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Tag: easy books

July 13, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Worm and Caterpillar Are Friends by Kaz Windness

Worm and Caterpillar by Kaz Windness takes a dive into some well-worn territory of children’s literature and manages to forge an entirely new path that is entirely of its own making. A welcome entry in a thoroughly difficult format.

March 31, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day – Bear and Bird: The Picnic and Other Stories by Jarvis

Today I ask you to consider Bear and Bird and all their myriad adventures from the small to the slightly less small but always cozy. Raw charm on the page.

December 18, 2022 by Betsy Bird

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2022 Easy Books and Early Chapter Books

The books on today's list pack a lot into their tiny packages. You know the drill. Easy Books come first. Then the Early Chapter Books

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2021 Easy Book and Early Chapter Titles

December 18, 2021 by Betsy Bird

In the old days I used to separate out my Easy Book lists from my Early Chapter Book ones. This year, I may regret not doing that. So many good books!

Cover Reveal and Interview Extravaganza! See The Dog: Three Stories About a Cat with David LaRochelle and Mike Wohnoutka

February 10, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Looks like we have a cover reveal worth checking out. Now find out if Baby Cakes returns, what animal Mike Wohnoutka prays David LaRochelle won't put in a book, and what's in store for the intrepid duo.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2020 Easy Books and Early Chapter Books

December 18, 2020 by Betsy Bird

Easy Books might have been scant in 2020 but Early Chapter Books abounded. We take a look at the titles that fill a very real, ever present need.

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Review of the Day: See the Cat by David LaRochelle, ill. Mike Wohnoutka

July 16, 2020 by Betsy Bird

You can hand today's book to a kid learning to read, absolutely. Just be warned that their read may be punctuated with interjections of a highly voluble nature. In other words, this is laugh-out-loud funny.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2019 Easy Books

December 17, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Call them easy books, beginning books, early readers, whatever term you prefer. Today, I'm highlighting the books that are best for new readers. Simple texts, simple sentences, simple words. None of that fancy dance chapter nonsense.

Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books: Some of the Best of 2019

July 2, 2019 by Betsy Bird

Meet the most necessary and least loved age range of children's books.I have been carefully combing through every last easy book and early chapter book I could get my grubby little hands on and, with the help of my co-workers, I've come up with a good, if imperfect, list.

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2018 Easy Books

December 18, 2018 by Betsy Bird

I think you've heard me say before that in many ways easy books are the most difficult titles to write. They are most perfect when they are most simple. And they are most simple, when they limit their text complexity. Can you make complex characters and plots with such small words? You can. These did.

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