Joy Cowley Author Study Text Set 2 (Levels G–K)
What happens when Mrs. Wishy-Washy goes on TV? Why is Greedy Cat at the market? What is Smarty Pants up to at the circus? This set of 25 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 Joy Cowley use characters and language to make us laugh?
By now kids know Mrs. Wishy-Washy and Greedy Cat like old friends. This text set turns that friendship into an author study of character, humor, and language.
Twenty-five stories by Joy Cowley, including Mrs. Wishy-Washy on TV, Greedy Cat at the Market, Barbie the Wild Lamb, Dan and the Parrot, and Smarty Pants at the Circus. 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: 1–2
- Genre: Fiction
- What’s inside:
• 25 stories (single copies; also sold as 6-packs)
- Supports: K–2 reading literature: author study, characters, and language
