Picture Books

Carmine: a Little More Red by Melissa Sweet (2005)

Carmine loves the color red and stops to paint a picture on her way to visit her grandmother, while her dog Rufus meets a wolf and leads him directly to Granny's house. ATOS Reading Level: 3.1
Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 87517EN

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Teacher's Guide by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

Carmine's Teacher's Guide by Melissa Sweet (pdf)

Chickadee Booklet Lesson Plan (see page 18-19) (pdf)

Dear Fish by Chris Gall (2006)

One afternoon at the beach, a small boy puts an invitation to the fish to come for a visit in a bottle and throws it into the ocean, and the results are unprecedented.
ATOS Reading Level: 4.5 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 107029EN

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Chris Gall website

Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick by Rosalyn Rosenbluth; illustrated by Maurie Manning (2005)

David is nervous about the class clown, Ruben Plotnick, coming to his house to meet his grandmother, who is old and sometimes acts very strange; however, Ruben surprises everyone.
ATOS Reading Level: 4 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 102804EN

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Lesson Plan- Teaching Tolerance

The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens; illustrated by Susan Stevens Crummel (2005)

When a tennis ball lands in a prairie dog town, the residents find that their newfound frenzy for fuzz creates a fiasco.
ATOS Reading Level: 1.9 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 88641EN

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Lesson Plan and Student Activity Sheet- Scholastic Books

Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi; illustrated by John Manders(2005)

Captain Barnacle Black Ear, baddest of the Buccaneer Bunnies, is ashamed of his book-loving son, Henry, until the day a great storm approaches.
ATOS Reading Level: 3.8 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 88729EN

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Lesson Plan- Scholastic

Lesson Plans- Round Rock Independent School District (pdf)

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont; illustrated by David Catrow (2005)

In the rhythm of the folk song "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," a child who loves to paint the walls and everything else he sees cannot resist adding one more dab of paint to some surprising places.

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North Carolina Children's Book Award Program--see page 26.

I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff; illustrated by David Catrow (2004)

Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.
ATOS Reading Level: 2.7 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 80398EN

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Extension Activities--Florida Reading Association

Internet Resources and Activities--Suzy Red

Thank You, Aunt Tallulah! by Carmela La Vigna Coyle; illustrated by Bruce MacPherson (2006)
The many mishaps of Bettina, who is attending summer camp, and her Aunt Tallulah, who is living at the South Pole, are described in the letters they exchange.
ATOS Reading Level: 3.2 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 105701EN

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That New Animal by Emily Jenkins; illustrated by Pierre Pratt (2005)

The lives of two dogs change after a new animal, a baby, comes to their house.
ATOS Reading Level: 2.7 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 88783EN

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Study Guide from Weston Woods

Three Silly Billies by Margie Palatini, illustrated by Barry Moser (2005)

Three billy goats, unable to cross a bridge because they cannot pay the toll, form a car pool with The Three Bears, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack of beanstalk fame to get past the rude Troll.
ATOS Reading Level: 3.2 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 88497EN

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North Carolina Book Award Program--see page 43.