Review: SCHOOL (Emily Arnold McCully)

Emily Arnold McCully's SCHOOL is the winner of a CALDECOTT MEDAL.  Originally it was published without text but later on a few sentences of explanation were added. Whether you get a book with or without text you and yours should enjoy the cute story and adorable mice.

The story is cute.  The first pages show a passel of young mice in the kitchen with mama. They are getting ready for school and if you have the text version you will see the text: "School Time!"

The following pages have all the little mice heading off to school with their books and backpacks... all but Bitty.  And Bitty mouse doesn't like this at all.  So she sneaks out to follow her siblings.  When she gets to school everyone is busy, but of course the teacher doesn't leave her outside.  She enters and watches all the classroom activities. And when the teacher finds her getting restless, she asks Bitty to be her helper.

And Bitty does help, but while occupied the teacher calls mom to let her know what is going on.  And by the time mom gets there, Bitty is tired and ready to go home.

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 Topic: SCHOOL at the Kindergarten reading level
 Topic: THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - books at the Kindergarten reading level
 Topic: SCHOOL at the 1st Grade reading level

 Review: TINY GOES BACK TO SCHOOL (Carl Meister)
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USE:  Perfect for the first days of school or to read before school starts.  SCHOOL can be used to remind children of what school is like, or to show some of the activities that take place at school so little ones will know what to expect on their first days.

SCHOOL can be used as a Primer/practice reader (see level below).  Even by children too young to read. It's been shown that pretending to read is a beneficial activity for pre-readers.  Looking at the images and then constructing a story exercises children's imaginations and gets them ready to interact with the world of print.

WHAT I REALLY THINK:  Children will enjoy the cute artwork and the fact that this book has lots of mice!  The simple sentences are there for practicing, but the original text-less use is just as useful.  A good book for school book baskets/shelves. 

Pam~


SCHOOL

Reading Information:
This book comes in two versions -- with and without words

With Words -- 105
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz:  100005
~ library find

Review: ANNA'S BEST FRIENDS (A Disney Frozen book)

3.85 STARS from 123 GoodReaders

Anna's Best Friends is an adorable little practice reader with short sentences and the large text that is perfect for First Grade level readers.

The book recaptures moments of the movie and relates them back to friendship and how friends help each other.  It mentions, for example, that sometimes sisters disagree, while at other times they are nice.  And Olaf, Sven, and Kristoff are shown helping Anna.

Here are the first two pages so you can get an idea of what this book is like.

At under $4 dollars this book is very affordable and it would be a great addition to the classroom or home shelves if there are Anna and Elsa fans about.

Pam~

Anna's Best Friends
(Step into Reading)
by Christy Webster

Reading Information:

Word Count: 98
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 163902
--library book
--amazon 

Review: BABY PANDAS by Bethany Olson

The BABY PANDAS book is a part of the Super Cute! series which features baby animals.  My library carries three of the titles, and out of the three this one is my favorite.

Besides having super cute pictures of pandas! BABY PANDAS actually has some words many children won't visually recognize, like groom, bond, bleat, and nurse.  And each of these really good vocabulary words gives adults like us a chance to discuss what they mean. 

all together now... ahhhhh :)

A Large font. Super simple sentences and pictures of pandas makes BABY PANDAS a book worth sharing.

The cub nurses
when it is young.
Later it eats
bamboo.

Pam~


BABY PANDAS
(Blastoff Readers: Super Cute)
by Bethany Olson

Reading Information:
Word Count: 104
Page Count:  24
Accelerated Reader: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162350
Lexile: 330L

The BABY CATS and BABY DOGS post has the reading levels for the entire series.  Find it here.

Review: BABY DOGS and BABY CATS by Kari Schuetz

THE SUPER CUTE! series features books at the First Grade Reading level.  There are 13 books in the series and each focuses on a baby animal -- Bears, Cats, Cows, Deer, Dogs, Goats, Horses, Monkeys, Pandas, Penguins, Rabbits, Sloths,and Wolves.

The books range from AR 1.0 to AR 1.7 , and have 99 to 121 words.  So not too much text.

One thing you should know is that this series is most likely meant for Libraries and Classrooms.  At least that's what the price and binding suggests.  But let me give you some information on the two books that my library has.

Review: BABY DOGS

BABY DOGS is one of the easiest practice readers in this series.

WHAT I LIKED about BABY DOGS were the simple sentences and the large font. I also liked that the pages are color saturated with cheerful photographs of puppies, their moms and human friends.

Here's the text from the first page:

Young dogs are

called puppies.

Dogs can be

puppies until

age 2.

In the photo below you can see that color runs from page edge to page edge.  And that the text is presented in a happy and non-threatening format.

It would have been nice if more types of puppies were shown, but Labs are certainly beautiful dogs, and ones that children are likely to be familiar with.

This book introduces a few terms --like bond -- that children might not be familiar with. And the glossary at the end gives adults a chance to show children how definitions can be looked up.  Contents address topics like what the definition of a puppy is, litters, cleaning, drinking milk and playing.  Also when a puppy can be adopted, and the fact that puppies 'bond' and learn 'commands'.


BABY DOGS would make a nice practice reader for young children. The large font and simple sentences were well chosen.  And Puppies certainly have a broad appeal.

Pam~


BABY DOGS
by Kari Schuetz

Reading Information:
Word Count: 106
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader:  1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162347
Lexile: 360L

Review: BABY CATS

BABY CATS is one of the books in this new BLASTOFF READERS series. It's at the mid-1st Grade level.

WHAT I LIKED about BABY CATS were the same things I liked about BABY DOGS.  The sentences were simple, the font was appropriately large, and photographs were large and cheerful.

Is this adorable or what?!?  So cute.

WHAT I DIDN'T particularly like was that some of the pictures were fuzzy. They might have done that for the cover, to give the beautiful little kitten a warm glow; but other pictures later in the book were also fuzzed.

In addition, I thought some of the content was 'a waste of time'. Whereas just about every text block in the BABY DOGS book provided information, this book pointed out that "kittens stretch out to relax. Big yawn!". And twice it talked about how cats/kittens snuggle for warmth, and twice it pointed out that kittens are cleaned with a tongue.


SO, BABY CATS is not quite as nice as the BABY DOGS book, but probably worth borrowing from the library, as the kitten photos --fuzzy or not-- are absolutely adorable. And this will certainly help motivate young readers.

Pam~


BABY CATS
by Bethany Olson

Word Count: 106
Accelerated Reader: 1.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162344 
Lexile: 420L

OTHER BOOKS IN THE SERIES

BABY GOATS
Word Count: 94
Accelerated Reading level: 1.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162378
Lexile: 300L

BABY HORSES
Word Count: 99
Accelerated Reader:  1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162348
Lexile: 430L

BABY PENGUINS
Word Count: 116
Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162379
Lexile: 330L

BABY PANDAS   -  This book now has it's own review. Find it here.
Word Count: 104
Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162350
Lexile: 330L

BABY MONKEYS

Word Count: 104

Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5

AR quiz: 162349

Lexile: 360L

BABY DEER
Word Count: 107
Accelerated Reading level: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162346 
Lexile: 320L

BABY WOLVES
Word Count: 121
Accelerated Reader:  1.3 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162623
Lexile: 390L

BABY COWS
Word Count: 108
Accelerated Reader:  1.3 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162345 
Lexile: 500L

BABY BEARS
Word Count: 112
Accelerated Reader:  1.3 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162377
Lexile: 460L

BABY RABBITS
Word Count: 107
Accelerated Reading level: 1.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162351 
Lexile: 440L

BABY SLOTHS
Word Count: 120
Accelerated Reading level: 1.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162352 
Lexile: 570L

Review: WE MARCH by Shane W. Evan

Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012

**Starred Review** Kirkus

**Starred Review** SchoolLibraryJournal

WE MARCH is brilliant.  With 61 words and 32 pages of drawings, Shane Evans manages to capture the essence of the 1963 March on Washington.

The morning is quiet.
The sun rises
and we prepare
to march.

We pray for strength.
We work together.
We come from all over...
to march.

We follow our leaders.
We walk together.
We sing.
We are hot and tired,
but we are filled with hope.

We lean on each other
as we march to justice,
to freedom,
to our dreams.

What the images show are people walking in the dark.  A family rising early to meet at a church where they and others make signs to take with on the buses that will take them to Washington, DC.

I love that all sorts of people are shown gathering for this purpose.  Black and white.  Male and female.  Old and young. In wheelchairs and of different religions. I like this because it allows adults to expand upon the message that this wasn't just the beginning of equal rights for people of different races, but for women and religious minorities, as well for those who are handicapped. 

Excellent book that can be shared across a range of ages.

Pam~


WE MARCH
by Shane W. Evan

Reading Information:
Word Count: 61
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.2 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 158349
Lexile: BR

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Review: FROM FLOWER TO HONEY by Robin Nelson

FROM FLOWER TO HONEY is a bright attractive book from Lerner Publishing and Robin Nelson.   

My favorite pages were the ones that showed the beautiful close-up photographs of bees. 

Although I also loved the bright orange text pages.  Very cheerful.

As you can see, the text is presented in a clear and uncluttered manner.  The table of contents pretty much exactly describes what's covered.

CONTENTS
Flowers open
Bees fly to the flowers
Bees drink nectar
Bees fly home
Bees store the nectar
A beekeeper takes the honeycomb
The beekeeper removes the honey
The beekeeper puts the honey in a jar
The hone is sent to stores
Time to eat!

Glossary
Index

The text accompanying the above photo is:

The beekeeper removes the honey.

The beekeeper puts the honeycomb into a
machine that spins.  The spinner squeezes
the honey out of the honeycomb.

FROM FLOWER TO HONEY is a book most of us would borrow, unless we had a classroom.  It does a nice job of giving children an idea of how honey gets to their grocery store.  (I don't know where they found that store, btw.  It's not somewhere I would frequent. A bit too rustic.)

Pam~


FROM FLOWER TO HONEY
by Robin Nelson

Reading Information:
Word Count: 274
Page Count:  24
Accelerated Reader: 1.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 58748
Lexile: 460L

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MR. TIGER GOES WILD

What a fun book.  MR. TIGER GOES WILD is just really appealing, from Peter Brown's selection of bright orange for Mr. Tiger (versus the muted colors for other folk), right down to the cover, which you can see below.

You can't tell it from this image but the cover is ribbed, giving the stripes a cool texture.

The story is about Mr. Tiger's search for balance in his life.  As he appears in the first few pages he is very formal Edwardian-type creature.  And in fact his world is formal and prim. And not surprisingly, Mr. Tiger isn't exactly happy.

So he decides to make some changes: starting with walking on all fours.

Other changes follow and soon Mr. Tiger has dropped more of his inhibitions, and he's having so much fun that his friends can't help but join him.

Not that Mr. Tiger and his buddies stay in the wild.  No, eventually they return, but now they know they can be a little more happy with some balance.

I loved the artwork and really liked the story as my kids and I can certainly relate to the need to have down-time.  Like the time we set apart for running and laughing LOUDLY at the park. And also I like that the story gives the greenlight to experimentation and following the path that's right for us.

Great read.  Good Read-aloud.

Pam~

MR. TIGER GOES WILD
by Peter Brown

Reading Information:
Word Count: 191
Page Count:  48
Accelerated Reader: 1.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 163393
Lexile: AD170L

1ST GRADE ACCLERATED READING BOOK LIST

This list features 800+ books at the 1st Grade Reading level. It can be used to verify what level a book is at.  Or it can be used to find new books for your young reader(s).

The books are divided into 3 subcategories for convenience.  

AR 1.0 to 1.2

AR 1.3 to 1.6

AR 1.7 to 1.9

Kindergarten level books here

1.7 to 1.9 Accelerated Reading Book List

This Accelerated Reader Book List features books for readers at the higher First Grade level.

Title	Author	Reading Level	Pts

3 Little Firefighters	Murphy, Stuart J.	1.7	0.5
Across the Stream	Ginsburg, Mirra	1.7	0.5
Addie Meets Max	Robins, Joan	1.7	0.5
Amazing Animals	Franco, Betsy	1.7	0.5
Arthur to the Rescue	Brown, Marc	1.7	0.5
Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race	Berenstain, Stan/Jan	1.7	0.5
DEL	DEL	DEL	DEL
Big Bird's Copycat Day	Lerner, Sharon	1.7	0.5
Big Dog...Little Dog	Eastman, P.D.	1.7	0.5
Big Honey Hunt, The	Berenstain, Stan/Jan	1.7	0.5
Big Mile Race, The	Kessler, Leonard	1.7	0.5
Boss for a Day	De Paola, Tomie	1.7	0.5
Bulldogs	Rake, Jody Sullivan	1.7	0.5
Catch Me If You Can!	Most, Bernard	1.7	0.5
Circle Dogs	Henkes, Kevin	1.7	0.5
Clifford's First Snow Day	Bridwell, Norman	1.7	0.5
Clifford's Loose Tooth	Bridwell/Lewison	1.7	0.5
Copycat	Brown, Ruth	1.7	0.5
Corduroy Makes a Cake	Freeman/Inches	1.7	0.5
Cow That Got Her Wish, The	Hillert, Margaret	1.7	0.5
Crossing the Road	Cowley, Joy	1.7	0.5
Day the Sheep Showed Up	McPhail, David	1.7	0.5
Dog Who Cried "Woof!"	Barkly, Bob	1.7	0.5
Dozen Dizzy Dogs, A	Hooks, William	1.7	0.5
Echo, The	Cowley, Joy	1.7	0.5
Enormous Potato, The	Davis, Aubrey	1.7	0.5
Everything to Spend the Night from A to Z	Paul, Ann Whitford	1.7	0.5
Fish out of Water	Palmer, Helen	1.7	0.5
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree	Christelow, Eileen	1.7	0.5
Froggy's Baby Sister	London, Jonathan	1.7	0.5
Geraldine's Blanket	Keller, Holly	1.7	0.5
Girl, a Goat, and a Goose, A	McPhail, David	1.7	0.5
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?	Yolen, Jane	1.7	0.5
Huggly Gets Dressed	Arnold, Tedd	1.7	0.5
Huggly Takes a Bath	Arnold, Tedd	1.7	0.5
I Like Ketchup Sandwiches	Conway, Lisa	1.7	0.5
I Won't Go to Bed!	Ziefert, Harriet	1.7	0.5
Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors	Kassirer, Sue	1.7	0.5
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat	Taback, Simms	1.7	0.5
Just Camping Out	Mayer, Mercer	1.7	0.5
Just Shopping with Mom	Mayer, Mercer	1.7	0.5
Kick, Pass, and Run	Kessler, Leonard	1.7	0.5
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub	Wood, Audrey	1.7	0.5
Labradors	Miller, Connie Colwell	1.7	0.5
Little Granny Quarterback	Martin/Sampson	1.7	0.5
Little Quack's Hide and Seek	Thompson, Lauren	1.7	0.5
Look Whooo's Counting	MacDonald, Suse	1.7	0.5
Louie	Keats, Ezra Jack	1.7	0.5
Maisy, Charley, and the Wobbly Tooth	Cousins, Lucy	1.7	0.5
Math in the Bath (and Other Fun Places, Too!)	Atherlay, Sara	1.7	0.5
Mean Soup	Everitt, Betsy	1.7	0.5
Messy Bessey's Closet	McKissack, Patricia C.	1.7	0.5
Minerva Louise and the Colorful Eggs	Stoeke, Janet Morgan	1.7	0.5
Minerva Louise at School	Stoeke, Janet Morgan	1.7	0.5
Miss Bindergarten Takes a Field Trip with Kindergarten	Slate, Joseph	1.7	0.5
Mom and Dad Don't Live Together Any More	Stinson, Kathy	1.7	0.5
Moo Moo, Brown Cow	Wood, Jakki	1.7	0.5
Moo Who?	Palatini, Margie	1.7	0.5
Moon Boy	Brenner, Barbara	1.7	0.5
Mother, Mother I Want Another	Polushkin, Maria	1.7	0.5
My Brother, Ant	Byars, Betsy	1.7	0.5
My Brother, the Pest	Bernstein, Margery	1.7	0.5
My Pet Turtle	Reber, Deborah	1.7	0.5
New Kid in Town	Mayer, Mercer	1.7	0.5
No More Monsters for Me	Parish, Peggy	1.7	0.5
Northwoods Cradle Song	Wood, Douglas	1.7	0.5
Nuts to You!	Ehlert, Lois	1.7	0.5
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish	Seuss, Dr.	1.7	0.5
P.J. Funnybunny Camps Out	Sadler, Marilyn	1.7	0.5
Pete Pig Cleans Up	Hulbert, Jay	1.7	0.5
Pig in the Pond, The	Waddell, Martin	1.7	0.5
Puddle, The	McPhail, David	1.7	0.5
Pup and Hound Catch a Thief	Hood, Susan	1.7	0.5
Pup and Hound Lost and Found	Hood, Susan	1.7	0.5
Purple Snerd, The	Williams, Rozanne Lanczak	1.7	0.5
Quick as a Cricket	Wood, Audrey	1.7	0.5
Rain	Stojic, Manya	1.7	0.5
Runaway Rabbit, The	Bridwell/Margulies	1.7	0.5
Sam and the Firefly	Eastman, P.D.	1.7	0.5
Sam Goes to School	Labatt, Mary	1.7	0.5
Shape of Me and Other Stuff	Seuss, Dr.	1.7	0.5
Shoe Town	Stevens/Crummel	1.7	0.5
Sir Small and the Dragonfly	O'Connor, Jane	1.7	0.5
Snow Child, The	Ziefert, Harriet	1.7	0.5
Splishy-Sploshy	Cowley, Joy	1.7	0.5
Stray Dog: From a True Story	Simot, Marc	1.7	0.5
Super Fly Guy	Arnold, Tedd	1.7	0.5
Ten Red Apples	Hutchins, Pat	1.7	0.5
To Market, To Market	Miranda, Anne	1.7	0.5
Tom and Pippo on the Beach	Oxenbury, Helen	1.7	0.5
Tough Boris	Fox, Mem	1.7	0.5
Train Ride Story, The	Cowley, Joy	1.7	0.5
Trash!	Cowley, Joy	1.7	0.5
Very Boastful Kangaroo, The	Most, Bernard	1.7	0.5
Voice for Her People	Foss, Flora	1.7	0.5
Wall, The	Cruz, Alvaro	1.7	0.5
Weather, The	Cutting, Brian/Jillian	1.7	0.5
Well-Used Coat, The	Szlachta, Eleanor	1.7	0.5
What a Pest!	Cocca-Leffler, Maryann	1.7	0.5
All Alone	Henkes, Kevin	1.8	0.5
All Tutus Should Be Pink	Brownrigg, Sheri	1.8	0.5
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping	Parish, Peggy	1.8	0.5
Apple Farmer Annie	Wellington, Monica	1.8	0.5
B. Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone, The	Berenstain, Stan/Jan	1.8	0.5
Baby Moses	Hayward, Linda	1.8	0.5
Baby Sister Says No	Mayer, Mercer	1.8	0.5
Bailey Goes Camping	Henkes, Kevin	1.8	0.5
Beef Stew	Brenner, Barbara	1.8	0.5
Bein' with You This Way	Nikola-Lisa, W.	1.8	0.5
Berenstain Bears and the Missing Dinosaur Bone, The	Berenstain, Stan/Jan	1.8	0.5
Best Vacation Ever, The	Murphy, Stuart J.	1.8	0.5
Big Bad Rumor, The	Meres, Jonathan	1.8	0.5
Bloodhounds	Miller, Connie Colwell	1.8	0.5
Bounce, Tigger, Bounce	Gaines, Isabel	1.8	0.5
Carrot Soup	Segal, John	1.8	0.5
Chihuahuas	Miller, Connie Colwell	1.8	0.5
Clifford Gets a Job	Bridwell, Norman	1.8	0.5
Clifford's First Autumn	Bridwell, Norman	1.8	0.5
Clifford's Halloween	Bridwell, Norman	1.8	0.5
Clifford's Sports Day	Bridwell, Norman	1.8	0.5
Clifford's Tricks	Bridwell, Norman	1.8	0.5
Cocker Spaniels	Miller, Connie Colwell	1.8	0.5
Cork & Fuzz: Good Sports	Chaconas, Dori	1.8	0.5
Dad's Dinosaur Day	Hearn, Diane	1.8	0.5
Dancing Class (I'm Going to Read!)	Haley, Amanda	1.8	0.5
Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp	Hoff, Syd	1.8	0.5
Day the Teacher Went Bananas, The	Howe, James	1.8	0.5
Digby and Kate 1, 2, 3	Baker, Barbara	1.8	0.5
Dog and Cat Shake a Leg	Spohn, Kate	1.8	0.5
Dog Who Cried Wolf, The	Kasza, Keiko	1.8	0.5
Dora's Big Dig	Inches, Alison	1.8	0.5
Down in the Woods at Sleepytime	Schaefer, Carole Lexa	1.8	0.5
Dozen Dozens, A	Ziefert, Harriet	1.8	0.5
Earl's Too Cool for Me	Komaiko, Leah	1.8	0.5
Early Bird, The	Scarry, Richard	1.8	0.5
English Springer Spaniels	Rake, Jody Sullivan	1.8	0.5
Farley Found It!	Patter, Bruce Van	1.8	0.5
Farmer Brown's Birthday Surpris	Julius, Jennifer	1.8	0.5
Fire Truck	Sis, Peter	1.8	0.5
First Night/Amanda Dade's New Year's Parade	Ziefert, Harriet	1.8	0.5
Fox and the Stork, The	McDermott, Gerald	1.8	0.5
Fox in Love	Marshall, Edward	1.8	0.5
Fred Stays with Me!	Coffelt, Nancy	1.8	0.5
Froggy Gets Dressed	London, Jonathan	1.8	0.5
Frogs	Driscoll, Laura	1.8	0.5
Ghost and Pete	Dodds, Dayle Ann	1.8	0.5
Goggles!	Keats, Ezra Jack	1.8	0.5
Goodnight Moon	Brown, Margaret Wise	1.8	0.5
Great Bug Hunt, The	Dobkin, Bonnie	1.8	0.5
Grizzly and the Bumble-bee (Sunshine Level 2)	Cowley, Joy	1.8	0.5
Happy Birthday, Eeyore!	Gaines, Isabel	1.8	0.5
Hattie and the Fox	Fox, Mem	1.8	0.5
Hello, Hello!	Schlein, Miriam	1.8	0.5
Hi, Cat!	Keats, Ezra Jack	1.8	0.5
Hot City	Joosse, Barbara M.	1.8	0.5
How Do Plants Get Food?	Goldish, Meish	1.8	0.5
Hulk Escapes, The	Figueroa, Acton	1.8	0.5
I Am the Hulk	Figueroa, Acton	1.8	0.5
In the Rain with Baby Duck	Hest, Amy	1.8	0.5
In-Line Skating (Wonder Books)	Klingel/Noyed	1.8	0.5
Inch by Inch	Lionni, Leo	1.8	0.5
Janie in Old California	Timin, Henry	1.8	0.5
Johnny Appleseed	Demuth, Patricia	1.8	0.5
Joy Boys, The	Byars, Betsy	1.8	0.5
Just Me and My Cousin	Mayer, Mercer	1.8	0.5
Just Me and My Little Sister	Mayer, Mercer	1.8	0.5
Know-Nothings, The	Spirn, Michele Sobel	1.8	0.5
Knoxville, Tennessee	Giovanni, Nikki	1.8	0.5
Komodo!	Sis, Peter	1.8	0.5
Let's Take the Bus	Economos, Christine	1.8	0.5
Life with Max	Carlson, Judy	1.8	0.5
Little Family, The	Lenski, Lois	1.8	0.5
Little Louie the Baby Bloomer	Kraus, Robert	1.8	0.5
Little Quack's New Friend	Thompson, Lauren	1.8	0.5
Lizzy and Skunk	Fitzpatrick, Marie-Louise	1.8	0.5
Locked Ou	Janssen, Midge	1.8	0.5
Mama Will Be Home Soon	Minchella, Nancy	1.8	0.5
Marsh Music	Berkes, Marianne	1.8	0.5
Minerva Louise at the Fair	Stoeke, Janet Morgan	1.8	0.5
Mixed-Up Chameleon, The	Carle, Eric	1.8	0.5
Mouse Makes Magic	Heling/Hembrook	1.8	0.5
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You?	Seuss, Dr.	1.8	0.5
Mrs. Pye's Pool	Eggleton, Jill	1.8	0.5
My Apron	Carle, Eric	1.8	0.5
My Big Sister	Fisher, Valorie	1.8	0.5
My Teacher for President	Winters, Kay	1.8	0.5
Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten, The	Kellogg, Steven	1.8	0.5
New Kid, The	Economos, Christine	1.8	0.5
New Pig in Town	Wheeler, Lisa	1.8	0.5
No Bath Tonight!	Ziefert, Harriet	1.8	0.5
No Monsters Here	Jennings, Sharon	1.8	0.5
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!	Seuss, Dr.	1.8	0.5
Old Dog, The	Zolotow, Charlotte	1.8	0.5
On Noah's Ark	Brett, Jan	1.8	0.5
One Nosy Pup	Wallace, Carol	1.8	0.5
Paperwhite	Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth	1.8	0.5
Paul the Pitcher	Sharp, Paul	1.8	0.5
Pelican, The	Cutting, Brian/Jillian	1.8	0.5
Penrod's Pants	Christian, Mary Blount	1.8	0.5
Peter's Chair	Keats, Ezra Jack	1.8	0.5
Piggle	Bonsall, Crosby	1.8	0.5
Princess and the Pea, The	Ziefert, Harriet	1.8	0.5
Roller Coaster	Frazee, Marla	1.8	0.5
Ruthie's Big Old Coat	Lacome, Julie	1.8	0.5
Sam at the Seaside	Labatt, Mary	1.8	0.5
Samantha the Snob	Cristaldi, Kathryn	1.8	0.5
She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain	Emmett, Jonathan	1.8	0.5
Sheep Trick or Treat	Shaw, Nancy	1.8	0.5
Shih Tzus	Linden, Joanne	1.8	0.5
Siberian Huskies	Olson, Gillia M.	1.8	0.5
Spider's Lunch: All About Garden Spiders	Cole, Joanna	1.8	0.5
Spiders and Webs	Lunn, Carolyn	1.8	0.5
That Apple Is Mine!	Suteev/Arnold	1.8	0.5
There Once Was a Man Named Michael Finnegan	Hoberman, Mary Ann	1.8	0.5
There's a Monster Under My Bed	Howe, James	1.8	0.5
Thesaurus Rex	Steinberg, Laya	1.8	0.5
Three by the Sea	Marshall, Edward	1.8	0.5
Three Wishes	Ziefert, Harriet	1.8	0.5
Tidy Titch	Hutchins, Pat	1.8	0.5
Tiger Can't Sleep	Fore, S.J.	1.8	0.5
Tough Cookie	Wisniewski, David	1.8	0.5
Two Crazy Pigs	Nagel, Karen Berman	1.8	0.5
What Santa Can't Do	Wood, Douglas	1.8	0.5
Where's Harley?	Felton, Carol/Amanda	1.8	0.5
Widget & the Puppy	McFarland, Lyn Rossiter	1.8	0.5
Windy Day, The	Bridwell/Fry	1.8	0.5
Yorkshire Terriers	Linden, Joanne	1.8	0.5
Airedale Terriers	Rake, Jody Sullivan	1.9	0.5
All Stuck Up	Hayward, Linda	1.9	0.5
Animal Music	Ziefert, Harriet	1.9	0.5
Arthur's Lost Puppy	Brown, Marc	1.9	0.5
At the Carnival	Valdes, Leslie	1.9	0.5
At the Crossroads	Isadora, Rachel	1.9	0.5
B. Bears on the Moon, The	Berenstain, Stan/Jan	1.9	0.5
Baby Duck and the Bad Eyeglasses	Hest, Amy	1.9	0.5
Baby Shoes	Slater, Dashka	1.9	0.5
Babymouse: Rock Star	Holm, Jennifer L.	1.9	0.5
Bear's Bicycle, The	McLeod, Emilie Warren	1.9	0.5
Bears' Christmas, The	Berenstain, Stan/Jan	1.9	0.5
Bears' Picnic, The	Berenstain, Stan/Jan	1.9	0.5
Bichons Frises	Miller, Connie Colwell	1.9	0.5
Blue Horse	Stephens, Helen	1.9	0.5
Bookstore Ghost, The	Maitland, Barbara	1.9	0.5
Bounce	Cronin, Doreen	1.9	0.5
Bug Dance	Murphy, Stuart J.	1.9	0.5
Carrot Seed, The	Krauss, Ruth	1.9	0.5
Cats Are Like That	Weston, Martha	1.9	0.5
Chester	Hoff, Syd	1.9	0.5
Class Trip	Mayer, Mercer	1.9	0.5
Clifford Goes to Dog School	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford Grows Up	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's Best Friend: A Story About Emily Elizabeth	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's Christmas	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's First Christmas	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's First Halloween	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's Happy Easter	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's Happy Mother's Day	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's Kitten	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's Manners	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Clifford's Puppy Days	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Cock-a-Doodle-Moo!	Most, Bernard	1.9	0.5
Collies	Rake, Jody Sullivan	1.9	0.5
Cork & Fuzz	Chaconas, Dori	1.9	0.5
Cry Baby	Brown, Ruth	1.9	0.5
Digby and Kate and the Beautiful Day	Baker, Barbara	1.9	0.5
Don't Wake Up Mama!	Christelow, Eileen	1.9	0.5
Doorbell Rang, The	Hutchins, Pat	1.9	0.5
Dora's Easter Basket	Willson, Sarah	1.9	0.5
Elephant's Trunk (Sunshine Level 2), The	Cutting, Brian/Jillian	1.9	0.5
Fat Cat Sat on the Mat, The	Karlin, Nurit	1.9	0.5
Feed Me!	Hooks, William	1.9	0.5
Fiesta Fiasco	Paul, Ann Whitford	1.9	0.5
Friend for Sam, A	Labatt, Mary	1.9	0.5
Good-Bye Book, The	Viorst, Judith	1.9	0.5
Great Danes	Miller, Connie Colwell	1.9	0.5
Great Fuzz Frenzy, The	Stevens, Janet	1.9	0.5
Great-Uncle Alfred Forgets	Shecter, Ben	1.9	0.5
Happy Birthday, Danny and the Dinosaur!	Hoff, Syd	1.9	0.5
Has Anyone Here Seen William?	Graham, Bob	1.9	0.5
Hole in the Hedge (Sunshine Level 2), The	Massam-Windsor, Jo	1.9	0.5
Horse, The	Cutting, Brian/Jillian	1.9	0.5
In My New Yellow Shirt	Spinelli, Eileen	1.9	0.5
Incredible Me!	Appelt, Kathi	1.9	0.5
It's Funny Where Ben's Train Takes Him	Burleigh, Robert	1.9	0.5
Just Grandpa and Me	Mayer, Mercer	1.9	0.5
Just My Friend and Me	Mayer, Mercer	1.9	0.5
Keep Your Distance!	Herman, Gail	1.9	0.5
Let's Go, Froggy!	London, Jonathan	1.9	0.5
Letters from a New Home (MH 2003 Edition)	Castagliola, Anne M.	1.9	0.5
Little Rabbit and the Sea	Bishop, Gavin	1.9	0.5
Little White Duck	Whippo, Walt	1.9	0.5
Lottie's New Beach Towel	Mathers, Petra	1.9	0.5
Lucky Song	Williams, Vera B.	1.9	0.5
Magic Porridge Pot, The	Ziefert, Harriet	1.9	0.5
Manana, Iguana	Paul, Ann Whitford	1.9	0.5
Mighty Maddie	Murphy, Stuart J.	1.9	0.5
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the Last Day of Kindergarten	Slate, Joseph	1.9	0.5
Miss Bindergarten Plans a Circus with Kindergarten	Slate, Joseph	1.9	0.5
Missing Mittens	Murphy, Stuart J.	1.9	0.5
Missing Tooth, The	Cole, Joanna	1.9	0.5
Moon Jump: A Countdown	Brown, Paula	1.9	0.5
Mouse Practice	McCully, Emily Arnold	1.9	0.5
My Daddy	Paradis, Susan	1.9	0.5
My Dog Toby	Zimmerman/Clemesha	1.9	0.5
Mystery of the Stolen Blue Paint, The	Kellogg, Steven	1.9	0.5
New Baby, The	Mayer, Mercer	1.9	0.5
Nina, Nina Ballerina	O'Connor, Jane	1.9	0.5
Old Green Machine (Sunshine Level 2), The	Noonan, Diana	1.9	0.5
Olivia Saves the Circus	Falconer, Ian	1.9	0.5
On the Move	Heiligman, Deborah	1.9	0.5
Oops, Clifford!	Bridwell, Norman	1.9	0.5
Papa Small	Lenski, Lois	1.9	0.5
Peace at Last	Murphy, Jill	1.9	0.5
Perfect Pets	Domino, Rob	1.9	0.5
Peter's Picture	Gorbachev, Valeri	1.9	0.5
Rabbit Moon	Rowe, John A.	1.9	0.5
Ringo Saves the Day!	Clements, Andrew	1.9	0.5
Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat	Giff, Patricia Reilly	1.9	0.5
Round Trip	Jonas, Ann	1.9	0.5
Russell the Sheep	Scotton, Rob	1.9	0.5
Scruffy	Parish, Peggy	1.9	0.5
Seven Blind Mice	Young, Ed	1.9	0.5
Show-and-Tell Surprise, The	Bridwell/Marguiles	1.9	0.5
Signs	Cutting, Brian/Jillian	1.9	0.5
Soup	Cowley, Joy	1.9	0.5
Spike in Trouble	Bogan, Paulette	1.9	0.5
Stop-Go, Fast-Slow	McLenighan, Valjean	1.9	0.5
Summer Sun Risin'	Nikola-Lisa, W.	1.9	0.5
Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia	Parish, Peggy	1.9	0.5
Tiger Trail	Winters, Kay	1.9	0.5
Toby, Who Are You?	Steig, William	1.9	0.5
Trouble on the T-Ball Team	Bunting, Eve	1.9	0.5
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bug	Ross, Katharine	1.9	0.5
What's in a Box?	Boivin, Kelly	1.9	0.5
Wheels Around	Rotner, Shelley	1.9	0.5
Winners Never Quit!	Hamm, Mia	1.9	0.5
Workshop	Clements, Andrew	1.9	0.5
Yoo Hoo, Moon!	Blocksma, Mary	1.9	0.5
Zoo Olympics, The	Cowley, Joy	1.9	0.5

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Slighter harder First Grade books -- AR 1.0 to 1.2
Even harder First Grade books -- AR 1.3 to 1.6


compiled by Pam