Level UP 1.0
2022-2023 Titles by Themes
JCPS Library Media Services Department launched its Level UP 1.0 Grant in the summer of 2022. Its goal is to directly support literacy development in emerging readers through access to engaging print resources in homes and school libraries. Initially, nine JCPS elementary schools were identified as having fewer than 30% kindergarten-ready students per Brigance scores. Each of those school libraries received one set of 50 books, and each kindergarten student at these schools received one set of 50 books. Additional AIS libraries also received the 50 book collection. Even if your library was not a grant recipient, you may have several of these titles in your library. A link to a list of titles and themes is available below.
THEME: LEVEL UP With Knowing Yourself (12 titles) Self-Esteem/ Self-Pride | THEME: LEVEL UP With Someone Special (20 titles) Special Relationships (With People and Animals) | THEME: LEVEL UP With Making Change (8 titles) Change Can Make a Positive Difference | THEME: LEVEL UP With What You Know (5 titles) Basic Concepts | THEME: LEVEL UP With Others (8 titles) Community Building |
BOOK TITLES | BOOK TITLES | BOOK TITLES | BOOK TITLES | BOOK TITLES |
A Girl Like Me | A Pig, a Fox, and Stinky Socks | Bark, George | A Parade of Elephants | A Friend for Henry |
Charlie & Mouse | A Polar Bear in the Snow | Bear Came Along | Circle | Be You! |
Corduroy Takes a Bow | Because | Change Sings | Oops Pounce Quick Run!: An Alphabet Caper | Can Bears Ski? |
Find Fergus | Can I Play Too? (included in An Elephant and Piggie Biggie, Volume 1) | On Account of the Gum | See the Cat: Three Stories About a Dog | Goodbye, Friend! Hello, Friend! |
Fox + Chick: The Quiet Boat Ride and Other Stories | Flubby Is Not a Good Pet | Swashby and the Sea | The Alphabet’s Alphabet | I Really Like Slop! (included in An Elephant and Piggie Biggie, Volume 1) |
Giraffe Problems | Fox the Tiger | The Book Hog | I Want that Nut! | |
I Am Every Good Thing | King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth | The Very Hungry Caterpillar | The Wall in the Middle of the Book | |
I Can Only Draw Worms! | Let’s Go for a Drive (included in An Elephant and Piggie Biggie, Volume 1) | What About Worms!? | We Don’t Eat Our Classmates | |
The Bear in the Family | Lola Gets a Cat | |||
Today I Will Fly! (included in An Elephant and Piggie Biggie, Volume 1) | Me & Mama | |||
Truman | Nana Akua Goes to School | |||
Watch Me Throw a Ball! (included in An Elephant and Piggie Biggie, Volume 1) | Old Hat | |||
Pass the Ball, Mo! | ||||
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons | ||||
Saturday | ||||
This is Gus | ||||
Too Many Jacks | ||||
Turtle Walk | ||||
Vamos! Let’s Go to the Market |
These lesson plans were compiled by LMS staff and include original ideas as well as those taken directly and/or adapted from TeachingBooks.net, author websites, and other publisher resources.