READING ALOUD
This innovative series is designed to give older
children practice reading to younger children, while letting the younger children share in
the reading at their own level.
Each full-color book features two reading levels (target grades 1 and 3+) on
alternating pages. Lower level readers are exposed to higher level vocabulary and more
complex sentences, while higher level readers have the opportunity to practice and model
their reading skills.
This series is ideal for home school families, for
peer tutoring, or for any other situation where readers have two different ability levels.
The left-hand page, which consists of a simple sentence or two, is in
slightly larger print for lower level readers. The right hand side is a paragraph (or two
or three smaller ones) in regular print.
Attractive full-color illustrations on both sides integrate the story and keep readers of
all levels interested.
The stories themselves are interesting enough to motivate readers to continue.
The last page contains activities related to the theme of the book so that older reader,
teacher or parent
can involved the younger reader in talking about the book.
There are also hands-on activities suitable for both levels (all primaries).
Books are listed by their three themes: Animal Stories, Adventure Stories, and Nature
Stories
My price is $2.69-D each
Animal Stories
Fun-filled stories about a variety of animal friends
 Bello
Says Good-by. Bello the whale is getting ready to migrate south with the
rest of his pod. He searches for his friends, the other ocean creatures, to say goodbye,
and they all come with him until the final goodbye when he joins his pod and starts south.
Cat. #EP-654
If Dogs Ruled the World gives
young readers an idea of how dogs might feel about the way we treat them. Cat.#EP-650
Love me Said the Rat: As
various children enter the pet store, we read the thoughts and pleas of the white rat who
wants to be adopted by a child. He lists all his qualifications for being a good
pet, but especially this one: 'Love me and I'll love you back.' Cat. #EP-651
The Hungry Hippo. Helen, the
always hungry hippo, tried a chunk of honey she saw flowing from a beehive, but it caused
her teeth to stick together. As various animals try to help, a wild series of accidents
unfolds until the last one solves Helen's sticky problem. Cat.#EP-652
Dinner at the Zoo. When Frank
the zoo keeper needs time off to go to a party, his friend Bill offers to feed the animals
for him. But he doesn't listen very well to the instructions and gives each animal the
wrong food. When Frank returns, it's to a bunch of very hungry and grouchy animals. And
Bill learns the importance of listening carefully to instructions. Cat. #EP-653
Lost in the Dark Woods. A
young boy wanders away from his campground and family and gets lost in the woods. He meets
a raccoon, who invites him to come and help him forage for food, with a promise to show
him the way back to his family afterwards. The boy learns to see the woods through raccoon
eyes, and then the raccoon leads him back to his family. Cat. #EP-655
Adventure Stories
Imaginative tales of Eldon the Elephant's adventures.
Though the stories are fiction, young readers will still learn about other environments.
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Desert Adventure: Eldon's been reading about the desert and wants to have an
adventure in the desert. Suddenly he finds himself stuffed in a bag on the back of a camel
in a caravan. They are caught in a desert storm for three days. After that Eldon is not so
sure he wants any more desert adventures. Cat. #EP-659
The Night Adventure: As Eldon
is trying to get to sleep, he decides to have a night adventure in his own back yard, so
if things get too scary it will be easy to be rescued. So he takes off with his flashlight
and discovers that things that seem strange in the dark become more familiar when he
shines his light on them. At the end of his night adventure he finds his missing guinea
pig and takes it back to his safe and cozy room. Cat.#EP-656
My Magic Carpet Adventure:
Eldon's rug becomes a magic carpet and takes him to the ocean, the North Pole, the desert,
Australia, and finally, when he gets tired, back to his bed to sleep. Cat. #EP-657
My Sidewalk Adventure: Eldon
takes a walk and imagines all sorts of adventures that give him different perspectives of
his world -- a tree's, a mole's, and finally, a spider's, who sees him a dinner. He
quickly decides to return home to the security of his mother's loving hug. Cat.#EP-658
A Space Adventure: As Elton
looks out his window, he is "startled by a gigantic clang and a tremendous
bang," accompanied by a bright moving light. Suddenly he is aboard a space ship,
traveling among the planets, and finally landing on a strange one with gumdrops all over
the ground. After loading all he could into his spaceship, he heard a loud crash as he sat
at the controls, and was surprised to find himself lying on the floor next to his bed.
Cat. #EP-660
A Fishing Adventure: Eldon
has been reading about fishing and decides it's time for a fishing adventure. His human
friend Dito takes him ocean fishing in a boat, with a net. It rains, and they get caught
in a dangerous storm. Cat.#EP-661
Nature Stories
These fact-based stories teach about nature in an imaginative way.
 The
Busy Little Bear: Max, a bear cub, is dismayed when, after a long summer of
playing, his friends come to say goodbye, informing him that they are off for their annual
six-month nap. He can't believe what he's hearing, so he runs home to ask his parents if
it's true. When informed that his friends were correct, Max decides the nap is not for
him, and decides to play all winter while the others sleep. But it was lonesome. And as
snow falls, he discovers he can't do the things he did in summer. And he gets lost in the
blinding cloud of snow and can't find his way home. He begins to cry. That's when he hears
his parents looking for him. He apologizes for running off by himself, and snuggled up to
his parents to sleep through the long winter. Cat. #EP-662
Little Leaf Grows Up: Little
Leaf begins life in the springtime, high on a big tree. He works hard all through the
summer growing and making food for his tree with sunshine and air. And in the autumn, he
and his friends change color and go soaring through the air in all different directions to
unknown destinations. Cat. #EP-663
Ladybug and Grasshopper: As
Ladybug and Grasshopper go exploring together, they discover a tree with a nest at the end
of one of its branches. The baby birds had been left alone and they looked hungry. So the
two friends decide to go back to their garden and bring the babies some earthworms, one at
a time. When the mother bird returns, ready to attack the two intruders, she sees that her
babies weren't frightened of them at all. They were happy and had full tummies. When
mother bird sees that the intruders here helping instead of harming her babies, they all
become friends. Cat. #EP-664.
The Tiny Ant: Little
Ant is dismayed that because he's so small, he's only given small crumbs to carry, and no
one ever makes a fuss over him like they do over the large ants who haul home big loads of
food. But one day, when it's raining hard and the other ants are afraid to leave the
anthill, he shows how brave he is, brings home food, and earns the respect of the other
ants. Cat. #EP-665.
A Fish Named Fred: Fred the
small fish, is afraid to join the school of fish with his brothers and sisters when Mother
Fish says it's time. Instead, he swims back toward home when his brothers and sisters swim
off. But, which way was home? He was lost. But then he spots an enormous group of fish
that look just like him, and his brothers and sisters were in the group. He was relieved
that they had come back to find him, and together they swam through the sea, having loads
of fun. He decided school wasn't so bad after all, and could hardly wait until the next
day. Cat. #EP-666
The Mouse's Picnic: Mouse
decides He'd like to have a picnic. One by one he goes to invite his friends in the forest
to come along, and each brings some of his favorite food. But when they arrive at the
picnic site, there is a terrible storm, and they decide to head home. When Bear sees them
and hears their story, he invites them to have their picnic in his den, and he even shares
his honey with them. Cat. #EP-667
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