My First Reading Library

My First Reading Library by Lesley Sims

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This is a collection of 50 books meant to help kids learn how to read. We got this series for my daughter when she started speech therapy to help with her reading. She loved them to start with, but was more interested in the story books than the actual learning books. The series comes with essentially 3 sections to browse through.

Section 1: 20 books numbered from level 1-15 for the "Very First Reading" series. These titles include:

1. Pirate Pat
2. Double Trouble
3. The Dressing-Up Box
4. Captain Mac
5. A Bus for Miss Moss
6. The Perfect Pet
7. Dog Diary
8. Bad Jack Fox
9. Grizzly Bear Rock
10. The Magic Ring
11. A Fright in the Night
12. The Queen Makes a Scene
13. The Deep Dark Woods
14. Stop That Cow!
15. Moon Zoom
16. Run, Rabbit, Run!
17. Late Night at the Zoo
18. Wild School
19. The Circus Under the Sea
20. The Monster Diner
21. Knight Fight
22. Mr. Mystery

Section 2: A collection of 12 level 1 reading books with short stories, including:

1. The Wish Fish
2. The Rabbit's Tale
3. The Greedy Dog
4. The Fox & the Stork
5. Old MacDonald Had a Farm
6. King Midas & the Gold
7. The Lion & the Mouse
8. The Fox & the Crow
9. Anansi & the Bag of Wisdom
10. The Ang & the Grasshopper
11. The Sun & the Wind
12. The Three Wishes

Section 3: 16 slightly longer story books from level 2 reading collections. These tales include:

1. The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe
2. The Daydreamer
3. Old Mother Hubbard
4. Clever Rabbit & the Wolves
5. Doctor Foster Went to Gloucester
6. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
7. How Elephants Lost Their Wings
8. The Dragon & the Phoenix
9. There Was a Crooked Man
10. Little Miss Muffett
11. The Tortoise & the Eagle
12. The Magic Melon
13. King Donkey Ears
14. The Genie in the Bottle
15. Clever Rabbit & the Lion

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Usborne 10 Ten Minute Stories

Usborne 10 Ten Minute Stories by Lesley Sims

My rating: 0 of 5 stars


This collection has stories in formats that are slightly longer than the common 5-Minute Stories collections. Some are more familiar, and others are not as common, which may be a hit or miss with younger audiences. Stories included are the following:

The King's Pudding
The Tin Soldier
Beauty & the Beast
Why the Sea is Salty
The Story of Pegasus
Dick Whittington
The Magic Gifts
The Firebird
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Pinocchio

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Usborne Phonics Readers: Bee Makes Tea

Usborne Phonics Readers: Bee Makes Tea by Lesley Sims

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


As a phonics reader book, it has a bit of catchy rhyming to the phrases as it rushes through the story (and I say "rushes" more because the bee is in such a hurry to get everything made and set up just so more than the length of the actual book). It's cute and funny, and perfect for little girls especially. My daughter enjoys playing "tea time" now, so having a book that sets just the right stage like this is a bit of extra fun.

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