It can be an overwhelming experience trying to teach a child to read. Where do you start? What are the best resources? How do I get my child to want to read on their own? For anyone who has ever asked these questions, here are some of my favorite simple easy readers. Books with only a few words per page. Books that are well-illustrated, funny, and exciting and will make kids want to pick up the next one to try to read on their own. The Letter Setters in Bop! By Ethan Long New York: Holiday House, 2025. Easy Reader. This book, the first in a new series (the second one is also out now!) follows a canine crew in an adventure through town as they try to follow around their bone. What is unbelievably cool about this book is that it tells a story with only one word per page while using a word that changes by one letter on each spread. So the word can changes to ran, which changes to rap, and that trend continues throughout the book. Ethan Long somehow manages to tell a cohesive story with a ...
The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World Written by Jonathan Haidt and Catherine Price Illustrated by Cynthia Yuan Cheng New York: Rocky Pond Books, 2025. Informational. 226 pages. In a kid-friendly adaptation of his best-selling book, The Anxious Generation , Jonathan Haidt teams up with Catherine Price, author of How to Break Up With Your Phone , to bring the power of good information directly to the hands of those that this issue affects most directly — kids on the cusp of getting their own smartphones. The book presents information about the drawbacks of having a smartphone and social media too soon in clear and easy-to-understand language, with eye-catching graphics and pop-outs. Throughout the book, quotes from real teens and young adults, called screen "rebels" by the authors, emphasize the points the authors are trying to make. Fictional characters are featured throughout in a graphic novel story, which further emphasizes the po...