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Books in Ready-to-Read, Level 2 series

  • Good Night, Good Knight

    Shelley Moore Thomas, Jennifer Plecas

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Oct. 14, 2002)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A Good Knight helps three little dragons who are having trouble getting to sleep.
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  • Mitchell Is Moving

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Jose Aruego, Ariane Dewey

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, April 1, 1996)
    After sixty years in the same old place, Mitchell the dinosaur decides it's time to move. His neighbor, Margo, dreams up ways of stopping him. But nothing can hold Mitchell back. Two weeks later, Mitchell's in a new home, but he's not as happy as he thought he'd be. Can he be missing his best friend?
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  • Chuckie's Ghost

    Adam Beechen, Artful Doodlers

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight/Nickelodeon, Aug. 9, 2005)
    Chuckie's new friend keeps disappearing. When Kimi suggests Chuckie's new friend might really be a ghost, the gropu does a little investigating. Find out what happens in this spooky story!
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  • The Greedy Python

    Richard Buckley, Eric Carle

    Library Binding (Turtleback, May 1, 2012)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. After swallowing every creature that a greedy python encounters in the jungle, the animals in the snake's belly befriend one another and kick him from the inside until he spits them out, in a story that explores themes of manners, respect and friendship.
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  • The Foolish Tortoise

    Richard Buckley, Eric Carle

    Library Binding (Turtleback, May 19, 2015)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A tortoise realizes the need for a shell after several scary encounters.
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  • Things I Like

    Anthony Browne

    Paperback (Dragonfly Books, June 17, 1989)
    "Browne brings a fresh perspective and his own witty visual imagination even to such simple-seeming books as these small catalogs of enthusiasms. Mass-market appeal combined with excellent quality."--Kirkus
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  • Pigeon Hero!

    Shirley-Raye Redmond, Doris Ettlinger

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Nov. 1, 2003)
    In a town in Italy during World War II the people have surrendered without firing a shot. But American warplanes are due to arrive, and the radio's broken, so no one can tell them to call off the attack! G. I. Joe, a carrier pigeon, is the only one who can take the message to the Americans. Will he make it in time and save the town?
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  • Childhood of Famous Americans: Helen Keller and the Big Storm

    Patricia Lakin, Diana Magnuson

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2002)
    Helen Keller cannot see or hear. But that does not stop her from playing tricks on people, including her new teacher, Annie Sullivan. Still, Annie will not give up on Helen. Can Helen ever learn to trust her teacher?
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  • Friday's Tale

    Eliza Elliot

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Dec. 9, 2008)
    Ever wonder what dogs are really thinking when they cock their heads and give you those puppy-dog eyes? Here's your chance to find out! Experience the Hotel for Dogs story through the eyes of Friday, Andi and Bruce's lovable Jack Russel Terrier, in this hilarious, Level 2, first-doggy narrative.
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  • Election Day

    Margaret McNamara, Mike Gordon

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-09, May 9, 2008)
    Today is election day in Mrs. Connor's class. The students will listen to speeches and vote for a new class president. Today is also Becky's first day at Robin Hill School. She thinks she would make a great class president, but she's new and has no friends yet. When Becky takes a chance and makes a speech, the whole class is surprised by the winner!
  • Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Women's Rights

    Deborah Hopkinson, Amy June Bates

    Library Binding (Aladdin Library, Oct. 25, 2005)
    In addition to learning how to cook and sew, Susan B. Anthony received an education as a child and used it to pursue her political agenda that eventually changed the laws of the land that helped secure women their right to vote, own property, and have jobs of their own. Simultaneous.
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  • Dooby Dooby Moo

    Doreen Cronin

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 19, 2017)
    New York Times bestselling duo Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin's story is now available as a Level 2 Ready-to-Read! Duck and his friends are at it again. But this time they're trying to win a local talent show, because first prize is a trampoline! The cows want to sing. The sheep want to sing. The pigs want to...dance. Dance? And Duck? Duck just wants to win that trampoline. But first he'll have to handle Farmer Brown.
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