Julia Gillian (and The Quest For Joy)
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear as she and her St.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: school stories, friendship, trumpets, secrecy, family life, minneapolis (minn.), fear, saint bernard dog, dogs, death, reading [X], middle schools, families, schools, best friends, trumpet, secrets, neighborhoods, neighborhood, family, pets, animals [X]
How Rocket Learned To Read
A little yellow bird teaches Rocket the dog how to read by first introducing him to the "wondrous, mighty, gorgeous alphabet.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 105
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 600
The Old Woman Who Loved To Read
An old woman moves to the country in order to have a peaceful life with lots of time to read but soon finds that each season brings other tasks to keep her busy.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
Crazy Like A Fox
In a story told entirely in similes, Rufus the fox is behaving strangely, but for a very good reason.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 70
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Clifford Takes A Trip
Lonely when his family vacations without him, Clifford, a giant red dog, overcomes wet cement, traffic jams, and toll bridges to rejoin them in the mountains.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 65
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: dogs, vacations, clifford (fictional character : bridwell), travel, pets, animals [X], tourism, reading [X]
I Don't Like To Read!
Henry the mouse likes everything about first grade except reading, but with some extra help at school and home, he is delightfully surprised.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Phonics Comics
A phonics comic in which Brad Benson, small, unlucky, and often the target of bullies, gets a little help from his dog Duke who is accidently transformed into Fang by a formula invented by a mad veterinarian.
398.2
year: 2007
copies: 5
call number/section: 398.2
lexile: 290
subjects: fairy tales, reading [X], education, elementary, humorous stories, children, heroes, cartoons and comics, heroes and heroines, comic books, strips, etc, elementary education, robots, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, science fiction, science fiction comic books, strips, etc, comic books, strips, etc, luck, fortune, fate and fatalism, dogs, pets, animals [X]
What Plants And Animals Need
Describes what plants and animals need to live, such as air and water, in a text that incorporates phonics instruction.
570
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 570
lexile:
No Problem
Mouse's friends take turns putting together the pieces that come in a box as a birthday present; but only Shrew, who takes the time to read the instructions, is able to build something that really works.
FIC
year: 1993
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
How Do You Read To A Rabbit?
Describes why it is not so easy to read to rabbits, giraffes, and other animals.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Baby Animals
Briefly introduces a variety of baby animals, in a text that incorporates phonics instruction and rebuses.
591.3
year: 2004
copies: 2
call number/section: 591.3
lexile:
Rain Forest Animals
Presents the different activities of a variety of rain forest animals by day and by night, in a text that incorporates phonics instruction and rebuses.
591.73
year: 2004
copies: 10
call number/section: 591.73
lexile:
Ira Wordworthy
The badger proprietor of a country store, who fusses and fumes at the boys and girls that sit on his steps to read, changes his attitude entirely when young Rita Raccoon discovers his secret shortcoming and remedies it.
FIC
year: 1989
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Can You See It?
Text with rebuses invites the reader to look for various animals hidden or camouflaged in the illustrations.
590
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 590
lexile:
Where Animals Live
Shows the homes of an eagle, fox, bear, and bee in an easy-to-read text that incorporates phonics instruction and rebuses.
591.56
year: 2004
copies: 3
call number/section: 591.56
lexile: