Reading Machine now comes with all current book sets automatically installed! To see the book sets, press the book icon on the top right of the following graphic.

SETTING SCREENS

After you have pressed the book icon (above), you will be taken to the Settings screen. Press "Book Sets" located beneath the red arrow top right of the screen.

To see all the available book sets, put your finger on the pink sections and swipe upwards. To see details for any book sets, press "More Info."

Now you can see a description of the general difficulty level of the books and a list of recommended book titles. If you think your child will enjoy these books, head to the library (or your favorite book store) to bring the books home! All of the words in these books will have phonics support provided by the Reading Machine app. When we add more book sets to the app, you will be able to download them for free from within the app.

Here's a list of all the available book sets and titles:

Bear Lovers Support Set 1

This set runs from the super-simple early Berenstain books to the longer Little Bear books. There's more variety of text difficulty than in some of the other sets, so early readers who love bears can enjoy these with various levels of independence.

Big Bear Small Bear (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
The Berenstain Bears Go Up and Down (The Berenstains)
Bears On Wheels (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
Old Hat New Hat (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
The Bike Lesson (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
The Big Honey Hunt (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
The Bear Detectives (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
The Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone (Stan & Jan Berenstain)
Little Bear (Else Holmelund Minarik)
A Kiss For Little Bear (Else Holmelund Minarik)
Little Bear's Visit (Else Holmelund Minarik)
Father Bear Comes Home (Else Holmelund Minarik)
Little Bear's Friend (Else Holmelund Minarik)
How Joe The Bear And Sam The Mouse Got Together (Beatrice Schenk De Regniers)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Common Core Set 1

This set of titles comes from the recommended books for independent reading for K-1, cited in Common Core State Standards documents, and most of the recommended online poems for this grade level. Books cover a wide range of difficulty levels.

Pancakes for breakfast (Tomie DePaola)
Owl at home (Arnold Lobel)
Little Bear (Else Holmelund Minarik)
Are You My Mother (P.D. Eastman)
Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Put Me in the Zoo (Robert Lopshire)
Frog and Toad Together (Arnold Lobel)
Hi! Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)
A Tree is a Plant (Clyde Robert Bulla)
My Five Senses (Aliki)
Starfish (Edith Thatcher Hurd)
A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver (Aliki)
Truck (Donald Crews)
I Read Signs (Tana Hoban)
Let’s Find Out About Ice Cream (Mary Ebeltoft Reid)

Books not included. They’re easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Dog Lovers Support Set 1

Supports learning of all words in the books below. These recommended books have very short pages with adorable puppy illustrations for very early readers. If your child loves dogs, she may love these. In our experience, some boys dislike these books for being too cute and sweet, but other boys love them. Great for building confidence because each whole story is very short.

Biscuit (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Bathtime for Biscuit (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit and the Baby (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit Finds a Friend (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit Goes to School (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit Visits the Big City (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit Wants to Play (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit's Big Friend (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit's New Trick (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)
Biscuit Wins a Prize (Alyssa Satin Capucilli)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Dog Lovers Support Set 2

Dog-loving readers who are ready for longer stories will enjoy these Clifford and Harry books. Great early practice for building reading stamina in beginning grade levels.

Clifford The Big Red Dog (Norman Bridwell)
Clifford's First Halloween (Norman Bridwell)
Clifford's Loose Tooth (Wendy Cheyette Lewison)
Clifford's Riddles (Norman Bridwell)
Clifford At The Circus (Norman Bridwell)
Harry The Dirty Dog (Gene Zion)
Harry and the Lady Next Door (Gene Zion)
Harry By the Sea (Gene Zion)
No Roses for Harry (Gene Zion)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Dinos, Bugs, and Snakes Set 1

Supports learning of all words in the books below. These recommended books are great for kids who are curious about bugs, snakes, and dinosaurs! And some kids are just not interested in Seuss-like stories, so if that's true for yours, try these instead. The non-fiction titles have terrific photo illustrations. The words can be more challenging than in some of the other early sets, but motivation is a powerful thing for an early reader.

Meet the Dinosaurs (DK Readers)
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs (DK Readers: Jennifer Dussling)
Snakes Slither and Hiss (DK Readers)
Danny And The Dinosaur (Syd Hoff)
Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp (Syd Hoff)
Happy Birthday Danny and the Dinosaur (Syd Hoff)
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night (Jane Yolen)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Fly Guy Set 1
 
These funny books are organized into “chapters” but the text on each page is still very short and manageable for early readers, with helpful word repetitions.  Great for bug-loving kids.
 
Hi! Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)
Super Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)
Shoo, Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)
Fly High, Fly Guy! (Tedd Arnold)
Hooray for Fly Guy! (Tedd Arnold)
I Spy Fly Guy! (Tedd Arnold)
Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl (Tedd Arnold)
Buzz Boy and Fly Guy (Tedd Arnold)
Fly Guy Vs. The Fly Swatter! (Tedd Arnold)
Ride, Fly Guy, Ride! (Tedd Arnold)
There’s a Fly Guy in my Soup (Tedd Arnold)
 
Books not included.   They’re easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

  Frog Lovers, Set 1
 
The classic Frog and Toad books offer stories both funny and wise.  The amount of text on the page and the presence of longer words make them best for readers who have already mastered lots of shorter, easier books.
 
Frog and Toad Are Friends (Arnold Lobel)
Frog and Toad Together (Arnold Lobel)
Frog and Toad All Year (Arnold Lobel)
Days With Frog and Toad (Arnold Lobel)
 
Books not included.   They’re easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Funny Books Support Set 1

Supports learning of over 1000 words, including all words in the books below, plus hundreds of first grade bonus words. These recommended books are the easiest of the beginning reader classics. Lots of humor, and most kids love them.

Green Eggs and Ham (Dr. Seuss)
Hop on Pop (Dr. Seuss)
Go Dog Go (P. D. Eastman)
Put Me in the Zoo (Robert Lopshire)
Ten Apples Up On Top (Dr. Seuss writing as Theo LeSieg)
The Best Nest (P. D. Eastman)
I Wish that I Had Duck Feet (Dr. Seuss writing as Theo LeSieg)
Snow Roy (Roy McKie and P. D. Eastman)
Are You My Mother (P. D. Eastman)
The Foot Book (Dr. Seuss)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Funny Books Support Set 2

Supports learning of all words in the books below. Very funny classics, these recommended books have longer pages than in Support Set 1 and some have more challenging words. Great for kids who have some early reading experience and are willing to try books with lots of words. (If they need more confidence first, see Funny Books Support Set 3).

The Cat In The Hat (Dr. Seuss)
The Cat In The Hat Comes Back (Dr. Seuss)
Sam And The Firefly (P.D. Eastman)
One fish two fish red fish blue fish (Dr. Seuss)
Fox in Socks (Dr. Seuss)
Harold and the Purple Crayon (P.D. Eastman)
A Friend for Dragon (Dav Pilkey)
Robert the Rose Horse (Joan Heilbroner)
Flap Your Wings (P. D. Eastman)
The King the Mice and the Cheese (Nancy and Eric Gurney)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Funny Books Support Set 3

Supports learning of all words in the books below. These recommended books are hilarious, and if your beginning reader balks at seeing too many words on a page, they're perfect. They have some advanced words sprinkled in them, but each page is super short.

Today I Will Fly (Mo Willems)
My Friend Is Sad (Mo Willems)
There Is a Bird on Your Head (Mo Willems)
I Am Invited to a Party (Mo Willems)
I Will Surprise My Friend (Mo Willems)
I Love My New Toy (Mo Willems)
Are You Ready to Play Outside (Mo Willems)
Watch Me Throw the Ball (Mo Willems)
Elephants Cannot Dance (Mo Willems)
Pigs Make Me Sneeze (Mo Willems)
I Am Going (Mo Willems)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus (Mo Willems)
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog (Mo Willems)
Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late (Mo Willems)
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy (Mo Willems)
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean (Kevin Sherry)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Funny Books Support Set 4

When early readers are ready to build some stamina, try these longer books. They're also terrific for reading with a child who's bored by too-simple stories or tired of rhyme. Lots of excitement as these characters make lots of trouble.

Curious George Flies a Kite (Margret Rey)
Curious George rides a bike (H. A. Rey)
Curious George (H. A. Rey)
Curious George Takes a Job (H. A. Rey)
Curious George gets a medal (H. A. Rey)
Curious George Goes to the Hospital (Margret & H. A. Rey)
Curious George and the Birthday Surprise (Margret & H. A. Rey & Martha Weston)
Caps For Sale (Esphyr Slobodkina)
Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish)
Come Back Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish)
Play Ball Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish)
Thank you, Amelia Bedelia (Peggy Parish)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

I Spy Support Set 1

If you've got a young game-lover, try these easy-reader versions of the popular I Spy books. Big fun with very short, simple text.

I Spy A Candy Cane (Jean Marzollo)
I Spy Santa Claus (Jean Marzollo)
I Spy A Penguin (Jean Marzollo)
I Spy Lightning in the Sky (Jean Marzollo)
I Spy Funny Teeth (Jean Marzollo)
I Spy A Dinosaur's Eye (Jean Marzollo)
I Spy A School Bus (Jean Marzollo)
I Spy A Scary Monster (Jean Marzollo)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Harry Potter Set 1

For older readers still struggling with phonics, this set contains all the words from the first chapter of the first Harry Potter book. (Some words with nonstandard spellings to show character speech patterns not included). Note almost 90% of the words also appear in books for K – 2 readers supported by this app.

Chapter 1, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (J. K. Rowling)

Book not included. It’s easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

*Bonus books:

Sheep in a Jeep (Nancy Shaw)
Sammy The Seal (Syd Hoff)
Oliver (Syd Hoff)
The Story of Babar the little elephant (Jean De Brunhoff)

Books not included. They're easy to find at your favorite library or bookstore.

Note: Combo Book Set 1,” “Combo Book Set 2,” and “Combo Book Set 3” that appear on the app are combinations of book sets that allowed users to download multiple book sets at once, in earlier versions of this app.  The latest version of Reading Machine now automatically downloads all the book sets for you, so the Combo Book Sets are just another way to see possible book titles to select for your child to read.

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