The best books for beginning readers from 2006 to the present.
![Book cover of Fox has a problem](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2024/0cbc83b8c8d6433e837da7c701ae5c3a.jpg?itok=Ncc5_NSJ)
![Book cover for I Did It!](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2023/3848e3c39b3cb8f3b6ef8580b2338d89.jpg?itok=ZAwD_6VX)
![Book cover for Fox at Night](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2022/cb9d16b15f55f89627b3f2e6e31b721c.jpg?itok=Ys1h8Um3)
![Book cover for See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2021/90193bf174339a8d11ae0969dcf8f859.jpg?itok=YWYKYHjZ)
![Book cover for Stop! Bot!](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/c33f070bac5f368edce3fbb5775a5853.jpg?itok=g0YR0C7V)
![Book cover for Fox the Tiger](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/2d2682ab6ae943a1f04dd8c5f0fea5dd.jpg?itok=Dl3I2V2c)
![Book cover for Charlie & Mouse](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/f083cc4f0a5962cf6a8cf043ce1545f8.jpg?itok=kNqIRIUB)
2018
Charlie & Mouse
Call Number: xz IR
Two brothers have a really great day using their imaginations. Series.
![Book cover for We Are Growing!](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/41194b2193fab406c745f19462d30e41.jpg?itok=lm-qiiKB)
![Book cover for Don't Throw it to Mo!](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/ce48a04180d59eed6ea843a768478042.jpg?itok=tDUciSZ6)
2016
Don't Throw it to Mo!
Call Number: xz IR
(Gr. K-2) Mo is the youngest kid on the Robins football team. The kids on the rival team tease him for being a 'butterfingers' who's too tiny to catch the ball. But Mo's coach has a plan up his sleeve to turn Mo's little size into a big win for the Robins.
![Book cover for You Are (Not) Small](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/9ac8f015eb9115b21fb0c3f3cbcb1f19.jpg?itok=5QDxKq0p)
![Book cover for The Watermelon Seed](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/6c36c2931bfcd6dc440a2709bf854253.jpg?itok=ea7dSBJy)
![Book cover for Up, Tall and High!](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/1a6fb14d248aeea314cdee8db6b613e9.jpg?itok=5z4D5_np)
![Book cover for Tales for very picky eaters](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/7d1c8b2314a4d5e9f9d06a92f453c4b5.jpg?itok=d9qvY9O5)
![Book cover for Bink & Gollie](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/c51496dc4ca0ac9345458aada11b8483.jpg?itok=pZTuCE0E)
2011
Bink & Gollie
Call Number: x
Join sock-loving Bink and pancake-making Gollie as they roller skate, talk on the phone, and climb the Andes Mountains! This is the first in a series.
![Book cover for Benny and Penny in the Big No-No!: A Toon Book](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/92860d2dc6eae6206f9ee97914df3b7b.jpg?itok=nkSsROPP)
![Book cover for Are you ready to play outside?](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/03f45c0ad28cef554109a27cc58de9b8.jpg?itok=oA3n3hEw)
![Book cover for There is a Bird on Your Head!](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/eb507983e3a4cb46376262aa20d21599.jpg?itok=dqwJaPk1)
![Book cover for Zelda and Ivy, the Runaways](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/fc0312f1812a57890ef3d0d0fabf28fb.jpg?itok=9NRnRjJP)
![Book cover for Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas: The Twenty-Sixth Book of Their Adventures](https://lapl.org/sites/default/files/styles/staff_recommends_x97w/public/items/2020/6458fcb16b854602a6b073a278693f30.jpg?itok=K0xDuCj0)
2006
Henry and Mudge and the Great Grandpas: The Twenty-Sixth Book of Their Adventures
Call Number: xz IR