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List: Fountas and Pinnell K


A photo of A hippy-hoppy toad

A hippy-hoppy toad

A tiny toad suddenly finds himself in a tree then, as other creatures startle him with a peck, a buzz, or a bump, he hops to new locations along the road.

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Madeline

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

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Children make terrible pets

When Lucy, a young bear, discovers a boy lost in the woods, she asks her mother if she can have him as a pet, only to find him impossible to train.

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The mixed-up chameleon

A bored chameleon wishes it could be more like all the other animals it sees, but soon decides it would rather just be itself. Cutouts along the edges of the pages display various animals and colors.

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A photo of One-dog canoe

One-dog canoe

A girl and her dog set out in their canoe one morning, only to be insistently joined by a series of animals, large and small.

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A photo of Click, clack, moo : cows that type

Click, clack, moo : cows that type

Also available in Overdrive in English and Spanish, and in Hoopla. When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.

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A photo of Diary of a worm

Diary of a worm

A young worm discovers, day by day, that there are some very good and some not so good things about being a worm in this great big world.

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A photo of The terrible plop

The terrible plop

When a mysterious sound sends the whole forest running away in fear, only the littlest rabbit is courageous enough to discover what really happened.

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A photo of Wolfie the bunny

Wolfie the bunny

When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorstep and decide to raise him as their own, Dot is certain he will eat them all up until a surprising encounter with a bear brings them closer together.

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A photo of Barnyard banter

Barnyard banter

All the farm animals are where they should be, clucking and mucking, mewing and cooing, except for the missing goose.

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A photo of Corduroy

Corduroy

Available in Overdrive in Spanish. A toy bear in a department store wants a number of things, but when a little girl finally buys him, he finds what he has always wanted most of all.

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A photo of Millions of cats

Millions of cats

How can an old man and his wife select one cat from a choice of millions and trillions?

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A photo of Go! go! go! stop!

Go! go! go! stop!

Little Green only knows one word: 'Go!' It's the perfect thing to get the construction site moving, but how will they stop?

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A photo of Sheila Rae, the brave

Sheila Rae, the brave

When brave Sheila Rae, who usually looks out for her sister Louise, becomes lost and scared one day, Louise comes to the rescue.

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A photo of Bedtime for Frances

Bedtime for Frances

Frances finds it difficult to go to sleep with the strange noises and menacing shapes that seem to fill her room after dark.

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A photo of Harold and the purple crayon

Harold and the purple crayon

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.

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A photo of The wolf's chicken stew

The wolf's chicken stew

A hungry wolf's attempts to fatten a chicken for his stewpot have unexpected results.

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A photo of A letter to Amy

A letter to Amy

Peter wants to invite Amy to his birthday party but he wants it to be a surprise.

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A photo of The story of Ferdinand

The story of Ferdinand

Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls.

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When I get bigger

A child imagines all the things to be done when one is bigger.

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A photo of Elmer

Elmer

All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.

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A photo of Dewey : there's a cat in the library!

Dewey : there's a cat in the library!

"When librarian Vicki Myron finds a young kitten abandoned in the Spencer Library return box, she nurses him back to health, deciding then and there that he will be their library cat, and naming him, appropriately, Dewey Readmore Books."--Amazon.com.

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A photo of If you give a mouse a cookie

If you give a mouse a cookie

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

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A photo of Chicken Butt!

Chicken Butt!

Humorous illustrations accompany silly rhyming text about an outlandish chicken.

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A photo of Ruby the copycat

Ruby the copycat

Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.

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A photo of Sky color

Sky color

Marisol loves to paint. So when her teacher asks her to help make a mural for the school library, she can't wait to begin! But wait--how can Marisol ever make a sky without blue paint? After gazing out the bus window and watching from her porch as day turns into night, she closes her eyes and starts to dream.

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Pete's a pizza

When Pete feels miserable because rain makes it impossible to play ball outdoors, his father finds a fun indoor game to play with his son.

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A photo of Owl babies

Owl babies

Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.

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A photo of Digby and Kate

Digby and Kate

Six episodes in the friendship of Digby the dog and Kate the cat, who enjoy each other's company even when they have their differences in such areas as catching a mouse or fixing lunch.

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A photo of Get ready for second grade, Amber Brown

Get ready for second grade, Amber Brown

Amber is nervous about starting second grade with a new teacher, but despite being in the same class as mean Hannah Burton, things turn out just fine.

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Yasmin the painter

Also available in Hoopla in Spanish. Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.

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A photo of Andy Shane and the Queen of Egypt

Andy Shane and the Queen of Egypt

Andy Shane selects Egypt as the topic of his first-ever Culture Fair project, but the very bossy Dolores Starbuckle declares that she is the Queen of Egypt and does not give him a moment's peace until he agrees to let her work with him.

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A photo of Abuela's birthday

Abuela's birthday

Sofia and her cousins are making a piñata for their grandmother's birthday party, but when Bella the cat gets involved chaos ensues.

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A photo of Stan the hot dog man

Stan the hot dog man

After he retires, Stan becomes a hot dog man and finds that his new job helps him come to the rescue during a big snowstorm.

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A photo of Frog and Toad together

Frog and Toad together

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. Five further adventures of two best friends as they share cookies, plant a garden, and test their bravery.

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The fun fort

"The Garcia's new refrigerator comes in a big box. Carlos and Carmen turn the box into a rocket, then a submarine. Then the twins finally decide to make the box a fort. But it's a crumpled fort. It's a flat fort. Discover how Carlos and Carmen don't let a flattened box ruin their fun!" --

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A photo of Hooper Humperdink--? Not him!

Hooper Humperdink--? Not him!

A youngster plans a huge, spectacular party, inviting friends whose names begin with every letter from A to Z--except for one person.

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Rocking the tide

"A guitar-playing fish and his friends in a band called the Fry are eager to perform in a school concert but they all have the jitters, afraid something will go wrong"--Copyright page.

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A photo of Animals in winter

Animals in winter

Describes the many different ways animals cope with winter, including migration, hibernation, and food storage.

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A photo of The man who walked between the towers

The man who walked between the towers

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

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