ReadWorks Book Studies make it easy to integrate more reading into your daily ELA instruction. Each Book Study is built to supplement your existing novel unit with a hand-curated text set that supports explorations and discussions of the book's content and themes. Have your students read one, two, or all three Book Study text sets as you teach each book! 

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3rd Grade

Because of Winn Dixie

Knowledge Text Set: Dogs

• Dogs (nonfiction)
• For the Love of Dogs (nonfiction)
• How to Have an Adventure (fiction)
• How Wolves Became Dogs (nonfiction)
• Putting Dogs' Noses to Work (nonfiction)
• Should Dogs Work? (nonfiction)
• Special Eyes and Ears for People (nonfiction)

Knowledge Text Set: Florida

• Mound Builders and the Seminole (nonfiction)
• Sneaky Sssnakes (nonfiction)
• The American Crocodile (nonfiction)
• The Calusa Tribe: The First Shell Collectors (nonfiction)
• The Power of Hurricanes (nonfiction)
• The Woman Who Saved the Everglades (nonfiction)
• Whoop It Up! (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: How to Prepare for SeverE Weather

• ​Ice Storms (nonfiction)
• Preparing for Tornadoes (nonfiction)
• Protecting Against Tornadoes (nonfiction)
• Quick & Destructive: Earthquakes (nonfiction)
• Reducing the Impact of Flooding (nonfiction)
• The Dangerous Bolt of Electricity: Lightning (nonfiction)
• When Lightning Strikes (nonfiction)

Charlotte's Web

Knowledge Text Set: The Natural World

• Arthropods: Animals with Lots of Legs (nonfiction)
• Clean, Lean, and Smart (nonfiction)
• Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers (nonfiction)
• Spider Webs & Glass (nonfiction)
• Spot the Species! (nonfiction)
• The Tale of the Barnacle and the Whale (nonfiction)
• Wonderful Mother Pigs (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Friendship & Sacrifice

• A Hot, Hot Day (fiction)
• Barn Sour (fiction)
• Chicken Soup for Nicole (fiction)
• Keisha Smiles (fiction)
• Learning on the Soccer Field (fiction)
• Shawn the Speedy Snail (fiction)
• The Lion and the Mouse (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Examples of Biomimicry

• Birds & the Japanese Bullet Train (nonfiction)
• Burrs & Velcro (nonfiction)
• Gecko Feet & Space Robots (nonfiction)
• Shark Skin & Swimsuits (nonfiction)
• The Namib Beetle & Fog Nets (nonfiction)

Frindle

Theme Text Set: Daring to Be Different

• Alvin Ailey (nonfiction)
• Alyssa Wears a Bow Tie (fiction)
• A Silent Language (nonfiction)
• David Chang's Creative Cooking (nonfiction)
• Meet the Judge! (nonfiction)
• Playing Tennis for Women's Rights (nonfiction)
• Walking Tall (nonfiction)
• Wilma Rudolph: Star of the Track (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Inventions in Our Daily Lives

• A Brush with History (nonfiction)
• A Perfectly Sticky Idea (nonfiction)
• An Inventor of Color Television (nonfiction)
• Building a Better Bicycle (nonfiction)
• Burrs & Velcro (nonfiction)
• Inventions That Changed Our World (nonfiction)
• The Telephone, the Lightbulb, and Lewis Latimer (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Life at School

• A School Trip to the Aquarium (fiction)
• Forgetting the Words (fiction)
• 'Hola' Means Hello (fiction)
• Keisha Smiles (fiction)
• Reigner's Words (fiction)
• That Left-Out Feeling (fiction)
• The Paper Airplane Contest (fiction)

My Name Is Maria Isabel

Theme Text Set: Embracing Culture and Diversity

• A Gold Sheep (fiction)
• 'Hola' Means Hello (fiction)
• How Charlie Got Her Chopsticks (fiction)
• Ilsa and the International Camp (fiction)
• Reigner's Words (fiction)
• Sophia and the Plátanos (fiction)
• The Meaning of My Lunch (fiction)

Theme Text Set: Names and Identity

• Angel Falls (nonfiction)
• Deep Roots (fiction)
• Lost on Ellis Island (fiction)
• Marta's First-Day Dilemma (fiction)
• Recipe for a Name (fiction)
• What's My Name? (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Different Ways to Celebrate

• Celebrations Around the World (nonfiction)
• Chinese New Year (nonfiction)
• Día de la Raza (nonfiction)
• Giving Thanks Around the World (nonfiction)
• History of Halloween (fiction)
  
• Let's Celebrate! (nonfiction)
• Tis the Season (nonfiction)

 Sarah, Plain and Tall

Knowledge text set: The Midwest

• Mound Builders and the Seminole (nonfiction)
• Out West (nonfiction)
• Protecting Against Tornadoes (nonfiction)
• The Comanche Tribe (nonfiction)
• The Department of Agriculture (nonfiction)
• The Great Lakes (nonfiction)
• Where the Bison Roam (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: All the Ways of Being a Family

• A Special Birthday (fiction)
• Amy's Halloween Secret (fiction)
• An Understanding (fiction)
• Keisha Smiles (fiction)
• Parents' Day (fiction)
• Robin in the Woods (fiction)
• Sophia and the Platanos (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Ecology

• Frozen Home (nonfiction)
• Invaders of the Ecosystem (nonfiction)
• Living Things and Their Habitats (nonfiction)
• Natural Changes to the Environment (nonfiction)
• Plants and Animals in Mexico (nonfiction)
• Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers (nonfiction)
• The Balance of Nature (nonfiction)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition)

Theme Text Set: Inspiring Scientists and Inventors

• An Inventor of Color Television (nonfiction)
• Child's Play (nonfiction)
• Jane Goodall (nonfiction)
• Percy Julian: A Man of Vision (nonfiction)
• Ryan's Well (nonfiction)
• Shuji Nakamura (nonfiction)
• The Telephone, the Lightbulb, and Lewis Latimer (nonfiction)

THEME TEXT SET: PERSEVERANCE

• Derek Redmond (nonfiction)
• Getting Back Up Again: Skateboarding (nonfiction)
• Jesse Owens (nonfiction)
• She Explained Mysteries (nonfiction)
• The Many Talents of Sujeet Desai (nonfiction)
• Walking Tall (nonfiction)
• Yusra Mardini (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: UNESCO World Heritage Sites In Africa

• Architecture - Thomas Jefferson's Monticello (nonfiction)
• A Town of the Past: Dougga (nonfiction)
• iSimangaliso Wetland Park (nonfiction)
• The Rock Art of Tsodilo Hills (nonfiction)
• The Tomb of Emperor Askia (nonfiction)
• The Unearthed City: Mapungubwe (nonfiction)
• The Yoruba Religion & Osun Sacred Grove (nonfiction)

The Chocolate Touch

Knowledge Text Set: Healthy Eating

• Fit for Life (nonfiction)
• Food for Action ​(nonfiction)
• Get Up and Go!: Breakfast Boost​ (nonfiction)
• Healthy Plates ​(nonfiction)
• Junk Food Ad Attack! ​(nonfiction)
• Junk Food Battles ​(nonfiction)
• Students Get Healthy! ​(nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Learning From Everyday Encounters

• A School Trip to the Aquarium (fiction)
• Becoming an Artist (fiction)
• Learning on the Soccer Field (fiction)
• Lessons from Fishing (nonfiction)
• Magic Tomatoes (fiction)
• The Flower Girl (fiction)
• The High Dive (fiction)
• The Problem with Ponies (fiction)
• What Looks Good? (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: All Kinds of Fables

• A Tricky Monkey (fiction)
• The Ants and the Grasshopper (fiction)
• The Fable of the Lion and the Hare (fiction)
• The Fox and the Crow (fiction)
• The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs (fiction)
• The Stonecutter Who Was Never Satisfied (fiction)
• The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (fiction)

The Keeping Quilt

Knowledge Text Set: Russian Culture

• Matryoshka Dolls (nonfiction)
• Moscow, Russia (nonfiction)
• Russian Folklore: Baba Yaga (nonfiction)
• The Geography of Russia (nonfiction)
• The Motherland Calls (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Immigrant Journeys

• A Statue of Hope (nonfiction)
• A Trip to the Immigration Museum (fiction)
• Florida Immigration in the 20th Century (nonfiction)
• Immigration (nonfiction)
• Telling Her Family's Story through Comics (nonfiction)
• The Invention of the Doughnut Machine (nonfiction)
• ​The Island of Hope and Tears (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: All Kinds of Quilts

• Global Art on Your Bed (nonfiction)
• Heroic Quests in Story Quilts: The Firebird (nonfiction)
• Quilting in Central Asia: The First Stitches (nonfiction)
• Quilts for Special Days (nonfiction)
• Quilts for the Gallery (nonfiction)
• Quilts for Walls, Floors, and Tables (nonfiction)
• Quilts from the Past (nonfiction)
• Quilts Made New (nonfiction)
• ​Quilts You Can Wear (nonfiction)

The World According to Humphrey

Theme text set: Caring for Animals

• Chirping Chirp (fiction)
• Eugenie Clark: "The Shark Lady" (nonfiction)
• Helping the Fastest Land Animals in the United States (nonfiction)
• Jane Goodall (nonfiction)
• Moose on the Move (nonfiction)
• Mr. Whiskers's Whiskers (fiction)
• Portrait of an Animal Rescue Expert (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Helping Others Solve Problems

• Back Off! (nonfiction)
• Conquering Fears and Phobias (nonfiction)
• Is Math Dumb? (fiction)
• So, You Think You Can't Dance? (fiction)
• The First Greenmarket in New York City (nonfiction)
• The Flower Girl (fiction)
• What to Say (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Animals Around the World

• African Animals (nonfiction)
• Arctic Life (nonfiction)
• How Animals Survive on Mountains (nonfiction)
• Monkey Business (nonfiction)
• Mountain Animals (nonfiction)
• Sneaky Sssnakes (nonfiction)
• Welcome to a Tropical Rain Forest (nonfiction)
• What Lives in a Rain Forest? (nonfiction)
• What's in the Oceans? Amazing Ocean Animals (nonfiction)
• Wild Things (nonfiction)

4th Grade

Because of Winn Dixie

Theme text set: Building a Community

• A School Trip to the Aquarium (fiction)
• Learning on the Soccer Field (fiction)
• Leaving Nashville (fiction)
• Lizzie Escapes (fiction)
• Power and Cherokee Women (nonfiction)
• So, You Think You Can't Dance? (fiction)
• The Meaning of My Lunch (fiction)

Theme Text Set: The Many Shapes of Storytelling

• Ava DuVernay, Director and Activist (nonfiction)
• Biography of a Photographer: Ansel Adams (nonfiction)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (nonfiction)
• Gnawa Music of Morocco (nonfiction)
• Meet a Soldier (nonfiction)
• Talking Leaves (nonfiction)
• Zora Neale Hurston (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Florida 

• Florida and the Civil War (nonfiction)
• Florida Immigration in the 20th Century (nonfiction)
• Florida's Land Boom and Bust in the 1920s (nonfiction)
• How the Railroad Came to South Florida (nonfiction)
• The Calusa Tribe: The First Shell Collectors (nonfiction)
• The Woman Who Saved the Everglades (nonfiction)
• When the Space Age Came to Florida (nonfiction)

Frindle

Theme Text Set: Daring to Be Different

• A New Letter for the Alphabet (nonfiction)
• Dolores Huerta, Fighting for the Farmers (nonfiction)
• Esmerelda Arboleda, a Leader for Women's Rights in Colombia (nonfiction)
• Malala Yousafzai (nonfiction)
• Sammy Davis Jr., an Exceptional Entertainer (nonfiction)
• Shirin Ebadi (nonfiction)
• Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (nonfiction)
• Talking Leaves (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Inventions in Our Daily Lives

• Electricity & Energy - The Light Bulb (nonfiction)
• Everyday Einstein: Lasers (nonfiction)
• Getting the Wrinkles Out (nonfiction)
• Inventing Paper (nonfiction)
• Sewing Machines (nonfiction)
• Summer Reads: Bikes Boards - Bicycles (nonfiction)
• The Amazing Flying Machine (nonfiction)
• The Inventors of YouTube (nonfiction)
• Thomas David Petite (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Working Together

• A School Trip to the Aquarium (fiction)
• Building a Bridge (fiction)
• Cue Cards (fiction)
• Imagine That (fiction)
• Ryan's Well (nonfiction)
• The Treasure Hunt (fiction)
• Working Together to Save the Sea Turtles (nonfiction)

 Hatchet

Knowledge Text set: The Great Outdoors

• A Plant Puzzle (nonfiction)
• Copying Nature's Engineers (nonfiction)
• Escape from the Mountains (nonfiction)
• Natural Changes to the Environment (nonfiction)
• Tent Tales (fiction)
• The Ecosystem of the Forest (nonfiction)
• Winter Worries and Health Hazards (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: The Power of Positive Thinking

• Ed Dwight: The First African American Astronaut Trainee (nonfiction)
• Kyle Maynard: Living the "No Excuses" Lifestyle (nonfiction)
• Malala Yousafzai (nonfiction)
• Sally Gardner: A Dreamer with Dyslexia (nonfiction)
• So, You Think You Can't Dance? (fiction)
• Sudha Chandran, Dancer and Activist (nonfiction)
• The Wheelchair Stunt Master (nonfiction)

DeepEr Dive text Set: Being Prepared for Dangerous Situations

• Preparing for Extreme Heat (nonfiction)
• Preparing for Home Fires (nonfiction)
• Preparing for Power Outages (nonfiction)
• Preparing for Space Weather (nonfiction)
• Preparing for Thunderstorms and Lightning (nonfiction)
• Preparing for Winter Storms / Extreme Cold (nonfiction)

Love That Dog

Theme Text Set: The Many Shapes of Storytelling

• Ava DuVernay, Director and Activist (nonfiction)
• Biography of a Photographer: Ansel Adams (nonfiction)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (nonfiction)
• Gnawa Music of Morocco (nonfiction)
• Meet a Soldier (nonfiction)
• Talking Leaves (nonfiction)
• Zora Neale Hurston (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Poets and their Poems

• A Bird Came Down the Walk (poem)
• A Native in the Land of Poetry (nonfiction)
• Basho, the Haiku Master (nonfiction)
• Gabriela Mistral (nonfiction)
• Langston Hughes (nonfiction)
• September (poem)
• Sharon Creech (nonfiction)
• The Structure and Themes of Renga (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Helping Our Furry Friends

• Bats Need Our Help! (nonfiction)
• Eli's Mission (nonfiction)
• Helping a Patient Hunter, the Canada Lynx (nonfiction)
• Helping the Fastest Land Animal in the United States (nonfiction)
• Making Space for Bunnies (nonfiction)
• New Help for an Old Mammal (nonfiction)
• Removing Weeds to Help Giant Moose (nonfiction)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition)

Knowledge Text Set: Africa

• African Rivers (nonfiction)
• Geography in Africa (nonfiction)
• Geography of Southern Africa (nonfiction)
• iSimangaliso Wetland Park (nonfiction)
• Lake of Fire (nonfiction)
• Oceans and Seas around Africa (nonfiction)
• Standing on the Roof of Africa (nonfiction)
• The African Savanna (nonfiction)
• The Sahara and the Sahel (nonfiction)
• Tourist Attractions in Cape Town, South Africa (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: RecycLe, Reuse, And Invent!

• Attack of the Leftovers (fiction)
• Getting the Wrinkles Out (nonfiction)
• More Than Scraps (nonfiction)
• Recycling & Conservation: Recycling -- How It Works (nonfiction)
• The Inventors of YouTube (nonfiction)
• Thomas David Petite (nonfiction)
• Your Recycled House (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Helping Nature Help Us

• Amazing Trees Help Us Breathe (nonfiction)
• Better Grasslands Mean Better Dinners and Happier Birds (nonfiction)
• Copying Nature's Engineers (nonfiction)
• Helping Mussels Means Cleaner Water (nonfiction)
• Nature Is Our Super Shield! (nonfiction)
• Save Those Swamps! (nonfiction)
• Thank You, Bees, Butterflies, and Bats (nonfiction)

The One and Only Ivan

​Knowledge Text Set: the animals

• Animal Instinct (nonfiction)
• Elephant Tales (nonfiction)
• Good Chimp (nonfiction)
• Ivory Art (nonfiction)
• One Big Family (nonfiction)
• Putting Dogs' Noses to Work (nonfiction)
• Say Hello to the Giant Gorilla​ (fiction)

Theme Text Set: Individuals Taking Action

• Dolores Huerta, Fighting for the Farmers (nonfiction)
• Eugenie Clark: "The Shark Lady" (nonfiction)
• Kusala Rajendran: Earthquake Expert (nonfiction)
• Malala Yousafzai (nonfiction)
• Margie Richard's Fight for Clean Air (fiction)
• Maria Sibylla Merian: The Insect Expert (nonfiction)
• Telling Her Family's Story through Comics (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text set: Kids and conservation

• From Food Desert to Food Forest (nonfiction)
• Planting Grasses to Clean a River (nonfiction)
• Planting Pet Trees (nonfiction)
• Protecting Sea Turtles, Seals, and Birds in Hawaii (nonfiction)
• Why Not Have Class Outside? (nonfiction)
• Yakutat Crew: Having Fun and Volunteering (nonfiction)

The Tiger Rising

Theme Text Set: Grief and Loss

• Army Dad (fiction)
• Leaving Nashville (fiction)
• Lost in Flight (fiction)
• The Writing Assignment (fiction)
• Unexpected Fortune (fiction)
• What to Say (fiction)

Theme Text Set: Friends that Get You

• Imagine That (fiction)
• Learning to Skateboard (fiction)
• Lizzie Escapes (fiction)
• Sherry's Game (fiction)
• Summer Surprise (fiction)
• That Left-Out Feeling (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Understanding and Addressing Feelings

• About You: How Music Affects Your Moods (nonfiction)
• Attack of the Nerves (nonfiction)
• Conquering Fears and Phobias (nonfiction)
• Cool to Be Kind (nonfiction)
• Friendship Problems Solved! (nonfiction)
• How to Say What You're Feeling (nonfiction)
• It Feels Good to Laugh (nonfiction)

The Wild Robot

Theme text set: ​ANIMAL FRIENDS

• A New Friend (fiction)
• Accidental Butterfly (fiction)
• Amazing Animal Helpers (nonfiction)
• Eli's Mission (fiction)
• Henry the Squirrel (fiction)
• Junkyard Duck (fiction)
• Lisa the Squirrel Girl (fiction)
• The Noisiest Cat (fiction)​

theme text set: A PLACE TO BELONG

• A Locker Mystery (fiction)
• Lizzie Escapes (fiction)
• Making the Team (fiction)
• Sherry's Game (fiction)
• Tag-I'm It! (fiction)
• The Sad Tale of the Lonely Magnet (fiction)
• Wild Things (fiction)​

Deeper dive text set: High-tech conservation

• Building a Model as Big as Two Basketball Courts! (nonfiction)
• Drone Delivery of Special Treats (nonfiction)
• Listening for Hawaiian Seabirds (nonfiction)
• Printing Homes for Birds (nonfiction)
• Saving Frogs Using DNA (nonfiction)
• Tracking Birds Using Tiny Tags (nonfiction)

Walk Two Moons

Theme Text Set: Navigating Relationships

• Backseat Driver (fiction)
• Cue Cards (fiction)
• How Charlie Got Her Chopsticks (fiction)
• Leaving Nashville (fiction)
• Siblings (fiction)
• The Meaning of My Lunch (fiction)
• The Surfer Girl (fiction)
• Trying to Understand (fiction)
• What to Say (fiction)

Theme Text Set: Dealing with Complex Emotions

• An Understanding (fiction)
• Army Dad (fiction)
• Can't Sit Still (fiction)
• First Day Folly (fiction)
• Open House (fiction)
• Soccer in the Park (fiction)
• The Problem with Carpool (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Outdoor Adventures

• Growing Up Outside (fiction)
• Inside and Outside Carlsbad Caverns (nonfiction)
• Jam Session (fiction)
• Tent Tales (fiction)
• The Big Storm (fiction)
• The Legend of Ol' Greeny (fiction)
• The Meadowlands (fiction)

Wonder

Theme Text Set: Appreciating All Kinds of diversity

• Andrea Bocelli (nonfiction)
• Cue Cards (fiction)
• Deep Roots (fiction)
• How Charlie Got Her Chopsticks (fiction)
• Kyle Maynard: Living the "No Excuses" Lifestyle (nonfiction)
• ​Recipe for a Name (fiction)
• Reigner's Words (fiction)
• The Meaning of My Lunch (fiction)
• ​The Wheelchair Stunt Master (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Dealing with Conflict and bullying

• Are You a Target? (nonfiction)
• Back Off! (nonfiction)
• Friendship Problems Solved! (nonfiction)
• How Can You Help? (nonfiction)
• Mean Machines (nonfiction)
• Picture Day (fiction)
• ​Taking Action: She Stood Up to School Violence (nonfiction)

Deeper dive text set: Getting Back up

• Dancing with the Rollettes (nonfiction)
• Getting Back Up Again: Skateboarding (nonfiction)
• Kadeena Cox: Champion Paralympic Athlete (nonfiction)
• Picking Up the Pieces (nonfiction)
• Shark Tale (nonfiction)
• Shining Star (nonfiction)
• Sudha Chandran, Dancer and Activist (nonfiction)
• The Wounded Warriors (nonfiction)

5th Grade

A Wrinkle in Time

Theme Text Set: Doing What's Right

• Charlene Teter's Activism and Art (nonfiction)
• Cool to Be Kind (nonfiction)
• Do You Bully? (nonfiction)
• Peer Pressure Power (fiction)
• The Stolen Kitten (fiction)
• Tinker vs. Des Moines Independent School District (nonfiction)
• Working Together to Save the Sea Turtles (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: The Power of Science

• Astral Bodies (nonfiction)
• Free Transfer (nonfiction)
• I Break Stuff for a Living (fiction)
• Matter Is Everywhere! (nonfiction)
• Science & Scientists (nonfiction)
• Talk About Dense (nonfiction)
• Train of Thought: Light Speed (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Space Science

• A New World! (nonfiction)
• A Stargazer's Guide to Mission Control (nonfiction)
• All the 'Buzz' (nonfiction)
• Asteroid Attack! (nonfiction)
• Astral Bodies (nonfiction)
• From Earth to Outer Space (nonfiction)
• Mission: Pluto (nonfiction)
• Satellites and Gravity (nonfiction)

Bud, Not Buddy

Knowledge Text Set: Americans During the Great Depression

• Eyewitness to History: The Promise of Arthurdale (nonfiction)
• The Power of Dorothea Lange's Pictures (nonfiction)
• How Dorothea Lange and John Steinbeck Captured California in the 1930s (nonfiction)
• Photograph of a "Hooverville," 1936 (nonfiction)
• World War I & The Great Depression - The Great Depression (nonfiction)
• WWI & the Great Depression: Excerpts from Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Lending a Hand

• Eli's Mission (fiction)
• Eyewitness to History: Storm Warning (nonfiction)
• Mari Copeny Takes Action to Save Her City (nonfiction)
• Picking Up the Pieces (nonfiction)
• Saving Anna's Family (fiction)
• Star Power (nonfiction)
• What to Say (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: The Power of Music

• About You: How Music Affects Your Moods (nonfiction)
• Drums or Bust (fiction)
• Falling for Jazz (fiction)
• Music Inside of Us (nonfiction)
• No Time for the Blues (fiction)
• Playing with Sounds (fiction)
• Time for Jazz (fiction)

Esperanza Rising

Knowledge text set: Mexico

• Aztecs, Incas and Mayans - The Aztec Empire (nonfiction)
• Boxing in Latin America (nonfiction)
• Frida Kahlo, an Artist and Inspiration (nonfiction)
• Mexican Mole (nonfiction)
• Sandra Cisneros (nonfiction)
• Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (nonfiction)
• The Story of Mexican Murals (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Loss and Hope

• Army Dad (fiction)
• Dolores Huerta, Fighting for the Farmers (nonfiction)
• Immigration in the U.S. Today (nonfiction)
• Leaving Nashville (fiction)
• Mari Copeny Takes Action to Save Her City (nonfiction)
• Saving Anna's Family (fiction)
• Unexpected Fortune (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Immigration in the U.S.A.

• Cuban Immigration to the United States (nonfiction)
• How U.S. Immigration Changed in 1965 (nonfiction)
• Immigration in the U.S. Today (nonfiction)
• Puerto Rican Migration to the U.S. in the Twentieth Century (nonfiction)
• Refugees from Myanmar in the United States (nonfiction)
• The Chinese Exclusion Acts (nonfiction)
• The Immigration Acts of 1917 and 1924 (nonfiction)

Garvey's Choice

Theme Text Set: Being Different Can Be Hard ... and good

• A Bad Move (fiction)
• Brothers (fiction)
• Cool to Be Kind (nonfiction)
• Me and My Habits (fiction)
• Picture Day (fiction)
• The Best Dancer (fiction)
• The Boy Who Loved Trains (fiction)

Theme text set: How Art Helps Us

• A Midsummer Night's Sueno (nonfiction)
• Alicia Alonso (nonfiction)
• Drums or Bust (fiction)
• No Time for the Blues (fiction)
• That Left-Out Feeling (fiction)
• The Problem with Self-Portraits (fiction)
• Well, This is Awkward (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Neurodiverse Heroes

• Gotta Catch 'Em All! The Story behind the Creator of Pokemon (nonfiction)
• Helen Needham: Advocate for Autism (nonfiction)
• Sally Gardner: A Dreamer with Dyslexia (nonfiction)
• Solange Knowles, Award-Winning Singer and Songwriter (nonfiction)
• Temple Grandin, Animal Advocate (nonfiction)
• Tim Howard, Goalie Extraordinaire (nonfiction)

Holes

Theme text set: friends get us through

• Learning to Skateboard (fiction)
• Lizzie Escapes (fiction)
• Relative Problems (fiction)
• Running a Real "Zombie 5K" (fiction)
• Sherry's Game (fiction)
• What to Say (fiction)

​THEME TEXT SET: making amends

• As Luck Would Have It (fiction)
• Backseat Driver (fiction)
• Chicken Soup for Nicole (fiction)
• Leaving Nashville (fiction)
• Shawn the Speedy Snail (fiction)
• That Left-Out Feeling (fiction)
• The Stolen Kitten (fiction)

​Deeper dive TEXT SET: Perseverance

• A Chance for Freedom (nonfiction)
• Dr. Sammy Lee (nonfiction)
• Fred Korematsu (nonfiction)
• Growing Up in Darfur (nonfiction)
• Malala Yousafzai (nonfiction)
• Muhammad Ali Takes on the Supreme Court (nonfiction)
• Sally Gardner: A Dreamer with Dyslexia (nonfiction)
• The Big Hike (fiction)

Number the Stars

Knowledge Text Set: Judaism and The Holocaust

• A Child in Hiding (nonfiction)
• Bar and Bat Mitzvahs (nonfiction)
• Deep Roots (fiction)
• Judaism - Hanukkah (nonfiction)
• Judaism - The Three Branches of Judaism (nonfiction)
• Life Under the Nazis (nonfiction)
• The Holocaust - Denmark: Resistance to Nazi Germany (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Bravery

• Cool to Be Kind (nonfiction)
• Going to Bat -- In Jackie's Footsteps (nonfiction)
• Malala Yousafzai (nonfiction)
• Muhammad Ali Takes on the Supreme Court (nonfiction)
• Saving Anna's Family (fiction)
• The Legend of the Goddess Tin Hua, or Mazu (fiction)
• Tia Ciata (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: World War II

• Day of Infamy (nonfiction)
• World War Two - A Victory in Africa (nonfiction)
• World War Two - D-Day (nonfiction)
• World War Two - Introduction to WWII (nonfiction)
• World War Two - Pearl Harbor (nonfiction)
• World War Two - President Roosevelt Addresses Congress (nonfiction)
• World War Two - The Atomic Bomb (nonfiction)

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition)

Knowledge Text Set: Farming

• Farmers Farm (nonfiction)
• From City to Farm (nonfiction)
• Healthy Eating, Healthy Planet (nonfiction)
• Sticky Fingers, Helping Hands (nonfiction)
• The Roots of Southern Food (nonfiction)
• Urban Farms (nonfiction)
• Where Does Your Food Come From? (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: The Power of Education

• A Pick-Up Game Hiccup (fiction)
• All About Autism (nonfiction)
• Buddhism: The Open Mind (nonfiction)​
• Dr. Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)
• Elizabeth Blackwell (nonfiction)
• Never Too Late (nonfiction)
• School Colors (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Structures Made By People

• Architecture - Thomas Jefferson's Monticello (nonfiction)
• Damaged Bridge to Be Repaired (nonfiction)
• How a Cargo Ship Works (nonfiction)
• Native American Homes (nonfiction)
• The Influence of the Arch (nonfiction)
• The Mystery of the Whistling Building (nonfiction)
• The Petronas Towers (nonfiction)
• The SS Normandie (nonfiction)
• The World's First Modern Shopping Mall (nonfiction)
• Your Recycled House (nonfiction)

The One and Only Ivan

Theme Text Set: Protecting Animals and the Environment

• Abraham (fiction)
• America's Bird Soars (nonfiction)
• Environmental Justice (nonfiction)
• Planting Grasses to Clean a River (nonfiction)
• Reef Rescue (nonfiction)
• Temple Grandin, Animal Advocate (nonfiction)
• The Koala Search (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: The Power of Art

• Frida Kahlo, an Artist and Inspiration (nonfiction)
• Imagine That (fiction)
• New York City Street Art: 5 Pointz (nonfiction)
• Street Art in Brazil (nonfiction)
• The Paintings of Kehinde Wiley (nonfiction)
• The Problem with Self-Portraits (fiction)
• The Story of Mexican Murals (nonfiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: All Things Animal

• A Frog's Life (nonfiction)
• Bug Power (nonfiction)
• Bugging Out (nonfiction)
• Calling All Spiders! (nonfiction)
• Good Chimp (nonfiction)
• Protecting the Platypus (nonfiction)
• Special Delivery (nonfiction)
• The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Returns (nonfiction)
• Tiger Tale (nonfiction)
• White Out (nonfiction)

The Phantom Tollbooth

​Theme Text Set: Adventures that Started with Boredom

• At the Office (fiction)
• Jumping Bodies (fiction)
• No Snow Required (nonfiction)
• Squeak the Skater Goes Surfing (fiction)
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf (fiction)
• The Boy With Buttery Hands (fiction)
• Tunneling in the Closet (fiction)
• Young Couple Finds a Way to Make Commuting Fun (nonfiction)

Theme Text Set: Learning Is Everywhere

• A Pick-Up Game Hiccup (fiction)
• Keep Looking (fiction)
• Miss Johnson's Plant Experiment (fiction)
• Mr. Max the Math Teacher (fiction)
• Partial Eclipse (fiction)
• What Looks Good? (fiction)
• The Penny Experiment (fiction)
• Weekend at Sawyer Farm (fiction)

Deeper Dive Text Set: Thinking Differently About Language

• A New Letter for the Alphabet (nonfiction)
• Cue Cards (fiction)
• Davy Is Absent (fiction)
• Louis Braille (nonfiction)
• Talking Leaves (nonfiction)
• The Secret Language (fiction)

The Wild Robot

theme text set: ANIMAL FRIENDS

• Cats Can Save the Day (fiction)
• Furry Friends (nonfiction)
• Healing Paws (nonfiction)
• Picking a Puppy (fiction)
• Temple Grandin, Animal Advocate (nonfiction)
• The Stolen Kitten (fiction)
• Working Dogs (nonfiction)

theme text set: A PLACE TO BELONG

• A Diplomat's Son (fiction)
• A Strong Opinion (fiction)
• Children of the Storm (nonfiction)
• Imagine That (fiction)
• Lonely (fiction)
• Sherry's Game (fiction)
• Summer at the Polka Dot Café (fiction)
• That Left-Out Feeling (fiction)

deeper dive text set: building robots

• A Bad Robot (fiction)
• Almost Human? (nonfiction)
• Battle of the Bots (fiction)
• Bot Man (nonfiction)
• Robo-Helpers (nonfiction)
• The Race for Robots (fiction)
• What Is Robonaut? (nonfiction)
• World's Greatest Robot (fiction)

Wonder

Theme Text Set: Appreciating differences

• Gotta Catch 'Em All! The Story behind the Creator of Pokemon (nonfiction)
• Helen Needham: Advocate for Autism (nonfiction)
• Sally Gardner: A Dreamer with Dyslexia (nonfiction)
• Solange Knowles, Award-Winning Singer and Songwriter (nonfiction)
• Sophia and the Platanos (fiction)
• Temple Grandin, Animal Advocate (nonfiction)
• Tim Howard, Goalie Extraordinaire (nonfiction)

Theme text set: dealing with conflict and bullying

• By Popular Demand (nonfiction)
• Do You Bully? (nonfiction)
• Jasmine Makes the Team (fiction)
• Magic in the Classroom (fiction)
• Me and My Habits (fiction)
• Peer Pressure Power (nonfiction)
• Taking Down the Green-Eyed Monster (nonfiction)
• That Last-Out Feeling (fiction)
• What Is Bullying? (nonfiction)
• World Wide Web of Hurt (nonfiction)

Deeper diver text set: support systems

• Brothers (fiction)
• Cool to Be Kind (nonfiction)
• Learning to Skateboard (fiction)
• Saving Anna's Family (fiction)
• Squeak the Skater Goes Surfing (fiction)
• The Phonograph (fiction)
• The Summer of the Cast (fiction)
• The Surfer Girl (fiction)
• Unexpected Fortune (fiction)

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