The Green Eyed Reader

Frog and Toad Together By Arnold Lobel  Overview: This book features a collection of stories about the famous duo Frog and Toad. It has five exciting stories included within its pages that make fun read alouds or independent reading. I would suggest these stories for 2nd graders because there is a lot of dialogue to understand and keep up with even through the words are pretty simple. The pictures are beautiful and go very well with each individual story. From Lists to Gardens to Dreams, this book shows the wonderful friendship of Frog and Toad and always ends happily or on a comedic note. Awards: A  Newbery Honor Book To order your own copy:  https://www.amazon.com/Frog-Toad-Together-Read-Level/dp/0064440214/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511896501&sr=1-1&keywords=frog+and+toad+together -The Green Eyed Reader

  The Cat Who Went to Heaven By Elizabeth Coatsworth Overview: This a story about a poor Artist who lived in Japan with his housekeeper. One day, when the housekeeper came back from the market, she did not bring food as usual, but a white cat. She had spots on her back, yellow eyes, and a stub for a tail. They named her "Good Fortune." After a couple of days of owning the cat, the high priest from their temple came to the Artist's house and commissioned him to paint a picture of Buddha's death. The Artist agreed and the priest left. The Artist spent the next three days imagining what Buddha's life must have been like and on the last day, he drew him.  In the days that followed after that, the Artist imagined all of the different animals that Buddha's spirit had been in, according to the many stories he had heard, and he drew one after another. With each animal drawn, Good Fortune would look at the painting and seem pleased with it. However, she b...