TOPIC: SCHOOL, books at the Kindergarten Reading Level (part 2 of 2)

This is Part TWO of our list of books about school -- all at the Kindergarten reading level.

This list has all the books that are at the 0.9 Reading Level.  For the easier books please see this list.

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**all links to Amazon.com. Being Affiliate links they help support this site so more lists can be made. (It's amazingly labor intensive.) No cost to you.


DAVID GOES TO SCHOOL
by David Shannon

4.15 avg rating — 14,880 ratings

David Shannon's popular boy is back. In this story his naughty activities include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to say over and over, "No, David!"

Word Count: 74
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 36596
Lexile: BR
--sample pages available

Espanole!
DAVID VA AL COLEGIO
 (David Goes To School)


BISCUIT GOES TO SCHOOL
(My First I Can Read)
(World of Biscuit Beginning Reader) 
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Pat Schories (Illustrations)

4.19 avg rating — 3,074 ratings

Biscuit is back in this fun primer where he follows the bus to school, and meets the class.

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Part ONE of this list

 Topic: SCHOOL at the Kindergarten reading level
 Topic: THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL - books at the Kindergarten reading level
 Topic: SCHOOL at the 1st Grade reading level

 Review: TINY GOES BACK TO SCHOOL (Carl Meister)
 Review: SCHOOL (Emily Arnold McCully) 
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Biscuit Goes to School Book and CD

Word Count: 109
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 61032
Lexile: 100L
--sample pages available

GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL
 by Lois Fortuna

This book follows a girl as she gets ready for school. 

Word Count: 68
Page Count:24
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 180875



STRAIGHT TO THE POLE
by Kevin O'Malley

3.73 avg rating — 71 ratings

It's a cold adventure for a boy who struggles to get to the Pole... the bus stop pole!  After all his trouble he finds out school is closed.

Word Count: 100
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 74623
Lexile: BR
--sample pages available


MOUSE LOVES SCHOOL
(Ready-to-Reads)
by Lauren Thompson
Buket Erdogan (Illustrator)

3.68 avg rating — 53 ratings

Mouse hides in a backpack and finds himself at school, where he discovers  colors, letters, numbers, and friend!  (This book is a little babyish)

Word Count: 133

Page Count:24
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5

AR quiz: 144368

Lexile: AD210L

--sample pages available 

TEACHERS
(Bullfrog Books)
 by Cari Meister 

We thought this one would be fun.  The describes what teachers do at school and before and after.

Common Core Suggested

Word Count: 106
Page Count: 24

Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5

AR quiz: 161504
Lexile: 190L


WHO GOES TO SCHOOL?
by Margaret Hillert

Yes, I am reviewing. I am reviewing many, many Margaret Hillert primers. I love her primers. Her primers are fun to read. They tell good stories. They motivate young readers to continue reading.

In "Who Goes to School", Margaret Hillert has fun playing with the notion of 'going to school'. At the beginning of the book there is a picture of a classic schoolhouse and Margaret asks the child "Who goes to school?"

And it isn't who you think. For instead of children it's dogs, lions, cats, and elephants going to school. And what is REALLY delightful about this primer is that Margaret doesn't dumb-down the story. In stead she shows how the animals put their new knowledge to work. She shows one dog helping a police officer, for example. While another is a seeing eye dog.

THE TECHNICAL BITS:::
65 unique words; 298 words all together
The most challenging words is something.

hover here to see a complete list of vocabulary words

Word Count: 298
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 9397
Lexile: BR

 
SCHOOL BUSES
(My Community: Vehicles)
by Julie Murray

Many new students will be riding buses and this practice reader gives adults a chance to let little ones know what to expect.  Also good for curious homeschooled children.

Word Count: 113
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 179510
Lexile: 40L


THE NEW KID
(Real Kids Readers, Level 1)
by Susan Hood

One thing I like about this series is that there are attractive, kid-friendly pictures of children.  That said, Goodreaders don't seem to like it.  2.83 Stars from them.

The new kid, Sid, always acts up in class. If he's not taking Lee's pencil, he's spilling paint on Bess. Why is he such a pest?

Word Count: 125
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 31865
Lexile: BR
--sample pages available


Updated JULY 2016

Topic: BASEBALL! (Books at the Kindergarten reading level)

Here's a list of THE EASIEST Easy Readers about America's #1 Game!  These books are at the Kindergarten reading level.

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The Ball Game
(My First Hello Reader!)
(Scholastic)
by David Packard

3.27 Stars from 11 GoodReaders

This is the easiest book I could find about baseball. It comes with word-cards (at the end of the book) which you can use to make sentences of your own, or to do word identification practice.

Reading Information:
Word Count:  47
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading Level: 0.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 31602

Mat at Bat
by Alan M. Hofmeister

There was no book image I could locate. And there is only one copy of the book available at the moment at Amazon (used). MAT AT BAT is included here in case your library owns a copy. 

The story is about Mat the rat, and Mit the monkey playing ball.

Word Count:  127
Page Count: not available 
Accelerated Reading Level: 0.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 4018


Smash It
by Alan M. Hofmeister

There was no book image I could locate.  Smash It! is included here in case your library owns a copy. The story is about animals playing ball. Alan Hofmeister is an instructor at the University of Utah - Department of Special Education & Rehabilitation.

Word Count:  129
Page Count: not available
Accelerated Reading Level: 0.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 4036

Play Ball!
by Gail S. Fleagle
Marilyn Henry (Illustrator)

This is another book where little information is available. Obviously a Library Find since there are apparently only 8 pages.

Word Count: 30
Pages:  8
Accelerated Reader:  0.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 172906

Play Ball
by Margaret Hillert
Dick Martin (Illustrator) 

3.27 Stars from 11 GoodReaders

Margaret Hillert wrote over 80 books for new and newer readers back in the last decade.  I happen to love many of her little books.

In this book the story is about two young boys want to play ball, but they have trouble deciding which game to play.

Word Count: 282
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading Level: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 121040
Lexile: BR

I Love Baseball
(My Favorite Sports)
by Ryan Nagelhout

From Gareth Stevens Publishing, this book is typical of early readers.  Colorful photos accompany simple text about one of America's favorite games.

Word Count: 60
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading Level: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 169030

 Common Core Suggested

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You might also be interested in:

• Topic: BASEBALL!  -- Books at the FIRST GRADE reading level
  So many books that we have two pages!
  -- Part 1 of 2  (books from AR 1.0 to AR 1.5)
  -- Part 2 of 2  (books from AR 1.6 to AR 1.9)

• Jackie Robinson - Baseball great -- an assortment of reading levels
• MATT CHRISTOPHER Sports Books at the 3rd GRADE reading level

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Good Luck Charlie
(Rookie Readers)
by Jennifer E. Kramer
 Jeff Moores (Illustrator)

3.8 Stars from 15 GoodReaders

This is one of those books where a child --in this case Charlie -- begins to believe that lucky charms are responsible for their good fortune.  What Charlie finds out is that all he really needs is his 'lucky' pitching arm.

Here's some sample text:

The game is just about to start.

"Good luck, Carlie, do your part!"

Word Count: 162
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading Level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 103583
Lexile: 110L

 Hooray For Snail!
by John Stadler

3.52 Stars from 25 GoodReaders

Super simple text for new readers.  The story, such as it is, is about Slow Snail and how he can hit that ball!

(The teachers who commented on the book at Amazon, love it.)

Snail hits.
Snail runs.
Snail slides home.
Hooray for Snail!

Word Count: 114
Page Count: 40
Accelerated Reading Level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 58958
Lexile: 10L

Teacher resource - John Stadler



Clifford Makes The Team
(Scholastic)
by Norman Bridwell

3.66 Stars from 53 GoodReaders

Clifford wants to play baseball with his friends. But can he find a big enough bat?

Look at what kids can read now! Big, longer sentences.

It is a sunny day.
Clifford wants to play.

Clifford sees a boy.
He has a bat.

Word Count: 193
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 143117
Lexile: 190L

My First Trip To A Baseball Game
by Katie Kawa

Describes a trip to the ball park.  This book is available in Spanish and Spanish/English.

Word Count: 96
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 151236
Common Core Aligned


Spanish
Mi primer partido de beisbol 

Baseball
(Bullfrog Books: I Love Sports)
by Allan Morey

4.0 Stars from 3 GoodReaders

This book covers the basics of the game with simple text and colorful images.

Word Count: 118
Pages: 24
Accelerated Reading level: 0.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 171648 
Lexile: BR
Common Core Suggested


created by Pam
June 2016

DISNEY'S FROZEN - reading information

FROZEN is the movie phenomena.  And adults and kids have been swept into the adventure and been awed by the fantastic music.

The following books entertain are based on the movie and give kids a chance to read-it for themselves.  

The BEST part is that these books are very affordable.  In fact, downright cheap, with most of them under $4 dollars.  So there's no reason not to put them on the home shelves where they can be read again and again!

Enjoy the fun!

**all ratings from GoodReads

Big Snowman, Little Snowman
(Step into Reading)
9780385385435

by Tish Rabe

3.97 avg rating — 278 ratings

Perfect for little ones.  This Frozen themed book is all about opposites, like "Happy sister, sad sister" and on/off, in/out.

You can start out using it with toddlers as a learning tool where you can point out objects and things like bird and cup, and name them.  Then later (or now) you can be use the book as a practice reader.  It's at the Kindergarten reading level.

(as of mid-June 2015 it's under $4!)

Reading Information:
Word Count: 138
Page Count:32
Accelerated Reader: 0.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162307
Lexile: 70L
--amazon

Anna's Best Friends
(Step into Reading)
by Christy Webster

3.88 avg rating — 136 ratings

This adventure is all about Anna's best friends, Kristoff and his reindeer Sven.  The print is still large and the sentences are short; perfect for newer readers. They'll love reading about Anna's search for her sister.

(as of mid-June 2015 it's under $4!)

Word Count: 98
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 1.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 163902
--amazon 

Hello, Olaf!
(Step Into Reading)
by Andrea Posner-Sanchez

Shiny stickers! come with this book where kids get to meet Olaf.

Word Count: 128
Page Count:24
Accelerated Reader: 1.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 171449
Lexile: 360L
--amazon

A Tale Of Two Sisters
(Step into Reading)
9780385385442
by Melissa Lagonegro

4.06 avg rating — 432 ratings

A super-short retelling of the story.  This book features colorful pages and short sentences.  Here's sample text from the first 2 pages:

Princess Elsa and Princess Anna are sisters.

Elsa has a secret. She has magic powers. She can create ice.

Word Count: 327
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162306
Lexile: 260L
--amazon 

A Day In The Sun
(Disney)
by Frank Berrios

3.82 avg rating — 168 ratings

We know Olaf likes warm weather, and in this book kids get to read about all the fun things Olaf dreams of doing under the sun.

Word Count: 119
Page Count:16
Accelerated Reading level: 1.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 174203
Lexile: 480L
--amazon

A Sister More Like Me
by Barbara Jean Hicks
Brittney Lee (Illustrator)

4.41 avg rating — 355 ratings

This book is interesting because it covers the missing years in Anna's and Elsa's lives, a period of time that wasn't mentioned in the movie.  

Alternating view points --shown in different colored text -- the sisters talk about their teen years where each sister developed their own interests and way of doing things.  Elsa, for example, liked to read books.  Anna, on the other hand, liked to be outside and she loved horseback riding.

Word Count: 528
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 3.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 162305
--amazon 

Anna's Icy Adventure
(Golden First Chapters)
by Elise Allen

4.14 avg rating — 97 ratings 

This book is long at 80 pages, but kids will be really motivated to keep reading as it retells the FROZEN story, only this time from Anna's point of view.

Word Count: 8,638
Page Count: 80
Accelerated Reader: 3.6 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 161831
Lexile: 570L
--amazon

Frozen Fever
(Deluxe Novelization-Disney)
by Victoria Saxon

4.07 avg rating — 27 ratings

It's Anna's birthday and Elsa and Kristoff are working to pull together the best party ever.  The only problem is that Elsa's icy powers are putting the freeze on their best efforts.

Word Count: 10,791
Page Count: 96
Accelerated Reader: 4.0 / points: 2.0
AR quiz: 172718
--amazon

Frozen: Junior Novelization
0736431187
by Sarah Nathan (Adaptor)
Sela Roman (Adaptor)

4.33 avg rating — 1331 ratings

This chapter book is at the 4th Grade reading level but it's got plenty of praise from adoring adults. Follows the movie closely.

Word Count: 19,395
Page Count: 128
Accelerated Reader: 4.1 / points: 3.0
AR quiz: 163218
--amazon
--audio version available
--sample pages available

compiled by Pam
updated June 2015