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Seattle Picks: New Readers – Off to a Good Start

The child who is off to a good start with reading is still learning to sound out words, knows more and more words by sight, and is reading books with 1-3 sentences per page. (Updated June 2022)

The Seattle Public Library

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  • Mo and his dad join a beach volleyball game -- will Mo score the winning point? (Penguin Young Readers Level 3)
    BookNew York : Penguin Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022. — ER ADLER
  • Did you know sloths are born high up in trees, and sleep 15-20 hours a day? Learn more fun facts about these furry friends, in this nonfiction early reader. (Step-into-Reading Level 2)
    BookNew York : Random House, [2021] — J599.313 B1417S 2021
  • When Jack gets a science lab kit, his experiments go awry -- and robot Jacks take over!
    BookNew York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2020. — ER BARNETT
  • It's race day, and Ace and her car are ready to roll!
    BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2022. — ER BRIMNER
  • Bumble and Bee want to play "Guess the Animal", "Hide and Seek" and other games with their grumpy friend Frog.
    BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2020. — ER BURACH
  • Best friends Unicorn and Yeti enjoy sharing gifts, crunching icicles and going for forest walks together.
    BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2020. — J-GN BURNELL
  • There are many kinds of engineers, but they are all problem solvers who use science to plan and build things. (I Can Read Level 1)
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2021] — J620.0023 D8333i 2021
  • The blue egg with white polka dots matches Duck's bill AND Cluck's feathers -- whose egg is it?
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, [2022] — ER DUBOIS
  • In this easy-to-read comic, Thunder is a big scary dinosaur, and Cluck is a small brave dinosaur - can they become friends? (Ready-to-Read Graphics Level 1)
    Graphic NovelNew York : Simon Spotlight, 2021. — J-GN ESBAUM
  • Little robots Blink and Block are searching for treasure. Will the new friends find gold, silver, or gems -- or something even better? (I Can Read Comics Level 2)
    Graphic NovelNew York, NY : Harper Alley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — J-GN FANG
  • Toola, a rescued sea otter at a California aquarium, shows other rescued otter pups how to swim, dive and open clamshells -- so they can survive when released back out into the wild. (Ready-to-Read Level 2)
    BookNew York : Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2019. — J599.7695 F3337S 2019
  • Harry has a new car, and Hedgehog wants to play with it, too -- but sharing, and waiting to play with such a fun toy can be hard!
    BookNew York : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2022. — ER FEUTI
  • Moby Shinobi and his dog Toby use their ninja speed and smarts to help their friends at the race track.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Inc., 2021. — ER FLOWERS
  • Princess Truly is brave, smart and strong -- which will come in handy on her camping adventure with her little brother Ty and their dog Sir Noodles.
    BookNew York : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2021. — ER GREENAW
  • When a dancing robot goes haywire, Ryan turns into Red Titan and saves the day, in this easy reader comic.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Simon Spotlight, 2021. — J-GN KAJI
  • Vera the mermaid shows her new half-octopus friend, Beaker, around their undersea neighborhood of Tidal Grove.
    BookNew York : Acorn/Scholastic Inc., 2022. — ER LUKOFF
  • Inspired by a fun visit to the museum, Ty and his little brother Corey set up their own science lab at home. (I Can Read My First Shared Reading)
    BookNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — ER LYONS
  • When a flock of ducks start a party in Turtle's pond, their high-spirited hijinks prove too much for Turtle.
    BookNew York : Penguin Workshop, [2021] — ER MORRIS
  • The Watermelon Seed

    &, Good Night Owl : 2 Funny Tales

    Pizzoli, Greg
    What will happen to Crocodile when they accidentally swallow a watermelon seed? And who could be making the noise that won't let Owl sleep? Find out in this collection of two laugh-out-loud picture book stories just right for new…
    BookLos Angeles : Disney Hyperion, 2019. — ER PIZZOLI
  • Kooky Dooky helps luchador El Toro train for the big wrestling match. Will El Toro be ready to face the champion of the world, The Wall?
    Graphic NovelBoston : Versify, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021] — ER RAUL THE T