
Book kits are a collection of juvenile (children's) titles selected for use with guided reading. Each kit, housed in a red folder complete with book covers for easy browsing, consists of a single title and includes one hard copy, six soft copies (paperback), and information pertaining to recommended reading levels. Part of the Instructional Resource Center (IRC) circulating collection, book kit call numbers are a numerical "other call number" beginning with a classification of bookkit and cataloged by accession; the newest title has the highest number. Book kits are located directly outside of the IRC on the back side of the activity and curriculum textbook collection stacks.
Leveling was done by students in Dr. Mary Rycik's children's literature course. Each leveled kit has a label on the bottom right corner of the file folder indicating suggested reading levels; included are grade and stage (emergent, early, early fluent, and fluent), F & P (Fountas and Pinnell), and Directed Reading Assessment (DRA). A laminated information sheet is provided with each book kit detailing the criteria.
Interested in browsing the collection online? Use the following link to view a complete numerical listing of leveled book kits available in the IRC collection.
Ashland University Library Catalog Quick Link: Available Book Kits
The chart below details each book kit in the IRC collection and includes the kit number, book title, and information regarding the various leveling components completed for the title. Leveling is a work in progress, there are a few book kits that have not yet been leveled; when information is available it will be added to the book kit and chart.
| Book Kit Call # | Book Kit Title | Level Information |
| Book Kit 001 | Mouse Paints | Grade 1 Stage: early F & P: G DRA: 12 |
| Book Kit 002 | The Snowy Day | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 003 | Apt. 3 | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 004 | Digging up Dinosaurs | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: M - N DRA: 30 |
| Book Kit 005 | Five Little Monkeys | Grade 1 Stage: emergent F & P: E DRA: 6-8 |
| Book Kit 006 | Space Case | Grade 1 Stage: early F & P: I DRA:16 |
| Book Kit 007 | The Great Kapok Tree | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 008 | Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: L DRA:24 |
| Book Kit 009 | Chicka Chicka Boom Boom | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA:20 |
| Book Kit 010 | Knots on a Counting Rope | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 011 | Barn Dance | Grade 1 Stage: early F & P: F DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 012 | Growing Vegetable Soup | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 013 | Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: M DRA:28 |
| Book Kit 014 | How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: M DRA: 28 |
| Book Kit 015 | Where the Wild Things Are | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 016 | Meet the Orchestra | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 017 | Storms | Grade 3 Stage: early fluent F & P: N,O,P,Q DRA: 34-38 |
| Book Kit 018 | Caps for sale | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 019 | Is this a House for Hermit Crab? | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 020 | Jambo means Hello : Swahili Alphabet Book | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: M DRA: 28 |
| Book Kit 021 | Mama Don't Allow: Starring Miles and the Swamp Band |
Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 022 | It Wasn't My Fault | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 023 | Louis the Fish | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 024 | The Wall | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 025 | Borreguita and the Coyote | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 026 | Princess Penelope's Parrot | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 027 | To Market, To Market | Grade 1 Stage: early F & P: I DRA: 16 |
| Book Kit 028 | Lunch | Grade 1 Stage: emergent F & P: C DRA: 3 |
| Book Kit 029 | Tar Beach | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: L DRA: 24 |
| Book Kit 030 | Mrs. Katz and Tush | Grade 3 Stage: early fluent F & P: N DRA: 30 |
| Book Kit 031 | Max | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 032 | Amazing Bats | Grade 2 Stage: early emergent F & P: M DRA: 28 |
| Book Kit 033 | Lyle Finds his Mother | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: L DRA: 24 |
| Book Kit 034 | Clifford's Best Friend | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA: 20 |
| Book Kit 035 | Martha Speaks | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K DRA:20 |
| Book Kit 036 | Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones |
Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: L DRA: 24 |
| Book Kit 037 | The Desert Alphabet Book | Grade 3 Stage: early fluent F & P: M DRA: 28 |
| Book Kit 038 | Kenny's Window | Grade 3 Stage: early fluent F & P: M DRA: 28 |
| Book Kit 039 | Frederick | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: I DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 040 | Lyle and the Birthday Party | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: K-L DRA: 20 - 24 |
| Book Kit 041 | Could be Worse! | Grade 3 Stage: early fluent F & P: O DRA: 34 |
| Book Kit 042 | Growing Colors | Grade K Stage: emergent F & P: A DRA: A, 1 |
| Book Kit 043 | More Spaghetti, I Say! | Grade 1 Stage: early reader F & P: G DRA: 12 |
| Book Kit 044 | Goodnight Moon | Grade 1 Stage: early reader F & P: H DRA: 14 |
| Book Kit 045 | 1 Hunter | Grade K Stage: emergent F & P: A DRA: A, 1 |
| Book Kit 046 | My Five Senses | Grade 1 Stage: emergent/early F & P: E DRA: 6 - 8 |
| Book Kit 047 | Rain | Grade K Stage: emergent F & P: B DRA: 2 |
| Book Kit 048 | I Went Walking | Grade 1 Stage: emergent F & P: C DRA: 3 |
| Book Kit 049 | Exactly the Opposite | Grade K Stage: emergent F & P: A DRA: A, 1 |
| Book Kit 050 | Weather | Grade 3 Stage: early fluent F & P: M DRA: 28 |
| Book Kit 051 | Feelings | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 052 | The Doorbell Rang | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 053 | 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo | Grade K Stage: emergent F & P: A DRA: A, 1 |
| Book Kit 054 | David Gets in Trouble | Grade Stage: F & P: DRA: |
| Book Kit 055 | The Stray Dog | Grade 1 Stage: early F & P: G DRA: 12 |
| Book Kit 056 | Calling Doctor Amelia Bedlia | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 057 | Froggy Plays in the Band | Grade Stage: F & P: DRA: |
| Book Kit 058 | Froggy Goes to the Doctor | Grade Stage: F & P: DRA: |
| Book Kit 059 | Who's that Knocking on Christmas Eve? | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: I - J DRA: 16 - 18 |
| Book Kit 060 | Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon | Grade 1 Stage: early F & P: H - I DRA: |
| Book Kit 061 | Good Night, Good Knight | Grade 2 Stage: early F & P: I DRA: |
| Book Kit 062 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat |
Grade 1 Stage: emergent F & P: C DRA: 3 |
| Book Kit 063 | Junie B, First Grader: Cheater Pants | Grade 2 Stage: early fluent F & P: L DRA: 24 |
| Book Kit 064 | Amber Brown is Green with Envy | Grade 3 Stage:early fluent F & P: L DRA: 24 |
| Book Kit 065 | Three Samuri Cats: A Story from Japan | Grade 2 Stage: end of early F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 066 | I Spy | Grade K Stage: emergent F & P: A DRA: A, 1 |
| Book Kit 067 | Click, Click | Grade K - early 1 Stage: middle emergent F & P: C DRA: 3 |
| Book Kit 068 | Sing-song Sid | Grade Stage: F & P: DRA: |
| Book Kit 069 | Dave and Jane's Band | Grade 1 Stage: emergent F & P: D DRA: 4 |
| Book Kit 070 | Out to Gumball Pond | Grade 1 Stage: early F & P: F DRA: 10 |
| Book Kit 071 | Cat and Dog at the Circus | Grade 1 Stage: emergent F & P: E DRA: 6 - 8 |
| Book Kit 072 | Mr. Noisy at the Dude Ranch | Grade 1 Stage: emergent F & P: E DRA: 6 - 8 |
| Book Kit 073 | Air, Sun, and Water: How Weather Works | Grade: 2 Stage: Early fluent F & P: J DRA: 18 |
| Book Kit 074 | The Sierra Club Book of Weather Wisdom |
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| Book Kit 075 | Electricity |
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| Book Kit 076 | Heat, Lights, and Action! How Electricity Works |
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| Book Kit 077 | How People Move Things: How People Get From Place to Place |
Grade: late 1, early 2 Stage: Early F & P: I DRA: 16 |
| Book Kit 078 | Weather & Climate |
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| Book Kit 079 | Sun Up, Sun Down | Grade: 1 Stage: Early, E. Fluent F & P: I DRA: 16 |
| Book Kit 080 | Water's Way | Grade: 2 Stage: Early F & P: I DRA: 16 |
| Book Kit 081 | Earth Alive! | Grade: 3 Stage: Early Fluent F & P: L DRA: 24 |
| Book Kit 082 | Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens |
Grade: 2 Stage: Early Fluent F & P: M DRA: 24 |
| Book Kit 083 | Energy and Light |
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| Book Kit 084 | Light |
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| Book Kit 085 | A Monkey Grows Up |
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| Book Kit 086 | How the Forest Grew |
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| Book Kit 087 | Life Cycles: How Living Things Grow and Change |
Grade: late 1, early 2 Stage: Early F & P: I DRA: 16 |
| Book Kit 088 | On the Go |
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| Book Kit 089 | Trains | Grade: 2 Stage: Early F & P: I DRA: 16 |
| Book Kit 090 | Atoms and Cells |
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| Book Kit 091 | Microaliens: Dazzling Journeys with an Electron Microscope |
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