Tag Archives: Ages 6-9

Comprehension Questions – Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley

by Jeff Brown

Grades 2-5; Genre - Fiction; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

A bulletin board fell on top of Stanley Lambchop and he's become only a half inch thick.  Now that Stanley's flat he can do all sorts of things, like be rolled up, being flown like a kite and is able to be mailed to California to see his cousin.  He gets an extra fun adventure when he helps the museum director catch two dangerous art thieves.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #4 Leprechauns Don’t Play Basketball

Leprechauns Don’t Play Basketball

By Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

Grades 2-4; Genre - Fantasy; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Bailey School kids get stuck in the middle of a feud between a leprechaun and Mrs. Jeepers.  Mr. O'Grady visits Bailey School to supposedly teach the kids how to do Irish folk dancing, but Mrs. Jeepers begins to behave strangely and the kids learn of an old legend of why vampires don't like leprechauns. Continue reading

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 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- The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids #51 Dragons Don’t Throw Snowballs

Dragons Don’t Throw Snowballs

By Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones

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

A blizzard has hit Bailey City and caused the roads to shut down.  The kids are stuck at school overnight and are very suspicious when the dragon snow sculpture has left the yard from across the street.  The Bailey School Kids hear strange noises flying over the school during the night and realize they need to find out why a dragon is angry and lurking around the city.   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

Comprehension Questions- Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend

Horrid Henry and the Soccer Fiend  

By Francesca Simon

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

In this collection of Horrid Henry stories, Horrid Henry finds Peter's journal and helps him fix it before Peter's supposed to read it in an assembly at school.  Henry also has a chance to win soccer tickets, he gets to go clothes shopping with his mom and a new student comes to school and Henry gets put in charge of him.  Continue reading