
A Fuse #8 Production
December 18, 2022 by Betsy Bird
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
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
September 5, 2018 by Betsy Bird
Fox & Chick: The Party and Other Stories By Sergio Ruzzier Chronicle Books $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-4521-5288-2 Ages 4-7 On shelves now Have you ever sat down and looked at books meant to instruct children in the art of reading from the early 18th to 19th centuries? When Americans colonists first came around to the idea […]
December 18, 2017 by Betsy Bird
It’s haiku. It’s poetry. It’s harder than original Twitter. Creating a quality easy book, whatever the reading level, is an art. Today, I’m throwing them all into a pile. The easy books that use only the simplest of words. The ones ones that veer closer to early chapter books (a category we’ll explore further tomorrow). […]
A Fuse #8 Production
by Betsy Bird
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