Rude Ralph — Justine Korman Fontes

- Fits national reading standards by linking images to the text to provide picture clues and introducing age-appropriate vocabulary.
- Top reading specialists have leveled this text as appropriate for fluent readers.
- The rhyming text helps children decipher words.
- Word lists at the back of each book help build reading vocabularies.
Grades K-4 National Social Studies Standards
- Individual Development and Identity: IV
- Work independently and cooperatively to accomplish goals
- Explore factors that contribute to identity
- Analyze an event to discover why people might respond to it in different ways