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Books with author Billie Huban

  • The Boy Who Cried Wolf

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, April 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It offers a range of classic fairy tale adaptations and stories with 500 to 700 words. Each book in this set features a few sentences per page that are accompanied by detailed illustrations. Given the familiar contexts, some of the fairy tales have been reworked or adapted so that students are always surprised and eager to read all the way to the unexpected endings. Freddy tricks the villagers to run to help him when he cries 'Wolf!' even though there is no wolf. One day, a wolf does appear. Who will help Freddy now?
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  • Country Mouse Goes to the City

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Oct. 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It offers a range of classic fairy tale adaptations and stories with 500 to 700 words. Each book in this set features a few sentences per page that are accompanied by detailed illustrations. Given the familiar contexts, some of the tales have been reworked or adapted so that students are always surprised and eager to read all the way to the unexpected endings. Country Mouse works hard in his farm. One day, his cousin who lives in the city comes to visit Country Mouse and promises him a life of luxury in the city. When Country Mouse goes to the city, he finds that although his cousin has an easy life, it is filled with danger. Country Mouse must decide on whether he wants to work hard and feel safe or live a life of luxury in constant danger.
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  • Maddy Goes to the Zoo

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Nov. 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 1 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It consists of picture books with approximately 200 words relating to key themes to help students learn vocabulary. Maddy goes to the zoo with her dad, but she can’t see the animals because she is too short. Dad finds a solution, but now he can’t see the animals! What will they do? This book highlights prepositions in addition to adjective synonyms and antonyms.
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  • The Frog Prince

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Nov. 1, 2015)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It offers a range of classic fairy tale adaptations with 500 to 700 words, Lexile measures of 200L to 500L, and the detailed illustrations provide picture clues to help with fledgling independent reading. A young prince is sad at how he looks, so a wicked witch turns him into a frog. When a princess tricks the frog prince into helping her in exchange for friendship, he decides to go to the castle to complain to the king. But will anyone believe a frog?
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  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, June 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 2 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It offers a range of classic fairy tale adaptations and stories with 500 to 700 words. Each book in this set features a few sentences per page that are accompanied by detailed illustrations. Given the familiar contexts, some of the fairy tales have been reworked or adapted so that students are always surprised and eager to read all the way to the unexpected endings. The Three Bears are new in town and everyone is afraid of them. No one visits their house. One day, Goldilocks goes into the three bears' house, eats their food, breaks their chair, and falls asleep in their bed. What will happen when the bear family returns home to find Goldilocks sleeping?
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  • What Is Budu?

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, April 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 1 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It consists of picture books with approximately 200 words relating to key themes to help students learn vocabulary. Budu lives in the jungle among wild animals. He tries to figure out what kind of animal he is by comparing himself with other animals. The colorful illustrations help beginner readers to identify vocabulary for different parts of the body, and simple repetitive structures help them to predict the text and find the answer to “What is Budu?”
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  • The Big House

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Sept. 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 1 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It consists of picture books with approximately 200 words relating to key themes to help students learn vocabulary. Harry thinks his house is too small, so Joe suggests moving all the furniture out of the house and into the yard. It does make more space in the house, but now there is another problem. This story highlights adjectives and vocabulary for different furniture around the house, and the colorful illustrations help to provide picture clues for beginner readers.
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  • Bread and Cheese

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, May 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 1 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It consists of picture books with approximately 200 words relating to key themes to help students learn vocabulary. Jim only wants to eat bread and cheese, bread and cheese, bread and cheese! Jim's parents try their best to change his eating habits, and eventually, there is a change. The story provides vocabulary for different types of food as well as key phrases for expressing preference.
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  • The Turkeys Who Learned to Speak Moo

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, June 1, 2015)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 3 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 7 to 9. It offers a long list of new, original stories with approximately 1,000 words. In this series, students are presented with a variety of genres including realistic fiction, whacky fantasy, and action adventure. The turkeys are horrified when they learn that they will be taken away one by one. A smart turkey called Samson devises a plan to make the turkeys as special as the cows, who are allowed to roam free; the turkeys must learn to speak Moo. Will the plan work?
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  • Camilla the Not-So-Quick Chameleon

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Oct. 1, 2015)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 4 series offers delicious leveled readers for children aged 7 to 9. The diverse original stories have a word count of approximately 2,000 words and Lexile measures between 400L to 700L. The stories in this series vary with narrative in first or third person, and they have increased character dialogue, which allows students to develop character studies. Camilla the chameleon wishes she could join the other Lizardville kids as they rush off to school, but she is too slow. One day, Camilla is the only one who can go on a dangerous mission to find a missing student, but will she ever be able to go to school?
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  • Aunt Flo's House

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, April 1, 2015)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 1 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 5 to 7. It consists of picture books with approximately 200 words relating to key themes to help students learn vocabulary. Olive and Peter visit Aunt Flo’s house. They are curious about Boo, who seems to do household activities in the wrong rooms. The odd situations in the story help young readers to practice verbs around the house as they search for the answer to who Boo is.
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  • When the World Forgot the Colors

    Billie Huban

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Oct. 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 3 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 7 to 9. It offers a long list of new, original stories with approximately 1,000 words. In this series, students are presented with a variety of genres including realistic fiction, whacky fantasy, and action adventure. The weather has been gray for a very long time, and when Ray attempts to color a nature scene for his art class, he cannot remember the colors for the scene. He is too shy to ask for help so he mixes up the colors. Then, when the rainbow itself cannot remember the colors for the scene, it rearranges the world’s colors according to Ray’s picture and things become extremely strange. How can Ray stop the color madness?
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