A Clown Face
Level F,
fiction
A Clown Face is about a clown putting on her makeup. Children will enjoy recounting each step the clown takes in getting ready for a performance. They might even use the book as a guide to becoming clowns themselves!
Firefighters
Level F,
nonfiction
Firefighting is serious business. Readers learn about the many challenges firefighters face and the kinds of equipment they use to do their job. It's a challenging undertaking and a very important one. Firefighters work to keep people and property safe. Informative photographs support the text.
Best of Friends
Level F,
fiction
Tiger and Lily hissed at each other. They were enemies. Will they become the best of friends? Best of Friends provides the opportunity to practice retelling and identifying cause-and-effect relationships. Repetitive language and high-frequency words make this a great book for emergent readers. Illustrations support the text.
Gaggle, Herd, and Murder
Level F,
nonfiction
Readers may have heard about a pack of wolves or a litter of puppies, but do they know which animals make up a gaggle or a murder? In Gaggle, Herd, and Murder, readers learn the meaning of these terms and more. Engaging photographs support the text.
Glassblowing
Level F,
nonfiction
Glassblowing introduces readers to the art of blown glass. This informational book, told from the first-person point of view of a glassblower, takes the reader through the process of making a glass bowl. Descriptive words and action verbs, together with step-by-step photographs, make this an enjoyable book for early readers.
Farm Friends
Level F,
fiction
Bonk visits Jupe's grandpa and grandma on a farm. Bonk is hesitant at first, but as it turns out, life on the farm is fun and delicious! Charming illustrations complement the text.
Hibernation
Level F,
nonfiction
Have you ever wondered why some animals hibernate during the cold winter months? Where do they sleep? How do they survive? Hibernation provides information about animals that hibernate and how they stay alive during the winter months. Amazing pictures bring the text to life and draw young readers into the book.
How is the Weather Today?
Level F,
nonfiction
How is the Weather Today? introduces readers to various types of weather that occur during each season. The text discusses typical activities and clothing for each type of weather. Supportive illustrations accompany the text.
Hide and Seek with Zog
Level F,
fiction
In this delightful Monsters story, a shy new monster moves in next door to Jupe. Despite Jupe's attempts to bring her out of her hiding places, Zog is just too shy. But when there's a knock on the door, a tea party waiting on the lawn, and a giggle coming from behind the bush, Zog overcomes her fears.
How to Make a Snow Person
Level F,
nonfiction
Students will learn about how to make a snow person from paper and snow as they read this procedural text. High-frequency words and supportive photographs make this a great how-to book for early readers.
Josh Gets Glasses
Level F,
fiction
Josh Gets Glasses is a story about a boy named Josh who finds out that he needs to get glasses. Josh is not happy about the prospect of wearing glasses and thinks that he will look silly. Fortunately, his eye doctor tells him that many people wear glasses, which help them to do all sorts of amazing things.
Mother's Day
Level F,
fiction
Mother's Day is a delightful story about a boy who, with the help of his father, prepares a special breakfast for his mom on Mother's Day. Illustrations reinforce the repetitive text pattern.
Our Camping Trip
Level F,
fiction
Even students who have never been camping will enjoy this story of a family's overnight camping trip. Told in first-person point of view and cleverly illustrated by 'photographs' taken by the young boy, Our Camping Trip uses simple dialogue and repetitive text to ensure readers' success.
Scaredy Crow
Level F,
fiction
Two crows decide to rest for the night in a cornfield. Students learn about cause-and-effect relationships from the crows' reactions when the scarecrow begins to move. The text features supporting illustrations and character dialogue.
The Food Chain
Level F,
nonfiction
The Food Chain features five items in the food chain: a plant, a grasshopper, a frog, a fish, and a bear. The book describes how each link in the food chain is consumed by the link that follows it. The end of the book poses a challenge for readers, asking them to retell the story using the photo illustration on the last page as a guide.
The Snowstorm
Level F,
fiction
Jamal and Isha are playing outside when the wind suddenly begins to blow and the air becomes colder. As the children run inside to get their coats, white flakes begin to fall. It's a snowstorm! Detailed pictures and high-frequency words support early readers in this fun winter story.
The Three Little Pigs
Level F,
fiction
The classic folktale The Three Little Pigs is retold with rich description--featuring the big, bad wolf huffing and puffing to blow down the straw house, the stick house, and the brick house. As expected, the three little pigs live happily ever after in the brick house. Illustrations support the text.
Where is Cub?
Level F,
fiction
Where Is Cub? is about a mother bear who awakens to find her cub missing. She goes to her animal friends to find out if they know where it has gone, but no one knows. Finally she asks the buzzing bee. The mother bear finally finds her cub in a tree eating the bees' honey.
White House Pets
Level F,
nonfiction
The residents of the White House include not only presidents and their families, but also their pets. This informational text introduces readers to some of the interesting pets that have lived in the White House and to some of the animals that were given to presidents as gifts. Students will learn that the White House has been home not only to dogs and cats, but also to farm animals, woodland creatures, and even an alligator.
