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Early Reader Fiction for National Reading Month!

Youth - What We're Reading | Published March 15, 2026

Celebrate National Reading Month with a few of our favorite Early Reader titles!

  • Illustration of a boy shouting on a rooftop as two large robots approach.

    The Boy Who Cried Robots! / Chris Britt

    Follow a boy whose outlandish, false claims escalate until the day something unexpected actually happens and he needs everyone to believe him. Urgently! Told with simple text, expressive panels, and plenty of visual humor, this comic-style title is a playful take on a familiar fable with a funny sci-fi twist.

  • A cartoon cat in a space helmet rides a blue rover skateboard on red terrain with mountains and a rocket labeled "CAT" in the background.

    Pete the Cat’s Mars Mission / Kim Dean

    Pete the Cat blasts off into outer space to save his friend, Marty, from Mars. There’s just one problem. Pete’s rocket ship breaks! Groove with Pete as he searches the fourth planet from the Sun to fix his broken ship and find his missing friend.

  • A ladybug with a magnifying glass beside a sprinkled doughnut.

    Dot the Ladybug: The Missing Dot / K. George

    Dot the Ladybug sets out to solve the mystery of the missing dot in her friend’s delicious donut. She searches for dots all over, large and small. With rhyming wordplay and simple dialogue, Dot helps her friend, Spot the Dog, understand why there’s a dot in the middle of his donut.

  • Book cover illustration featuring a worried cartoon banana beside a fruit bowl with apples and another banana on a checkered tablecloth.

    Bad Banana / Michael Rex

    Banana’s gone bad! They’re not as ripe and yellow they used to be. Before they were rotten, Banana had three best friends. Each friend was picked while they were still fresh. As the days went by, banana grew softer and squishier. Worst of all they grew spots! Deemed too gross to eat, is there any hope for a bad banana?

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