Guided Reading
November 21, 2007
| Level M |
92 Col
Adler, David A. A picture book of Christopher Columbus. A brief account of the life and accomplishments of Christopher Columbus.
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 Edi
Adler, David A. A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas Edison was agenius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items.
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.
92 Par
Adler, David A. A picture book of Rosa Parks. A biography of the Alabama African-American woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.
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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.
398.21 Gob
Goble, Paul. The lost children : the boys who were neglected. A Blackfoot Indian legend in which six neglected orphaned brothers decide to go to the Above World where they become the constellation of the "Lost Children," or Pleiades.
581.3 Gib
Gibbons, Gail. From seed to plant. 1st ed. Explores the intricate relationship between seeds and the plants which they produce.
E Bar
Barrett, Judi. Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Life is delicious in the town of Chewandswallow where it rains soup and juice, snows mashed potatoes, and blows storms of hamburgers--until the weather takes a turn for the worse.
E Bre
Brett, Jan. The mitten : a Ukrainian folktale. Several animals sleep snugly in Nicki's lost mitten until the bear sneezes.
E DeP
De Paola, Tomie. The art lesson. Having learned to be creative in drawing pictures at home, young Tommy is dismayed when he goes to school and finds the art lesson there much more regimented.
E Hof
Hoffman, Mary. Boundless Grace. Grace is invited for a visit with her father and his new family in Africa.
E Lin
Lindbergh, Reeve. Nobody owns the sky : the story of "brave Bessie" Coleman. A rhymed telling of the life of the first African American aviator, who dreamed of flying as a child in the cotton fields of Texas, and persevered until she made that dream come true.
E McC
McCloskey, Robert. Blueberries for Sal. Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother.
E Ros
Ross, Alice. The copper lady. After helping Monsieur Bartholdi build the Statue of Liberty, a Parisian orphan stows away on the ship carrying the statue to America.
Fic Blu
Blume, Judy. Freckle juice. Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Miracle at the plate. Skeeter is the best batter in the league but seems to be all thumbs when fielding or trying to make friends.
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Christopher, Matt. Dirt bike racer. Twelve-year-old Ron Baker finds a minibike while scuba diving and, with the help of a former motorcycle rider and racer, restores the bike and enters competition.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Double play at short. Twelve-year-old Danny thinks that there is something very familiar about the girl who plays shortstop on the team he faces during the championship series, and his curiosity leads him to a surprising discovery about his own adoption.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Long shot for Paul.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Johnny Long Legs. Even though he is the tallest member of the basketball team, a young boy finds he is far from being the best player.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. The kid who only hit homers. A boy becomes a phenomenal baseball player one summer when a mysterious stranger resembling Babe Ruth befriends him.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Ice magic. The twins' toy hockey game seems to be magic as it plays games identical to the real ones before they even happen.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. The hit-away kid. Barry McGee, hit-away batter for the Peach Street Mudders, enjoys winning so much that he has a tendency to bend the rules; then the dirty tactics of the pitcher on a rival team give him a new perspective on sports ethics.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. The basket counts. Long practice improves Mel's value as a basketball player, but how does he surmount the prejudice of a teammate?.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Catcher with a glass arm. A young baseball player struggles to overcome his fear of a pitched ball, improve his throwing, and somehow redeem himself in the eyes of his teammates.
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Christopher, Matt. The catcher's mask : a Peach Street Mudders story. Mudders' catcher Rudy Calhoun is having a bad season behind the plate until, at a yard sale, he buys a used catcher's mask that greatly improves his playing.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Center court sting. Daren's tendency to blame everyone but himself when anything goes wrong causes problems with his best friend, with a young neighbor who idolizes him, and with one of his basketball teammates.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Centerfield ballhawk. Baseball player Jose Mendez worries about his poor performance with the bat and fears disappointing his father, a former ballplayer with an outstanding batting average.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. The fox steals home. Already troubled by his parent's divorce, Bobby Canfield is further distressed when he learns that his father, who has coached him in running bases, intends to move away.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Shortstop from Tokyo. When the new boy from Tokyo takes over Stogie Crane's position as shortstop, the two boys encounter the first of several barriers to their friendship.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. The great quarterback switch. A boy, confined to a wheelchair after an accident, uses mental telepathy to communicate football plays to his quarterback twin brother Tom, then suddenly finds himself on the field in his brother's place.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Catch that pass! Everyone knows Jim will be the star linebacker on the team if he can only conquer his fear of being tackled, but it takes a boy in a wheelchair to teach him that kind of courage.
Fic A
Christopher, Matt. No arm at second. A poor throwing arm and prejudice from one white boy keep a black junior high student from completely enjoying his position on the baseball team.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. The year Mom won the pennant. The boys are all hesitant when one boy's mother is the only parent who volunteers to coach their Little League team, but there is quite a surprise in store for them.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Skateboard tough. When Brett's skateboarding abilities dramatically and inexplicably improve after using the Lizard, a skateboard mysteriously unearthed in his front yard, his friends start to wonder if the skateboard is haunted.
Fic Chr
Christopher, Matt. Dirt bike runaway. A shy, unhappy sixteen-year-old with a talent for working with motorcycles runs away from his foster home and gets involved with a variety of people, both bad and good.
Fic Etr
Etra, Jonathan. Aliens for breakfast. Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins the extraterrestrial in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class.
Fic Gif
Giff, Patricia Reilly. In the dinosaur's paw. When the kids in Ms. Rooney's class return to school after Christmas, one of them suspects he has found a magic ruler that makes wishes come true.
Fic Hur
Hurwitz, Johanna. Russell and Elisa. Seven-year-old Russell and his three-year-old sister Elisa have adventures with friends and family in their apartment building.
Fic Hur
Hurwitz, Johanna. Rip-roaring Russell. Five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby sister, and his friends in his apartment building.
Fic Hur
Hurwitz, Johanna. Russell Sprouts. Home and school adventures of Russell, age six and growing up fast.
Fic Hur
Hurwitz, Johanna. Rip-roaring Russell. Five-year-old Russell's adventures involve his nursery school, his baby sister, and his friends in his apartment building.
Fic Kli
Kline, Suzy. Mary Marony and the chocolate surprise. Mary decides it's all right to cheat to make sure she wins a special lunch with her favorite teacher, but the results of her dishonesty end up surprising the whole second-grade class.
Fic Kli
Kline, Suzy. Marvin and the mean words. Marvin overhears remarks made by his second-grade teacher and is sure she hates him.
Fic Mon
Monjo, F. N. The drinking gourd : a story of the underground railroad. Sent home alone for misbehaving in church, Tommy discovers that his house is a station on the underground railroad.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Afternoon on the Amazon. Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Buffalo before breakfast. The magic tree house takes Jack and his sister Annie to the Great Plains where they learn about the life of the Lakota Indians.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Civil War on Sunday. Jack and Annie are transported by their magic tree house to the time of the Civil War where they meet Clara Barton.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Dingoes at dinnertime. The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Dinosaurs before dark. Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic tree house, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Revolutionary War on Wednesday. Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Sunset of the sabertooth. The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie on a mission to the Ice Age where they encounter Cro-Magnons, cave bears, sabertooth tigers, and woolly mammoths.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Viking ships at sunrise. Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to a monastery in medieval Ireland, where they try to retrieve a lost book while being menaced by Viking raiders.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Tigers at twilight. Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Vacation under the volcano. Their magic tree house takes Annie and Jack to Pompeii just as Vesuvius is about to erupt, and they must find a Roman scroll before everything is covered with burning ash.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Hour of the Olympics. Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Midnight on the moon. The Magic Tree house takes Jack and Annie to a moon base in the future where they continue to search for the fourth thing they need to free their friend Morgan from the magician's spell.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Pirates past noon. Too late! -- The bright blue sea -- Three men in a boat -- Vile booty -- The kid's treasure -- The whale's eye -- Gale's a-blowin' -- Dig, dogs, dig -- The mysterious M -- Treasure again. The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie back to the days of deserted islands, secret maps, hidden gold, and nasty pirates.
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Osborne, Mary Pope. Ghost town at sundown. Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to the Wild West, where they experience excitement and danger and try to solve a riddle.
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Osborne, Mary Pope. Polar bears past bedtime. Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. The knight at dawn. Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie use the magic tree house to travel back to the Middle Ages, where they explore a castle and are helped by a mysterious knight.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Twister on Tuesday. When Jack and Annie travel back to the Kansas prairie in search of "something to learn," they gain an understanding of how hard life was for pioneers and they experience the terror of a tornado.
Fic Osb
Osborne, Mary Pope. Stage fright on a summer night. Jack and Annie travel in their magic tree house to Elizabethan London, where they become actors in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and try to rescue a tame bear.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and some sneaky peeky spying. Six-year-old Junie B.'s penchant for spying on people and her curiosity about the private life of her teacher get her in trouble at kindergarten.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones is a party animal. Lucille invites Junie B. and her friend Grace to sleep over at her very rich nanna's house, where everything is beautiful, expensive, and breakable.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the stupid smelly bus. In her own words, a young girl describes her feelings about starting kindergarten and what she does when she decides not to ride the bus home.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and a little monkey business. Through a misunderstanding, Junie B. thinks that her new baby brother is really a baby monkey, and her report of this news creates excitement and trouble in her kindergarten class.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones has a monster under her bed. After hearing from a classmate at kindergarten that people have monsters under their beds, Junie B. Jones is afraid to go to sleep that night.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and her big fat mouth. When her kindergarten class has Job Day, Junie B. goes through much confusion and excitement before deciding on the "bestest" job of all.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the yucky blucky fruitcake. Junie, a spunky, sometimes exasperating, kindergartener, looks forward to winning lots of prizes at the school carnival, but a fruitcake was not exactly what she had in mind.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the mushy gushy valentime [i.e. valentine]. When Junie B. Jones receives a mushy gushy "valentime" on Valentine's Day, she tries to find out who in her kindergarten class is her secret admirer.
Fic Par
Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones has a peep in her pocket. When Junie B. learns that her kindergarten class is going on a field trip to a farm, she worries about being attacked by a rooster.
Fic Sac
Sachar, Louis. Marvin Redpost : class president. Even though they have all come to school in holey clothes, Marvin and his third grade class manage to impress their surprise visitor--the President of the United States.
Fic Sac
Sachar, Louis. Marvin Redpost : alone in his teacher's house. Teacher's pet -- The key -- Mature and responsible -- The substitute -- Nothing in--nothing out -- Some dog food is eaten -- Liver-- Where's Waldo? -- Do something! -- Ma -- Waiting -- I'm sorry. Marvin is pleased when his teacher asks him to take care of her dog while she's away, but he soon finds that there's more pressure involved than he likes.
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