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Nonfiction Focus Program:Levels M-R

Jump to Level: | M | N | O | P | Q | R |

LEVEL M:

Text includes more complex language and requires reader to make interpretations; most books at this level have greatly expanded vocabulary; many books at this level have smaller print with narrower word spacing.

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Level M titles:

Buddy: The First Seeing Eye Dog Moore
Gung Hay Fat Choy Behrens
The Littles Go Exploring Peterson
Yellowstone National Park Petersen
Nine True Dolphin Stories Davidson
Boom! Gutner
Jungle Jack Hanna's Safari Adventure Probeg & Probeg
At 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Wirth
California or Bust! Stamper
Firefighters Dahlie



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LEVEL N:

Vocabulary continues to expand and go beyond readers' own experiences; variety of texts offer readers a chance to interpret information and speculate on alternate meanings.

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Level N titles:

Endangered Animals: A New True Book Stone
Do Tornadoes Really Twist? Berger & Berger
Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue Danziger
Catwings Return Le Guin
A Dinosaur Named Sue Robinson
The Corn Husk Doll Schiller
The Garden on Green Street Goldish
Lily and Miss Liberty Stevens
How Is a Crayon Made? Charles
Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind Davidson



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LEVEL O:

Longer books at this level present varied vocabulary that will require readers to interpret the meaning of the text; texts have more sophisticated subjects and more complex sentence structures.

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Level O titles:

The Kids' Invention Book Erlbach
A Picture Book of Sojourner Truth Adler
Miss Rumphius Cooney
Look What Came From Mexico Harvey
The Donner Party Olson
The Animal Shelter Mystery (Boxcar Children) Warner
I Wonder Why Snakes Shed Their Skins O'Neill
Flossie and the Fox McKissack
Where There Was Smoke Martinucci
Desert Life Mann


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LEVEL P:

Informational texts at this level include history and biography, enabling readers to learn how to gain information from a variety of structures; concepts may include issues of early adolescence.

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Level P titles:

Encyclopedia Brown Carries On Sobol
The Magic School Bus� Inside a Beehive Cole
26 Fairmont Avenue dePaola
The Real McCoy Towle
A Whale Is Not a Fish Berger
Shoebag James
The Eagle Has Landed Merchant
The Drum Beats On Cherrington
Weather Fleisher
In the Rain Forest Anastasion


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LEVEL Q:

Selections contain themes to foster group discussion; relationship of illustrations to text also offers opportunities for exploration and discussion; texts contain difficult words, some from languages other than English.

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Level Q titles:

Favorite Medieval Tales Osborne
Help! I'm Trapped in the First Day of Summer Camp Strasser
Adventures of the Shark Lady McGovern
Exploring the Titanic Ballard
...If You Lived with the Cherokee Roop
Mary on Horseback Wells
American Tall Tales Osborne
Native American Art Motil
Animals of Long Ago Ring
Folktales from China Lawson


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LEVEL R:

Books in this level contain sophisticated vocabulary to challenge readers; some of the longer chapter books require sustained reading effort over several sittings; books represent a range of times in history.

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Level R titles:

Listening to Crickets Ranson
Brian's Winter Paulsen
The Last Princess Stanley
Lewis and Clark: In Their Own Words Sullivan
Pigs Might Fly King-Smith
Draw Me a Story Winter
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? Fritz
A Jar of Dreams Uchida
Journey to Ellis Island Bierman
The Tortoise Shell & Other African Stories Smith


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