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In the Forest
Alexa Andrews, Candice Keimig
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Sept. 26, 2013)Learn all about what lives and grows in the forest in the three stories of this Level 1 nonfiction reader. Deer and other wildlife, trees and other plant life, and much more are found In the Forest!
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A Baby Panda Is Born
Kristin Ostby, Lucia Washburn
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, April 17, 2008)Kids will love reading all about the panda Mei Lan, born at the Atlanta Zoo in September 2006. Through her story, they?ll learn about what newborn pandas are like (they?re the size of a stick of butter!), about their development, and about what life is like for pandas in the wild. This book also touches on efforts to protect this endangered species.
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We Are Twins
Laura Driscoll, Pascal Campion
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Sept. 13, 2012)With twins, a lot is the same--but a lot is not! These little twin girls have the same hair and the same nose, but their eyes are different colors and they have different hobbies, too. This rhyming Level 1 reader celebrates twins but also individuality.
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Volcanoes: Mountains That Blow Their Tops
Nicholas Nirgiotis
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Feb. 21, 1996)It is a quiet day on an island. Then suddenly a mountain blows its top! It is a volcano. How does it start? What happens next? Read this amazing book and find out.
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Snail-Snaily-Snails
Bonnie Bader
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, March 21, 2017)Snail-Snaily-Snails is a fun, informative book perfect for young readers!They're slimy, they're small, and they're slow. Some call them pests, and some call them a delicacy. What are they? Snails! Kids will learn all about these crawly creatures in this fact-and-photo-filled nonfiction reader.
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Nina, Nina Star Ballerina
Jane O'Connor
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, March 17, 1997)Playing the star in the class dance show, Nina finds herself in an awkward situation. All her friends think that she is the star of the show, so she now has to set the record straight and make things right once more.
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Who Stole the Cookies?
Judith Moffatt
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Feb. 21, 1996)Level 2. Puppy, Turtle, and Cat want to find out who stole the cookies from the cookie jar. This is a very basic mystery story for beginning readers.
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Go to Bed, Blue
Bonnie Bader, Michael Robertson
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, Oct. 16, 2014)Did you know that even aliens have a hard time going to bed?Blue, an alien from outer space, may make a great friend, but he’s not very good at going to bed. It takes patience and some bedtime tricks to get this alien to settle down! Written in the style of Dick and Jane, this 32-page, Level 1 reader is simple, fun, and rich with picture clues.
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Happy Birthday, Good Knight
Shelley Moore Thomas, Jennifer Plecas
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, May 29, 2014)The much-loved Good Knight is back again . . . and it’s his birthday! His three little dragon friends want to surprise him. They try to make a cake—but all they make is a mess. A card? Another mess—glitter and glue all over the room.Then the theatrical performance is a flop.Time is running out, and the poor little dragons must find a special way to say Happy Birthday, Good Knight. They do, and it’s a good day’s fun in this perfectly pitched easy reader.Good Night, Good Knight, the first in the Good Knight series, was an ALA Notable Book and a Booklist Top 10 Easy Reader, among other honors.
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Baby Wolf
Mary Batten, Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, July 20, 1998)Born underground in a warm den, a baby wolf soon learns how to howl, how to hunt, and how to live with her wolf pack. And with this Level 2 kids can learn all about a baby wolf! Mary Batten lives in Los Angeles, CA. Jo Ellen McAllister Stammen lives in Camden, ME.
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Bug Out!: The World's Creepiest, Crawliest Critters
Ginjer L. Clarke, Pete Mueller
Paperback (Penguin Young Readers, May 10, 2007)Level 3. This book features some of the most disgusting, far-out bugs on the planet. Learn how a scorpion uses its poison, discover how the jumping spider hunts, and more!
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