Intended to guide K-3 teachers' ongoing observations of children's progress within a literature-based reading program.

Alternative texts story books: What is red? / Joetta Beaver -- Bath time / Peggy DeLapp -- Look at me / Peggy DeLapp -- Get your umbrella / Peggy DeLapp -- Time to play / Joetta Beaver and Kay Richards -- The lost book / Peggy DeLapp -- Grandma's surprise / Vivian Cuesta -- Allie's wish / Marcia Vaughan -- A new school / Joetta Beaver -- Animal homes / Lisa Trumbauer -- Monkey's stepping stones / Sarah Tatler -- Game day / Ginny Beyer -- Turtle's big race : a Native American folktale / retold by Lisa Trumbauer -- Thin as a stick : a Native American folktale / retold by Richard Lee Vaughan -- Incredible journeys : animal migration / Marcia Vaughan -- From peanuts to peanut butter / Lisa Trumbauer -- Tiger's whirlwind day / Wendy Pfeffer -- Summer discovery / Ed Stanley -- Amelia Earhart : the woman who wanted to fly / Ed Stanley -- Slammin' Sammy : a real hero / Vivian Cuesta.