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Books at Guided Reading Level A

  • Hide and Seek

    Taro Gomi

    Board book (Chronicle Books, July 23, 2013)
    In this sly activity board book from celebrated international favorite Taro Gomi, young readers will delight to find hidden objects amidst familiar characters. When a crocodile's dangerous smile can become a shiny toothbrush and a butterfly's camouflage transforms into adorable heart shapes, there's no telling what comes next! Kids will love learning that not everything in this world is as it seems. Sure to be a hit during both storytime and playtime!
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  • Little Skill Seekers: Sight Words

    Scholastic Teacher Resources, Scholastic

    Paperback (Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies), April 1, 2019)
    Make mastering sight words fun with this colorful workbook! Learning to read and recognize sight words with speed and accuracy is an important step on the path to reading success―this product helps children develop and hone these skills. As children progress through the book, they’ll familiarize themselves with sight words and strengthen their spelling skills―paving the way for reading success! Help your little skill seeker build a strong foundation for literacy.
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  • Word Searches, Grades K - 1

    Thinking Kids, Carson-Dellosa Publishing

    Paperback (Thinking Kids, Feb. 11, 2016)
    Front of the Class Word Searches for kindergarten to grade 1 gives kids a brain boost as they search puzzles for words using clever clues. These word puzzles encourage concentration while building alphabet comprehension, word recognition, and thinking skills.Filled with hours of hidden word activities, Word Searches engages children by stimulating the learning process. Each activity in this 320-page book challenges learners to focus on the task at hand while strengthening the reading, writing, and communication skills they need for academic success. These games will flex children’s mental muscles as they explore topics and themes such as animals, people, places, food, weather, sounds, feelings, sports, toys, shapes, colors, and more.The Front of the Class activity book series combines education and entertainment with colorful word searches, word games, crossword puzzles, mazes, dot-to-dots, and number games. These books are full of challenging puzzles that help children master essential critical thinking skills. Portable, age-appropriate, and entertaining, Front of the Class activity books provide a fun and convenient learning format that children can use at home or on the go.
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  • Let's Learn English Picture Dictionary

    Marlene Goodman

    Hardcover (McGraw-Hill Education, Feb. 21, 2003)
    Created by leading educators, these colorful, large-size dictionaries introduce beginning language learners to more than 1,550 commonly taught basic words. Each Let's Learn Language Picture Dictionary in the series boasts 30 delightful two-page spreads that vividly illustrate the meanings of words. Fun-filled panoramas focus on scenes familiar to children aged three through eight, such as home life, the classroom, city life, sports, the zoo, and even outer space! Learners will love to revisit these detailed depictions of people, places, actions, and objects, each time improving their recall. Featured words are set off with individual illustrations and definitions to help learners at various levels build vocabulary. Includes an index and glossary of all the individually illustrated words. An ideal selection of first word books for parents and teachers who want to encourage second language acquisition.
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  • Let's Learn Japanese Picture Dictionary

    Marlene Goodman

    Hardcover (McGraw-Hill Education, Feb. 21, 2003)
    Created by leading educators, these colorful, large-size dictionaries introduce beginning language learners to more than 1,550 commonly taught basic words. Each Let's Learn Language Picture Dictionary in the series boasts 30 delightful two-page spreads that vividly illustrate the meanings of words. Fun-filled panoramas focus on scenes familiar to children aged three through eight, such as home life, the classroom, city life, sports, the zoo, and even outer space! Learners will love to revisit these detailed depictions of people, places, actions, and objects, each time improving their recall. Featured words are set off with individual illustrations and definitions to help learners at various levels build vocabulary. Includes an index and glossary of all the individually illustrated words. An ideal selection of first word books for parents and teachers who want to encourage second language acquisition.
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  • Little Skill Seekers: Colors & Shapes

    Scholastic Teacher Resources, Scholastic

    Paperback (Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching Strategies), June 1, 2018)
    Make learning colors and shapes fun with this colorful workbook! Differentiating colors and shapes is the basis of cognitive development–this product helps children begin building that foundation. Children practice identifying colors and shapes and learn to differentiate them. As children progress through the activities they’ll begin to sharpen and hone their analytical abilities. Help little skill seekers build a strong foundation for cognitive development. For use with Grades PreK-1.
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  • Common Core Language Arts and Math, Grade K

    Spectrum

    Paperback (Spectrum, Feb. 3, 2014)
    Help kindergarten students master Common Core skills such as short and long vowel sounds, capitalization and punctuation, comparing numbers, and more with Common Core Language Arts and Math for grade K. Take the mystery out of the Common Core with these unique and timely Spectrum 128-page books. These information-packed resources for kindergarten through grade 6 provide an overview of the standards for each grade level along with practice activities for school success. Includes explicit references to the standards on each practice page that will let parents know that activities provide direct support for skills being taught at school.
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  • Lidia's Family Kitchen: Nonna's Birthday Surprise

    Lidia Bastianich, Renee Graef

    Hardcover (Running Press Kids, March 26, 2013)
    It's Nonna Mima's birthday, and Nonna Lidia and her grandkids are determined to throw her a surprise feast! While planning the evening's menu, Nonna Lidia shares her memories of growing up on the farm during each season of the year, gardening her own fruits and vegetables, and being surrounded by animals of all kinds. After a trip to the farmers' market, Lidia and the kids prepare a pasta primavera, perfect for a family celebration!Renée Graef's warm, heartfelt illustrations capture Lidia Bastianich's love for her family and the food that they share. Included are eighteen recipes that emphasize the ingredients abundant during each season and the use of leftover ingredients, while "Kids Can" suggestions note ways that kids can participate in the making of the meals.Whether you are looking for an intergenerational family story or are a fan of America's favorite Italian chef, Nonna's Birthday Surprise delivers a savory treat.
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  • Letter Tracing Practice Workbook: For Preschool, Ages 3-5

    Handwriting Practice, Dylanna Press

    Paperback (Dylanna Publishing, Inc., May 24, 2017)
    Trace letters handwriting practice book for preschool. Make learning fun with this preschool workbook. Provides lots and lots of letter tracing practice. For ages 3-5 years. Uppercase and lowercase letters.
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  • Where Is the Sun?

    Eric Carle

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Dec. 10, 2019)
    Where is the sun? Follow it as it moves across the sky in this poetic Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read filled with Eric Carle’s iconic art style.Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, Where Is the Sun? was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading! And what better way to get kids excited than with a fun story with words they can actually read by the one and only Eric Carle? Each Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read includes a note to parents explaining what their child can expect, a guide at the beginning for readers to become familiar with the words they will encounter in the story, and reading comprehension questions at the end. Each Ready-to-Go! story contains about 100 words and features sight words, rhyming words, and repetition to help children reinforce their new reading skills. In this book, readers will learn thirteen sight words and six words from three word families.
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  • Philadelphia Phillies ABC

    Brad Epstein

    Board book (Michaelson Entertainment, June 10, 2011)
    The ultimate alphabet book for every young Phillies fan! Children can learn their ABCs with photos of baseball objects and their favorite team - A is the 'Angle', B is baseball, L is Liberty Bell, V is Victory in the 2008 World Series...Made of sturdy board book paper and cut in the shape of a baseball jersey. Phillies ABC is a grand slam for every baseball fan!
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  • TouchThinkLearn: Fly!

    Xavier Deneux

    Board book (Chronicle Books, March 7, 2017)
    A bird arrives, alights on a tree, finds a mate, and builds a nest. Soon its eggs will hatch and one brave hatchling will embark on its first flight. A deceptively simple and joyful celebration of the natural cycle of life, this book adds the bonus of removable—and movable—characters and scenery to the bestselling TouchThinkLearn format, featuring the hallmark production technique of glued-on pieces dovetailing with die-cut openings. In this first narrative title in the series, the movable pieces invite and involve the reader in a meaningful and multisensory participation in the story.
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