Not Leveled by Reading Recovery Books/Packages
Below are Books for Young Learners not on the official Reading Recovery
list that are also useful for intervention and classroom instruction.
Package Level: WL-12 Package Level: 14-19 Package Level: 20-24
Author: Candy Grant Helmso
Illustrated by Stephen Taylor
Description:
A little girl shares the fun of an old African-American custom with her classmates.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 18
INT Level: 20
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 252 271
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Author: R. Hugh Rice
Illustrated by Bruce MacDonald
Description:
Giant Paul Bunyan shows the lumberjacks how to outwit the sneaky, hungry, logger-gobbling log garfish.
(Traditional Literature)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 20
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 114
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Author: Adel Wignell
Illustrated by Tom Barrett
Description:
What froze during a coachman’s journey through the snowy German mountains long ago.
(Traditional Literature)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 20
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 432
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Author: Sherry Shahan
Illustrated by Chad Wallace
Description:
A northern elephant seal pup grows up.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 20
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 467
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Author: Sherry H. Bowen
Illustrated by Kathleen Kuchera
Description:
This Native American legend tells why the pigeon’s feathers are gray, and how she learned that being yourself is the most beautiful way to be.
(Traditional Literature)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 20
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 473
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Author: Lola Schaefer
Illustrated by Neesa Becker
Description:
How trilobites that lived long ago became fossils.
(Informational)
F/P Level: K
Grade Level: 2
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 20
Page Count: 12
Word Count: 139
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Author: Sherry Bowen
Illustrated by Pat Paris
Description:
Spilled purple grapes + hot Egyptian sun = raisins.
(Traditional Literature)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 20
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 590
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Author: Marjorie Jackson
Illustrated by Marilyn Henry
Description:
An armadillo escapes her predators and fills her burrow with life.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 21
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 134
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Author: John Christopher Fine
Photographer: John Christopher Fine
Description:
The story of how a shipwreck full of treasure was discovered off the Florida coast.
(Informational)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 24
INT Level: 21
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 271 278
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Illustrated by Kathy O’Malley
Description:
Wild parrots enliven the streets and parks of San Francisco, California.
(Informational)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 21
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 570
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Author: Candy Grant Helmso
Illustrated by Joanne Friar
Description:
A family of women work together to help friends find a path to freedom.
(Historical Fiction)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 22
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 300
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Illustrated by Lynda Cohen
Description:
The writing and history of Haiku poetry is examined.
(Informational)
F/P Level: O
Grade Level: 3-4
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 22
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 655
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Photographer: Shaunda Kennedy Wenger
Description:
The author learns about the eating habits of black bears in Vermont.
(Informational)
F/P Level: N
Grade Level: 3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 22
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 677
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Photographer: John Christopher Fine
Description:
A marine biologist relates his encounter with a persistent young cormorant.
(Informational)
F/P Level: N
Grade Level: 3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 22
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 846
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Author: Juliann Darling
Illustrated by Pamela Ross
Description:
On clear nights the starry sky glitters and glows with mythical figures and their adventures and deeds.
(Informational)
F/P Level: K
Grade Level: 2
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 22
Page Count: 12
Word Count: 96
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Author: Elizabeth Westra
Illustrated by Kenneth Robert Ampel
Description:
A perceptive young boy tames a spirited stallion.
(Historical Fiction)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 23
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 434
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Author: Susan Giles
Illustrated by Susan Giles
Description:
Nine homeless kitties go island-hopping in the Caribbean Sea.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 23
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 636
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Author: Aldo P. Biagiotti
Photographer: Aldo P. Biagiotti
Description:
A recounting of how two wild, desert burros found a home.
(Informational)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 22
INT Level: 23
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 419 424
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Author: Amy Allison
Illustrated by Erin McGonigle Brammer
Description:
What are those stone figures that loom high above on some buildings and why are they there?
(Informational)
F/P Level: K
Grade Level: 2
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 23
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 169
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Author: Claire Violet
Illustrated by Susan Havice
Description:
What could be causing strange things to happen throughout the house.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 23
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 289
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Author: Susan and David Shane
Illustrated by Paul Casale
Description:
A story of the changes in the life of a family who lived by the sea.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 23
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 264
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Description:
Springs can be found in unexpected places, and they can do amazing things.
(Informational)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level:
INT Level: 24
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 245
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