District-Adopted Novel Sets
Discovery Library
Grade Title Author NS  Other AR Lvl. AR Pts. DRA Summary
1 Amelia Bedelia Parish 15 2 2.5 0.5   A literal-minded housekeeper causes a ruckus in the household when she attempts to make sense of some instructions.
1 Arthur's Prize Reader Hoban 36 1 2.9 0.5 24 Although Arthur loses the Super Chimp Club contest, his pupil, sister Violet, wins the first grade reading competition and a prize for them both.
1 Baby Sister for Frances Hoban 0 2 3.4 0.5   When things change around the house after her baby sister is born, Frances decides to run away--but not too far.
1 Chicken Soup with Rice Sendak 0 3 3.2 0.5   Describes how nice it is to eat chicken soup with rice during every month of the year.
1 Frog and Toad are Friends Lobel 30 3 2.9 0.5 18 Five tales recounting the adventures of two best friends--Frog and Toad.
1 Happy Birthday, Moon Asch 1 3 2.6 0.5   When a bear discovers that the moon shares his birthday, he buys the moon a beautiful hat as a present.
1 Little Bear's Visit Minarik 35 2 2.3 0.5 18 Little Bear spends a day with Grandmother and Grandfather Bear.
1 Stone Soup Brown 0 1 3.3 0.5   When three hungry soldiers enter a French village, the peasants hide their food but the witty soldiers entice them to make stone soup, starting with stones, but needing carrots, meat, and other ingredients; soon all the villagers are eating and partying with the soldiers.
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How Spider Saved the Flea Circus

 Kraus 33 0 NA NA   Spider and his friends save the circus through teamwork.
2 Bargain for Frances Hoban 30 1 2.8 0.5   Thelma usually outsmarts Frances until Frances decides to teach her a lesson about friendship.
2 Boxcar Children Warner 26 3 3.9 2 38 Four orphans set out to find a safe place to live and settle in a boxcar.
2 Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Gold Coins Adler 30 3 3.7 1 30 While using her photographic memory to find her missing science fair project, Cam accidentally locates two valuable gold coins.
2 Chalk Box Kid Bulla 20 1 2.7 1   Nine-year-old Gregory's house does not have room for a garden, but he creates a surprising and very different garden in an unusual place.
2 Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt Sobol 70 0 4.4 1 44 America's Sherlock Holmes in sneakers continues his war on crime in ten more cases, the solutions to which are found in the back of the book.
2 Freckle Juice Blume 35 11 3.1 0.5 34 Andrew wants freckles so badly that he buys Sharon's freckle recipe for fifty cents.
2 Frog and Toad Together Lobel 5 1 2.9 0.5 18 Frog and Toad spend their days together, but find sometimes it's nice to be alone.
2 Hundred-Penny Box Mathis 2 1 3.9 1   Michael's love for his great-great-aunt who lives with them leads him to intercede with his mother who wants to toss out all her old things.
2 Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body Cole 35 13 4.6 0.5 40 A special field trip on the magic school bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at major parts of the body and how they work.
2 Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle MacDonald 2 4 5.2 3   From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.
2 Nate the Great and the Missing Key Sharmat 34 1 2.9 0.5 24 Nate sets out to solve the mystery of a missing friend.
2 Purple Climbing Days Giff 27 1 2.4 1   With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear.
3 Bunnicula Howe 8 2 4.2 2 40 Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire.
3 Chocolate Touch Catling 2 5 4.7 2   Instead of gold, everything John Midas' lips touch turns into chocolate.
3 Courage of Sarah Noble Dalgliesh 35 2 3.9 1   Remembering her mother's words, an eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father must go back to bring the rest of the family.
3 Cricket Warrior Chang 1 32 NA NA   Originally recorded as The Fighting Cricket by Pu Songling, a teacher and writer who collected tales of magic.
3 Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers Sobol 0 0 4.0 1 44  
3 Grandaddy and Janetta Griffith 1 0 3.3 0.5   Janetta enjoys her visit to her grandfather, including such highlights as listening to the night insects make music and admiring his cat's new kittens. 
3 I Speak English for My Mom Stanek 1 0 2.8 0.5   Lupe, a young Mexican American, must translate for her mother who speaks only Spanish until Mrs. Gomez decides to learn English in order to get a better job. 
3 Jenny Archer, Author Conford 2 0 3.6 1   Stymied by an assignment to write her autobiography, Jenny decides to enhance her life story by using her considerable imagination. 
3 Killer Whales Patent 1 32 NA NA   Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of killer whales.
3 Much Ado About Aldo Hurwitz 1 32 4.8 1   Owing to a school project, eight-year-old Aldo decides to give up eating meat. 
3 Never Kiss an Alligator! Bare 3 0 NA NA