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Fountas & Pinnell Guided Reading List Level J |
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Raj and the Best Day Ever!
by Sebastien Braun
Complemented by a fun pair of socks, a novelty board book is designed as a gift from a child to a grandfather and traces the journey that was taken by the child to find the grandfather's present.
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Hooray for Birds!
by Lucy Cousins
Birds of all feathers flock together in a colorful rhyming tale by the creator of Maisy that invites children to imagine themselves as brilliantly plumed birds that make onomatopoeic sounds.
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Maisy Goes to a Show
by Lucy Cousins
Going to the theater to see a favorite celebrity in a live performance, Maisy and her friends show their tickets to the usher, take their seats and enjoy the show's dramatic lights, colorful costumes, amazing music and exciting storylines.
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Quiet
by Tomie DePaola
A tribute to the special potential and quality of mindfulness features a cast of characters whose observations of their busy world become richer and more wondrous as they sit quietly in the moment together.
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Red House, Tree House, Little Bitty Brown Mouse
by Jane Godwin
Simple, skill-building rhymes and high-contrast artwork depict a little mouse who observes the colors of her diverse community, posing a search-and-find challenge on every spread.
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The Invisible Garden
by Valérie Picard
This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of a little girl's journey through her grandmother's garden.
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How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?
by Jane Yolen
Designed for particular appeal to reluctant new readers, features stomping, roaring dinosaurs who soak books in the bathtub, throw them and finally learn how to enthusiastically, and carefully, read them with their loved ones at bedtime.
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Explorers of the Wild
by Cale Atkinson
A bear and a boy who both love exploring learn to share their adventures together.
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Monkey: Not Ready for Bedtime
by Marc Tolon Brown
.Every night, Monkey has trouble falling asleep and every day he is sleepy at school, until his big brother comes up with a great idea.
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Monkey: Not Ready for the Baby
by Marc Tolon Brown
Feeling apprehensive about an expected new baby and preferring his role as the younger brother, little Monkey receives support from his parents and older sibling as he learns what to expect and how to help. By the award-winning creator of the Arthur series.
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A Child of Books
by Oliver Jeffers
Sailing away together on a sea of words through forests of fairy tales and mountains of make-believe, two small children embark on a lifetime of imagination in an evocative prose poem story that meditates on the rewards of reading and sharing stories. By the award-winning author of Once Upon an Alphabet.
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A Greyhound, a Groundhog
by Emily Jenkins
A tongue-twister picture book by the award-winning author of Toys Meet Snow and the award-winning illustrator of Sparky! follows the whimsical wordplay that ensues when a greyhound and a groundhog meet.
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We Found a Hat
by Jon Klassen
A conclusion to the celebrated trilogy by the Caldecott Medal-winning creator of This Is Not My Hat follows the hilarious efforts of two increasingly estranged, deadpan turtles to share a single hat between them.
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Quackers
by Liz Wong
A furry little “duck” with paws, whiskers and a quack that sounds more like a meow happily lives among his duck friends before meeting another duck who looks and talks like him, but calls himself a cat.
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Swim, Mo, Swim!
by David A. Adler
A latest entry in the Geisel Award-winning early reader series finds Mo and the Guppies competing against other school teams on Field Day for medals and ice cream.
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Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game
by David A. Adler
Cam Jansen and her friend, Eric, attempt to piece together the elusive clues of a jar full of toy dinosaurs, a game of musical chairs, and a smudge of chocolate cake in order to solve a birthday-party puzzle. Books 1-8 in the Young Cam Jansen series are all level J books.
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Llama Llama Dance Recital Fun
by Anna Dewdney
A skill-building leveled reader based on an episode of the animated series finds Llama Llama helping his friend Luna overcome stage fright in time for a big dance recital.
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Trash Into Treasure
by Bethany V. Freitas
Joining a team competition to clean up the city, Curious George begins claiming discarded items before realizing that he has collected more treasure than trash, in a leveled reader based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS series.
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Flower Girl Katie
by Fran Manushkin
Katie is delighted when her Aunt Patty asks her to be a flower girl--but then she starts thinking about everything that could go wrong and worries that she will spoil her aunt's wedding.
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Good Morning, Farmer Carmen!
by Fran Manushkin
Katie and her friend Pedro spend the night at Pedro's Aunt Carmen's farm, where they see how she grows and packs vegetables, and the next day they help her sell them at the farmers' market.
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Pedro Goes Wild!
by Fran Manushkin
Pedro and his father go on a hike in the woods--where it turns out that Pedro knows a lot more about the plants and animals then his father does, but they both have fun anyway.
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Pedro Goes to Mars
by Fran Manushkin
Studying the planets at school, Pedro learns fascinating facts about Mars.
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Don't Throw It to Mo!
by David A. Adler
Accepted by his football teammates despite being their youngest member, little Mo is teased by a rival team until his coach devises a plan to use his smaller size to enable a big win.
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Freckleface Strawberry: Monster Time!
by Julianne Moore
Looking forward to recess so that she can play a pretend monster game, Freckleface Strawberry learns a valuable lesson about cooperation and compromise when her friends have other ideas about what they want to do.
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The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
Two children sitting at home on a rainy day are visited by the Cat in the Hat who shows them some tricks and games.
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Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
Sam-I-Am tries to persuade his friend to try green eggs and ham.
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Hop on Pop
by Seuss
Pairs of rhyming words are introduced and used in simple sentences, such as "Day. Play. We play all day. Night. Fight. We fight all night."
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Charlie & Mouse
by Laurel Snyder
Two inventive young brothers share a series of wacky adventures involving conversations with lumps, a neighborhood party, a rock-selling venture and the creation of the "bedtime banana."
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Kiwi Cannot Reach!
by Jason Tharp
Seeing a rope he wants to pull but cannot reach, a plucky bird engages in a giggle-inducing effort to complete the task, while Level 1 text prompts little readers to turn pages, shake the book and help in other interactive ways.
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Lily's New Home
by Paula Yoo
Lily and her parents move to a new home in New York City. Everything is so new and different, which makes Lily even more homesick.
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Firefighters
by Chris Bowman
Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces firefighters to young readers through leveled text and related photos.
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Planet Name Game
by Tish Rabe
In this Step Into Reading Science Reader, based on an episode of the hit PBS Kids television show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, the Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Nick on an adventure into space to learn the names of the eight planets in our solar system.
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Doctors
by Christina Leaf
Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces doctors to young readers through leveled text and related photos.
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Hooray for Nurses!
by Elle Parkes
Describes the nursing profession, discussing nurses' training and responsibilities, as well as the equipment they use.
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