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A playful, rhyming classic full of silly words and patterns. Builds phonological awareness through rhyme, alliteration, and rhythm. Helps students hear and play with sounds in words.

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Dr. Suess

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The repetitive pattern supports listening and prediction. Students can retell or act out the story, building sequencing and oral storytelling skills.

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Laura Numeroff

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Inspired by model Georgie Badiel’s childhood, this story follows a girl’s dream to bring clean water to her African village. While not rhyming, the lyrical and repetitive phrasing highlights sound patterns. Students can listen for rhythm, syllables, and repeated words. This story encourages discussion about water access and determination. It helps students build vocabulary and share their thoughts in meaningful conversations.

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Susan Verde

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A humorous picture book told from a child’s perspective, giving step-by-step “instructions” for spending time with grandma. Encourages students to retell events, give directions, and use sequencing words orally (first, next, then, finally). Also opens opportunities for role-play conversations. Students can act out or retell parts of the story, which helps with sequencing and storytelling skills

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Jean Reagan

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A poetic informational text that personifies the Atlantic Ocean to describe its vastness and role.The text’s rhythm, repetition, and descriptive language provide opportunities to practice hearing syllables, stress, and phrasing. This nonfiction picture book uses personification and facts to help students practice visualizing and summarizing information. It supports comprehension by combining science and storytelling.

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G. Brian Karas

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A nonfiction picture book that follows the life cycle of a frog, introducing scientific terms in context. Provides Tier 3 science vocabulary in a clear, age-appropriate way with visuals that support meaning. Students can retell each step of the frog’s life cycle, using new science words and complete sentences. Great for practicing speaking skills. This book provides vocabulary and builds background knowledge on frogs. This can help ELLs language development. 

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Wendy Pfeffer

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A picture book about a bad-tempered ladybug who encounters different animals throughout the day.Repeats and contrasts descriptive vocabulary (grouchy, friendly, stubborn) and introduces comparative language (bigger, smaller). The repeated lines and dialogue help students practice expression and turn-taking. It’s fun to read aloud together. Repetition of vocabulary will be helpful for ELLs vocabulary development.

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Eric Carle

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A realistic fiction novel about a boy with facial differences navigating school and friendships. Exposes students to rich Tier 2 vocabulary around emotions, relationships, and empathy. This book helps students think about kindness and empathy while following different points of view. The story keeps readers engaged and helps build fluency and understanding of character emotions.

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R.J. Palacio

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A rhyming picture book about an art teacher who inspires the community to save their beach. The rhyme and rhythm support phonological awareness, while the repetition and illustrations provide strong context clues for new vocabulary. The lines are written in both English and Spanish. This rhyming story uses fun language that helps students practice phrasing and fluency. It also encourages them to picture the story and talk about creativity.

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Judy Sierra

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A picture book that celebrates differences in culture, language, and appearance. Provides accessible, inclusive language and illustrations that affirm identity. Supports oral discussions around culture and introduces Tier 2 words tied to diversity and belonging.

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Elizabeth Cole

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A playful variation of the classic song, set on a school bus filled with diverse children. Builds oral language through singing, repetition, and patterned phrases. The predictable structure helps ELs practice fluency and vocabulary in an engaging, low-stress way. The song and repeated phrases help students build memory, rhythm, and pronunciation. It’s great for group singing and oral practice.

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Mary-Alice Moore

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A picture book where Nancy teaches “fancy” synonyms for everyday words. Directly teaches Tier 2 vocabulary by modeling synonyms, word play, and context clues. This story introduces “fancy” words and helps students learn how to use new vocabulary in conversation. It’s great for building expressive language.

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Jane O'Connor

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A middle-grade novel about environmental activism, mystery, and family in Florida. Introduces domain-specific terms (pollution, environment) and figurative language in context. Students practice making inferences and connecting ideas as they read about a boy trying to solve a mystery in Florida. It keeps readers interested while building comprehension.

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Carl Hiaasen

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A novel about a boy sent to a juvenile detention camp where he uncovers a family mystery: offers opportunities to explore figurative language, idioms, and wordplay through dialogue and narration. This story mixes past and present events, which helps students make connections and find deeper meanings. It also builds fluency with its fun and suspenseful plot.

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Louis Sachar

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A graphic novel-style diary of Greg Heffley navigating school, friends, and family in a funny, relatable way. Promotes peer discussion and oral storytelling by connecting to students’ own experiences. The conversational tone and humor model natural dialogue for students to practice in discussions. The pictures and journal style make reading easier and more fun. Students can practice figuring out tone and emotions from Greg’s words and drawings.

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Jeff Kinney

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A diary-format book told from Nikki Maxwell’s point of view about middle school struggles, friendships, and identity. Builds oral language through perspective-taking and discussion. Students can practice expressing opinions, summarizing events, and role-playing conversations between characters. Students relate to the main character’s school life and can practice understanding point of view and emotions. The diary format also supports reading fluency.

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Rachel Renee Russel

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A playful variation of the classic song, set on a school bus filled with diverse children. Builds oral language through singing, repetition, and patterned phrases. The predictable structure helps ELs practice fluency and vocabulary in an engaging, low-stress way. The song and repeated phrases help students build memory, rhythm, and pronunciation. It’s great for group singing and oral practice.

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Mary-Alice Moore

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A humorous graphic novel diary of Greg Heffley’s middle school life. Though not rhyme-based, it models natural speech patterns, onomatopoeia, and word play that allow for noticing sound structures in everyday language

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Jeff Kinney

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A realistic fiction novel about Ally, a bright girl with dyslexia who discovers her strengths with the help of a supportive teacher. Promotes self-advocacy and resilience, while encouraging peers to develop empathy for students who learn differently. Students work on understanding character growth and theme as they read about a girl who learns in her own way. It helps build empathy and deeper comprehension skills.

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Lynda Mullay Hunt

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The story of Melody, a girl with cerebral palsy who cannot speak but finds her voice through technology and determination. Highlights inclusion, communication strategies, and the importance of valuing every student’s ability. This story builds understanding of perspective and emotion. Students learn to interpret how the main character feels even when she can’t speak, which supports text interpretation.

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Sharon M Draper

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A humorous yet honest look at Joey, a boy with ADHD, who struggles with impulsivity and school challenges. Builds awareness of ADHD, helping students see both the challenges and the strengths of neurodiverse learners.

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Jack Gantos