Can you recommend something for ages three to five who are learning to read? Also, I have had children requesting fairy tales (I would read them aloud) Our third grader could use some books on Native Americans, the Revolutionary War, or the Wild West to supplement school.
Another sweet friend sent this request in. I talked some about readers yesterday, but I'll add some more to that. We love the Ted and Friends Phonics collection. It's similar to the Very First Reading Set, but without the obvious parent-child collaboration. Instead of letting the child exclusively work on learned phenomes (letter sounds), the Ted and Friends only emphasizes certain letter sounds. The Combined Volume (CV notation) means there are several books in one, and you get a great deal since it's bound into one book!
Ted and Friends has 12 of the 16 Phonics Readers. This is the same illustrator as Farmyard Tales, so you know it's a favorite at our house :)
Now onto Fairy Tales. The Usborne Illustrated Stories are phenomenal. Beautiful illustrations and any collection of stories you can think of. These are great as read-alouds, but as you get more confident readers, they will enjoy curling up with these books. Here are the Fairy Tale specific books:
If Usborne has a fault, it is the lack of early American history material. Lots of modern history, lots of ancient history, not a lot of American history. This is one that I've used:
A little easy on the reading level, but the material is good. The Internet Links are also helpful - you know they're safe, so no worries about what 'interesting' things he may find while researching.
Hope that helps!
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