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: Readers learn about weather concepts as they follow the JumpStart Gang thoughrain, hail, thunder, and, finally, sunshine. Full-color illustrations.

Synopsis: A child describes the family events, like making apple butter and having relatives visit, that center around Momma's kitchen.

Synopsis: Heartfelt and touching book by 1st graders at Masterson Elementary School in Kennet, Missouri, about the day after the tragic events of September 11th. These students were given a commemorative SeptOn September 11th horrific events occurred, yet through the simple text and vibrant art of first graders, we are reminded that the world continued the next day. On each page, children experience the comforts of ordinary routines, such as their teacher…

Synopsis: Daisy, an unhappy hen in China, floats down the river in a basket and has an adventure.

Synopsis: When her father will not let her stay up late to do her homework, first grader Junie B. copies a classmate's paper.

Synopsis: George is lucky to arrive at the library just in time for story hour. But it's not easy for a little monkey to sit still too long. From selecting books to getting his very own library card, George's day at the library makes reading fun.

Synopsis: Ten little mummies, "bored stiff," break out of their tomb for a day of hijinks in this rambunctious counting tale set in Ancient Egypt. Bouncy rhymes filled with painful puns (the mummies are "wrapped up in themselves") tell the story: as the mummies cavort through the desert, sandstorms, chariot races, hippos, and more claim members of the group in a descending countdown that ends with one lonely mummy, who returns to the tomb to discover that…

Synopsis: A cumulative nursery rhyme about the chain of events that started when Jack built a house.

Synopsis: "Do multiplication tables give you hives? Do you break out in a sweat when you see more than a few numbers hanging out together? Then I'm Trying to Love Math is for you! In her signature hilarious style, Bethany Barton introduces readers to the things (and people) that use math in amazing ways -- like music, and spacecraft, and even baking cookies! This isn't a how-to math book, it's a way to think differently about math as a necessary and cool…

Synopsis: The Spanish edition of our Mexican-flavored Stone Soup story, Cactus Soup. When a group of hungry soldiers ride into San Miguel, the townspeople don't want to share their food. They hide their tortillas, tamales, beans, and flour and put on torn clothes to look poor. But the Capitán is not fooled. He asks for a cactus thorn to make some cactus soup, and before long he has tricked the townspeople into giving him salt and chilies, vegetables, and…

Synopsis: Buzz is writing a fairy tale for homework, and Fly Guy naturally assumes the role of a handsome prince, who fends off a giant and rescues a beautiful princess.

Synopsis: A Panda walks into the library. He eats a sandwich, then draws his bow and shoots two arrows." Why did you do that?" asks the librarian as the panda walks toward the exit. The panda shows her a badly punctuated book. "I'm a panda," he says. "That's what it says we do." The librarian looks at the page and sees a picture of a panda.

Synopsis: When a new bear comes to school, all the other animals are afraid of him until he saves them from the Rat Pack bullies.

Synopsis: When the new puppy arrives, his young owner tries to decide on a name for it.

Synopsis: Once, after a bountiful pumpkin harvest, as four brothers dispose of unneeded seeds, the seeds suddenly go flying with the wind and cover the town below, but the brothers think nothing more about it.

Synopsis: "Little fish, little fish, let me come in.""Not by the skin of my finny fin fin!""Then I'll munch, and I'll crunch, and I'll smash your house in!"Mama tells her three little fish that it's time to make their own homes. Jim builds his house of seaweed, but the big bad shark munches it up. Tim builds his house of sand, but the shark crunches it up. It's smart Kim who sets up house in an old sunken ship!Children will delight in this silly story…

Synopsis: 2007 When Dinosaurs Came with Everything (P) Written by Elise Broach / Illustrated by David Small ***ISBN-13: 9780545127745 ***Pages: 34

Synopsis: When Santa and his broken sleigh are stranded in Firefly Wood, Santa is sure that Christmas will have to be cancelled. That is, until Russell the Sheep comes to the rescue! With a clatter and a bang, Russell shows that hard work and a little imagination can make a magic that is all his own.