenge and pleasure!
I Hate Reading
By Beth Bacon
Funny tips for how to avoid reading, by two brothers who claim to hate it. 
Jack At Bat (series: A Jack Book)
Mac Barnett
Jack was not supposed to be up at bat, but he is, and it's not a simple task. 
One Minute Till Bedtime: 60-Second poems to Send You Off to Sleep
Kenn Nesbitt
A collection of poems that can be read in sixty seconds features the work of celebrated writers, including Jon Scieszka, Nikki Grimes, and Lemony Snicket.
Mr. Scruff
Simon James
At first, Jim and the rescue dog Mr Scruff don't seem to belong to each other, but it turns out they do. 
Short Stories for Little Monsters
Marie-Louise Gay
Brief stories offer "explanations" to mysteries children sense about their world. 
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Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off (series: Press Start!)
Thoams Flintham
Super Rabbit Boy has been called on again to stop trouble, and he must deal with rocket ships, a robot army, and King Viking, the meanie of space. (series: Press Start!)
What About Worms? (series: Elephant & Piggie Like Reading)
Ryan Higgins
Are Tiger's fears about worms worse the worms themselves? ​
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