Reading Power Booklist

Spring 2011

CONNECT

Title / Author / Suggested Gr. Level
I Like You the Best / Carol Thompson / K-2
Mad at Mommy / Komako Sakai / K-2
The Best Birthday Party Ever / Jennifer LaRue Huget / Gr. 1-3
Trixie and Jinx / Dean Koontz / Gr. 1-3
This School Year will be the Best / Kay Winters / Gr. 2-4
Hudson Hates School (Dyslexia) / Ella Hudson / Gr. 2-5
No Fair, Science Fair! / Nancy Poydar / Primary
Noni Says No / Heather Hartto-Sussan / Primary
Start Saving Henry / Nancy Carlson / Pirmary
The Best Birthday Ever / Charise Mericle Harper / Primary
Big Red Lollipop / Rukhasana Khan / Int.

VISUALIZE

Title / Author / Suggested Gr. Level
Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit / Il Sung Na / Gr. K-3
Snow Happy! / Patricia Hubbell / Gr. K-3
The Sea of Sleep / Warren Hanson / Gr. 2-5
Kitten’s Summer (sounds) / Eugenie Fernandes / Primary
The Rain Train / Elena de Roo / Primary
The Loud Book (companion to The Quiet Book) / Deborah Underwood / Primary
Follow Me / Tricia Trucel / Primary
When I Was Born (also Connect/Transform) / Isabel Minhos Martins / Primary

QUESTION

Title / Author / Suggested Gr. Level
Waddles / David McPhail / Gr. 1-3
The Last Polar Bear / Jean Craighead George / Gr. 1-3
Argus / Michelle Knudsen / Gr. 1-3
Today, Maybe / Dominique Demers / Gr. 1-4
Three By the Sea / Mini Grey / Gr. 2-4
Migrant / Maxine Trottier / Gr. 2-4
The Honey Bee Man / Lela Nargi / Gr. 2-4
My Side of the Car / Kate Feiffer / Gr. 2-4
Today, Maybe / Dominique Demers / Gr. 3-5
The Crows of Pearblossom / Aldous Huxley / Gr. 3-5
Two Bobbies (True story – hurricane Katrina, friendship) / Kirby Larson / Gr. 3-7
The Little Red Pen / Janet Stevens / Primary
Little Black Crow / Chris Raschka / Primary

INFER

Title / Author / Suggested Gr. Level
Small, Medium and Large (xmas) / Jane Monroe Donovan / Gr. K-2
The Chicken Thief / Beatrice Rodriguez / Gr K-4
Fox and Hen Together / Beatrice Rodrigquz / Gr. K-4
What If? / Laura Vaccaro Seeger / Gr. 2-4
Stick / Steve Breen / Gr. 2-4
The Secret Box / Barbara Lehman / Gr. 2-5
Me and You / Anthony Browne / Gr. 3-6
Ten Birds / Cybele Young / Gr. 3-6
Mirror / Jeannie Baker / Gr. 4-7
Underground / Shane W. Evans / Gr. 5-7
Queen of the Falls / Chris Van Alsburg / Gr. 4-7

TRANSFORM

Title / Author / Suggested Gr. Level
Blue Chameleon / Emily Gravett / K-2
Rain Brings Frogs / Maryann Cocca-Leffler / K-2
I’m the Best / Lucy Cousins / K-2
Fortune Cookies / Albert Bitterman / K-2
Press Here / Herve Tullet / K-3
Rain School / James Rumford / Gr. 2-4
Emily’s Art / Peter Catalanotto / Gr. 2-4
Me… Jane (the story of Jane Goodall / Patrick McDonnell / Gr. 2-4
The Watcher: Jane Goodall’s Life with the Chimps / Jeanette Winter / Gr. 2-5
Bird Child / Nan Forler / Gr. 3-7
Giant Steps to Change the World / Spike Lee / Gr. 5-7
A Sick Day for Amos Magee / Philip C. Stead / Primary
Small Saul / Ashley Spires / Primary
Cloudette / Tom Lichtenheld / Primary

NONFICTION

Title / Author / Suggested Gr. Level / RP strategy
My World (series) / Bobbie Kalman / K-1 / Question/DI
Soup Day / Melissa Iwai / K-2 / Connect
B is for Basketball / SD 50 / K-5 / Connect
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? / Susan Shae / K-2 / Question/Transform
First Facts (solar systems) / Captstone Press / Gr. 2-3 / Question/DI
Watch and Grow Series (Acorn – Heinemann) / Nancy Dickmann / Gr. 1-3 / ZI, DI
How Did That Get IN My Lunchbox / Chris Butterworth / 1-3 / Transform
Better Together / S. Shapiro / Primary / Transform
Watch Me Grow- A Down To Earth Look At Growing Food in the City / Deborah Hodge / Primary
Wise at Heart / Brody Hartman / Gr. 2-7 / Transform
Explore Earth’s Five Oceans (series: Explore the contintents) / Bobbie Kalman / Gr. 3-6 / Determine Importance
Science: Fact or Fiction? You Decide! / Sarah Levite / Gr. 3-6 / Question
Curtain Up! A Book for Young Performers / Kirk McLean / Gr. 3-6 / Connect
Down, Down, Down to the Bottom of the Sea / Steve Jenkins / Gr. 3-7 / D.I./ Question
Night Flight Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic / Robert Burleigh / Int. / Question
This Child, Every Child / David. J. Smith / Int. / Transform
All the Water in the World / George Ella Lyon / Int / Transform

DI – Determine Importance

ZI – Zoom In

Reading Power agear 2011