Collection Development top picks: Early Readers

 You can see a more or less complete record of everything I purchased or added to the collection on this spreadsheet and a selection on our Pinterest page. This is a highlight of early readers I've added this year. Out of 160 titles added, 71 were backlist and 89 were published in 2023. 6 were added to the instructional section and 16 were added to the transitional chapters. This is a bit off, because I reorganized these sections in the fall and moved a lot of currently cataloged things there. 25 titles were nonfiction. More than half of what I purchased this year were replacements and continuations of popular series.

Transitional chapters and early graphic novels

• Arfy and the stinky smell 9780593643716
• Autumn of Mister Grumpf 9781951719258
• Banana fox and the book-eating robot 9781713770442
• Owl and penguin: best day ever 9780823451517
• Big cheese 9781665914529
• Boom! 9780823448579
• Ty's travels: Camp out 9780063083660
• Caterpillars 9781662665080
• Chi-Chi and Pey-Pey in school day drama 9781665931892
• Crazy for coconuts 9780823452347
• Hoggy at bat 9780823451494
• Let's go 9780823446520
• Love stinks 9780593488461
• Peach and Plum rule at school 9780316306300
• See the ghost 9781536219821
• Styx and Scones in the sticky wand 9781665935371
• There might be a kazoo emergency 9781665920049
• Worm and caterpillar are friends 9781665920018

Stand-out new leveled readers

• Beetle mania 9780593519950
• Big bub small tub 9781665928458
• Cat sees snow 9781665920407
• Nat the cat takes a nap 9781665918916
• Oslo learns to swim 9781665926485
• Tow on the go mambo rescue 9781665920070