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Books in Caramel Tree Readers Level 1 series

  • The Chicken, the Whale, and the Shark

    Mariam Seedat, Frances Ulrich

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Oct. 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Starter Level is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 3 to 5. They are 50 to 100 words in length and focus on phonics and learning the alphabet. Chika the chicken splashes around on the beach. She must watch out for the shark! This story focuses on the sounds created by combining consonants with the letter “h.”
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  • The Wishing Well

    Will Jamieson

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, April 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 4 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 7 to 9. The diverse, original stories have a word count of approximately 2,000 words. The stories in this series vary with narrative in first person or third person, and they have increased character dialogue, which allows students to develop character studies. They focus on realistic fiction and have settings that students can relate to, but each story has a unique twist that will keep students thinking. Shelly wishes she could fly. One day, after visiting the magical Wishing Well, Shelly’s wish comes true and she starts to fly like a bird. Shelly loves her special gift but soon realizes that it is causing her to lose her friends who all feel ordinary around her. Shelly realizes the importance of her friends and must make a difficult decision in order not to lose all her friends.
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  • Professor Rush and the Super Shuttle Shoes

    Simon Rose

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Sept. 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. Professor Rush has invented many wonderful things, although not all of them have been so successful. He is delighted when he is to receive a special award in the city, but he misses the only train and must use his super shuttle shoes to get to the ceremony. The problem however, is that while the professor knows how to make the shoes move, he does not know how to make them stop!
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  • Pinkerton, Baloney and Geewizz

    Ann Martin

    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. Eric is puzzled by the stories he hears from the new boy in class, Max, who says he lives on a bus and has the most unusual pets. Eric wants to be friends with Max, but soon, the whole class thinks Max is strange and there is nothing Eric can do to stop the teasing and bullying, or is there?
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  • The Big Hill

    Oliver Neubert

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, April 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 5 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 7 to 9. With approximately 4,000 words each, the stories provide students the opportunity to expand their reading skills by witnessing character development and more complex plots. These stories expose students to fluent prose, including idioms and colloquial language as well as more complex grammatical structures. Peter is very good with his BMX bike. His biggest challenge is to race Chuck, the class bully, on the Big Hill so that he can prove that he is not a chicken. Peter ignores the rules and does not listen to wise advice, but he must face the consequences of his decision.
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  • Troy Waits for a Train

    Mariam Seedat, Frances Ulrich

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Oct. 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Starter Level is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 3 to 5. They are 50 to 100 words in length and focus on phonics and learning the alphabet. Troy waits for a train. It is a gray day and maybe it will rain; he waits and waits as the clouds get very gray. This story highlights diphthongs.
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  • Starter Level Alphabet Storybook Set

    F. I. Laher

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, May 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Starter Level is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 3 to 5. They are 50 to 100 words in length and focus on phonics and learning the alphabet. The Alphabet Storybook Set contains five storybooks and one audio CD with 26 songs, one for each letter of the alphabet. Each storybook has short stories highlighting a different letter of the alphabet as well as a picture dictionary.
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  • Kahotep's Adventure

    Katherine Leigh

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, May 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 5 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 7 to 9. With approximately 4,000 words each, the stories provide students the opportunity to expand their reading skills by witnessing character development and more complex plots. These stories expose students to fluent prose, including idioms and colloquial language as well as more complex grammatical structures. Kahotep can see the big pyramid from his bedroom window. He always wanted to visit the big pyramid, but he is not allowed to go there alone. He finds a perfect partner in his sister, Bahiti, and together they set off on an adventure that will test their loyalty, friendship, and intellect.
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  • Saving Jerry

    Will Jamieson

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, May 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 6 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 9 to 12. It contains a mix of classic story adaptations and new, original stories with approximately 7,000 words. This level contains multiple genres, including fantasy, sci-fi, realistic fiction, horror/suspense, and wacky fiction. The range of written styles, from more formal language to modern English, helps students develop fluency. Kate is an extremely smart girl and builds her own functioning robot, Jerry. The robot is so spectacular that he is soon stolen by the evil Mr. Smith who has plans of transplanting Jerry's brain into the robots in his company, Robo-Tech. Kate and her friend, Brian, must rescue Jerry and expose Robo-Tech before it is too late.
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  • Jimmy's Secret Monkey Friend

    Hugh Brown

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, April 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. Jimmy secretly adopts a monkey, but soon realizes that his secret is very difficult to keep. Jimmy must cover up for his secret time and again so that his parents don’t find out. How long will Jimmy keep his secret?
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  • Sarah Snow - Star of the Show!

    Ada Pearson

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, May 1, 2014)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Level 5 is a delicious series of leveled readers for children ages 7 to 9. With approximately 4,000 words each, the stories provide students the opportunity to expand their reading skills by witnessing character development and more complex plots. These stories expose students to fluent prose, including idioms and colloquial language as well as more complex grammatical structures. The girls at school are super competitive, but it takes real talent to win. Sarah finds stardom despite the mean and competitive nature of some of her friends. She proves that by staying focused and determined, it is possible to win.
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  • Phonics Storybook Set: Short Vowels and Magic E

    F. I. Laher

    Paperback (Caramel Tree Readers, Sept. 1, 2015)
    The Caramel Tree Readers Starter Level series includes alphabet and phonics picture books that help to provide the foundations for reading for children aged 3 to 5. The stories have Lexile measures of up to 300L with sight words, short simple sentences, and plenty of picture clues for early readers. This set of two books provides phonics practice for short vowels and e sounds. Each book has four delightful short stories and the accompanying audio CD features eight songs for children to enjoy.
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