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Each Text Set brings together a small group of books around one idea, skill, or question. The books are placed in a deliberate teaching order, with notes explaining why each one comes next and what to ask students as they read. Open a set to see the sequence, the purpose of each book, and the questions that connect the whole set.

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Science & nature

Cover of Baby Animals Playing

Cover of Animals Black and White

Cover of Animals in Camouflage

Text set ID TTA-TS-002Animals up closeOne animal per book. Compare two and the differences teach themselves.5 in sequence · 6 books + 18 videos · Grades K–5

Cover of Trout Are Made of Trees

Cover of 13 Ways to Eat a Fly

Cover of A Whale's World

Text set ID TTA-TS-014Habitats & food chainsStart where the animal lives, end with what eats what.6 in sequence · 8 books + 22 videos · Grades K–5

Cover of Because of an Acorn

Cover of A Frog's Life

Cover of Life Cycle of a Honeybee

Text set ID TTA-TS-017Life cyclesEgg to frog to egg again — read in order and the pattern does the teaching.7 in sequence · 10 books + 6 videos · Grades K–6

Cover of Margot and the Moon Landing

Cover of Eight Days Gone

Cover of Earthrise

Text set ID TTA-TS-023SpaceStart with a child who loves the moon. End with a child who grew up and studied it.8 in sequence · 17 books · Grades K–6

Cover of Because of an Acorn

Cover of Winter Trees

Cover of Trout Are Made of Trees

Text set ID TTA-TS-026Trees & forestsFrom one seed to a whole canopy, and what lives in each layer.5 in sequence · 6 books + 12 videos · Grades K–6

Cover of Our Seasons

Cover of A Flock of Shoes

Cover of Winter Trees

Text set ID TTA-TS-027Weather & seasonsFour books, four seasons, one question: what changed?6 in sequence · 9 books · Grades K–6

Cover of What Matters

Cover of Trout Are Made of Trees

Cover of A Whale's World

Text set ID TTA-TS-028Where our water goesFollow one drop from cloud to tap to drain and back.5 in sequence · 7 books + 14 videos · Grades K–6

Cover of Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

Cover of Bee

Cover of Ants Don't Wear Pants

Text set ID TTA-TS-040Insects: Bodies, Behavior and EcosystemsBody parts, colony life, special abilities, pollination, and survival show why small animals deserve close attention.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-4

Amazing Animals book cover

Cover of Animals in Camouflage

Cover of Do Frogs Drink Hot Chocolate?: How Animals Keep Warm

Text set ID TTA-TS-043Animal AdaptationsCamouflage, heat, cold, body regulation, and behavior connect an animal's traits to the problem of survival.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 3-5

Social studies & citizenship

Cover of Magical History Tour Volume 1: The Great Pyramid

Cover of Magical History Tour Volume 2: The Great Wall of China

Cover of Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet

Text set ID TTA-TS-001Ancient civilizationsFour places, four eras — read for what they had in common.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades 2–7

Cover of A Thousand White Butterflies

Cover of From Far Away

Cover of Dear Baobab

Text set ID TTA-TS-006Coming to a new countryArrival, first day, first friend. Order matters in this one.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–5

Cover of What Matters

Cover of Helping Out is Cool

Cover of Why Libraries Matter: A Story Long Overdue

Text set ID TTA-TS-007Community & citizenshipWho keeps a place running, and what happens when nobody does.5 in sequence · 9 books · Grades K–5

Cover of Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do

Cover of The Fire Station

Cover of The Summer the Town Bit Back

Text set ID TTA-TS-008Community helpersOne job per book. Best read across a week, one a day.6 in sequence · 9 books · Grades K–4

Cover of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors

Cover of Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story

Cover of Mooncakes

Text set ID TTA-TS-010Cultures around the worldSame childhood, different street. Pair any two.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–4

Cover of Swift Fox All Along

Cover of Buffalo Wild!

Cover of Stolen Words

Text set ID TTA-TS-015Indigenous perspectivesRead the author note first in every one of these.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–7

Cover of Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Cover of Ruby's Wish

Cover of That's Not Hockey!

Text set ID TTA-TS-020People who changed thingsSix people who would not leave it the way they found it.6 in sequence · 12 books · Grades K–7

Character & feelings

Cover of First Day Jitters

Cover of Ira Crumb Makes a Pretty Good Friend

Cover of Oddrey and the New Kid

Text set ID TTA-TS-003Belonging & being newSix first days, and the different reasons they were hard.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–3

Cover of The Little Book Of Big Fears

Cover of Ira Crumb Feels the Feelings

Cover of Fighting Words

Text set ID TTA-TS-004Big feelingsName it, watch it get big, then find out what it is for.5 in sequence · 9 books · Grades K–3

Cover of When We Are Kind

Cover of Bink and Gollie: Give a Fish a Home

Cover of Two Speckled Eggs

Text set ID TTA-TS-016Kindness & friendshipSmall acts first, then the ones that cost something.5 in sequence · 9 books · Grades K–5

Cover of Sink or Swim

Cover of Lucy tries baseball

Cover of Song of Middle C

Text set ID TTA-TS-018Losing and trying againSix children who got it wrong in front of everybody.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–5

Cover of Abigail the Whale

Cover of Dimples Delight

Cover of What Happens Next

Text set ID TTA-TS-025Standing up, speaking outFive children who were the target, and what each of them did next.5 in sequence · 9 books · Grades K–7

Health & body

Cover of Wash Your Hands (TumbleTune)

Cover of Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo

Cover of Block the Sun, Not the Fun!

Text set ID TTA-TS-005Bodies and staying wellOutside in — hands first, heart last.6 in sequence · 9 books · Grades K–6

Cover of The Cazuela That the Farm Maiden Stirred

Cover of Monster Lunch

Cover of Salma the Syrian Chef

Text set ID TTA-TS-012Food and where it comes fromEvery meal is a chain of people. Follow one back.5 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–3

Cover of Lucy Tries Hockey

Cover of Lucy tries baseball

Cover of Teammates

Text set ID TTA-TS-024Sports and movingTrying it, fumbling it, and the minute that decides it.6 in sequence · 11 books · Grades K–7

Math & money

Cover of Monster Mash

Cover of What's New at the Zoo

Cover of Plus 2, Minus 2

Text set ID TTA-TS-009Counting storiesOne to nine, then ten, then far too many to count.6 in sequence · 11 books · Grades K–4

Cover of The Coin Counting Book

Cover of A Dollar, a Penny, How Much and How Many

Cover of Jenny Found a Penny

Text set ID TTA-TS-019Money & savingKnow the coins, then want something you cannot afford yet.6 in sequence · 11 books · Grades K–3

Cover of Shapes, Shapes, and More Shapes

Cover of Windows, Rings, and Grapes

Cover of Shapeasaurus

Text set ID TTA-TS-022Shapes and patterns everywhereName it, spot it in the room, then find the rule.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–4

Language & form

Cover of Jack and the Beanstalk

Cover of Rumpelstiltskin

Cover of Twelve Dancing Princesses

Text set ID TTA-TS-011Folktales & fairy talesTwo you know, three you don't, and one that wrecks them all.6 in sequence · 10 books · Grades K–3

Cover of Benny and Penny in The Big No-No!

Cover of Flop to the Top!

Cover of Gargamel and the Smurfs

Text set ID TTA-TS-013Graphic novelsA ladder from GN290L to a comic that teaches history.7 in sequence · 13 books · Grades K–6

Cover of This Old Man

Cover of Old Mother Hubbard

Cover of Other Goose - Part 1

Text set ID TTA-TS-021Poetry & wordplayLearn the tune, then hear it broken on purpose.7 in sequence · 11 books · Grades K–5

Cover of A Squiggly Story

Cover of How to Read a Story

Cover of Salma Writes a Book

Text set ID TTA-TS-039How Stories Get MadeIdeas, words, genres, revision, and pictures turn a thought into something a reader can enter.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-4

Cover of ABC Letters in the Library

Cover of Ook the Book

Cover of Read Anything Good Lately?

Text set ID TTA-TS-041Books, Reading and LibrariesLetters, wordplay, reading choices, library use, access, and community action show what books can do beyond a single story.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-4

New · Instructional reading

Cover of Duck! Rabbit!

Cover of Frank And Laverne Franks Side of the Story

Cover of Frank and Laverne: Laverne's Side of the Story

Text set ID TTA-TS-029Perspectives and Point of ViewBegin with one picture, then compare two narrators telling the same week.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades K-2

Cover of Deductive Detective

Cover of Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #3: Pony Problems

Cover of Farm Crimes! Cracking the Case of the Missing Egg

Text set ID TTA-TS-036Mysteries and EvidenceSuspects, observations, red herrings, testimony, and revision turn clues into defensible solutions.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 2-4

Cover of Marsupial Sue

Cover of Stinky

Cover of Best Friend Trouble

Text set ID TTA-TS-037Characters Who ChangeFear, conflict, attention, identity, and new skills produce different kinds of character change.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-2

Cover of The Farmer in the Dell

Cover of One Duck Stuck

Cover of Marsupial Sue Presents: The Runaway Pancake

Text set ID TTA-TS-038Patterns and Repetition in StoriesRepeated language, accumulating characters, recurring episodes, and circular returns make structure visible.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades K-2

New · Relationships and decisions

Cover of Benny and Penny in Lost and Found!

Cover of The Big Wet Balloon

Cover of Liam Takes a Stand

Text set ID TTA-TS-030Sibling Roles and RelationshipsSix sibling problems reveal how roles, rivalry, repair, and cooperation change a family.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-3

Cover of My Day With Gong Gong

Cover of I Love Saturdays y Domingos

Cover of Perfect Season for Dreaming

Text set ID TTA-TS-031Grandparents and GenerationsLanguage, memory, culture, new family, and care move in both directions across generations.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades K-3

Cover of Anansí and the Pot of Beans

Cover of A Bike Like Sergio’s

Cover of The Great Garage Sale

Text set ID TTA-TS-032Choices and ConsequencesSix choices move from temptation to impact, honesty, repair, and responsibility.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-3

Cover of Spare Dog Parts

Cover of Prince for a Princess

Cover of Hamsters Don't Glow in the Dark

Text set ID TTA-TS-034People and Their PetsChoosing, rescuing, understanding, losing, and caring show how an animal becomes part of a relationship.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 2-3

New · Arts, design, and inquiry

Cover of Pippo the Fool

Cover of Alexander Graham Bell Answers the Call

Cover of Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine

Text set ID TTA-TS-033Inventors and EngineeringProblems, constraints, models, tests, revisions, and systems show how ideas become workable.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grade 3

Cover of The First Music

Cover of When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat

Cover of Oscar Lives Next Door

Text set ID TTA-TS-035Music and MusiciansA first communal sound grows into voice, listening, practice, performance, and public purpose.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-3

Cover of The Dot

Cover of Art's Supplies

Cover of Anna at the Art Museum

Text set ID TTA-TS-042Art, Artists and SeeingMaking a mark, entering a museum, studying an artist, and looking again all change what counts as seeing.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-4

Authors & series

Cover of I Have to Go!

Cover of Mud Puddle

Cover of Stephanie's Ponytail

Text set ID TTA-TS-044Robert Munsch: How a Read-Aloud WorksRepetition, escalation, outrageous problems, strong voices, and sudden turns make stories easy to enter and hard to forget.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades K-3

Cover of Good Rosie

Cover of Bink and Gollie: Don't You Need a New Pair of Socks?

Cover of Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Text set ID TTA-TS-045Kate DiCamillo: Relationships Across Her BooksFrom picture books and early readers to full-length novels, relationships keep changing what characters can understand, feel, and become.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 2-5

Cover of Wiggle

Cover of Bounce

Cover of Diary of a Worm

Text set ID TTA-TS-046Doreen Cronin: Voice, Movement and Point of ViewA body can wiggle, bounce, stretch, crawl, spin a diary, rescue a friend, or change a world - and every choice changes the voice.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades K-3

Sir Cumference and All the King's Tens book cover

Sir Cumference and the Fracton Faire book cover

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angeland book cover

Text set ID TTA-TS-047Sir Cumference: Math Through StoryCircles, fractions, angles, area, graphs, and place value become problems characters have reasons to solve.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 3-5

Mighty Maddie book cover

Give Me Half! book cover

Game Time! book cover

Text set ID TTA-TS-048Stuart J. Murphy: Math in Everyday ProblemsSharing, comparing, timing, measuring, grouping, and scoring become ordinary problems that mathematics can settle.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-3

Albert Adds Up! book cover

Albert Doubles the Fun book cover

Albert Helps Out book cover

Text set ID TTA-TS-049Albert: Math and Everyday ProblemsA recurring character meets addition, money, time, place value, measurement, and problem solving in situations that give the math a reason to matter.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-2

Pattern Bugs book cover

Pattern Fish book cover

Text set ID TTA-TS-050Trudy Harris: Math You Can SeePatterns, clocks, counting, measurement, and data become visible through images and situations students can inspect.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-3

Cover of Mercy Watson to the Rescue

Cover of Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride

Cover of Mercy Watson Fights Crime

Text set ID TTA-TS-051Mercy Watson: How a Series Repeats and ChangesThe same pig, family, neighbors, appetites, misunderstandings, and comic rhythms return - but each book needs a new problem.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-3

Cover of Bink and Gollie: Don't You Need a New Pair of Socks?

Cover of Bink and Gollie: Give a Fish a Home

Cover of Bink and Gollie: P.S. I'll Be Back Soon

Text set ID TTA-TS-052Bink & Gollie: Two Voices, One FriendshipTwo friends disagree about socks, fish, games, height, independence, and attention - yet their contrasting voices are exactly what make the series work.6 in sequence · 6 core + 2 optional · Grades 1-3

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