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Reading Power – Suggested Titles (FICTION) CONNECT

Primary / 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore – Jenny Offil
It’s Not Fair! – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The OK Book – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
No, David!– David Shannon (any book by this author)
Nit-Pickin` - Nancy Van Laan
Red Parka Mary – Peter Eyvindson
Sam is Not A Loser – Thierry Robberecht
The Recess Queen – Alexis O`Neil
The Worst Best Friend – Alexis O`Neill
Beatrice Doesn’t Want to – Laura Numeroff
Otto Grows Down – Michael Sussman
My Mom is Excellent – Nick Butterworth
Rosie and Buttercup – Cheri Urgaki
Celestine – Drama Queen – Penny Ives
Big Words for Little People – Jamie Lee Curtis
Intermediate / Rhondo in C – Paul Fleishman
Some Things Are Scary – Florence Parry Heide
Courage – Bernard Waber
Those Shoes – Maribeth Boelts
I Can Wait Till the Bell Can Ring – Jennifer Rapp
Lazy Little Loafers –Susan O’Lear
The Retired Kid – Jon Agee
Too Perfect – Trudy Ludwig
Ian’s Walk (autism) – Laurie Lears
Oh, Brother – Nikki Grimes
Twelve Terrible Things – Marty Kelley
The Lime Green Secret – Georgia Graham Sour Puss and
My Mom is Trying to Ruin my Life – Kate Feiffer

QUESTION

Primary
K-3 / Stella books – Marie Louise Gay (P)
Little Ant- Big Thinker (or Where Does the Ocean End?) – Andre Usatschow
I Wonder Why – Louis Rock
The Day Eddie Met the Author – Louise Borden
If – Sarah Perry
Frog Belly Rat Bone – Timothy Basil Ering
How To Heal a Broken Wing – Bob Graham
Intermediate
4-7 / The Philosopher`s Club – Christopher Philips
If – Sarah Perry
Mr. Bear and the Bear – Frances Thomas
The Summer My Father Was Ten – Pat Brisson
The Day the Stones Walked – Barren William Low
Silent Music – the Story of Bagdad – James Rumford
Charlie Anderson – Barbara Abercrombie
Sami and Time of the Troubles – Florence Parry Heide
King of Rome – David Sudbury
Sparrow Girl – Sarah Pennypacker
Boy of the Deeps – Ian Wallace
The Cinder-Eyed Cat – Eric Rohmann
The Stranger in the Mirror – Allen Say
The First Beaver – Caroll Simpson (aboriginal)
A Bear in War – Stephanie Innes & Harry Endrulat
Shin-Chi’s Canoe – Nicola Campbell (aboriginal)

VISUALIZE

Primary / What Am I? – Linda Granfield
Birds – Kevin Henkes
Clinton Gregory`s Secret – Bruce Whatley Just How Long
Just How Long Can A String Be? – Keith Baker
Quiet in the Garden – Aliki
Red Rubber Boot Day – Mary Lyn Ray
Like A Windy Day – Frank Asch
Clinton Gregory`s Secret – Bruce Whatley
In the Night Garden – Barbara Joosse
Intermediate / Jabberwocky – James Stewart (Illus.)
The Highwayman – Murray Kimber (Illus.)
The Black Book of Colors – Menena Cottin
Imagine a Day – Sarah L. Thomson (also Imagine a Night)

INFER

Primary / Funny Farm – Mark Teague
The Surprise – Sylvia van Ommen
Not All Animals Are Blue - A Big Book of Little Differences – Beatrice Boutignon
Hug – Jez Alborough
Knuffle Bunny – Mo Willams
Intermediate Gr. 4-7 / Yo! Yes! – Chris Rashka
No! – David McPhail
Tales from Outer Suburbia – Shaun Tan
Welcome to the Zoo – Alison Jay
Redwoods – Jason Chin
Tuesday – David Weisner
Just a Dream – Chris Van Allsburg
Mysteries of Harris Burdick – Chris Van Allsburg (any book by this author)
Why? – Nikolai Popov
Museum Trip; Trainstop– Barbara Lehman (any book by this author)
The Arrival – Shaun Tan

TRANSFORM

Primary
K-3 / I Have a Little Problem, said the Bear – Heinz Janisch
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed – Emily PearsonWilloughby and the Lion – Greg Foley
Ish – Peter H. Reynolds (also The Dot)
Edwardo, The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World – John Burningham
Skin Again – bell hooks
Lily and the Paper Man – Rebecca Upjohn
Eddie Longpants – Mireille Levert
What Does Peace Feel Like? – Vladimir Radunsky
Listen to the Wind (Three Cups of Tea) – Greg Mortenson
Intermediate
4-7 / First Day Jitters – Julie Daneberg
The Composition – Antonio Skarmeta
The Enemy: A Book About Peace – Davide Cali
The Three Questions – Jon Muth
Mr. Peabody’s Apples - Madonna
My Great Big Mama – Olivier Ka
Scaredy Squirrel – Melanie Watt (any book by this author)
Selma – Jutta Baur
The Little Tern – A Story of Insight – Brooke Newman
The Incredibly Short and Happy Life of Riley- Colin Thomson
Oi! Get off My Train – John Burningham
The Golden Rule – Ilene Cooper

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