Episode 1: Horus’s Horrible Day

Author: Shana Corey

Illustrator: Mark Teague

Publisher: Scholastic

Themes: school, martians, aliens, behavior, growing up

Age Range: 4-8

Word Count: 854 words

Teaching Tools:

Back to School Activities, Ideas, Lesson Plans, and Printables

Why I Love It: First Graders from Mars (Horus’s Horrible Day) is short, sn...

Author: Bruce Hale

Illustrator: Guy Francis

Publisher: Harper Collins

Themes: Sharks, behavior, school

Age Range: 4-8

Word Count: 656

Teaching Tools:

Clark the Shark Activities

Why I Love It: Clark the Shark is short, snappy, and downright fun. Clark is a shark with a zing, bang, BOOM, but he has so much enthusiasm that it gets him into trou...