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The Chestnut Challenge: The Nocturnals Grow & Read Early Reader, Level 3 Hardcover – April 23, 2019
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Mom’s Choice Awards® Gold Recipient
This adventure-filled Level 3 Nocturnals Early Reader grows confidence in reading with engaging illustrations, short sentences, and fun alliteration!
Chandler, a sneaky chinchilla, challenges the Nocturnals trio to a game of checkers!
After some strange distractions, Dawn the serious fox, Tobin the sweet pangolin, and Bismark the wacky sugar glider start to suspect something is not right. Chandler is a competitive player... but could he also be a cheater? Bonus Content includes Nocturnals Animal Glossary with Fun Facts!
GREAT FOR EARLY READERS AGES 6–8 (Grades 2-3)
Level 3 books feature complex plots, new vocabulary and grow information skills
Teaches Life Skills: Good Sportsmanship, Playing Games for Fun, and Forgiveness.
Perfect for kids who like unusual animals!
The 8-book Nocturnals Grow & Read Early Reader Collectionencourages kids at all reading levels who like adventurous stories featuring nocturnal animals
- Print length64 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 3
- Lexile measure520L
- Dimensions6.2 x 0.4 x 9.1 inches
- PublisherFabled Films Press
- Publication dateApril 23, 2019
- ISBN-101944020225
- ISBN-13978-1944020224
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Fun Early Readers for Ages 6-8The Grow & Read imaginative stories help your emerging reader develop confidence for success in reading |
At-Home ActivitiesFree Nocturnals book club kit with printable activities available on our website |
Great Animal StoriesPerfect for kids who like unusual animals and science. Color illustrations throughout |
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Book Level | Level 3 | Level 3 | Level 2 | Level 1 |
Age | 6-8 years | 6-8 years | 6-8 years | 4-5 years |
Themes | Good Sportsmanship & Friendship | Imagination & New Ideas | Accept Differences & Kindness | Problem-Solving & Sharing |
Includes Nocturnal Animal Fun Facts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Page Count | 64 pages | 64 pages | 64 pages | 40 pages |
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“Recommended List in Continuing Series." ― Kirkus Reviews
“Young readers ages 6-8 will delight in this entertaining animal adventure while learning about the themes of playing games for fun and displaying good sportsmanship…especially and unreservedly recommended for family, elementary school, and community library collections.” ― Midwest Book Review
"This is such a fun Early Reader book that is not just entertaining to read, it also teaches the moral lesson of fair play. I believe parents/grandparents will enjoy reading this book to their little ones. Younger readers will love all the Nocturnals books, this is another fun-to-read story in this collection and a great bedtime book." ― Story Monsters
“Hecht successfully set the stage for more adventurous outings down the road...” ― Publishers Weekly
“The series addresses bullying and empathy in an easy, accessible way, and the books are meant to be read aloud.” ― New York Post
About the Author
Josie Yee is an award winning illustrator specializing in children's books. She lives in New York City with her daughter, Ana, and their cat, Dude.
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- Publisher : Fabled Films Press (April 23, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 64 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1944020225
- ISBN-13 : 978-1944020224
- Reading age : 6 - 8 years, from customers
- Lexile measure : 520L
- Grade level : 1 - 3
- Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
- Dimensions : 6.2 x 0.4 x 9.1 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,250,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #7,117 in Children's Values Books
- #19,481 in Children's Beginner Readers
- #30,493 in Children's Friendship Books
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About the author
Tracey Hecht is a writer and entrepreneur who created The Nocturnals, the critically acclaimed middle grade and early reader series. The American Booksellers Association chose her first book, The Nocturnals: The Mysterious Abductions, as a Kids’ Indie Next List pick. In addition, her Grow & Read early reader book, The Chestnut Challenge, was given a Mom’s Choice Gold Award. With the New York Public Library, she has also created a Read Aloud Writing Program that has since been conducted in hundreds of schools, libraries, and bookstores. Other books in the Nocturnals middle grade series include The Ominous Eye, The Fallen Star, and The Hidden Kingdom. Tracey currently splits her time between New York City and Oquossoc, Maine, with her husband and four children.
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The story is about a group of woodland animals playing checkers with chestnuts. A new animal, a sugar glider, joins in and claims to be the chestnut champion. Subjects covered are confidence levels of the various animals and cheating at games.
The Chestnut Challenge is a graded reader. It's marked as "Level 3 Grow and Read: Reading Independently (Grades 2-3)", which is described as "More complex plots, feeding imagination and growing information skills." (There are several similar scales for graded readers. This is the "Grow and Read" scale, in case you already have any books rated on that scale to give you a feel for it.) The product info lists this as for ages 6 to 8 years old. I'd say that product info is an appropriate age for reading the story to the child, but isn't as targeted nor as accurate as the graded reader info on the book. My 6 year old who just started first grade was into the story when I read it to him. He also definitely can't read it by himself. No way. He is able to read graded readers more in the level 1 or level preschool or whatever level uses lots of sight words and repetition. In this book, each page has about 3 simple short sentences on it. Language is a little more complex and less repetitive. Illustrations show scenes from the story and can help the child to know what they are reading about. In general, I'd say if your child can read with some fluency and has a big vocabulary for reading to where they will sound out only the new words like "pangolin", but not words like "cheating" and "forward" and "cheered", then that's a good level for them to be able to read this on their own. Grades 2 or 3 seems like a good fit, based on what I'm seeing with my children (all of whom are younger than that). (Of course, with books, it's better to buy a little older and the child grow into it.)
At the end of the book, there are some paragraph long descriptions of each animal and about how chestnuts are green then ripen to brown (hence how the animals have two colors to play with). This is good for reading to a child to give a bit of background. There aren't any animal facts in the actual text of the book, since it's all about the dynamics of playing and cheating at chestnut checkers.
Overall, this is a good book for the mix for children learning to read. The book has animals, and that might appeal to some children. Illustrations are cartoony, not realistic, which may matter to the child. The actual topic of the book is sportsmanship. Hope that helps in figuring out whether or not it's right for your child.
I like the Grow and Read books. It's not just a book. It gives parents and home school parents ideas of how to use it more than just reading the book. The grow and read series gives a suggested age level, suggested activities to go along with the book, and fun facts about the book. You can make so much more out of it than just reading this book. This book is considered a level 3 book, which is reading independently in grades 2-3. You could also make it into a shared reading as it does have some unique names in the book. It also has free downloads that you can download before the child reads the book to help with word recognition. The download also gives ideas of games that you can do with the words that are in the book.
This particular book has a theme of "it's not about winning, but about having fun and trying your best." I'd highly recommend this book or series to families.
I like the Grow and Read books. It's not just a book. It gives parents and home school parents ideas of how to use it more than just reading the book. The grow and read series gives a suggested age level, suggested activities to go along with the book, and fun facts about the book. You can make so much more out of it than just reading this book. This book is considered a level 3 book, which is reading independently in grades 2-3. You could also make it into a shared reading as it does have some unique names in the book. It also has free downloads that you can download before the child reads the book to help with word recognition. The download also gives ideas of games that you can do with the words that are in the book.
This particular book has a theme of "it's not about winning, but about having fun and trying your best." I'd highly recommend this book or series to families.
There are pictures on every page which is perfect for those transitioning from picture books to chapter books. I like that it included fun facts about the different animals in the story including pangolins which I had not heard of before and even some tidbits about chestnuts.
This is a great beginning reader book to read with your child in order to talk about what is happening in the story.
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2019
There are pictures on every page which is perfect for those transitioning from picture books to chapter books. I like that it included fun facts about the different animals in the story including pangolins which I had not heard of before and even some tidbits about chestnuts.
This is a great beginning reader book to read with your child in order to talk about what is happening in the story.
The personalities of the animals make the book so appealing. Dawn is quiet with a “take charge” personality and calm in a crisis, Tobin sweet and somewhat shy, and Bismark – oh Bismark! - boastful, flirtatious, hilarious, self-proclaimed “god amongst gliders”, yet lovable.
The Nocturnals series of books are educational and fun. This particular book is Level 3 which is for children in grades 2-3. At this point they are reading independently. The themes emphasized in this book are sportsmanship, forgiveness, and friendship. In the back of the book are fun facts on the characters met this book. The publisher also provides free downloadable exercises, crafts, and coloring pages.
This is a story about friendship, tolerance of different personalities and cheating. You've got the mother figure, the rascal, the anxious one and the insecure cheater. Each take on a pivotal roll in this story. The characters end up teaching and reinforcing a good lesson for your children. It's told responsibly and with kindness but it really gets its point across. This is great for early readers and it's definitely Mom approved.