Fables & the Real World Set 1
What does a real wolf eat? Where does wool come from? How fast can a tortoise actually go? This set pairs 10 classic fables with 30 nonfiction books — three for every story — so students read the tale, then the facts, and compare the two.
A fable makes kids wonder about the real world: the wolf, the sheep, the tortoise. This text set answers those questions with nonfiction books on the same topics.
Ten retold fables, including The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The Tortoise and the Rabbit, The Dove King, and The Lumberjack and the Axe, each matched with three nonfiction books that pick up a topic from the story: wolves and coyotes, sheep and wool, tortoises and turtles, doves and other birds. Students practice the comparison every grade asks for — fiction and nonfiction, story and fact — while building real-world knowledge one topic at a time.
Fable titles feature classic stories from different cultures and backgrounds. Retold for K–2 classrooms and using beautiful artwork, these fiction stories introduce SEL themes to young learners.
Nonfiction titles offer a range of unique topics packed with real-world knowledge. These informational texts help young learners to develop their analytical skills and include key nonfiction text features (TOC, glossary, index, etc.).
This series is also available in Spanish. Click here to view the Spanish version of this series.
- Grade Levels: 1
- What’s inside:
• 10 fables and 30 nonfiction books (single copies; also sold as 6-packs)
- Supports: K–2 reading literature and informational text: comparing fiction and nonfiction on the same topic
- Every title is connected text, chosen so students read the words, not the pattern.
- Part of the Paired Text Collection: get all 160 paired titles →
