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Then, they sit together and tell stories into the night, without fidgeting. 'I never considered that,' says George and tells her that he got lonely, too. George huffily moves to a new spot, away from Martha and reads the first page of his books which say, 'It is important to be considerate.' Feeling vindicated, he reads on, 'Sometimes we are thoughtless without even knowing it.' When George stomps back to the hammock but before he can share his new found advice with Martha, she apologizes for disturbing him and reveals that she was lonely. George ascents and Martha agrees to be quiet, but cannot help fidgeting. In another story, George is trying to read a book in a hammock when Martha asks is she can join him.

In one story, George pours Martha's homemade split pea soup into his loafers when she isn't looking because he can't stand split pea soup and doesn't want to hurt her feelings. George and Martha are hippos who do everything together, including playing tricks on each other, going to the beach, and jump, or not, off the high dive at the local pool. Thus, I am rethinking what I consider to be a chapter book and am reviewing George and Martha, which has CHAPTERS!! While scrolling their lists, I began to notice that there were almost no chapter books at a lower reading level. Regardless, if you follow the link to their site you can type in almost any kid's book title and, if they sell a test for it, you can see what reading level Renaissance Learning has decided to give a book. I both like it and loathe it, but now is not the time or place to debate it. Both my kids have used this system, and I have tutored second graders in reading skills and worked with them on this system. These tests ask the reader a series of multiple choice questions about a book that the child has read (or had read out loud to him/her) to determine comprehension. When I post a reading level along with the book title, it is the reading level that I think the book warrants, not necessarily what the publisher lists on the back of the book and rarely what Renaissance Learning a company that makes and sells the 'Accelerated Reader' computer tests to schools, attributes to a book.

George and Martha by James Marshall