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Book Log
Bibliography of Children's Literature. Compiled by Rachel Willcox
Title
Topic
Chrysanthemum
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Publication
Age/Grade
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:
Media Byte
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Title
Animals, middle class
Classroom and
neighborhood,
1991
United States
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
Christopher Paul Curtis
Newbery Honor Book Award
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Novel
Illustrator
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Culture
Setting
Scholastic Press
9-12 Years
African Heritage,
Ontario, Canada
2007
Intermediate/ Young Adult
Canadian, U.S.
Rural U.S.
Culture
Setting
American, Christian
United States, The
Family
North Pole
Culture
Setting
Translator
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, story of an 11 year free-born child of former slaves.
Teach about slavery, character evaluation
The Polar Express Caldecott Book Award
Author,
Type
Publication
Information
Appropriate
Fantasy
Houghton Mifflin
0-6 years / Primary
Illustrator, Etc.
Boy goes to North Pole,
Chris Van Allsburg
Christmas
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
1985
A boy rides a train to the North Pole and receives a bell that can only be heard if you believe in Santa.
Teach that people do not always believe in the same things. If you believe in something dreams can come true.
Kitten’s First Moon Caldecott Book Award
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Kitten tries to catch the
Kevin Henkes
Picture Storybook
moon
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Greenwillow Books
Primary
Animal
Rural
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Macmillan
9-12 years old /
Lower class, American
West Virginia, U.S.
Publishing
Intermediate
family
2004
Kitten thinks that the moon is a bowl of milk and chases after it.
Teach about adventures.
Shiloh Newbery Book Award
Topic
Author,
A young boy saves
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
abused dog.
Age/Grade
Novel
1991
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Marty finds an abused dog and works for the owner for two weeks in order to keep and save the dog.
Teach children about courage and integrity.
Title
Of Mice and Men
Topic
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Two men set out to
John Stienbeck
Novel
make a new living.
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Use to…
Title
Topic
Use to…
Title
Topic
Author,
Type
Stephen Chbosky
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Contemporary
Gallery Books
9th grade +
Realism
1999
Southern working class
USA, 1930s
Culture
Setting
Urban family and life
USA
Culture
Setting
Animals
A zoo
Culture
Setting
A boy writes to someone about his experiences in high school.
Teach students about having another perspective on someone’s high school experience.
The Mixed-Up Chameleon
Author,
Type
Eric Carle
Picture storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
HarperFestival
5-8 years old
1998
The Chameleon wishes to be like the animals he sees in the zoo, but realizes he likes himself the way he is.
Teach students to love and appreciate themselves.
Are You My Mother?
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Bird looks for mom
9th grade +
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
be something else
Media Byte
Appropriate
Penguin Books
Setting
Show the frustration of an intellectually disabled person and the frustration of the people around him.
Illustrator, Etc.
Chameleon wishes to
Information
Culture
Two men run away to start a new life, but one’s disabilities make it difficult to stay out of trouble.
school
Media Byte
Age/Grade
1978
Illustrator, Etc.
A boy starts high
Publication
P.D. Eastman
Picture storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Random House
1-4 years old
Animals
USA
Culture
Setting
USA
Home
Children’s Books
2010
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A baby bird searches for his mother
Teach children about having patience.
A Very Special House Caldecott Award
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Boy singing around his
Ruth Krauss
house
Illustrated by Maurice
Sendak
Wordless
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
HarperCollins
4-8 years old
1953
2
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A boy runs around his house and is surrounded by drawings.
Be a fun read that can be an interactive book.
Title
Anno’s Magic Seeds
Topic
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Boy plants seeds
Mitsumasa Anna
Counting
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Philomel Books
1st- 4th grade
Culture
Setting
USA
Garden
Culture
Setting
1995
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Jack plants seeds and has to continue to plant seeds, eat seeds, sell seeds, and feed his family.
Practice skip counting to find out how Jack can continue to have enough seeds to plant.
Jingle Dancer
Topic
Author,
Girl jingle dances
Cynthia Leitich Smith
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Picture Storybook
Illustrated by Cornelius
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
HarperCollins
4-5th grade
USA
Oklahoma
Culture
Setting
2000
Van Wright & Ying- Hwa
Hu
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A girl honors her family by Jingle Dancing.
Teach about a culture.
Grandmother & I
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Girl & her family
Helen E. Buckley
Picture storybook
Illustrated by Jan
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
HarperCollins
1-3 years old
African American family
Urban city, USA
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Harper & Row
1-4
American family, Tree
USA
Culture
Setting
2000
Ormerod
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A girl is with her family, but her favorite spot is on grandmother’s lap.
Show the different relationships in one family.
The Giving Tree
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Tree watches boy grow
Shel Silverstein
Picture Storybook
up
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
1964
A Tree watches a young boy grow up and is always there to help him.
Teach children about giving to those in need and also being grateful to those who give to them.
I’ll Love You Forever
Author,
Illustrator, Etc.
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
3
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Mother and son
Robert N. Munsch
Picture Storybook
And
Firefly Book
0-2
American family
USA, home
Culture
Setting
African American family
USA
Culture
Setting
Who people
Who Ville
Culture
Setting
American and fantasy
USA and island
1986
Sheila McGraw
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A mother sings to her baby boy as he gets older, then he sings to his mother as she ages.
Share a heartwarming story about mothers and sons.
Salt in His Shoes
Author,
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Picture Storybook
Simon & Schuster
K-3rd grade
Illustrator, Etc.
Boy wants to play
Deloris Jordan
basketball
Illustrated by Kadir
Books for Young
Nelson
Readers
2000
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A young boy wishes to be taller so that he can play basketball; he grows up to be a pro player.
Teach children to be patient and they can become whatever they wish if they set their heart to it.
Oh, The Places You’ll Go
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Traveling
Dr. Seuss
Picture storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Random House
2-5
1990
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
The narrator travels all over to many different places.
Teach children that they will go many places in life and they have to make good decisions.
Where the Wild Things Are Caldecott Book Winner
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
A boy lives in wild
Maurice Sendak
Fantasy
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Harper & Row
2-8
1963
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Max pretends to go to an island where Wild Things live, he becomes their King. At the end he returns home.
Teach children about imagination, but also teach that at the end of the day it’s nice to go home to mom.
Jumanji Caldecott Book Winner
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Board game comes to
Chris Van Allsburg
Fantasy
life
Media Byte
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Houghton Miffin
1st – 5th grade
Culture
Setting
USA
American Home
Culture
Setting
1981
A brother and sister play a board game and it comes to life and nothing can be fixed unless they finish the game.
Use to…
Share a story about imagination.
Title
Clifford’s First Autumn
Topic
island
Author,
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
4
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Illustrator, Etc.
Puppy is found
Norman Birdwell
Picture Storybook
Information
Appropriate
Scholastic
1-1st grade
USA, animal
American community
Culture
Setting
1997
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
As children are playing football in the fall, they find that Clifford the dog is playing with them.
Tell a story about kids who first play with the dog.
The Grouchy Ladybug
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Ladybug wants to fight
Eric Carle
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Harper Collins
2-8
Bugs & animals
Nature
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Scholastic
4-8 year olds
USA
Rural area
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Cartwheel Books
K-2nd grade
Animal and white culture
USA
Culture
Setting
Animal
Fantasy place
1977
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A ladybug goes to big animals and asks them to fight.
Teach that it’s not important to fight others when you are in a bad mood.
The Gingerbread Man
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Gingerbread Man runs
Karen Schmidt
Folk Tale
1985
Media Byte
A boy is at his grandparent’s house and makes a gingerbread man that runs away.
Use to…
Teach a folk tale.
Title
Hi, Fly Guy
Topic
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
A boy catches a fly
Tedd Arnold
Novel
2005
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A boy names Buzz catches a fly that is smart and he takes him to a pet showing.
Be a fun read for children.
Green Eggs and Ham
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Sam won’t eat green
eggs and ham
Media Byte
Use to…
Dr. Seuss
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Random House
K-3rd grade
1987
Sam does not want to eat green eggs and ham anywhere or with anyone.
Entertain students with the rhyming words and predictable text.
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Title
Topic
Wiggling Worms at Work
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
The life of worms
Wendy Pfeffer
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Harper Collins
2nd-5th grade
Animal
USA
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Barron’s
2nd-5th grade
Middle class American
USA home and school
Informational
Illustrated by Steve
2004
Jenkins
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Worms living in the ground have a lifestyle for every season.
Teach about worms eating and growing processes each season.
Why Should I Save Energy?
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Power-outage becomes
Jen Green
a lesson.
Illustrated by Mike
Educational Series
Gordon
2005
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Informational
When a girls house losses power, her friend teaches her about the importance of energy and different ways to help save it.
Teach the importance of saving energy and tells how to do it and home and in the community.
The Three Rs: reuse, reduce, recycle
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
How to recycle
Nuria Roca
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Barron’s Books
Informational
Illustrated by Rose M.
Culture
Setting
2nd -5th grade
American middle class
USA
Culture
Setting
2007
Curto
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Descriptions of what to recycle and how to along with activities for students.
Teach how to follow the three R’s at home and at school.
What can you do with a Paleta?
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
K-2nd grade
Girl describes paletas
Carmen Tafolla
Cultural Picture
Tricycle Press
and her neighborhood
Illustrated by Amy
book
2009
Moralas
Realistic Fiction
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
and herself
Media Byte
Mexican
neighborhood
A girl loves wondering her Mexico neighborhood and having paletas in the summer.
Teach about other cultures and heritages. It also helps dual language learners. Read as an e-book.
Becoming Naomi Leon
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Girl finds her family
Mexican
Pam Munoz Ryan
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Novel
Scholastic Press
3rd-5th
Cultural
2005
Naomi lives with her grandmother but discovers answers of her family which helps her discover herself.
Culture
Setting
Lower class Mexican
USA, Mexico
American
6
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Title
Topic
Teach about being independent, cultures; different lifestyles.
A Little Old Man
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Rand McNally &
K-1st
Man lives on island
Natalie Norton
alone
Illustrated by Will
Company
Huntington
1959
Media Byte
Counting
Publication
Have students practice counting.
Title
Arthur’s Funny Money
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Arthur raises money
Setting
White Male
Island
A man lives alone on an island and one day a storm brings a boat ashore, the man moves into the boat and finds cats to live with.
Use to…
Topic
Culture
Lillian Hoban
Counting
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Harper Trophy
1st-3rd
Animal
Home of the animals
Culture
Setting
Middle Class American
USA, Middle East
and middle eastern
village
Culture
Setting
Rural
USA farm
Culture
Setting
Animal
USA home
1981
Media Byte
Use to…
Arthur wants to buy a t-shirt and cap, so he has to raise and count his money.
Have students practice counting.
Title
Sitti’s Secrets
Topic
Author,
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Naomi Shihab Nye
Cultural Picture
Aladdin Paperbacks
K-3rd
Illustrated by Nancy
book
1997
Illustrator, Etc.
Girl visits grandma
Carpenter
Media Byte
A girl goes to visit her grandmother on the other side of the world and learns about the culture.
Use to…
Teach students about different cultures.
Title
Don’t Tell the Whole World!
Topic
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Emma can’t keep a
Joanna Cole
secret
Illustrated by Kate Duke
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Realistic Fiction
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Harper Trophy
K-2nd
1990
A man finds money on his land, but has to make sure his wife doesn’t tell the secret to the landlord.
Be a humorous story for students.
Days With Frog and Toad - Tomorrow
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Short stories
Publication
Arnold Lobel
Fantasy
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Harper & Row
K-1st
1979
Media Byte
Toad did not want to do any work until tomorrow, but decided that if he did it today he would not have to do anything tomorrow.
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Teach students how to prioritize.
Title
My Life As A Rhombus
Topic
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Girls bond because of
Varian Johnson
Novel
pregnancy
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Flux
10th-12th
Culture
Setting
African American
USA
2008
Rhonda tutors a peer in math and learns that the girl is pregnant, which Rhonda had been too.
Teach students about challenges others face that are unseen. Also provide comfort to those who do face the same problems.
Sand Sister
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Girl makes sister in
Amanda White
sand at beach
Illustrated by Yuyi
Cultural
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Barefoot Books
K-2nd
Culture
Setting
Mexican
Beach, Mexico
2004
Morales
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
At the beach, Paloma makes a sister out of the sand, she loves have a sibling and later learns that her mom is having a baby.
Comfort and prepare children who are going to become students.
Sunflowers
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Girl gardens with her
Gwendolyn Zepeda
Cultural
Pinata Books
K-4th
grandpa
Illustrated by Alisha Anne
Informational
2009
Culture
Setting
Mexican
Urban, school, garden,
Mexico
Guadalupe Gambino
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A girl gardens with her grandpa and takes the sunflower seeds around the neighborhood to plant in everyone’s yard.
Teach about plant lifecycle.
The Giant Child
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Boy goes out to find his
J.L. Garcia Sanchez
parents.
Illustrated by Carme Sole
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Methuen 1978
K-2nd
Culture
Setting
USA, giant
Village, USA
When looking for his parents, a boy works in a village to be able to eat and get shelter. He is overworked so other children help him work.
Teach about being helpful to others.
The Happy Lion
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Lion walks around
Louise Fatio
town
Illustrated by Roger
Duvoisin
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Alfred A. Knopf
K-3rd
1954
Culture
Setting
French
France village
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Title
Topic
Lion escapes his cage and walks around the village to say “hi” to the people who usually walk by him and say “hi.” The people are afraid, so the lion decides to stay
in his cage from now on.
Share a story about loyal and good friends. Teach about morals and norms.
Franklin Plays the Game
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Franklin practices
Paulette Bourgeois
soccer
Illustrated by Brenda
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Scholastic
1st-4th
Informational
Culture
Setting
Animal
USA, soccer game
Culture
Setting
1995
Clark
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Franklin, a turtle, loves soccer and has to practice playing because he starts off having trouble.
Teach students about perseverance and a little about soccer.
This Is Not My Hat Caldecott Book Award
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Fish steals a hat
Jon Klassen
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Candlewick Book
K-2nd
Animal
Ocean
Culture
Setting
Animal
Outside wildlife
Culture
Setting
Animal
Pebble Island
2012
Media Byte
A little fish steals a hat and the owner is trying to find him.
Use to…
Teach students about stealing.
Title
I Want My Hat Back
Topic
Author,
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Picture Storybook
Candlewick Books
K-2nd
Illustrator, Etc.
Bear loses his hat
Jon Klassen
2011
Media Byte
A bear goes around asking people if they have seen his hat and even asks the animal who is wearing his hat.
Use to…
Teach students about stealing.
Title
An Extraordinary Egg
Topic
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Frog finds an egg.
Leo Lionni
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Dragonfly Books
PreK-1st
1998
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A frog goes out to find pebbles, but one day finds an egg. The egg hatches and the creature becomes the friend to the frog.
Teach about friendships.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Alexander has a bad
Judith Viorst
day.
Illustrated by Ray Cruz
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Atheneum Books
K-2nd
1972
Culture
Setting
USA, white family
USA
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Title
Topic
Alexander’s day gets off to a bad start with gum in his hair, and the day just gets worse and worse.
Teach students that some days aren’t always the best, but find the good parts.
Inch By Inch Caldecott Book Award
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Worm inches away
Leo Lionni
Informational
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Harper Collins
K-2nd
Animal
USA, garden
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
American
USA, home, school,
1995
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
A worm is almost eaten by birds and has to inch his way away from them.
Teach about seasons and measurements.
Squirmy Wormy How I Learned to Help Myself
Topic
Author,
Special Education boy
Lynda Farrington-Wilson
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Information
Appropriate
Picture Storybook
Sensory World
K-2nd
Informational
2009
park
A boy with Autism and ADHD learns how to help himself when he faces all kinds of thoughts and feelings.
Help students understand sensory problems.
My Friend with Autism
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
A girl’s friend has
Beverly Bishop
autism.
Illustrated by Craig
Informational
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Future Horizons
K-2nd
American
USA, school
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Autism Asperser
PreK-1st
American
USA
Culture
Setting
Animal
USA, bedroom
2011
Bishop
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
A girl explains how a peer with autism thinks, acts, and feels.
Teach students how to interact with peers that have autism.
Arnie and His School Tools Simple Sensory Solutions That Build Success
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Arnie has autism
Jennifer Veenendall
Informational
2008
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Arnie is different than his classmates, but he learns how to be a good student even with having autism.
Teach students with autism how to build tools that help them during school.
Goodnight Moon
Topic
Author,
Bunny says goodnight
Margaret Wise Brown
at everything
Illustrated: Clement Hurd
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Picture Storybook
Harper & Brothers
PreK
Illustrator, Etc.
1947
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Use to…
Title
Topic
The bunny says goodnight to all the things in the house before going to bed.
Be a read that focuses on illustrations.
A Sick Day for Amos McGee
Author,
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Picture Storybook
Roaring Brook Press
Illustrator, Etc.
Zookeeper is visited by
Philip C. Stead
animals
Illustrated by Erin E. Stead
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Author,
Illustrated by Eric Carle
Type
Picture Storybook
Use to…
Title
Topic
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Henry Holt
Prek-1st
Animal & Human
USA
Culture
Setting
Help children associate colors and meanings to objects.
How Does A Seed Grow?
Author,
Type
Sue Kim
Informational
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Little Simon
1st-3rd
Plants
USA
Publication
Age/Grade
Culture
Setting
Information
Appropriate
Penguin Group
K-1st
Boarding school
France, school,
2010
Seeds grow into fruits and readers can guess what fruit is growing.
Teach children about how fruits grow and the process of seeds.
Madeline Caldecott Book Award
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Girls in boarding
Age/Grade
Each animal is asked what it sees and the sequence continues from Bear to children in the classroom.
Illustrated by Tilde
Media Byte
Publication
1967
Illustrator, Etc.
The process of seeds
USA, house
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
what they see
Topic
Animal & Humans
Be a fun read for young children.
Bill Martin Jr.
Title
PreK-K
2010
Illustrator, Etc.
Use to…
Setting
A zookeeper gets sick and cannot visit the zoo, but the animals come to see him.
Animals are asked
Media Byte
Culture
Ludwig Bemelmans
Realistic Fiction
school
1939
hospital
Media Byte
Madeline gets appendicitis and is taken to the hospital; the girls in the boarding school worry.
Use to…
Be an entertaining read for students and also helpful to students who might have appendicitis.
Title
The Secret Garden
Topic
Author,
Girl discovers garden
Francis Hodgson Burnett
Type
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Realistic Fiction
Frederick A. Stokes
Ages 8-10
Illustrator, Etc.
Illustrated by Tasha Tudor
1911
Culture
Setting
Manor, garden
England, Garden
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Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
An orphan, Mary moves to a place with a forgotten garden and brings life back to it.
Be an entertaining read for students.
The Lion and the Mouse Caldecott Book Award
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Mouse saves lion.
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Jerry Pinkney
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Wordless
Little Brown &
Ages 4-7
Fable
Company 2009
Culture
Setting
Animal
Africa
Culture
Setting
Animal
Jungle
Culture
Setting
The mouse proves that size does not matter by saving the lion who is the king of the jungle.
Allow students or teacher to create their own story through the images.
Giraffe’s Can’t Dance
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Giraffe wants to dance
Giles Andreae
Rhyming Picture
Orchard Books
K-1st
with other animals.
Illustrated by Guy Prker-
Storybook
2001
Rees
Media Byte
Use to…
At the jungle dance, all of the animals dance but the giraffe has trouble because of his long legs and neck.
Inspire students to learn how to do what they dream of.
Title
The Kissing Hand
Topic
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Child Welfare
PreK-1st
Animal
Nature of raccoons
Culture
Setting
Animal
Ocean
Raccoon kisses baby’s
Audrey Penn
hand
Illustrated by Ruth E.
League of America
Harper & Nancy M. Leak
1993
Media Byte
Use to…
Title
Topic
Picture Storybook
Publication
Mother raccoon comforts her baby by kissing his hand so that he knows he is loved.
Comfort children and also be a heartwarming story.
The Rainbow Fish
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Fish shares pretty
Marcus Pfister
Picture Storybook
scales
Media Byte
Use to…
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Pan Asian
PreK-2nd
1995
A fish is not sure about sharing his beautiful scales, but learns that sharing makes him feel very happy.
Teach children the joy of sharing with friends.
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Title
Topic
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
Author,
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Mouse asks for cookie
Laura Numeroff
and much more
Illustrated by Felicia Bond
Media Byte
Use to…
Picture Storybook
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Harper & Row
PreK-1st
Animal & Humans
House
Culture
Setting
Diverse Humans
Places in children’s
1985
Be an entertaining read for students.
Here Are My Hands
Topic
Author,
Special Education
Bill Martin Jr. & John
Type
Illustrator, Etc.
Informational
Archambault
Publication
Age/Grade
Information
Appropriate
Macmillon
PreK
1998
Illustrated by Ted Rand
Use to…
Setting
A boy gives the mouse a cookie, which makes the mouse want milk along with several other items.
Title
Media Byte
Culture
Children use rhyming to identify parts of their body
Teach students about parts of the body.
Web Sites to Visit
Title:
Address:
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/
Cooperative Children’s Book Center
www.education.wise.edu/ccbc/defult.asp
Scholastic 100 Greatest Books for Kids
www.scholastic.com/100best
Children’s Literature Network
www.childrensliteraturenetwork.com
lives.
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