Early Chapter Books

Early chapter books help children make the exciting transition from primers to chapter books. Subject content is appropriate for 7 to 10-year-olds, and the vocabulary is accessible for children reading at the 2nd-3rd grade level. There is one main plotline with main characters between the ages of 8 and 10. Books are around 60-100 pages and printed in a reader-friendly font size with lots of white space, making them easier to read. Transitional books are a great tool for boosting the confidence of young - and even reluctant - readers!

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Book cover for "Amelia Bedelia ties the knot"
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"Flower girl Amelia Bedelia is on hand to help save her aunt's wedding day with her take on wedding planning."--Amazon.com.
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2015-2016 Florida Sunshine State Young Readers Award Winner! With engaging illustrations on every spread, a page-turning plot, a do-it-yourself experiment on building your own rocket, and fun science facts throughout, this is the perfect chapter book for young readers! And it's all from the amazing brain of MIT graduate Nate Ball, host of PBS's Emmy Award-winning Design Squad series. When a four-inch-tall alien crash-lands through Zack McGee's...
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Ella Mentry School counselor Dr. Brad believes wisecracking A.J. may be a genius and subjects him to some very weird tests to find out for sure.
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Chicken Squad volume 5.
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The Chicken Squad uncovers mysterious remains while digging a meteor/storm shelter, and they stop work to investigate just as a big storm is approaching.
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To prove he is brave enough to portray his ancestor in a town parade, Abner Willow eats a bowlful of fried grasshoppers and suddenly gains the magical ability to leap and jump.
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Hoping to become the greatest detective that ever grew, Inspector Flytrap, a Venus Flytrap, and his assistant, Nina the Goat, investigate "big deal" mysteries at an art museum, a cookie shop, and a garden.
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"For A.J. and the gang from Ella Mentry School, a night of regular trick-or-treating turns into the weirdest Halloween in the history of the universe"--
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Judy Moody is freaky for Nancy Drew, the famous girl detective from the book series. When Judy bumps into Mighty Fantaskey, she's excited to make a new friend who is also a Nancy Drew fan. Excited, that is, until she visits Mighty's house: it's big and old and creaky and spooky. It even swallows up Judy's mood ring! Can Judy muster up the courage to go back and reclaim it?
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"Two merpups named Lilly and Fin must escape from the clutches of the humans who want to add them to their collection of rare aquatic creatures"--
Book cover for "Mae and June and the wonder wheel"
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June's happy to get a new neighbor, Mae, and soon the two of them are best friends and having adventures determined by the Wonder Wheel that they spin each morning.
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"Story time goes to the dogs when Ella Mentry School gets a therapy dog to help kids with their reading skills"--
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When Ella Mentry School is threatened with closure due to budget cuts, A.J.'s new speech teacher, Miss Laney, comes up with a brilliant, if weird, plan to save the day.
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When a British student-teacher arrives, A.J. and his friends wonder if her all-black clothing and love of blood sausage mark her as a vampire, while Mr. Granite simply hopes her musician-boyfriend will stay away long enough for a math lesson.
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Second-grade graduate A.J. and his family rent a beach house, but summer vacation is ruined when annoying Andrea shows up and develops a crush on the lifeguard.
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The After School Kids' Care director wants to get into The Guiness Book of World Records, and A.J. and the gang jump in to help him.
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"A.J. is graduating! But a crazed PTA president is turning second-grade graduation into a huge affair complete with fireworks and skywriing. By the time this graduation ceremony is over, there won't be any time left for summer vacation!"--Jacket
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Ella Mentry School's newest teacher, Mrs. Lizzy, has some very strange ideas about learning during recess.
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Nate the Great volume 1.
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5 stars
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Shortly after a breakfast generously supplied with pancakes, Nate the Great got an urgent call from Annie. I lost a picture, said Annie. Can you help me find it? Of course, said Nate. I have found lost balloons, books, slippers, chickens. Even a lost goldfish. Now I, Nate the Great, will find a lost picture. Oh, good, Annie said. Nate, with the cool detachment of a Sam Spade, immediately plunges into his new and baffling case. Getting all the facts,...
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Nate the Great volume 15.
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Nate the Great investigates the disappearance of a homemade pillowcase belonging to Rosamond's cat Big Hex.
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Nate the Great volume 9.
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Nate the Great searches for a missing weed after it disappears from a pot on Oliver's porch.