Harriet Ziefert
3) Sleepy dog
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1984]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
80L
Language
English
Description
Simple text and illustrations portray a small dog getting ready for bed, sleeping, dreaming, and waking up.
6) Pig wig
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Combines simple rhymes with anime-style illustrations in a series of skill-building stories that invites young readers to become familiar with word families that share similar long- and short-vowel sounds.
7) Stop pop
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Combines simple rhymes with anime-style illustrations in a series of skill-building stories that invites young readers to become familiar with word families that share similar long- and short-vowel sounds.
9) Ice mice
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Offering a springboard into independent reading, the Flip-a-Word series takes kids from a single word, to a phrase, to a simple sentence. Ice Mice utilizes word families to help new readers recognize similarities between words that rhyme and connect words that have matching long or short vowel sounds"--
10) The snow child
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An elderly couple who long for a child build a snow child which comes to life and makes them very happy--until the coming of spring when the days become too warm for her to stay.
11) Snow bow
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--
12) Quack shack
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Humorous illustrations and die-cut pages introduce rhyming word families ending in "ack," "ick," and "ock."
13) Jason's bus ride
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
1993.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
330L
Language
English
Description
Jason becomes a hero when he takes a bus ride.
14) Snow party
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 580L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When the first snow of the year falls on the first day of winter, all the snow people have a snow party.
15) Frog jog
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"With bright art done in the Japanese anime style, each book in this interactive early reading series features three different word families. When kids flip the pages, they get a new word and image within that word family. Word families help children recognize similarities between words that rhyme, and help them connect words with similar long or short vowel sounds. This familiarity helps kids read a word they don't necessarily know"--
16) ABC dentist
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 940L
Language
English
Description
Informative text and lively collage illustrations take readers on a trip to the dentist's office and can help calm their fears through an ABC exploration of what they will find there.
Author
Publisher
Random House Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 860L
Language
English
Description
"You Can't Ride a Bicycle to the Moon explores the science of the moon and the history of space travel. Humorous, sprightly verse is paired with kid-centered explanations and explorations of lunar facts and aeronautic science. Each of the sections is topped off with a page of simple activities and kickstarting questions that expand the child's understanding of that particular section's, and the overall, subject matter"--
Author
Publisher
Blue Apple Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
AD 510L
Language
English
Description
"A little girl steps out into her rainy yard in search of her missing kitten. She discovers a series of charming garden denizens on the way to finding Kitty. After celebrating the glories of a rainy day, the book ends with a heartwarming reunion between girl and cat"--
20) Home for Navidad
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Rosa hopes that her mother, whom she has not seen for three years, will leave her job in New York and come home to Santa Catarina, Mexico, for Christmas and maybe even longer. Includes a glossary of Spanish words used.