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Rhyming text instructs the listener to find something yellow, roar like a lion, give a kiss, tell a secret, spin in a circle, and perform other playful activities along with the human and animal characters pictured.
Lexile Level: 410
Guided Reading Level: H

Using his great imagination and the long, narrow staircase in his house, Jack and his action figure companion, Guy, have many grand adventures together where they climb challenging mountains, visit cities, and undertake daring rescues in this colorfully illustrated picture book with simple text.
Lexile Level: 360
Guided Reading Level: G

From rooster crow to bedtime, a Kenyan boy plays and visits neighbors all through his village, even though he is supposed to be watching his grandfather’s cows.
Lexile Level: 760
Guided Reading Level: K

A little girl is disappointed when on her first day at school she discovers she is not the only Emily in the world.
Lexile Level: 280
Guided Reading Level: J

Gossie and Gertie are best friends and everywhere Gossie goes, Gertie goes too — except when she doesn’t, and sometimes that’s even better.
Lexile Level: 10
Guided Reading Level: C

Eight eager animals are more than happy to help make their perfect cake, but there are simply too many hands on it when it comes out of the oven and so disaster strikes, in a tale with Spanish and English text.
Lexile Level: 350
Guided Reading Level: NR

Corey leaves his day-care center, goes shopping with Daddy, helps prepare the spaghetti for dinner, helps Mommy with the dishes, and enjoys a playful bubble bath.
Lexile Level: 300
Guided Reading Level: J

Joe is the last one in his class to line up for a walk to the park, and he lags behind all the others, but he sees a lot more than they do.
Lexile Level: 230
Guided Reading Level: I

The owner of a human body celebrates it by pointing out various parts and mentioning their functions, from “hands for catching and throwing” to the “skin that bundles me in.”
Lexile Level: 420
Guided Reading Level: F

Illustrations and simple text describe some of the many things the hands of a young African American girl and her family can do.
Lexile Level: BR
Guided Reading Level: NR