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Leroy Ninker Saddles Up by Kate DiCamillo
Series: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, #1
Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he
doesn’t have is a horse — until he meets Maybelline,
that is, and then it’s love at first sight. Maybelline loves
spaghetti and sweet nothings, and she loves Leroy, too.
J DiCamillo, K. (Easy Chapter) / 85p.
Guided Reading Level: Unavailable
Bella’s Birthday Unicorn by Jessica Burkhart
Series: Unicorn Magic, #1
Excited to receive a pet unicorn on her 8th birthday,
Princess Bella worries because her friends are fighting
and her parents seem to be hiding something, which
Bella fears might mean that she won't get the unicorn of
her dreams.
J Burkhart, J. (Easy Chapter) / 120p.
Guided Reading Level: Unavailable
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The Class Trip from the Black Lagoon
by Mike Thaler
Series: Black Lagoon Adventures, #1
A young boy’s imagined school trip makes the real
trip look mundane.
J Black…(Easy Series) / 64p.
Guided Reading Level: N
The Case of the Lost Boy by Dori Butler
Series: Buddy Files, #1
While searching for his mysteriously lost human family,
Buddy the dog is adoptd by another family and help
solve the mystery of their missing boy.
J Buddy…(Easy Series) / 123p.
Guided Reading Level: L
Captain Awesome to the Rescue! by Stan Kirby
Series: Captain Awesome, #1
When second-grader Eugene and his family move to a
new neighborhood and he starts at a new school, he has
a chance to bring out his superhero alter ego, Captain
Awesome, to find the kidnapped class hamster.
J Awesome…(Easy Series) / 105p.
Guided Reading Level: O
Clementine by Sara Pennypacker
Series: Clementine, #1
While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with
her neighbor Margaret, 8-year-old Clementine gains
several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in
his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their
apartment building.
J Pennypacker, S. (Easy Chapter) / 133p.
Guided Reading Level: O
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Princess in Black by Shannon Hale
Series: Princess in Black, #1
Hiding her secret identity as a monster-fighting superhe-
ro, Princess Magnolia interrupts her fancy tea with the
unsuspecting Duchess Wigtower to stop a big blue mon-
ster from endangering her kingdom's goats.
J Hale, S. (Easy Chapter) / 89p.
Guided Reading Level: M
Goldie by Ellen Miles
Series: Puppy Place, #1
When Charles and Lizzie Peterson get a foster puppy
named Goldie, they have to teach her how to be a good
puppy if they are going to convince their mother to let
them keep her.
J Puppy…(Easy Series) / 76p.
Guided Reading Level: M
Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs
by Katherine Applegate
Series: Roscoe Riley Rules, #1
When the first-graders' bee antennae would not stay on
their heads and the drummers would not stay in their
seats for the open house play, Roscoe decides to help by
using the "don't-you-dare" glue.
J Roscoe…(Easy Series) / 79p.
Guided Reading Level: N
Space Taxi by Wendy Mass
Series: Space Taxi, #1
On "Take Your Kid to Work Day," eight-year-old Archie
discovers that his father drives a space taxi that shuttles
aliens from one area of the universe to another.
J Mass, W. (Easy Chapter) / 101p.
Guided Reading Level: O
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Mercy Watson to the Rescue by Kate DiCamillo
Series: Mercy Watson, #1
After Mercy the pig snuggles to sleep with the Watsons,
all three awaken with the bed teetering on the edge of a
big hole in the floor.
J Mercy… (Easy Series) / 68p.
Guided Reading Level: K
Miss Daisy is Crazy! by Dan Gutman
Series: My Weird School, #1
Miss Daisy's unusual teaching methods surprise her
second grade students, especially reluctant learner A.J.
J My…(Easy Series) / 83p.
Guided Reading Level: O
Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth by Jane O’Connor
Series: Nancy Clancy, #1
Displaying their best work at school in preparation for
Parents' Day, Nancy and her sidekick, Bree, are on the
case when a prized possession goes missing, in a first
chapter book starring the irrepressible Fancy Nancy.
J O’Connor, J. (Easy Chapter) / 124p.
Guided Reading Level: O
Rise of the Balloon Goons by Troy Cummings
Series: Notebook of Doom, #1
Discovering an old notebook after moving to a new
hometown, Alexander reads top-secret information
about monsters while tackling a wacky band of
arm-waving, balloon-wielding brutes.
J Cummings, T. (Easy Chapter) / 89p.
Guided Reading Level: N
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Amy and the Missing Puppy by Callie Barkley
Series: Critter Club, #1
During Spring Break, mystery lover Amy looks for clues to
the disappearance of wealthy Ms. Sullivan's Saint Bernard
puppy.
J Barkley, C. (Easy Chapter) / 117p.
Guided Reading Level: M
The Mount Rushmore Calamity
by Sara Pennypacker
Series: Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures, #1
Hoping to escape the attention brought on by the
accident that flattened Stanley, he and his family drive to
South Dakota, where they become involved in a wild west
adventure at Mount Rushmore.
J Stanley…(Easy Series) / 71p.
Guided Reading Level: O
Lunch Walks Among Us by Jim Benton
Series: Franny K. Stein, #1
Franny K. Stein is a mad scientist who prefers all things
spooky and creepy, but when she has trouble making
friends at her new school she experiments with fitting in--
which works until a monster erupts from the trashcan.
J Franny…(Easy Series) / 102p.
Guided Reading Level: N
Super Burp! by Nancy Krulik
Series: George Brown, Class Clown, #1
When 4th-grader George starts at a new school, he vows
to become a model student instead of the class clown he
has always been, but just as his plan is going really well,
he is overtaken by a magic burp that turns him back into a
mischief-maker.
J Krulik, N. (Easy Chapter) / 119p.
Guided Reading Level: P
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The Trouble at the Arcade by Franklin W. Dixon
Series: Hardy Boys Secret Files, #1
Young Frank and Joe compete against each other in the
Fun World arcade's video game tournament, but when
money is stolen from the arcade and the owner stops
the tournament until it can be found, they team up to
solve the mystery.
J Hardy…(Easy Series) / 87p.
Guided Reading Level: N
Heidi Heckelbeck Has a Secret by Wanda Coven
Series: Heidi Heckelbeck, #1
Forced to hide her identity as a witch when she enters
public school, 8-year-old Heidi finds her acceptance
instantly compromised by the mean-spirited Melanie,
who spreads nasty rumors and compels Heidi to risk
exposing herself by casting vengeful spells.
J Heidi…(Easy Series) / 118p.
Guided Reading Level: N
Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows
Series: Ivy + Bean, #1
When 7-year-old Bean plays a mean trick on her sister,
she finds unexpected support for her antics from Ivy, the
new neighbor, who is less boring than Bean first
suspected.
J Barrows, A. / 113p.
Guided Reading Level: M
Bookmarks are People, Too! by Henry Winkler
Series: Here’s Hank, #1
Hoping to land the lead in the class play, Hank freezes
during his audition and is only able to buzz like a fly,
inspiring his teacher to create a special role for him as a
silent bookmark.
J Winkler, H. (Easy Chapter) / 122p.
Guided Reading Level: O
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The Lost Stone by Jordan Quinn
Series: Kingdom of Wrenly, #1
8-year-old Lucas, Prince of Wrenly, is eager to explore
and Clara, daughter of the queen's seamstress, knows
the kingdom well, so they team up to find a lost jewel
and visit all of the land's main attractions as they search.
J Kingdom…(Easy Series) / 114p.
Guided Reading Level: Unavailable
Let’s Get Cracking! by Cyndi Marko
Series: Kung Pow Chicken, #1
Gordon Blue and his brother Benny, unlikely superhe-
roes, must save Fowladelphia from Granny Goose-
bumps, who has filled the city with cookies that cause an
innocent chicken's feathers to fall off.
J Marko, C. (Easy Chapter) / 72p.
Guided Reading Level: M
Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie by Julie Sternberg
Series: Eleanor Kane, #1
When nine-year-old Eleanor's beloved babysitter Bibi
moves away to care for her ailing father, Eleanor must
spend the summer adjusting to a new babysitter while
mourning the loss of her old one.
J Sternberg, J. / Guided Reading Level: O, 122p.
The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg Trine
Series: Melvin Beederman, #1
After graduating from the superhero academy, Melvin
Beederman heads for Los Angeles, where he
unexpectedly teams up with Candace Brinkwater, school
play actress, to nab the evil McNasty Brothers.
J Melvin…(Easy Series) / 138p.
Guided Reading Level: N