Aliens Are Coming! The True Account of the 1938 War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast by Meghan McCarthy (2006)
The story of Orson Welles' radio broadcast which reported aliens landing in New Jersey and how this broadcast panicked the entire country and made Welles famous.
ATOS Reading Level: 4 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 106023EN

Websites:

Offical book Web page

Draw and Alien activity from Random House (pdf)

Chameleon, Chameleon by Joy Cowley; illustrated with photographs by Nic Bishop (2005)

A colorful chameleon encounters friend and foe while making his way from one tree to another in search of a tasty insect dinner.
ATOS Reading Level: 3 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 89060EN

Websites:

Reading Activities (pdf file)

Parent-Child Reading Activities from the Texas Library Association

• Design your own colorful chameleon.
• Look for a lizard in your own neighborhood and compare it to the chameleon.
• Name three things a chameleon likes to eat.

Desert Digits: an Arizona Number Book by Barbara Gowan; illustrated by Irving Toddy (2006)

Counts from one to fifteen and by tens from twenty to one hundred in rhyming text exploring the landscape, animals, and culture of Arizona, and features an informative sidebar on each page.
ATOS Reading Level: 6.5 Point Value: 1 Interest Level: MG Quiz: 109375EN

Websites:

Teacher's Guide- Gale (pdf)

Author's Website

Fast Food by Saxton Freymann (2006)

Playful rhyming text about different modes of transportation accompanies colorful sculptures of vegetables and fruits on the move.
ATOS Reading Level: 2.2 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 105918EN

Websites:

How Does Transportation Affect the Food We Eat?- Integrated Lesson Plan- Kentucky

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? What Are Homonyms and Homophones? by Brian P. Cleary; illustrated by Brian Gable (2006)

Presents a short study for early learners that teaches how to recognize and understand the difference between homonyms and homophones.

Websites:

Homophone Lesson Plan- eMints

Variety of Worksheets- First School Years

Move! by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page (2006)

Vivid illustrations and playful text introduce a variety of animals that swing, walk, dive, swim, leap, slither, climb, fly, run, dance, float, slide, and waddle. Includes facts on each animal at the back of the book.
ATOS Reading Level: 1.9 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 105023EN

Websites:

Author's Website

Now and Ben: the Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin by Gene Barretta (2006)

Looks at some of the many things invented by Benjamin Franklin that are still in use in the twenty-first century.
ATOS Reading Level: 5.1 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 106260EN

Websites:

Benjamin Franklin Activities- Suite 101

Benjamin Franklin Timeline- Discovery School

Famous People- eMints

Benjamin Franklin Teacher Guide- PBS

Owen and Mzee: the True Story of a Remarkable Friendship told by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Paula Kahumbu ; with photographs by Peter Greste.(2006)

Illustrated text and full-color photographs tell the true story of the unusual relationship between Owen, a baby hippopotamus orphaned by the tsunami, and Mzee, a 130-year-old giant tortoise.
ATOS Reading Level: 5.4 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 105794EN

Websites:

Cultivating Resiliency Guide- New York University Child Study Center

Owen and Mzee's Web Log

Owen and Mzee's Website

Owen and Mzee- Wikipedia

Owen and Mzee- NPR

Through Georgia's Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez; illustrated by Julie Paschkis (2006)

Traces American painter Georgia O'Keeffe's relationship with color and shape from her first memory to her later years in New Mexico, describing the inspiration she took from wide, open spaces, and includes illustrations inspired by her work.
ATOS Reading Level: 2.6 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 106263EN

Websites:

Famous People Lesson- eMints

Lesson Plan- University of Idaho

Lesson Plan- University of Texas, Luzmarie Alvarez-Linney

Walk On!: a Guide for Babies of All Ages by Marla Frazee (2006)

Simple text and illustrations describe how a baby starts to walk, encouraging people of all ages to stand up and walk more r
ATOS Reading Level: 1.7 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 105664EN

 
Websites:

Author's Website