As much as I'd like to use phonics primers for every kid learning to read--I do think it really helps to focus in on a pattern and to keep it simple--there are some younger readers who won't go for the repetition and simple stories to which these books must be restricted. The act of reading in and of itself is not enough of a motivator. They've got to have story, and story that is a little brash, a little crazy, and very clever. That's hard to do with simple vocabulary, but there are some books that pretty much fit the bill. Here's the first edition of a field-tested list of 'em.
Jeff Smith, Little Mouse Gets Ready (Toon Book)
Geoffrey Hayes, Benny and Penny in Just Pretend (Toon Book)
Geoffrey Hayes, Benny and Penny in the Big No-No! (Toon Book)
Geoffrey Hayes, Benny and Penny in The Toy Breaker (Toon Book)
Eleanor Davis, Stinky (Toon Book)
Phonics Comics: Cave Dave
Cathy and Mark Dubowski, Cave Boy
Antoinette Portis, Not a Box
Antoinette Portis, Not a Stick
William Joyce, George Shrinks
Harry Allard, The Stupids
Adam Rex, Pssst!
David Milgrim, Otto series
David Milgrim, My Dog, Buddy
Jules Feiffer, Bark, George
David Catrow, Max Spaniel series
Joan Nodset, Go Away, Dog
Mo Willems, Elephant and Piggie series
Edward Marshall, Three By the Sea
Peter McCarty, Hondo & Fabian
Fabian Escapes
Moon Plane
Martha Moffett, A Flower Pot Is Not a Hat
Crosby Bonsall, Mine’s the Best
The Day I Had to Play with My Sister
And I Mean It, Stanley
Cynthia Lord, Hot Rod Hamster
John Szieszka, Trucktown series
Tedd Arnold, Fly Guy series
Peter Eastman, Fred and Ted Like to Fly
Thatcher Hurd, Bad Frogs
Jeremy Tankard, Me Hungry
Maurice Sendak, One Was Johnny: A Counting Book
Jan Thomas, What Will the Fat Cat Sit On?
A Birthday for Cow!
The Doghouse
Rhyming Dust Bunnies
Can You Make a Scary Face?
Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny!
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