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The Brightest Night

Written by Tui Sutherland
One will have the power of wings of fire . . . Sunny has always taken the Dragonet Prophecy very...
3rd - 7th
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Monster Blood For Breakfast!

Written by R. L. Stine
For an athlete like Matt Daniels, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's also the...
3rd - 7th
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The Lost Heir

Written by Tui Sutherland
The Wings of Fire saga continues with a thrilling underwater adventure--and a mystery that will...
3rd - 7th
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The Magician's Hat

Written by Malcolm Mitchell and Illustrated by Dennis Campay
"David, the Magician, loves to perform magic but his favorite trick is not pulling a rabbit out of a...
1st - 2nd

Leveled Reading Passage: Hans Christian Andersen (Hard)

Hans Christian Andersen is renowned for his alluring and captivating fairy tales. Many people think of fairy tales as stories that are passed down from generation to generation, such as with Grimm’s Fairy tales. The Brothers Grimm didn’t make up their fairy tales and many of them were centuries old. They traveled around Germany looking for people who could tell them local fairy tales and stories to record in their books. They published these fairy tales in several volumes of books in the 1800s.

Leveled Reading Passage: Hans Christian Andersen (Medium)

 

Hans Christian Andersen wrote many famous fairy tales. Some people think of fairy tales as stories that are passed down for generations such as with Grimm’s Fairy tales. The Brothers Grimm published their fairy tales in several volumes of books in the 1800s. They traveled around Germany looking for people who could tell them local fairy tales. They recorded these stories in their books. The Brothers Grimm didn’t make up their fairy tales. Most of them were centuries old.

Leveled Reading Passage: Hans Christian Andersen (Easy)

Hans Christian Andersen wrote many famous fairy tales. Some people think of fairy tales as stories passed down from generation to generation. These types of fairy tales became popular through the Brothers Grimm. The Brothers Grimm didn’t make up their fairy tales. Most of them were centuries old. The Grimm Brothers traveled around Germany looking for people who could tell them local fairy tales. They recorded these stories. Then they published them in several volumes of books in the 1800s.

Leveled Reading Passage: Jupiter and the Bee (Hard)

At the beginning of time, many things were different than they are today. In those early days, the honeybee had no stinger. Without a stinger, the honeybee could not protect her honey. The honeybee worked very hard to make her honey, but people would often come and take her honey from her. This made the honeybee very angry.

The honeybee decided to ask the gods to help her protect her honey. She took some of her finest honey and flew to Mount Olympus where the gods lived.

Leveled Reading Passage: Jupiter and the Bee (Medium)

At the beginning of time, the honeybee had no stinger. This left the bee with no way to protect her honey. The bee worked very hard to make her honey. But people were always taking it from her. This made the bee mad. The bee needed help. She needed a way to protect her honey.


The bee decided to ask the gods for help. She took some of her best honey. Then she flew to Mount Olympus. That is where the gods lived.

 

The bee went to see Jupiter. Jupiter was king of the gods. She brought him the honey as a gift.

 

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Peter Pan y Wendy (Great Reads Spanish)

Written by Dalmatian Press
The Darling children are tucked up in bed when Peter Pan bursts in to their nursery. Peter and his...
3rd - 6th