Designed to assist teachers by offering the Text Exemplars that meet the levels of complexity and rigor described in the CCSS, all in one easy-to-order package! The CCSS give equal weight to qualitative, quantitative, reader, and task criteria when selecting appropriate classroom materials.
Full list of packages and titles below: (Out of stock titles may be replaced with a substitute title)
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K - 1 Informational
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A Tree is a Plant
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Informational Texts
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Amazing Whales
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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Fire! Fire!
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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Follow the Water from Brook to Ocean
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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From Seed to Pumpkin
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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How People Learned to Fly
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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I Read Signs
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Informational Texts
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My Five Senses
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Informational Texts
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Starfish
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Informational Texts
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Truck
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Informational Texts
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What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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A Weed is a Flower: The Life of George Washington Carver
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Informational Texts
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The Year at Maple Hill Farm
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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2 - 3 Stories & Poetry
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A Raft
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Stories
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Amos & Boris
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Stories
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Bud, Not Buddy
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Read-Aloud Stories
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Charlotte’s Web
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Read-Aloud Stories
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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa
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Stories
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Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their Adventures
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Stories
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How the Camel Got His Hump
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Read-Aloud Stories
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
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Read-Aloud Poetry
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My Father’s Dragon
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Stories
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Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats
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Read-Aloud Poetry
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Poppleton in Winter
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Stories
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Sarah, Plain and Tall
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Stories
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Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
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Poetry
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The 13 Clocks
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Read-Aloud Stories
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The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury
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Poetry
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The Bat Poet
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Poetry
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Poetry
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The Cricket in Times Square
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Read-Aloud Stories
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The Fire Cat
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Stories
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The Lighthouse Family: The Storm
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Stories
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The Pied Piper of Hamlin
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Read-Aloud Poetry
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The Search for Delicious
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Read-Aloud Stories
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The Selected Poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay
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Poetry
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The Sign Painter
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Read-Aloud Stories
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The Stories Julian Tells
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Stories
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The Treasure
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Stories
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Tops and Bottoms
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Stories
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Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art
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Read-Aloud Poetry
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2 - 3 Informational
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14 Cows for America
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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A Medieval Feast
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Informational Texts
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Ah, Music!
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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Bat Loves the Night
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Informational Texts
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Bats: Creatures of the Night
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Informational Texts
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Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs
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Informational Texts
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From Seed to Plant
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Informational Texts
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If the World Were a Village: A Book About the World’s People
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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Lincoln: A Photo Biography
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Informational Texts
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Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11
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Informational Texts
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The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and
Wonderful Collections
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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The Story of Ruby Bridges: A Special Anniversary Edition
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World
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Informational Texts
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What the World Eats
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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Where Do Polar Bears Live?
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Informational Texts
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Wild Tracks! A Guide to Nature's Footprints
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Read-Aloud Informational Texts
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6 - 8 Stories, Drama, & Poetry
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A Wrinkle in Time
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Stories & Drama
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Acolytes
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Poetry
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Alice Through The Looking Glass
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Poetry
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Black Ships Before Troy: The Story of the Iliad
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Stories & Drama
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Chicago Poems
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Poetry
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Dragonwings
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Stories & Drama
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Leaves of Grass
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Poetry
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Little Women
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Stories & Drama
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Pablo Neruda: The Book of Questions (Bilingual Ed.)
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Poetry
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
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Stories & Drama
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Stories & Drama
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The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
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Poetry
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Poetry
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The Dark Is Rising
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Stories & Drama
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The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
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Stories & Drama
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The Poetry of Robert Frost: The Collected Poems
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Poetry
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The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks
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Stories & Drama
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Women Hollering Creek and Other Stories
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Stories & Drama
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6 - 8 Informational
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A Night To Remember
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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Math Trek: Adventures in the Math Zone
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The Building of Manhattan
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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The Great Fire
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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The Number Devil: A Mathematical Adventure
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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The Words We Live by: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Travels with Charley in Search of America
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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9 - 10 Stories, Drama & Poetry
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A Doll’s House and Other Plays
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Drama
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Candide
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Stories
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
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Poetry
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Fahrenheit 451
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Stories
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Fathers and Sons
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Stories
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In the Time of the Butterflies
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Stories
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Lift Every Voice and Sing
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Poetry
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Macbeth
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Drama
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Master Harold…and the Boys
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Drama
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The Book Thief
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Stories
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Poetry
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The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
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Stories
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The Grapes of Wrath
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Stories
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The Joy Luck Club
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Stories
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The Killer Angels
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Stories
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The Metamorphosis
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Stories
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The Norton Anthology of African American Literature
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Poetry
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The Odyssey
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Stories
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The Three Theban Plays: Antigone/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colnus
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Drama
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Things Fall Apart
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Stories
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To Kill A Mockingbird
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Stories
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9 - 10 Informational
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Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An
Indian History of the American West
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe
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Informational Texts: Science Mathematics, & Technical Subjects
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That
Changed The World
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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I Have a Dream/Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The Gettysburg Address
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story
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Informational Texts: Science Mathematics, & Technical Subjects
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The Race to Save the Lord God Bird
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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The Story of Art - 16th Edition
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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11 - CCR Stories, Drama & Poetry
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A Farewell to Arms
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Stories & Drama
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A Raisin in the Sun
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Drama
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A White Heron and Other Stories
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Stories & Drama
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Anthology of Modern American Poetry
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Poetry
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As I Lay Dying
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Stories & Drama
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Billy Budd and Other Tales
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Stories & Drama
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Crime and Punishment
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Stories & Drama
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Death and the King's Horseman
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Drama
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Death of a Salesman
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Drama
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Don Quixote
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Stories & Drama
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Dreaming in Cuban
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Stories & Drama
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Great Tales and Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
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Stories & Drama
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Hamlet
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Drama
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Jane Eyre
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Stories & Drama
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Leaves of Grass
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Poetry
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Mother Love: Poems
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Poetry
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Our Town: A Play in Three Acts
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Drama
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Pride and Prejudice
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Stories & Drama
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Sailing Alone Around the Room
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Poetry
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The Adventures of Augie March
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Stories & Drama
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The Bluest Eye
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Stories & Drama
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The Canterbury Tales
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Stories & Drama
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The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
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Poetry
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The Great Gatsby
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Stories & Drama
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays
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Drama
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The Latin Deli: Telling the Lives of Barrio Women
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Poetry
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The Namesake
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Stories & Drama
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The Scarlet Letter
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Stories & Drama
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Stories & Drama
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11 - CCR Informational
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1776
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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America's Constitution: A Biography
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Black Boy
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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Common Sense
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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Democracy in America
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Eyewitness to America: 500 Years of American History in the Words of Those Who Saw It Happen
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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Google Hacks: Tips & Tools for Finding and Using the World's Information
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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Mirror of the World: A New History of Art
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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Society and Solitude
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The American Language
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and All of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; And the Articles of the Constitution
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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The Oxford Frederick Douglass Reader
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
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Informational Texts: Science, Mathematics and Technical Subjects
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Walden
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Informational Texts: English Language Arts
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What They Fought for 1861-1865
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Informational Texts: History/Social Studies
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