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Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 13:41:43 -0400
From: Melinda Miller-Widrick <miller-w@aldus.northnet.org>
Subject: HIT->ELEM->question about VERY easy readers
I received a lot of great, quick responses to my question. As I assumed,
the number of trade books fitting this need is slim or at least not very
accessible. I did get suggestions for some and for a lot of series by
particular publishers. I have noted how many times a particular
publisher was suggested following the series name. Thanks to all who sent
along information. Your time and efforts are appreciated!
Series and/or publishers with comments (of course):
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New Zealand Dept of Education, School Publications Branch, has put out a
series "Ready to Read". I have one in front of me by Margaret Mahy (not
one to use words in a boring way!) called "Fantail, Fantail". The
illustrations are good, explicit, and take up 3/4 of each page. Tho the
words are not all phonetic or short, there is so much repetition, rhyme,
and predictability that they are learned easily. First Page: "Fantail,
Fantail, have some cheese." "No, no, no. I don't like cheese." (Fantail
is a bird). Address: Box 3293 Wellington, New Zealand or Richard Owen
Publishers--Rockefeller Ctr--Box 819-- New York, NY 10185.
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Sundance - 800-343-8204
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The Wright Group(3) 800-523-2371 (also www.wrightgroup.com)
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Rigby(2) 800-822-8661 (www.rigby.com)
Our Reading Recovery Teachers and our K,1 &2nd teachers use simple
reading books from a company called Rigby. The books are simple with
large pictures and a few simple words on each page. They have a
controlled vocabulary and are graded by difficulty level.I could get a
mailing address on them but I think they are originally from Ausrtalia.
Their URL is:
http://www.rigby.com 800-822-8661
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Childrens Press' Rookie Readers(4). Some of the words are harder, but
they have rhyming text and a predictable pattern. Pictures do help in
understanding the story. Some may take a time or two "hearing" the story
read before students could be independent with them but it shouldn't take
much. Patricia McKissack in particular has written several of them, and I
usuallyintroduce them to students with her Messy Bessey stories.
The books in this series have the love word count per page. I believe the
catalog tells you how many words per book.
I have some books which are very popular with absolute
beginners--I think the series is called Rookie Readers and one
title is Where Did That Naughty Little Hamster Go? Since the
books are limited to 10 words that title alone takes care of
most of the quota.
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My First Reader from Child's World also might fit the bill. There is one
other series that features books with only ten words. I can't think of
the publisher (perhaps Reading Insitute?) , but one of the titles on the
series is called _The Crabby (or crab) Apple_ about an ornery apple.
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I also like Scholastic's Hello Reader series beginning from Level 1.
Random House also has the Step Into Reading series but I don't care for
most of their level 1 things--most are tie-ins with tv programs. Most of
these have enough "story content" to use as read-alouds occasionally.
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My 5 year old daughter brings home books from a series called "Big Bob
Books" The books are numbered and focus on one consonant or vowel sound
each. They appeared boring to me but my daughter and her classmates loved
them. I saw them for sale a barnes & Noble, and i think they are published
by Scholastic.
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How about the HarperCollins (3)Easy I Can Read books (Mine's the Best, And
I Mean It, Stanley, etc.)?
I presume you know about the Biscuit titles--there are about four of them
at this point I think--by Alyssa Capucilli in the Harper Collins I Can
Read series.
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We use Accelerated Reader and finding these low levels books was hard. I
ordered some that I was not really too impressed with. The stories are
really simplistic and the illustrations are boring, but the KIDS LOVE
THEM! The teachers have said that the kids are so excited that they can
really read a book by themselves that it gives them the confidence to try
other books. You may want to take a look at them. There are many titles
(at least 40) by Margaret Hillert. If you use AR, they have a disk with
all the titles together.
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I use the Step-into-Reading series (I am a remedial reading teacher as
well as librarian) for this purpose. They are leveled from Pre-School
thirough level 4. The Pre-School level books come with flashcards bound
in and only a few words per page. Some titles I remember, from Level 1,
I think are Monster Bugs, Double Header, Dinosaur Days. There are many.
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Hyperion Paperbacks for Children,
Book Packs. If these are a good sample, this series maight be good for
kids above first grade as the pictures and text aren't aimed at young
children. One book, "My School", is illustrated with photos of a boy who
could be 7 or 8, the text is "This is my school. This is my teacher. ..."
The other one, "A Salad Feast", is illustrated with paper collage, a
monkey making a salad, "Pu in the lettuce. Mix, mix, mix! Put in the
onions. Fix, fix, fix!"
Individual titles:
Also the Dr.Seuss beginning reading - Hop on Pop, Cat in Hat etc. might be
good for what you are doing.
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There is a book by Peggy Anderson, can't remember the title but it's
something like "Go To Bed, Joe". Has very few words and wonderful
pictures. The babysitter is trying to get Joe (a frog) to bed and he
keeps
eluding her.
The Rosemary Wells series with Max and Ruby are one short sentence per
page.
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Author's last name is Stadler...writes very easy
picture books (2-4 large words/page). 1 title is Hooray_for_snail...there are a
couple of others by
same author that you also might find useful but I can't remember the
titles...am sure that you can find by author's last name.
Have you tried Poulet's Blue Bug series? Few words per page and colorful
illustrations.
ALSO...check the Follett catalog...they have titles grouped by all kinds
of categories and there may be a few ideas in there...probably on their
TitleWave disk but sometimes I like to browse the catalog...
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Sheep in the jeeb books
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Very easy readers by Patty Wolcott
She has written a series using just 10 words for each story, and the
stories are fun
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I can suggest two books you might like for your program. "Piggies" by
Audrey Wood has great illustrations, few words and is a great take-off for
an art project. Have the students trace their own hand and then add their
favorite animals on each finger, just like in the story. Also, with a few
more words, but one of my favorites, "The Letters are Lost" by Lisa
Campbell Ernst. This also is a great art project as well as a fun reading
alphabet book. If you have a die cut machine, cut out all the letters of
the alphabet and hid them around the room. When the kids find their
letter they can paste it on a large piece of paper and show how their
letter might get lost.
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I Hate My Bow and there are a couple of
sequels to this one too.
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Melinda Miller-Widrick, LMS K-12
Colton-Pierrepont Central School
Colton, NY 13625
miller-w@northnet.org
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