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First-Start Easy Reader Books in Order

First-Start Easy Reader contains 38 books, published between 1980 and 2005. The first book is Trick or Treat Halloween (1980) and the newest is Lets Go to the Beach (2005). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
38
Published
1980–2005
Pages on record
633 in 21 of 38 books
Reading time
11–16 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 633 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 21 of 38 titles with a page count on record.

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First-Start Easy Reader is a children's reader line of 38 books dated from 1980 to 2005, with a median length of 31 pages. Sharon Peters is credited on 17 books and Janet Craig on 14, with Justine Korman Fontes on 3 and Joan Holub, Susan Hood and Nancy Smiler Levinson on 1 each. Trick or Treat Halloween, Ready, Get Set, Go! and Puppet Show are among the 1980 titles, and Five Little Kittens and The Goofy Ghost followed in 1982. Subjects include Halloween, Christmas, Santa Claus, cats, rabbits and dinosaurs. Lets Go to the Beach (2005) is the newest title.

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How many First-Start Easy Reader books are there?

First-Start Easy Reader has 38 books, released between 1980 and 2005.

First-Start Easy Reader Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 38 First-Start Easy Reader books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

  1. Cover of Trick or Treat Halloween by Sharon Peters, book 1 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1980)
  2. Cover of Five Little Kittens by Sharon Peters, book 5 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1982)
  3. Cover of The Goofy Ghost by Sharon Peters, book 6 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1982)
  4. Cover of Here Comes Jack Frost by Sharon Peters, book 7 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1982)
  5. Cover of Tooth Fairy by Sharon Peters, book 8 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1982)
  6. Cover of Muffy and Fluffy: The Kittens Who Didn't Agree by Janet Craig, book 12 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1987)
  7. Cover of Here Comes Winter by Janet Craig, book 13 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1987)
  8. Cover of Santa's Cookie Surprise by Janet Craig, book 17 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1989)
  9. Cover of Messy Mark by Sharon Peters, book 18 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1989)
  10. Cover of 100 Valentines by Joan Holub, book 19 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1995)
  11. Cover of Happy Birthday by Sharon Peters, book 20 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1996)
  12. Cover of The Tiny Christmas Elf by Sharon Peters, book 21 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1997)
  13. Cover of Fun at Camp, book 22 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1997)
  14. Cover of Stop That Rabbit! by Sharon Peters, book 23 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1997)
  15. Cover of 100 Days of Fun at School by Janet Craig, book 25 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1998)
  16. Cover of Three Little Pilgrims by Janet Craig, book 26 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1998)
  17. Cover of Little Groundhog's Shadow by Janet Craig, book 27 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1998)
  18. Cover of The Tiniest Pumpkin by Janet Craig, book 28 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1998)
  19. Cover of Fire Drill by Janet Craig, book 29 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1999)
  20. Cover of The Rooster and the Weather Vane by Sharon Peters, book 30 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (1999)
  21. Cover of The tiniest Christmas tree by Janet Craig, book 33 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (2000)
  22. Cover of Oh, No! A Baby - Sitter! by Justine Korman Fontes, book 34 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (2001)
  23. Cover of 100 Acorns by Janet Craig, book 37 of the First-Start Easy Reader series (2004)
  1. 1
    Trick or Treat Halloween1980 · 28 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198028
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  2. 2
    Ready, Get Set, Go!1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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  3. 3
    Puppet Show1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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  4. 4
    Happy Jack1980 · confirmed 2/4
    1980–
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  5. 5
    Five Little Kittens1982 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198230
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  6. 6
    The Goofy Ghost1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  7. 7
    Here Comes Jack Frost1982 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198231
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  8. 8
    Tooth Fairy1982 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198231
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  9. 9
    Santa's New Sled1982 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198230
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  10. 10
    The Marching Band Mystery1985 · confirmed 2/4
    1985–
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  11. 11
    Little Danny Dinosaur1987 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198732
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  12. 12
    Muffy and Fluffy: The Kittens Who Didn't Agree1987 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198731
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  13. 13
    Here Comes Winter1987 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198731
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  14. 14
    Windy Day1988 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198831
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  15. 15
    Rub-A-Dub Suds1988 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198830
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  16. 16
    Champ on Ice1988 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198831
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  17. 18
    Messy Mark1989 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    198932
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  18. 19
    100 Valentines1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  19. 20
    Happy Birthday1996 · 15 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199615
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  20. 21
    The Tiny Christmas Elf1997 · 30 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199730
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  21. 22
    Fun at Camp1997 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199732
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  22. 23
    Stop That Rabbit!1997 · 28 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199728
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  23. 24
    The Good Luck Clover1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  24. 25
    100 Days of Fun at School1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  25. 26
    Three Little Pilgrims1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  26. 27
    Little Groundhog's Shadow1998 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199831
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  27. 28
    The Tiniest Pumpkin1998 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199832
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  28. 29
    Fire Drill1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  29. 30
    The Rooster and the Weather Vane1999 · 32 pages · confirmed 2/4
    199932
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  30. 31
    Bedtime for Little Monster2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  31. 32
    Snow Angels2000 · 31 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200031
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  32. 33
    The tiniest Christmas tree2000 · confirmed 2/4
    2000–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  33. 34
    Oh, No! A Baby - Sitter!2001 · confirmed 2/4
    2001–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  34. 35
    Big Yellow School Bus2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  35. 36
    The Day the TV Broke2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  36. 37
    100 Acorns2004 · 34 pages · confirmed 2/4
    200434
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  37. 38
    Lets Go to the Beach2005 · confirmed 2/4
    2005–
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Where to start with First-Start Easy Reader

Start with Trick or Treat Halloween (1980), the earliest published title.

What is the newest First-Start Easy Reader book?

Lets Go to the Beach (2005) is the newest First-Start Easy Reader book released so far.

Is there a new First-Start Easy Reader book coming?

No next First-Start Easy Reader book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

First-Start Easy Reader at a glance

No recent titles
The newest First-Start Easy Reader title on record dates from 2005, 21 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
First-Start Easy Reader books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
633 pages across the 21 of 38 books with a recorded length, a median of 31 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most First-Start Easy Reader books, 18 of 38, were published in the 1980s.
Attribution
Of the 38 titles, 17 are credited to Sharon Peters, 14 to Janet Craig, 3 to Justine Korman Fontes and 1 to Joan Holub. A further 2 writers are credited. One title carries no credit.

When First-Start Easy Reader books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when First-Start Easy Reader titles appeared. 1980s was the most productive decade with 18 titles.

1980s
18
1990s
12
2000s
8

38 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the First-Start Easy Reader books are about

25 of the 38 First-Start Easy Reader books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 11 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

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