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Books in Ready to Read series

  • Mister Bones: Dinosaur Hunter

    Jane Kurtz, Mary Haverfield

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Oct. 1, 2004)
    Barnum Brown loves to dig in the dirt. He pokes and he sifts and he picks through the dirt. What is he looking for? Not gold, but something just as valuable: Bones! Dinosaur bones! And what he finds is an amazing thing.
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  • Taking Flight : The Story of the Wright Brohters

    Stephen Krensky, Larry Day

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, July 1, 2000)
    An exciting true account of the two famous brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, who developed the early flying machines is written in simple and clear language and features stunning watercolor illustrations.
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  • Carson-Dellosa Ready to Go Guided Reading: Analyze Resource Book, Grades 3-4

    Pamela Walker McKenzie

    Paperback (CARSON DELLOSA, Jan. 12, 2018)
    Help students develop foundational reading skills with a high-interest guided reading program for students at various reading levels. Guided Reading: Analyze for third and fourth grades includes 36 nonfiction readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The readers in this reading comprehension resource book feature informational text about nocturnal animals, movies, Australia, space, and more. Ready to Go Guided Reading: Analyze provides everything you need to complete comprehensive guided reading lesson plans including: discussion guides, prompts to encourage students to work with the text, leveled readers with intriguing topics, and graphic organizers and an observation sheet. Separated into three readability levels, these informational readers capture students’ attention with graphic charts, high-interest topics, colorful photos, and detailed maps. Students are encouraged to apply guided reading strategies to the text and respond to a writing prompt at the end of each reader. The Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for first to sixth grades includes everything you need for guided reading organization. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes 8 books, focusing on the following reading comprehension strategies: Connect, Infer, Question, Summarize, Analyze, Determine Importance, Synthesize, and Visualize. Each nonfiction reader contains short nonfiction texts, vocabulary banks, photographs, charts, and maps.
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  • Carson-Dellosa Ready to Go Guided Reading: Synthesize Resource Book, Grades 3-4

    Carson-Dellosa Publishing, Christine Schwab

    Paperback (CARSON DELLOSA, Jan. 12, 2018)
    It only takes one reading comprehension resource book to help students improve skills at their own reading level. Guided Reading: Synthesize for third and fourth grades features 36 readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. Filled with charts and photos, it enhances lesson plans with informational text about light, food webs, snow, invertebrates, and more. Guided Reading: Synthesize provides you with a comprehensive guided reading resource. This reading comprehension resource book series includes: discussion guides, prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features, leveled readers with high-interest topics, and graphic organizers and an observation sheet. Separated into three readability levels, the nonfiction readers capture students’ attention with appealing topics, colorful photos, graphic charts, and detailed maps. Students are encouraged to apply guided reading strategies to the text and complete writing prompts to prove comprehension. The Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for first to sixth grades includes everything you need for guided reading organization. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes 8 books, focusing on the following reading comprehension strategies: Connect, Infer, Question, Summarize, Analyze, Determine Importance, Synthesize, and Visualize. Each nonfiction reader contains short nonfiction texts, vocabulary banks, photographs, charts, and maps.
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  • Mitchell Is Moving

    Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Jose Aruego, Ariane Dewey

    Hardcover (Simon Spotlight, April 1, 1996)
    A dinosaur's exuberance about moving cools considerably when he realizes how much he misses his next-door friend.
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  • Little Mouse With No Name: Ready To Read For The Beginning Reader

    Phyllis Cross

    (Independently published, May 2, 2020)
    What would you name a tiny mouse? A mouse with no name of her own or friends of her own? Read how she finds a friend and see if you can help her find her very own name. Book One of the Ready to Read Series was created to make reading fun for the young reader, with short, simple and easy words your child can learn to read. An easy to read book of 25 B/W pages.
  • Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Women's Rights

    Deborah Hopkinson, Amy June Bates

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Nov. 1, 2005)
    Unlike most girls of her time, Susan B. Anthony received an education. And besides reading and writing, her schooling taught her that women should have the same rights as men, above all the right to vote. So from the time she was a young woman until the day she died, Susan worked very hard to change America and make her dream reality.
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  • Ben Franklin and His First Kite

    Stephen Krensky, Bert Dodson

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, June 1, 2002)
    Learn all about the childhood of one of America's founding fathers in this nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read!Ten-year-old Ben Franklin finds working in his father's candle shop boring—he'd much rather be doing experiments. He can't wait to try out his latest idea. With nothing but a simple kite, can Ben get across the pond—without swimming a single stroke?
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  • The One-Eyed People Eater: The Story of Cyclops

    Joan Holub, Dani Jones

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, March 4, 2014)
    Odysseus tackles a monstrous challenge in this illustrated Level 3 Ready-to-Read retelling of the Cyclops myth, from Goddess Girls author Joan Holub!On their way home to Greece after fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus and his army are shipwrecked on an island—the island where Cyclops, the one-eyed monster, lives! Cyclops traps Odysseus and his men and threatens to eat them one by one. Can Odysseus come up with a clever plan to outsmart the people-eater and return his men to safety? This Ready-to-Read retelling of the story of Odysseus and Cyclops is an ideal introduction to mythology for beginning readers.
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  • Trucks

    Stephen Krensky, Ivanke & Lola

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, May 19, 2009)
    When the sun comes up, it’s time for all trucks to begin their day! Join them in this fun, playful Ready-to-Read as they mix, pump, and work their way through a very busy day. With beautiful illustrations by Ivanke and Lola, this is one truck book that will roll off shelves everywhere!
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  • Cat Has a Plan

    Laura Gehl, Fred Blunt

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, July 21, 2020)
    Cat has a plan. Dog has a plan. May the best plan win in this Ready-to-Go! Ready-to-Read from Laura Gehl, author of the popular One Big Pair of Underwear!Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, Cat Has a Plan 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 hilarious story with words they can read on their own? 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.
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  • Striking It Rich: The Story of the California Gold Rush

    Stephen Krensky, Anna DiVito

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, Aug. 1, 1996)
    An easy-to-read text and colorful illustrations chronicle the tale of the California Gold Rush, sparked by the discovery of gold at Sutter's Fort in 1849, and profile the prospectors and profiteers who ventured west to make their fortunes.
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