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Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire

Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In story 1, Henry copies Peter’s story during school and ends up having to read it to the kindergarteners.  In Story 2, Mr. Nudie Foodie comes to Henry’s school to teach them how to eat more nutritiously.  Story three is about Henry tricking Peter out of all his money and candy and in story four Peter and Henry get to sleep over at the museum with their classes. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter

Horrid Henry and the Scary Sitter

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Henry's at it again when he realizes Peter's going to have to go Trick or Treating with him on Halloween.  In the second story, Henry gets stuck with Rebecca as a babysitter.  In story three, Henry and Margaret raid each other's secret clubs.  In story four Henry gets to go to his new baby cousin's christening. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and Clue Crew #32 Cape Mermaid Mystery

 Cape Mermaid Mystery

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 1-4; Genre- Fiction; AR pts: 2.0

The Clue Crew travels with Nancy's dad and Hannah to Cape Mermaid, New Jersey.  Nancy's cousin, Tessie, reveals a mystery for Nancy and her friends of a ghost who used to live in Cape Mermaid.  Nancy and her crew take on the challenge, but she wonders why Tessie behaves so strange about it all. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine

Horrid Henry and the Mega-Mean Time Machine

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Horrid Henry hates going on walks and figures how to turn his family’s hike into a mess.   He also tricks Perfect Peter into thinking his washing machine box is a real time machine.  In the third story Peter gets fed up with Horrid Henry’s horridness and tries to get revenge. In the last story Aunt Ruby takes Henry’s family out to a fancy French restaurant for Henry’s mom’s birthday. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse

Horrid Henry and the Mummy’s Curse

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

In the first story Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter are both collecting toys that come in Sweet Tweet cereal boxes.  In the next story, Henry wants to get a perfect score on his spelling test to earn a bag of candy, but fails to study.  The third story’s about Henry taking swim lessons and the last story is about Henry wanting to use Perfect Peter’s mummy kit and how he tricks him to be able to play with it. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #20 Treasure Trouble

Treasure Trouble

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; Lexile 560L; AR pts: 1.0

George’s mom is catering a pirate party on the beach and has invited George, Nancy and Bess to come along.  The friends help get ready for the party and get the treasure chest hidden, but during the party the chest disappears.  The Clue Crew searches for answers and are surprised to find another mystery on the beach.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #14 The Zoo Crew

The Zoo Crew

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; Lexile 550L; AR pts: 1.0

The Clue Crew spends some of their summer vacation attending a Zoo Camp.  They get to make toys and snacks for the animals and help clean the petting zoo.  But there's trouble when the enrichment toys go missing and chimpanzees show up at the animal hospital sick. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry Rocks

Horrid Henry Rocks

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Horrid Henry and Perfect Peter go to war in the first story of this book.   Then Henry gets a craving in the middle of night and sneaks into Margaret's secret tent and steals her cookies,  he writes his autobiography and in the last story Henry gets to go to a concert. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry’s Monster Movie

Horrid Henry’s Monster Movie

By Francesca Simon

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Henry loves scary movies and is very disappointed in the latest movie about the zombie vampire werewolf.  He decides to make his own scary with a challenge from Margaret that his won't be as good as hers.  You'll also read about Henry going to Aunt Ruby's as well as how Henry behaves when he trades Peter for his grump cards and how Henry throws his own Olympic games. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #23 Babysitting Bandit

 Babysitting Bandit

By Carolyn Keene

Grades 3-5; Genre - Fiction; AR pts: 2.0

Nancy and her friends are asked to be mother's helpers for a neighbor whose adopted twins.  As they babysit a special rattle, music CD and toy mouse disappear which is upsetting to the twins.  The Clue Crew hops on the case and investigates to find out who would take toys from babies. Continue reading