Appendix A – Mentor Text Lists
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Coded by Time Periods and by Subject
Before 1800’s
 Starry Messenger-Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis (S)
 How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightening by Rosalyn Schanzer (S)
 The Librarian Who Measured The Earth by Kevin Hawkes (S)
1800’s
 I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda Arms White (SS)
 Uncommon Traveler by Mary Kingsley in Africa (S)
 The Girlhood Diary of Louis May Alcott (Memoir) by Kerry A. Graves (A)
 The Boyhood Diary of Theodore Roosevelt by Shelly Swanson Sateren (SS)
 Streets of Gold by Rosemary Wells (SS)
 Words West by Ginger Wadsworth (SS)
 Only Passing Through- The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell (SS)
 My Brothers’ Flying Machine- Wilbur, Orville and Me by Jane Yolen (S)
 Marvelous Mattie- How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully (S)
1920’s
 Dizzy by Jonah Winter (A)
 America’s Champion Swimmer by Gertrude Ederle (Sp)
 Frida by Jonah Winter (MC)
 Flight by Robert Burleigh (SS)
1930s
 Ella Fitzgerald The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Davis Pinkney (A)
 Boys of Steel- The Creators of Superman by by Marc Tyler Nobleman (A)
 Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo (Sp)
 The Babe and I by David Adler (Sp)
 Mighty Jackie the Strike Out Queen by Marissa Moss (Sp)
 When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan (MC)
 Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan (SS)
 Eleanor by Barbara Cooney (SS)
 Make Your Mark Franklin Roosevelt by Judith St. George (SS)
1940s
 Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull (Sp)
 My Name Is Gabriela by Monica Brown (MC)
1950s
 Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (A)
 Testing The Ice A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson (Sp)
 The Story of Charles Atlas-Strong Man by Meghan McCarthy (Sp)
 Rosa by Nikki Giovanni (SS)
 Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden (S)
1960’s
 John’s Secret Dreams/The Life of John Lennon by Doreen Rappaport (A)
 Salt in His Shoes- Michael Jordan by Deloris Jordan (Sp)
 Roberto Clemente by Jonah Winter (Sp)
 My Name Is Celia by Monica Brown (MC)
 Cosechando esperanza (The Story of Cesar Chavez) by Kathleen Krull (MC)
 Tomas and The Library Lady by Pat Mora (MC)
 Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange (MC/SS)
20th Century
 Knucklehead by John Scieszka (A)
 When I Was Your Age edited by Amy Ehrlich (A)
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ARTS
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The Librarian of Basra A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter (MC)
Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli (MC)
Barack Obama Son of Promise Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes(SS)
The Girlhood Diary of Louis May Alcott (Memoir) by Kerry A. Graves (A)
Dizzy by Jonah Winter (A)
Ella Fitzgerald The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa by Andrea Davis Pinkney (A)
Boys of Steel- The Creators of Superman by by Marc Tyler Nobleman (A)
Action Jackson by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan (A)
John’s Secret Dreams/The Life of John Lennon by Doreen Rappaport (A)
Knucklehead by John Scieszka (A)
When I Was Your Age edited by Amy Ehrlich (A)
MULTI-CULTURAL
 Frida by Jonah Winter (MC)
 When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan (MC)
 My Name Is Gabriela by Monica Brown (MC)
 My Name Is Celia by Monica Brown (MC)
 Cosechando esperanza (The Story of Cesar Chavez) by Kathleen Krull (MC)
 Tomas and The Library Lady by Pat Mora (MC)
 Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange (MC/SS)
 The Librarian of Basra A True Story from Iraq by Jeanette Winter (MC)
 Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli (MC)
SCIENCE
 Starry Messenger-Galileo Galilei by Peter Sis (S)
 How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightening by Rosalyn Schanzer (S)
 The Librarian Who Measured The Earth by Kevin Hawkes (S)
 Uncommon Traveler by Mary Kingsley in Africa (S)
 My Brothers’ Flying Machine- Wilbur, Orville and Me by Jane Yolen (S)
 Marvelous Mattie- How Margaret E. Knight Became an Inventor by Emily Arnold McCully (S)
 Ron's Big Mission by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden (S)
SPORTS
 America’s Champion Swimmer by Gertrude Ederle (Sp)
 Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo (Sp)
 The Babe and I by David Adler (Sp)
 Mighty Jackie the Strike Out Queen by Marissa Moss (Sp)
 Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull (Sp)
 Testing The Ice A True Story About Jackie Robinson by Sharon Robinson (Sp)
 The Story of Charles Atlas-Strong Man by Meghan McCarthy (Sp)
 Salt in His Shoes- Michael Jordan by Deloris Jordan (Sp)
 Roberto Clemente by Jonah Winter (Sp)
SOCIAL STUDIES
 I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote by Linda Arms White (SS)
 The Boyhood Diary of Theodore Roosevelt by Shelly Swanson Sateren (SS)
 Streets of Gold by Rosemary Wells (SS)
 Words West by Ginger Wadsworth (SS)
 Only Passing Through- The Story of Sojourner Truth by Anne Rockwell (SS)
 Flight by Robert Burleigh (SS)
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Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride by Pam Munoz Ryan (SS)
Eleanor by Barbara Cooney (SS)
Make Your Mark Franklin Roosevelt by Judith St. George (SS)
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni (SS)
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange (MC/SS)
Barack Obama Son of Promise Child of Hope by Nikki Grimes(SS)