Joy Cowley Author Study Collection
What makes a Joy Cowley story a Joy Cowley story? This collection of 45 stories gives every student in your class something they can read on stories by one of the world’s best-loved authors for young readers — so the whole class builds the same knowledge and joins the same conversation.
Essential questionHow does one author build characters, humor, and language across many books?
Joy Cowley’s characters make kids laugh out loud, and laughing readers keep reading. This collection turns that delight into a complete author study.
Both Joy Cowley Author Study Text Sets, forty-five stories in all: Little Rabbit, Greedy Cat, Oscar, Smarty Pants, and the whole Wishy-Washy farm, from the simplest stories to the most challenging. Because the books range from simple to more challenging, every student — beginning readers and strong readers alike — can read about the same topic and contribute to the same discussion. Reading story after story builds the vocabulary and the sense of how stories work that make comprehension possible.
- Grade Levels: K–2
- Genre: Fiction
- What’s inside:
• 45 stories (single copies; also sold as 6-packs)
• Joy Cowley Author Study Text Set 1, Levels C–F (20 titles)
• Joy Cowley Author Study Text Set 2, Levels G–K (25 titles)
- Supports: K–2 reading literature: author study, characters, and language
