Favorite Book Series for Young Readers

Our media center is set up so that students can easily browse for books that they want to read and are able to read independently.

One of the sections in our media center houses our picture books (both fiction and nonfiction) that are on a K and 1st grade reading level. 

These are books that are marked with a large paw print (like our Wildcat Favorites) and then a small paw print on top. This section is where kindergarten begins browsing the shelves for the first time, but all grade levels still love to get books from this section.  And why wouldn't they? These are the books that most likely got them to fall in love with books.

These books are placed on the shelf in alphabetical order by author's last name, but occasionally I will place them on top of the shelf on a smaller "spotlight" shelf and may eventually make their way to the Wildcat Favorites section.  (see the post about Wildcat Favorites HERE)

To make locating a book even easier, I use Demco book stops to label the series, if we have at least 3 books in a series.  Since I began using book stops, students are much more independent when they are looking for books, which helps when I am stuck behind the circulation desk.

This is a current list of the fiction series books that are in the Junior Wildcat section in our media center:

Fly Guy
Biscuit
Berenstain Bears
Clifford
Arthur
Bad Kitty (picture books)
Eric Carle
Curious George
Lllama Llama
Mia
Amelia Bedelia
Pete the Cat
Pigeon
Margaret Hillert
Little Critter
Truck Town
Spongebob
Star Wars
Seuss
Elephant and Piggie

What popular series do you have for your littles to read?  Do you have a special section for those books?

#toptentitles Junior Wildcats

Although summer is more than half over for me, I still want to post the top ten of each section in my media center for the 2014-2015 school year.  It's always interesting to see what the kids enjoyed checking out the most and it's fun to share to see if anyone else finds the same trends in their libraries.

I am going to begin with the Junior Wildcat section. This section houses the K and 1st reading level books to make it easy for those beginning readers to find a "just right book."

No surprise that dogs books, Seuss books and Fly Guy books are on the list.  Last year's firsties were crazy about Fly Guy when they were kinders and that love didn't seem to go away just because they were a year older.

Number 10 was a tie between 6 different titles, 4 of which were Fly Guy books

Number 9 was a tie between 2 different titles, and of course Fly Guy was one of those titles

Number 8 was a tie between 2 Fly Guy books

Number 7 was an Elephant & Piggie book, also a favorite series of my kinders and firsties

Number 6 was yet another Fly Guy book

Number 5 was a famous book with a dog

Number 4 was a Dr. Seuss book

Number 3 was yet another Fly Guy book

Taking the number 2 spot was yet another Dr. Seuss classic

And the number 1 Junior Wildcat title checked out for the year

I did note how popular the Fly Guy books were last year and made a point to order more.  I am surprised that more Elephant & Piggie books weren't in the top ten, and that Biscuit books didn't even make it to the top ten.  I had to order more Elephant & Piggie books last year, too because they were very popular, as were Biscuit books.  I didn't receive those books until half way through the school year, so that could account for the lower check outs.

What are the most popular early readers in your library/media center?

Top 10 Junior Wildcats Books of the Year

I finally had time to look up circulation stats so it's time to post the top titles of last school year.  First up are the Junior Wildcats.

Junior Wildcats are Easy and Nonfiction books that are on a kindergarten or first grade reading level.  I made a special section of these books to make it easy for my early readers to find books on their reading level that they could read independently.  These are the top 10 of that section.

#10 was Fly High, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold

with 24 checkouts

#9 was Ride, Fly Guy, Ride by Ted Arnold

with 25 checkouts

#8 was There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Guy and Shoo, Fly Guy,

both by Ted Arnold.

They each had 26 checkouts.

#7 was Just Me and My Puppy by Mercer Mayer 

with 28 checkouts.

#6 was Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

with 30 checkouts.

#5 was Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman

with 36 checkouts.

#4 was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

with 39 checkouts.

#3 was One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

with 42 checkouts.

#2 was The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

with 43 checkouts.

#1 was Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

with 47 checkouts.

Interesting that 4 of these titles were also in the top ten last year.  I also notice that many of these books have dogs as characters, and of course, Fly Guy was also very popular. I need to keep these things in mind when purchasing new books for kinder and first.

Next up Everybody books.  Stay tuned!

*I'm an affiliate for things I've bought or used personally.  If you click through any referral links (if included), at no cost to you, I will earn a commission if you make a purchase.  Thank you for your support in this way.

Most Popular Titles of the Year...Junior Wildcats

It's time for the top 10 Junior Wildcats!  Junior Wildcats are Easy and Nonfiction books that are on a kindergarten or first grade reading level.  I made a special section of these books to make it easy for my early readers to find books on their reading level that they could read independently.  These are the top 10 of that section.

In at number 10 was Funny Lunch by David Catrow.

The number 9 spot was captured by Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems, Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darrin Lunde, I Want to Be Somebody New! by Robert Lopshire and A Visit to the Police Station by Patricia Murphy.

Number 8 was a five-way tie between Baby Food by Saxton Freymann, Firehouse! by Mark Teague, A Kitten's Year by Nancy Raines Day, The Pigeon Wants a  Puppy by Mo Willems, and Tanks by E.S. Budd.

The Number 7 spot was held by Frog Pajama Party by Michael Dahl, Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia MacLachlan, and Polar Bear, Polar Bear What do You Hear? By Eric Carle.

Number 6 was Llama Llama Home With Mama by Anna Dewdney.

Number 5 was When Sophie Gets Angry- Really, Really Angry...by Molly Bang.

Number 4 was Bark, George by Jules Feiffer.

Number 3 was Go, Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman.

In second place was Just Me and My Puppy by Mercer Mayer.

And the number 1 most checked out Junior Wildcat of 2012-2013 was Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman.

Stay tuned for more of the most popular titles of the year!

*I'm an affiliate for things I've bought or used personally.  If you click through any referral links (if included), at no cost to you, I will earn a commission if you make a purchase.  Thank you for your support in this way.