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Books for level 5 readers
Usually 1st grade. Up to 12 words on a page, a line or two, with a picture on every page.
Peabody's level 5 stories, free to read now
- A Bath for the Birds18 short pages
- Dot and the Log16 short pages
- Frogs Are Amazing17 short pages · true
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears24 short pages · a classic
- Henny Penny24 short pages · a classic
- Johnny Appleseed16 short pages · a classic
- My Teeth12 short pages · true
- Piccola24 short pages · a classic
- Pim and the Mitten22 short pages
- Ruby Goes to School24 short pages · true
- Scratch at the Tent14 short pages
- The Bean in the Cup21 short pages
- The Crow and the Pitcher18 short pages · a classic
- The Enormous Turnip24 short pages · a classic
- The Gingerbread Man23 short pages · a classic
- The Monster Who Could Not Sleep12 short pages
- The Roar in the Cupboard15 short pages
- The Stuck Kite21 short pages
- The Sun Is a Star15 short pages · true
- The Three Little Pigs24 short pages · a classic
- The Tortoise and the Hare18 short pages · a classic
- Where Is Ned's Hat?9 short pages
- Who Lives Under the Log?15 short pages · true
From Peabody's kids' book lists
Top 25 books for a 1st grader
- Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold · ages 4-8. Buzz finds a fly who can say his name and tries to enter him in a pet show. A silly, picture-heavy reader with large type (Geisel Honor 2006). Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Waiting Is Not Easy! by Mo Willems · ages 4-8. Piggie has a surprise and Gerald can't stand waiting for it. Geisel Honor 2015, and relatable for any child who has been told to wait. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel · ages 4-8. Five short stories about an odd-couple friendship: a lost button, a letter, a long wait. Dry, warm humour that works as a read-aloud and as a first book to read alone. Caldecott Honor 1971. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Henry and Mudge: The First Book by Cynthia Rylant · ages 5-8. A lonely boy gets a puppy that grows into a large dog. Short chapters and simple sentences, with a gentle emotional touch. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo · ages 5-8. A pig who loves buttered toast saves her family when the bed falls through the floor. Funny chapter-book start with full-colour pictures. Bookshop.org · Amazon
Books for first and second grade readers
- Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel · ages 5-8. Plain sentences, five stories. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Elephant & Piggie: Today I Will Fly! by Mo Willems · ages 4-8. Speech bubbles and short words. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss · ages 4-8. Rhyming limited vocabulary. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss · ages 4-8. Fifty different words. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli · ages 3-6. A tiny dog and a bedtime request. Very short. Bookshop.org · Amazon
I Can Read! classics
- Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik · ages 4-8. Four short chapters about Little Bear's imagination, birthday soup and a trip to the moon. First book of the I Can Read series (1957), with Maurice Sendak art. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel · ages 4-8. Five short stories about an odd-couple friendship: a lost button, a letter, a long wait. Dry, warm humour that works as a read-aloud and as a first book to read alone. Caldecott Honor 1971. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Frog and Toad Together by Arnold Lobel · ages 4-8. Five stories including the list, the garden and the cookies. Newbery Honor (1973). Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel · ages 4-8. Five more stories, including Toad's kite and the birthday surprise. Quiet, kind and funny. Bookshop.org · Amazon
- Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish · ages 5-8. A literal-minded housekeeper 'dresses the chicken' and 'draws the drapes'. A good first look at idioms. Bookshop.org · Amazon
Series at this age
None at this level: the series on Peabody start at about level 7, where chapter books and comics begin. All series in order.