First Chapter Books
For Newly Independent Readers
These books are alphabetized by author in the fiction section, unless otherwise noted below.
- Adler, David. Cam Jansen series
- Averill, Esther. Jenny and the cat club
- Banks, Kate. Howie Bowles and Uncle Sam
- Barrows, Annie. Ivy + Bean series
- Bartlett, Susan. Seal Island school and Seal Island seven
- Blume, Judy. Freckle juice and Soupy Saturdays with The Pain & The Great One (New Books)
- Brisson, Pat. Hot fudge hero and Little sister, big sister
- Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley series
- Brown, Marc. Arthur series
- Brown, Margaret Wise. Sneakers
- Brown, Palmer. Hickory
- Bulla, Clyde Robert. Pirate's promise
- Byars, Betsy. Tornado
- Calmenson, Stephanie and Cole, Joanna. Get well, gators!
- Cameron, Ann. Gloria's way, The stories Huey tells and The stories Julian tells
- Christopher, Matt. Peach Street Mudders series
- Clements, Andrew. Jake Drake series
- Cohen, Miriam. Mimmy and Sophie: all around the town
- Cole, Joanna and Calmenson, Stephanie. The Gator girls
- Conford, Ellen. Annabel the actress series and Jenny Archer series
- Cusack, Isabel Langis. Ivan the great
- Danziger, Paula. Amber Brown is not a crayon
- Davis, Gibbs. Camp sink or swim
- De Paola, Tomie. 26 Fairmount Avenue series (Biography, Juv 92-D)
- Delton, Judy. Lights, action, land-ho!
- Duffey, Betsy. Alien for rent and How to be cool in the third grade
- Etra, Jonathan and Spinner, Stephanie. Aliens for breakfast and Aliens for lunch
- Fenner, Carol. Snowed in with Grandmother Silk
- Fine, Anne. The Jamie and Angus stories and Jamie and Angus together (New Books)
- Fleischman, Sid. McBroom and the beanstalk
- Gardiner, John. Stone Fox
- Giff, Patricia Reilly. Ballet slippers series
- Graham, Bob. Tales from the waterhole
- Greenburg, Dan. Zack files series
- Haas, Jessie. Runaway Radish
- Hesse, Karen. Lavender and Sable
- Hurwitz, Johanna. Elisa, Russell, and Nora series, Pee Wee & Plush and Pee Wee's tale
- Kerrin, Jessica Scott. Martin Bridge on the lookout! and Martin Bridge ready for takeoff!
- King-Smith, Dick. Lady Lollipop, Smasher and Sophie's snail
- Kline, Suzy. Horrible Harry series
- Koller, Jackie French. Mole and Shrew are two
- Landon, Lucinda. Meg Mackintosh series
- Levy, Elizabeth. The cool ghoul mystery
- Macdonald, Maryann. No room for Francie (New Books)
- McPhail, David Piggy's pancake parlor
- MacLachlan, Patricia. Sarah, plain and tall and Seven kisses in a row
- Manes, Stephen. Be a perfect person in just three days
- Marshall, James. Rats on the range
- Myers, Laurie. Surviving Brick Johnson
- Osborne, Mary Pope. Magic tree house series
- Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones series
- Quackenbush, Robert M. Miss Mallard series
- Ressner, Philip. Dudley Pippin's summer
- Rodowsky, Colby F. Not my dog
- Rylant, Cynthia. The Cobble Street cousins series
- Sachar, Louis. Marvin Redpost series
- Sachs, Marilyn. JoJo & Winnie and JoJo & Winnie again
- Scieszka, Jon. Time warp trio series
- Selznick, Brian. The Houdini box
- Shreve, Susan Richards. The flunking of Joshua T. Bates
- Spinelli, Jerry. The bathwater gang and Tooter Pepperday
- Stevens, Carla. Anna, Grandpa, and the big storm
- Tashjian, Janet. Marty Frye, private eye
- Taylor, Mark. Mr. Pepper stories
- Wells, Rosemary. Wingwalker
- Winthrop, Elizabeth. Belinda's Hurricane and Luke's Bully
- Wojciechowski, Susan. Don't call me Beanhead
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