Guided Reading
November 25, 2007
| Level Q |
523.3 Wal
Walker, Niki. The Moon. Describes the characteristics of the moon and traces the history of human exploration of Earth's nearest neighbor.
598.9 Arn
Arnosky, Jim. All about owls. Text and pictures give the reader a glimpse into the owl's night world.
796.35 McK HS
McKissack, Pat. Black diamond : the story of the Negro baseball leagues. Play ball -- Out of the ballpark -- Batter up! -- Bases loaded -- The lineup -- You're out! -- Black diamonds -- Foul ball -- Away games -- Bottom of the ninth -- A winning season -- The close of the negro leagues. Traces the history of baseball in the Negro Leagues and its great heroes, including Monte Irwin, Buck Leonard, and Cool Papa Bell.
970.004 McG
McGovern, Ann. If you lived with the Sioux Indians. Describes what it was like to live as a Sioux Indian in North and South Dakota during the years 1800 to 1850.
973 Rap
Rappaport, Doreen. Escape from slavery : five journeys to freedom. Five accounts of black slaves who managed to escape to freedom during the period preceding the Civil War.
973.7 Moo
Moore, Kay. If you lived at the time of the Civil War. When was the Civil War fought? -- How did the war start? -- Why did the Southern states want to leave the Union? -- Who fought in the Northern Army? -- Who fought in the Southern Army? -- What was the Union Army like? -- What was the Confederate Army like? -- Who were the famous people you would hear about in the North? -- Who were the famous people you would hear about in the South? -- How did life change in the North after the war? -- How did life change in the South after the war?. Tells what it was like to live at the time of the Civil War from 1861 to 1865, what life was like in the North, or Union side of the war, and in the South, or Confederate side.
E Gre
Greenfield, Eloise. Grandpa's face. Seeing her beloved grandfather making a mean face while he rehearses for one of his plays, Tamika becomes afraid that someday she will lose his love and he will make that mean face at her.
E Sci
Scieszka, Jon. The true story of the 3 little pigs. The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.
E Wil
Bianco, Margery Williams. The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real. By the time the velveteen rabbit is dirty, worn out, and about to be burned, he has almost given up hope of ever finding the magic called Real.
Fic Adl
Adler, Susan S. Meet Samantha : an American girl. In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure.
Fic Atw
Atwater, Richard Tupper. Mr. Popper's penguins.
Fic Bag
Bagnold. Kitten in the Cold. Mandy and James try to find Alex's lost kitten by Christmas.
Blume, Judy. Superfudge. Peter describes the highs and lows of life with his younger brother Fudge.
Fic Blu
Blume, Judy. Fudge-a-mania. Pete describes the family vacation in Maine with the Tubmans, highlighted by the antics of his younger brother Fudge.
Fic Buc
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker). The big wave. His family and village swept away by a tidal wave, Jiya learns to live with the ever-present dangers from the sea and volcano.
Fic Cle
Cleary, Beverly. Dear Mr. Henshaw. In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
Fic Cli
Clifford, Eth. Help! I'm a prisoner in the library. Two girls spend an adventurous night trapped inside the public library during a terrible blizzard.
Fic Coa
Coatsworth, Elizabeth Jane. The cat who went to heaven. The cat "Good Fortune" watches the Japanese artist as he paints the animals going one by one to do homage to the Buddha. At long last, a miracle brings the cat into the picture.
Fic Con
Conrad, Pam. Pedro's journal : a voyage with Christopher Columbus, August 3, 1492-February 14, 1493. The cabin boy on the "Santa Maria" keeps a diary which records his experiences when he sails with Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492.
Fic Cov
Coville, Bruce. Aliens ate my homework. Rod is surprised when a miniature spaceship lands in his school science project and reveals five tiny aliens, who ask his help in apprehending an interstellar criminal.
Fic Dah
Dahl, Roald. James and the giant peach : a children's story. Fantasy about a young boy and a huge magical peach.
Fic Dix
Dixon, Franklin W. The great airport mystery. The two Hardy brothers help their father search for stolen electronic parts.
Fic Dix
Dixon, Franklin W. The house on the cliff. Teenage detectives Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a supposedly haunted house reported to be the hangout of criminals.
Fic Eri
Erickson, John R. Murder in the middle pasture. When a calf is murdered, Hank, the wiley Cowdog and Head of Ranch Security, pursues a gang of wild dogs and a clan of coyotes to find the killer.
Fic Eri
Erickson, John R. Faded love. Hank the Cowdog quits his job as Head of Ranch Security and travels in search of adventure and romance.
Fic Eri
Erickson, John R. The further adventures of Hank the Cowdog. Hank the Cowdog almost loses his job as Head of Ranch Security when he develops a case of Eye-Crosserosis.
Fic Eri
Erickson, John R. The curse of the incredible priceless corncob. While trying to outwit his arch enemy Pete the barncat, Hank the Cowdog is duped into believing a worthless corncob will bring him fame and fortune.
Fic Eri
Erickson, John R. It's a dog's life. Duped into thinking the world is coming to an end, Hank the Cowdog winds up in town for some more adventures including getting in and out of a case of "soap hydrophobia.".
Fic Eri
Erickson, John R. The case of the night-stalking bone monster. When his juicy T-bones disappear before he has a chance to enjoy them, Hank the Cowdog is convinced that a Bone Monster is loose on the ranch and determines to put a stop to its devious activities.
Fic Geo
George, Jean Craighead. There's an owl in the shower. Laws protecting the spotted owls in the old growth forest of northern California cost Borden's father his logging job. Angry, Borden vows to kill any spotted owl he sees, but has a change of heart when he and his father find themselves taking care of a young owlet.
Fic Gif
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Fourth-grade celebrity. Cassandra Eleanor Valentine searches for a way to become a celebrity in her school.
Fic Hes
Hesse, Karen. Just Juice. Realizing that her father's lack of work has endangered her family, nine-year-old Juice decides that she must return to school and learn to read in order to help their chances of surviving and keeping their house.
Fic How
Howe, Deborah. Bunnicula : a rabbit-tale of mystery. Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
Fic How
Howe, James. Bunnicula strikes again! When Bunnicula the rabbit starts acting strangely, the Monroe dogs and cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire.
Fic. Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia again! Twelve-year-old Anastasia is horrified at her family's decision to move from their city apartment to a house in the suburbs.
Fic Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia's chosen career. Thirteen-year-old Anastasia acquires poise and self-confidence, a new friend, and advice on becoming a bookstore owner when she commutes to Boston to take a modeling course.
Fic Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia Krupnik. Anastasia's 10th year has some good things like falling in love and really getting to know her grandmother and some bad things like finding out about an impending baby brother.
Fic Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia, absolutely. Presents more adventures of thirteen-year-old Anastasia Krupnick as she tries to deal with a new dog, her school values class, and a personal moral dilemma.
Fic Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia at this address. Ready for romance, thirteen-year-old Anastasia answers an ad in the personals with an exaggerated description of herself but soon runs into trouble when the unknown man turns up at a friend's wedding.
Fic Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia at your service. Twelve-year-old Anastasia has a series of disastrous experiences when, expecting to get a job as a lady's companion, she is hired instead to be a maid. Sequel to "Anastasia again.".
Fic Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia has the answers. Anastasia continues the perilous process of growing up as her thirteenth year involves her in conquering the art of rope climbing, playing cupid for a recently widowed uncle, and surviving a crush on her gym teacher.
Fic Low
Lowry, Lois. Anastasia on her own. Her family's new organized schedule for easy housekeeping makes thirteen-year-old Anastasia confident that she can run the household while her mother is out of town, until she hits unexpected complications.
Fic Mac
MacBride, Roger Lea. On the banks of the Bayou. When Rose moves to Louisiana to live with her aunt Eliza Jane to finish high school, she is exposed to new cultures, politics, and ways of life.
Fic McC
McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price. Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.
FiAn inquisitive young boy who lives with his mother and younger sister in a rough housing project in New Haven, Connecticut, approaches his tenth birthday with a mixture of anticipation and worry.
Fic Nay
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Beetles, lightly toasted. Andy's entering the fifth-grade essay contest stirs his imagination to creative heights as he competes with his know-it-all cousin by making recipes with some unusual food sources and testing them on unaware friends and family.
Fic Pec
Peck, Robert Newton. Soup. The adventures and misadventures of two boys growing up in a small Vermont town.
Fic Por
Porter, Connie Rose. Meet Addy : an American girl. Nine-year-old Addy Walker escapes from a cruel life of slavery to freedom during the Civil War.
Fic Por
Porter, Connie Rose. Addy learns a lesson : a school story. After escaping from a plantation in North Carolina, Addy and her mother arrive in Philadelphia, where Addy goes to school and learns a lesson in true friendship.
Fic Por
Porter, Connie Rose. Addy's surprise : A Christmas story. Addy and her mother forgo their Christmas plans to help the newly freed slaves arriving in Philadelphia during the Civil War.
Fic Por
Porter, Connie Rose. Happy birthday, Addy! : a springtime story. Trying to shape a new life of freedom in Philadelphia after having been a slave, Addy finds inspiration from a new friend.
Fic Por
Porter, Connie Rose. Addy saves the day : a summer story. Addy and Harriet feud over everything, including fund-raising plans to help the families of freed slaves, but tragedy finally forces them to stop fighting and work together.
Fic Por
Porter, Connie Rose. Changes for Addy : a winter story. After the Civil War ends, Addy desperately hopes that her family will be reunited in freedom in Philadelphia, but the future may hold both happiness and heartache.
Fic Sac
Sachar, Louis. There's a boy in the girls bathroom. An unmanageable, but lovable, eleven-year-old misfit learns to believe in himself when he gets to know the new school counselor, who is a sort of misfit too.
Fic Sch
Schur, Maxine. Samantha's surprise : a Christmas story. The two weeks before Christmas are filled with activity as Samantha finishes her homemade presents and makes preparations for visiting relatives.
Fic Sha
Shaw, Janet Beeler. Kirsten's surprise : a Christmas story. Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-nineteenth century Minnesota.
Fic Sha
Shaw, Janet Beeler. Kirsten learns a lesson : a school story. After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl.
Fic Sha
Shaw, Janet Beeler. Changes for Kirsten : a winter story. A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.
Fic Sha
Shaw, Janet Beeler. Kirsten saves the day : a summer story. Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.
Fic Sha
Shaw, Janet Beeler. Meet Kirsten, an American girl. Nine-year-old Kirsten and her family experience many hardships as they travel from Sweden to the Minnesota frontier in 1854.
Fic Sha
Shaw, Janet Beeler. Happy birthday, Kirsten! : a springtime story. On a Minnesota farm in the mid 1800's, the hard working members of the Larson family find time to celebrate Kirsten's tenth birthday.
Fic Stra
Strasser, Todd. Help! I'm trapped in my teacher's body. During an electrical storm Jake Sherman turns into his tall, skinny, balding, and nerdy teacher Mr. Dirksen. Now, Jake and his sister Jessica have to work fast to get things back to normal.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Happy birthday, Samantha! : a springtime story. A ten-year-old girl discovers the modern delights of turn-of-the-century New York City when she travels there with her grandmother to visit relatives.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Meet Josefina : an American girl. Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother dies.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Josefina's surprise : a Christmas story. The second Christmas after their mother has died, Josefina and her three sisters find that participating in the traditions of Las Posadas helps keep memories of Ma' alive.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Kit's surprise : a Christmas story. In 1932, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Changes for Samantha : a winter story. When she discovers that Nellie and her sisters have been sent to an orphanage, Samantha, now living with her aunt and uncle in New York City, tries to help her friends as much as she can.
FIc Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Meet Molly : an American girl. Madison. During World War II, Molly finds her life full of change as she eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge on her brother for ruining her Halloween.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Molly learns a lesson : a school story. During World War II, nine-year-old Molly and her friends work on projects to aid the war effort.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Molly's surprise : a Christmas story. Even though he is away serving in an English hospital during World War II, Molly's father finds a way to make the family Christmas very special.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Happy birthday, Molly! : a springtime story. When an English girl comes to stay at Molly's during World War II, she and Molly learn to bridge their differences. .
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Changes for Molly : a winter story. Molly's excitement at performing in a big show is exceeded only by the announcement that her father is returning home from the war.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Meet Felicity : an American girl. In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse who is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Felicity learns a lesson : a school story. Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives in Williamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyalist from England.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Felicity's surprise : a Christmas story. Christmas in Williamsburg means a dancing party at the Governor's Palace for Felicity, but her mother becomes very ill and cannot finish the special blue gown.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Happy birthday, Felicity! : a springtime story. As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Changes for Felicity : a winter story. The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Josefina learns a lesson : a school story. Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Tia Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Happy birthday, Josefina! : a springtime story. Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tia Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Josefina saves the day : a summer story. In 1825 when Josefina trusts a trader in Santa Fe with an important deal, she makes a surprising discovery about this young American who leaves town without paying her.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Changes for Josefina : a winter story. When Tia Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave, Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Felicity saves the day : a summer story. During a visit to her grandfather's plantation in Virginia during the summer of 1775, Felicity's loyalty is torn between her father and Ben, her father's apprentice who needs her help as he runs away to join George Washington's army of Patriots.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Meet Kit : an American girl. When her father's business closes because of the Great Depression forcing Kit to make changes in her life, the nine-year-old responds with resourcefulness.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Molly saves the day : a summer story. Molly conquers her fear of swimming underwater when she and the other campers at Camp Gowonagin divide into two teams to play Color War.
Fic Tri
Tripp, Valerie. Samantha saves the day : a summer story. While at Grandmary's summer home on Goose Lake, Samantha and her twin cousins decide to visit the island where Samantha's parents were drowned during a storm.
Fic Wel
Wells, Rosemary. Mary on horseback : three mountain stories. Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical care to the isolated inhabitants. Includes an afterword with facts about Breckinridge and the Frontier Nursing Service she founded.
Fic Wil
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. On the banks of Plum Creek. Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built, facing misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
Fic Wil
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. The long winter. The Ingalls family moves to their store in town during the terrible winter of 1880. Food is scarce and they face starvation.
Fic Wil
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little house on the prairie. A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, dig a well, and fight a prairie fire.
Fic Wil
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Farmer boy. The life of Almanzo Wilder in New York State in the 1860s, before he went west with his family to homestead land and to meet his future wife, Laura Ingalls Wilder.
Fic Wil
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. By the shores of Silver Lake. Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.
Fic Wil
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little town on the prairie. Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
Fic Wil
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little house in the big woods. Depicts the life of Laura Ingalls and her family when they lived in a little log house in Wisconsin in 1872.
