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Annotation
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The Napping House (Wood)
Lexile:NP
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In this cumulative tale, a wakeful flea atop a number of sleeping creatures causes a commotion, with just one bite.
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Martin) Lexile:530
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An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.
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Swimmy (Lionni)
Lexile:640
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Swimmy, a small black fish, finds a way to protect a school of small red fish from their natural enemies.
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Corduroy (Freeman)
Lexile:600
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A department store teddy bear wishes for a home and a friend.
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Martin)
Lexile:440
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Children see a variety of animals, each one a different color, and a teacher looking at them.
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Mooncake (Asch)
Lexile:540
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Bear builds a rocket to take him to the moon so he can taste it.
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Peter's Chair (Keats)
Lexile:390
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When Peter discovers his blue furniture is being painted pink for a new baby sister, he rescues the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away.
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The Very Busy Spider (Carle)
Lexile:130
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The farm animals try to divert a busy little spider from spinning her web, but she persists and produces a thing of both beauty and usefulness. The pictures may be felt as well as seen.
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Chair for My Mother (Williams) Lexile:640
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A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.
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Petunia (Duvoisin)
Lexile:510
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Petunia the goose carries a book under her wing, believing it will make her wise. Only when her pride causes a disaster does she realize that she must read the book, not just carry it around.
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Franklin in the Dark (Bourgeois)
Lexile:460
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Franklin is a turtle who is afraid of small dark places. He is even afraid of crawling into his small dark shell. What will Franklin do?
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Clifford the Big Red Dog (Bridwell)
Lexile:220
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Emily Elizabeth describes the activities she enjoys with her very big, very red dog and how they take care of each other.
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The Three Little Pigs (Galdone)
Lexile:550
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Retells the fatal episodes in the lives of two foolish pigs and how the third pig managed to avoid the same.
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Tale of Peter Rabbit (Potter)
Lexile:660
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Peter disobeys his mother by going into Mr. McGregor's garden and almost gets caught.
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Berlioz the Bear (Brett)
Lexile:540
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Berlioz the bear and his fellow musicians are due to play for the town ball when the mule pulling their bandwagon refuses to move. A strange buzzing in Berlioz's double bass turns into a surprise that saves the day.
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Curious George Rides a Bike (Rey)
Lexile:580
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George the monkey goes riding on his new bicycle and runs into unexpected adventure.
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I Like Me! (Carlson)
Lexile:400
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By admiring her finer points and showing that she can take care of herself and have fun even when there's no one else around, a charming pig proves the best friend you can have is yourself.
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Brett)
Lexile:880
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Lost in the woods, a tired and hungry girl finds the house of the three bears where she helps herself to food and goes to sleep.
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Strega Nona: an old tale (De Paola)
Lexile:800
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When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
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White Snow, Bright Snow (Tresselt)
Lexile:870
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When it begins to look, feel, and smell like snow, everyone prepares for a winter blizzard.
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Song and Dance Man, (Ackerman)
Lexile:780
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Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
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Bread and Jam for Frances (Hoban)
Lexile:490
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Frances learns that she likes to eat other things besides bread and jam.
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Millions of Cats (Gag)
Lexile:730
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"Millions and billions and trillions of cats" live on a high hill and eventually they eat each other up until only one is left.
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Ira Says Goodbye (Waber)
Lexile:380
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Ira is surprised to discover that his best friend Reggie feels happy about having to move to a new town.
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Caps for Sale (Slobodkina)
Lexile:480
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A band of monkeys steals a peddler's caps while he is asleep.
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