The Outdoor Girls in Florida
by Laura Lee Hope
The Outdoor Girls in Florida is a story of adventure following a group of girls (Amy, Mollie, Betty, and Grace) on a journey to help their friend Will.
Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level 2
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Books
2.2
Passages
2.0
Bed in Summer
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson
This poem expresses the problem many people have with getting up when it is dark in the morning and going to bed in the evening when it is still light outside.
Foreign Lands
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A child climbs into a tree and imagines seeing other places.
Five Little Chickadees
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A children’s subtraction poem about chickadees.
“The Hare and the Hedgehog”
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
by Grimm Brothers
Written as a play, this is a story about neighbors who do not get along. The hedgehog challenges the hare to a contest. The contest is used to settle the differences between the neighbors. However, is the means fair?
“The Wise Men of Gotham”
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
by FCIT
Twelve fishermen think one of them has drowned. When they count to see if everyone is there they always count eleven.
Cushy Cow Bonny
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
A nursery rhyme (from Mother Goose) originating from a milkmaid chant used to charm her cow to give milk.
Here Sits the Lord Mayor
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
A fun nursery rhyme/riddle.
“The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit”
Peter Rabbit and Other Stories
by Beatrix Potter
The story of a good rabbit and a very naughty bad one.
“The Brown Thrush”
Selected American and British Poems
by Lucy Larcom
A rhyme that serves to tell children to behave through the song of a bird.
“The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse”
Selected American and British Poems
by Christina Rossetti
A nursery rhyme about the differences between the city mouse and the garden mouse and how each is happy in his own manner.
2.1
Whirly-Whicker-Whaker
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
A rhyme about a farmer who chases a hog out of his fodder field.
2.2
“The Sailor Man”
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
by Laura Richards
A folk tale that teaches children not to daydream, but work for their reward.
Maid Mary
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
A humorous poem about the daily routine of a farmer and his maid.
Ride a Cock Horse To Banbury Cross
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
A poem about symbolic fertility.
Snow Bound - A Winter Idyl
Selected American and British Poems
by John Greenleaf Whittier
As a way to pass the time during a raging snowstorm, family members exchanges stories by the fireside.
2.3
The Unseen Playmate
A Child's Garden of Verses: Selected Poems
by Robert Louis Stevenson
An invisible friend plays with toys.
As I Was Going to St. Ives
Counting and Math Rhymes
by Traditional
A child’s riddle involving multiplication and logic.
“The Cat and the Mouse”
Fairy Tales and Other Traditional Stories
by Joseph Jacobs
A cat bites the tail off of the mouse. The mouse is led on a merry chase attempting to bring back cream for the cat who will then return the mouse’s tail.
Dance Little Baby
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
A nursery rhyme that mimics a lullaby.
Little Cock-Sparrow
Nursery Rhymes and Traditional Poems
by Traditional
A poem about a boy hunting a cock-sparrow.