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Success for brand new readers!
I found a Brand New Readers book at the library and my 5-year-old son loved it, so I went ahead and ordered the blue, red, and orange sets.What a bargain!Each set has 10 different books to help kids learn how to read, a progress chart, tips for parents, and a completion certificate for when the child has read all 10.Each book is 8 simple pages with wonderful illustrations that correspond to the text.My son had not really been interested in reading (he loves being read to) until I found these books, but now he really enjoys the stories, and even my 2 1/2 year old wants to "read" them.The stories are fairly predictable, which is important for new readers, but there is always some little funny twist at the end that gets him laughing.But the best part is seeing the look of pride on his face when he finishes reading a book and puts the sticker on the progress chart.I think he is surprised that he is actually reading!As a former preschool and elementary teacher, I HIGHLY recommend this series for new readers, especially reluctant readers.

Brand New Readers are the very best beginning reader books!
I homeschool my 4 1/2 year old son and have bought just about every beginning reader book to help learn the joy of reading and slowly teach him how to read.By far, Brand New Readers are the very, very best.I highly recommend them to parents and hope you try these before you go out and buy any others, no other company does it better.The stories are short, very cute and fun, with vibrant pictures so your child will want to go from story to story. They always have a really cute ending that even adults will enjoy.What is so wonderful about them is that they are repetitive from page to page with only simple changes so your child can predict the words using the pictures and read the story themselves.Even though my son can not actually read he feels like a successful, independent reader and is so proud that he can read his favorite stories anytime he wants, all by himself.He reads to us, he reads to his sister, he reads to our cat! Slowly he is picking up common sight words that he reads over and over in his books.I plan to buy all the beginning reader books I can find, my son can not get enough of them.

Your child will want to read
If your young child shows any interest in reading, put Hop on Pop and Dick and Jane back on the shelf for a while and let him or her enjoy these funny little books. Each small book is about 8 pages long and each page has a picture that helps the reader decipher some of the words. Your child will be reading in no time. I picked the Blue set up for my nephew for Christmas. My three year old son started to read them on the plane trip out and my five year old nephew started reading with the first book he picked up. A set of stickers and an achievement certificate comes with each set which adds to the fun of reading for the very first time! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Education    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Concepts - General    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Preschool Reading Skills    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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A great beginning for your child
I think these books are one of the best things for new readers ever.My son was intimidated by reading--he had the capacity, but wanted like so many overacheivers to be able to read immediately, and when he realized it just didn't work that way decided to give up.
great for a beginning reader
My 5 year old is just starting to read, and these, as well as the other blue, orange etc sets are great to give them confidence and practice with both decoding phonics and with the sight words. We'd been doing cat mat, pig wig type of stuff verbally since the end of summer, and these, plus Sight Word Readers Parent Pack: 25 Easy-to-Read Storybooks With Parent Tips and Mini-Workbookare the absolute best!A lot of the other phonics books don't have colorful illustrations to draw your child in.These are not as rigidly organized in terms of difficulty as other levelled phonics series so you have to help them quite a bit with some books.
EXCELLENT SET OF BOOKS!!!
These are 10 excellent books for beginner readers, far superior than the famous Bob books!. First of all, the images are colorful and captivating, the stories are very simple but appealing. Your chid can guess a word that is not familiar, just by looking at the pictures. The set comes with a guide for parents that is very informative. There is even a a little book where your child can make up his/her own story! These books were created to stimulate and motivate every young reader. In the box you will even find stickers to track how many books your child has read. There is also a certificate of Achievemt. My daughter just turned six and she could barely blend the sounds of each letter in a short word. After reading these books together she is now starting to read! These books did in a few days what Kindergarten in public schools could not achieve in a year... These are the best books you could possibly buy to teach your child how to read! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Preschool    3. Concepts - General    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Preschool Reading Skills    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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great for reluctant readers
I bought the whole series of these Brand New Readers books for my daughter because she has felt so successful with them.These are books that she can read and she loves the confidence that comes with that.The characters are cute and the stories are simple but fun.We have read these books many times and always enjoy them.

Great Beginnings!
What a great book for beginning or struggling readers.Children have been very successful with this book.I love the length of the story and the characters are delightful.My favorite features are the Introduction for each book,a strategy used in Reading Recovery, and a part called, Helping Your Brand-New Reader .I've bought the whole collection for my first grade readers.Great series!

Great Readers
What a wonderful idea for beginning readers! Children need books likethese in order to feel successful. The size of the book is perfect forsmall hands to hold. The repetitive story line allows children to besuccessful while reading the book and the book uses familiar sight words.The surprise ending makes the book fun for children, so they will want topick it back up over and over again.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Apes & Monkeys    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fiction    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Easy Readers    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Monkeys    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Short stories    11. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Apes & Monkeys   

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My 4 year old boy has read three books already!
As a homeschooler, I was a little hesitant with the idea of teaching my children to read with phonics, since I don't really remember how I learned myself - I just remember reading! I read to all three of them a lot, and was just hoping it would happen without any worries about phonics and such.
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Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Language Arts    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. General    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Language Arts    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. General    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Animals - Mammals    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. General    7. Juvenile Easy Readers    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Whether it's bedtime, bath time, snack time, or picture-drawingtime, Piggy and his playful dad always have fun together. Read more

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These books are fun!
We get a kick out of the darling characters and illustrations in these books.It is amazing that such easy to read books can have such charming stories.
Great for beginning readers.
My five year-old son absolutely delights in being able to read this book to his Dad.The stories are very amusing- even for adults.The similarities between this father and son and my own are uncanny.Great book for new readers!

Educational and fun.
Another hit from the Brand New Readers series.Each book is funny and fun for my 3 year old to read.The pictures are colorful and interesting.The story lines are simple enough to read yet interesting enough to make my son laugh.A great value! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Pigs    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Family - General    6. Family - Parents    7. Father and child    8. Fiction    9. Juvenile Easy Readers    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. Pigs    12. Readers - Beginner    13. Social Issues - Friendship    14. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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For the pre-reader and new reader.
This book is a delight to share with any child from age 2 through experienced readers of 6 or seven. Wonderful illustrations cover about 80% of the page and show exactly what the very large print words say on the bottom 20% of the page. So, you can have fun sharing this book with a 2 year old and talk about the pictures. The book also uses concepts such as over and under, etc. Threes and fours can start connecting the pictures to the words. New readers of 4 to 7 years old will have great success with the short, 3 to 6 word sentences, and many visual clues in the illustrations. This is one of the best easy reader series I've seen in a long time. I'll be recommending it to the children and parents in the library where I work. I am also getting my own copies to share with my 2 year old grandson. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Frogs & Toads    2. Children's 4-8 - Language Arts    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Concepts - Words    6. Fiction    7. Fishes    8. Friendship    9. Frogs    10. General    11. Juvenile Easy Readers    12. Juvenile Fiction    13. Readers - Beginner    14. Social Issues - General    15. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Words   

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a fun way to teach your child to read
I bought the whole series of these Brand New Readers books for my daughter because she has felt so successful with them.These are books that she can read and she loves the confidence that comes with that.The characters are cute and the stories are simple but fun.We have read these books many times and always enjoy them. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Bears    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Family - Siblings    6. General    7. Juvenile Easy Readers    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Just what we needed!
My daughter is going into kindergarten and she is already reading (I think this has a lot to do with her using the Reader Rabbit Complete Learn toRead System.) Anyway we needed some books that had:Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Cats    2. Animals - Pets    3. Cats    4. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Kindergarten    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Easy Readers    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Short stories    12. Toys, Dolls, & Puppets    13. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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My son loves these books!
The books are easy to read.They offer suggestions for parents to help their child read and things to talk about.My 4-year-old can read each of these books ... on his own.Learning to read is hard and can be frustrating.These books help me teach my son that reading is fun and that he can be successful at reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - MiceHamstersGuinea Pigsetc.    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. General    6. Juvenile Easy Readers    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc.   

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Make learning to read fun for your child
There are a lot of beginning reader books out there, but these are the best ones I have found to really help my daughter feel good about reading.
Here Comes A New Reader
An incredible begining book for a first time reader.My daughter 4 yrs. old picked it up and began reading, really reading for the first time.The relationship of words and illustrations make the book easily understandable, fun to look at and easy to follow along with for first time readers.After I bought this set of books I went back and purchased them all.Highly recommend this for first time readers.A smile will show you why. ... Read more

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Worm is our favorite!
We have the whole series of these Brand New Readers books because my daughter has enjoyed them so much.The stories are simple but engaging and have really helped her gain confidence in her reading skills.
Great Book for children learning to read
WE checked this book out at the library and both my 2 year old & 5 year old loved it. They read out loud along with me and then insist on reading back to me by themselves. My 2 year old cried when I told her that we had to return it, that of course our family now is buying it for our own collection.

very cute
My son is just learning to read.This was a perfect book for him.He took it to preschool and read it aloud to his class.He enjoyed the humor of worm getting tied in a knot.The book allows for easy success at a first reading experience. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Juvenile Easy Readers    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Readers - Beginner    6. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Very Funny (at least to a 3-year old)!
My three-year old daughter chose this book from the library, and last night she declared that she wished it was *her* book, not one that she had to return (the first time she has ever expressed this interest.) She likes "reading" the stories and the same words are used in several contexts allowing for quick recognition ("Beeper counts moons" in one story, and "Beeper bakes a moon cake" in another story.) The thing that she likes the best about the stories is that she things they are hilarious. She laughs every time she sees the whimsical illustration of Beeper yawning or Baby making a blue mud cake.

So cute!
This is a set of 4 books that is really adorable. For kids who are just learning to read (especially using a whole language approach), this set will build confidence. The illustrations practically tell the story, so kids get a lot of help from them. A confidence builder that is invaluable for kids just starting out on the road to reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - Science Fiction    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Extraterrestrial beings    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Easy Readers    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    10. Social Issues - Friendship    11. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Brand New Readers Shine Above the Competition
I homeschool my 4 1/2 year old son and have bought just about every beginning reader book to help learn the joy of reading and slowly teach him how to read.By far, Brand New Readers are the very, very best.I highly recommend them to parents and hope you try these before you go out and buy any others, no other company does it better.The stories are short, very cute and fun, with vibrant pictures so your child will want to go from story to story. They always have a really cute ending that even adults will enjoy.What is so wonderful about them is that they are repetitive from page to page with only simple changes so your child can predict the words using the pictures and read the story themselves.Even though my son can not actually read he feels like a successful, independent reader and is so proud that he can read his favorite stories anytime he wants, all by himself.He reads to us, he reads to his sister, he reads to our cat! Slowly he is picking up common sight words that he reads over and over in his books.I plan to buy all the beginning reader books I can find, my son can not get enough of them.

Great book for beginning readers
This is a great book for beginning readers.The stories are darling!Plus, the illustrations correlate well to the story giving the beginning reader extra clues as to the story words below.Unlike some beginning readers, this series is age appropriate through age 8.It appeals to the older beginning reader as well as the younger reader.I heartily recommend this book to anyone with a beginning reader. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Apes & Monkeys    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Fiction    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Easy Readers    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Monkeys    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Short stories    11. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. General    5. Humorous Stories    6. Juvenile Easy Readers    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Readers - Beginner    9. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Review of Beeper's Friends
Beeper's Friends is a text written for a first-time reader.The book entails a series of short stories; and there is actually more text advising parents how to read the book with their child than in the stories themselves.The stories are repetitive, as when Beeper and one of his friends endeavor to play a xylophone.Illustrations are in cartoon form.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. General    4. Humorous Stories    5. Juvenile Easy Readers    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Readers - Beginner    8. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

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Who would have guessed one could identify so closely with a worm?In the four eight-page stories of Read more

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cute books, for the beginners
These books are certainly thin.The pictures are cute.It is certainly for the very beginner reader.If your child is already reading a little bit, you might be disappointed with these books, but if he or she is brand new at this skill, these books should be added to your library.My son likes me to read to him while on the potty, these books are helping him to read to himself while there.That's 2 pluses to me. LOL

Our favorite brand new readers set
All of the books in the Brand New Readers series are great and they are just right for the child who is learning to read.Darling illustrations and fun animal characters grab the interest of the young reader from the beginning.The books are short and there are 4 in a set so your child feels a real sense of accomplishment when finishing a set of these books.
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Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Concepts - Senses & Sensation    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Easy Readers    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Worms    11. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Easy Readers    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Sheep    8. Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner