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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Malcolm loves baseball and science, but his teammates are not always pleased with the ideas he comes up with--until he uses science to come up with a winning pitch, the knuckleball.
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Visiting Friendship Forest again, Lily and Jess are looking forward to spending time with little otter Chloe Slipperslide, but when Grizelda's spell causes Chloe to hide all the shiny objects in the forest, the girls try to help the little otter.
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Jess and Lily visit Friendship Forest to celebrate Ellie Featherbill's birthday, but must first foil the evil witch Grizelda's plans to poison the river and put the duckling in danger.
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Welcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Little lamb Grace Woollyhop is busy getting ready for a concert at Harmony Hall - until wicked witch Grizelda casts a spell on her! Now instead of making music, Grace just wants to make trouble! Can Jess and Lily break the spell in time for the concert?
Book cover for "Ivy + Bean no news is good news"
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Ivy + Bean volume 8.
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5 stars
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Ivy and Bean try to make money by writing a newspaper about Pancake Court but the neighbors are not pleased to read about themselves.
Book cover for "Ivy and Bean break the fossil record"
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Ivy + Bean volume 3.
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5 stars
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Bean is bored, bored, bored...until her teacher gives her a book of world records, and Bean learns about the biggest, the smallest, and the strangest things in the world. Soon the entire second grade has world-record fever. Who will do the most cartwheels? Can you really shatter a glass by screaming? Ivy and Bean make their own plan for record-breaking, a plan that includes dirt, fossils, tape, and-as-always-a lot of fun!
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Welcome to a magical world where animals talk and play - just like you and me! Best friends Jess and Lily love all animals. But when they follow a mysterious golden cat into Friendship Forest - a place where animals live in tiny cottages and sip dandelion tea at the Toadstool Cafe - their summer holidays suddenly become much more magical! On their first adventure in Friendship Forest, can the two friends rescue adorable baby bunny Lucy Longwhiskers...
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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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Yeti files volume 2.
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Yeti Blizz Richards and his gang of cryptids set out to find a friend for Vanessa, the Loch Ness Monster, even though it means traveling back in time to the dangerous age of the Cretaceous looking for plesiosaurs-- unfortunately Vanessa proves to be rather timid about meeting other dinosaurs.
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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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Lily and Jess are needed in Friendship Forest! Wicked witch Grizelda is causing trouble again with her new helpers, four messy animals from the Witchy Wastes. And when Grizelda casts a spell, little Olivia Nibblesqueak the hamster thinks she's a messy creature just like them! Can Jess and Lily find a spell to make Olivia herself again?
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Wilson is a curious sheep, and after he foolishly climbs into the back of a piano movers' truck, he ends up alone in the big city, far from the farm. But Wilson is also one smart sheep, and soon enough he's finding his way home to his worried owner by recognizing the sounds that he heard while he was trapped in the truck--a jackhammer, a calliope, a hotdog man. And could that be the excited barking of his friend Tippy, the border collie?