Are you looking for ways to support striving readers in your school? These books and series from our premier publishing partners can help unlock their potential! With a wide variety of hi/lo titles, large print books, graphic novels, and quick reads that cover diverse topics and reading levels, it’s easy to find the perfect titles for students who need a little extra support.
Meg and Greg
from Orca
Audience: Lower Elementary
Specifically designed for shared reading between a striving and advanced reader, these decodable books help readers of all abilities overcome language-based learning difficulties and achieve reading success! Partially illustrated workbooks combine stories and exercises focusing on phonics and fostering literacy.
Instilling Confidence and Joy in Young Readers
with Holiday House
Audience: Lower Elementary
Created by renowned authors and beloved artists as well as talented newcomers, I Like to Read® books feature short text, familiar vocabulary, repetition to reinforce learning, and illustrations that are designed to be a part of the learning experience. ¡Me gusta leer! books are in Spanish!
Adventuring Through the Magic Cat Flap
from Random House Children’s Books
Audience: Lower Elementary
Combining engaging illustrations and accessible text, this hilarious series will hook younger readers and get them excited to follow the story along in future installments.
Discovering Gross-Out Stuff
with Gareth Stevens
Audience: Lower Elementary
This set explains body processes in an approachable way perfect for newly independent readers, satisfying even the most curious young readers’ need to know why these gross – but fascinating – things happen.
Celebrating Fall with the Berenstain Bears
from HarperChristian
Audience: Lower Elementary
The Berenstain Bears Celebrate Fall, an abridged version of The Berenstain Bears Harvest Festival, encourages age-appropriate discussion about gratitude and giving thanks. Perfect for toddlers and young readers ages 0-4 as a read-aloud or read-alone!
Introducing Graphic Novel Storytelling
with HarperCollins
Audience: Lower Elementary
This series introduces young, emerging readers to graphic novels – featuring familiar I Can Read! characters as well as lovable, brand-new ones – to prepare them for success in an increasingly visual world.
Bringing Early Reading to Life
with Lightbox
Audience: Lower Elementary
Available in both English and Spanish, EyeDiscover books mix tactile reading and rich media. This keeps young learners engaged, supports listening and comprehension, and turns early reading time into an exciting, interactive experience!
Chapter Books for Newly Independent Readers
from Candlewick
Audience: Lower Elementary
Witty, engaging, and full of warm humor, these beginning chapter books tell stories about subjects that appeal to young readers, whether it’s school, siblings, friendships, family, or just having fun.
Early Toy Encyclopedias
from ABDO
Audience: Lower Elementary
Filled with information and exciting images featuring popular toy cars, hit cards and games, beloved building sets, action figures, and dolls, these encyclopedias entertain and inform as striving readers explore some of the biggest toy brands in the world.
Supporting Growing Readers with Real-World Stories
from Newmark Learning
Audience: Lower Elementary
Clear Windows features diverse fiction and nonfiction that builds knowledge, literacy, and confidence, helping every child feel seen while supporting ELA, science, and social studies learning.
A Laugh-Out-Loud Take on Middle School with the Hulk
from Scholastic, Inc.
Audience: Upper Elementary
After his latest meltdown causing damage to public property, the Hulk is assigned community service – by teaching! Can he make it through the school year without destroying everything, and can middle school kids really learn anything when the Hulk is their teacher?
The Action-Packed Second Installment of The Academy Series
from Sourcebooks
Audience: Upper Elementary
Soccer fans of all ages can relate to protagonist Leo, a small-town kid with big dreams who’s thrust into the elite world of English football. Packed with action, heart, and humor, this high-stakes sports series is a thrilling journey of courage, growth, and chasing the impossible.
Books That Beat Brain Rot
from Capstone Publishing
Audience: Upper Elementary
These titles help a generation of kids addicted to short-form media build stamina and discover that the most stimulating way to consume content is by reading it!
Boosting Readers’ Confidence with UpDog
from Lerner
Audience: Upper Elementary
The UpDog brand features exciting nonfiction content that’ll have readers begging for more! With attention-grabbing and age-appropriate designs, these books are interesting and accessible for striving readers in Grade 3 and above.
Engaging Your Striving Reader
with World Book
Audience: Upper Elementary
Looking for a way to keep striving readers engaged? With narrative-driven titles, digesting information has never been easier. This colorful series keeps students reading as they enjoy quirky characters and disguised learning.
Action-Packed Adventures
from Cherry Lake
Audience: Upper Elementary
These titles provide practice of foundational skills with page-turning mysteries and high-energy action perfect for older readers still building literacy skills. Combined with vibrant images and small chunks of simple text, even striving readers will want to reach the “finish line”!
Accessible Books
from Bearport by FlutterBee
Audience: Middle School
Featuring dyslexia-friendly font and design, these books are created with student success in mind. Each one has been reviewed by educators who specialize in supporting striving readers!
Building Reading Success with Large Print
with Gale/Thorndike
Audience: Middle School
Large print isn’t just a bigger font size. It’s proven to help with letter and word recognition, aid reading comprehension, and increase feelings of confidence and satisfaction when reading. Explore large print titles designed to help older students who struggle with reading and comprehension.
Engaging and Dyslexia-Friendly Books
from Penguin Young Reader’s Group and DK
Audience: Middle School
Against the Odds is a decodable hi/lo series with historical fiction narratives which focus on prefixes, suffixes, and word roots that enhance decoding, spelling, and vocabulary, that will keep middle grade readers engaged.
Exploring Apex Books, a Hi/Lo Imprint
from North Star Editions
Audience: Middle School
With bold layouts and eye-catching images paired with short, simple sentences and relatively few words per page, these titles provide high-interest narratives that are accessible and engaging to all readers.
Fascinating Facts for Tweens and Teens
from Saddleback
Audience: Young Adult
Captivate readers with deep explorations of interesting topics from the worlds of sports, the arts, science, history, and more! Each book features accessible text written at a reading level of 2.5 and below. The newest title, Medical Robots, delves into how robots are improving patients’ outcomes and changing medicine.
Resources to Turn Reading Struggles into Success
from Solution Tree
Audience: Educators and Leadership
Striving readers need focused, effective instruction to boost skills and confidence. Discover top-selling resources to equip educators with proven tiered interventions, practical strategies to overcome persistent challenges, and ideas for fresh, personalized approaches.