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List: Fountas and Pinnell R


A photo of The Indian in the cupboard

The Indian in the cupboard

Also available in Overdrive. A nine-year-old boy receives a plastic Indian, a cupboard, and a little key for his birthday and finds himself involved in adventure when the Indian comes to life in the cupboard and befriends him.

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A photo of The cow poop treasure hunt

The cow poop treasure hunt

In this book in the series of books based on the hit CBBC TV show, Hank is desperate to prove to his parents that he can be responsible, and roughing it seems like the perfect test. He didn't count on being paired up with his nemesis, McKelty, or a leaky tent in a field of cow pies, though. Can life get much worse for Hank?

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A photo of Iggie's house

Iggie's house

When an African American family with three children moves into her white neighborhood, eleven-year-old Winnie learns the difference between being a good neighbor and being a good friend.

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A photo of The wild robot

The wild robot

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. Why is she there? Where did she come from? Most important, how will she survive in her harsh surroundings? Roz's only hope is to learn from the island's hostile animal inhabitants. When she tries to care for an orphaned gosling, the other animals finally decide to help, and the island starts to feel like home. Until one day, the robot's mysterious past comes back to haunt her.

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A photo of Stealing home

Stealing home

Joey is sure he will not get along with the exchange student from Nicaragua who is staying with his family for a year, but they find common ground on the baseball field.

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A photo of Lost and found

Lost and found

Also available in Overdrive. Twelve-year-old identical twins Jay and Ray have long resented that everyone treats them as one person, and so they hatch a plot to take advantage of a clerical error at their new school and pretend they are just one.

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A photo of Charlie and the chocolate factory

Charlie and the chocolate factory

Also available in Overdrive. Each of five children lucky enough to discover an entry ticket into Mr. Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory takes advantage of the situation in his own way.

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A photo of Because of Winn-Dixie

Because of Winn-Dixie

Also available in Overdrive. Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog Winn-Dixie.

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A photo of The celery stalks at midnight

The celery stalks at midnight

Also available in Overdrive. Chester the cat is more than ever convinced that Bunnicula is a vampire when there is a harvest of white vegetables on the morning after the night that Bunnicula was probably wandering through the neighborhood.

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A photo of Babe : the gallant pig

Babe : the gallant pig

A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.

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A photo of Touch blue

Touch blue

Also available in Overdrive and Hoopla. When the state of Maine threatens to shut down their island's one-room schoolhouse because of dwindling enrollment, eleven-year-old Tess, a strong believer in luck, and her family take in a trumpet-playing foster child, to increase the school's population.

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A photo of Brian's winter

Brian's winter

Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian had hebeen forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his survival pack and hatchet.

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A photo of Emma-Jean Lazarus fell in love

Emma-Jean Lazarus fell in love

Seventh-grader Emma-Jean Lazarus uses her logical, scientific mind to navigate the mysteries of the upcoming Spring Fling, her friend Colleen's secret admirer, and other love-related dilemmas.

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A photo of The dog who thought he was Santa

The dog who thought he was Santa

In 1957, problems at the mine threaten to ruin Christmas for fifth-grader Don, his family, and the rest of their Oklahoma coal town, but Don's bloodhound, Frank, is determined to do whatever it takes to make the holiday special for Don and his six-year-old sister, Susan. Chapters alternate from the human to the canine point of view.

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A photo of Charlotte's web

Charlotte's web

Also available in Overdrive. Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

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