Best List of Children's books a little older, first steps into reading and Graphic Novels [first reading etc]

Arnold Loebl's stuff 

•  Frog and Toad stories, (all of them)
• Owl at home                                                      by Arnold Loebl

Ling and Ting  by Grace Lin

•             Not Exactly the Same
•             Together in All Weather
•             Share a Birthday
•             Twice as Silly                                  

*************Graphic Novels and first very simple chapter books********************

American Girl Series

•             Felicity
•             Samantha
•             Addy
•             Molly
•             Kirsten
•             Kit
•             Kaya

Picture Bible  [illustrated by 000000

Sophia Institute Press  Graphic Novel Saints stories  000000

• Vol 1
• Vol 2
• Vol 3
• Vol 4
• Vol 5

Zita the Spacegirl series by   Ben Hatke  [graphic novels]

• Zita the Spacegirl, 
• Legends of Zita the Spacegirl, 
• Return of Zita the Spacegirl]                         

Mighty Jack Series by Ben Hatke [graphic novels]

• Mighty Jack, 
• Mighty Jack and the Goblin King, 
• Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl*

Ninjago graphic novels    by Greg Farshtey

• Challenge of Samukai
• Mask of the Sensei
• Rise of the Serpentine
• Tomb of the Fangpyre
• Kingdom of Snakes
• Warriors of Stone
• Stone Cold*
• Destiny of Doom 
• Night of the Nindroids
• The Phantom Ninja
• Comet Crisis

TRAILBLAZER BOOKS------------- by Dave and Neta Jackson

Flight of the Fugitives

Bandit of Ashely Downs

Captured by the River Rats

Listen for the Whippoorwill

Never Say Die by Cyril Davey

Sundar Singh  by Cyril Davey