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: Listen to the story of the railroad's greatest hero! "Now all of this happened""a hundred years ago""but it's a story that everyone""ought to know""'cause the railroad back then""was the mightiest thing""and the loco engineer""was the Iron Horse King! " With action-packed, intricately detailed pictures and text that whistles off the page, here is the tale of the locomotive engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones, who died at his post with one hand on…

Synopsis: Tired of wearing her hand-me-down boots from her brother Ossie, Jamaica is hurt when her friend Brianna teases her about them. By the author of Jamaica Tag-Along.

Synopsis: Simple text tells all about apples and how they are used.

Synopsis: 2008 Houghton Mifflin Math Readers Grade K -- The Red Caboose (P) by Gary Lopresti / Illustrated by Gina Freschet ***1-73015 ***ISBN-13: 9780618886326 ***Pages: 8

Synopsis: Butterfly Birthday completes a quartet of booksSnow Party, Mermaid Dance and By the Light of the Harvest Moonthat celebrates the many and miraculous wonders of the changing seasons. On the first day of spring, bugsdressed in their finest attiregreet one another after the long, cold winter and hold a spectacular party to welcome the vernal equinox. Mark Jones' beautiful and bewitching pastel illustrations bring this magical world to life."

Synopsis: When the Tooth Fairy gets lost on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus comes to the rescue!

Synopsis: Simple text and photographs with tactile patches introduce such wild animals as the lion, lizard, and dolphin.

Synopsis: Book by Siede, George

Synopsis: In this rhymed retelling of a traditional Asian tale, a clever monkey uses her ability to count to outwit the hungry crocodiles that stand between her and a banana tree on another island across the sea.

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Synopsis: It has been a bad day for Horace. A very bad day. He's come home feeling mean. But his mother knows just what to do! "For the book Mean Soup, the recipe is as follows: (1) clever text spiced with one or two outrageous bits; (2) a grand message about getting out anger instead of locking it inside; and (3) exciting artwork as full of life as the story."--Booklist

Synopsis: Enjoy a red-white-and-blue introduction to our nation's most cherished ideals in this look at Old Glory. Dazzling illustrations and inspiring verse bring to life many famous moments in our country's history and reveal fascinating facts about one of its most enduring symbols.

Synopsis: informational book with real scorpion sample