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Books at Guided Reading Level L

  • How to Draw Cute Stuff: Draw Anything and Everything in the Cutest Style Ever!

    Angela Nguyen

    Paperback (Sterling Children's Books, June 13, 2017)
    Enter Planet Cute—where kids can make any drawing absolutely adorable! Draw anything and everything—people, animals, and things—and make it CUTE. It’s easy! Budding artists just have to pick up their pencils, pens, crayons, or gel markers and follow these step-by-step how-to sequences. They’ll learn the basics of Japanese kawaii, which emphasizes simple, rounded shapes; faces with large eyes and sweet expressions; and personifying inanimate objects. They’ll also master animals, mythical creatures, food, plants, vehicles, and more!
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  • Dragons Love Tacos

    Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri

    Hardcover (Dial Books, June 14, 2012)
    Handpicked by Amazon kids’ books editor, Seira Wilson, for Prime Book Box – a children’s subscription that inspires a love of reading."A bestselling, laugh-out-loud tale of friendship, dragons, and tacos." - Seira Wilson, Amazon EditorA #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon, this deliciously funny read-aloud from the creators of Robo-Sauce and Secret Pizza Party will make you laugh until spicy salsa comes out of your nose. Dragons love tacos. They love chicken tacos, beef tacos, great big tacos, and teeny tiny tacos. So if you want to lure a bunch of dragons to your party, you should definitely serve tacos. Buckets and buckets of tacos. Unfortunately, where there are tacos, there is also salsa. And if a dragon accidentally eats spicy salsa . . . oh, boy. You're in red-hot trouble. The award-winning team of Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri has created an unforgettable tale of new friends and the perfect snack.
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  • The Going-To-Bed Book

    Sandra Boynton

    Board book (Little Simon, Nov. 30, 1982)
    Getting ready for sleep is tons of fun in this Sandra Boynton classic.The sun has set not long ago. Now everybody goes below to take a bath in one big tub with soap all over—SCRUB SCRUB SCRUB! This classic bedtime story is just right for winding down the day as a joyful, silly group of animals scrub scrub scrub in the tub, brush and brush and brush their teeth, and finally rock and rock and rock to sleep.
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  • Peppa Pig: Peppa's Magical Unicorn

    Cala Spinner, Eone

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., Dec. 26, 2019)
    Peppa and Suzy dream up a sparkly unicorn in this amazing 8x8 with a glitter cover!When Suzy comes over to Peppa's house to play, they have a lot of fun with Peppa's new toy horse, Horsey Twinkle Toes. But what they really want to play with is a wonderful, magical, colorful UNICORN! Can Daddy Pig make their dreams come true?Peppa's Magical Unicorn is a lovely picture book that all unicorn fans will adore. And with a very sparkly front cover, it's the perfect gift for every little reader.
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  • First Day Jitters

    Julie Danneberg, Judy Love

    Paperback (Charlesbridge, Feb. 1, 2000)
    Everyone knows that sinking feeling in the pit of the stomach just before diving into a new situation. Sarah Jane Hartwell is scared and doesn't want to start over at a new school. She doesn't know anybody, and nobody knows her. It will be awful. She just knows it. With much prodding from Mr. Hartwell, Sarah Jane reluctantly pulls herself together and goes to school. She is quickly befriended by Mrs. Burton, who helps smooth her jittery transition. This charming and familiar story will delight readers with its surprise ending.Fun, energetic illustrations brighten page after page with the busy antics surrounding Sarah Jane. FIRST DAY JITTERS is an enchanting story that is sure to be treasured by anyone who has ever anticipated a first day of school.
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  • The Box Turtle

    Vanessa Roeder

    Hardcover (Dial Books, Feb. 11, 2020)
    An irresistibly cute story about finding the confidence to be yourself, starring a turtle in search of the perfect shell.Terrance the turtle was born without a shell, so he uses a cardboard box instead. Terrance loves his box. It keeps him dry on soggy days, safe from snooping strangers, and is big enough to cozy up with a friend. But when another turtle points out that Terrance's shell is, well, weird, he begins to wonder whether there might be a better shell out there...Eventually, and through much trial and error, Terrance learns that there's nothing wrong with being different--especially when it comes to being yourself.
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  • Scholastic First Little Readers Parent Pack: Guided Reading Levels E & F

    Liza Charlesworth

    Paperback (Teaching Resources, July 1, 2018)
    Motivate your growing reader with these super-engaging, 16-page storybooks correlated with guided reading levels E & F! Inside this little box, you’ll find 16 original titles plus a tip-filled parent guide. Each book features simple text, decodable words, strong picture cues, and one to five lines of text per page to promote reading confidence and success. For use with Grades K-2.
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  • Puppy Birthday to You!

    Golden Books, Fabrizio Petrossi

    Hardcover (Golden Books, July 28, 2015)
    Can the puppies from Nickelodeon’s PAW Patrol throw Chase a surprise birthday party AND save Adventure Bay? This action-packed Little Golden Book is sure to thrill boys and girls ages 2 to 5.
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  • First Grade Big Fun Workbook

    Highlights Learning

    Paperback (Highlights Learning, Aug. 22, 2017)
    With each page, kids discover another fun way to build confidence and master all kinds of skills including alphabet memorization, writing, reading, counting, addition, subtraction, science, and more. First-grade learning becomes playtime fun!
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  • Sweet and Spooky Halloween

    RH Disney, Elisa Marrucchi

    Paperback (RH/Disney, July 24, 2007)
    Trick or treat! It's Halloween and the Disney Princesses are celebrating this sweet and spooky season! Cinderella carves pumpkins, Ariel dresses up in costume, and Belle explores the creepy corners of the Beast's castle in this 24-page storybook featuring all-new illustrations.
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  • This Way, Charlie

    Caron Levis, Charles Santoso

    Hardcover (Harry N. Abrams, April 21, 2020)
    From the award-winning team behind Ida, Always comes a story about a friendship that grows between a blind horse and a gruff goat All the animals at the Open Bud Ranch can see that Jack likes keeping his space to himself. But when Charlie arrives, he doesn’t see Jack at all. He’s still getting used to seeing out of only one of his eyes. The two get off to a bumpy start. At first, Jack is anxious and distrustful. But one day, he summons his courage and guides Charlie to his favorite sunlit field: this way, Charlie. And so begins a powerful friendship that will be tested by life’s storms—but will ultimately change each life for the better.
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  • Clark the Shark: Too Many Treats

    Bruce Hale, Guy Francis

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Feb. 5, 2019)
    Clark the Shark’s mom is making brownies for school. But when Clark decides to taste just one, the impulsive shark can’t stop eating! Yum-yum-YUM. Will the class treat be ruined?With easy-to-read text and Clark’s trademark rhymes, this chocolaty Level One tale will have beginning readers ready to take a bite out of reading! Also included are Clark the Shark’s Bite-Sized Facts, real facts on shark communication, behavior, and more!Clark the Shark: Too Many Treats is a Level One I Can Read, which means it’s perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences.
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