Finding the Right Book

To see how the books in our collection compare with leveled school reading programs,

use this Leveled Readers Chart   

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How the books in our library are organized by reading level:

Easy Reader-  Yellow w/ Blue Label  - Pre Readers  (PreK - Kindergarten)

These books are the easiest beginning readers with a few words to each page (almost always on the left hand page), single syllable words, only 1 or 2 likes of text, large print, repetitive and rhyming text, very little punctuation, a short story, and large illustrations (on the right hand page). 

Easy Reader – Yellow w/ Green Label – Emergent Readers  ( Kindergarten - grade 1)

These books introduce more difficult words, words with multiple syllables, more text on each page, more complex sentences, up to 8 lines of text on each page, a wider variety of punctuation, smaller print size, and text in different places (top, bottom, left page, right page), still has much illustration.

Easy Reader – Yellow w/ Purple Label – Early Readers  (Grades 1-2)

These books have more text and less illustrations, may even have some chapter breaks in the story, smaller print and spacing, stories with sub-plots, more action and genre, text in “quotations.”

Older Reader  – Orange Label – Fluent Readers   (Grades 2-3)

These books are beginning chapter books.  They have mostly all text and only a few illustrations (one or two per chapter), more literary structure and genres, more challenging themes and ideas, series books and extended episodes, more complex vocabulary. 

Tweens  – Light Blue Label – Advanced Readers  (Grades 4-6)

These books are advanced chapter books for older, more mature readers with longer stories and more advanced vocabulary