Literature Works-066361233

The Singing Snake, The Crocodile, The And and the Dove, Ma'ii and Cousin Horned Toad, Paul Bunyan and Babe, The Magical Starfruit Tree, Just a Dream, Acorn, Oil Spill, Dear World, The Woman Who Outshone the Son, And My Heart Soars, Hanna's Cold Winter, If I Were President, Uncle Jed's Barbershop, High Hopes, and Ramona's Book Report.

Mcgraw - Hill Reading 3 Book 1: People Anthology Level 3-0021847363

Unit 1: Tell Me More
Who Has Seen the Wind? (poem); The Terrible EEK; In My Family; Cactus Hotel; Big Blue Whale; J.J.'s Big Day; and Do Oysters Sneeze? (poem).

Unit 2: Think It Through
I Can (poem); Lon Po Po: A red-Riding Hood Story From China; Animal Fact/Animal Fable; The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin; Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs; Pure Power!; and A Fly and a Flea in a Flue (poem).

Unit 3: Turning Points
Dreams (poem); The Bat Boy and His Violin; Two Bad Ants; Do Animals Think?; Wilbur's Boast; The Koala Catchers; and The Other Side of the Door (poem).

Mcgraw - Hill Reading 3 Book 2: People Anthology Level 3-0021847371

Unit 1:
Closed, I am a Mystery (poem); Grandfather's Journey; Phoebe and the Spelling Bee; Opt: An Illusionary Tale; Max Malone; Champions of the World; and Abulita's Lap (poem).

Unit 2:
Fog (poem); City Green; The Sun, the Wind and the Rain; Dream Wolf; Spiders at Work; Web Wonders; and Who am I? (poem).

Unit 3:
Different Drum (song); Moses Goes to a Concert; The Little Painter of Sabana Grande; The Patchwork Quilt; Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale Play; A Very Cool Place to Visit; and My Pencil (poem).

Mcgraw Hill Reading 4th Grade-002184738x

Titles in this book included: The Lost Lake; Amelia's Road; Sarah, Plain and Tall; Seal Journey; Open Wide, Don't Bite!; I Asked My Mother to Sing (poem); The Arrow and the Song (poem); Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World; Just a Dream; Leah's Pony; Baseball Saved Us; Will Her Native Language Disappear?; August 8 (poem); The Poet Pencil (poem); The Hatmaker's Sign; Pat Cummings: My Story; Grass Sandals: The Travels of Basho; A Place Called Freedom; Twisted Trails; and My Poems (poem).

Further titles include: Final Curve (poem); Scruffy: A Wolf Finds His Place in the Pack; Gluskabe and the Snow Bird; Meet an Underwater Explorer; On the Bus with Joanna Cole; Earth's First Creatures; Tortillas Like Africa (poem); How to Tell the Top of a Hill (poem); The Fox and the Guinea Pig; Mom's Best Friend; The Rajah's Rice; Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China; Can We Rescue the Reefs?; The Garden We Planted Together (poem); Your World (poem); Teammates; The Malachite Palace; The Toothpaste Millionaire; Whales; Saving the Everglades; and Decisions (poem).

Sea of Wonder: Standard Anthology-0153012536

Owl Moon; Crinkleroot's Book of Animal Tracking; A Day When Frogs Wear Shoes; Animal Fact/Animal Fable; The Armadillo from Amarillo; I Am Flying! (poem); The Secret of the Seal; Seal (poem); Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain; Rain Sizes (poem); April Rain Song (poem); Rainy Rainy Saturday (poem); Flames and Rebirth; Lon Po po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China; The Crow and the Pitcher; Crick and the Mountain Lion; The Pizza Monster; Chocolate Chip Cookie Caper; The Patchwork Quilt; Tradition (poem); Song and Dance Man; Drums of My Father (poem); Sunken Treasure; The News About Dinosaurs; The Wreck of the Zephyr; and Why Can't I Fly?

A Place to Dream: HBJ Treasury of Literature-0153012331

This is the grade 3 reader from the HBJ Treasury of Literature series and includes the following stories and extras:
Miss Rumphius, plus words from the author and illlustrator Barbara Cooney; A Seed is a Promise; Johnny Appleseed; The Adventures of Ali Baba Berenstein- plus words from the author Johanna Hurwitz; Lisa's Fingerprints; Who am I? (poem); Meet the Orchestra; Music Music for Everyone- plus words from the author and illustrator Vera B. Williams; Ramona Quimby, Age 8- plus an interview with the author Beverly Cleary; Through Grandpa's Eyes; Writers (poem); A Gift for Tia Rosa; Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World- plus words about the author Mildred Pitts Walter; Versos sencillos/Simple Verses (poem); The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush- plus a note from the author Tomie DePaola; Paddington Paints a Picture; Piggins- plus words from the author Jane Yolen and the illustrator Jane Dyer; Hello Book! (poem); Would you like (poem); The Lost Lake- plus words from the author and illustrator Allen Say; People (poem); Some People (poem).

Scott Foresman Reading: Picture This!- 0673596443

From Past to Present:

Ananse’s Feast; The Fox and the Stork; Sam and the Lucky Money; Thunder Cake; One Grain of Rice; Where Does Rice Come From?; The Woman Who Outshone the Sun; Going Through the Old Photos (poem); Quilt (poem); The Stars/Las estrellas (poem) and Sky Bear (poem). 

Are We There Yet?:

Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh; A Place in the Sky;  Chibi: A True Story From Japan; Bave Irene; Water on Earth; More Than Anything Else; Leah’s Pony; At The Library (poem); A Book (poem); Somewhere (poem); Let’s Send a Rocket (poem); and The Moon, a Banana. 

Imagination.kids

The Pinata maker; Southwest Settlements; Mailing may; The Extra-Good Sunday; Floating Home; Two Bad Ants; Pandora’s Box; The Limerick’s Lively to Write (poem); There Was an Old Man with a Flute (poem); I Love the Look of Words (poem); Hugs and Kisses (poem), and Mail Myself to You (poem).

Parade of Stories-0873920058

Stories-

One Cold Day; The Old Woman and Her Pig; Dorrie and the Weather-Box; Pooh Goes Visiting; Marushka and the Twelve Months; Momotaro or Little Peach; The Velveteen Rabbit; and The Princess and the Pea.

Poems-

Singing; The Cherry Tree; Oh, Susan Blue; Grasshopper Green; I Like Little Pussy; The Animal Store; The Fairies; The Child Next Door; Whistles; Spring Rain; Jump-Jump-Jump; Marching Song; The Romp; The Circus Parade; Foreign Lands; The Day Before April; Autumn Woods; Trains; Ferry Boats; Windy Nights; Mrs. Brown; Chinese Lullaby; and Evening Hymn.

More Stories-

Song of the Empty Bottles; Yonie Wondernose; The Sugar Snow; Andy’s Christmas Zebra; Sonny-Boy Sim; and The Boomer’s Fast Sooner Hound. 

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A Pet? You Bet!-

Hey, Smarty…Zoo Party! (poem); No Dogs is Not Enough; Hot Dog (poem); The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash; The Unusual Pet Store; and Chuka’s Hawk.

Imagine That!-

Probably; The Imagination of Walt Disney; Patrick’s Dinosaurs; and What Happened to Patricks’ Dinosaurs.

Click!-

A Very Strange Photo; Funny Photographs; Simple Pictures are Best; and Puniddles.

What Will I Wear?-

Greedy Zebra; Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing; Animal Camouflage; The Armadillo; and The Animal Cover Up. 

Spokes and Sprockets-

Michael Built a Bicycle; The First True Bicycle; Bicycles; Greg’s Bike; Sprocketman (comic); Bicycles Rules of the Road; and Diagram of a Bicycle.

Hidden Treasures-

Me and Goat McGee; Where Is Beale’s Treasure; The Shepherd’s Treasure; and Herbert’s Treasure.

Blast Off!-

Planet Parade; Blast Off!; and The Best New Thing.

Best Friends-

My Friend Charlie; Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend; Harlequin and the Gift of Many Colors; and The Gift.

Literacy Place Scholastic-0439061490

This Scholastic textbook is from the Literary Places set and includes Unit 4, Creative Expressions; Unit 5, Managing Information; and Unit 6, Community Involvement.

Unit 4/Story Studio titles include: The Gingerbread Man; Abuelo and the Three Bears, a poem titled Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge, Little Grunt and the Big Egg, Red Riding Hood, and an article about artist and author Tomie dePaola.

Unit 5/Animal World titles include: Stellaluna; Balto: The Dog Who Saved Nome; Ibis: A True Whale Story; When the Monkeys Came Back and an article about zoo curator Lisa Stevens. This section also includes a discussion of how artists illustrate animals and other features.

Unit 6/Lend a Hand titles includes: The Little Painter of Sabana Grande; Fire Fighters; an article about Police Officer Nadine Jojola; a biography selection from The Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin; Follow the Drinking Gourd; an article about the underground railroad and the poem, Miss Spider's Tea Party.

Houghton Mifflin Reading the Literature Experience: Bookworm Level 1 Plus-0395610834

Theme 1: People Who Write-

Jimmy Lee Did It; My Five Senses; The Surprise; Writing with Pictures; and Mari’s Tooth (poem).

Theme 2: Old Favorites-

Stone Soup; The Three Little Pigs; Baby Rattlesnake; The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe (poem); The Old Woman (poem); and Favorite Rhymes Around the World (collected rhymes).

Theme 3: Problems, Problems!-

The Birthday Cake; Carry Go Bring Come; Hiccups and Sneezes; Anna’s Secret Friend; Whistling (poem); A Problem (poem); and Shoe Laces (poem).

Reading Science-

What’s For Lunch?

Horizons: Level 3.2 (Houghton Mifflin Reading a Legacy of Literacy)- 0618012346

Nights of the Pufflings; Big-Apple Birding;Seal Surfer; I Work in the Ocean;Two Days in May; ANimal Poems.

Theme 5: Voyagers
Across the Wide Dark Sea; Young Voyagers: A Pilgrim Childhood; Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip; Journeys Through Art; Trapped by the Ice! Shackleton's Real-Life Voyage.

Focus on Biography:
Becoming a Champion: The Babe Diidrickson Story; Bill Melendez: An Artist in Motion; Brave Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Aviator; and Hank Greenberg: All-Around All-Star.

Theme 6: Smart Solutions
Pepita Talks Twice; Poems in Spanish and English; Poppa's New Pants; No Problem! (comic strip); Ramona Quimby, Age 8; and Henry and Ramona.

Also, I don’t own this title yet but I believe the McGraw-Hill Reading; Treasuries (Grade 4)  ISBN: 0021920117 has both The Raft and Snowflake Bently in it.  Here’s the link:  http://treasures.macmillanmh.com/national/students/grade4/book1 (This is the 2007 reader so it is still retailing for around $30 but hopefully this price will come down as new titles are released for 2008.)

Treasury of Literature Emerald Forest  -015301234X (Harcourt Brace)

Unit 1: Mirette on the High Wire; Philippe and the Blue Parrot; Finding the Green Stone; The Song of a Dream (poem); Class President; and Supergrandpa.   

Unit 2:  Charlotte’s Web; Talk To the Animals (song); A Guide Dog Puppy Grows Up; The Midnight Fox; The Marmalade Man Makes a Dance to Mend Us (poem); Hurt No Living Thing (poem); How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? Dream Wolf; and Running With the Pack. 

Unit 3: The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks; Carnivorous Plants; The Great Kapok Tree; Wildflower (poem); The Yellow Tulip (poem); Down Under, Down Under; Fruit and Vegetable Stew (riddles); and McBroom Tells the Truth.

Unit 4:  Jumanji; Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together; Close Encounter of a Weird Kind (play); The Case of the Locked Room; The Case of the Million Pesos; The Gold Coin; and Pearls (poem).

Unit 5:  A River Ran Wild; On the Banks of Plum Creek; The Best Town in the World (poem); No Star Nights; Sun Dancers (poem); and Totem Pole.

Unit 6:  Just a Dream; A River Dream; Day Dreamers (poem); Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters; Shortstop from Tokyo; On the Pampas; Last Laugh (poem); and The Drum (poem).