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Supplemental Reading
Lexile text measures in Grade 2–3 band level (below 740L)
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Title: The Ddirty Tthirties: The United States from 1929-1941
Author and Illustrator: Mary C. Turck (Author)
Text Type: Informational
Lexile Level: 570
Title: Bird in a Box
Author and Illustrator: Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author)
Text Type: Literature
Lexile Level: 670
Title: Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain
Author and Illustrator: Robert Burch (Author)
Text Type: Literature
Lexile Level: 720
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Lexile text measures in Grade 4–5 band level (740L-925L)
Title: The Mighty Miss Malone
Author and Illustrator: Christopher Paul Curtis (Author)
Text Type: Literature
Lexile Level: 750
Title: Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra
Author and Illustrator: Andrea Davis Pinkney (Author)
Text Type: Informational
Lexile Level: 800
Title: Migrant Mother: How a Photograph Defined the Great Depression
Author and Illustrator: Dan Nardo (Author)
Text Type: Informational
Lexile Level: 900
Lexile text measures within band level ( 925L- 1185L)
Title: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Author and Illustrator: Mildred D. Taylor (Author)
Text Type: Literature
Lexile Level: 920
Title: The New Deal
Author and Illustrator: Susan E. Hamen (Author)
Text Type: Informational
Lexile Level: 1020
Title: Children of the Great Depression
Author and Illustrator: Russell Freedman (Author)
Text Type: Informational
Lexile Level: 1170
Lexile text measures within band level ( over 1185L)
Title: The New Deal: Hope for the Nation
Author and Illustrator: Cheryl Edwards (Editor)
Text Type: Informational
Lexile Level: 1220
Title: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Author and Illustrator: Robert F. Himmelberg (Author)
Text Type: Informational
Lexile Level: 1550