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Ted Lewin
Lewin Caldecott Honor winner Ted Lewin gives readers an inside look into LOOK!, new in the I Like to Read® series.
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Becoming Ben Franklin
How a Candle-Maker's Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty
by Russell Freedman
Trade Binding | size: 10 1/2 x 9 | US $24.95 | ISBN: 9780823423743
Themes: Biography, Government & Politics
Recommendations: A*, K*, SLJ*
CCSS: 4: RL.4, 7
4-8: SL.1
5-6: L.5, RL.10, SL.2, 4, W.1-3, 7, 9
6: RI.2-3, 8, SL.1, 4-5
6-8: RI.2, 6-7
Grade: FIFTH | Age: 10 and up | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-03-15 | Pages: 96


Big River's Daughter
by Bobbi Miller
Trade Binding | size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823427529
Themes: Historical Fiction, Adventure, Humor
Recommendations: K, SLJ
CCSS: 3: RL.5
4: RL.3, 4
5: RL.3, 4, 6
6: RL.3, 4
Grade: FIFTH | Age: 8 to 12 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-04-15 | Pages: 224


The Book Boat's In
by Cynthia Cotten
Frane Lessac, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 10 x 10 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823425211
Themes: 19th Century, American - General, Perserverance , Determination
Recommendations: A, H, K, SLJ
CCSS: 2: RL.5
3: RL.3, 7
Grade: | Age: 6 to 10 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


Brianna on the Brink
by Nicole McInnes
Trade Binding | size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823427413
Themes: Coming of Age, Family & Relationships, Making Choices, Acceptance & Belonging
Recommendations: K, PW, SLJ
CCSS: 11-12: RL.2
Grade: ELEVENTH | Age: 15 and up | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 176


Call Me Oklahoma!
by Miriam Glassman
Trade Binding | size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823427420
Themes: Bullies, Self-Esteem, Friendship
Recommendations: A, K, PW, SLJ
CCSS: 3-4: RL.3
Grade: FOURTH | Age: 7 to 10 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-02-15 | Pages: 128


Canary in the Coal Mine
by Madelyn Rosenberg
Trade Binding | size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823426003
Themes: Animals/Fiction, Historical Fiction
Recommendations: K
CCSS: 2: RL.3, 5
3: RL.4
4: RL.1, 3
5: RL.5, 6
Grade: FIFTH | Age: 8 to 12 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-04-15 | Pages: 192


Car Goes Far
An I Like to Read® Level D Book
by Michael Garland
Michael Garland, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 9 1/4 x 9 | US $14.95 | ISBN: 9780823425983
Themes: Easy Readers, Humor
Recommendations: C, K, SLJ
CCSS: K: RF.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4
1: RF.1, 1a, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3g, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c
Grade: FIRST | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


The Case of the Missing Dinosaur Egg
First Kids Mystery #5
by Martha Freeman
Trade Binding | size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823425235
Themes: Family & Relationships, Humor, Mystery & Suspense, Government & Politics, Dinosaurs
Recommendations:
CCSS: 2: RL.1
Grade: FOURTH | Age: 7 to 10 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-02-15 | Pages: 144


Dirty Gert
by Tedd Arnold
Tedd Arnold, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 10 x 9 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823424047
Themes: Rhyme & Alliteration, Humor, Family & Relationships
Recommendations: A, C, K*, PW
CCSS: 1: RL.2, 7
2: RL.3, 4
Grade: | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 40


Fish for Jimmy
Inspired by One Family's Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp
by Katie Yamasaki
Katie Yamasaki, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 10 1/2 x 9 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823423750
Themes: World War II, Asian American Interest, Courage & Honor, Family & Relationships, Determination
Recommendations: A, C, K, PW, SLJ
CCSS: 1: RL.4, 6
2: RL.1, 3, 6, SL.2, W.8
3: RI.7, RL.1-3, 6-7, SL.2, W.2, 7, 8
4: RL.1, 3, 6, W.2, 7, 8
5: W.2, 7, 8
Grade: THIRD | Age: 6 to 10 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


Forest, What Would You Like?
by Irene O'Garden
Pat Schories, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 7 3/4/x 10 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823423224
Themes: Poetry, Science & Nature
Recommendations: K
CCSS: K: RL.1, 3, 5
1: L.1e, RI.6, RL.3, 4, 7
2: RI.3, RL.2-4, 7
3: RL.7
Grade: | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


The Frazzle Family Finds a Way
by Ann Bonwill
Stephen Gammell, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 9 x 10 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823424054
Themes: Family & Relationships, Determination, Rhyme & Alliteration, Disabilities & Illness
Recommendations: A, K, PW, SLJ
CCSS: 1: RL.2, 3, 7
2: RL.3, 5
Grade: FIFTH | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


I Have a Garden
An I Like to Read® Level B Book
by Bob Barner
Bob Barner, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 x 10 | US $14.95 | ISBN: 9780823425273
Themes: Easy Readers, Community, Science & Nature
Recommendations: K, SLJ
CCSS: K: RF.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4
1: RF.1, 1a, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3g, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c
Grade: FIRST | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore
by Kate Maddison
Trade Binding | size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | US $17.95 | ISBN: 9780823427376
Themes: Steampunk, Friendship, Survival
Recommendations: C, K, PW
CCSS: 6: RL.5
6-8: RL.3
Grade: SIXTH | Age: 10 up | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-03-15 | Pages: 336


The Kindhearted Crocodile
by Lucia Panzieri
AntonGionata Ferrari, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 x 10 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823427673
Themes: Humor, Animals/Fiction, Acceptance & Belonging
Recommendations: PW, SLJ*
CCSS: KL RL.3, 7
1: RL.2, 3
2: RL.3, 5
Grade: KINDERGART | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


Look!
An I Like to Read® Level D Book
by Ted Lewin
Ted Lewin, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 x 10 | US $14.95 | ISBN: 9780823426072
Themes: Easy Readers, Animals/Nonfiction, Science & Nature
Recommendations: A, K*, SLJ
CCSS: K: RF.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4
1: RF.1, 1a, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3g, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c
Grade: FIRST | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


Millions, Billions, Trillions
Understanding Big Numbers
by David A. Adler
Edward Miller, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 1/2 x 10 | US $17.95 | ISBN: 9780823424030
Themes: Counting, Data Analysis
Recommendations: A, K, PW, SLJ
CCSS: 4.NBT.1, 3-4.RI.7
Grade: | Age: 6 to 10 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


My Beautiful Hippie
by Janet Nichols Lynch
Trade Binding | size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823426034
Themes: 20th Century, Historical Fiction, Self-Esteem, Acceptance & Belonging, Morals & Values in Conflict, Love & Romance
Recommendations: A, K*, SLJ
CCSS: 11: RL.2, 3
Grade: ELEVENTH | Age: 15 and up | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 192


Nobody Asked the Pea
by John Warren Stewig
Cornelius Van Wright, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 10 x 10 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823422241
Themes: Fractured Fairy Tales, Humor
Recommendations: K, SLJ
CCSS: 1-4: RL.3, 6
Grade: THIRD | Age: 6 to 10 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


A Perfect Home for a Family
by David L. Harrison
Roberta Angaramo, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 1/2 x 11 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823423385
Themes: Animals/Fiction, Family & Relationships, Moving
Recommendations: A, C, K, SLJ
CCSS: K: RL.1, 3, 7, SL.2
1: RL.1, 3
2: RL.3, 4
Grade: KINDERGART | Age: 4 to 7 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


Rabbit and the Not-So-Big Bad Wolf
by Michaël Escoffier
Kris Di Giacomo, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 9 x 11 1/2 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823428137
Themes: Animals/Fiction, Friendship, Humor
Recommendations: A, K, PW, SLJ
CCSS: K: RL.3, 5, 7, 9
1: RL.7, 9
2: RL.4, 7, 9
Grade: | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


Sam and the Big Kids
An I Like to Read® Level E Book
by Emily Arnold McCully
Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 x 10 | US $14.95 | ISBN: 9780823424276
Themes: Easy Readers, Family & Relationships, Acceptance & Belonging
Recommendations: A, C, PW, SLJ
CCSS: K: RF.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4
1: RF.1, 1a, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3g, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c
Grade: FIRST | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


See Me Dig
An I Like to Read® Level D Book
by Paul Meisel
Paul Meisel, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 x 10 | US $14.95 | ISBN: 9780823427437
Themes: Easy Readers, Animals/Fiction, Humor
Recommendations: A, K*, SLJ
CCSS: K: RF.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4
1: RF.1, 1a, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3g, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c
Grade: | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


The Wing Wing Brothers Carnival De Math
by Ethan Long
Ethan Long, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 10 x 8 | US $15.95 | ISBN: 9780823426041
Themes: Computation, Humor, Counting
Recommendations: A, PW, SLJ
CCSS: K: CC.4, 4b 1: NBT.4, 6
Grade: FIRST | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


You Can Do It!
An I Like to Read® Level B Book
by Betsy Lewin
Betsy Lewin, Illustrator
Reinforced | size: 8 x 10 | US $14.95 | ISBN: 9780823425228
Themes: Easy Readers, Perserverance , Determination, Animals/Fiction, Friendship
Recommendations: A, K, SLJ
CCSS: K: RF.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 4
1: RF.1, 1a, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3g, 4, 4a, 4b, 4c
Grade: FIRST | Age: 4 to 8 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32


Yummy!
Good Food Makes Me Strong!
by Shelley Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly
Reinforced | size: 10 1/2 x 9 | US $16.95 | ISBN: 9780823424269
Themes: Health/Nutrition/Physical Fitness, Intergenerational
Recommendations: PW
CCSS: K: RI.2, 4, 7
1: RI.2
Grade: PRESCHOOL | Age: 3 to 6 | Season: SPRING
Pub date: 2013-01-15 | Pages: 32