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The Three Goats Gruff
Go to the Greener Side
A timeless tale adapted to
Playbook® Format
Written by: Krista Lundgren
Illustrated
by: Len Gatdula
Most everybody knows the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Well, this story presents a funny and healthy twist and a dose of green vegetables, too. The troll is the same, always hungry and not very bright, but there are only two billy goats because the third is a girl! Sister Gruff has a clever plan to teach the ugly troll a lesson or two. Not only does she trick him into letting herself and her brothers cross the bridge, she educates him and the readers about the value of eating vegetables and that they darker green they are, the healthier they become. With a surprise ending, kids will love the story and the nutrition lesson, too.
Story
Length: 1,776 Words
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Grades K - 2
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The
Three Little Pigs
A
timeless tale adapted to Playbook® Format
Retold by: Stephanie
Comella
Illustrated by: John Portez
Edited
for Multi-Level Readability by: Johnna Sandor, 4th Grade Teacher, and Amanda
Hayes, 1st Grade Teacher
The
three little pigs know winter is coming and that they must build houses
to be warm and comfortable. Big Brother and Sister Pig are lazy and
want to do as little work as possible. They quickly build simple, flimsy
shelters and run off to play. The youngest little pig decides he wants
to build a big, strong house, not only to protect himself from the winter
weather, but to be protected from the wolf he's heard exists in the
forest. The other little pigs think their younger brother is silly and
wasting his time; they don't even believe in the wolf! Big Brother and
Sister Pig could be in for a nasty surprise.
Story
Length: 2,253 Words
26
bound pages (fully illustrated-notebook size)
Download Pages to Print: 26
Download File Size: 1,283 kb
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Content for
Grades 1-2
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Little
Red Riding Hood
A
timeless tale adapted to Playbook® Format
Retold
by: Sue Cramer
Illustrated by: John
Portez
Edited
for Multi-Level Readability by: Johnna Sandor, 4th Grade Teacher, Linda Helgevold, 3rd Grade Teacher
If
you were skipping through the forest on your way to your grandmother’s
house carrying a basket of goodies, would you stop and talk to a big,
bad wolf? Of course not! Little Red’s parents warned her not to talk to
strangers, and talking to a wolf is about as strange as you can get! But
Little Red didn’t pay attention. What do parents know anyway? Well, it
turns out they know quite a bit. Little Red would soon find this out,
but would it be a lesson learned too late? Who could possibly save her
now? Based on the classic story.
Story
Length: 1,771 Words
19
bound pages (fully illustrated-notebook size)
Download Pages to Print: 19
Download File Size: 601 kb
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Grades 1-3
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Goldilocks
and the Three Bears
A
timeless tale adapted to Playbook® Format
Retold
by: Elaine Carlson
Illustrated by: Mikhail
Belomlinsky
Edited
for Multi-Level Readability by: Gail Gilpin, 1st Grade Teacher, Linda Helgevold, 3rd Grade Teacher
Goldilocks
knew she wasn’t supposed to sneak into other people’s houses. It was
something a person should never, ever do. But her curiosity got the
best of her. Worse yet, the house she picked just happened to belong
to a family of bears. This was definitely not the place for a little
girl. The bears didn’t think so either. How would they react to their
uninvited guest? In this new twist of the timeless tale, Goldilocks
meets a little bear who has trouble making friends. The other children
of the forest think he is too big, or too furry, or that his ears are
too small. But for Goldilocks, he’s just right.
Story
Length: 2,337 Words
28
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Download Pages to Print: 28
Download File Size: 4,975 kb
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Jack
and the Beanstalk
A
timeless tale adapted to Playbook® Format
Retold
by: Sue Cramer
Illustrated by: Liliane Grenier
Edited
for Multi-Level Readability by::
Johnna Sandor, 4th Grade Teacher, Linda Helgevold, 3rd Grade Teacher.
After
selling their only cow for a few beans, Jack climbs an enormous beanstalk,
meets a fairy, encounters a giant, and saves the whole town on his quest
to help his mother pay for food. How can a young boy take on so much responsibility
and become such a hero? Based on the classic story.
Story
Length: 3,375 Words
32
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Download Pages to Print: 35
Download File Size: 2,320 kb
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Ucky
Duck
A
timeless tale adapted to Playbook® Format
Retold
by: Elaine Carlson
Illustrated by: Chris Werner
Edited
for Multi-Level Readability by: Amanda Hayes, 1st Grade Teacher, Linda Helgevold, 3rd Grade Teacher
In
this modern twist of The Ugly Duckling, Spencer realizes that
he doesn't fit in. His friends try to help him with many make-over attempts,
from braces to tattoos, but he simply doesn't look like the rest of
his family! What will Spencer do? Based on the classic story.
Story
Length: 2,195 Words
25
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Download Pages to Print: 25
Download File Size: 2,107 kb
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Written by: Kelli Casas
Illustrated by: Christoph Brown
In this positive retelling of a classic tale, a cheerful young traveler comes upon a town facing a difficult depression. The townspeople are grumpy and worried about feeding their families, but the traveler has a secret he hopes can help them out in more ways than one! Nobody believes him when he says he can make a delicious soup using a stone as the main ingredient, but they are intrigued. As the traveler comments that adding extra ingredients such as carrots or onions would really make the best stone soup, the townspeople's generosity begins to shine though! Can the townspeople set aside their fears and learn how to help one another as members of the community through the hard times?
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Length: 2,001 Words
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The
Elves and the Shoemaker
A Playbook® Original Story
Retold
by: Ken Brinkerhoff
Illustrated by: Mikhail
Belomlinsky
Edited
for Multi-Level Readability by: Jan
Abbott, 5th Grade Teacher
A long time ago, there lived
a shoemaker and his wife. The shoemaker was a gifted artist, but he
was clumsy, and he had trouble sewing the fine stitches of his designs
with his awkward, pudgy fingers. Consequently, the shoemaker wasn't
very successful, and the couple was very poor. One night, three little
elves came to visit, and seeing the plight of the shoemaker, decided
to break their elvish code and help him out. They had delicate, nimble
fingers, and although they weren't creative artists, they were very
good at sewing. This story is based on the original Grimm tale, but
is presented from a different perspective, and gives the reader a new
view of the old classic.
Story
Length: 3,943 Words
48
bound pages (fully illustrated-paperback size)
Download Pages to Print: 23
Download File Size: 1,428 kb
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An Unexpected Path
Written by: Krista Lundgren
Illustrated by: Liliane Grenier
Namid is different from the other girls in the village, especially her own twin sister. She loves to run in the forest and doesn’t like to worry about staying clean. While most Native American groups expected women strictly to be domestic mothers, some Native Americans, including the Ojibwe tribe, admired female hunters and warriors on the rare occasions when they appeared. In this story, Namid does not yet realize her people's attitudes toward women taking traditionally male roles. Soon it will be time for her to become an adult woman and learn her path in life. There is just one problem: she is sure that she will not be happy with the path she is given! To make things worse, her sister and father wish she wasn’t so different. Can Namid and her sister learn to understand each other? Is there a place for Namid that will allow her to fit in and still be herself?
Story
Length: 2,836 Words
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