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Curious World of Calpurnia Tate

Written by Kelly and Jacqueline
Callie Vee, Travis, Granddaddy, and the whole Tate clan are back in this charming follow-up to...
4th - 6th
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Dear Hank Williams

Written by Holt and Kimberly Willis
It's 1948 in Rippling Creek, Louisiana, and Tate P. Ellerbee's new teacher has just given her class...
3rd - 4th
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Dream a Little Dream: The Silver Trilogy

Written by Kerstin Gier
Mysterious doors with lizard-head knobs. Talking stone statues. A crazy girl with a hatchet. Yes...
7th - 12th
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Dream On: The Silver Trilogy

Written by Kerstin Geir
Things seem to be going well for Liv Silver: she's adjusting to her new home (and her new family) in...
7th - 12th
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Elvis The Story of the Rock and Roll King

Written by Christensen and Bonnie and Illustrated by Bonnie
An only child, a mama's boy―Elvis was a shy kid who struggled to make friends and found comfort...
2nd - 3rd
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Fab Four Friends The Boys Who Became the Beatles

Written by Reich and Susanna and Illustrated by Gustavson
In 1957 in Liverpool, England, a young lad named John Lennon and his band played music at a local...
2nd - 3rd
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Falling Into the Dragon's Mouth

Written by Thompson and Holly and Illustrated by Huynh
In a Japanese seaside neighborhood lives Jason Parker: a sixth grader one year older than his...
6th - 12th
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Finding Someplace

Written by Patrick and Denise Lewis

Reesie Boone just knows that thirteen is going to be her best year yet-this will be the year she...

4th - 6th
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Gilded Cage

Written by Lucinda Gray
After growing up on a farm in Virginia, Walthingham Hall in England seems like another world to...
7th - 12th
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It's Raining Bats & Frogs

Written by Rebecca Colby and Illustrated by Steven Henry
A little witch named Delia has been looking forward all year to flying in the annual Witch Parade...
Pre-K - K
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The August 5

Written by Jenna Helland
Fourteen-year-old Tommy Shore lives a life of privilege: he has the finest clothing, food, and...
6th - 9th
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Chocolate Fever

Written by Robert Kimmel Smith and Illustrated by ‎Gioia Fiammenghi
Henry Green loved chocolate probably more than anybody in the world. So much so, that he made...
3rd - 7th
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Girl, Stolen

Written by April Henry
Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne is waiting in the car while her mom fills a prescription to treat her...
7th - 12th
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The House That Jane Built

Written by Tanya Lee Stone and Illustrated by Kathryn Brown
This is the story of Jane Addams, who transformed her house in Chicago into a community center...
1st - 4th

Leveled Reading Passage: Annie Christmas (Hard)

After reading John Henry: An American Legend, choose from three leveled reading passages that relate...

Leveled Reading Passage: Annie Christmas (Medium)

After reading John Henry: An American Legend, choose from three leveled reading passages that relate...

Leveled Reading Passage: Peach and the Giant James

After reading James and the Giant Peach, choose from three leveled reading passages that relate in...

Leveled Reading Passage: Peach and the Giant James

After reading James and the Giant Peach, choose from three leveled reading passages that relate in...
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Clara Caterpillar

Written by Pamela Duncan Edwards and Illustrated by Henry Cole
Shy Clara the cabbage caterpillar is reluctant to emerge from her egg. Once she does, she is greeted...
Pre-K - 1st
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John Henry: An American Legend

Written and Illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats
The story of John Henry and how he used his hammer to lay railroad tracks across prairies and...
Pre-K - 2nd
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James and the Giant Peach

Written by Roald Dahl
After James Henry Trotter’s parents die, he is forced to live with his mean aunts: Spiker and Sponge...
3rd - 7th
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Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party

Written by Ying Chang Compestine
The year is 1976, and China is still experiencing the repercussions of the Cultural Revolution. Ling...
5th - 9th
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The Incredible Book Eating Boy

Written and Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Henry was a voracious eater—of books. He ate all kinds, including big books, picture books, and...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Cloudette

Written and Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld
Cloudette is a small cloud who wants to do big things. When a big storm blows her into an unknown...
Pre-K - 2nd

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