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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1. The case of the missing action figure: & other mysteries

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Author:
Tashjian, Janet
Series:
Marty Frye, private eye volume 1.
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Description:
Marty Frye, a seven-year-old who likes to read poetry and talk in rhymes, solves three separate mysteries for a classmate, a toy store owner, and his younger sister.

2. Judy Moody and the missing mood ring

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Author:
McDonald, Megan
Series:
Judy Moody and friends
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Description:
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?

3. Lucy's tricks and treats

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Author:
Cooper, Ilene
Series:
Absolutely Lucy volume 5.
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
Halloween is near and Bobby has a great idea for costumes for himself and his dog, Lucy, but when he brings Lucy's costume to school for show-and-tell it disappears, and Bobby suspects the unfriendly new student took it.

4. Murilla gorilla and the lost parasol

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Author:
Lloyd, Jennifer
Series:
Murilla Gorilla volume 2.
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GRC Kremmling Juvenile
J LLO #2
Description:
Detective Murilla Gorilla helps Parrot search for a parasol that has gone missing from his parasol stand.

5. Nate the great

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Author:
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
Series:
Nate the Great volume 1.
Average Rating:
5 stars
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Description:
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,...

6. Nate the Great and the pillowcase

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Author:
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
Series:
Nate the Great volume 15.
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GRC Kremmling Juvenile
J SHA #15
Description:
Nate the Great investigates the disappearance of a homemade pillowcase belonging to Rosamond's cat Big Hex.

7. Nate the Great stalks stupidweed

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Author:
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
Series:
Nate the Great volume 9.
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Description:
Nate the Great searches for a missing weed after it disappears from a pot on Oliver's porch.

8. Prism's paint

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Author:
Bliss, Emily
Series:
Unicorn princesses volume 4.
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Description:
After one of Ernest the wizard-lizard's spells goes awry, draining color from Princess Prism and her domain, the unicorn princesses call on the human girl Cressida to help Prism locate the Valley of Light's missing rainbow so she regain her magic and repaint the land and creatures.