Predicting: Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris van Allsburg Bea and Mr. Jones by Amy Schwartz Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant use pictures Cinnamon's Day Out by Susan L Roth subtitle: A Gerbil Adventure Coyote Cry by Byrd Baylor Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Batezat Sisulu It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw very simple Just a Dream by Chris van Allsburg Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen Snow by Uri Shulevitz with text and illustrations Suddenly by Colin McNaughton Great for K or 1st to introduce predicting Tiger Called Thomas by Charlotte Zolotow use title Tuesday by David Wiesner last page introduces pigs..what will happen when the pigs fly Wretched Stone by Chris van Allsburg Are You a Bee? Judy Allen Chewy Louie-Howie Schneider The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down- Paul Brett Johnson Crab Moon-Ruth Horowitz Dinnertime!-Sue Williams From Egg to Butterfly-Rachel Elliot Gentle Giant Octopus- Katen Wallace Hooway for Wodney Wat- Helen Lester I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More!-Karen Beaumont Listen Buddy- Helen Lester Look Closer Bugs-Sue Malyan The Magic Hat- Mem Fox The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon-Bea Uusma Schyffert Misery Moo-Jeanne Willis and Tony ross Moo Who?- Margie Palatini The Postman Always Brings Mice- Jennifer Holm and J. Hamel Never Fear, Snake My Dear- Rolf Siegenthaler The Penderwicks- Jeanne Birdsall Piggie Pie!-Margie Palatini Revenge of the Shadow King- Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis Shredderman: Secret Identity-Wendlelin Van Draanen Starfish- Edith Thacher Hurd The Teacher’s Funeral-Richard Peck That’s Good, That’s Bad- Margery Cuyler The Widow’s Broom- Chris Van Allsburg Wolf!- Becky Bloom The Pirates Next Door- Jonny Duddle Beatrice Doesn’t Want To- Laura Joffe Numeroff Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage to Be Who You Are- Maria Dismondy Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born- Jamie Lee Curtis Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?-Eric Carle Well-Developed Characters: Blos, Joan. 1990. Old Henry. Mulberry Books. Chodos-Irvine, Margaret. 2003. Ella Sarah Gets Dressed. Harcourt. Curtis, Jamie Lee. 2000. Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods that Make My Day. Harper Collins Juvenile. Gay, Marie-Louise. 2002. Stella, Fairy of the Forest. Groundwood Books. Gay, Marie-Louise. 2000. Stella, Queen of the Snow. Groundwood Books. Gay, Marie-Louise. 1999. Stella, Star of the Sea. Groundwood Books. Henkes, Kevin. 1996. Chrysanthemum. Mulberry Books. Henkes, Kevin. 1995. Julius, the Baby of the World. Mulberry Books. Hoffman, Mary. 1991. Amazing Grace. Scott Foresman. Hoffman, Mary. 2000. Boundless Grace. Puffin. Kay, Verla. 2007. Rough, Tough Charley. Tricycle. Keller, Holly. 2002. Farfillina and Marcel. Greenwillow Books. Lowry, Lois. 2002. Gooney Bird Greene. Houghton Mifflin. Martchenko, Michael. 1989. Thomas’ Snowsuit. Firefly Books. Mason, Jane B. 2004. Stella and the Berry Thief. Marshall Cavendish. McMullan, Jim and Katie. 2002. I Stink! Joanna Cotler. Meddaugh, Susan. 1995. Martha Speaks. Houghton Mifflin. Meddaugh, Susan. 1998. Martha Blah, Blah, Blah. Houghton Mifflin. Meddaugh, Susan. 1998. Martha Walks the Dog. Houghton Mifflin. Mora, Pat. 2005. Doña Flor. Dragonfly. Myers, Christopher. 2000. Wings. Scholastic. Nolen, Jerdine. 2005. Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life. Simon & Schuster. Nolen, Jerdine. 2003. Thunder Rose. Silver Whistle. Pinkney, Andrea Davis. 2006. Peggony Po: A Whale of a Tale. Hyperion. Soto, Gary. 2006. My Little Car. Putnam Juvenile. Woodson, Jacqueline, and E. B. Lewis. 2004. Coming on Home Soon. Putnam. Well-Developed Settings: Barrett, Judi. 1982. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Aladdin Library. Barrett, Judi. 2000. Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Aladdin Library. Barron, T. A. 2004. High as a Hawk. Philomel. Bootman, Colin. 2006. Fish for the Grand Lady. Holiday House. Bouchard, Dave. 1998. If You’re Not from the Prairie. Aladdin Library. Collier, Bryan. 2000. Uptown. Henry Holt & Company. Cunnane, Kelly. 2006. For You Are a Kenyan Child. Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books. Daly, Niki. 2003. Once upon a Time. Farrar Straus & Giroux. Duburke, Randy. 2002. The Moon Ring. Chronicle Books. Geisel, Theodore (Dr. Seuss). 1971. The Lorax. Random House. Kurtz, Jane, and Christopher Kurtz. 2002. Water Hole Waiting. Greenwillow. Lehman, Barbara. 2006. The Red Book. Scholastic. Myers, Christopher. 1999. Black Cat. Scholastic. Palacco, Patricia. 1997. Thunder Cake. Paper Star. Palatini, Margie. 2001. The Web Files. Hyperion. Paulsen, Gary. 2001. Canoe Day. Dragonfly. Rylant, Cynthia. 1993. The Relatives Came. Pearson Learning. Sanders, Scott Russell. 1998. Aurora Means Dawn. Aladdin Library. Saul, Carol P. 1997. Someplace Else. Aladdin Library. Stojic, Manya. 2002. Wet Pebbles Under Our Feet. Knopf. Stanton, Karen. 2007. Papi’s Gift. Boyds Mill. Turner, Ann Warren. 1999. Dakota Dugout. Aladdin Library. Verla, Kay. 2000. Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails. Putnam. Wood, Audrey. 2002. When the Root Children Wake Up. Scholastic. Making Connections: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst All the Places to Love by Patrician MacLachlan Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman Amos and Boris by William Steig Geraldine’s Little Brother by Holly Keller Going Home by Eve Bunting Hey World, Here I Am by Jean Little The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother by Patricia Polacco Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tomi de Paola No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Baccock Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells One Afternoon by Yumi Heo Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume Rosie and Michael by Judith Viorst Snippets by Charlotte Zolotow Sol a Sol by Lori Mari Carlson The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats The Tenth Good thing About Barney by Judith Viorst Three Brave Women by C. L. G. Martin Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Chall The Wednesday’s Surprise by Even Bunting Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow Drawing Inferences: A Bag Full of Pups by **** Gackenbach A Fairy Went A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman Abby by Jeannette Franklin Caines Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst Anna Banana and Me by Erick Lenore Blegvad Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray Big Al by Andrew Clements Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Spring by Lucille Clifton Bull Run by Paul Fleschman Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie Corduroy by Don Freeman Dandelion by Eve Bunting Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleischman Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teque Dreamcatcher by Audrey Osofsky Duckat by Gaelyn Gordon Encounter by Jane Yolen Fables by Arnold Lobel George and Martha (series) by James Marshall Encounter by Jane Yolen Fables Arnold Lobel Fairy Went-A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman Frank and Ernest by Alexandra Day Frank and Ernest on the Road by Alexandra Day Frank and Ernest Play Ball by Alexandra Day Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg George and Martha by George Marshall George and Martha Encore by George Marshall George and Martha Rise and Shine by George Marshall Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by **** Gackenbach Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox The Hedgehog for Breakfast by Ann Tuner Hot Air Henry by Mary Calhoun How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit by Pamela In a Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee Drawing Inferences (cont.) Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg Loop the Loop by Barbara Dugan Lunch by Denise Fleming May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk deRegniers Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney The Mystery of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Baccock No Peas for Nellie by Chris L. Demarest The Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells Once Upon Macdonald’s Farm by Stephen Gammell Other Side by Jacquiline Woodson Owen by Kevin Henkes Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti See the Ocean by Estelle Condra Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats Spinky Sulks by William Steig The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Stepto Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg Swimmy by Leo Leonni The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor Teammates by Peter Golenbock Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco The Third Story Cat by Leslie Baker This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen Time for Bed by Mem Fox Visualizing: A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertly Abuela by Arthur Dorros All the Small Poems by Valerie Worth Appalachia by Cynthia Rylant At the Edge of the Forest by Jonathan London Baby Whale's Journey by Jonathan London Barn Dance by Bill Martin and John Archambault Big Pets by Lane Smith Cabin Key by Gloria Rand Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant Condor's Egg by Jonathan London Could Be Worse! by James Stevenson Country Road by Daniel San Souci Coyote Cry by Byrd Baylor Dancing the Breeze by George Shannon write as poem Dawn by Uri Schulevitz Dream Weaver by Jonathan London Festival in My Heart: Poems by Japanese Children Bruno Navasky, editor Fireflies! by Julie Brinkloe The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin and John Archambault Glasses Who Needs 'Em? by Lane Smith Good Dog Carl (series) by Alexandra Day House on Mango Street-"Hairs" by Sandra Cisneros Hurricane by Jonathan London If You Listen by Charlotte Zolotow Into This Night We Are Rising by Jonathan London I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan Londonuses Little Frog Songs uses five senses Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle Meteor! by Patricia Polacco Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant Nocturne by Jane Yolen Owl Moon by Jane Yolen Painted Words/Spoken Memories: Marianthe’s Story by Aliki Puddles by Jonathan London Sailboat Lost by Leanard Evertt Fisher The Sailor Dog by Margaret Wise Brown Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant Visualizing (cont.) The Seashore Book by Charlotte ZolotowShadow Ball: The History of the Negro Leagues by Geoffrey Ward, Ken Burns, & Jim O'Connor Toad by Ruth Brown Train Song by Diane Siebert Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg uses five senses Whale's Song by Dyan Sheldon When I Was Young In the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant uses five senses Wise Woman and Her Secret by Eve Merriam Summarizing Major Points/Nonfiction: Airplanes and the Flying Machines by First Discovery Books Flight by Robert Burleigh Magic Schoolbus Books by Joanna Cole The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons Somewhere Today by Bert Kitchen Spiders by Gail Gibbons Water Dance by T. Locker Water Voices by T. Speed Background Knowledge: A Beach Day by Douglas Florian A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams A Country Far Away by Nigel Gray A River Dream by Allen Say All the Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen Anna Banana and Me by Erik Lenore Belgvad Bear and Mrs. Duck by Elizabeth Winthrop Before I was Born by Harret Ziefert Best Town in the World by Byrd Baylor Country Road by Daniel San Souci Dawn by Uri Schulevitz Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House by Faith Ringgold Emma Bean by Jean Van Leeuwen Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams The Good-bye Book by Judith Viorst The House on the Hill by Christin Couture Hurricane by David Wiesner I Am Eyes by Leila Ward I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow I Love You as Much by Laura Krauss Melmed In the Middle of the Night by Kathy Hederson Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Wader Island Boy by Barbara Cooney It’s a Good Thing There are Insects by Rookie Reader Jafta’s Father by Hugh Lewin Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Jouston Our Granny by Margaret Wild Owen by Kevin Henkes The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume Summarize and Draw Conclusions: A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett Araminta’s Paintbox by Karen Ackerman Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray The Broody Hen by Olivier Dunrea The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss Charles T. McBiddle by Andrew Glass Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie DePaola The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown Don’t Tell the Whole World by Joanna Cole For Every Child, a Better World by Louise Gikow Freedom School, Yes! by Littlesugar & Cooper Freedom Summer by D. Wiles Goodbye House by Frank Asch Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Learning About Unicorns by Laura Alden Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland May the Magnificent by **** Gackenbach The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale Magic Schoolbus Books by Joanna Cole The Maybe Gardens by Kimberly Burke-Weiner The Mitten by Jan Brett My Mom Travels a Lot by Caroline Feller Bauer Nadia the Willful by Sue Alexander No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Babcock Other Side by J. Woodson Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats The Quicksand Book by Tomie DePaola The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg The Terrible Thing Thing That Happened at our House by Marge Blaine The Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett Under the Quilt of Night by Hopkinson & Ransome The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting When the Sun Rose by Barbara Berger Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna by Nancy White Carlstrom World Famous Muriel and the Magic Mystery by Sue Alexander Monitoring Comprehension: Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry Keide Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland Magic Schoolbus Books by Joanna Cole Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg The Trip by Ezra Jack Keats Setting a Purpose for Reading: The Old Woman Who Named Things- Cynthia Rylant The Honest to Goodness Truth- Patricia C. McKissack Cause and Effect: Blackout by John Rocco Fandango Stew by David Davis The End by David LaRochelle Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann Heroes by Ken Mochizuki Tomorrow's Alphabet Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Chicken Little by Steven Kellog Runaway Bunny Very Hungry Caterpillar Rosie's Walk Snowy Day Bringing the Rain To Kapiti Plain Big Bad Bruce Jumanji Muggie Maggie Chocolate Fever Pamela Camel by Bill Peet Just For You by Mercer Meyer Today was a Terrible Day by Patricia Reilly Giff Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola The Terrible EEK! If You Give A Moose A Muffin If You Give A Pig A Pancake Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed by Eileen Christeow The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle If you Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff If you give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood One Fine Day by Nonny Hogrogian The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Aardema,Verna Nonfiction: Alfred Nobel by Wargin Dirt on Their Skirts How Big is It? by Ben Hillman How Strong is It? by Ben Hillman Boys of Steel by Marc Tyler Nobleman Rebekkah's Journey by Ann E. Burg (rescued victims of Holocaust) By the Sword by Selene Castrovilla (American Revolution) Mattie the Marvelous (invention) The Man with Rocks in His Head (science) Animals Born Alive and Well by Ruth Heller Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller An Egg is Quiet by Diana Hutts Aston The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall Into the Sea by Brenda Guiberson Jungle Animals by Angela Royston (many others by this author) From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer I See Myself by Vicki Cobb My Five Senses by Aliki A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History by Lynne Cherry Our People by Angela Shelf Medearis You Forgot Your Skirt, Angela Bloomer by Shana Corey Character Development: Ish by Peter H. Reynolds Grandpa Never Lies by Ralph Fletcher Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki When Sophie Gets Angry Brave Irene Ira Sleeps Over Miss Rumphius Sylvester and the Pebble The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems Voice and Figurative Language: The Listeners by Gloria Whelan Smoky Mountain Rose: An Applachian Cinderella by Alan Schroeder The Real Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith Bubba, the Cowboy Prince: a Fractured Texas Tale by Helen Ketteman Reference Material: Allusions - Cultural, Literary, Biblical, & Historical Almanac of American Politics Gale series of American Decades and American Eras. Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery Gale: Authors and Artists for Young Adults Bartlett's Familiar Quotations Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction (11 vol.) Career Information Center CQ Researcher Columbia Dictionary of Quotations Concise Dictionary of (American/British) Literary Biography Congress A-Z (Congressional Quarterly) Gale's: Contemporary Musicians Current Biography from Wilson Dictionary of Literary Biography Grolier: Diseases Grolier: Elements Marshall Cavendish: Encyclopedia of Family Health Gale Encyclopedia of Science (purple) Encyclopedia of the North American Indians Gale Encyclopedia of World Biography Encyclopedia of World Facts & Dates Facts on File Ency. of World Mythology and Legend Foreign language/English dictionaries Magill/Salem Press series on Great Events from History (American, etc.) A Handbook to Literature by Holman & Harmon The Kingfisher Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals Grolier: Lands and Peoples Macmillan encyclopedia of African American Culture and History MacmillanEncyclopedia of the Environment Macmillian Library Reference USA New Illustrated Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Oxford Companion to ... Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs Presidency A-Z (CQ) Roget's SuperThesaurus Scribner's Dictionary of American History Shakespeare A to Z Statistical Abstract of the United States Supreme Court A-Z Taber's Medical Dictionary Taking Sides by Grolier -- 20-volume set with "opposing viewpoint" articles on a large variety of topics; everything we have needed for students' social issues and government assignments. This Day in American History Van Nostrand's Illustrated Science Encyclopedia (2 vol.) Whole World Book of Quotations World Almanac World Book Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, States and World Fact and Opinion: *I WILL NEVER NOT EVER EAT A TOMATO, Lauren Child *BRAVE IRENE, William Steig *EARINGS!, Judith Viorst *ALEXANDER, WHO USED TO BE RICH LAST SUNDAY, Judith Viorst *SOMEBODY AND THE THREE BLAIRS, Marilyn Tolhurst *SHREK!, William Steig *WHAT IS A WISE BIRD LIKE YOU DOING IN A SILLY TALE LIKE THIS?, Uri Shulevitz *THE STINKY CHEESEMAN, Jon Sceiska Main Idea or Theme: Everybody Needs a Rock, Byrd Baylor The Table Where Rich People Sit, Byrd Baylor Going Home, Eve Bunting The Story of Ruby Bridges, Robert Coles Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney Senorita Runfio/Miss Rumphius, Barbara Cooney The Yellow Star, Carmen Agra Deedy Whoever You Are, Mem Fox Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Mem Fox A Band of Angels, Deborah Hopkinson Frederick, Leo Lionni The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks, Katherine Paterson Aunt chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair, Patricia Polacco My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother, Patricia Polacco Pink and Say, Patricia Placco Thank You, Mr. Falker, Patricia Placco Problem/Solution: A Chair for My MotherA Friend for Growl Bear- Margot Austin A Letter to Amy- Keats Baseball Saved Us- Ken Mochizuki By My Brother’s Side-Barber Chrysanthemum- Kevin Henkes Curious George- H.A. Rey Franklin’s Bad Day- Paulette Bourgeois Harry the Dirty Dog-Gene Zion Ira Sleeps Over-Bernard Waber Kitten’s First Full Moon- Kevin Henkes Knuffle Bunny- Mo Williams Marshmallow- Clare Turlay Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters- John Steptoe Pinocchio- Carlo colloid Strega Nona- Tomie de Palo The Boxcar Children- Gertrude Warren The Little House- Virginia Lee Burton