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Reading Power – “Tried and True” (FICTION)

CONNECT Primary / 17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore – Jenny Ofell
It’s Not Fair! – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The OK Book – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
No, David!– David Shannon (any “David” book by this author)
Red Parka Mary – Peter Eyvindson (aboriginal)
My Many Coloured Days – Dr. Seuss
The Way I Feel – Janan Caine
The Recess Queen – Alexis O`Neil
The Worst Best Friend – Alexis O`Neill
Beatrice Doesn’t Want to – Laura Numeroff
My Mom is Excellent – Nick Butterworth
Red is Best – Kathy Stinson
I’m Sorry – Sam McBratney
Calendar – Myra Cohn Livingston
Celestine – Drama Queen – Penny Ives
Big Words for Little People – Jamie Lee Curtis
CONNECT
Intermediate / Rhondo in C – Paul Fleishman (out of print but a classic)
Some Things Are Scary – Florence Parry Heide
Courage – Bernard Waber
Those Shoes – Maribeth Boelts
I Can Wait Till the Bell Can Ring – Jennifer Rapp
Matthew and Tilly –Rebecca Jones
One of Those Days – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Ian’s Walk (autism) – Laurie Lears
Twelve Terrible Things – Marty Kelley
My Mom is Trying to Ruin my Life – Kate Feiffer
QUESTION
Primary
K-3 / Stella books – Marie Louise Gay (P)
Q is for Question – Tiffany Poirier
Little Ant – Big Thinker (or Where Does the Ocean End?) – Andre Usatschow
I Wonder Why – Louis Rock
Fly Away Home – Eve Bunting
Why is the Sky Blue? – Sally Grindley
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
Charlie Anderson – Barbara Abercrombie
The Dragon’s Egg – M.P. Robertson
QUESTION
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 Lotus Seed – Sherry Garland
Charlie Anderson – Barbara Abercrombie
Sami and Time of the Troubles – Florence Parry Heide
Sparrow Girl – Sarah Pennypacker
Boy of the Deeps – Ian Wallace
The Lady in the Box – Anne McGovern
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 / Puddles – Jonathon London
Clinton Gregory`s Secret – Bruce Whatley
The Listening Walk – Paul Showers
The Windy Day – Helina Below
Quiet in the Garden – Aliki
Red Rubber Boot Day – Mary Lyn Ray
Like A Windy Day – Frank Asch
In the Night Garden – Barbara Joosse
VISUALIZE
Intermediate / Hello Ocean – Pam Munroz Ryan
The Seashore Book – Charlotte Zolotow
The Storm Book – Charlotte Zolotow
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)
A Quiet Place – Douglas Wood
Paper Boy – Dav Pilkey
See the Ocean – Estelle Condra (also for Question, Infer, Transform)
INFER
Primary / Funny Farm – Mark Teague
Little Green – Keith Baker
OK GO – Karin Berger
The Surprise – Sylvia van Ommen
Tough Boris – Mem Fox
Oops – Arthur Geisert (also Oink by this author)
Not All Animals Are Blue - A Big Book of Little Differences – Beatrice Boutignon
Hug – Jez Alborough
Willy the Wizard – Anthony Browne
Knuffle Bunny – Mo Willams
INFER
Intermediate Gr. 4-7 / Yo! Yes! – Chris Rashka
No! – David McPhail
Home – Jeannie Baker
The Arrival – Sean Tan (immigration)
Rose Blanche – Roberto Innocenti (holocaust)
George and Martha – James Marshall (series)
Tight Times –Barbara Shook Hazel
Voices in the Park – Anthony Browne
Fox – Margaret Wild
Welcome to the Zoo – Alison Jay
Tuesday – David Weisner (any book by this author, including Flotsam)
Mysteries of Harris Burdick – Chris Van Allsburg (any book by this author)
The Wretched Stone – Chris Van Alsburg
Why? – Nikolai Popov
The Red Book; Museum Trip; Trainstop– Barbara Lehman
TRANSFORM
Primary / I Have a Little Problem, said the Bear – Heinz Janisch
One – Kathryn Otoshi
Ordinary Mary’s Extraordinary Deed – Emily Pearson
Willoughby and the Lion – Greg Foley
Ish – Peter H. Reynolds (also The Dot)
Skin Again – bell hooks
Edwardo, The Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World – John Burningham
Lily and the Paper Man – Rebecca Upjohn
How Full is Your Bucket? (for kids) – Tom Rath
What Does Peace Feel Like? – Vladimir Radunsky
Listen to the Wind (Three Cups of Tea) – Greg Mortenson
TRANSFORM
Intermediate
4-7 / First Day Jitters – Julie Daneberg
The Teddy Bear – David McPhail
Mr. Peabody’s Apples– Madonna
The Three Questions – Jon Muth (based on the book by Leo Tolstoy)
The Composition – Antonio Skarmeta
The Enemy: A Book About Peace – Davide Cali
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
The Blue Stone – Jimmie Laop
Oi! Get off My Train – John Burningham
The Golden Rule – Ilene Cooper

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