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Auggie loves his job at the Fabled Stables and when he and Fen enter a portal on a quest to rescue a beast called the Shibboleth they must work together to find a way to calm the very hungry monster.

2) Nikki and Deja: Substitute Trouble: Nikki and Deja, Book Six

Author

English, Karen

Series

Nikki and Deja

Language

English

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Description

The second popular book about Nikki and Deja, two third-grade girls who are best friends.

Deja's birthday is coming up, and she's been talking about it for weeks. But just before the big day, Auntie Dee gets called away on a business trip and Deja must stay with an elderly neighbor . . . who cooks turnips for dinner and doesn't even have a color TV!

Worse, the machinations of spoiled Antonia, Deja's new nemesis, threaten

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3) Using Graphs

Author

Red Rocket Readers Fluency Level 2 Turquoise

Series

Language

English

Description

A graph is a picture or chart showing the differences between things that we can measure. It helps us to understand information when we can see the facts in a picture. We use different kinds of graphs to show different kinds of information.

4) All About Glass

Author

Red Rocket Readers Fluency Level 1 Orange

Series

Language

English

Description

We use glass in many ways. Can you name five things in your home that are made out of glass? Some glass things are made by machines in factories, and some are made by hand. How is glass made?

5) Don't Scare the Fish

Author

Fluency Level 3 Fiction Set A

Series

Language

English

Description

Something funny happened when young Beth went to the wharf to watch her parents fishing. They thought she was too young to tell them an important message. They didn't think that she could help them, but later they wished they had listened to her message.

6) Exploring The Internet

Author

Lockyer, John

Series

Language

English

Description

The World Wide Web is also called the Internet. You can use it to find almost any kind of information. You get to the Internet through a computer. Have you found information on the Internet? How did you do it?

7) Animal Rescue

Author

Lockyer, John

Series

Language

English

Description

Sometimes animals are lost, sick, or injured. The animals can be pets, but they might also be wild animals. People who save these animals are very important. Some of them are experts, like vets and nurses, but many of them have no training at all. They are ordinary people who just want the animals to be happy, clean, and safe. What would you do if you saw a homeless, sick, or injured animal?

8) The Rainbow Party

Author

Fluency Level 4 Fiction Set A

Series

Language

English

Description

Have you seen the all the colors of the rainbow? When do we see a rainbow in the sky? What does it tell us about the weather? Bright pretty colors can cheer us up, when we are feeling unhappy. The class in this story used rainbow colors and dress-up costumes to have fun.

9) At Home on the Reef

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Series

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English

Description

Beautiful coral reefs are found in warm, shallow seas. They stop beaches and shorelines from being washed away by waves and storms. They are home to thousands of different types of sea animals. The reefs are made of the skeletons of millions of little sea creatures called polyps. They take thousands of years to build up into coral reefs.

10) How Paper is Made

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

We use many kinds of paper every day. Have you ever wondered where paper comes from? This book is made from paper. So is the newspaper. What else? Papermaking was first invented in China about two thousand years ago. All paper comes from wood. It can be made by hand, but most paper is made in a paper mill. Find out how.

11) The Royal Show: Horse Crazy Book 4

Author

Lester, Alison

Series

Horse Crazy

Language

English

Formats

Description

When Bonnie and Sam get the offer of their dreams to assist their riding teacher at the Royal Show they can t believe it! But on their way they see a starving pony that needs their help they must figure out how to rescue the pony and help their teacher. The excitement and suspense, as well as the obstacles the two friends overcome along the way, are sure to keep young readers turning pages.

12) A Case of the Meanies

Author

Sheinmel, Courtney

Series

Stella Batts

Language

English

Formats

Description

In A Case of the Meanies, mean boy Joshua continues to plague Stella when he decides to have a birthday party at her parents' candy store. He invites everyone in the class EXCEPT her! Stella has to figure out how to be a pleasant hostess when she's not on the guest list. It's just another day in the life of Stella Batts!

13) Hot Dog and Bob and the Particularly Pesky Attack of the Pencil People

Author

Rovetch, L. Bob

Series

Hot Dog and Bob

Language

English

Formats

Description

Beware the perilous pencils in the second novel of the wacky series starring a fifth-grade boy and “a superhero in the form of a hot dog” (School Library Journal).

Be afraid of your pencil. Be VERY afraid!

Just when Bob is getting over their last battle with the grossly evil pizza alien, he and Hot Dog have a new enemy to tackle: crafty little pencil snatchers from the planet Pencilvania....

14) Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Author

Sheinmel, Courtney

Series

Stella Batts

Language

English

Formats

Description

In Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow Stella can't wait to try out the candy store's new Magical Glow-in-the-Dark Chewing Gum. But instead of granting wishes, the gum seems to bring Stella bad luck, including a VERY drastic haircut!

15) Pardon Me

Author

Sheinmel, Courtney

Series

Stella Batts

Language

English

Formats

Description

Adventures of Black Beauty

In Pardon Me, Stella needs to find a new best friend after her friend, Willa, moves away. But finding a new best friend is not easy. Things are looking up when she meets Evie, the new girl in town. She is going to be in Stella's class at school and she needs a new best friend too. Stella can't wait to introduce her to the other third graders. Except when they get to school, things don't exactly go the way Stella planned.

16) Black Beauty

Author

Sewell, Anna

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

Red Rocket Readers Fluency Level 2 Turquoise

An abridged version of Black Beauty's experiences with both good and bad masters in nineteenth-century England.

17) Rice is Nice

Author

Lockyer, John

Series

Language

English

Description

Do you eat rice sometimes? What do you eat with the rice? What do you use to eat it? Rice belongs to the grass family, and it is grown in many countries of the world. People eat many different rice meals. What is your favourite rice meal?

18) Watch the Ball

Author

Fluency Level 4 Fiction Set A

Series

Language

English

Description

People who play sport usually have to spend time at practice. What does their coach do to help them? Sports teams often have competitions to find out who are the best players. Often there is a prize for the winner or the winning team. Who do you think will win this batting competition?

19) The Surprise Visitor

Author

Fluency Level 4 Fiction Set A

Series

Language

English

Description

Have you ever had an invitation? What was, written on it? Where did you go? Who was there, and what did you do? There was a surprise visitor at the party in this story. Can you guess who it was?

20) Too Big and Heavy

Author

Fluency Level 2 Fiction Set A
Red Rocket Readers Fluency Level 2 Turquoise

Series

Language

English

Description