PICTURE BOOKS FOR FOCUSED READING SKILLS ( Compilation as at 2 Nov, 2011)
http://atn-reading-lists.wikispaces.com/Focused+Reading+Skills
ALLITERATION
Animalia by Graeme Base
Chicken Little by Steven Kellog
If You Were A Writer by Joan Lowry Nixon
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
Shrek by William Steig
Allison’s Zinnia by Anita Lobel
The Voyage of Ludgate Hill by Nancy Willard
Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut by Margaret Atwood
Bashful Bob and Doleful Dorinda by Margaret Atwood
Rude Ramsay and the Roaring Radishes by Margaret Atwood
Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
Boys of Steel by Marc Tyler Nobleman (show how childhood experiences can lead to adult endeavors)
Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna (teach a lesson)
The Secret Knowledge of Grownups by David Wisniewski (entertain)
The Mary Celeste; A Mystery from History by Jane Yolen (inform, encourage inquiry)
I Wanna Iguana (persuade)
Smoky Nights
Earrings by Judith Viorst (persuasive)
Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose (seeing both sides of an argument)
True Story of the Three Pigs by A. Wolf (Authored by Jon Scieszca) (one side of a story)
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems (persuade)
AUTHOR’S VOICE
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
CAUSE AND EFFECT
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
CHARACTERIZATION and CHARACTER MOTIVES
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
CREATING MOOD
Star of Hope, Star of Fear by Jo Hoestlandt (Holocaust)
DRAWING CONCLUSIONS
New York's Bravest by Mary Pope Osborne
The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
The Ghost Eyed Tree
The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
ELABORATING WITH DETAIL
The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby by Crystal Hubbard
FLASHBACK AND FLASH FORWARD
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Why the Chicken Crossed the Road by David Macaulay
House on Maple Street by Bonnie Pryor
One Small Bead by Byrd Baylor
Previously by Allan Ahlberg
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash by Stephen Kellogg
FORESHADOWING
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by John Agee
How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting
An Early American Christmas by Tomie dePaola
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney (2010 Caldecott Award Winner)
INFERRING SKILLS
The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg
The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg
IRONY
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Trivizas Oxenbury
Fish and Flamingo by Nancy White Carlstrom
The Fortune Tellers by Lloyd Alexander
The Mountain Garden by Peter Parnall
An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant
JUXTAPOSITION
When a Monster Is Born by Sean Taylor and The Sweetest Fig by Van Allsberg
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1548752.When_a_Monster_Is_Born
LITERARY DEVICES
Like Butter on Pancakes (similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeia
Similes
Onomatopoeia
Books by Verna Aardema: Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears,
Traveling to Tondo,
Who's in Rabbit's House
LOOKING AT 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
MAKING CONNECTIONS
The Empty Pot by Demi
One Wolf Howls by Scotti Cohn
Wilfrid Gordon MacDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
One Grain of Rice by Demi (math)
MAIN IDEA
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
A Chair for My Mother by Williams
Frog Prince Continued by Scieszka
Fables by Lobel
METACOGNITION
The Animal by Lorna Balian
And Still the Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callahan
The Birthday Thing by SuAnn and Kevn Kiser
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Ambercrombie
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry Heide
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Hurricane by David Wiesner
My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
Riding the Tiger by Eve Bunting
METAPHOR AND SIMILE
METAPHOR
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsberg
Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Wilson Chall
Encounter by Jane Yolen
My Mouth is a Volcano
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
SIMILE
A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting
Crazy Like a Fox by Loreen Leedy
John Henry by Julius Lester
The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven
My Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil by Hanoch Piven
The Faithful Friend by San Souci
The Talking Eggs by San Souci
Saving Sweetness by Stanley
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
PARODY
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
The Cowboy and the Black-eyed Pea by Tony Johnson
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka
The House that Bob Built by Robert Stern
Somebody and the Three Blairs by Marilyn Tolhurst
Princess by Anne Wilsdorf
Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach
Piggy Pie by Margie Palatini
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Previously by Allan Ahlberg and Bruce Ingman
Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Sciezka
Goodnight Goon (parody of Goodnight Moon)
PERSONIFICATION
The Little House by Virginia Lew Burton
Nora’s Duck by Satomi Ichikawa
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
January Rides the Wind: A Book of Months (by Charlotte Otten)
(12 poems, one describing each month and each poem begins with a personification)
POETIC JUSTICE
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
Strego Nona by Tomie de Paola
Duffy and the Devil by Harve Zemach
The Widow’s Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Anansi stories by Eric Kimmel (Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock, Ananis and the Talking Mellon, Anansi
Goes Fishing)
PREDICTION
The Honest to Goodness Truth
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
Coyote Cry by Byrd Baylor
Day Gogo Went to Vote by Elinor Batezat Sisulu
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
Just a Dream by Chris van Allsburg
Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Suddenly by Colin McNaughton
Tiger Called Thomas by Charlotte Zolotow
Tuesday by David Wiesner
Wretched Stone by Chris van Allsburg
Ira Sleeps Over
The Salamander Room
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Charlie Anderson
READING BETWEEN THE LINES
Bark George by Jules Feiffer
Encounter by Jane Yolen
The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
Widdow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
Silver Packages by Cythia Rylant
REPETITION
When I was Young in the Mountain by Cynthia Rylant
Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Voirst
SATIRE
The Fortune Tellers by Lloyd Alexander
It’s So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House by Harry Allard
The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf
The Mountain by Peter Parnell
Princess by Anne Welsorf
The Happy Hockey Family by Lane Smith
SEQUENCING
Short Story: A Bad Road for Cats (esp. good b/c events happen OUT of order) - 4/5th grade level
Weslandia (good for elements of narrative that lead to sequencing)
SETTING
When I Was Young In the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Anno's Journey by Mitsumasa Anno
I have heard of a land by Joyce Carol Thomas
Water Hole Waiting by Jane and Christopher Kurtz
SUMMARIZING
Dr. DeSoto by Steig
SUPPORTING THINKING
SYMBOL
America's White Table by Margot Theis Raven
Petunia by Robert Duvaisin
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Through the Mickle Woods by Valeska Gregory
Kinda Blue by Ann Grifalcone
Tar Beach by Faith Ringold
Elyah’s Story by Michael J. Rosen
An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
THEMES
Willie and the All Stars by Floyd Cooper (equality, belief in self)
Grandpa Never Lies by Ralph Fletcher (loss)
Teammates by Peter Golenbock (prejudice, equality, friendship, loyalty)
Passage to Freedom by Ken Mochizuki (integrity, risk, Holocaust)
They Called Her Molly Pitcher by Anne Rockwell (heroism, determination)
Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson (historical fiction, determination, racism)
TRANSITIONS
VOCABULARY MEANING THROUGH CONTEXT CLUES
Cook- a- doodle doo by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
( multiple meaning)
Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
VOICE
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume.
Regarding the Fountain
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woods
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume.
Regarding the Fountain
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woodson
WRITING STRONG BEGINNINGS
All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
Babushka Baba-Yaga by Patricia Polacco
Bat Poet by Randall Jarrell
Bea and Mr. Jones by Amy Schwartz
Beasty Story by Bill Martin, Jr.- scary
Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco - starts with dialogue
Bigmama's by Donald Crews- someone asking a question
But I'll Be Back Again by Cynthia Rylant
Cabin Key by Gloria Rand
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie - introduces characters and setting
Cinder-Elly by Frances Minters- reminds you of another book
Coyote Cry by Byrd Baylor
Cross-Country Cat by Mary Calhoun - makes you want to read it
Fireflies! by Julie Brinckloe
Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka
Ghosts Hour, Spooks Hour by Eve Bunting
Going Home by Eve Bunting - someone talking
Granpa by John Burningham
How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting
I Can Hear the Sun by Patricia Polacco
I Know A Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
I Know an Old Lady by G. Brian Karas funny
I Like To Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
Imogene's Antlers by David Small- catches the reader's attention
Iron Man by Ted Hughes
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night by Janet Ahlberg
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Just a Dream by Chris van Allsburg
Liliana's Grandmothers by Leyla Torres
Louis the Fish by Arthur Yorinks
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Max Found Two Sticks by Brian Pinkney
Meteor! by Patricia Polacco
Million Fish... More or Less by Patricia C. McKissack -picture the story in your mind
Monster Mama by Liz Rosenberg
Mr. Grigg's Work by Cynthia Rylant
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan -in the chapters, example, "The dogs loved her first."
Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
Shreck! by William Steig
Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye
Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
Tar Beach by Faith Ringold
This Quiet Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
Thundercake by Patricia Polacco -Has setting, characters & descriptive language
Tiger Called Thomas by Charlotte Zolotow
To Market, To Market by Anne Miranda - introduces rhyme
Tree of Birds by Susan Meddaugh - helps you predict
Tree of Cranes by Allen Say
Tuesday by David Wiesner
We Are Best Friends by Aliki
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Willy the Wimp by Anthony Browne
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
WRITING WITH DETAIL