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Guided Reading Level A Book List

Discover fiction and nonfiction titles that are just right for the earliest readers in grades Pre-K-1.


March 22, 2022

Building confident, independent readers starts early. These fiction and nonfiction beginning readers for Level A students combine diverse, engaging content with simple, short, and easy-to-see print, making them ideal for close reading and building foundational literacy skills.

There are even several wordless titles to help your students begin to understand context clues and to take the pressure off comprehending text. These titles are just the right place to start as you build your Guided Reading library.

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Helping

Grades Pre-K
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Young readers will learn about helping. Do you like to help? How do you help?

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Have You Seen My Duckling?

Grades Pre-K - K
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No one at the pond has seen Mother Duck's missing baby. But clever viewers can see that the duckling isn't really lost, just adventuring.

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The Beach

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Beginning readers explore word relationships and nuances in word meanings while they look at the beach to discover what they see. 

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Count on Fish

Grades Pre-K - 1
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While young readers count the number of fish they see, they'll discover the relationship between numbers and quantities and connect counting to cardinality.

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Hair

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Young readers will discover that human hair comes in all colors and styles.

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In the Pond

Grades Pre-K - 1
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What animals swim in a pond?

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In the Woods

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Young learners will discover what animals live in the woods.

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Let's Go!

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Simple routines, such as getting dressed to go out, help little ones learn what it means to be ready.

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The Little Panda

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Emergent readers can read texts with purpose and understanding as they learn what the little panda can do.

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The Rabbit House

Grades Pre-K - 1
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A girl and her dad work together to build a rabbit house.

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Skippy Likes the Seasons

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Discover why Skippy the dog likes all four seasons.

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Snowman's Story

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Filled with charm and fun, this wordless picture book about a snowman come to life lets kids tell their own version of the story.

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Trucks

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Emergent readers can read about trucks of all shapes and sizes.

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Emergent Science Readers: What Do Insects Do?

Grades Pre-K - 1
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Photographs and simple texts describing the many things that insects do.

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Boxes

Grades Pre-K - 2
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A box can be a boat, a plane ... and so much more!

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Chalk

Grades Pre-K - 2
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Three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day.

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I See Bugs

Grades Pre-K - 2
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A bug for every color!

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This nonfiction series for beginning readers features concise on-level text and full-color photographs about penguins.

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Yo! Yes?

Grades Pre-K - 5
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A simple yet dramatic story about friendship between two lonely boys.

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We Write

Grades K
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Give young readers a broad overview of writing.

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Animals-Level A: The Kitten

Grades Pre-K - 1
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This nonfiction book for beginning readers features concise on-level text and full-color photographs about kittens.

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Fruit Salad

Grades K - 1
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Perfect first reading practice which teaches healthy eating nad shows children how to make their own fruit salad.

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Let's Go!

Grades K - 1
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A family of raccoons is on the go.

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My Mom

Grades K - 1
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What kinds of things can you do with your mom?

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Butterfly

Grades K - 1
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What does Butterfly like?

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Playing

Grades K - 1
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We like to play! Read to see how.

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Sea Animals

Grades K - 1
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What lives in the sea?

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Time

Grades K - 1
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Young readers will learn about time. Is it time to read? Is it time to play? What time is it?

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What Bears Like

Grades K - 1
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This easy-to-read book has wonderful photographs of bears and the things they like.