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Comprehension Questions – The Boxcar Children #5 Mike’s Mystery

Mike’s Mystery

By Gertrude Chandler Warner

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

The Alden children go to Mystery Ranch for summer vacation and run into Mike, an old friend from Surprise Island.  The four friends are puzzled as Mike’s house is set on fire and he’s blamed for it.  They know Mike didn’t do it, so they spend their vacation putting clues together to solve the mystery. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – #1 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

By J.K. Rowling

Grades 4-6; Genre - Fantasy; GRL V; AR pts: 12.0

Become a part of Harry’s magical world as Harry and his friends are in their first year of school at Hogwarts and solve the riddle to the Sorcerer’s Stone.  Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic

By Betty MacDonald

Grades 2-6; Genre - Fantasy; GRL O; AR pts: 5.0

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle is at it again teaching children good manners through her clever cures and potions.  Some of the ailments she helps parents through are tattletaling, bad eating habits, carelessness, interrupting, and being ignorant. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

By Betty MacDonald

Grades 2-7; Genre - Fantasy; GRL O; AR pts: 3.0

Meet Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle as she rescues parents who need help managing their children’s bad habits.  Some ailments she helps treat in this book are impudence, greediness and selfishness, bad hygiene, and staying up late. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions- Hello, Mrs Piggle-Wiggle

Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle

By Betty MacDonald

Grades 2-6; Genre - Fantasy; GRL O; AR pts: 4.0

Join Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle as she cures children’s bad manners with magic pills and potions.  Some ailments she treats in this book are showing off, being too sensitive, gossiping, bullying, and daydreaming.

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Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #11 Lions at Lunchtime

Lions at Lunchtime

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 2-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

To find their third riddle, Jack and Annie travel to Africa where they get to see wild animals and learn how animals and the Masai tribe work together to survive. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #10 Ghost Town at Sundown

Ghost Town at Sundown

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 2-5; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Jack and Annie travel to an old ghost town to solve the second riddle they need to become Master Librarians.  They find a cowboy, hustlers and a real ghost as they learn about horses and the old west. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #9 Dolphins at Daybreak

 Dolphins at Daybreak

By Mary Pope Osborne

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

Jack and Annie want to become Master Librarians, but first need to solve four riddles.  They travel to a coral reef and explore the deep blue sea trying to solve their first riddle. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #8 Midnight on the Moon

Midnight on the Moon

By Mary Pope Osborne

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

Jack and Annie travel to the moon as they try to find their fourth and last special thing.  They have a fun adventure exploring the moon in space suits and a moon buggy. Continue reading

Comprehension Questions – Magic Tree House #7 Sunset of the Sabertooth

Sunset of the Sabertooth

By Mary Pope Osborne

Grades 1-7; Genre - Historical Fiction with Fantastical Elements; GRL M; AR pts: 1.0

Jack and Annie are sent to the Ice Age as they look for the third special thing they need to help Morgan.  They run into a sabertooth tiger and receive help from a woolly mammoth and a sorcerer. Continue reading