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Idaho Kids Read
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Picture Books |
The Great Fuzz Frenzy
by Janet Stevens and Susan
Stevens Crummel
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Deep in their underground town, the prairie dogs live in
harmony--until a mysterious, very fuzzy thing (otherwise
known as a tennis ball) rolls down their hole. The
frenzy that erupts threatens to tear apart the prairie
town forever. Full color.
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Lexile:
420; Accelerated Reader Book Level; 1.9
Orlando, Harcourt, 2005, 52 pp. ISBN:
9780152046262
Awards include:
2008 Show Me Reader Award 3rd place
2007 Colorado Children's Book Award Picture Book Winner,
Montana 2007 Treasure State Award,
Maryland's 2008 Black-Eyed Susan Book Award,
Charlotte Award,
North Dakota's 2007 Flicker Tale Children's Book Award.
Teacher Resources:
http://www.readingtokids.org/Books/BookView.php?pag=3&bookID=00000671
http://www.lesliepreddy.com/yhba/08-09/PictureBook/GreatFuzz-Dawley.pdf |
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Early Elementary |
Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole
by
Wong Herbert Yee
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Mouse and Mole are very excited. Minkus the Magnificent
is in town--ONE SHOW ONLY!--and they can't wait to sit
in the front row and see his tricks. After the
abracadabras happen, though, something goes a bit
wrong--and Mole is very disappointed to discover that
magic is sometimes not exactly what it seems. How will
Mouse help her friend realize that there is magic
happening right in front of their very eyes? Wong
Herbert Yee gives readers another grand adventure with
two best friends, Mouse and Mole, who, despite their
different outlooks on life, manage to show each other
that friendship itself is a magical event!
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Lexile: 410;
Accelerated Reader Book Level 2.6.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007, 48 pp. ISBN:
068980993X
Awards include:
Junior Library Guild Selection
Teacher
Resources:
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/catalog/titledetail.cfm?titleNumber=564981 |
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Older Elementary |
Peter and the Starcatchers
by
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
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Treacherous battles with pirates,
foreboding thunderstorms at sea, and evocative writing
immerse the reader in this story that slowly reveals the
secrets and mysteries of the beloved Peter Pan.
...More
Lexile: 770;
Accelerated Reader Book Level: 5.2
New
York: Disney Editions/Hyperion Books for Children, 2004,
451 pp. ISBN:
0786854456
Awards include:
2007 Colorado Children's Book Award Junior Novel Winner
2006-2007 Sunshine State Young Reader's Book
2006 Grand Canyon Reader Award Winner - Intermediate
2007
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards
Teacher
Resources:
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-starcatchers.html
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/barry_peter.htm
http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/data/books/dgpdf/07868544561440.pdf |
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Junior High |
Sleeping Freshman Never Lie
by
David Lubar
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This hilarious
novel chronicles Scott's freshman year, as he decides
that high school would be a lot less overwhelming if it
came with a survival manual. Here Scott records his
first year of bullies, romance, honors, classes, and
brotherhood.
...More.
Lexile: 560; Accelerated Reader Book Level: 3.8.
New
York: Dutton Children's Books, 2005, 279 pp. ISBN:
9780525473114
Awards include:
2006 Michigan Library Association's Thumbs Up! Award
Teacher
Resources:
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/lubar_sleeping.htm
http://yalitlovers.wordpress.com/2006/09/10/sleeping-freshman-guide/
http://www.writingfix.com/Chapter_Book_Prompts/sleeping_freshmen1.htm |
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Senior High |
Airborn
by
Kenneth Oppel
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Matt Cruse is a
cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails
hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy
passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's
always wanted; convinced he's lighter than air, he
imagines himself as buoyant as the hydrium gas that
powers his ship. One night he meets a dying balloonist
who speaks of beautiful creatures drifting through the
skies. It is only after Matt meets the balloonist's
granddaughter that he realizes that
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Lexile: 760; Accelerated Reader Book Level: 5.1.
New
York: Eos 2004, 368 pp. ISBN:
9780060531805
Awards include:
2007 Red Cedar Book Awards,
2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Book Awards,
2004 Governor's General Literacy Awards,
2005 ALA Notable Books,
2004 School Library Journal Best Books,
2005 Red Maple Award,
2005 Michael L. Printz Honor Book.
Teacher Resources:
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-airborn.html
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/oppel_airborn.htm
http://www.kennethoppel.ca/novel studies/Airborn Novel
Study.pdf
http://www.bookhooks.com/airborn_xword.pdf
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