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. Gimme shelter: misadventures and misinformation

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Author:
Cronin, Doreen
Series:
Chicken Squad volume 5.
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Description:
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.

2. Inspector Flytrap

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Author:
Angleberger, Tom
Series:
Inspector Flytrap volume 1.
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5 stars
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Description:
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.

3. 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?

4. 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,...

5. Nate the Great and the Halloween hunt

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Author:
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman
Series:
Nate the Great volume 12.
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5 stars
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Description:
Nate and his dog Sludge try to solve a case on Halloween night and find themselves locked in a haunted house.

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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GRC HSS Juvenile
J SHA #9
Description:
Nate the Great searches for a missing weed after it disappears from a pot on Oliver's porch.

8. Recipe for disaster

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Author:
Angleberger, Tom
Series:
Didi Dodo, future spy volume 1.
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Description:
When Koko Dodo's secret chocolate sauce is stolen just before an important cooking contest Didi Dodo, a dodo bird, devises a daring plan to help--whether he wants her to or not.