Guided Reading
November 18, 2007
| Level K |
92 Cro
Adler, David A. A picture book of Davy Crockett. Picture book presents the life story of frontiersman Davy Crockett and some of the legends told about him after his death at the Alamo.
92 Kin
Adler, David A. A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr. A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
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Adler, David A. A picture book of Harriet Tubman. Biography of the African-American woman who escaped from slavery to become famous as a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
597.8 Sch
Schaefer, Lola M. What is an amphibian? Photographs, illustrations, and text provide young readers with information about the physical characteristics and behavior of amphibians.
629.13 She
Shea, George. First flight : the story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers. A twelve-year-old boy named Tom Tate meets Orville and Wilbur Wright and witnesses the invention of the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903.
811 Pre
Prelutsky, Jack. It's Valentine's Day. I made my dog a Valentine -- I love you more than applesauce. A collection of Valentine poems.
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Baker, Betty. Little Runner of the longhouse. A young Iroquois Indian boy wants to take part in the New Year's celebration just like the older boys do.
E Bem
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline. Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.
E Bem
Bemelmans, Ludwig. Madeline's rescue. A hound rescues a schoolgirl from the Seine, becomes a beloved school pet, is chased away by the trustees, and returns with a surprise.
E Bon
Bonsall, Crosby Newell. The case of the scaredy cats. Chronicles the series of events occurring after the girls take over the boys' club house.
E Bon
Bonsall, Crosby Newell. Who's a pest? Homer rescues his sisters Lolly, Molly, Polly, and Dolly, and also a lizard, a rabbit, and a chipmunk, all of whom have earlier called him a pest, and also a new friend, a bear, who assures Homer that he is not a pest.
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Bourgeois, Paulette. Franklin goes to school. Franklin is nervous about his first day of school, but once he is there he has too much fun to be nervous.
E Bri
Bridwell, Norman. Clifford, the small red puppy. Clifford begins life as a very small red puppy, but once he starts growing into a very large red dog there seems no limit to his potential size.
E Bri
Bridwell, Norman. Clifford's first Halloween. Emily Elizabeth describes all the fun that she and Clifford had when he was just a tiny puppy at Halloween.
E Coe
Coerr, Eleanor. Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express. Sixteen-year-old Bill finds adventure when he becomes a rider for the Pony Express though his letters home never hint at the dangers he encounters.
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Freeman, Don. Corduroy. A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him he finds what he has always wanted most of all.
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Freeman, Don. A pocket for Corduroy : story and pictures. A toy bear who wants a pocket for himself searches for one in a laundromat.
E Hal
Hall, Donald. Ox-cart man. Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
E Hen
Henkes, Kevin. Sheila Rae, the brave. When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.
E Hob
Hoban, Lillian. Arthur's camp-out. Bored with spring vacation, Arthur decides to go alone on an overnight field trip in the woods behind his house.
E Hob
Hoban, Lillian. Arthur's best friend. After they have a falling out, Arthurand his best friend Norman make up with very special valentines.
E Hob
Hoban, Lillian. Arthur's pen pal. Arthur views his little sister in a different light after receiving a revealing letter from his pen pal.
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Johnson, Crockett. Harold and the purple crayon. Harold uses his fantastic purple crayon to draw himself some wonderful adventures.
E Kea
Keats, Ezra Jack. A letter to Amy.
E Kes
Kessler, Ethel. Stan the hot dog man. After he retires, Stan becomes a hot dog man and finds that his new job helps him come to the rescue during a big snowstorm.
E Lio
Lionni, Leo. Alexander and the wind-up mouse. Alexander, the mouse, makes friends with Willy, a toy mouse, and wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away.
E Lob
Lobel, Arnold. Frog and toad are friends. Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends--Frog and Toad.
E Lob
Lobel, Arnold. Frog and toad all year. Two friends share experiences in each season of the year.
E Lob
Lobel, Arnold. Grasshopper on the road. As Grasshopper sets out to follow a road, he meets some unusual characters.
E Lob
Lobel, Arnold. Frog and toad together. Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.
E May
Mayer, Mercer. Me too! Critter must share his toys and adventures with his little sister, and in the end he finds she appreciates this.
E May
Mayer, Mercer. When I get bigger. A child imagines all the things to be done when one is bigger.
E Moz
Mozelle, Shirley. Zack's alligator goes to school. Bridget, an alligator keychain that grows into a full-sized creature when dunked in water, creates chaotic fun when Zack takes her to school for Show and Tell. Sequel to "Zack's Alligator.".
E Moz
Mozelle, Shirley. Zack's alligator. When Zack soaks his new alligator keychain in water, it grows into a full-sized and fun-loving alligator.
E Nob
Noble, Trinka Hakes. The day Jimmy's boa ate the wash. Jimmy's boa constrictor wreaks havoc on the class trip to a farm.
E Num
Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If you give a moose a muffin. Chaos can ensue if you give a moose a muffin and start him on a cycle of urgent requests.
E Num
Numeroff, Laura Joffe. If you give a mouse a cookie. Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.
E Par
Parish, Herman. Bravo, Amelia Bedelia! From the time she is sent to pick up the guest conductor, Amelia Bedelia's normal confusion causes quite an uproar at the school concert.
E Par
Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia and the baby. Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes' baby.
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Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia's family album. Amelia Bedelia entertains Mr. and Mrs. Rogers by showing them her family album and describing what her relatives do.
E Par
Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia helps out. Amelia Bedelia shows her niece Effie Lou how to follow instructions to the letter as they dust the potato bugs and sew seeds.
E Par
Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia. An unusual young maid does many funny things on her first day of work.
E Par
Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia goes camping. As always, Amelia Bedelia follows exactly the instructions given to her on a camping trip, including pitching a tent and rowing boats.
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Parish, Peggy. Amelia Bedelia and the surprise shower. Amelia Bedelia and her cousin, helping to prepare a surprise shower, make some arrangements that are not quite what the guests expected.
E Par
Parish, Peggy. Come back, Amelia Bedelia. Because she does exactly as she is told, Amelia Bedelia is fired from one job after another.
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Paterson, Katherine. The smallest cow in the world. Though Rosie is the meanest cow in the herd, five-year-old Marvin is inconsolable when she is sold and he and his family move to another dairy farm.
E Sha
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate the Great and the Halloween hunt. Nate and his dog Sludge try to solve a case on Halloween night and find themselves locked in a haunted house.
E Sha
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate the great. Nate the Great solves the mystery of the missing picture.
E Sha
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate the Great and the crunchy Christmas. Even a deep snow the week before Christmas can't keep Nate the Great and his dog Sludge from finding the special card sent to Annie's dog Fang by his mother.
E Sha
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate the Great and the pillowcase. Nate the Great investigates the disappearance of a homemade pillowcase belonging to Rosamond's cat Big Hex.
E Sha
Sharmat, Marjorie Weinman. Nate the Great and the tardy tortoise. As more and more of his flowers display the bite marks of a wandering tortoise, Nate sets out to uncover the mystery of the reptile's origins.
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Giff, Patricia Reilly. The candy corn contest. Richard Best determines to win the Thanksgiving Candy Corn contest by guessing the correct number of candies in the jar but before he realized what he's done, he eats three big pieces. What will happen when Ms. Rooney finds out?
