Reading Recovery Packages
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Author: Cassia McClain
Illustrated by Deborah White
Description:
It’s more than just bacon that makes the kitchen such a special place on Saturday mornings.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: K
Grade Level: 2
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 363
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Author: Kathleen Hardcastle Moeller
Illustrated by Rosi Lusardi
Description:
A child notices and enjoys different birds that visit a horse barn throughout the day.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 230 213
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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: 20 18
INT Level:
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 252 271
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Author: Steven Morse
Illustrated by Susan Banta
Description:
There are many ways to feel cool, look cool, and be cool, and they’re all fun.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Early
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 137
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Author: Janet and George Robinson
Photographer: Janet and George Robinson
Description:
The beauty and importance of coral reefs portrayed in words and photographs.
(Informational)
F/P Level: L
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 557
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Description:
Animals, games, rides, food, and exhibits entertain a family at a country fair.
(Informational)
F/P Level: N
Grade Level: 3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 603
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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: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 432
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Illustrated by Chad Wallace
Description:
Pack rats in the southwest United States preserve bits of history and prehistory.
(Informational)
F/P Level: N
Grade Level: 3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 392
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Author: Dr. L. David Furr
Illustrated by Tom Simonton
Description:
A young boy meets a basketball legend.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: K
Grade Level: 2
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 929
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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: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 114
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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: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 473
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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: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 467
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Author: David Zirin
Illustrated by Deborah White
Description:
A young girl brightens the life of her lonely, hard-working mother.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: K
Grade Level: 2
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 804
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Author: Douglas Hood
Illustrated by Tom Simonton
Description:
A story of how the ancient, underground army of the first emperor of China was found.
(Realistic Fiction)
F/P Level: M
Grade Level: 2-3
Reading Stage: Fluent
RR / DLL Level: 20
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 849
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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: 20
INT Level: 23
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 289
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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: 20
INT Level:
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: 20
INT Level:
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: 21
INT Level:
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: 21 24
INT Level:
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 271 278
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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: 22
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 300
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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: 22
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 677
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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: 22
INT Level:
Page Count: 12
Word Count: 96
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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: 22
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 570
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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: 23
INT Level:
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: 23
INT Level:
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: 23 22
INT Level:
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 419 424
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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: 23 24
INT Level:
Page Count: 16 16
Word Count: 271 278
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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: 24
INT Level:
Page Count: 16
Word Count: 245
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