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Curriculum Collection: Guided Reading Level Collections

Kimbel Library has revamped the Curriculum Collection to bring more to your classroom! The Curriculum Collection contains classroom materials for K-12 teachers to enhance their lessons. This collection includes picture books, middle readers, foreign l

Level A-D

Guided Reading Level A Collection
Beautiful butterflies by Liza Charlesworth --
Big and little by Erica Donner --
Helping by Linda Johns ; illustrated by Lisa Fox
I see bugs by Wiley Blevins
Let's go! by Diane Theo
Let's go! by Vanessa York ; illustrated by Paul Meisel
The beach by Alex Ives
Time by Avelyn Davidson ; illustrated by Michael Garton
Wolf countdown by Violet Findley.
Guided Reading Level B Collection
Can it float? by Bailey Carroll
Ducks in muck by Lori Haskins ; illustrated by Valeria Petrone
Getting there by Edwin Johns
Little Critter numbers by Mercer Mayer
My cat by Annie Thomas ; illustrated by Amy Lam On a boat by Minda Novek
Water by Susan Canizares, Pamela Chanko
Who lives in a tree? Susan Canizares, Daniel Moreton
Zebras don't brush their teeth! by Lynette Evans.
Guided Reading Level C Collection
A season of sight words: Fall
Billy Rides His Bike by Shannon Penney ; illustrated by Lynne Avril
Clara and Clem in outer space by Ethan Long Desert animals by Lydia Carlin
Good news, bad news by Jeff Mack
Here is the rain by Scottie Davis
I went walking written by Sue Williams ; illustrated by Julie Vivas
Is it a baby animal? by Bridget Taylor
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Spring is here by Violet Findley.
Guided Reading Level D Collection
Clifford's animal sounds by Norman Bridwell
Chicken life cycle by Lydia Carlin
Copycat critters by David Lee --
From egg to robin by Susan Canizares, Betsey Chessen
From head to toe by Eric Carle
Grow flower, grow! by Lisa Bruce ; illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw
How many can play? by Susan Canizares, Betsey Chessen
Otis's busy day by Loren Long
Shapes, shapes, shapes by Tana Hoban.

Level E-I

Guided Reading Level E Collection
All by myself by Mercer Mayer
Does a kangaroo have a mother, too? by Eric Carle I am water by Jean Marzollo ; illustrated by Judith Moffatt
I like bugs by Margaret Wise Brown ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas ; with an afterword by Leonard S. Marcus
Lightning by Justin McCory Martin
Make it move! Susan Canizares, Betsey Chessen
On the lake by Clara Jones
Today is Monday pictures by Eric Carle
X marks the spot by Libby Brereton ; illustrated by John Bennett
Guided Reading Level F Collection
Animal Helpers By Jackson Strauss
Bread, Bread, Bread Ann Morris ; Photographs By Ken Heyman
Busy Honeybees By Jackson Strauss
Dinosaur Parade Shari Halpern
Feeling Thankful Written By Shelley Rotner And Sheila Kelly ; Photographs By Shelley Rotner
Moo Dog David Milgrim
Poisonous Animals Seymour Simon
Read To Your Bunny Rosemary Wells
Supertruck Stephen Savage
Guided Reading Level G Collection
Barnacle Is Bored Jonathan Fenske
David Goes To School By David Shannon
Frogs And Toads, And Tadpoles, Too By Allan Fowler
I Just Forgot By Mercer Mayer
I'm A Caterpillar By Jean Marzollo ; Illustrated By Judith Moffatt –
Little Green Peas: A Big Book Of Colors Keith Baker
Miss Bindergarten And The Best Friends By Joseph Slate ; Illustrated By Ashley Wolff
Push And Pull By Patricia J. Murphy
Rain By Christopher Hernandez ; Illustrated By Richard Watson
Guided Reading Level H Collection
ABC, I Like Me! By Nancy Carlson
A Cool Drink Of Water By Barbara Kerley
Dixie Wins The Race Story By Grace Gilman ; Pictures By Jacqueline Rogers
Let's Read About ... George Washington By Kimberly Weinberger ; Illustrated By Bob Doucet
My Crayons Talk Patricia Hubbard ; Illustrations By G. Brian Karas
Shades Of People By Shelley Rotner And Sheila M. Kelly ; Photographs By Shelley Rotner
To The Rescue! By Mercer Mayer
Up, Down And Around Katherine Ayres ; Illustrated By Nadine Bernard Westcott
What Do Bats Do? By Melvin And Gilda Berger
Guided Reading Level I Collection
Fly Guy Vs. The Flyswatter Tedd Arnold
From Acorn To Oak Tree By Jan Kottke
My Five Senses By Aliki
Ocean Creatures Text By Catherine D. Hughes
Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere! By Bob Barner
Shadows Carolyn B. Otto
The Feelings Book Todd Parr
The Kissing Hand By Audrey Penn ; Illustrations By Ruth E. Harper And Nancy M. Leak
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff: A Norwegian Folktale Illustrated By Ellen Appleby.

Level J-M

Guided Reading Level J Collection
Amelia Bedelia Hits The Trail By Herman Parish ; Pictures By Lynne Avril
Apples For Everyone By Jill Esbaum
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? Jane Yolen ; Illustrated By Mark Teague
Mac And Cheese By Sarah Weeks ; Illustrated By Jane Manning
Ponies Laura Marsh
Splat The Cat Sings Flat Based On The Bestselling Books By Rob Scotton ; Cover Art By Rob Scotton ; Text By Chris Strathearn ; Interior Illustrations By Robert Eberz
Storms Miriam Busch Goin
Trucks! Wil Mara Young
Cam Jansen And The Lost Tooth By David A. Adler ; Illustrated By Susanna Natti.
Guided Reading Level K Collection
Chicken Little Rebecca Emberley And Ed Emberley
Frog And Toad Are Friends By Arnold Lobel
Let's Read About ... Ruby Bridges By Ruby Bridges And Grace Maccarone ; Illustrated By Cornelius Van Wright And Ying-Hwa Hu
Meerkats Laura Marsh
Pirates Don't Change Diapers Written By Melinda Long ; Illustrated By David Shannon
The Life Of A Butterfly By Robin Bernard
The Magician's Hat Written By Malcolm Mitchell ; Illustrated By Joanne Lew-Vriethoff
The Way I Feel Written And Illustrated By Janan Cain.
Guided Reading Level L Collection
Cam Jansen And The Secret Service Mystery David A. Adler ; Illustrated By Susanna Natti
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom By Bill Martin, Jr. And John Archambault ; Illustrated By Lois Ehlert
Eating Fractions Cooked, Written, Drafted, And Photo-Illustrated By Bruce Mcmillan
Hot Rod Hamster And The Wacky Whatever Race! By Cynthia Lord ; Cover Illustration By Derek Anderson ; Interior Illustrations By Greg Paprocki
Llama Llama And The Bully Goat Anna Dewdney
Shark Detective! By Jessica Olien
Space Exploration Adrianna Edwards And Ron Edwards
Weird Sea Creatures Laura Marsh
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This? Steve Jenkins & Robin Page.
Guided Reading Level M Collection
Amelia Earhart Caroline Crosson Gilpin
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs Written By Judi Barrett And Drawn By Ron Barrett
Five True Dog Stories By Margaret Davidson ; Illustrated By Suzanne Suba ; Cover Illustration By Lisa Mccue
How I Became A Pirate Written By Melinda Long ; Illustrated By David Shannon
Junie B. Jones Has A Monster Under Her Bed By Barbara Park ; Illustrated By Denise Brunkus
Sharks! Anne Schreiber
Spiders Laura Marsh
Stuart Goes To School By Sara Pennypacker ; Illustrated By Martin Matje
The Biggest Apple Ever By Steven Kroll ; Illustrated By Jeni Bassett.

Level N-P

Guided Reading Level N Collection
Amber Brown Is Not A Crayon Paula Danziger ; Illustrated By Tony Ross
Are Trees Alive? Debbie S. Miller ; Illustrations By Stacey Schuett
Cats Vs. Dogs Elizabeth Carney
The Grapes Of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles By Greg Tang ; Illustrated By Harry Briggs
The Magic School Bus Presents Wild Weather Text By Sean Callery ; Illustrations By Carolyn Bracken
The Missing Mummy By Ron Roy ; Illustrated By John Steven Gurney
The Real Slam Dunk By Charisse K. Richardson ; Illustrated By Kadir Nelson
The Talent Show From The Black Lagoon By Mike Thaler ; Illustrated By Jared Lee
What If You Had Animal Hair!? By Sandra Markle ; Illustrated By Howard Mcwilliam.
Guided Reading O Collection
A Drop Of Water: A Book Of Science And Wonder Written And Photographed By Walter Wick
Clementine Sara Pennypacker ; Pictures By Marla Frazee
Horrible Harry And The Stolen Cookie By Suzy Kline ; Pictures By Amy Wummer
Mr. Burke Is Berserk! Dan Gutman ; Pictures By Jim Paillot
Pass The Energy, Please! By Barbara Shaw Mckinney ; Illustrated By Chad Wallace
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind William Kamkwamba And Bryan Mealer ; Pictures By Elizabeth Zunon
The Mouse And The Motorcycle Beverly Cleary ; Illustrated By Louis Darling
The World According To Humphrey Betty G. Birney
Volcanoes: Run For Your Life! Laaren Brown.
Guided Reading Level P Collection
Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs! Kathleen V. Kudlinski ; Illustrated By S.D. Schindler
Fishin' Impossible By Davy Ocean ; Illustrated By Aaron Blecha
Knights Of The Kitchen Table By Jon Scieszka ; Illustrated By Lane Smith
Math Potatoes: Mind-Stretching Brain Food By Greg Tang ; Illustrated By Harry Briggs
Riding Freedom Pam Muñoz Ryan ; Drawings By Brian Selznick
Sideways Stories From Wayside School Louis Sachar ; Illustrated By Adam Mccauley
The Busy Body Book: A Kid's Guide To Fitness Lizzy Rockwell
What If You Had Animal Teeth!? By Sandra Markle ; Illustrated By Howard Mcwilliam
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It By Joann Deak, Ph.D. ; Illustrated By Sarah Ackerley.

Level Q-S

Guided Reading Level Q Collection
Away West By Patricia C. Mckissack ; Illustrated By Gordon C. James
Beast Keeper By Lucy Coats ; Art By Brett Bean
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale Of Mystery By Deborah And James Howe ; Illustrated By Alan Daniel
Finding The Titanic By Robert D. Ballard With Nan Froman ;
Paintings By Ken Marschall
Fractions, Decimals, And Percents By David A. Adler ; Illustrated By Edward Miller
I Survived The Sinking Of The Titanic, 1912 By Lauren Tarshis ; Illustrated By Scott Dawson
If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island By Ellen Levine ; Illustrated By Wayne Parmenter
Insects And Spiders Christine A. Caputo
Secret Hero Society: Study Hall Of Justice Written By Derek Fridolfs ; Illustrations By Dustin Nguyen.
Guided Reading Level R Collection
Charlotte's Web By E.B. White ; Pictures By Garth Williams
Frindle Andrew Clements ; Illustrated By Brian Selznick
More Than Anything Else Story By Marie Bradby ; Pictures By Chris K. Soentpiet
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made A Big Difference Written By Katie Smith Milway ; Illustrated By Eugenie Fernandes
Snow Treasure Marie Mcswigan ; Illustrated By André Lablanc
Space Exploration Kathy Furgang
The Secret Soldier: The Story Of Deborah Sampson By Ann Mcgovern ; Illustrated By Harold Goodwin ; Cover Illustrations By Katherine Thompson
Weather Words And What They Mean By Gail Gibbons
When Marian Sang: The True Recital Of Marian Anderson, The Voice Of A Century
Libretto By Pam Muñoz Ryan ;
Staging By Brian Selznick
Guided Reading Level S Collection
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? By Jean Fritz ; Pictures By Margot Tomes
Bluish: A Novel Virginia Hamilton
Five Epic Disasters By Lauren Tarshis
Heroes Of The Environment: True Stories Of People Who Are Helping To Protect Our Planet By Harriet Rohmer ; Illustrated By Julie Mclaughlin
Save Me A Seat Sarah Weeks And Gita Varadarajan
So You Want To Be President? By Judith St. George ; Illustrated By David Small
Taking Sides Gary Soto
The One And Only Ivan Katherine Applegate ; Illustrations By Patricia Castelao
The Rough-Face Girl Rafe Martin ; Illustrated By David Shannon.

Level T-V

Guided Reading Level T Collection
Farmer Will Allen And The Growing Table Written By Jacqueline Briggs Martin ; Illustrated By Eric-Shabazz Larkin ; Afterword By Will Allen
Freedom Train: The Story Of Harriet Tubman By Dorothy Sterling
George Vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen From Both Sides By Rosalyn Schanzer
Lewis And Clark George Sullivan
Love That Dog Sharon Creech
Smile Raina Telgemeier
With Color By Stephanie Yue
The Tiger Rising Kate Dicamillo
Tracker By Gary Paulsen
Where The Mountain Meets The Moon Grace Lin.
Guided Reading Level U Collection
I Am Albert Einstein By Grace Norwich ; Illustrated By Ute Simon
Inside Out & Back Again Thanhha Lai
Knots In My Yo-Yo String: The Autobiography Of A Kid By Jerry Spinelli
Lost In The Pacific, 1942: Not A Drop To Drink Tod Olson
Number The Stars Lois Lowry
The BFG Roald Dahl ; Illustrations By Quentin Blake
The Miraculous Journey Of Edward Tulane Kate Dicamillo ; Illustrated By Bagram Ibatoulline
The Watsons Go To Birmingham1963 A Novel By Christopher Paul Curtis
Touch The Sky: My Solo Flight Around The World Barrington Irving And Holly Peppe.
Guided Reading Level V Collection by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Publication Date: 2005-10-01
Becoming Naomi León Pam Muñoz Ryan
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life And Times Of Benjamin Franklin Robert Byrd
Esperanza Rising Pam Muñoz Ryan
Foster's War Carolyn Reeder
Lincoln: A Photobiography, Illustrated With Photographs And Prints Russell Freedman
Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story By Andrea Warren
The Emperor's Silent: Terracota Warriors Of Ancient China Jane O'Connor
The Westing Game By Ellen Raskin
Wonder R.J.Palacio.

Level W-Z

Guided Reading Level W Collection
Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America Jim Murphy
Civil War Spies: Behind Enemy Lines By Camilla J. Wilson
Freak The Mighty Rodman Philbrick
One Crazy Summer By Rita Williams-Garcia
Promises To Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America Sharon Robinson
Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor
Seedfolks By Paul Fleischman ; Illustrations By Judy Pedersen
The Great Fire Jim Murphy.
Guided Reading Level X Collection
Ancient Mesopotamia By Allison Lassieur
Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet And The Brian Books Gary Paulsen
Harlem Summer By Walter Dean Myers
Out Of The Dust Karen Hesse
The Girl Who Drank The Moon Kelly Barnhill
The Story Of My Life Helen Keller ; Introduction By Robert Russell
War Horse Michael Morpurgo
Within Reach My Everest Story Mark Pfetzer And Jack Galvin.
Guided Reading Level Y Collection
Bad Boy: A Memoir Walter Dean Myers
Echo: A Novel By Pam Muñoz Ryan ; Decoration By Dinara Mirtalipova
Hidden Figures: The Untold True Story Of Four African-American Women Who Helped Launch Our Nation Into Space Margot Lee Shetterly
How They Croaked: The Awful Ends Of The Awfully Famous Georgia Bragg ; Illustrated By Kevin O'Malley
My Brother Sam Is Dead James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier Refugee Alan Gratz
The Giver By Lois Lowry
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story Of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery Steve Sheinkin
Touching Spirit Bear Ben Mikaelsen.
Guided Reading Level Z Collection
Chasing Lincoln's Killer James L. Swanson
Dreaming In Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices Edited By Lisa Charleyboy And Mary Beth Leatherdale
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World Malala Yousafzai With Patricia Mccormick
Obsessed Allison Britz, A Memoir Of My Life With OCD
Sabotage: The Mission To Destroy Hitler's Atomic Bomb Neal Bascomb
Students On Strike: Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Brown, And Me A Memoir By John A. Stokes With Lois Wolfe, Ph.D. And Herman J. Viola, Ph.D.
The Circuit: Stories From The Life Of A Migrant Child Francisco Jiménez
The Glory Field Walter Dean Myers
The House Of The Scorpion Nancy Farmer
We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, A True Story Josh Sundquist.