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Age Range

5 - 7

Grade Level

1st - 2nd

ISBN

9781338101096

Themes

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If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!

Written by Elise Parsley

Magnolia is determined to have the best show-and-tell of all—until her reptilian rapscallion starts getting her into some major trouble. "A steady stream of laughs."—Publishers Weekly

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Age Range

5 - 7

Grade Level

1st - 2nd

ISBN

9781338101096

Themes

award winners & favorites

Additional Book Resources

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Llama Llama and the Bully Goat

Written and Illustrated by Anna Dewdney

Llama Llama likes school, but he doesn't like being teased by Gilroy Goat. Then he remembers that...

Pre-K - K

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Rae's First Day

Written by Danny Jordan and Illustrated by Agustina Perciante

Rae is like many five year olds with one BIG exception: she has a super-secret superpower. Unlike...

Pre-K - 3rd

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The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Dragons Don't Throw Snowball Fights

Written by Debbie Dadey

Ghosts and ghouls Humor and suspense! This chapter book series presents a plucky group of third...

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Scholastic Reader Level 1—I Spy: I Spy School

Written by Jean Marzollo

Simple words and short sentences make these lively books perfect for the newest readers.

Pre-K - 1st

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Ready, Freddy!: ¡Ruedo como puedo!

Written by Abby Klein

Humorous, authentic, and drawn from real experiences in the classroom, this series knows exactly...

1st - 2nd

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Slam!

Written by Walter Dean Myers

Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris thinks that basketball is his ticket out of Harlem, but first he must come to terms with many difficult realities of his life.

7th - 12th

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Adele & Simon

Written by Barbara McClintock

When Simon's older sister, Adèle, picks him up from school, he has his hat and gloves and scarf and...

Pre-K - 3rd

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Unicorns Don't Give Sleigh Rides (The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #28)

Written by Debbie Dadey & Marcia T. Jones and Illustrated by John Steven Gurney

Liza is on her way to the local stables when she slips on the snow and hurts herself! Out of nowhere, a sleigh pulled by a white unicorn appears and takes her all the way to the stable. Her friends don't believe it was really a unicorn; Liza must have been seeing things! But Liza is determined to prove that she knows what she saw!

2nd - 5th

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