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Books for Beginning Readers: Beginning to Read On Your Own

Read together with a grown-up or by yourself with these books!

Chicago Public Library

11 items

  • Be a King

    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream and You

    Weatherford, Carole Boston, 1956-
    Learn about civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury, 2018. — E185.97.K5W44 2018
  • Mr. and Mrs. Bird try to build the best nest.
    Paperback[New York] : Beginner Books, c1968. — FIC EASTMAN
  • Padma and her mother prepare a dish for the neighborhood block party.
    PaperbackNew York : Lee & Low Books, [2017] — FICTION
  • Spend a day with brothers Charlie and Mouse.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2017] — FIC SNYDER
  • Grow from caterpillar to butterfly, just like a monarch.
    PaperbackNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019] — QL561.D3B68 2019
  • Ling & Ting

    Not Exactly the Same!

    Lin, Grace
    Twins Ling and Ting might look the same, but they couldn't be more different.
    PaperbackNew York : Little, Brown, 2011. — FIC LIN
  • A lost kitten is an exciting first case for Katie Fry, Private Eye.
    PaperbackNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2015] — FICTION
  • Big Duck, Little Duck and Porcupine have a busy day.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2017. — FICTION
  • Penny found a marble. Does that mean she gets to keep it?
    BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, c2013. — FICTION
  • Sloths Peter and Ernesto are best friends, complete opposites and setting out on the adventure of a lifetime.
    BookNew York, NY : First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing, 2018. — PZ7.7.A638Pet 2018