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Kids' Wings^TM now offers immediate downloads for our units for Award-Winning Literature! All downloads are now sharable IN YOUR SCHOOL when you provide your school's name! You will love our exciting activities that cross the curriculum and are keyed into crucial objectives! Most are also keyed into the Multiple Intelligences. Answer keys are included for all units. In this alphabetical list, you can find the title you need on the left. To learn more about the book and unit, click the title to go to the webpage created especially for each book. Then, you can either click on the button on the right or on the download button if you've gone to the webpage. After entering your data, you will receive an immediate email with the download code. Paste the code in your address URL on your browser and it will begin downloading. Then the fun will start! Your students will learn problem solving, vocabulary, group dynamics, writing skills, and so much more while finding JOY in learning! To insure quick delivery, we recommend you do NOT use your school email unless you are sure our download codes won't get snagged in spam filters. It may be best to use your home email address to insure instant delivery! For tax-exempt in Texas, fax us your tax exempt certicate to (888) 558-1123. Questions? Call 512-558-1121 or Email Why literature units click with kids
Literature Units for the Intermediate Grades
TITLE (Click to visit webpage)	AUTHOR	Grade Levels	UNIT PAGES	PRICE	Buy NOW!
World War II Picture Book Units for FOUR great books: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, The Yellow Star, The Greatest Skating Race, and Passage to Freedom	Margot Theis Raven, Carmen Agra Deedy, Louise Borden, Ken Mochizuki	3-8	40 pages	$12.95
Patriotism Units for three picture books: Empire State Building, Lady Liberty and The Impossible Patriotism Project!	Elizabeth Mann Doreen Rappaport, and Linda Skeers	1-5	33 pages	$12.95
The Great Depression 4 Terrific Units put unforgettable faces on The Great Depression! They include: Rudy Rides the Rails Wingwalker Leah's Pony Bud, Not Buddy	Dandi Daley Mackall Rosemary Wells Elizabeth Friedrich Christopher Paul Curtis	3-8	45 pages	$14.95
A 30-page Trio of Presidential Election Picture Bks: Duck for President If I Ran for President So You Want to Be President (Caldecott Winner)	Doreen Cronin Catherine Stier Judith St. George	1-6	30 pages	$12.95
4 Black History Units: Walking to the Bus Rider Blues When Marian Sang Mister and Me Through My Eyes	Harriette Gillem Robinet Pam Munoz Ryan Kimberly Willis Holt Ruby Bridges	3-7	35 pages	$ 14.95
Stand Tall, Abraham Lincoln--Picture book biography of the childhood of Abraham Lincoln	Judith St. George	1-8	17 pages	$ 9.95
All The Way Home--A great story about friendship, polio, and baseball in the 1940's in two voices!	Patricia Reilly Giff	4-8	20 pages	$10.95
Alvin Ho -- A second grader with many fears brings tons of laughs!	Lenore Look	3-7	31 pages	$12.95
Any Small Goodness--a beautiful Hispanic family story	Tony Johnston	3-7	16 pages	$ 9.95
Atherton, The House of Power--the BEST new science fiction available today!	Patrick Carman	4-7	35 pages	$12.95
Ballad of Valentine --PLUS Slugs in Love!	Alison Jackson	1-4	32 pages	$ 9.95
BAT BOOKS: Paired Literature Unit About Bats: Stellaluna and Little Lost Bat	Janell Cannon Sandra Markle	1-5	25 pages	$12.95
Because of Winn-Dixie PLUS How to Talk to Your Dog	Kate DiCamillo and Jean Craighead George	2-7	34 pages	$12.95
Bella at Midnight --An AWESOME Full-Length Cinderella Novel with access to an original song recorded for the book and "Jeopardy-type" interactive game!	Diane Stanley	4-8	32 pages	$12.95
The Blue Ghost --An Easy Ghost Story	Marion Dane Bauer	2-4	16 pages	$11.95
Bud, Not Buddy--One of our favorite Newbery Winners, set in the Great Depression!	Christopher Paul Curtis	4-7	20 pages	$11.95
Chasing Vermeer --A top-notch mystery!	Blue Balliet	4-7	20 pages	$11.95
Clementine's Letter --Hysterical and touching!	Sara Pennypacker	3-7	31 pages	$12.95
The City of Ember--One of the best eco-mysteries ever!	Jeanne DuPrau	3-7	28 pages	$11.95
Comets, Stars, The Moon, and Mars Finding Our Way: In the Wilderness, On the Sea, and In Space. Includes Follow the Trail Sea Clocks, The Story of Longitude	Douglas Florian Jessica Loy Louise Gordon	3-6	28 pages in the trio of units	$12.95
The Conch Bearer--Set in India, a quest against evil!	Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni	3-7	17 pages	$11.95
Crispin, the Cross of Lead--One of the best Newbery books EVER! An exciting Medievel Adventure!	Avi	4-7	30 pages	$12.95
DIARY OF... Doreen Cronin's Diary of a Worm, Diary of a Spider, and Diary of a Fly	Doreen Cronin	1-4	32 pages	$12.95
Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins PLUS Encyclopedia Prehistorica AND Mammoths on the Move --awesome prehistoric narrative poem!	Barbara Kerley, Robert Sabuda, and Lisa Wheeler	1-6	20 pages	$9.95
A Dog On His Own--a homeless dog tells his story, both funny and touching	Mary Jane Auch	3-6	27 pages	$11.95
The Doll People --What happens when dolls come to life?	Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin	2-4	16 pages	$9.95
Double Identity --This mystery will keep you guessing!	Margaret Peterson Haddix	4-7	25 pages	$11.95
Down Girl and Sit--Winner of 2008 Texas Bluebonnet Award--hysterical story told by a DOG! SONG included!	Lucy Nolan	2-7	22 pages	$11.95
Dr. Seuss: The Boy on Fairfield Street, childhood of Theodore Geisel in a picture book. PLUS units for two other biographies: Leonardo's Horse and The Chocolate Pilot	Alice Mead, Jean Fritz, and Margot Theis Raven	2-8	25 pages	$11.95
Each Little Bird That Sings A beautiful story of compassion and relationships.	Deborah Wiles	3-6	17 pages	$9.95
The Earth Dragon Awakes---Terrific story set during the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake--with links to three great earthquake songs!	Laurence Yep	3-7	28 pages	$12.95
Earthquake Terror --THE story to change your reluctant readers to avid readers! See also Peg Kehret's books.	Peg Kehret	3-7	20 pages	$10.95
Elijah of Buxton--Newbery Honor Book, Slavery, A Must-Have for Black History Month, with a terrific SONG recorded just for this book.	Christopher Paul Curtis	4-7	28 pages	$12.95
Empire State Building--One of THREE patriotic literature units including Lady Liberty and The Impossible Patriotism Project!	Elizabeth Mann	1-7	33 pages	$12.95
Esperanza Rising - A young Hispanic girl struggles against discrimination	Pam Munoz Ryan	3-6	21 pages	$ 9.95
Fair Weather --The World's Fair in Chicago, 1893, in terrific historical fiction!	Richard Peck	4-8	22 pages	$11.95
Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia--"We find friendship, not by finding the perfect friend, but by learning to see the imperfect friend perfectly."	Barbara O'Connor	3-6	14 pages	$10.95
Finding Our Way: In the Wilderness, On the Sea, and In Space Follow the Trail Sea Clocks, The Story of Longitude Comets, Stars, The Moon, and Mars	Louise Gordon Jessica Loy Douglas Florian	3-6	28 pages	$12.95
Firegirl--A powerful book that defines compassion	Tony Abbott	3-7	10 pages	$ 7.95
Flying Solo --What happens when the teacher doesn't show up?	Ralph Fletcher	3-7	16 pages	$ 9.95
Forging of the Blade--A terrific, high fantasy novel, exciting easy reading for middle grades	R.L. Lafevers	3-7	16 pages	$ 9.95
Frankie Stein --A funny Frankenstein Spin-off! Great writing starter!	Lola Schaefer	1-3	14 pages	$ 8.95
Frindle-- a MUST-READ for your gifted and talented students!	Andrew Clements	3-7	12 pages	$ 7.95
Gabriel's Horses--Exciting Civil War adventure with a terrific SONG recorded just for this book! A MUST-HAVE for Black History Month!	Alison Hart	3-7	26 pages	$12.95
Ghost Fever --Spanish/English, Winner of the 2007 Texas Bluebonnet Award	Joe Hayes	3-7	13 pages	$ 9.95
The Ghost's Grave--A New Classic Ghost Story with link to the song created and sung especially for this unit	Peg Kehret	3-7	20 pages	$11.95
The Ghost of Fossil Glen--Winner of the 1999 Texas Bluebonnet Award	Cynthia DeFelice	3-7	19 pages	$11.95
The Giant Rat of Sumatra --terrific story, beautifully written imagry	Sid Fleischman	4-7	23 pages	$ 9.95
The Gollywhopper Games --Get in the games and see if YOU have what it takes!	Jody Feldman	4-8	29 pages	$ 12.95
The Graduation of Jake Moon Someone Jake loves gets Alzheimers Disease. How will Jake be able to handle what is ahead? A unit paired with Phineas Gage, A Gruesome, but True Story About Brain Science	Barbara Park	4-9	24 pages in paired units	$ 11.95
The Great Depression 4 Terrific Units put unforgettable faces on The Great Depression! They include: Rudy Rides the Rails Wingwalker Leah's Pony Bud, Not Buddy	Dandi Daley Mackall Rosemary Wells Elizabeth Friedrich Christopher Paul Curtis	3-8	45 pages	$16.95
The Greatest Skating Race PLUS 3 other WW II Picture Books: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, The Yellow Star, and Passage to Freedom	Louise Borden, Margot Theis Raven, Carmen Agra Deedy, and Ken Mochizuki	3-8	40 pages in the 4-unit collection	$12.95
Gregor the Overlander-- Underland, beneath New York City, "humans live uneasily beside giant spiders, bats, cockroaches, and rats, but the fragile peace is about to fall apart." Sci-fi at its best!!	Suzanne Collins	3-7	32 pages	$11.95
Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Mr. Mutt is the Ann Landers of the dog world. In his advice column, he tells dogs how to their problems, including dealing with spoiled cats.	Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel	2-7	15 pages	$7.95
Heroes with Handicaps in 3 Picture Books: The Hero of Bremen; The Fastest Woman on Earth, Wilma Unlimited; and Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man	Margaret Hodges, Kathleen Krull, Alan A. Alder	2-12	22 pages	$5.95
Hispanic Books: 3 Award-Winners Esperanza Rising; Harvesting Hope, The Story of Ceasar Chavez; and Any Small Goodness, A Novel of the Bario	Pam Munoz Ryan, Kathleen Krull, Tony Johnston	3-7	42 pages	$14.95
How to Steal A Dog --A touching story of a homeless family trying to survive told through the eyes of a young girl	Barbara O'Connor	3-7	24 pages	$10.95
Hubert Invents the Wheel --the beginning of simple machines with a terrific SONG recorded just for this book.!	Claire and Monte Montgomery	3-7	22 pages	$10.95
Ida B--turning darkness into sunshine	Kathering Hannigan	3-7	20 pages	$ 9.95
I, Vivaldi --the beautifully illustrated story and life of classical musician Antonio Lucio Vivaldi	Janice Shefelman	3-8	17 pages	$10.95
I Was a Third Grade Science Project--We think this is the funniest science-related novel ever written!	Mary Jane Auch	2-4	20 pages	$10.95
The Invention of Hugo Cabret--Caldecott Winner!	Brian Selznick	3-7	26 pages	$12.95
Junebug--the story of a resilient child of the ghetto, unit focusing on resilient-child research--don't miss this one!	Alice Mead	3-6	10 pages	$ 6.95
Just Grace--fun in realistic fiction	Charise Mericle Harper	2-4	21 pages	$ 9.95
Kid Who Ran for President -- Upgraded! Now with more activity pages!	Dan Gutman	3-7	29 pages	$12.95
The Kite Fighters	Linda Sue Park	3-7	18 pages	$10.95
Lady Liberty--One of THREE patriotic literature units including The Impossible Patriotism Project and Empire State Building	Doreen Rappaport, Elizabeth Mann, and Linda Skeers	1-7	33 pages	$12.95
The Landry News	Andrew Clements	3-7	22 pages	$9.95
The Last Treasure--mystery with hidden treasure	Janet S. Anderson	4-7	23 pages	$ 9.95
Lawn Boy--The birth of an entrepreneur! Included in the unit is access to the recorded Capitalism Song.	Gary Paulsen	3-7	24 pages	$12.95
Leonardo's Horse --The work of Leonardo DaVinci in a picture book. PLUS units for two other picture book biographies: Dr. Seuss and The Chocolate Pilot	Jean Fritz Plus Alice Mead, Margot Theis Raven	2-8	25 pages	$11.95
The Lightning Thief --Wild modern adventure into the world of the Greek Gods! You won't want to put it down!	Rick Riodan	4-7	24 pages	$12.95
Martina, the Beautiful Cockroach --A Cuban folktale with gorgeous illustrations and some good advice!	Carmen Agra Deedy	2-8	22 pages	$11.95
Marvelous Mattie --The story of an unlikely inventor in the 1800s and her copyright battle, scripted mock trial included in the unit	Emily Arnold McCully	3-7	16 pages	$10.95
MASTERPIECE--An unlikely friendship between a boy and a beetle proves to be essential in solving the mystery of stolen Dürer master pieces.	Elise Broach	4-8	38 pages	$12.95
Maybelle in the Soup --A funny, first-person story about the life of Maybelle, the cockroach. An easy chapter book that appeals to all ages	Katie Speck	1-4	25 pages	$11.95
Mercedes and The Chocolate Pilot--A World War II pilot flies missions of mercy, PLUS units for two other picture book biographies: Dr. Seuss and Leonardo's Horse	Margot Theis Raven, Alice Mead, Jean Fritz	2-8	25 pages	$11.95
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane --included in the unit is access to Edward's recorded Empathy Song and a "Jeopardy-type" game!	Kate DiCamillo	2-7	21 pages	$12.95
Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom	Carole Boston Weatherford and Kadir Nelson	3-7	11 pages	$ 7.95
My Life in Dog Years--autobiography of Gary Paulsen in short stories about his life with his dogs	Gary Paulsen	3-8	11 pages	$ 7.95
My Side of the Mountain--a boy runs away to live in the mountains, Newbery Honor Book	Jean Craighead George	4-7	31 pages	$ 12.95
Nic Bishop Frogs--a science picture book showcasing the world's most astounding frogs PLUS the awesome Nic Bishop Spiders.	Nic Bishop	2-7	2 Units, 33 pages	$ 12.95
Nic Bishop Spiders--a fabulous picture book showcasing the world's most incredible spiders PLUS the astounding Nic Bishop Frogs.	Nic Bishop	2-7	2 Units, 33 pages	$ 12.95
Nory Ryan's Song--powerful historical fiction set in the Irish potato famine	Patricia Reilly Giff	4-8	14 pages	$ 8.95
One-Handed Catch --a devastating accident isn't the end of this young athlete's baseball career. Powerful!	M. J. Auch	3-7	19 pages	$10.95
One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab--fun MATH activities!	April Pulley Sayre/Jeff Sayre	K-2	10 pages	$ 7.95
One Potato, Two Potato--fun doubling math within a folk tale! Winner of the Texas Bluebonnet Award for 2009!	Cynthia DeFelice	1-5	13 pages	$ 9.95
Pale Male, Citizen Hawk of New York City--Beautiful nonfiction story of the red-tailed hawk in New York City	Janet Schulman	1-8	18 pages	$ 8.95
Passage to Freedom PLUS 3 other WW II Picture Books: The Yellow Star, Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, and The Greatest Skating Race	Ken Mochizuki, Margot Theis Raven, Carmen Agra Deedy, and Louise Borden,	3-8	40 pages in the 4-unit collection	$12.95
The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of 4 Sisters, Two Rabbits, and A Very Interesting Boy; family vacation fun	Jeanne Birdsall	3-7	16 pages	$ 9.95
The Penderwicks #2 : Daddy's going to start dating? Can the Penderwick sisters stop him?	Jeanne Birdsall	3-7	38 pages	$ 12.95
Paired Units: Ancient History Books: Pompeii and Outside and Inside Mummies	Mary Pope Osborne and Sandra Markle	3-8	13 pages	$ 7.95
A Paradise Called Texas	Janice Shefelman	4-7	80 pages	$14.95
Peg Kehret Books: 3 Award-Winners Earthquake Terror --THE story to change your reluctant readers to avid readers! Upgraded! The Ghost's Grave--A Classic Ghost Story! Small Steps, The Year I Got Polio--Peg Kehret's Autobiography	Peg Kehret	3-7	65 pages	$14.95
Phineas Gage, A Gruesome, but True Story About Brain Science--A terrible accident sends a spike through the brain of Phineas Gage, but he lives and becomes important to brain research. The unit is paired with The Graduation of Jake Moon	John Fleischman	4-9	24 pages in paired units	$ 11.95
Piper Reed, Navy Brat, What happens when a Navy family gets new orders? Hysterical!	Kimberly Willis Holt	4-7	29 pages	$12.95
Project Mulberry --a team science project with silk worms	Linda Sue Park	4-7	16 pages	$9.95
Roxie and the Hooligans--A tall tale that clobbers the bullies!	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	2-6	18 pages	$ 9.95
Rudy Rides the Rails-- Great Depression, Awesome Picture Book, Plus Wingwalker, Leah's Pony, and Bud, Not Buddy	Dandi Daley Mackall	3-7	6 pages plus 39 in other units	$ 44.95
Savvy-- A family with wild gifts and talents will help your students to discover their more "normal" ones! Included: Song and "Jeopardy-type Game" Newbery Honor Book 2009	Ingrid Law	3-7	32 pages	$12.95
Sea Clocks, The Story of Longitude--One of three great units in the Finding the Way download that includes Follow the Trail and Comets, Stars, the Moon and Mars	Jessica Loy	3-8	28 pages in the 3-unit combined download	$12.95
Seesaw Girl--paired with The Kite Fighters, two terrific books set in ancient Korea	Linda Sue Park	3-8	30 pages in the paired units	$12.95
A Single Shard--Newbery! A fabulous story of courage, perseverance, respect, and sacrifice in ancient Korea	Linda Sue Park	4-7	20 pages	$11.95
Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds, The Sammy Lee Story --an Olympic Hero overcomes prejudice	Paula Yoo	4-7	6 pages	$3.95
Slugs in Love PLUS Ballad of Valentine VALENTINE FUN!	Susan Pearson	1-4	32 pages	$ 9.95
Small Steps, The Year I Got Polio--Peg Kehret's Autobiography	Peg Kehret	4-7	8 pages	$6.95
Someone Named Eva -- An important Holocaust story with song and "Jeopardy-type" Game	Joan M. Wolf	3-8	31 pages	$12.95
The SOS File --Terrific short stories become models for first person writing!	Betsy Byars	2-5	18 pages	$11.95
SPY! The awesome fictionalized biography of Nathan Hale and the Revolutionary War	Anna Myers	3-8	27 pages	$12.95
Stand Tall, Abraham Lincoln--Picture book biography of the childhood of Abraham Lincoln	Judith St. George	1-8	17 pages	$ 9.95
Substitute Groundhog (A funny new twist on Groundhog Day!)	Pat Miller	1-3	23 pages	Free!	Right Click to Download to Your Computer
Surprises According to Humphrey (Humhprey the Hamster tells his story of life in school!) Song included!	Betty G. Birney	2-5	31 pages	$12.95
Surviving Antarctica	Andrea White	5-9	23 pages	$12.95
The Tale of Despereaux --Newbery!	Kate DiCamillo	3-7	30 pages	$12.95
Tall Tales (language alert)--a family lives with an alcoholic father, a clear picture roles in a chemically dependent family	Karen Day	4-8	28 pages	$12.95
The Thing About Georgie--the touching life of a 4th grader who is a dwarf	Lisa Graff	3-7	19 pages	$11.95
Thunder from the Sea	Joan Hiatt Harlow	3-7	16 pages	$ 9.95
Time for Andrew --a time travel/ghost story	Mary Downing Hahn	3-8	12 pages	$ 7.95
Toby and the Phantoms of the Fourth Grade The most exciting "new kid," scary adventure ever! Suzy Red's favorite book for teaching writing!	Art Wallace	3-4	63 pages	$12.95
Toys Go Out--a perfectly awesome story for helping students understand voice and characterization!	Emily Jenkins	2-7	24 pages	$11.95
Two-Minute Drill-- A great football book with character on the front line!	Mike Lupica	3-7	28 pages	$12.95
Until the Christ Child Came--A complimentary Christmas Unit! Order now! You will need to enter your credit card to receive the unit, but it will NOT be charged!	Dandi Daley Mackall	1-4	10 pages	FREE!
Valentine's Day Units --Two Great Units: The Ballad of Valentine and Slugs in Love	Alison Jackson Susan Pearson	1-4	32 pages	$9.95
Way Down Deep	Ruth White	3-7	22 pages	$11.95
Waynetta and the Cornstalk -- Jack and the beanstalk, cowgirl style	Helen Ketteman	2-4	25 pages	$11.95
Weedflower Historial Fiction-- Japanese relocation camps, set in the USA in WW II. The PowerPoint format includes a recorded song!	Cynthia Kadohata	4-9	22 pages	$12.95
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town	Kimberly Willis Holt	3-7	23 pages	$ 9.95
The White Elephant--tale set in ancient Thailand that explains the source of the "white elephant" metaphor. Easy chapter book with illustrations.	Sid Fleischman	2-5	23 pages	$10.95
Who Stole Halloween?	Martha Freeman	3-7	23 pages	$11.95
Wingwalker --a family has to move and join the circus during the Great Depression when the mother and father lose their jobs.	Rosemary Wells	2-4	13 pages	$7.95
Wilma Unlimited: The Fastest Woman on Earth--A polio victim becomes an Olympic hero	Kathleen Krull	4-7	6 pages	$3.95
The Wolf Who Cried Boy-- An hysterical parody on the Boy Who Cried Wolf folktale	Bob Hartman	2-4	13 pages	$9.95
The Yellow Star PLUS 3 other WW II Picture Books: Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, The Greatest Skating Race, and Passage to Freedom	Carmen Agra Deedy, Margot Theis Raven, Louise Borden, and Ken Mochizuki	3-8	40 pages in the 4-unit collection	$12.95
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Thank you for such a great time during the conference. You have done a fabulous job with these books. I appreciate you willingness to stand up and say that you do not recommend a book. We need more people to do the same! I plan on coming to your next conference next year.

Thank you,

Julie Bennett
3rd grade teacher
Miss May Vernon Elem.

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Suzy,

I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your workshops at Region 17 in Lubbock. I attended Thursday's workshop (Flying Higher) and was so impressed that I signed up for Friday's workshop (Gifts and Givers). I wish I had known about you and your materials when I was in the classroom.

I am now an elementary librarian and will be adding your website to our school homepage under "teacher resources". You do have the BEST website. I spent hours enjoying your website after Thursday's workshop. Every time my husband passed through I was looking at something new and telling him want wonderful thing I had just found. I was like a kid in a candy shop with unlimited funds to spend.

Thank you for your time, dedication, and hard work you put into creating the abundant materials and maintaining the most fantastic website I have ever seen. You are amazing!!!

Thank you again for coming to the Lubbock area, and I hope you will be back in the near future. May you and Charlie have a safe uneventful trip as you travel doing your workshops.

Sincerely,
Valerie Addington
Frendship ISD

P.S.
Remember to take the RV antenna down AND put the reminder sign on the steering wheel.

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I love your upbeat moral instruction! I always know I can count on it to be good! Karen Harrell
Springbranch ISD

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I am, indeed, enjoying the unit of THE GOLLYWHOPPER GAMES my school just purchased as are my students enjoying listening to it and doing some of the activities. You make my job easier and a joy.

Thank you,
Victoria LeBlanc!
Groves ISD
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Words can not express how much my students enjoy your lessons. They hit all learning styles. I would definitely do your lessons during my appraisal. I teach 3rd grade bilingual students and have used the Stepstone Stories picture books faithfully, but I have 5 students who work in Transformers. They love it. Let me explain why I use both Stepstone Stories and Transformers in my class. I have five students reading above picture book level, but they also have to do the Transformers. They just finished up doing the mock trial for Marvelous Mattie. It was great! Three fourths of my students did not have the slightest clue about a courtroom. I call the students who do Transformers the Furious Five. Well the Furious Five picked several students to help them in the mock trial and the students who did not have a part were the jury.

My students memorized the Bob and Otto Readers Theater. One more key fact is that I have 24 students this year. So to include them all I divide them up by parts. For example the left side was Bob and the right side was Otto. Then the next day they would switch. They didn't like to switch because they realized they were more fluent on the one they had already practiced the day before! What started with a simple book led to a series of engaging activities: a wormatorium and we raising butterfly in our class as well. It was great!!

The books about friendship have contributed to a great classroom environment. My students all get along and work hard together. They call themselves TEAM 308 (our room number). The loved the Duck and Goose, they favorite part was then they acted it out. They love soccer!

Since they are bilingual, Fiesta Fiasco was an instant winner. They did not know that TORTA was cake. Great social studies extension.

The possibilities are endless! I can not tell you how much they love reading because of your lessons. We do your lessons while others teachers do worksheets about testing. Due to their love of reading, we read chapter books together during DEAR time. It never fails when we read a chapter book they remember what they read in one of your lessons, and all I can do is smile inside knowing that learning is going on.

One last note: Chalkboards Songs are their favorite. Again they have memorized them, and during math when we read our math story problems, they tell me to read it chipmunk style, Texas style, opera style. They are so funny/cute.

Linda Vasquez, Royal Elementary School, Brookshire, TX
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I attended your workshop in Abilene and spoke about how my TAKS scores had improved since using the Bluebonnet books as my curriculum. I just received word from my superintendent about the Gold Performance Acknowledgements. Rotan Elementary School received three GPAs: 1) percentage of students receiving Commended on Reading, 2) percentage of students receiving Commended on Math, and 3) percentage of students receiving Commended on Writing. I teach 4th and 5th reading and 4th writing. One more proof that your curriculum pays off! Thanks!
Lisa Cade
Rotan, Texas
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I love using Suzy Red’s curriculum units in my classroom. I am a literacy teacher that remediates third, fourth, and fifth graders. Her units allow me to use current literature without having to create my own units while I wait on a publisher. My students really love reading on their grade level and having the units brings fun into the classroom!
Kimberly Lowe
Aledo ISD, Texas
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I started The Invention of Hugo Cabret yesterday with my 6th graders. It went fantastic! They were truly engaged in the pre-reading activities provided in the unit. A lot of great discussion was held. The only problem I had was having to end the discussions to get to the next activity. As a teacher of the gifted, I really appreciate the open-ended and higher level questions, and so do the students! I usually have to modify the units I find or purchase, or just start from scratch. It is so nice to be able to use your units that are top quality and ready to go.
Thanks again,
Nick Allen
Delhi Middle School, OH
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Today I attended a workshop titled ELA Texas Adolescent Literacy Academy. It presented research-based ways to help all students read better. I am happy to say that the information that was taught was a lot of the stuff you've been doing for years. One of the lessons was to use an anticipation guide in which the students agreed or disagreed with opinions from the text. Does this sound familar? I couldn't stay quiet about this so I told others about you and all of your great ideas you do with the bluebonnet books. They even liked your guide better than the one offered. :) Hopefully you will get some more teachers as excited to teach your material as I am. I guess you could say that today, I was a walking commercial for you.
Have a great weeekend!!
Shelly Paschal
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Thank you so much Suzy! I love what you do...you are a blessing to many teachers and students. Through your lessons, my students have learned to LOVE to read and write. They are EXCITED to come to class and read! Using your lessons, for the past two years, my students have accomplished 100% success on the TAKS Writing and Reading. THANK YOU!!!
Sincerely,
Kimberly Wright
4th grade teacher
Cielo Vista Elementary
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Wow! I am impressed. I stumbled upon your website yesterday and ordered Transformers with my fingers-crossed, not fully knowing what to expect. Your well-designed units are perfect for the work I do with my 5th graders. Thank you!
Sunny wishes,
Karen Ollerenshaw
5th Grade Teacher
Redmond, Washington