Category Archives: Early Chapter Books
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Waiting for the Magic
Posted on December 20, 2011 by Children's Department Staff in animals, Early Chapter Books, Family Read-Aloud>by Patricia MacLachlan William’s father has left again to ‘do some writing.’ He’s done this before, but this time feels different. This time he left a note for William and his little sister Elinor, which makes it feel more planned, more long-term. His mother seems to think so, too. The first thing she does is [...]
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Escape By Night: a Civil War Adventure
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Victoria in Early Chapter Books, Historical Fiction, social issues>Escape By Night: a Civil War Adventureby Laurie Myers Young Tom McKnight, son of the Presbyterian minister, lives across the street from his father’s church in Augusta, Georgia. The church has become a temporary hospital for hundreds of wounded Confederate soldiers being sent back from the front. Tom sees a injured soldier drop a book in [...]
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Fractions = Trouble!
Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rachel in Early Chapter Books> by Claudia Mills Claudia Mills is becoming my favorite early chapter book author. I loved How Oliver Olson Changed the World, and Fractions = Trouble! is just as great. This book is the sequel to 7 x 9 = Trouble!, in which Wilson Williams has trouble learning multiplication. In this book, the third grade [...]
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Danger & Diamonds: A Mystery at Sea
Posted on June 14, 2011 by Rachel in Adventure, Early Chapter Books, Mysteries> by Elizabeth Levy, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein Danger & Diamonds is the first book in a new early chapter book mystery series. Phillipa lives on a cruise ship with her parents, the dance and aquatics instructors, and absolutely loves her life. But the new captain has just brought his son on board, and he [...]
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The Trouble with Chickens
Posted on May 18, 2011 by Jennifer in Early Chapter Books, Humorous Stories, Mysteriesby Doreen Cronin J. J. Tully is a farm dog with attitude. He is recently retired from the “search and rescue” business, but country life is not all rest and relaxation. When Millicent the chicken (whom he immediately nicknames Moosh) approaches him with her beady little eyes and nervous twitches, J. J. is drawn into [...]
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Mr. Croc’s Silly Sock
Posted on April 29, 2011 by Laura in animals, Early Chapter Books, Humorous Storiesby Frank Rodgers Mr. Croc is very silly. He took his clean laundry outside to hang it on the clothesline, but he forgot to use clothespins! A windy day blew all of his clothes away and now he has to chase them down. Mr. Croc is easily distracted on his clothing pursuit and his [...]
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Almost Zero
Posted on April 7, 2011 by Jessica in Early Chapter Books, Realistic Fiction, social issuesby Nikki Grimes Dyamonde NEEDS those fancy new sneakers. Right now. Her classmate tells her that it’s her mom’s job to give her what she needs. Amazingly, Dyamonde’s mom agrees that it is her job to give Dyamonde exactly what she needs. When Dyamonde comes home from school, though, she doesn’t find new sneakers [...]
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Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid
Posted on December 23, 2010 by Jennifer in Early Chapter Books, Humorous Storiesby Megan McDonald James Moody, little brother to Judy Moody and affectionately nicknamed “Stink,” is worried that he is not growing any taller. He is the shortest kid in his second grade class. Every morning, he has his sister measure his growth, but it never changes. Then one day, he appears to have shrunk a [...]
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Sophie Simon Solves Them All
Posted on December 20, 2010 by Melendra in Early Chapter Books, Humorous Storiesby Lisa Graff In this clever and humorous story, Sophie Simon is very smart. So smart, in fact, that her parents worry that she’s not well adjusted. But Sophie doesn’t care, she just wants to learn, and at the moment, that means that she needs a special calculus calculator. However, her parents want her [...]
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Winter Shadow
Posted on June 3, 2010 by Victoria in animals, Early Chapter Books, Fantasyby Richard Knight, illustrated by Richard Johnson This new book caught my eye as soon as it arrived in the children’s room. Maria finds an orphaned wolf pup near death on her way home. Maria’s grandfather tries to discourage her from rescuing the pup, but she does anyway. Maria and Grandfather raise the pup Shadow [...]
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