Throughout the first part of the year as we teach the alphabet, we send home simple alphabet books that we practice reading at school, and the children take them home to put into their pizza boxes. They are simple books that either have the pictures matching the words exactly, or simple patterned sentences. Click here for a PDF file of the whole set of alphabet books.
Hubbard's Cupboard is also a great resource for simple, patterned books to practice reading with children, which they can also colour. (http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/printable_booklets.html)