Book Log
Bibliography of Children's Literature. Compiled by Anna Amy
Title
Topic
Chrysanthemum
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Culture
Setting
(include
country)
Mouse starts school
Author: Kevin Henkes
Picture Storybook,
New York:
4-6 Years
Illustrator:
Fantasy
Scholastic, Inc.,
Primary
Translator:
Animals, middle class
Classroom and
neighborhood,
1991
United States
(print)
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Other mice bully Chrysanthemum because she’s named after a flower. A teacher helps fix the situation.
Teach sensitivity and civility to others
Teach flower names
Elijah of Buxton
Topic
Author,
Free-born child
Illustrator
Newbery Honor Book Award
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Christopher Paul Curtis
Novel, History
Scholastic Press
Fiction
2007
9-12 Years
African Heritage,
Ontario, Canada
Intermediate/ Young Adult
Canadian, U.S.
Rural U.S.
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Night
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Outdoors
Translator
(ebook)
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Everything Connects
Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, story of an 11 year free-born child of former slaves.
Teach about slavery, character evaluation
The House in the Night
Author,
Caldecott Winner
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Appropriate
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Author: Susan Marie
Picture Storybook
Houghton Mifflin
3-6 years old
Co.
Prekinder-1st Grade
Swanson
Illustrator: Beth Krommes
Print
2008
Media Byte
A key leads to everything and all things come full circle.
Use to…
Teach how things connect, and use imagination at night.
Title
Joyful Noise
Newberry Winner
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Insects
Author: Paul Fleischman.
Poetry
Harper & Row
6-9 years old
Publishers
1st-3rd Grade.
Illustrator: Eric Beddows
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
A book of poems for two voices about insects. Teaches what these insects do and their purpose.
Show rhyme scheme and poetry. Also to show how to read out loud together. Can be used in a science lesson about insects.
Title
All the World
Topic
Author,
The World
1989
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Appropriate
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Author: Liz Garton
Picture Storybook
Beach Lane Books
3-5 years old
2009
Prekinder-Kinder
Scanlon
Illustrator: Marla Frazee
Print
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Outdoors
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Media Byte
Use to…
Title
A rhyme book about what makes up the world.
Help with a rhyming lesson and talk about what the world consists of and human roles in the world.
The Snowy Day
Topic
Author,
Snow
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Picture Storybook
Puffin Books Inc.
Print
1976
5-7 years old
Worldwide or where
In the snow and in a
Kinder-1st Grade
snowing occurs
house
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
A book about playing in the snow and what you can do in the snow.
Show what you can do in the snow and why snow melts.
My First Book of Proverbs (Mi Primer Libro de Dichos)
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Proverbs
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Authors: Ralfka Gonzalez
Bilingual Poetry
Children’s Book
& Ana Ruiz
7-9 years old
Mexican-
Print
Press
2nd-4th Grade
American/Bilingual
1995
Media Byte
Use to…
Learn proverbs and connect the English language with the Spanish language as well as intermix the cultures. Learn meanings behind cultures.
Title
Jingle Dancer
Topic
Author,
Native American girl
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Cynthia Smith
Picture Storybook
Harper Collins
4-8 years old
Print
2000
PreKinder-2nd Grade
who wants to dance.
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Texas Fables
Use to…
Title
Culture
Setting
Native American
America
Book about a girl who want to embrace her Native American culture by learning to dance and make the skirt they wear.
Show Native American culture and how to make a jingle dress, also learn what a Pow Wow is.
Texas Aesop’s Fables
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: David Davis
Fable Picture Book
Pelican Publishing
7-11 years old
Illustrator: Sue Marshall
Print
Co.
2nd-4th Grade
Ward
Media Byte
Learners
Book with several sayings that are common like: “Where there’s a will there’s a way” both in English and Spanish also with great pictures.
Culture
Setting
Texas Citizens
Texas
Culture
Setting
Mexican or American
Mexico or America
2008
A collection of children’s fables with Texas twists.
Share stories with morals and to teach about state of Texas.
Tamalitos
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
Cooking Tamalitos
Author: Jorge Argueta
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Picture Storybook
Groundwood Books
4th Grade
Print
2013
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Media Byte
Use to…
A story in English and Spanish about how much time and love is put into a special Mexican dish
Help dual language learners and to also show importance of food in Mexican culture.
Title
The Beautiful Lady
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Our Lady of
Author: Pat Mora
Picture Storybook
Random House
2nd-4th Grade
Guadalupe
Illustrator: Steve Johnson
Print
Children’s Books
& Lou Fancher
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Use to…
Title
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: David Shannon
Picture Storybook
Candlewick
Around 2nd Grade
Print
2002
American
America
Share how to make a civilization and what things make up a civilization. Also to show the idea of always staying true to who you are.
Fancy Nancy in Room 1-A
Illustrator, Etc.
Author: Jane O’Connor
Print
2012
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Picture Storybook
Robin Press Glasser
1st Grade
Girls in America
American Classroom
Culture
Setting
Girls in America
America
Culture
Setting
A short story about a girl who uses “fancy” synonyms to describe school.
Backup a lesson about synonyms and how to always be positive.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Topic
Puberty &
Setting
Book about an outcast making his own civilization.
Always being Positive
Title
Culture
Weslandia
Author,
Use to…
Mexico
Show importance of Juan Diego and Mary in Mexican Culture.
Topic
Media Byte
Mexican & American
2012
civilization
Media Byte
Setting
Story within a story about our Lady of Guadalupe and the importance of her in Mexico.
Topic
What makes up a
Culture
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Judy Blume
Chapter book
Random House
6th-8th Grade
Print
Children’s Books
Menstruation
1986
Media Byte
Use to…
A chapter book about a girl about to go through Puberty and all the things that she is currently going through.
Demonstrate types of things that will occur to girls when they mature.
Note: Banned Book for talk about Puberty and Menstruation and Sex.
Title
Topic
More
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
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Birds
Author: IC Springman
Picture Storybook
Houghton Mifflin
Illustrator: Brian Lies
Print
Harcourt
4-8 years old
Worldwide
Outdoors
2012
Media Byte
Use to…
A story without very few words about how a bird brings stuff that belongs to humans to make a nest for his children.
Backup a lesson about adjectives and use as a vocabulary builder.
Title
Pete & Pickles
Topic
Author,
Friendship
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Berkley Bretherd
Picture Storybook
Philomel
5-8 years old
Print
2008
Illustrator: R. Gregory
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Lisa Wheeler
Picture Storybook
HMH Books for
Print
Young Readers
Christie
Topic
Imagination to avoid
Use to…
Author,
Topic
America
Culture
Setting
America
America
Culture
Setting
Worldwide(English)
Outdoors
Culture
Setting
2007
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Keiko Kasza
Picture Storybook
Puffin
3-5 years old
Print
2005
A book about a Fox who is going to eat a pig but the pig outsmarts the fox until he gets too tired to eat the pig.
Show how a narrative can be disrupted. Also shows idea of persuasion.
Author,
Title
Jazz
Type and
Topic
Use to…
4-8 years old.
My Lucky Day
Who’s Baby Am I?
Media Byte
Setting
Talk about Jazz music and to show words that rhyme.
Title
Baby Animals
Culture
A rhyme book about Jazz Music.
Danger
Media Byte
Worldwide
Jazz Baby
Jazz Music
Title
Worldwide
Show theme of friendship.
Author,
Use to…
Setting
A short story about a pig and an elephant who are not friends until they are faced with a tragedy and have to work together.
Topic
Media Byte
Culture
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: John Butler
Picture Storybook
Viking Juvenile
3-5 years old
Print
2001
A book about the names of baby animals.
Teach about what different types of baby animals are called and also show the idea of repetition.
Tito Puente Mambo King
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
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Tito Puente & Mambo
Author: Monica Brown
Picture Storybook
Harper Collins
Music
Illustrator: Rafael Lopez
Biography
Publisher
Print
2013
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
1st-2nd Grade
Latin American Culture
America
An autobiography about Tito Puente and why he is called the Mambo King.
Show what mambo music is and how it is important to the Latin culture, also use to show life of Tito Puente a famous musician.
A Bad Case of Stripes
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Be Yourself
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: David Shannon
Picture Storybook
Scholastic
4-8 years old.
Print
Bookshelf
Culture
Setting
America
America
2004
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Caterpillars
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
A book about a girl who doesn’t want to admit she likes lima beans because none of her friends like them until one day when she is sick the only thing that saves
her is lima beans.
Show theme of always being true to who you are. Also shows how vegetables are good for you.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Eric Carle
Picture Storybook
Philomel
1-6 years old
Print
1986
Outdoors
Culture
Setting
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Animals and Colors
Eric Carle
Title
Worldwide
Show the days of the week, and how everything has to grow eventually.
Author,
Use to…
Setting
A book about how a caterpillar has to eat a lot before he becomes a beautiful butterfly.
Topic
Media Byte
Culture
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Bill Martin Jr. &
Picture Storybook
Henry Holt & Co.
2-5 years old.
Worldwide
Outdoors
Print
1996
Culture
Setting
America
America
Culture
Setting
A book using repetition, colors, animals, and senses to share a story.
Talk about repetition, colors, animals, and senses.
FDR’s Splendid Deception
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
FDR and his disability
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Hugh Gregory
Biography Chapter
Vandamere Press
Gallagher
6th-Adults
book
1999
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A biography about FDR his presidency and how he battled with a disability.
Talk about a past president or a disability like polio. A lesson having to do with FDR or presidents.
Goodnight Moon
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
5
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Nighttime
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Margaret Wise
Picture Storybook
Harper & Row
1-5 years old
Worldwide
Night
Brown
E-Book
1947
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
Culture
Setting
Farmland America
Outdoors
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
House
Illustrator: Clement Hurd
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
It is a book about nighttime and things that connect at nighttime.
Teach repetition and rhyming. Also has a series of similar books with same use.
Pamelo Explores Color
Topic
Author,
Colors
& Benjamin Chaud
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Ramona Badescu
Picture Storybook
Enchanted Lion
K-2nd Grade
Print
Books 2012
Book about how multicolored the world is.
Reinforce that colors can be found everywhere and to help younger students learn their colors.
Farmer’s Garden Rhymes for Two Voices
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Poetry about animals
Author: David L. Harrison
Poetry
Petrov Boyds Mills
3rd Grade
and crops
Illustrator: Arden Johnson
Print
Press
2000
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A book of poetry about animals and crops and their purpose.
Reinforce lessons on poetry, rhyming, out loud reading, and if you are teaching about animals and crops.
Ella Sarah Gets Dressed – Caldecott Honor Book 2003
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Imagination &
Author: Margaret
Picture Storybook
Harcourt Inc.
1st grade
difference between
Chodos-Irvine
Print
2003
adults and kids
Media Byte
Girl wants to wear what she wants and her parents and sister say no to the outfit however her friends love it and she is a trend setter,
Use to…
Teach a lesson about being yourself. Also use to show the idea that there is a difference in imagination between adults and children.
Title
Topic
Hot Air
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
First Hot Air Balloon
Author: Marjorie
Historical Fiction
Simon & Schuster
3rd Grade
Ride
Priceman
Picture Storybook
Publishing Division
Print
2005
Media Byte
Use to…
A mostly wordless book about the first hot air balloon ride.
Show children that not all stories need words and use as a historical fiction book about hot air balloons.
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Versailles, France
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Title
Topic
Becoming your own
Becoming Naomi Leon
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Novel
Scholastic
6th -8th grade
Print
Paperbacks
person and finding
Culture
Setting
Mexican-American
Mexico
your voice.
2005
Media Byte
A book about an 11 year old girl standing up to her alcoholic mother and finding her father and finding herself along the way.
Use to…
Title
Topic
Coming of age topic novel. Use to discuss topics. Also shows Mexican-American culture and a slight Special Needs topic.
Habibi
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Moving and Adjusting
Author: Naomi Shihab
Novel
Simon Pulse
7th-9th Grade
to New Cultures
Nye
Print
1991
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Pete the Cat- I Love My White Shoes
Publication
Age/Grade
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Positive Outlook on
Author: James Dean
Picture Storybook
Harper Collins
4-8 Years Old
Negative Situations
Illustrator: Eric Litwin
Print
2010
Topic
Environmental
Use to…
Setting
Worldwide
Outdoors
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
Culture
Setting
Texas
All over Texas
Show the positive attitude on negative situations. Also shows colors and singing aspect as well as repetition.
The Lorax
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Dr. Seuss
Picture Storybook
Lectorum
1st-4th Grade
Print
1993
A book about a boy who cuts down trees and a Lorax who speaks for the trees and how to preserve them.
Have a fun story on a real topic. Use to reinforce rhyming as well as repetition.
Title
This is Texas
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Miroslav Sasek
Picture Storybook
Simon & Schuster
3rd-5th Grade
Print
Publishing Division
Texas
Culture
A story about a cat who’s new shoes keep getting ruined but he keeps being positive and singing his song.
Preservation
Media Byte
Palestine/America
Show the Arab-Israeli conflict. Use to show how to adjust to life changing situations. Use to teach coming of age topics.
Type and
Title
Arab/Palestinian/American
book about her adjustment into a new home and culture.
Author,
Use to…
Setting
A book about a girl who lives in America and just after receiving her first kiss has to move to Palestine with her family where kissing in public is not allowed. A
Illustrator, Etc.
Media Byte
Culture
2006
Media Byte
A book about a guy taking a tour around Texas and all the cities and famous landmarks throughout the state he encounters.
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Use to…
Title
Topic
Texas
Show children what Texas is. Teach about the cities, culture, food, landmarks, and history of the state itself.
Texas
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Rich Peterson
Picture Book
Black Dog and
Print
Leventhal
4th-6th Grade
Texas
Texas
Culture
Setting
Canadian/ African-
America/Canada
Publishers Inc.
2001
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A book about the state of Texas and what every city is known for.
Show children the cities of Texas and history of the state.
Henry’s Freedom Box- Caldecott Honor Book
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
1st Grade
A true story of Henry
Author: Ellen Levine
Historical
Scholastic Press
Brown’s experience in
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Nonfiction
2007
the underground
Storybook
railroad.
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A True story of the
American
A true story about Henry Brown’s experience of slavery and the underground railroad.
Teach about slavery and the underground railroad. Learn about Henry Brown a historical figure.
Unspoken
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Henry Cole
Wordless Picture
Scholastic Press
1st Grade
Storybook
2012
underground railroad
Culture
Setting
African-American
America
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Diego Rivera
A wordless book about a moral issue of helping someone even if you are to get into trouble.
Teach a lesson about slavery and the underground railroad and also to teach a moral lesson about helping others.
Diego Rivera-His World and Ours- Pura Belpre Award
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
2nd Grade
Author: Duncan Tonatiuh
Historical
Abrams Books For
Biography
Youth Readers
Storybook
2011
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
A children’s biography about Diego Rivera and his life as an artist.
Teach a lesson about art, Diego Rivera, and the Mexican-American culture.
A Pop Up Book of Nursery Rhymes
Culture
Setting
Mexican-American
Mexico/America
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Nursery Rhymes
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Matthew Reinhart
Simon & Schuster
Pre-School and
Publishing Division
Kindergarten
Print
2005
Title
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Culture
Setting
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Louisa May Alcott
Timeless Novel
Signet Classics
7th-12th Grade
American
America
Print
Reprint
Culture
Setting
American
America
2012
A story about a family during war and their struggles with sickness and money.
Show coming of age topics. A story set during wartime. A classic Novel.
Frindle
Topic
Trend Setting
Worldwide
Little Women
other.
Use to…
Worldwide
Teach children the popular nursery rhymes in a fun and interactive way.
how they rely on each
Media Byte
Setting
A pop-up book of several different nursery rhymes.
Topic
A families struggle and
Pop Up Book of
Nursery Rhymes
Culture
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Andrew Clements
Chapter book
Aladdin Paperbacks
4th Grade
Print
1996
A chapter book about a boy who decides to start calling a pen a frindle and make up his own word. Eventually it catches on and all of the country starts using this
term.
Use as a fun chapter book that students can read. A book about creativity and a story about a “typical” boy in school.
Jumanji- Caldecott Award Winner
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
An unrealistic game
Author: Chris Van
Picture Storybook
Houghton Muffling
3rd Grade
that becomes real.
Allsburg
Print
Books for Children
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
America
Culture
Setting
American
America
2011
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Teen Pregnancy
College
A book about a board game that eventually turns into real life and the struggles that it involves.
Use as a fun book for children to read. Also a movie.
My Life As A Rhombus
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Varian Johnson
Novel
Flux
9th-12th Grade
Print
2008
Relationships
Media Byte
A book about two unlikely friends becoming friends over the topic of teenage pregnancy. Deals with topics of math, relationships, abortions, and violence.
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Title
Topic
Fables
Coming of age novel with controversial topics. Not something to use in a classroom.
Aesop’s Fables
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Illustrator: Charles
Fables
Sterling Children’s
Santore
Print
Books
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
2nd-6th Grade
1988
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Noah’s Ark
A collection of fables and lessons.
If you need time fillers or want to teach on a certain topic, value, or lesson.
Nora’s Ark
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Eileen Spinelli
Picture Storybook
Zonder Kidz
Illustrator: Nora Hilb
Print
Publishing Co.
1st-3rd Grade
2012
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Questions about God
A story based on the story of Noah’s Ark. Nora hears there is going to be rain so she tries to build a mini ark in her house with the animals she has.
Reinforce a lesson about Noah’s Ark and using creativity.
Does God Know How To Tie Shoes?
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Nancy White
Picture Storybook
Eerdman’s Books
Carlstrom
Print
for Young Readers
Illustrator: Lori Mcelrath-
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
Culture
Setting
American
New York
Kindergarten-2nd Grade
2009
Eslick
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Friendship
A young girl keeps asking questions about God and receiving answers based on Psalms passages.
Teach a lesson on God and the questions student’s might have about God or to teach Psalms.
When You Reach Me
Newberry Award Winner
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Rebecca Stead
Novel
Random House
Print
Children’s Books
3rd-7th Grade
Inc.
2009
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Sal and Miranda are very close friends until Sal eventually distances himself away from Miranda and she is the only one who can save him.
Teach about friendship, Use also as a fun book to read.
Balloons Over Broadway
Robert F. Sibert Medal
Caldecott Honor Book
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Culture
Setting
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The true story of the
Author: Melissa Sweet
puppeteer of the
Macy’s Day Parade
Media Byte
Use to…
Biography
Houghton Mifflin
Storybook
Books for Children
Print
2011
American
New York
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
Culture
Setting
African-American
America
PreSchool-3rd Grade
The true story about Tony Sarg and how he started the Thanksgiving Day Macy’s Parade.
Teach about traditions, Thanksgiving, and the Macy’s Day Parade.
Title
This Is Not My Hat
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Jon Klasen
Picture Storybook
Candlewick Press
Print
2012
Caldecott Winner
C
Stealing
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
A little fish takes a big fishes hat and keeps swimming off, the pictures let the reader creatively come to a conclusion.
Teach a lesson on stealing versus borrowing.
Press Here
Topic
Colors and Following
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Herve Tullet
Picture Storybook
Chronicle Books
Print
2011
Directions
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Kindergarten-3rd Grade
PreSchool-4th Grade
A book of directions and colors and you must follow those directions before turning the page.
Teach a lesson about instruction following and practicing colors.
I Am Mixed
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Being Racially Mixed
Author: Garcelle Beauvais
Picture Storybook
Stranger Kids
Family Trees
and Sebastian a Jones
Print
Publishing
Illustrator: James C
Kindergarten-6th Grade
American
2012
Webster
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Colors and Numbers
A young girl explains that she is mixed and that it is okay to be different races.
Teach a lesson on family trees, where you come from, and how being two different races is okay.
One
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Kathryn Otoshi
Picture Storybook
Publishers Group
Print
West
2008
Media Byte
Use to…
A book that describes colors and numbers. For example, blue is soft and quiet.
Teach a lesson and practice colors and numbers.
PreSchool-3rd Grade
Culture
Setting
Worldwide
Worldwide
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When Marian Sang
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Biography
Scholastic Press
Illustrator: Brian Selznick
Storybook
2002
Marian Anderson
Robert F. Sibert Honor Book
Culture
Setting
African-American
America
Culture
Setting
American
America
PreSchool-3rd Grade
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
A story about Marian Anderson and her concert in the pre-civil rights America.
Teach a lesson about an African-American woman, about pre-civil rights America or music.
Title
Players In Pigtails
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
All American Girls
Author: Shana Corey
Biography
Scholastic Press
Professional Baseball
Illustrator: Rebecca
Storybook
2003
League
Gibbon
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A brave young girl
PreSchool-4th Grade
A story about the All American Girls Professional Baseball League. Set in the 1940’s about the brave girls who played America’s favorite sport.
Teach a lesson about girls going against typical stereotypes. Can also be read along with a lesson about the 1940’s or sports and the history of certain sports.
Madeleine Caldecott Honor Book
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Ludwig
Picture Storybook
Viking Juvenile
Bemelmans
Print
Publishing Co.
Culture
Setting
French/American
France
PreSchool-3rd Grade
2000
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Animals Riding Bikes
A story about a young girl who attends a boarding school in Paris, she is not afraid of anything and deals with every tough situation she is given.
Teach a lesson about girls going against typical stereotypes. Also a lesson with being brave and strong. This book includes rhymes and can be used in a lesson
aimed towards rhyming and classic stories as well.
Duck on a Bike
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: David Shannon
Picture Storybook
Harcourt School
Print
Publishers
Culture
Setting
American
Outdoors/Farm
Kindergarten
2006
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A story about a duck riding a bike and going to his different animal friends and getting their reactions. Eventually all the animals end up riding bikes.
Teach a lesson about identifying characters, guessing plots, and plot changes. Also a good book about creativity and animals.
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
A magician and a
Author: James Howard
Classic Folk Tale
Abdo Publishing
princess love story.
Kunstler
Storybook
Company
Illustrator: Greg Couch
E-Book
2005
2nd-6th Grade
Culture
Setting
Middle Eastern/American
Middle East
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Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A pet dying.
A street magician meets a princess named Jasmine and they fall in love with each other but she can only marry a prince.
Teach a classic folk tale in the classroom.
Goodbye Mousie
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Robie H. Harris
Picture Storybook
Aladdin Publishing
Illustrator: Jan Ormerod
Print
Company
Culture
Setting
American
America
Culture
Setting
Thai
Thailand
Culture
Setting
Chinese
China
Culture
Setting
American/African-
America
PreSchool-3rd Grade
2004
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Thai Lullaby
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Red-Riding Hood Story
A story about a boy waking up to find that his mouse will not wake up and how he copes with the death of his pet.
Show children that death is a part of life whether it be a pet or a family member.
Hush! A Thai Lullaby Caldecott Honor Book
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Minfong Ho and
Picture Storybook
Scholastic Press
Holly Meade
Print
2000
A mother asks a lizard, monkey, and water buffalo to be quiet and not disturb her sleeping baby.
Teach with a lesson on Thailand or different cultures lullabies.
Lon Po Po
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Ed Young
Picture Fairy Tale
Puffin Publishing
Storybook
Company
Print
1996
from China
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
PreSchool- 2nd Grade
PreSchool-3rd Grade
A red-riding hood story from China.
Teach a lesson about how different cultures have different fairy tales and folk tales yet they still have similar ideas.
Amazing Grace
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
A school play of Peter
Author: Mary Hoffman
Play & Novel
Dramatic
Pan
and Shay Youngblood
Print
Publishing Co.
2nd grade-7th Grade
American
1998
Media Byte
A young girl wants to play the part of Peter Pan in the school play despite the fact that she’s a female and African-American. She figures out that she can do
Use to…
Teach a lesson about accomplishing anything you put your mind to. Also teach a lesson about breaking out of normal stereotypes and achieving your goals.
Title
Topic
anything she sets her mind to.
The Gingerbread Man
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Culture
Setting
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A gingerbread that is a
Author: Karen Lee
Picture Folk Tale
Scholastic Inc.
man.
Schmidt
Storybook
1985
PreSchool-2nd Grade
American
America
Culture
Setting
American
America
Culture
Setting
American
Outdoors
Culture
Setting
Swiss/American
Switzerland
Print
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
A story about a gingerbread man who outruns everybody until he meets a quick-witted fox.
Teach a lesson about American folk tales.
Dogger
Topic
Loss of a toy.
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Shirley Hughes
Picture Storybook
Red Fox Publishing
Print
Co.
PreSchool-Kindergarten
2009
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
A story about a boy who loses his favorite toy and then sees it a sale but he goes to buy it too late.
Teach a lesson about loss and how to cope with losing your favorite items.
Guess How Much I Love You
Topic
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
A story about a big and
Author: Sam McBratney
Picture Storybook
Candlewick Press
little Nut-brown Hare.
Illustrator: Anita Jeram
Print
2008
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
PreSchool-Kindergarten
A story about a little nut-brown hare and his daddy hare and how much they love each other.
Teach a lesson about love and family. A lesson about a father’s love.
Heidi
Topic
A classic story about a
Author,
Type and
Publication
Age/Grade
Illustrator, Etc.
(format)
Information
Appropriate
Author: Johanna Spyri
Classic Novel
Create Space
Print
Independent
girl who deals with
different situations
2nd-8th Grade
Publishing Platform
2010
Media Byte
Use to…
A story about a girl who goes to visit her grandfather, she eventually has to grow up and deal with different fears and her lack of parents.
Teach a lesson about loss and about facing fears as well as a book if reading classic stories.
Web Sites to Visit
Title:
Address:
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/
Read, Write, Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/
Horn Book
http://www.hbook.com/
Austin Public Library
http://library.austintexas.gov/
Book Links
http://www.ala.org/offices/publishing/booklist/booklinks
http://thebrownbookshelf.com/
http://www.bookpeople.com/
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