Advanced Reading Level for Younger Readers
Looking for a more challenging reading level, but gentle content? These are developmentally appropriate reads for younger readers reading at an advanced reading level.
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A Boy Called Bat
1st in a series. Bat's Mom is a veterinarian and brings a baby skunk home to help it grow until it can be released. Bat, who has Autism, gets frustrated with change but wants to convince his mom to keep the skunk as a pet.
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The Very, Very Far North
Duane the polar bear makes friends with everyone he meets as he explores.
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Tumble & Blue
For generations two families have had supernatural fates, some good, some bad. Tumble and Blue have the chance to fight the golden gator to reverse the curse for their families.
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The Unbelievable Oliver and the Four Jokers
1st in a series. Oliver is new to magic and with the help of his Top-hat bunny, Benny, he helps solve the case of a missing present at a classmates birthday party.
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Woke
Poems celebrating diversity and individuality, speaking to issues of social justice, discrimination, immigration, and protest.
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Cat Ninja
Claude is a pampered house cat by day and the crime fighting Cat Ninja by night.
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Homer on the Case
Homer (a pigeon) and Lulu (a parrot) team up with some humans to solve crime.
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Bird's-eye View
Part of the Orca Wild series. Discusses different bird species, how they affect people, and how people are working to save them.
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Witches of Brooklyn
1st in a series. Effie goes to live with her Aunts' after her mother passes. She soon discovers her Aunts' magic and even a little of her own.
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Samantha Spinner and the Super-secret Plans
1st in a series. Samantha's uncle disappears, leaving Samantha a rusty red umbrella and her siblings the deed to the New York Yankees and $2.4 million. Can they use these clues to keep away from the sewer dwelling ninjas and find Uncle Paul?
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