The plot in this Battle Frontier
book centers around affairs of the heart. You see Grovyle falls
crest-over-tail for the healing-Pokemon Meganium, not knowing that she
is already very much in love with Tropius. Grovyle tries to win
Meganium's heart by defeating Tropius in battle, and while that aspect
of the story is playing out, Team Rocket attempts to capture both
Meganium and Tropius to give to their leader.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 4748
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 3.0 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 117733
When May's Munchlax gets sick in
the middle of Battle Frontier, she doesn't know what to do. Luckily, a
kind couple offers to take care of her sick Pokémon and invites Ash,
Brock, Max, and May to stay with them while Munchlax gets better. Book
#1
Team Rocket Truce (our review)
Word Count: 5106
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 3.0 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 143543
Lexile: 470L
Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu go on a Pokemon fossil dig. Things get explosive when Team Rocket accidentally wakes up some cranky ancient Pokemon, including a flying Aerodactyl.
Word Count: 5694
Page Count: 65
Accelerated Reading level: 3.1 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 34633
Ash and her friends discover an injured Celebi in
the forest and team up with a skilled Pokémon Ranger named Solana to
nurse it back to health and protect it from Team Rocket.
Word Count: 4973
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 3.2 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 150555
Ash, Misty, Brock, and Pikachu are invited to a party on a cruise ship.
It's a Team Rocket trap to steal their Pokemon. Things get worse when
the ship sinks and everyone is trapped on an island with unfriendly
giant Pokemon.
Word Count: 9521
Page Count: 96
Accelerated Reading level: 3.4 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 34627
Ash and Pikachu have had lots of adventures in the Orange Islands,
which are packed full of weird and wonderful Pokémon. Now it's time to
find out whether Ash has managed to win the four badges needed to enter
the Orange Islands League.
Word Count: 9539
Page Count: 90
Accelerated Reading level: 3.6 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 117729
FLY GUY by Tedd Arnold is a great series for young readers. It's fun and motivational and now there are two books at the second grade level. (You can find the First Grade level books here.)
Fly
guy is riding with Buzz and Buzz's dad when he gets blown out the
window. In getting home he ends up traveling in all kinds of vehicles,
even a circus train!
Word Count: 262
Page Count:
Accelerated Reading level: 2.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 150304
Lexile: 470L
One of the reasons we love Tedd Arnold's FLY GUY series is that these books feature simple sentences, few words, and large text. This and the humor that is rampant on every page makes these books a great
choice for boys (and girls!) that are just beginning to read. The humor and adorable artwork serves to keep kids from being
intimidated by the reading process. And kids can't help but be
satisfied when they finish a book, because they each contain a real
story!
The Fly Guy books are at both the First and Second Grade reading levels. This list features the simpler 1st Grade books.
**The first book, Hi! Fly Guy, garnered a Theodor Geisel honorable mention.
Buzz wants to enter in "The Amazing Pet Show" but he doesn't have a pet. That is, until he captures a fly. At that point all the adults around Buzz try to explain that a fly can't be a pet, but Fly Guy proves them wrong.
Hilarious. And, of course, Fly Guy can be a pet. He can say his boy's name after all... Buzzzz.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 324
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 101305
In this story Fly Guy goes to school with Buzz and develops a crush on the Caffeteria Lady, Rozzzz! Unfortunately, he accidentally gets her fired. Everything works out in the end though. This is a sweet story considering it's about a fly.
No flies in the lunchroom!" Roz said.
Fly Guy said-- ROZZZ!
This fly is smart," said Roz.
"He knows my name!"
She fed Fly Guy chicken bones
and fish heads in sour milk.
Fly Guy was happy.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 310
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 104778
Lexile: 360L
Fly Guy returns home to discover that Buzz has gone on a picnic without him! Sad and hungry, Fly Guy takes off in search of his favorite food. He gets shooed away from a hamburger, a pizza, a dog's bones, and even roadkill--leaving readers to guess what Fly Guy's favorite oozy, lumpy, smelly, and brown food could possibly be! Why, it's shoo-fly pie, of course!
Reading Information:
Word Count: 330
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 110407
Lexile: 410L
Buzz is visiting Grandma, and Fly Guy comes along for the ride. Oops! Grandma swallows Fly Guy, then a spider, then a bird, then a cat, then a dog. . . .
She's about to swallow a horse, when Fly Guy shouts: "BUZZZ!" Buzz is starting to worry, but there is nothing Fly Guy can't handle! He flies out, and all the critters follow. And everybody parties!
Reading Information:
Word Count: 211
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 116920
Lexile: 370L
Mom and Dad won't let Fly Guy go along on the family road trip. They're afraid he'll get lost. But when Dad accidentally shuts him in the trunk, Fly Guy goes along for the ride!
First, Fly Guy gets lost at the picnic site--but he shows up in the garbage can. Then he gets lost at the art museum, but he shows up as part of a modern painting. At the beach, he turns up in a shell, and at he amusement park, on Buzz's hot dog (yuck!).
Reading Information:
Word Count: 284
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 122340
Lexile: 170L
When Fly Guy and Buzz play hide-and-seek, Fly Guy hides in his favorite place--the garbage can. But as Buzz finishes counting, the garbageman drives away with the garbage and Fly Guy, too! A very worried Buzz follows the truck to the dump, where he sees zillions of flies. Where is Fly Guy?!
Time after time, Buzz thinks he spies Fly Guy, only to be snubbed, boinked, or bitten. Then he realizes they've been playing a game. He yells, "I give up. You win!" And Fly Guy leaves his new hiding place--he was on top of Buzz's hat all along!
Reading Information:
Word Count: 297
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 133847
Lexile: 310L
"Flies can't play football," says the coach. But Fly Guy and Buzz are determined to prove him wrong. New readers will experience both pride and delight as they read the simple text and look at the funny pictures of Fly Guy trying to kick a football, go out for a pass, and tackle his friend Buzz. In the end Fly Guy scores and gets to do his hilarious touchdown dance.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 289
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 126340
Lexile: 270L
Fly Guy has met his match, and her name is Fly Girl. Fly Guy can do fancy flying. Fly Girl can do fancier flying. Fly Guy can eat gross stuff. Fly Girl can eat grosser stuff. Fly Guy can say his boy's name--Buzzzzzz! And Fly Girl can say her girl's name--Lizzzzzzz! Fly Guy is totally impressed, and totally smitten. Will Fly Guy and Fly Girl get married and leave Buzz without his dear pet?
((We don't know for sure! But probably not!))
Reading Information:
Word Count: 275
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.4 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 135780
Lexile: 310L
The excitement is jam packed in Fly Guy's newest episode which features a comic book within the story. Buzz and Fly Guy are superheroes! The dynamic duo must battle a fiery dragon and a band of pirates. Will Fly Guy and Buzz Boy defeat their enemies and save their home? Find out in this ama-zzzing early chapter book.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 269
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.3 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 139497
Fly
Guy isn't invited to dinner when Buzz and his family go to a fancy
restaurant. When Fly Guy hunts for dinner on his own in the restaurant's
kitchen, pandemonium ensues--and everyone ends up needing a bath.
Word Count: 314
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 1.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 153908
Jorge y Berto han creado un nuevo superhéroe: el Super-bebé Pañal. En esta divertida aventura se explica cómo un bebé común adquiere superpoderes y derrota al malvado Comisario Patibulario. Libro #1
Word Count: 3073 Accelerated Reading level: 2.5 / points: 0.5 AR Quiz: 64111
After Principal Krupp forbids George and Harold from continuing to create comics about feces, the boys begin a story about Rip Van Tinkle, a man who transforms into a puddle of urine and begins to destroy all the toilets in town.
Word Count: 4,422 Page Count: 192 Accelerated Reading level: 2.2 / points: 1.0 AR quiz: 144671
Never underestimate the power of underwear! These books are super popular with boys and they seem to fly off the shelves. So much so that every library we've ever visited has an amazing number of copies.
What's even more amazing is that kids manage to read these books, even though they might be several grades more difficult than their reading level. A HIGHLY MOTIVATING series.
Volume #1 The Adventures of Captain Underpants
In book#1, George and Harold use hypnosis to turn their 'difficult' principal into a superhero. Then they do battle with Dr. Diaper!
Word Count: 5,731
Page Count: 121
Accelerated Reading level: 4.3 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 20251
Lexile: 720L
Captain Underpants, aka Principal Krupp, once again dons his superhero outfit as he battles the evil talking toilets at Jerome Horwitz Elementary School.
Word Count: 5,595
Page Count: 144
Accelerated Reading level: 4.7 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 34624
Lexile: 780L
Professor Pippy P. Poopypants goes to the dark-side when children make fun of him because of his name, and it's up Harold and George and Captain Underpants to save the day.
Word Count: 5,582
Page Count: 160
Accelerated Reading level: 4.7 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 35816
Lexile: 640L
Things go topsy-turvy as George and Harold 'travel' to a world where cafeteria food is wonderful and teachers are super nice. Wouldn't be so bad except that their 'twins' are evil.
Word Count: 7,177
Page Count: 176
Accelerated Reading level: 4.7 / points: 1.0
AR quiz: 108880
Lexile: 850L
We're still reading this one, but suffice it to say that the book starts out with George and Harold heading for prison. Note that this book is much longer than the others, and so far very, very slow to get going.
The longest book so far.
Word Count: 17,957
Page Count: 304
Accelerated Reading level: 5.1 / points: 3.0
AR quiz: 153823
Publisher: Scholastic
ISBN-10: 0545175348
Volume #10 Captain Underpants and the Brainy Bamboozle of Black Cheetah Man (TBA) compiled by iPam
Part II of our STAR WARS reading list for 2nd Graders. These books run from AR 2.5 to 2.9. Find PART I here. Find STAR WARS books for 1st Graders here.
Notes - This little reader is based on the cartoon Clone Wars show and it essentially just introduces the characters. Though the text is at the mid-2nd Grade level, the sentence remains short and simple. On the order of: "This is Anakin Skywalker. He is a brave jedi."
Reading Information:
Word Count: 524
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 2.6 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 128718
--sample pages and other reviews available
Luke's Fate
(Step into Reading, Step 3)
by Jim Thomas
3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
Illustrated in full color, this book features short chapters. Readers are introduced to young Luke Skywalker, who dreams of being a star pilot but has to stay planetbound helping his uncle run the farm. Based on the beginning sequences of the original Star Wars movie and radio plays.
Reading Information:
Word Count: 1,634
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 2.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 85113
These little books feature a kinder, sillier SW universe. In this one Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi are supposed to protect Senator Padmé Amidala, but Obi-Wan falls for a 'cookie trap' which lands them in Count Dooku's arena of monsters,
Word Count: 711
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 2.8 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 153887
Lexile: GN560L
--sample pages and other reviews available
Alternate universe. Ian joins the ranks of the Padawans and Yoda is his teacher. Despite being new he argues with Yoda a great deal, which makes it difficult to stop the deadly Asajj Ventress who wants to steals the Republic's secret battle plans.
Jabba the Hutt is featured as the kidnapper of all the Padawans but Ian.
Word Count: 972
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 2.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 148689
Lexile: GN420L
--sample pages and other reviews available
Drawn from the animated Clone Wars television series, the story in this one brings Anakin and his student Ahsoka to a world where they are going to try to save a young Hutt named Rotta. They attempt a rescue of the adorable little fellow only to meet up with a mysterious lightsaber wielding baddy named Ventress. They manage the escape, but not before facing off with Ventress in a fight that involves a monster called a Rancor.
This book is based on the Clone Wars television show.
Our review
Word Count: 843
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 2.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 127591
--sample pages and other reviews available
Guys of all ages loveSTAR WARS (girls and moms too!) so we pulled together this resource list of books at the beginning 2nd Grade level. That is, from AR 2.0 to 2.4
For PART II -- STAR WARS books for Second Grade, AR 2.5 to 2.9, go here.
We've included backcover descriptions and pointers to our reviews where we've done them.
Fully-illustrated. In this colorful beginning reader, Anakin is supposed to wait for Qui-Gon outside the Jedi Temple. But when he and Jar Jar find a lost little boy, Anakin knows he must help him. He wants to be brave and good, just like a Jedi Knight!
Reading Information:
Word Count: 782
Page Count: 47
Accelerated Reading level: 2.0 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 10733
--sample pages and other reviews available
In this version of the RETURN OF THE JEDI, Leia negotiates with Jabba while disguised as a bounty hunter. CPO isn't able to help as he is temporarily out of commission. This leads to multiple misunderstandings and soon guns are pulled and chaos erupts.
One ramification is that Boba Fett ends up in control of the frozen Hans Solo.
Word Count: 921
Page Count: 24
Accelerated Reader: 2.1 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 142226
Backcover Description: Today is Anakin's big race! He wants to win. But his Podracer needs a special part. Can Anakin's little pit droid find the part in time? DUM-4, runs a series of errands as he tries to obtain a part Anakin's racer needs.
Word Count: 829
Page Count: 48
Accelerated Reading level: 2.3 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 106471
--sample pages and other reviews available
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