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GARY PAULSEN BOOKS at the 2nd Grade reading level

Gary Paulsen has written some lovely books for very young readers. These books can be shared and integrated in social studies and science classes. They can also be used as practice readers.

There are no books at the 1st Grade level, but here is a delightful Non-Fiction book at the 2nd Grade level which is available in Spanish as well as English.  To Find Part I of Gary Paulsen books at the 3rd Grade level, click here.

bookcover of THE TORTILLA FACTORY by Gary Paulsen
3.66 STARS from 28 GoodReaders
All 5 STARS from Amazon Reviewers

THE TORTILLA FACTORY is a beautiful little book from the Paulsens. With warm artwork and poetic text it describes how tortillas come from corn which is grown in the soil. And how that corn, when ground, makes its way from the fields to the kitchen table.

The Black Earth sleeps in winter.
But in the spring the black earth
is worked by brown hands
that plant yellow seeds,
which become green plants in rustling in the wind
and make golden corn to dry in
hot sun and be ground into flour
for the tortilla factory.
This slim volume is not only a great poetic read-aloud, it's useful. With text and pictures it introduces young children to patterns of life that they might not be aware of. It describes how the planting of corn is cyclical and in the rhythm of the seasons; and how the ground corn grain moves through our society so that it eventually nourishes those who grow it.

THE TORTILLA FACTORY
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Reading Information:
Word Count: 142
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 2.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 18383
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sample page #1 from THE TORTILLA FACTORY by Gary Paulsen



bookcover of Tortilla Factory by Gary PaulsenLa Tortillería

Brief Description: Las tortillas son clásicas de la cultura mexicana, ¿cómo se hacen? ¿con qué se hacen? Conoce esto y más en este interesante y poético libro.

Reading Information:
Word Count: 142
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reading level: 2.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 18383 SP
Lexile: 510L

sample page #2 from THE TORTILLA FACTORY by Gary Paulsen

To Find Gary Paulsen books for young children at the 3rd Grade level, click here.

compiled by Pam
updated July 2014