Synopsis: Differentiate text for: Approaching-one grade below, On-Level-at grade level Beyond- one grade above, ELL-English Language Learners. Each reader features a main selection accompanied by a paired piece with the same theme. Nonfiction titles are differentiated in readability but identical in design. Excite students with myths, legends, folktales, informational texts, and many more genres.

Synopsis: A temperature can be hot or cold, and can be measured by a thermometer. Use Fahrenheit or Celsius to take the temperature of items.

Synopsis: A group of mice have fun as they go about their preparations for Christmas.

Synopsis: Imaginative middle schooler Jimmy follows his dream to start a unique book company while he is still a child.

Synopsis: Allow students to begin reading about the objects and experiences they encounter every day as they move around their neighborhood - everything from street signs to shadows, rain, and ice storms

Synopsis: Describes each stage in the development of the bullfrog: egg, tadpole, metamorphosis, and adult. Also includes brief discussions of its habits and habitat.

Synopsis: Literacy focus: vocabulary, letters, punctuation, identifying the book. Science focus: introduces parts of a tree.

Synopsis: A Case That's Tougher To Crack Than An Oyster Shell. Everybody loves Mr. Roper. He gives kids free candy or ice cream when their parents shop at his grocery store. So when he's accused of selling stolen oysters, Mr. Merlin's Third-Grade Detectives don't believe it. But can they prove it? Mr. Merlin's secret codes have the Detectives looking for clues at the beach, at rival oyster farms, and even in a garbage truck -- yuck! It turns out pearls…

Synopsis: Introduction to general science is full of colorful illustrations and presented in an engaging format.

Synopsis: Text and photographs describe bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers, as well as land forms such as mountains, island, valleys and plains.

Synopsis: Will a magnet pick up a paper clip or a feather? The answer is, just the paper clip. Magnets only pick up things that contain bits of iron. In this new addition to the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, veteran author Franklyn Branley explains the properties and behavior of magnets. True Kelley's charming illustrations will entertain readers as they discover for themselves what makes a magnet. Hands-on activities include making a magnet and…

Synopsis: Judy Moody has them all! When her teacher assigns the class the task of creating "me" collages, it puts Judy and her friends in a cut-and-paste mood.

Synopsis: "My name is Seymour Sleuth. I am the greatest detective in the world." Travel to Egypt with the famous wombat detective Seymour Sleuth, and his able assistant, Abbott Muggs, to solve the baffling case of the missing Stone Chicken of King Karfu. Follow along in Seymour's fascinating casebook as they interview suspects, uncover clues, and catch the culprit after a high-speed camel chase across the desert. But the case isn't over yet! Decipher the…

Synopsis: Tom Thumb / The Brothers Grimm -- The fisherman and his wife / The Brothers Grimm -- The magic boots / Hans Christian Andersen -- The rabbit and the turtle / Aesop -- The cat and the mouse / Aesop -- The monkey and the fox / Aesop -- The wild swans / Hans Christian Andersen -- The winners / Hans Christian Andersen -- The Blackbird and the peacocks / Aesop -- The fox and the crow / Aesop -- The lion and the mouse / Aesop -- The frog and the ox /…