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The Phyllis C. Hunter Classroom Library Grade K All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter. Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below. Title Lexile GRL DRA Comprehension Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! D 4 Have You Seen My Duckling? 20 Mama, Do You Love Me? 420 H 14 What Comes in 2's, 3's & 4's? 470 I 16 What Do Insects Do? 0 A A-2 What Time Is It?: A Book of Math Riddles 60 H 14 Who Uses This? Fluency Daddy Calls Me Man I Know a Rhino I Love Colors 0 F 10 I Love Mud and Mud Loves Me 660 D 4 If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 660 K 18-20 My Book by Me E 6-8 What a Wonderful World Phonics The Big Game C 3 Go! Go! Go! Grandma's House F 10 The Hat 440 J 18-20 Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash 470 H 14 Oh My Gosh, Mrs. McNosh! 230 H 14 One Duck Stuck 210 Phonemic Awarenes Duck on a Bike 240 H 14 Each Peach Pear Plum G 12 In the Tall, Tall Grass F 10 Mice are Nice: A Step Into Reading® Step 1 Book 130 H 14 Oink! Moo! How Do You Do?: A Book of Animal Sounds 0 Silly Sally 680 Who Said Red? 120 D 4 Vocabulary Career Day 430 I 16 Farm Life J 18-20 From Wax to Crayon M 24-28 Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse Mice Squeak, We Speak 60 C 3 Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children M 24-28 A Whisper Is Quiet 0 D 4 1 of 38

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The Phyllis C. Hunter Classroom Library

Grade K

All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter.

Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below.

Title Lexile GRL DRA

Comprehension

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! D 4

Have You Seen My Duckling? 20

Mama, Do You Love Me? 420 H 14

What Comes in 2's, 3's & 4's? 470 I 16

What Do Insects Do? 0 A A-2

What Time Is It?: A Book of Math Riddles 60 H 14

Who Uses This?

Fluency

Daddy Calls Me Man

I Know a Rhino

I Love Colors 0 F 10

I Love Mud and Mud Loves Me 660 D 4

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 660 K 18-20

My Book by Me E 6-8

What a Wonderful World

Phonics

The Big Game C 3

Go! Go! Go!

Grandma's House F 10

The Hat 440 J 18-20

Mrs. McNosh and the Great Big Squash 470 H 14

Oh My Gosh, Mrs. McNosh! 230 H 14

One Duck Stuck 210

Phonemic Awarenes

Duck on a Bike 240 H 14

Each Peach Pear Plum G 12

In the Tall, Tall Grass F 10

Mice are Nice: A Step Into Reading® Step 1 Book 130 H 14

Oink! Moo! How Do You Do?: A Book of Animal Sounds 0

Silly Sally 680

Who Said Red? 120 D 4

Vocabulary

Career Day 430 I 16

Farm Life J 18-20

From Wax to Crayon M 24-28

Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse

Mice Squeak, We Speak 60 C 3

Shades of Black: A Celebration of Our Children M 24-28

A Whisper Is Quiet 0 D 4

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Grade KTitle Lexile GRL DRA

Alphabet Books

ABC I Like Me! 190 H 14

Animal Action ABC K 18-20

Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z H 14

Farm Alphabet Book 390 J 18-20

Firefighters A to Z 310 F 10

K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo I 16

Oh, the Things You Can Say from A-Z: Learn About Big and Little Letters

Boy Appeal

Alvie Eats Soup 80

Fantastic Frogs! 190 J 18-20

Get To Work Trucks!

I Love Trucks! 0 G 12

The Low-Down, Bad-Day Blues 340 J 18-20

No, David! 0

What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? 620 J 18-20

Girl Appeal

Annabelle Swift, Kindergartner 230 K 18-20

Annie and the Wild Animals 490 K 18-20

Ella Takes the Cake 520 K 18-20

Flower Garden

The Mitten 800 M 24-28

Mommy's Bed 310 E 6-8

Stella, Queen of the Snow 370 J 18-20

Folk and Fairy Tales

Hedgie's Surprise 550 M 24-28

Jack and the Beanstalk 320 L 24-28

Stone Soup: A French Folk Tale Retold

The Gingerbread Man 450 J 18-20

The Little Red Hen 470 I 16

The Lion and the Mouse 360 K 18-20

The Three Billy-Goats Gruff 340 I 16

Nonfiction / Expository

Are Trees Alive? 640 M 24-28

Ellen Ochoa 310 F 10

How Kids Grow 330 K 18-20

I Am an Apple 120 G 12

Kindergarten Count to 100

Map Scales 460 I 16

A Rainbow All Around Me

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Grade KTitle Lexile GRL DRA

Patriotic

Clifford for President 540 K 18-20

Let's Read About... George Washington 370 H 14

Martin Luther King Jr. 450 F 10

My Country 'Tis of Thee

The Pledge of Allegiance

The Statue of Liberty 990 R 40

Veterans Day 620 K 18-20

Series: Clifford

Clifford Makes a Friend 0 K 18-20

Clifford the Big Red Dog 220 K 18-20

Clifford the Small Red Puppy 330 K 18-20

Clifford to the Rescue 170 K 18-20

Clifford's Good Deeds 410 K 18-20

Clifford's Manners 300 J 18-20

Clifford's Puppy Days 480 J 18-20

Author Study: Donald Crews

Bigmama's 550 K 18-20

Freight Train G 12

Parade 290 J 18-20

School Bus 0

Ten Black Dots 270 F 10

Truck

When This Box is Full 210

Concept Books

10 for Dinner 820 D 4

1001 Things to Spot in the Town: An Usborne Book

A Long Trip to Z

Alphabet Under Construction D 4

Signs F 10

The Shape of Things H 14

The Way I Feel

Bilingual Books

¡Fiesta! I 16

¿Tu mam es una llama?

Cookie's Week 100 F 10

Is Your Mama a Llama? 290 L 24-28

La semana de Cookie

Taking a Walk / Caminando: A Book in Two Languages 0

Ten Little Fingers / Diez deditos: & Other Play Rhymes and Action Songs from Latin America

With My Brother / Con mi hermano 420 H 14

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Grade KTitle Lexile GRL DRA

Above Grade Level

Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea

Hurry Up! 130 G 12

Itchy, Itchy Chicken Pox 80 F 10

Make Way for Tooth Decay 210 J 18-20

More Spaghetti, I Say! 10 G 12

The Lunch Box Surprise: First-Grade Friends 460 G 12

Two Eyes, a Nose, and a Mouth 20 D 4

Below Grade Level

Across the Stream 460 F 10

Big and Little 0

Busy Toes

Changes, Changes

Kites 280 C 3

Numbers All Around

Pancakes for Breakfast

Celebrations and Holidays

A Birthday Basket for TÌa 440 L 24-28

Diwali 380 H 14

Earth Day 450 H 14

Hanukkah: A Counting Book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King 800 L 24-28

My First Kwanzaa Book 910 I 16

The Pilgrims' First Thanksgiving 460 O 34-38

Text Study: 'Bears, Real vs. Make Believe'

Corduroy 600 K 18-20

Giant Pandas 860 O 34-38

A Kiss for Little Bear 100 H 14

No Trouble at All 390 L 24-28

Please Don't Feed the Bears 480 G 12

A Pocket for Corduroy 660 K 18-20

Polar Bear Night 470 J 18-20

Small Group Reading: 5 copies

Mouse Count 490 F 10

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Grade 1

All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter.

Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below.

Title Lexile GRL DRA

Comprehension

Animal Homes 700 B 1-2

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop 140 H 14

Eating Fractions

Everybody Cooks Rice 690 M 24-28

I Can Draw Animals

Monster Math, Hello Reader!® Math Level 1 30 G 12

Wind G 12

Fluency

Beatrice Doesn't Want To 140 J 18-20

Charlie Needs a Cloak 500 I 16

Cows Can't Fly 470 H 14

Giraffes Can't Dance 450 K 18-20

Shadows 320 J 18-20

Surprise! Snow Day! 220 G 12

What Magnets Can Do: Rookie Read-About® Science 580 K 18-20

Phonics

A Bath for Gus

Bumblebee, Bumblebee, Do You Know Me?

Did You See Rabbit?

Frog

I Will Win 0 C 3

Jazz Class 70 C 3

Where Is the Fox? 0 C 3

Phonemic Awareness

Barnyard Banter G 12

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain J 18-20

How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? 210 I 16

Jamberry J 18-20

Miss Mary Mack F 10

Under My Hood I Have a Hat

Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? F 10

Vocabulary

All About Things People Do 630 K 18-20

Alphabeep: A Zipping, Zooming ABC 640

David McPhail's Animals A to Z K 18-20

I Spy a School Bus

Into the A, B, Sea: An Ocean Alphabet 30 L 24-28

Too Many Tamales 670 M 24-28

Weather Words and What They Mean 450 R 40

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Grade 1Title Lexile GRL DRA

Genre

A Chair for My Mother 640 M 24-28

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom 530

Hush! A Thai Lullaby 600 J 18-20

Make Way for Ducklings 630 L 24-28

A New Coat for Anna 690 O 34-38

The Real Mother Goose Board Book

Song Lee and the Hamster Hunt 450 L 24-28

Boy Appeal

Batman: The Story of Batman: Scholastic Reader!® Level 3

Chomp! A Book about Sharks 420 L 24-28

David Goes to School 0 F 10

The Great Dinosaur Search 430

Lucky Leaf

The Rain Came Down 370 L 24-28

Yikes!!!

Girl Appeal

Do Like Kyla 510 H 14

Ella Sarah Gets Dressed 810 F 10

Jamaica's Find 460 K 18-20

One of Three 460 I 16

Ruby the Copycat 500 K 18-20

Tell Me a Story, Mama 400 L 24-28

Yoko 470 M 24-28

Folk and Fairy Tales

Abiyoyo 610 O 34-38

Borreguita and the Coyote 560 O 34-38

The Frog Prince: Hello Reader!® Level 3 380 K 18-20

Nobiah's Well: A Modern African Folktale 800 N 30

Pecos Bill 1040 N 30

Rumpelstiltskin 740 N 30

Stone Soup 480 J 18-20

Nonfiction / Expository

A Day with Air Traffic Controllers: Welcome Books™ Hard Work H 14

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest 840 P 34-38

Dolphin's First Day: The Story of a Bottlenose Dolphin 640 N 30

Food for Thought: The Complete Book of Concepts for Growing Minds

Hats, Hats, Hats I 16

How is a Crayon Made? 970 N 30

Wonderful Worms 390 J 18-20

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Grade 1Title Lexile GRL DRA

Patriotic

Abigail Adams 620 N 30

Benjamin Franklin: Welcome Books™ Real People 150 F 10

God Bless America J 18-20

Independence Day: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 510 I 16

Let's Read About... Abraham Lincoln 400 H 14

Martin Luther King Jr.: Welcome Books™ Real People 450 F 10

Presidents' Day: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 410 I 16

Series: Arthur

Arthur and the True Francine 350 K 18-20

Arthur Babysits 350 K 18-20

Arthur Goes to Camp 380 L 24-28

Arthur Lost and Found 370 K 18-20

Arthur's Eyes 260 K 18-20

Arthur's New Puppy 400 K 18-20

Arthur's Teacher Trouble 400 K 18-20

Author Study: Eric Carle

A House for Hermit Crab 480 K 18-20

Little Cloud 390 I 16

Pancakes, Pancakes! 670 M 24-28

Rooster's Off to See the World 510 N 30

The Tiny Seed 400 L 24-28

Today Is Monday E 6-8

The Very Hungry Caterpillar 460 J 18-20

Reference

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs 720 G 12

Hello World! Greetings in 42 Languages Around the Globe!

It's a Good Thing There are Insects 520 G 12

The Planets in Our Solar System: Let's Read and Find Out 480 L 24-28

Scholastic First Picture Dictionary

Sun, Moon and Stars 660 M 24-28

Volcanoes 590 L 24-28

Bilingual Books

Arroz con leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America

Cazaremos un léon

El ratoncito, la fresa roja y madura y el gran oso hambriento

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear 510 I 16

Say Hola to Spanish 570

Taking a Walk / Caminando: A Book in Two Languages 0

We're Going on a Lion Hunt 0 H 14

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Grade 1Title Lexile GRL DRA

Above Grade Level

Dear Juno 390 M 24-28

Dinner at Aunt Connie's House 640 M 24-28

Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers J 18-20

Mañana, Iguana 370 K 18-20

Miss Nelson Is Missing 340 L 24-28

The Playground Bully 110 K 18-20

A Quarter from the Tooth Fairy: Hello Reader!® 550 J 18-20

Below Grade Level

10 Minutes till Bedtime

Game Day: Rookie Reader® Level A 0 B 1-2

Good Night, Gorilla

I Can Cooperate!

Just Like Me: Rookie Reader® 0 E 6-8

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale 120 I 16

Let's Go Visiting 0 B 1-2

Celebrations and Holidays

The Biggest Valentine Ever

Chinese New Year: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 400 H 14

El DÌa de los Muertos: Day of the Dead: Rookie Read-About® Holidays

320 H 14

Holi: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 390 H 14

My First Chinese New Year

Ramadan 350 H 14

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 440 H 14

Text Study: 'Little Red Riding Hood'

Flossie and the Fox 610 O 34-38

Little Red Riding Hood 330

Little Red Riding Hood / Caperucita roja

Little Red Riding Hood: A Newfangled Prairie Tale 580 N 30

Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China 670 S 44/50

Red Riding Hood 520 L 24-28

The Bunny Play 600 M 24-28

Small Group Reading: 5 copies

The 100th Day of School: Hello Reader!® Level 2 340 H 14

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Grade 2

All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter.

Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below.

Title Lexile GRL DRA

Comprehension

The Car Washing Street 580

I Love You the Purplest 600 O 34-38

In the Barrio 600 J 18-20

Jumping the Broom: Just For You! Level 3 670 M 24-28

Night Shift Daddy 330 J 18-20

Peter's Chair 390 J 18-20

Why are Dogs' Noses Wet? And Other True Facts

Fluency

A Picture Book of Davy Crockett 690 M 24-28

Cherries and Cherry Pits 610 M 24-28

From Cow to Ice Cream: Changes 710 N 30

The Journey of a Butterfly: Lifecycles 510 P 34-38

Mary Had a Little Jam and Other Silly Rhymes

The Paperboy 530 J 18-20

On My Way to Buy Eggs

Phonics

Green Beans & Other Silly Poems

Jane and Jake Bake a Cake 60 F 10

Mice on Ice 0 F 10

Mole in a Hole D 4

Mouse Makes Magic: A Phonics Reader

Rob's Shop: Scholastic Phonics Books 0 D 4

This is Fun 40 E 6-8

Phonemic Awareness

Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers, A Collection of Family Poems L 24-28

Feast for 10 D 4

Finklehopper Frog 550 K 18-20

The Hungry Thing 290 L 24-28

Ice Cream Everywhere! 0 D 4

It's Raining Pigs and Noodles 1090 O 34-38

Tumble Bumble 590 K 18-20

Vocabulary

Even More Parts

Japan: Picture a Country 520 L 24-28

Kites Sail High - A Book About Verbs 600

Many Luscious Lollipops, A Book About Adjectives

Patty's Pumpkin Patch J 18-20

The Popcorn Book 830 N 30

They Call Me Woolly, What Animal Names Can Tell Us 470 K 18-20

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Grade 2Title Lexile GRL DRA

Genre

Angel Child, Dragon Child 420 M 24-28

Animal Snackers

Cam Jansen and the Mystery at the Haunted House 480 L 24-28

Colin Powell - Rookie Biographies™ 570 H 14

The Emperor's Egg 570 M 24-28

Souperchicken 300 L 24-28

Teammates 930 N 30

Boy Appeal

The Bat Boy and His Violin 700 R 40

Big Bugs: See More Reader 810 N 30

Chameleon! 180 K 18-20

Dear Mrs. LaRue, Letters from Obedience School 500 L 24-28

Godzilla Ate My Homework 460 O 34-38

How I Became a Pirate 470 L 24-28

The Karate Class Mystery: Hello Reader!® Level 4 Invisible Inc. 440 L 24-28

Girl Appeal

Ballerina Dreams: Scholastic Reader!® Level 3 570 L 24-28

Ballet Dancing: Welcome Books™ Let's Dance H 14

Boundless Grace 650 M 24-28

Madam C.J. Walker: v 600 I 16

Momma, Where Are You From? 730 L 24-28

The Princess Knight 890 N 30

Singing for Dr. King: Just For You! Level 3 660 M 24-28

Folk and Fairy Tales

Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti 290 L 24-28

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush 840 O 34-38

The Magic Fish 320 L 24-28

Mary Had a Little Ham 660 L 24-28

Sione's Talo 470 H 14

The Three Billy-Goats Gruff 340 I 16

The Woman Who Outshone the Sun 860 O 34-38

Nonfiction / Expository

Bicycle Book 530 P 34-38

Firefighters 330 L 24-28

The Giant Germ: The Magic School Bus® Chapter Books 660 P 34-38

Koko's Kitten 610 M 24-28

Let's Read About... Ruby Bridges 420 H 14

Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America 580 K 18-20

Why Do Dogs Bark? 610

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Grade 2Title Lexile GRL DRA

Patriotic

From Rock to Fireworks: Changes 620 P 34-38

George Washington: Our First President: Hello Reader!® Level 2 350 K 18-20

Great Black Heroes: Five Bold Freedom Fighters: Hello Reader!® Level 4

810 P 34-38

House Mouse, Senate Mouse

My Teacher for President 370 J 18-20

The National Anthem: A True Book™ American History 860 N 30

Out and About in D.C.

Series: Little Bill

The Best Way to Play: Little Bill Books 360 K 18-20

The Day I Saw My Father Cry: Little Bill Books 300 L 24-28

Hooray for the Dandelion Warriors: Little Bill Books 380 L 24-28

The Meanest Thing to Say: Little Bill Books 350 K 18-20

My Big Lie: Little Bill Books 400 L 24-28

Shipwreck Saturday: Little Bill Books 430 K 18-20

The Worst Day of My Life: Little Bill Books 580

Author Study: Kevin Henkes

Chester's Way 570 K 18-20

Chrysanthemum 460 L 24-28

Jessica 590 K 18-20

Julius, the Baby of the World 460 K 18-20

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse 540 M 24-28

Sheila Rae, the Brave 440 K 18-20

Wemberly Worried 170 H 14

Reference

ABC of Jobs

The Amazing Book of Mammal Records 880 R 40

Dinosaurs 650 M 24-28

How Things Work: Things We Make, Build and Use: Scholastic First Encyclopedia

Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States

Scholastic First Dictionary

Stargazers 640 O 34-38

Bilingual Books

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 970 L 24-28

Alexander y el dÌa terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso

Arroz con leche: Popular Songs and Rhymes from Latin America

The Bossy Gallito / El gallo de bodas 670 M 24-28

Let's Eat! 550 K 18-20

¡A comer! Let's Eat! (SP)

The Milkmaid / La lechera

The Play / La obra de teatro

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Grade 2Title Lexile GRL DRA

Above Grade Level

A Dinosaur Named Sue: The Find of the Century: Scholastic Reader Science Level 4

690 P 34-38

Come On, Rain! 780 P 34-38

Great Black Heroes: Five Notable Inventors: Hello Reader!® Level 4 620 P 34-38

A Million Fish... More or Less 690 O 34-38

The Talking Eggs 940 M 24-28

Tar Beach 790 P 34-38

The Story of Levi's 660 T 44/50

Below Grade Level

All Kinds of Kids: Rookie Reader® Level A 0 C 3

Arthur's Teacher Moves In 230 K 18-20

Click, Clack, Moo; Cows that Type 160 K 18-20

Fox and His Friends 200 J 18-20

The Handmade Counting Book

Little Blue and Little Yellow 210 J 18-20

Yo! Yes? C 3

Celebrations and Holidays

Labor Day: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 320 G 12

Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year 540 N 30

Martin Luther King Day 670 L 24-28

Memorial Day: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 600 G 12

Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear 200 D 4

Thanksgiving: Rookie Read-About® Holidays 450 G 12

Together for Kwanzaa

Text Study: 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'

The Three Little Javelinas 740 L 24-28

The Three Little Pigs 560 L 24-28

The Three Little Pigs 800 K 18-20

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig 700 M 24-28

Three Pigs, One Wolf, and Seven Magic Shapes: Hello Reader!® 630 K 18-20

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs 570 Q 40

A Wolf at the Door 80 J 18-20

Small Group Reading: 5 copies

Amazing Grace 680 J 18-20

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Grade 3

All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter.

Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below.

Title Lexile GRL DRA

Comprehension

Fossils: World Discovery Science Reader 760

The Kid in the Red Jacket 640 O 34-38

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington 480 N 30

Richard Wright and the Library Card 700

Sergio and the Hurricane

Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School 670 S 44/50

Why Don't Haircuts Hurt?: Questions and Answers About Your Body 630 P 34-38

Fluency

A Symphony of Whales 460 O 34-38

Coming Home: A True Story of Josh Gibson, Baseball's Greatest Home Run Hitter 570 S 44/50

I Wanna Iguana 460 J 18-20

My Mama Had a Dancing Heart 1010 O 34-38

No Star Nights 980 P 34-38

The Story of Ruby Bridges 730 O 34-38

The Summer My Father was Ten 1040 Q 40

Phonics

A Bag of Tricks

A Lot of Hats

Fun With Zip and Zap

I Am Sam

Let's Go on a Museum Hunt

Mouse Makes Words

The Puppet Club

Phonemic Awareness

A House Is a House for Me 560 K 18-20

And the Winner Is…: HipKidHop K 18-20

How Sweet the Sound: African-American Songs for Children

Just the Two of Us

More Parts K 18-20

The New Kid on the Block P 34-38

Tikki Tikki Tembo 1090 N 30

Vocabulary

Bicycle Book 530 P 34-38

The Magic School Bus® at the Waterworks 660 P 34-38

The Moon Book 740 O 34-38

The Reason for a Flower P 34-38

Storms: Facts, Stories, Activities 880 N 30

The True-or-False Book of Dogs 790 P 34-38

Twister Trouble: The Magic School Bus® Chapter Books 520 O 34-38

Genre

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Grade 3Title Lexile GRL DRA

A Picture Book of Rosa Parks 880 M 24-28

Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery 710 Q 40

Great Explorations 770 T 44/50

I'm Too Fond of My Fur! Geronimo Stilton 440 P 34-38

In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers O 34-38

It's Raining Pigs and Noodles 1090 O 34-38

Uncle Jed's Barbershop 710 P 34-38

Boy Appeal

Batman: The Story of Batman: Scholastic Reader!® Level 3

Chickens May Not Cross the Road : and Other Crazy (But True) Laws

Good Grief... Third Grade 570 O 34-38

Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World 620 P 34-38

Night on the Mountain of Fear: The Black Belt Club

Sam Samurai: The Time Warp Trio 550 P 34-38

The Summer Olympics: A True Book™ Sports 860 N 30

Girl Appeal

A Bad Case of Stripes 540 P 34-38

Last Summer with Maizon 620 Q 40

Lucy Rose: Here's the Thing about Me 1190 S 44/50

Meet Danitra Brown N 30

My Friendship Memories Book

Sarah, Plain and Tall 560 R 40

With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? 540 P 34-38

Folk and Fairy Tales

Anansi Does the Impossible: An Ashanti Tale 630 O 34-38

Nacho and Lolita

Señor Cat's Romance: and Other Favorite Stories from Latin America 540 L 24-28

The Magic of Spider Woman 800

The Rough-Face Girl 540 S 44/50

The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth 620 O 34-38

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears 770 N 30

Nonfiction / Expository

Air Pollution: A True Book™ Environment & Conservation 890 N 30

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra 800 L 24-28

Jurassic Shark 550 N 30

Let's Drive, Henry Ford: Before I Made History 700 N 30

Look What Came from China 710 O 34-38

Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 410 K 18-20

The Truth About Bats: The Magic School Bus® Chapter Books 600 M 24-28

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Grade 3Title Lexile GRL DRA

Patriotic

At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue 430 O 34-38

Five Smooth Stones, Hope's Revolutionary War Diary: Book One, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1776

640

The Flag We Love

Presidents' Day: A True Book™ Holidays 750 N 30

Purple Mountain Majesties 880 P 34-38

The Statue of Liberty: A True Book™ American History 710 N 30

The Story of the White House 710 S 44/50

Series: Amber Brown

Amber Brown Goes Fourth 630 N 30

Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue 760 N 30

Forever Amber Brown 660 N 30

I, Amber Brown 600 N 30

It's Justin Time, Amber Brown 280 K 18-20

What a Trip, Amber Brown 250 L 24-28

You Can't Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown 650 N 30

Author Study: Patricia Polacco

An Orange for Frankie 780 P 34-38

Babushka's Doll 360 P 34-38

Chicken Sunday 650 N 30

The Graves Family Goes Camping

Just Plain Fancy 660 O 34-38

Thank You, Mr. Falker 650 M 24-28

Thunder Cake 630 M 24-28

Reference

All About Space: The Universe, Our Solar System and Space Travel 860 R 40

The Amazing Book of Insect Records 950

The Great Dinosaur Search 430

Picture Reference: Earth 830 R 40

Scholastic Encyclopedia of the United States

Scholastic First Dictionary

The Usborne First Atlas

Bilingual Books

Arroz con frijoles: y unos amables ratones

Carlos and the Cornfield: Carlos y la milpa de maÌz 660 L 24-28

Class President 650 O 34-38

Class President (SP)

Frida 280 M 24-28

Frida (Sp)

Mice and Beans 440 L 24-28

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Grade 3Title Lexile GRL DRA

Above Grade Level

Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail 1010 T 44/50

Finding Buck McHenry 500 S 44/50

Just Juice 690 Q 40

The Light at Tern Rock 820 N 30

The Mouse and the Motorcycle 860 O 34-38

Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems 560 R 40

Pigs Might Fly 1030 R 40

Below Grade Level

Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist 430 L 24-28

The Ant Bully 580 K 18-20

Dig a Tunnel 610 K 18-20

Germs! Germs! Germs! Hello Reader!® Science Level 3 170 L 24-28

Jamaica Tag-Along 410 K 18-20

On the Go 480 G 12

Venus: Scholastic News Readers™ 480 I 16

Celebrations and Holidays

1621: A New Look at Thanksgiving 1040

Halloween Night: Twenty-One Spooktacular Poems 590

Kwanzaa: A True Book™ Holidays 710 P 34-38

Martin Luther King Day 670 L 24-28

Passover: A True Book™ Holidays 720 N 30

Recuerdo mis raîces y vivo mis tradiciones: Remembering My Roots and Living My Traditions

1100 P 34-38

The Spirit of Tio Fernando / El espíritu de Tío Fernando: A Day of the Dead Story / Una historia del Dia de los Muertos

600

Text Study: 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears'

Abuelo and the Three Bears 620 K 18-20

Goldie and the Three Bears 380 I 16

Goldilocks 0 C 3

Goldilocks and the Three Bears 520 L 24-28

Goldilocks Returns 530 N 30

Leola and the Honeybears: An African-American Retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears

800 O 34-38

The Three Bears 610 K 18-20

Small Group Reading: 5 copies

Donavan's Word Jar 670 N 30

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All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter. Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below.

Title Lexile GRL DRA

ComprehensionThe Best of Times: Math Strategies that Multiply 130 K 18-20Do Stars Have Points? Questions & Answers About Stars & Planets 700 R 40From Metal to Music: ChangesGeorge Washington and the General's Dog 380 J 18-20The Grapes of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles L 24-28...If You Lived 100 Years Ago 770 Q 40Pink and Say 590 S 44/50

FluencyArnie the DoughnutHarlem R 40The Hickory Chair 700 O 34-38Home to Me: Poems across America P 34-38Hope in My Heart, Sofia's Immigrant Diary: Book One: My America 630 P 34-38Plantzilla 460 M 24-28Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening K 18-20

Phonics C.D. CluesThe Case of the Missing Monkeys: Scholastic Phonics Reader 680 K 18-20A Hard-Working DogJackson's Contraptions 330 J 18-20Jokes, Riddle & PoemsOnce Upon a Hill 440 M 24-28What Talent! 400 L 24-28

VocabularyBlack Holes: and Other Space Phenomena 910 N 30The Election Book: The People Pick a President 1060 S 44/50Great Whales: The Gentle Giants 730 W 60Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster 690 R 40Postcards from Pluto: A Tour of the Solar System 490 P 34-38There's a Frog in My Throat!: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told MeThe Usborne Great Planet Earth Search

GenreAlbert Einstein: Creative Genius: Elementary BiosA Dog's Life: The Autobiography of a Stray 870 Q 40If Kids Ruled the School: More Kids's Favorite Funny School PoemsLa Mariposa 750 N 30Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes 630 R 40Stone Fox 550 P 34-38Ten True Animal Rescues 730 O 34-38

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Boy AppealThe Dog Who Caught the Crook and Other Incredible True Dog Tales 1020 S 44/50Hardwood Heroes: NBA ReaderThe Legend of Jimmy Spoon 790 T 44/50NASCAR Racers: The Fast Lane 670Return of the Home Run Kid 740 N 30Smiffy Blue: Ace Crime Detective: The Case of the Missing Ruby and Other Stories 540 O 34-38

The Usborne Book of Racing Cars 640 P 34-38

Girl Appeal Gloria's Way 410 O 34-38In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 730 S 44/50The Great SockathonKristy's Great Idea: The Baby-Sitters Club 640 O 34-38Muggie Maggie 730 O 34-38The Pen is Mightier than the Sword 440 Q 40Thorn in Her Side: The Princess School

Folk and Fairy Tales The Adventures of Spider: West African Folktales 710 R 40American Tall Tales 970 Q 40The King's Equal 780 O 34-38The Magic Gourd 440 M 24-28Paul Bunyan and Other Tall Tales: Scholastic Junior Classics 820 P 34-38The Stinky Cheese Man And Other Fairly Stupid TalesThirteen Moons on Turtle's Back: A Native American Year of Moons 960

Nonfiction / ExpositoryAlmost Gone: The World's Rarest AnimalsIf You Lived When Women Won their RightsJacob Lawrence: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists P 34-38Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman 970 T 44/50The Chicago Fire 530 P 34-38Working at a TV Station 840 N 30You Wouldn't Want to Be an Aztec Sacrifice! 840 R 40

PatrioticA Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin 730 M 24-28If You Grew Up with Abraham Lincoln 670 Q 40If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution 810 Q 40J.C. Watts Jr.: Character Counts: Community Builders 810 T 44/50O, Say Can You See? America's Symbols, Landmarks, and Inspiring Words 800 R 40Rosa Parks My Story: My Story 970 U 44/50Through My Eyes 860 W 60

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Series: Series of Unfortunate Events The Bad Beginning 1010 V 44/50The Carnivorous Carnival 1120 V 44/50The Ersatz Elevator 1110 V 44/50The Miserable Mill 1000 V 44/50The Reptile Room 1040 V 44/50The Vile Village 1080 V 44/50The Wide Window 1150 V 44/50

Author Study: Jean Craighead GeorgeFrightful's Mountain 650 U 44/50How To Talk To Your Dog 530Nutik, The Wolf Pup 290 L 24-28My Side of the Mountain 810 U 44/50On the Far Side of the Mountain 760 V 44/50One Day in the Desert 860 P 34-38One Day in the Prairie 800 P 34-38

ReferenceChecking Your GrammarThe Clear and Simple Thesaurus DictionaryDiscover the United States of AmericaScholastic Dictionary of IdiomsScholastic Encyclopedia of Space 1070Scholastic Kids' AlmanacThe Usborne Book of Animal Facts: Records • Lists • Facts • Comparisons 960 W 60

Bilingual Books Class Clown 670 O 34-38El gran capoqueroEl payaso de la clase (Class Clown)The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest 670 R 40The Pledge of Allegiance / La Promesa de lealtadThe Spirit of Tio Fernando / El espÌritu de TÌo Fernando: A Day of the Dead Story / Una historia del Dia de los Muertos 600

Stuart's Cape 300 L 24-28Stuart's Cape (SP) Stuart y su capa

Above Grade Level Bridge to Terabithia 810 T 44/50The Captive 810 S 44/50The Cats in Krasinski Square 990 P 34-38Frankenstein: Stepping Stones 1170The Midnight Fox 970 R 40Old Yeller 910 V 44/50When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit 940 U 44/50

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Below Grade Level Black Cat J 18-20Chato's Kitchen 740 Q 40Count to a Million 450The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses 670 M 24-28I Hate English! 390 L 24-28Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie 260 K 18-20Owl Moon 630 O 34-38

HumanitiesCharlie Parker Played Be Bop 140 H 14Helen Keller: Girl of Courage: Elementary BiosLewis Carroll: Poetry for Young PeopleLook at My Book: How Kids Can Write & Illustrate Terrific BooksMichelangelo 940Pablo Picasso: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists P 34-38When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson, The Voice of the Century 780 P 34-38

Technology High-tech Inventions: A Chapter Book: True TalesScience 770 P 34-38The Internet for Kids: A True Book™ Computers 1030 P 34-38Metal: Material World 740 N 30Solar Power: A True Book™ Environment & Conservation 1070 P 34-38Up Close: A Chapter Book: True TalesScience 740 N 30Wind Power: A True Book™ Environment & Conservation 1060 P 34-38Wingin' It with the Wright Brothers: Tall Tails 480 N 30

Text Study: 'Cinderella'Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella 540Cinderella Penguin: or, The Little Glass Flipper 680 L 24-28Cinderella Skeleton P 34-38Cinderellis and the Glass Hill: The Princess Tales 600Cinderhazel, The Cinderella of HalloweenMufaro's Beautiful Daughters 720 T 44/50The Rough-Face Girl 540 S 44/50

Small Group Reading: 5 copiesMore than Anything Else 660 N 30

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The Phyllis C. Hunter Classroom Library Grade 5

All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter. Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below.

Title Lexile GRL DRAComprehension

Because of Winn-Dixie 610 R 40From Slave Ship to Freedom Road 720 R 40Ghostly Graveyards and Spooky Spots, Haunted History™: The History Channel® 1010 R 40

Homework Help on the InternetKnowing Your Civil Rights: A True Book™ Civics 890 Q 40The Usborne Book of Secret CodesYou Be the Detective 620 Q 40

FluencyAmerican Poetry: Poetry for Young PeopleDear Austin, Letters from the Underground Railroad 970 T 44/50Dear Mr. Henshaw 910 Q 40Hoang Anh, A Vietnamese-American Boy 920 U 44/50My Brother's Keeper, Virginia's Civil War Diary, Book One, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863 590 P 34-38

Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street 600Sidewalk Chalk, Poems of the City 840 P 34-38

PhonicsBo Peep's Sheep 360 M 24-28The Great Time Travel RideKids Care about Sea Animals 580 L 24-28Owls on the ProwlSam and JackTall in the Saddle 550 L 24-28Toad's Journal 440

VocabularyAll About Lizards 950 S 44/50Around the World in a Hundred Years, From Henry the Navigator to Magellan 1050 V 44/50Don't Know Much about Planet Earth 1040 W 60Everything Dog, Kids' FAQs: What Kids Really Want to Know about Dogs 1000 W 60Mummies, Tombs, and Treasure: Secrets of Ancient Egypt 1090 W 60Mysteries & Marvels of Insect Life 1010The Periodic Table: A True Book™ Elements

GenreBuffalo Hunt 1000 S 44/50Circle of Gold 610 R 40Let It Shine, Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters 940The Dragon of Lonely Island 710 S 44/50The Phantom Tollbooth 1000 W 60The Return of the Dragon 680 S 44/50There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom 490 Q 40

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Title Lexile GRL DRABoy Appeal

#1 The Contest: Everest 690 R 40Crash 560 V 44/50Jackie & Me: Baseball Card Adventures 610 T 44/50NBA Fun Facts and Trivia 1220The Time Bike 810 S 44/50World’s Weirdest Critters: Ripley's Believe It or Not! 980Wringer 690 U 44/50

Girl Appeal#2 Fugitive: Undercover Girl#2 My Pants are Haunted: Dear Dumb Diary 990 X 60Best Friends Forever? Class Act 510 M 24-28The Boys Start the War 740 S 44/50Jazzimagination, A Journal to Read and Write 770 Q 40Mia Hamm, Good as Gold: Sports Stars 950 S 44/50No Boys Allowed! 750 S 44/50

Folk and Fairy TalesAesop’s Fables 780 S 44/50Folktales from China 480 N 30How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? And Other TalesJohnny Appleseed, A Tall Tale 920 K 18-20The Search for Delicious 910 U 44/50Squids Will Be Squids, Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables 650Turquoise Boy, A Navajo Legend 680

Nonfiction / ExpositoryAmazing Inventions 880 V 44/50Confucius: The Golden Rule 1080 W 60Croc and Gator Attacks: High Interest Books — Animal Attack! T 44/50The Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Shot, A Photo History of the Civil Rights Movement 1140 Y 60

George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides 1120 T 44/50Valley Forge 1000 T 44/50The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk 570 S 44/50

PatrioticThe Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin 880The American Flag: A True Book™ American History 780 N 30Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt! 980 X 60The Declaration of Independence, The Words That Made AmericaFabulous Facts About the 50 States 690 Q 40Mount Rushmore: Cornerstones of Freedom™ T 44/50They Led the Way, 14 American Women 790 O 34-38

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Title Lexile GRL DRASeries: Harry Potter

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 1230Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 940 V 44/50Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 880 W 60Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 1030 W 60Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 950 W 60Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 880 V 44/50Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 880 V 44/50

Author Study: Pam Muñoz Ryan Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, Based on a True Story 600 P 34-38Becoming Naomi León 830 Y 60Esperanza Rising 750 V 44/50Hello OceanMice and Beans 440 L 24-28Nacho and LolitaRiding Freedom, Sweet Freedom 720 P 34-38

ReferenceScholastic Atlas of the OceansThe Book of Black Heroes from A to Z 790 P 34-38Book of Explorers from Columbus to Armstrong 1060Mr. President, A Book of U.S. Presidents 990 S 44/50The Solar System, An A to Z Guide: Watts ReferenceThe Usborne Book of Space Facts, Records • Lists • Facts • Comparisons 1080Writing With Style

Bilingual BooksDiego 420 M 24-28How Do Bats See in the Dark? Questions and Answers about Night Creatures 870 P 34-38¿Cómo ven los murciélagos en la oscuridad? (How Do Bats See in the Dark?)

Pedro’s Journal 1030 Q 40El diario de PedroFrindle 830 R 40Fríndel

Above Grade Level Around the World in Eighty Days 1070The Great Fire 1130 R 40The Journal of James Edmond Pease, A Civil War Union Soldier, Virginia, 1863: My Name is America 1070 W 60

Philip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe 900 Y 60Rescuers, Kids Who Risked Everything to Save Others: Ten True TalesWalk Two Moons 770 W 60The Westing Game 750 V 44/50

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Title Lexile GRL DRABelow Grade Level

#2 The Great Escape: Upchuck and the Rotten Willy 530Calvin and Hobbes: Revenge of the Baby-SatGraphic Classics: Moby DickMarie Curie, Brave Scientist: Elementary Bios 730Rats on the Roof and Other Stories 520 M 24-28Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt 680 S 44/50Zap! I’m a Mind Reader: The Zack Files 390 M 24-28

HumanitiesDuke Ellington: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers 990 P 34-38Edward Hopper: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists P 34-38Frédéric Chopin: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers 850 P 34-38Ludwig van Beethoven: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers 1010 P 34-38Out of Darkness, The Story of Louis Braille 1000 S 44/50Roy Lichtenstein: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists 980 P 34-38Standing Tall, The Stories of Ten Hispanic Americans 1060 W 60

TechnologyAirplanes: A True Book™ Transportation 760 N 30Cars: Fast Forward 890 U 44/50Incredible Inventions 1020 R 40Personal Computers: A True Book™ Computers 930 P 34-38The Printing Press: Inventions That Shaped the World 840 Y 60Silicon: True Book™ ElementsSkyscrapers: A True Book™ Buildings and Structures 750 N 30

Text Study: 'Medieval Age' The Edge on the Sword 930If You Lived in the Days of the Knights 740 Q 40King Arthur: Scholastic Junior Classics 790 P 34-38Knights, Warriors of the Middle Ages: High Interest Books - The Way of the Warrior 810 Q 40

Medieval World: Usborne World History 960The Seeing Stone: The Arthur Trilogy 640 Y 60You Wouldn't Want to Be a Medieval Knight! 910 R 40

Small Group Reading: 5 copies Belle Teal 870 W 60

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All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter. Your classroom library consists of 5 titles from each of the 20 categories below.

Title Lexile GRL DRAComprehension

Astronomy: Usborne Discovery 560How to Fool Your Eyes, Leap Through Logic, Tease Your Brain, and Other Ways to Survive PuzzlesHow to Survive Almost Anything 870 S 44/50Mysteries & Marvels of Plant Life 980Physics Lab in the Home 960 U 44/50Secrets of the Sphinx 1100 Y 60The Everything Kids' Nature Book, Create Clouds, Make Waves, Defy Gravity and Much More

FluencyCarl Sandburg, Poetry for Young PeopleLangston Hughes, Poetry for Young PeopleNumbering All the Bones 600 Y 60Out of Order 680 S 44/50Shakespeare's Spy 850 V 44/50The Naked Mole-Rat Letters 670 R 40What If an Asteroid Hit Earth? High Interest Books - What If? 790 R 40

PhonicsHistory Mystery 470How Unusual: FX BooksIt's A Great Job!Tall in the Saddle 550 L 24-28The Great Time Travel RideThe Internet: A Kid's HandbookToad's Journal 440

VocabularyA Look at Rocks: First Books- Earth & Sky Science 920 T 44/50Burp! The Most Interesting Book You’ll Ever Read About Eating 1050 S 44/50Car Smarts: High Interest Books — Smarts 820 R 40Carbon: A True Book™ ElementsJet EnginesLooking Ahead, Energy and the EnvironmentUnder the Sea, Explorers Wanted! 1150 Z 70-80

GenreJ.C. Watts Jr.John & Abigail Adams: An American Love Story 990 V 44/50Measle and the Wrathmonk 900 U 44/50Samir and Yonatan 810 Z 70-80The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 660 Y 60Time Pieces, The Book of Times 400 T 44/50William Shakespeare: Poetry for Young People

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Title Lexile GRL DRABoy Appeal

Cutting Edge: Xtreme Sports 1020 R 40Winners Take All 560Surviving Sharks and Other Dangerous Creature: Ten True Tales 930 V 44/50The Call of the Wild: Scholastic Classic 1120 Y 60The Fright Stuff! Fear FactorThe Official Guide to BattleBots®Wild and Deadly: Ripley's Believe It or Not! 1060 W 60

Girl Appeal#1 Romeo! Raps to Riches, Teenick 640 P 34-38#1 Secrets, Undercover Girl 550 T 44/50#2 Sleeping Beauty, The One who Took the Really Long Nap: Twice Upon a TimeAquamarine 940 W 60Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry 920 W 60The Girls' World Book of Friendship Crafts, Cool Stuff to Make With Your Best FriendsThe Year We Missed My Birthday: Eleven Birthday Stories 780 R 40

Folk and Fairy TalesBeauty and the Beast and Other Stories 670 P 34-38Favorite Medieval Tales 860 Q 40Golden Tales: Myths, Lkegends and Folktales from Latin AmericaPaul Bunyan and Other Tall Tales: Scholastic Junior Classics 820 P 34-38Princess Academy 890 T 44/50The Apple and the Arrow, The Legend of William Tell 750The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Scholastic Junior Classics 860 O 34-38

Nonfiction / ExpositoryBlack Diamond: The Story of the Negro Baseball Leagues 1100 Q 40Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: Internet-Linked, Usborne DiscoveryForging Freedom: The True Story of Heroism During the Holocaust 660Mummies & Pyramids: Internet-Linked, Usborne Discovery 970 W 60Nelson Mandela “No Easy Walk To Freedom” 950 Y 60Orphan Train Rider: One Boy’s True Story 960 V 44/50Secrets in Stone: All About Maya Hieroglyphs

PatrioticArlington National Cemetery: Cornerstones of Freedom™ 1060 T 44/50Building the Capital City, Cornerstones of Freedom™ 880 T 44/50The Declaration of Independence, A True Book 710 N 30Don't Know Much about Abraham LincolnGive Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence 1070The United States of America, A State-by-State Guide 4 930Victory or Death! Stories of the American Revolution 810 S 44/50

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Title Lexile GRL DRASeries: Sammy Keyes

Sammy Keyes and the Art of Deception 660 T 44/50Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Moustache Mary 720 T 44/50Sammy Keyes and the Hotel Thief 840 T 44/50Sammy Keyes and the Runaway Elf 710 T 44/50Sammy Keyes and the Sisters of Mercy 850 T 44/50Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man 890 T 44/50You Be the Jury 880 Q 40

Author Study: Sharon Creech

Absolutely Normal Chaos 900 V 44/50Bloomability 850 V 44/50Granny Torrelli Makes Soup 810 R 40Heartbeat 520 W 60Pleasing the Ghost 520 V 44/50Ruby Holler 660 V 44/50The Wanderer 830 V 44/50

ReferenceBirds: Internet Linked, Usborne Discovery 890First Encyclopedia of History: Internet Linked, Usborne DiscoveryFirst Encyclopedia of Science: Internet Linked, Usborne DiscoveryHow to Master the School Universe: Homework, Teachers, Tests, Bullies and Other Ways to Survive the Classroom 900

Scholastic Dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, and HomonymsScholastic Encyclopedia of Space 1070The Usborne Book of Scientists from Archimedes to Einstein 1100

Bilingual BooksDiego 420 M 24-28Salsa Stories 760 S 44/50Cuentos con sazónStargirl 590 V 44/50Stargirl (SP)The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread 670

Despereaux

Above Grade LevelEnemies of Slavery 1040 T 44/50Freak the Mighty 1000 W 60Heaven 790 R 40Homeless Bird 800 X 60The Last Book in the Universe 740 W 60Max the Mighty 930 W 60Red Scarf Girl, A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 780 Z 70-80

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Title Lexile GRL DRABelow Grade Level

101 Cat & Dog JokesAndy Warhol, Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists P 34-38Calvin and Hobbes! Something Under the Bed is DroolingCharlotte's WebChocolate-Covered Ants 490Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci: The Time Warp Trio 560 P 34-38Frankenstein (Graphic Classic)

HumanitiesBackstage at a Movie Set: High Interest Books — Backstage Pass 720 S 44/50The Beatles: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers 850 N 30Frida Kahlo: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists 840 R 40How to Write PoetryMusic: Watts Reference 1140 W 60The Raven And Other Poems Z 70-80Walt Whitman, Words for America 970 R 40

TechnologyThe Airplane: Inventions That Shaped the WorldThe Internet: First Books - The Internet and Computers 1220 U 44/50Medical Marvels: A Chapter Book: True Tales—Science 690 O 34-38Motion Pictures: Inventions That Shaped the World 1150 Z 70-80Personal Computer Communications: Watts Library™ Computer ScienceThe Telephone: Inventions That Shaped the World 1010 X 60Virtual Reality: High Interest Books - Life in the Future 770 T 44/50

Text Study: 'Mythology'Favorite Greek Myths 870 Y 60The Golden Fleece And The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles 980 Y 60The Greek Gods 840 U 44/50Greek Myths and Legends: Usborne Illustrated Guide 950Heroes and Monsters of Greek Myth 870 V 44/50Tales of the Trojan War: Usborne Library of Myths and Legends 680 S 44/50Top Ten Greek Legends 740

Small Group Reading: 5 copiesBud, Not Buddy 950 T 44/50

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The Phyllis C. Hunter Classroom Library Grade 7

All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter. Your classroom library consists of 100 titles from this list.

Title Lexile GRL DRA

Do It YourselfAmerican Sign Language: Watts Library™ Disabilities 1020 S 44/50BabysittingBuilding Your VocabularyChicken Soup for the Pre-Teen Soul, 101 Stories of Changes, Choices and Growing Up 780 W 60Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal, School Cliques, Classes, Clubs and More 1010Cigarettes: Watts Library™ Human Health and Disease 990 S 44/50Extraordinary Short Story Writing: F. W. PrepHow To Be a GeniusHow To Write a Horror StoryThe Kid's Guide to Money, Earning It, Saving It, Spending It, Growing It, Sharing It 970Writing Winning Reports and Essays

Famous & InfamousBlack Eagles, African Americans in Aviation 1160 Q 40Cissie Palmer: Community Builders 930 U 44/50Freedom Train, The Story of Harriet Tubman 910 T 44/50Henry VIII and His Chopping Block, Famous Dead People 710I Am an American, A True Story of Japanese Internment 1180 Y 60Indian Chiefs 1030 Y 60Sacajawea 840 Y 60Shakira 830 R 40Sharkman 980 W 60Woodsong 1090 T 44/50The World at Her Fingertips, The Story of Helen Keller 1020 Y 60

Faves & RavesA Year Down Yonder 610 V 44/50Agnes Parker...Girl in Progress 660 S 44/50The Circuit, Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 880 Z 70-80Chasing Vermeer 770 S 44/50Flipped 720 U 44/50The Golden Goblet 930 V 44/50The Great Gilly Hopkins 800 S 44/50Jip: His Story 860 V 44/50Millicent Min, Girl Genius 800 S 44/50Shipwreck 610 Q 40The Teacher's Funeral, A Comedy in Three Parts 750The Watsons Go to Birmingham1963 1000 U 44/50Toning the Sweep 760 Y 60

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Title Lexile GRL DRA

Got Culture?Amazing But True Sports Stories 1120 Q 40An Indian Winter 1150 U 44/50The Dream Keeper and Other PoemsI'm Nobody! Who Are You?John Coltrane 1210 U 44/50Mummies, Bones, & Body Parts 900 U 44/50The People Could Fly, American Black Folktales 660 W 60The Shakespeare Stealer 840 T 44/50Terra Cotta Soldiers, Army of StoneWhat a Great Idea! Inventions That Changed the World 1250Yukon Ho! A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

Hit Movies & Sensational StoriesCalifornia Blue 820 S 44/50Eagle Strike: Alex Rider Adventure 690 W 60The Edge on the Sword 930The Fellowship of The Ring: The Lord of The Rings 860Holes 660 V 44/50Hoot 760 W 60Inkheart 780 R 40The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: The Chronicles of Narnia 940 T 44/50The Ravenmaster's Secret, Escape from the Tower of London 750 T 44/50Sleepover, Rules Will be Broken Tonight!Spiderman Double Trouble

I Can RelateBaseball in April and Other Stories 830 U 44/50Begging for Change 1060 Z 70-80Bluish 460 S 44/50Cousins 550 T 44/50The Girls 710 S 44/50Girls Who Rocked the World 1050 S 44/50It Only Looks Easy 670 S 44/50Love that Dog, A Novel 1010 T 44/50Money Hungry 650 T 44/50Nerd No More 550 P 34-38No More Dead Dogs 610 U 44/50Out Standing in My Field 730 R 40

The Real WorldBackstage at a Music Video 810 S 44/50Black Hands, White Sails, The Story of African-American Whalers 1130G is for Googol, A Math Alphabet Book 760Heroes Don't Run, A Novel of the Pacific War 650 V 44/50High-Tech IDs, From Finger Scans to Voice PatternsSecret Service 820 T 44/50What If We Run Out of Fossil Fuels? 820 R 40

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Title Lexile GRL DRAWeird & Feared

Alien Encyclopedia, The Ultimate Alien A–ZThe Capture: Guardians of Ga'hoole 730 R 40Clockwork 900 Z 70-80Coraline 740 W 60The Crystal Mask: The Echorium Sequence 770 X 60Daja's Book: Circle of Magic 810 V 44/50Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural 990 Z 70-80Emergency Room 720 W 60The House of Dies Drear 670 V 44/50Lord of the Kill 700 W 60The Music of Dolphins 560 V 44/50Out from Boneville: Bone 360Sandry's Book: Circle of Magic 730 U 44/50Skeleton Man 730 U 44/50Tales for the Midnight Hour 650 T 44/50The Witches 740 R 40

World-WiseAnne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl 1080 Y 60Four Perfect Pebbles, A Holocaust Story 1080 T 44/50Hiroshima 660 S 44/50Journey to Jo'Burg 760 S 44/50Number the Stars 670 U 44/50Pacific Crossing 750 T 44/50Samurai, Warlords of Japan 900 R 40Scholastic Desk AtlasTrue Stories of D-Day: UsborneUnited Tates of America 640 R 40Washington, D.C.: Sea to Shining Sea 1010 U 44/50

The Book Club - FIVE COPIESEight Tales of Terror 1340 Z 70-80Locomotion V 44/50When Marian Sang, The True Recital of Marian Anderson, The Voice of the Century 780 P 34-38

The Book Club- AUTHOR STUDY SPINELLIKnots in My Yo-Yo String, The Autobiography of a Kid 980 U 44/50Loser 650 U 44/50Milkweed 510 Y 60The Library Card 690 R 40

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All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter. Your classroom library consists of 100 titles from this list.

Title Lexile GRL DRA

Do It Yourself

Chicken Soup for the Preteen Soul 2, Facing Challenges, Realizing a Dream and Making a Difference 840

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul III, More Stories of Life, Love and Learning 880

Extraordinary Poetry Writing: F. W. PrepExtraordinary Research Projects: F. W. PrepFrom Rags to Riches, People Who Started Businesses from Scratch 1110 W 60Jackie's Nine, Jackie Robinson's Values to Live By 1040 X 60The Kids' Invention Book 760 O 34-38My Thirteenth Winter 1050 X 60Scholastic Dictionary of Synonyms, Antonyms, and HomonymsScholastic Pocket ThesaurusThe Stone Soup Book of Friendship Stories 690 V 44/50

Famous & Infamous

A Strong Right Arm, The Story of Mamie "Peanut" Johnson 860 T 44/50And Not Afraid to Dare, The Stories of Ten African-American Women 1170 T 44/50Code Talker, A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War II 910Going Solo 1080 T 44/50How Embarrassing! Your Stars' Oops, Goofs, and BlushesIncredible People: Guinness World Records 1120 Z 70-80Pocahontas 970 Y 60Racing through History, Stock Cars Then and NowSojourner Truth, Ain't I a Woman? 960 V 44/50Tiger Woods, An American Master 1070 R 40

Faves & Raves

Al Capone Does My Shirts 600 T 44/50Artemis Fowl 600 Y 60Chu Ju's House 870 T 44/50Dragon Rider 710 T 44/50Dragonwings 870 W 60Enchantress From the Stars 910I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: Dear America 820 S 44/50Poison 870 Y 60Scorpia: Alex Rider Adventure 680 W 60Skeleton Key: Alex Rider Adventure 630 W 60The Thief Lord 640 V 44/50The Wright 3 870 S 44/50Two-Minute Mysteries 820 S 44/50When Zachary Beaver Came To Town 700 Y 60

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Title Lexile GRL DRAGot Culture?

A Kick in the Head, An Everyday Guide To Poetic FormsArt: High Interest – Pop Culture 780 Q 40The Best Poems Ever, A Collection of Poetry's Greatest Voices Y 60The Celebrated Jumping Frog and Other Stories 1000Childtimes 1000 X 60Frida Kahlo: Artists in Their Time 1070 X 60How I Came to Be a Writer 1120 W 60Local News, A Collection of Stories 820 W 60Poetry U.S.A.Robert Frost: Poetry for Young PeopleSeparate But Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle 1230 Y 60

Hit Movies & Sensational StoriesA Hole in the World 900 X 60At the Crossing Places: The Arthur Trilogy 650 Z 70-80Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen 710Dracula: Scholastic Classic 990Grind 600The Perfect ManRomeo and JulietThe Ruins of Gorlan: Ranger's Apprentice 920 X 60Treasure Island: Graphic Classic 440 P 34-38Where the Red Fern Grows 700 X 60

I Can Relate...And Now Miguel 780 Z 70-80A Matter of Trust: Bluford Books 800The Bully: Bluford Books 700Exposed: Three Girls in the CityHope was Here 710 W 60The Jacket 640 Q 40Second Cousins 460 R 40Secrets in the Shadows: Bluford Books 750The Skin I'm InSomeone to Love Me: Bluford Books 700Standing Up to Mr. O 690The Trouble with Twins: Follow Your HeartUntil We Meet Again: Bluford Books 740

The Real WorldAlcohol: Watts Library™ Human Health and Disease 910 S 44/50Backstage at a Newscast: High Interest Books 750 S 44/50Cloning and Genetic Engineering: High Interest Books Life in the Future 790 S 44/50Global Warming: Franklin WattsKids and Guns 1180 U 44/50Nature's Machines, The Story of Biomechanist Mimi KoehlRobo World, The Story of Robot Designer Cynthia BreazealWithin Reach: My Everest Story 970 X 60

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Weird & Feared

Bar Code RebellionDouble-Dare to Be Scared, Another Thirteen Chilling TalesGhost Soldier 750 T 44/50The Great Cow Race: BoneHalf-Human 730 V 44/50Indigo 980 W 60Shadow of a Doubt: Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries 810 Q 40The Moonlight Man 660 S 44/50The Wolving Time 780 V 44/50Thirteen, 13 Tales of Horror by 13 Masters of Horror* 710 T 44/50Unexpected, 11 Mysterious Stories 700 R 40

World-Wise

The Captive 810 S 44/50Crispin, The Cross of Lead 780 W 60Dogsong 930 V 44/50The Iceberg Hermit 1060 X 60Introduction to Archeology: UsborneMarisol and Magdalena, The Sound of Our Sisterhood 730 T 44/50Memories of Anne Frank, Reflections of a Childhood Friend 890 X 60The Monkey Thief 820 T 44/50Samir and Yonatan 810 Z 70-80Surviving Hitler, A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 820 W 60Survivors, True Stories of Children in the HolocaustWalt Whitman, Words for America 970 R 40

The Book Club-FIVE COPIES

Born Confused 890The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins, A World War II Soldier, Normandy, France, 1944: My Name is America 810 T 44/50

Miracle's Boys 660 Z 70-80Pictures of Hollis Woods 650 V 44/50

The Book Club-AUTHOR STUDY- MYERS

At Her Majesty's Request 1070 X 60The Journal of Biddy Owens, The Negro Leagues, Birmingham, Alabama 1948: My Name is America 920 S 44/50

Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary 1050 W 60Somewhere in the Darkness 640 S 44/50

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All of the following titles have been hand selected by Phyllis C. Hunter. Your classroom library consists of 100 titles from this list.

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Do It Yourself

Bouncing Back, Overcoming Tough Times: ChoicesExtraordinary Blogs and EzinesExtraordinary E-mails, Letters, and ResumesFacing Competition: ChoicesFive Ways to Know About YouStay Strong: Simple Life Lessons for Teens 890 S 44/50Survivor's Mountain Guide 1140

Famous & Infamous

All Shook Up: The Life and Death of Elvis Presley 990 Y 60Bad Boy: A Memoir 970 X 60Find Where the Wind Goes: Moments from My Life 960 X 60Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley 560One More River to Cross: The Stories of Twelve Black Americans 1070 X 60Powerful Words: More than 200 Years of Extraordinary Writing by African Americans 1130 Y 60

The First Woman Doctor: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell, M.D. 1120 T 44/50Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court: Cornerstones of Freedom™ 900 S 44/50

Faves & Raves

A Corner of the Universe 750 Y 60Black Storm Comin'Color Me Dark: The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North, Chicago, Illinois, 1919: Dear America 680 V 44/50

The Contender 760 Z 70-80Danger Zone 850 W 60Getting Near to Baby 740 V 44/50The Glory Field 800 X 60Leon's Story 970 T 44/50Lyddie 820 V 44/50Me and Rupert Goody 680Missing May 980 W 60Monster 670 Z 70-80Private Peaceful 860 X 60Sister Spider Knows All 650 Y 60To Be a Slave 1080 Z 70-80Zach's Lie 580 R 40

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Got Culture?

Baseball Stars: High Interest BookDale Earnhardt, Jr.The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao: High Interest Books Architectural Wonders 890 R 40

The History of Science FictionJohn James Audubon: First Books American Conservationists 1000 W 60The Navajo: Watts Library™ Indians of the Americas 840 S 44/50Our Town, A Play in Three ActsPaul Gauguin: Artists in Their Time 1050 U 44/50Reflections on a Gift of a Watermelon Pickle…And Other Modern VerseVincent Van Gogh: Artists in Their Time 1050 U 44/50World of Shakespeare: Usborne World 1090 Z 70-80

Hit Movies & Sensational Stories

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Graphic Classic 280 P 34-3820,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Scholastic Classic 1030 Z 70-80Freaky Friday 730 R 40Kidnapped 990 Z 70-80Lord of the Flies 770 Y 60The Outsiders 750 Z 70-80Sounder 900 T 44/50Summer of My German Soldier 800 Z 70-80The Time Machine: Scholastic Classic 1070 Z 70-80Walk Two Moons 770 W 60The War of the Worlds: Scholastic Classic 1170 Z 70-80

I Can Relate

Black and White: Three Girls in the CityBlood is Thicker: Bluford Books 730Brothers in Arms: Bluford Books 610Chicken Soup for the African-American Soul, Celebrating and Sharing Our Culture One Story at a Time 970

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Letters: Letters of Life, Love and Learning 980

Dancing on the Edge 850 Z 70-80Learning to Swim, A Memoir 1160Lost and Found: Bluford Books 390Mick Harte was Here 730 S 44/50Plain City 490Running Back to Ludie 960Summer of Secrets: Bluford Books 710The Graduation of Jake Moon 680 T 44/50The Gun: Bluford Books 730You Remind Me of You, A Poetry Memoir 1100

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The Real World

Bury the Dead, Tombs, Corpses, Mummies, Skeletons, & Rituals 1160Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff: Stories of Tough Times and Lessons LearnedCocaine: Watts Library™ Human Health and Disease 1000 S 44/50Depression: Life Balance 1180 U 44/50Forecast Earth: The Story of Climate Scientist Inez Fung: Women's Adventures in ScienceNo Body's Perfect: Stories by Teens about Body Image, Self Acceptance, and the Search for Identity 890

Storm Chasers: Watts Library™ Earth Science 1070 S 44/50Strong Force: The Story of Physicist Shirley Ann Jackson: Women's Adventures in ScienceTaste Berries for Teens, Inspirational Short Stories and Encouragement on Life, Love, Friendship and Tough Issues 970 W 60

Want Fries With That? Obesity and The Supersizing of AmericaWe Shall Not Be Moved: The Women's Factory Strike of 1909 1170 Z 70-80When the Mirror Lies: Anorexia, Bulimia and Other Eating Disorders: Franklin WattsThe World's Dumbest Criminals: Jr. Edition 1000

Weird & Feared

Body of Evidence: Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries 850 U 44/50The Dark Is Rising 920 X 60The Dragonslayer: BoneEyes of the Storm: Bone NULLEternity Code: Artemis Fowl 620 X 60Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales 850Greenwitch: The Dark Is Rising 830 X 60Grim Tuesday: Keys to the Kingdom 840 T 44/50How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found 720 W 60Mister Monday: Keys to the Kingdom 800 T 44/50The Mystery of Drear House 540Once upon a Marigold 840 W 60PremonitionsThe Wish List 520 W 60

World-Wise

Atlas of the United StatesBehind the Mountain: First Person Fiction 940 W 60The Cay 860 V 44/50The Encyclopedia of the Winter Olympics: Watts ReferenceKensuke's Kingdom 730 V 44/50Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex 1170 Z 70-80Tales Mummies Tell 970 W 60Until We Meet Again 760Voices from Vietnam 910

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The Book Club-5 COPIES

Heat 1030Hitler's Daughter 600 T 44/50So B. It 860

The Book Club-AUTHOR STUDY- HESSE

Out of the Dust X 60Phoenix RisingStowaway 830 W 60Witness W 60

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