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Best Books for Literacy-Based Intervention





                          Title               Age Range                    Description

                 Where the Wild Things Are   Age Range:  4-8    An iconic book about a little boy who goes
                                                              on an adventure and encounters beasts and

                                                              creatures created by a child’s awesome
                                                              imagination.

                 Henry’s Freedom Box       Age Range:  4-8    Henry Brown is a slave, and the outcomes
                                                              of his life are a direct outcome of this fact.

                                                              He finds freedom when he mails himself in
                                                              a box to the North.

                 A Chair for My Mother     Age Range:  4-10   Rosa, her mother, and grandmother, with

                                                              the support of their community, save their
                                                              coins to buy a chair following a fire that
                                                              destroyed their home.


                 Alexander and the Terrible,   Age Range:  6-9    Waking up with gum in his hair, Alexander
                 Horrible, No Good, Very Bad                  knew it was going to be a bad day.  Follow
                 Day
                                                              him as he encounters mishaps throughout

                                                              his day.

                 Martin’s Big Words        Age Range:  5-8    Follow a young Martin as he learns about
                                                              the importance of words, civil rights and
                                                              helping people .  Readers will learn about

                                                              the life events that contributed to Dr.
                                                              Martin Luther King’s life and death.

                 Those Shoes               Age Range:  5-8    Jeremy wants a pair of shoes that his

                                                              Grandma cannot afford.  After a
                                                              serendipitous find at a thrift store, Jeremy
                                                              buys a too-small pair of those shoes.  The
                                                              events that follow teach the reader about the

                                                              important things in life—warmth, family
                                                              and compassion.

                 King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub   Age Range:  4-7   Various creative people of the king’s court
                                                              try to get him to leave his bathtub.



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