How to Choose a Book

* Is it on your reading level?

*Look at the cover.

* Read the back cover or inside flap.

* Read the inside introduction.

* Find a favorite author.

* Use the five finger rule (don't count names).

* Listen to friends book buzzes.

* Look at the pictures.

* Have you seen the movie?

Easy
Just Right
Challenge

The book flows for you.
The ideas are easy to understand.
The words are easy for you to read.

You understand most of the ideas.
You might not know some of the words, but you can figure them out.		 The book is hard for you to read.
You don't understand the ideas; confused a lot.
Many of the words are hard for you.