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Ready for Chapter Books

If your child is moving beyond early readers but you're not sure where to start in the chapter book section, this list is for you! These beginning chapter books are short, illustrated, and will help your young reader build confidence. #CedarMill&BethanyLibraries #WiserKids #WCCLS

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  • Bear and Bird

    the Picnic and Other Stories

    Jarvis, 1985-
    Bear and Bird are best friends. So When Bear forgets the most important thing to pack for a picnic (but pretends that he didn't), Bird doesn't let on that she knew all along. When Bird is upset to discover her friend has more of a certain talent…
    Early Readers, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — J Jarvis
  • Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures, until the day his solitude is disrupted by a sudden flutter of wings and a loud screech. A small owl has gotten caught in a trap in the barn. Can Orris "make the good and noble…
    Early Readers, 2024Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — J DiCamillo
  • When King Viking and his evil robot army attack Animal Town, and kidnap Singing Dog, it is up to Super Rabbit Boy, with some help from Sunny and his video game console, to save the day.
    Graphic Novel, 2017New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2017. — J FLINTHAM, THO PS #1
  • Eight-year-old Isla Verde loves living on the ever-adventurous island of Sol with her best friend, a gecko named Fitz, but when a new girl moves next door, Isla has a hard time keeping her big secret--that she can talk to animals!
    Book, 2023New York : Little Simon, 2023. — JF COS ISL #1
  • Sydney is a skunk and Taylor is a hedgehog, but no matter how odd the pairing may seem, their friendship comes naturally. They live happily in their cozy burrow . . . until the day Taylor gets his Big Idea to go see the Whole Wide World.
    Book, 2021Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2021] — J Davies
  • Rambunctious puppy Bo, who lives with his human family on a farm, loses his dog tag and enlists his barnyard animal friends to help him find it.
    Book, 2020New York : Little Simon, [2020] — FIRST CHA GOOD DOG #001
  • Future spy Henry discovers that he has magic, like his big sister, Heidi, when he accidentally creates a tiny dragon, which definitely does not belong at Brewster Elementary School.
    Book, 2019New York : Little Simon, [2019] — J HENRY HECKELBECK
  • Baron von Bubbles (Bub) is a pug who wants nothing more than to help his human Bella in her craft projects for school, though he is a little apprehensive about the rocket she is making for the Inventor Challenge--so when he ruins the rocket while…
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., 2019. — J BRANCHES PUG
  • A chicken hops a ride to school to see what the humans do there all day and unlocks the superpowers of math and science, which she uses to save the coop.
    Book, 2022[New York] : Pixel+Ink, 2022. — FIRST CHA GREAT MATHEMACHICKEN #001
  • In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.
    Early Readers, 2019North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, [2019] — J Faruqi
  • Doggo, an older dog, learns how to welcome and accept a young puppy into the household.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York : Feiwel & Friends, 2021. — J Applegate
  • There is an empty lot in Sadiq's neighborhood which is in serious need of cleaning up, and Sadiq has come up with an idea of what to do with it afterwards: build a community garden--so Sadiq sets out to get his classmates and friends involved and…
    Book, 2022North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone, [2022] — J SADIQ
  • Fergus, the pet mouse in Miss Maxwell's classroom, stows away in a backpack on a field trip to the museum. He makes a new friend, Zeke, who shows Fergus many interesting exhibits, but now he wonders how to get back to school.
    Early Readers, 2017Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2017. — ER MESSNER Kate
  • Truman the black lab might be an older rescue dog, but he's still got enough mischief beneath his collar to keep eight-year-old Kaita Takano and her animal-fostering family on their toes from morning till night.
    Book, 2020North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2020] — J FLORENCE, DEB FFF
  • When supernatural things start happening in the house timid Andres and his parents just moved into, next-door-neighbor Desmond Cole, eight, comes to the rescue.
    Book, 2017New York : Little Simon, 2017. — J MIEDOSO
  • When Monty the chipmunk's cupcake is stolen, owl detectives Wallace and Grace try to find "whoo-done-it."
    Book, 2017New York : Bloomsbury, 2017. — J ALEXANDER, H.
  • The Bad Guys, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, and Mr. Piranha, want to be heroes, and they decide that the way to do it is free the 200 dogs in the city dog pound--but their plan soon goes awry.
    Graphic Novel, 2017New York : Scholastic Inc., [2017] — J GRAPHIC BADGUY
  • Having a Bloomtastic Festival at school to celebrate spring is a great idea--but Eva Wingdale, a young owl, discovers that it is also a lot of work, and there is nothing wrong with asking her friends for help.
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Branches/Scholastic Inc., [2015] — J ELLIOTT, R.
  • They're darling. They're daring. They know their shapes! They're chicks on a mission, and on this, their first (mis)adventure, the Chicken Squad launches a galactic backyard expedition.
    Book, 2014New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2014] — J Cronin
  • Kitty wants to be a superhero like her mother, once she gets over her fear of the dark, but when Figaro the cat needs help she springs into action.
    Book, 2019New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. — J HARRISON, P.