Book Resource Listing
**Compiled by Sharon Love, CASD Reading Supervisor**
Table Of Contents
Topic
Page Number
Action………………………………………………1
Adjectives…………………………………………..1
Adjectives, Nouns, Verbs…………………………..1
Adverbs…………………………………………….2
Alliteration…………………………………………2
Alternatives for ‘said’……………………………...2
Analogies…………………………………………..2
Beginning, Middle, End……………………………2
Beyond List Stories………………………………..3
Biography………………………………………….3
Cause and Effect…………………………………...3
Character Development……………………………4
Circular Story………………………………………7
Classification/Sorting………………………………7
Color……………………………………………….8
Compare and Contrast……………………………..9
Compare and Contrast Paired Text………………...9
Compound Words………………………………….9
Conflict-Person vs. Nature………………………..10
Conflict-Person vs. Self…………………………..10
Connect…………………………………………...10
Content……………………………………………10
Context Clues……………………………………..10
Contractions……………………………………….10
Creating Drama……………………………………10
Days of Week……………………………………..10
Topic
Page Number
1
Descriptive Words…………………………………….11
Details: Showing, Not Telling…………………………12
Dialogue………………………………………………..13
Directions/Directional Words………………………….14
Drawing Conclusions…………………………………..14
Endings…………………………………………………15
Evaluate…………………………………………………16
Environmental Print……………………………………..16
Exaggeration…………………………………………….16
Expanding Sentences…………………………………….17
Fact and Opinion…………………………………………17
Facts………………………………………………………17
Feelings (voice)…………………………………………..17
Figurative Language………………………………………18
Focus………………………………………………………18
Foreshadowing…………………………………………….18
Flashback…………………………………………………..18
Freezing Time……………………………………………..19
Generating Ideas…………………………………………..19
Health and Science………………………………………..19
Homonyms………………………………………………..19
Ideas for Writing………………………………………….19
Idioms……………………………………………………..20
Infer………………………………………………………..20
Inferences/Conclusions…………………………………….20
Inner Life of Character…………………………………….21
Leads/Introductions………………………………………..21
Letter Writing………………………………………………22
Topic
Page Number
Main Idea/Memoirs………………………………………….22
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Metaphor……………………………………………………..24
Nouns…………………………………………………………24
Nouns and Verbs……………………………………………..24
Number Sense……………………………………………….24
Onomatopoeia………………………………………………..25
Opposites……………………………………………………26
Organization…………………………………………………26
Pacing a Story………………………………………………..27
Paired Text…………………………………………………..27
Parallel Story…………………………………………………27
Patterns/Pattern Books………………………………………..27
Plot/Focus/Main Idea………………………………………..29
Plot/Sequence/Summary…………………………………….31
Point of View………………………………………………...31
Persuasion……………………………………………………32
Personification……………………………………………….32
Predictions……………………………………………………33
Prepositions……………………………………………………34
Problem Development…………………………………………34
Problem Solving……………………………………………….34
Questioning…………………………………………………….34
Quotations………………………………………………………35
Real vs. Fantasy………………………………………………..35
Repetitive Language……………………………………………35
Rhyming Words…………………………………………………36
Rich Vocabulary…………………………………………………37
Topic
Page Number
School…………………………………………………….38
Sensory Details…………………………………………...38
Sequels……………………………………………………38
Sequence………………………………………………….38
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Setting……………………………………………………..40
Shapes……………………………………………………..41
Similes……………………………………………………..42
Size…………………………………………………………42
Strong Verbs……………………………………………….43
Style………………………………………………………..43
Symbolism………………………………………………….44
Suspense……………………………………………………44
Survival…………………………………………………….45
Talk Bubbles……………………………………………….45
Tension/Conflict……………………………………………45
Text to Self………………………………………………….46
Text to World……………………………………………….46
Time………………………………………………………….47
Topic Selection………………………………………………48
Venn Diagram………………………………………………..48
Verbs…………………………………………………………48
Visualization…………………………………………………48
Vocabulary/Description………………………………………49
Voice………………………………………………………….50
Writing Books………………………………………………...50
Writing Experience……………………………………………51
Amphibians/Reptiles…………………………………………..51
Animals………………………………………………………..51
Topic
Page Number
Career…………………………………………………….52
Counting………………………………………………….52
Ecology/Conservation……………………………………53
Fractions………………………………………………….53
Money…………………………………………………….53
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Multiplication…………………………………………….53
Number Concepts…………………………………………54
Ordinal Numbers………………………………………….54
Plants………………………………………………………54
Seasons…………………………………………………….54
Transportation……………………………………………..54
Short ‘a’ Books…………………………………………….54
Long ‘a’ Books…………………………………………….54
Short ‘i’ Books……………………………………………..55
Long ‘i’ Books……………………………………………..55
Short ‘e’ Books……………………………………………..55
Long ‘e’ Books……………………………………………..55
Short ‘o’ Books……………………………………………..55
Long ‘o’ Books……………………………………………..55
Short ‘u’ Books……………………………………………..56
Long ‘u’ Books……………………………………………..56
Genre Glossary………………………………………………57
Book Lists by Genre and Grade Level………………………58-61
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Book Resource Listing
Action:
Abel’s Island by William Steig
Abiyoyo by Pete Seger
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
A Rose In My Garden by Arnold Lobel
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Buford the Little Bighorn by Bill Pete
Cathedral Mouse by Kay Choras
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
No Jumping on the Bed by Tedd Arnold
Role of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Skinnybones by Barbara Parks
Soup by Robert Newton Peck
That’s Good! That’s Bad! By Margery Cuyler
The Bear’s Toothache by David McPhail
The Cat Who Wore A Pot On Her Head by J. Slepian and A. Seidler
The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Great Big Especially Beautiful Easter Egg by James Stevenson
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
There’s a Boy in the Girls Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrice Potter
The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleishman
The Zoo Song by Barbara Battner
Three By The Sea by Edward Marshall
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Adjectives:
Blue Bug’s Treasure by Virginia Poulet
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
Hats, Hats, Hats by Morris
Bread, Bread, Bread by Morris
A Children’s Zoo by Hoban
A Children’s Zoo by Jez Alborough
Adjectives; Nouns; Verbs:
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
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Adverbs:
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
A Snake is Totally Tail by Barrett
Alliteration:
A My Name is Alice by Steven Kellogg
Alligator Arrived with Apples by Crescent Dragonwagon
Allison’s Zinnia by Anita Lobel
Animalia by Graeme Base
Big Bad Bruce by Bill Peet
By the Light of the Halloween Moon by Caroline Stutson
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
Some Smug Slug by Pamela Edwards
The Book of Shadow Boxes by Dealey
The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Alternatives for “Said”:
Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg
I’m Coming to Get You by Tony Ross
Analogies:
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
Beginning, Middle, End:
Berlioz the Bear by Brett
Brave Irene by William Steig
Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe
Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Heckedy Peg by Wood
Here Comes the Cat by Frank Asch
Ibis: A True Whale Story by Himmelman
Imogen’s Antlers by David Small
King Bidgood’s In the Bathtub by Wood
Little Beaver and the Echo by Amy MacDonald
Look Out Patrick! By Paul Geraghty
Louis the Fish by Arthur Yorinks
Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Millions of Cats by Gag
The King’s Fountain by Alexander
The Magic School Bus Book by Joanna Cole
The Mysterious Giant of Barletta by Tomie dePaola
The Purple Coat by Amy Hest
The Third Story Cat by Leslie Baker
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
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Beyond List Stories:
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Where Are You Going, Little Mouse? By Robert Klaus
Whose Mouse Are You by Robert Klaus
Biography:
President on Horseback (T. Roosevelt) –David McCollough
Cause and Effect:
Arthur’s Eyes by Marc Brown
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
A Little Excitement by Harshman
A Treeful of Pigs by Arnold Lobel
Better Mousetraps by Tom Holt
Buford the Little Bighorn by Bill Peet
Clippity-Clop by Emberley
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett
Donna O’Neeshuck Was Chased by a Cow by Bill Grossman
Fortunately by Remy Charlip
Freckle Juice by Blume
Ghost’s Hour Spook’s Hour by Bunting
Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenbach
Hide & Seek Fog by Tresselt
If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff
If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Johnstown Flood by David McCollough
Just in Passing by Bonners
Keep Your Mouth Closed Dear by Aliki
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Monty by James Stevenson
Mr. Grumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
Mr. Archemedes Bath by Allen
Nettie’s Trip South by Ann Turner
Nobody Listens to Andrew by Elizabeth Guilfoile
No Jumping on the Bed! By Tedd Arnold
Old Henry by Joan W. Blos
Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
Pierre by Maurice Sendak
Pinkerton Behave by Steven Kellogg
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Round Robin by Jack Kent
Shortcut by Donald Crews
Skinny Bones by Barbara Parks
Socks for Supper by Jack Kent
“Stand Back,” Said the Eelephant, “I’m Going to Sneeze!” by Patricia Thomas
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Strega Nona by Tomie de Paola
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Big Sneeze by Ruth Brown
The Church Mice in Action by Graham Oakley
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble & Steven Kellogg
The Elephant Sneezed by Patty Thomas
The Mighty Mizzling Mouse by Frio Henstra
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
The Quarreling Book by Charlotte Zolotow
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
The Stranger by Van Allsburg
The Sweet Touch by Lorna Balian
The Terrible Wave (Johnstown Flood) by Marden Dahlstedt
The Tunnel by Anthony Browne
The Winter Duckling by Keith Polette
Time of Wonder by McCloskey
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
We Can’t Sleep by James Stevenson
What Do You Do with a Kangaroo? By Mercer Mayer
What’s Under My Bed by James Stevenson
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Why the Chicken Crossed the Road by David Macauley
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardena
Character Development:
A Blue-Eyed Daisy by Cynthia Rylant
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
A Good Night for Freedom by Barb Morrow
A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
A Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes
Alexander and the Wing-up Mouse by Leo Lionni
All I See by Cynthia Rylant
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out by Peggy Parish
An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant
Anna Banana and Me by Lenore Blegvad
Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Breth
Aunt Elaine does the Dance from Spain by Leah Komaiko
Autumn Street by Lois Lowry
Ben by Jeanne Titherington
Big Anthony and the Magic Ring by Tomie DePaola
Big Bad Bruce by Bill Peet
Brave Irene by William Steig
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Chato’s Kitchen by Gary Soto
Chester the Wordly Pig by Bill Peet
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Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Curious George Books by H. A. Rey
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti by Anna Grossnickle Hines
Danny the Champion of the World by Raold Dahl
Did You Carry the Flag Today, Charley? By Rebecca Caudill
Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voight
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Eleanor Rossevelt: A Life of Discovery by Russell Freedman
Ellen Tibbits by Beverly Cleary
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
Fox by Margaret Wilde
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Frog and Toad Series – A. Lobel - 1
Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Ghost Eye by Marion Dane Bayer
Goldie the Dollmaker by M. B. Goffstein
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger
Guess What? By Mem Fox (Harcourt)
Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenbach
Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
I Visited My Tutu and Grandma by Nancy Mower
I Want A Dog by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Iktomi and the Boulder by Paul Goble
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
It’s Not the End of the World by Judy Blume
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
Just Like Everyone Else by Karla Kuskin
Lafcadio by Shel Silverstein
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Little Bear by Else Minarik
Little Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
Long Journey Home by Julius Lester
Loudmouth George series by Nancy Carlson
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
McBroom Tells a Lie by Sid Fleishman
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Miss Maggie by Cynthia Rylant
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Mooncake by Frank Asch
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Much Bigger Than Martin by Steven Kellogg
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
Night Noises by Mem Fox
Nobody Listens to Andrew by Elizabeth Guilfoile
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells (Dial)
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Owl Moon by Jane Yolan
Piggie Pi e by Margie Palatini
Ragtime Tumpie by Alan Schroeder
Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Rosie and Michael by Judith Viorst
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlean
Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Shere’s Spot by E. Hill
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla
Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Shrek! by William Steig
Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen
Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera Williams
Tale of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume
The Barn by Avi
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
The Black Snowman by Phil Mendez
The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Tony Ross
The Cherry Migration by Bruce Balan
The Church Mice in Action by Graham Oakley
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Great Bunny Race by Kathy Feczko
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
The Great White Man-Eating Shark by Margaret Mahy
The Man Who Could Call Down Owls by Charles Mikolaycak
The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munch
The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
The Practical Princess by Jay Williams
The Quarreling Book by Charlotte Zolotow
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
The Third-Story Cat by Leslie Baker
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
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There’s a Boy in the Girl’s Bathroom by Louis Sachar
Three Names by Patricia MacLachlan
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Today I Feel Silly. . . by Jamie Lee Curtis
Two Greedy Bears by M. Ginsburg
Uncle Elephant by Arnold Lobel
Use Your Head, Dear by Aliki
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
William Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Zebra Wall by Kevin Henkes
Circular Stories:
Anna Banana and Me by Blegvad
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
Cuddly Duddly by Alborough
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Galdone
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Like Butter on Pancakes by London
Mirandy and Brother Wind by McKissack
My Mama Has a Dancing Heart by Libby Gray
Prince Cinders by Cole
Rosie Walk by Pat Hutchins
Sadie and the Snowman by Morgan
Shortcut by Donald Crews
The Biggest, Best Snowman by Cuyler
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats
Weather by Merriam
Classification/Sorting:
Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros
Allsorts by Tony Wells
The Baby’s Catalogue by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Clive Eats Alligators by Alison Lester
The 46 Little Men by Jan Mogensen
Hats, Hats, Hats by Ann Morris
A House Is a House For Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? By Tana Hoban
People by Peter Spier
Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson
Shoes by Elizabeth Winthrop
10 Things I Know About Kangaroos by Wendy Wax
10 Things I Know About Penguins by Wendy Wax
Waldo series by Martin Handford
What Did You Eat Today? By David Drew
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Color:
The Animals Who Changed Their Colors by Pascale Allamand
Benjamin’s Portrait by Alan Baker
Black Dog Red House by Lizi Boyd
The Button Box by Margarette Reid
The Catalog by Jasper Tomkins
The Color Box by Dayle Ann Dodds
Color Dance by Ann Jonas
Color Farm by Lois Ehlert
A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
Color Wizard by Barbara Brenner
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
Colors by Heidi Goennel
Colors by Gwenda Turner
Colors: How do You Say It? By Meredith Dunham
Colors of the Day by Ruth Bragg
The Day of the Rainbow by Ruth Craft
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Going Up! A Color Counting Book by Peter Sis
The Great Bluenss and Other Predicaments by Arnold Lobel
Green Says Go by Ed Emberley
Greens by Arnold Adoff
Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan
Harriet’s Halloween Candy by Nancy Carlson
How the Animals Got Their Colors by Michael Rosen
Hugo and the Man Who Stole Colors Tony Ross
If You Take a Paintbrush: A Book of Colors by Fulvio Testa
Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? By Tana Hoban
Let’s Paint a Rainbow by Eric Carle
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
The Little Red House by Norma Sawicki
Lunch by Denise Fleming
Mary Wore Her Red Dress by Merle Peek
A Million Chameleons by James Young
The Mixed-up Chameleon by Eric Carle
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Ocean Parade: A Counting Book by Patricia MacCarthy
Of Colors and Things by Tana Hoban
One Zillion Valentines by Frank Modell
Picasso, the Green Tree Frog by Amanda Graham
The Pinkish, Purplish, Bluish Egg by Bill Peet
Rain by Robert Kalan
Red Day, Green Day by Edith Kunhardt
Red Is Best by Kathy Stinson
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Skyfire by Frank Asch
Thinking About Color by Jessica Jenkins
Those Green Things Kathy Stinson
Tom’s Rainbow Walk by Catherine Anholt
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What Color? By Anthea Sieveking
When We Went to the Park by Shirley Hughes
Who Said Red? By Mary Serfozo
Whose Hat Is That? Ron Roy
Yellow Ball by Molly Bang
Yellow, Yellow by Frank Asch
Compare and Contrast:
A Special Trade by Sally Wittman
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Bridge to Teribethia by Katherine Paterson
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Clyde Monster by Robert Crowe
Good Days Bad Days by Catherine Anholt
Haunted Houses – Lewann Sotnak
I’ll Fix Anthony by Judith Viorst
Jeremiah in the Dark Woods by Janet and Allen Ahlberg
Lon Po-Po/Little Red Riding Hood by Ed Young
Miss Nelson is Missing by James Marshall and Harry Allard
Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie de Paola
Number the Stars by Lois Lowery
Pinballs by Betsy Byars
Principal’s New Clothes/Emporer’s New Clothes
Rabbit Island by Muller and Steiner
The Great Yellowstone Fire – Vogel and Goldner
The Terrible Wave (Johnstown Flood) Marden Dahlstedt
The Sea People by Muller and Steiner
Today Was a Terrible Day by Patricia Reilly Giff
True Story of 3 Little Pigs/three Little Pigs
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
Two Islands by Ivan Gentschev
Compare and Contrast: Paired Text to Text:
Shortcut by Donald Crews and Big Mamas by Donald Crews
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant and Big Mamas by Donald Crews
Ben’s Dream by Chris Van Allsburg and Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Lilly’s Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes and Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Stellaluna by Janeel Cannon and Bats: Night Fliers by Betsy Maestro
Hoops by Robert Burleigh and Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst and Today Was a Terrible Day
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor and If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian
Compound Words:
Beacons of Light: Lighthouse by Gibbons
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Barrett
Jamberry by Degan
Pancakes for Breakfast by dePaola
Sailboat Lost by Fisher
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Conflict – Person vs. Nature:
Brave Irene by William Steig
Conflict – Person vs. Self:
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Connect:
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Earthquakes by Seymour Simon
Emma’s Journal: The Story of a Colonial Girl by Marissa Moss
I Hate English by Ellen Levine
Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
The Two of Them by Aliki
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Content:
Postcards from Pluto by Leedy – make postcards for another content area
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman – writing about grandparents
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown – details about items or students
The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden – make similar book following own pet
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant – “When I was young in ___”
Context Clues:
A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
Piggins by Jane Yolen
Contractions:
I’ll Fix Anthony by Viorst
Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear by Carlstrom
Mr. Archimedg’s Bath by Allen
Rooster’s Off to See the World by Cane
Creating Drama:
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
The Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron
Days of the Week:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Boss for a Week by Libby Handy
Busy Monday Morning by Janina Domanska
Cookie’s Week by Cindy Ward
Fox All Week by Edward Marshall
No Bath Tonight by Jane Yolen
On Friday Something Funny Happened by John Prater
One Monday Morning by Uri Schulevitz
The Perposterous Week by George Keenen
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Seven Eggs by Meridith Hooper
Some of the Days of Everett Anderson by Lucille Clifton
Sunday Morning by Judith Viorst
Today is Monday by Eric Carle
Tuesday by David Wiesner
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
A Week of Lullabies Helen Plotz
Descriptive Words:
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
All I See by Rylant
All the Places to Love by MacLachlan
Arthur’s Teacher Trouble by Marc Brown
Babushka Baba Yaga by Patricia Polacco
Bea and Mr. Jones by Van Allsburg
Big Mama’s by Donald Crews
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Aradema
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Ronald Dahl
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Cherries and Cherry Pits by Vera B. Williams
Chester the Worldly Pig by Bill Peet
Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg
Cookcamp by Gary Paulsen
Crack of Dawn Walkers by Amy Hest
Dawn by Bang
Emerald Blue by Anne Linden
Funny, Funny Lyle by Bernard Waber
Ghost Eye by Marion Dane Bauer
Going West by Jan Van Leeuwen
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett
Good Night Moon by Margaret Brown
Grandfather Twilight by B. Berger
Grandpa’s Face by Greenfield
Harvest Song by Hirschi
Henry and Mudge Cynthia Rylant
I Love You the Purplest by Barbara Joose
Island Boy by Cooney
Jaguar in the Rain Forest by Joanne Ryder
James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl
Matilda by Roald Dahl
My Island Grandma by K. Lasky
My Little Island by Frene Lessac
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
On Call Back Mountain by Eve Bunting
One Rainy Night by Doris Gove
Outside Inside by Crimi
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Salt Hands by J. Aragon
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Sarah Plain and Tall by P. MacLachlan
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Shortcut by Donald Crews
Sing a Song of Popcorn by Turner
Snow! By Shulevitz
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
Stellaluna by Janelle Cannon
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
Tar Beach by Ringgold
The Barn by Avi
The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Elephant’s Child by Rudyard Kipling
The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin Jr.
The Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian
The Midnight Farm by R. Lindbert
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Purple Coat Amy Hest
The Relatives Came by Rylant
The Scarebird by S. Fleishman
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbit
The Storm Book by Zolotow
The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum
Time of Wonder by McCloskey
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Tuck Everlasting by Babbitt
Two Girls in Sister Dresses by Leeuwen
Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall
Where the Wild Things Are by Mercer Mayer
Working Cotton by Shirley Ann Williams
Yolanda’s Genius by Carol Fenner
Details, Showing Not Telling:
A House Is a House for Me by M. A. Hoberman
A Tree Is Nice by J. M. Udry
A Treeful of Pigs by Arnold Lobel
A Very Special House by Ruth Krauss
All I See by Cynthia Rylant
Amazing Lizards by Trevor Smith
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Caps for Sale by E. Slobodkina
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Eyewitness Junior (Series for Animals)
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Farming by G. Gibbons
Fireflies Julie Brinckloe
First Flight by D. McPhall
Frances Series by R. Hoban
Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
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Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey
Miss Tizzy by Libba Gray
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
My Little Island by Frane Lessac
Night Sounds, Morning Colors by Rosemary Wells
Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
President on Horseback (T. Roosevelt) by David McCollough
Salt Hands by Jane Chelsea Aragon
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Desert Is Theirs by B. Baylor
The Important Book by Margaret Brown
The New Friend by C. Zolotow
The Other Way to Listen by Byrd Baylor
The Witches by Roald Dahl
Through Grandpa’s Eyes by Patricia MacLachlan
Tulip Sees America Cynthia Rylant
Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams by Jean Fritz
Dialogue:
A Kiss for Little Bear by Sendak
A Little Bit of Winter by Stewart
Babushka’s Doll by P. Polacco
Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Chicken Little by Kellogg
Cuddley Duddley by Jez Alborough
Emma’s Pets by David McPhail
Fireflies! by Brinckloe
Flossie and the Fox by Pat McKissack
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
Fox in Love by E. Marshall
George and Martha Series by Marshall
Hattie and the Fox by Fox
Ira Sleeps Over by B. Waber
Is Your Mama a Llama by Guarino
Knots on a Counting Rope by B. Martin & J. Archambault
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Sofie’s Role by Amy Heath
Stellaluna by Cannon
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Noble
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Ghost Eye Tree by Martin, J. Marshall & J. Archambault
The Hat by Jan Brett
The Lovely Present by Zolotow
The Purple Coat by Amy Hest
The Song and Dance Man by Karen Anderson
Ugh! By Arthur Yorinks
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Directions/Directional Words:
All About Where by Tana Hoban
Beach Ball – Left, Right by Bruce McMillan
Becca Backward, Becca Frontward by Bruce McMillian
Guinea Pigs Far and Near by Kate Duke
Inside, Outside, Upside Down by Stan Berenstain
Left or Right? By Karl and Kay Koike
Look Out, Patrick! by Paul Geraghty
Look Up, Look Down by Tana Hoban
Over, Under and Through by Tana Hoban
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Snake In, Snake Out by Linda Banchek
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
What the Moon Saw by Brian Wildsmith
Where Is My Friend? by Betsy Maestro
Yellow Ball by Molly Bang
Drawing Conclusions:
A Mother for Choco by Keiko Kasza
Anansi, the spider by Gerald McDermott
Arnold of the Ducks by Gerstein Mordicai
Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) by Elizabeth Howard
Big Anthony and the Magic Ring by Tomie dePaola
Bobo’s Dream by Martha Alexander
Bony-Legs by Joanna Cole
Cam Jansen series by David Adler
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams
Fables by Arnold Lobel
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Glasses: Who Needs ‘Em? By Lane Smith
Gorilla by Anthony Browne
Harriet and the Garden by Nancy Carlson
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel
Hey Al! by Arthur Yorinks
How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting
How My Parents Learned to Eat by Ina Friedman
I Like To Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
I Wish I Was Sick Too by Franz Brandenberg
I’ll Fix Anthony by Judith Viorst
Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
Island of the Skogg by Steven Kellogg
It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Knock, Knock! Who’s There? By Sally Grindley
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Like Jake and Me Mavis Jukes
Max by Rachel Isadora
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Miss Nelson Is Back by Harry Allard
Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
My Dog and the Green Sock Mystery by David Adler
Nate the Great series by Marjorie Sharmat
Night Ride by Bernice and Mati Karlin
Oops! By Mercer Mayer
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Pinkerton Behave by Steven Kellogg
Prince Bertram the Bad by Arnold Lobel
Princess Smartypants by Babette Cole
Rosie and Michael by Judith Viorst
Stories to Solve by George Shannon
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
The Big Orange Splot Daniel Pinkwater
The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll
The Easter Egg Artists by Adrienne Adams
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
The Great White Man-Eating Shark by Margaret Mahy
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The Judge by Margot Zemach
The Magic School Bus series by Joanna Cole
The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten Steven Kellogg
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow
The Surprise Picnic by John Goodall
The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs Jon Scieszka
Today Was A Terrible Day by P. Giff
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Who’s in Rabbit’s House by Verna Aardema
Whose Shoe? by Margaret Miller
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
Endings (clever, continuing action, emotional, pattern, surprise, circular):
Arthur’s Teacher Trouble by Marc Brown
Beach Feet by Lynn Reiser
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie
Dr. DeSoto by William Steig
Earrings by Judith Viorst
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
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Just Like Daddy by Frank Asch
Lost by David McPhail
Miss Maggie by C. Rylant
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by J. Steptoe
“Poem” by Langston Hughes
The Cut-Ups by J. Marshall
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Empty Pot by Demi
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
The Relative Came by Cynthia Rylant
Tight Times by B. Hazen
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Where the Wild Things Are by M. Sendak
White Dynamite and Curly Kidd by Bill Martin Jr.
Evaluate:
Erandi’s Braids by Antonio Hernandez Madrigal
Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
Should Kids Play Video Games? by Tara Peterson
Should There Be Zoos? A Persuasive Text by Tony Stead
Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges
Environmental Print:
All Year Long by Nancy Tafuri
Early Morning in the Barn by Nancy Tafuri
I Read Signs by Tana Hoban
I Read Symbols by Tana Hoban
I Walk and Read by Tana Hban
Mouse Views by Bruce McMillan
My Book by Ron Maris
Now We Can Go by Ann Jonas
1 Hunter by Pat Hutchins
Signs by Ron and Nancy Goor
Truck by Donald Crews
The World That Jack Built
Whose Shoes? By Brian Wildsmith
Exaggeration:
And to Think (I That) I Saw It on Mulberry Street by Dr. Seuss
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Steven Kellogg
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Expanding Sentences:
Good Dog Carl by Alexander Day
Guess Who My Favorite Person Is by Byrd Baylor
Fact and Opinion:
Amazing Lizards by Trevor Smith
True Story of 3 Little Pigs/Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka
Never Spit on Your Shoes by Denys Cazet
Facts (facts and fiction):
Seymour Siemons books on Volcanos, Solar System Facts (ABC’s of fact and fiction)
The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus inside the Earth by Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus inside the Human Body by Joanna Cole
The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaola
The Quicksand Book by Tomie dePaola
Feelings (voice):
A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories about Loveby Cynthia Rylant
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant
A taste of Balckberries by Doris Buchanan Smith
Autmn Street by Lois Lowry
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky by Susan Jeffers
I Know What I Like by N. Simon
I Need A Friend by S. Kafka
I Was All Thumbs by Bernard Waber
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
Maggie and the Pirate Ezra Jack Keats
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Trinka Hakes Noble
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
Monty by James Stevenson
My Noah’s Ark by M.B. Goffstein
Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie dePaola
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes by Eleanor Coerr
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness
Shoeshine Girl by Clyde Robert Bulla
The Gnome from Nome by Stephen Cosgrove
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The Night After Christmas by James Stevenson
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
There’s a Crocodile Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer
There’s Something In My Attic by Mercer Mayer
The Runaway Bunny by Marc Brown
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
The Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst
Titch by Pat Hutchins
Two Greedy Bears by M. Ginsburg
Where the Red Fern Grows by W. Rawis
Figurative Language:
A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne
A Little Pigeon Toad by Fred Gwynne
A Scale Full of Fish and Other Turnabouts by Naomi Bossom
Amelia Bedelia books by Peggy Parrish
Chocolate Mouse for Dinner by Fred Gwynue
Lion Who Shot Back by Shel Silverstein
The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne
There is No Word for Goodbye Mary Tall Mountain
Focus:
Arthur for the Very First Time by Patricia MacLachlan
Bigmama’s by Donald Crews
Black Cat by Christopher Myers
Sara, Plain and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan
The Bear and the Fly (wordless book) by Paula Winter – write about one of the pages
The Purple Coat by Amy Hest
The Short Cut (read after Big Mama’s) by Donald Crews – compare 2 stories
Tuesday (wordless book) by David Wiesner – write about 1 page
Foreshadowing:
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Fox by Margaret Wilde
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
The Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts by Chris Van Allsburg
Flashback:
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
Miss Rhumphius by Barbara Cooney
My Grandson Lew by C. Zolotow
Sara, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
So Far From the Sea by Eve Bunting
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
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The Cookie Store Cat by Cynthia Rylant
Watch the Stars Come Out by D. Goode
Wilfrid Gordon MacDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Yolanda’s Genius Carol Fenner
Freezing Time:
Fig Pudding by Ralph Fletcher
Generating Ideas:
Courage by Berard Weber
If by Sarah Perry – turn “ifs” into imaginative stories
Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter – writing about everyday events
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox
Health and Science:
Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole
Homonyms:
Amelia Bedelia Books by Parish
The King Who Reigned by Gwynne
Ideas for Writing:
Abbie’s Good Book by Isabelle Holland
A Picture of Anne Frank by David A. Adler
A Tree Is Nice by J. M. Udry
A Writer by M. B. Goffstein
An Odninary Day by Sally Mitchell Motyka
An Owl in the House: A Naturalist’s Diary by Bernard Heinrich
Author’s Day by Daniel Pinkwater
Boy by Roald Dahl
Cassie Binegar by Patricia MacLachlan
Chasing After Annie by Marjorie Sharmat
Dear Mom, You’re Ruining My Life by Jean Van Leeuwen
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Eleanor Elizabeth Libby Gleeson
George and Martha by James Marshall
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Hey World, Here I Am! By Jean Little
Holding Me Here by Pam Conrad
If You Were A Writer by Joan Lowery Nixon
Iktomi and the Berries by Paul Goble
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Iktomi and the Boulder by Paul Goble
I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor
Joshua’s Westward Journal by Joan Anderson
Louisa May Alcott, Young Writer by Laurence Santrey
Making Books by Gillian Chapman and Pam Robinson
My Prairie Year by Brett Harvey
Nettie’s Trip South by Ann Turner
Of Course Polly Can Ride A Bike by A. Lindgren
Piggins by Jane Yolen
Pinkerton by Steven Kellogg
So Much to Tell You by John Mardsen
Strider by Beverly Cleary
The Island by Gary Paulsen
The Napping House by A. and D. Wood
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Winter room by Gary Paulsen
What Do Authors Do? By Eileen Christelow
When You Wish Upon a Star by Alexandra Day and Ned Washington
Where Do You Get Your Ideas? By Sandy Asher
Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic
Idioms:
Chocolate Mousse by Gwynne
Cowboy and the Blackeyed Pea by Johnson
Liza Lou and the Yeller-Belly Swamp by Mercer Mayer
The King Who Reigned by Gwynne
Infer:
A Turkey for Thanksgiving by Eve Bunting
Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins
June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
Lightning by Stephen Kramer
Mr. Lincoln’s Whiskers by Karen Winnick
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg (any of Van Allsburg’s books!)
Inferences/Conclusions:
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr.
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Stellaluna by Jannell Cannon
The Art Lesson by Tomie dePaola
The Rag Coat by Lauren A. Mills
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor
The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg
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Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen
Tough Boris by Mem Fox
Inner Life of a Character:
A Tiger Called Thomas by Charlotte Zolotow
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Slower Than the Rest by Cynthia Rylant
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey
William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
Leads/Introductions:
Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse by Leo Lionni
Angelina and Alice by Katherine Holabird
Big Bad Bruce by Bill Peet
Buford the Little Bighorn by Bill Peet
Cathedral Mouse by Kay Choras
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Coyote Cry by Byrd Baylor
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Harvey’s Horrible Snake Disaster by E. Clifford
Iktomi and the Berries by Paul Gable
Iktomi and the Boulder by Paul Gable
Insects Are My Life by Meghan McDonald
Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe
Jack and the Beanstalk by Ted Ross
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Jumangi by Chris Van Allsburg
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Louis the Fish by Arthur Yorinks
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack
Miss Nelson is Missing by James Marshall
Mrs. Fitz’s Flamingos by Kevin McKloskey
My Father’s Dragon by R. Gannett
Night Noises by Mem Fox
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
People by Pete Spier
Sam, Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Shrek! By William Steig
Sitti’s Secrets by Naomi Shihab
Sofie’s Role by Amy Hest
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by B. Robinson
The Crack of Dawn Walkers by Amy Hest
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
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The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin, Jr.
The Hundred Dresses by E. Estes
The Purple Coat by Amy Hest
The Way to Start a Day by Byrd Baylor
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Top Secret by Gardiner
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Don Freeman
Willy the Wimp by Anthony Browne
Wilma Unlimited by Kathleen Krull
Letter Writing:
A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
Arthur’s Pen Pal by Lillian Hoban
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Plain Girl (history of PA) by Virginia Sorensen
Romona Quimby’s Diary by Beverly Cleary
Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera and Jennifer Williams
The Jolly Postman by J. and A. Ahlberg
What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Craven
Main Idea: Memoirs:
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
A Good Night for Freedom by Barb Morrow
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
Alice’s Special Room by Dick Gackenbach
Angel for Soloman Singer by Cynthia Rylant
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds by Cynthia Rylant
Artic Lights, Arctic Nights by Debbie S. Miller
Bill Peet by Bill Peet (an autobiography)
Birthday Presents by Cynthia Rylant
The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull
City of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888 by Linda Oatman High
Delivering Justice by Jim Haskins
Fable by Arnold Lobel
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
Flossie & the Fox by Patricia McKissack
Fox by Margaret Wilde
Fox All Week by Edward Marshall
Geraldine the Music Mouse by Leo Lionni
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Grandma Remembers by Ben Shecter
Hachet by Gary Paulsen
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Journey by Patricia MacLachlan
Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter
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Little Bear series by Else Minarik
Lon Po Po by Ed Young
Miss Maggie by Cynthia Rylant
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
Mr. Griggs’ Work by Cynthia Rylant
My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola
Nettie’s Trip South by Ann Taylor
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
“Pardon?” Said the Giraffe by Colin West
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Sir Andrew Paula Winter
Song and Dance Man by K. Ackerman
Stone Fox by John Gardiner
Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea by J. V. Williams
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola
The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull
The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
The Gift of the Sacred Dog by Paul Goble
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
The Great Pumpkin Switch by Megan McDonald
The Harmonica by Tony Johnston
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The Keeping Quilt by Polacco
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
The Three Bears by Paul Galdone
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
The Two of Them by Aliki
The Very Best of Friends by Margaret Wild
The Wall by Eve Bunting
The Whingdingdilly by Bill Peet
The Wump World by Bill Peet
Tin Heart by Karen Ackerman
To Ride a Butterfly – “My Granmother’s Hair” by Cynthia Rylant
When I Get Old With You by Angela Johnson
When I Was Nine by James Stevenson
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
When Marion Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
Who Is the Boss? By Josse Goffin
Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams (and other Jean Fritz books)
Why the Sky Is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Zlata’s Diary by Zlata Filipovic
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Metaphor:
Dreams by Hughes
Grape Sherbet by Dove
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Rainy Night by Doris Gove
The Beast in Ms. Rooney’s Room by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Screaming Mean Machine by Cowley / Cox
The Sidewalk by Morrison
Noun:
A Cache of Jewels by Ruth Heller
Blue Bug’s Christmas by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug Finds a Friend by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug Goes to the Library by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug Goes to School by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug to the Rescue by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug’s Surprise by Virginia Poulet
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
Nouns and Verbs:
Blue Bug’s Christmas by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug Goes to the Library by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug Goes to School by Virginia Poulet
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
Number Sense:
Animal Numbers by Bert Kitchen
Animal Orchestra: A Book of Numbers by Scott Gustafson
Anno’s Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno
Anno’s Counting House by Mitsumasa Anno
Anno’s Math Games by Mitsumasa Anno
Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Mitsumasa Anno and Masaichiro
A Bag Full of Pups by Dick Gackenbach
Beach Ball by Peter Sis
Bicycle Race by Donald Crews
Bunches &Bunches of Bunnies by Louise Mathews
The Bus Stop by Nancy Hellen
The Catalog by Jaspers Tomkins
Count Up: Learning Sets by John Burningham
Counting Wildflowers by Bruce McMillan
Demi’s Count the Animals 1, 2, 3 by Demi
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Eating Fractions by Bruce McMillan
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On by Lois Ehlert
Five Silly Fishermen by Roberta Edwards
Fractions Are Parts of Things by J. Richard Dennis
From One to One Hundred by Teri Sloat
Gator Pie by Louise Mathews
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Going Up! A Color Counting Book by Peter Sis
A Grain of Rice by Helen Pittman
The Great Take-Away by Louise Mathews
Henry and the Boy Who Thought Numbers Were Fleas by Marjorie Kaplan
How Many Snails? By Paul Giganti, Jr.
How Much Is a Million? By David Schwartz
I Can Count the Petals of a Flower by John and Stacey Wahl
If You Made a Million by David Schwartz
Just Cats: Learning Groups by John Burningham
Just One More by Michelle Koch
The King’ s Chessboard by David Birch
Millions and Millions and Millions by Louis Slobodkin
Moon to Sun: An Adding Book by Sheila Samton
A More or Less Fish Story Joanne and David Wylie
More Than One by Tana Hoban
Numbers at Play by Charles Sullivan
Numblers by Oakes, Suse and Bill MacDonald
Ocean Parade: A Counting Book by Patricia MacCarthy
On the River: An Adding Book by Sheila Samton
One Duck, Another Duck by Charlotte Pomerantz
1 Hunter by Pat Hutchins
One, Two, Three, and Four, No More? By Catherine Gray
One Two Three Going to Sea by Alain
One Watermelon Seed by Celia Lottridge
A Pocketful of Cricket by Rebecca Caudill
Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle
Sea Squares by Joy Hulme
17 Kings and 42 Elephants by Margaret Mahy
The Shopping Basket by John Burningham
So Many Cats! by Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Ten for Dinner by Jo Ellen Bogart
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Viorst
The Three Hundred Twenty-Ninth Friend by Marjorie Sharmat
Waving by Peter Sis
When Sheep Cannot Sleep by Satoshi Kitamura
The Wildlife 1*2*3: A Nature Counting Book by Jan Thornhill
Willy Can Count by Anne Rockwell
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Zero! Is it Something? Is it Nothing? by Claudia Zaslavsky
Zero Is Not Enough by H. Werner Zimmermann
Onomatopoeia:
Anna Banna and Me by Lenore Blegvad
Birthday Presents by Cynthia Rylant
Crash, Bang, Boom by Spier
Dr. Rabbits Foundling by Wahl
Gobble, Growl, Grunt by Spier
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by James Marshall
I’ll Always Love you by Hans Wilhelm
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Let’s Go Froggy by London
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack
Night Noises by Fox
Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
Prince Cinders by Babette Cole
Snowflake Bentley by J. B. Martin
The Relatives Came by Rylant
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Paul Galdone
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Sciezka
Thunder Cake by Polacco
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardena
Opposites:
Bathwater’s Hot by Shirley Hughes
Becca Backward, Becca Frontward by Bruce McMillan
By the Sea by Michelle Koch
Circus Big and Small by George Karn
Demi’s Opposites: An Animal Game Book by Demi
Dry or Wet? By Bruce McMillan
Exactly the Opposite by Tana Hoban
Fast-Slow, High-Low by Peter Spier
Have You Ever Seen . . .? by Gardner
Here a Chick, There a Chick by Bruce McMillan
I’m Too Small, You’re Too Big by Judi Barrett
Is It Dark? Is It Light? By Mary Lankford
Let’s go! Piggety Pig by Harriet Ziefert
Let’s Look for Opposites by Bill and Susan Hulme Gillham
Little Fish, Big Fish by Frank Asch
The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Opposites Book by Robert Crowther
Nice or Nasty by Nick and Mick Inkpen Butterworth
On the Go by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
Opposites by Sandra Boynton
Opposites by Rosalinda Kightley
Over-Under by Catherine Matthias
Push, Pull, Empty, Full by Tana Hoban
Snake In, Snake Out by Linda Banchek
Stop-Go, Fast-Slow by Valjean McLenighan
Traffic: A Book of Opposites by Betsy and Giulio Maestro
What the Moon Saw by Brian Wildsmith
Organization:
Dear Mrs. Larue by Mark Teague – letter writing
Don’t Forget to Write by Martine Selway - letter writing
Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera B. Williams – letter writing
Messages in the Mailbox by Loreen Leedy – letter writing
Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James – letter writing
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle – sequencing
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle – sequencing
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Elephant and Envelope by Barbara Gregorich – sequencing
Frog, Where Are You? by Mercer Mayer – sequencing
The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague – using transition words
Pacing a Story:
A Personal Narrative by Kim-Hue Phan
Goose by Molly Bang
Little Nino’s Pizzeria by Karen Barbour
Paired Text:
Shortcut by Donald Crews and Big Mamas by Donald Crews
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant and Big Mamas by Donald Crews
Ben’s Dream by Chris Van Allsburg and Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Lilly’s Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes and Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Lilly’s Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes and Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
Stellaluna by Janeel Cannon and Bats: Night Fliers by Betsy Maestro
Hoops by Robert Burleigh and Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst and
Today Was a Terrible Day by Patricia Reilly Giff
Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor and If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian
Parallel Story:
The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey
Slower Than the Rest by Cynthia Rylant
Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
Patterns/Pattern Books:
10 Bears in My Bed by Stan Mack
A Bug in a Jug by G. Patrick
A Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein
A My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer – ABC book
Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People by Judi Barrett
Better Not Get Wet, Jesse Bear by Nancy White Carlstrom
Book of Black Heroes A and Z (black history)
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardma
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Eric Carle
Catbirds by Bernard Most – make up own combined animal
Cookie’s Week by Tomie DePaola – write about own pet’s week
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz – make own cures for various ailments
Deep Down Under by Olivier Dunrea
Did You Ever See? By W. Einsel
Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberly
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Fortunately by Remy Charlip – circular story
Fortunately, Unfortunately by Remy Chalip
Good-Night Owl! by Pat Hutchins
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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Nadine Bernard Westcott
I Know What I Like by Neil Simon
I Like To Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
I Need a Friend by Sherry Kafka
I Unpacked My Grandmother’s Truck by Susan Ramsey Hogue
If All The Seas by J. Domanska
If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover
If the Dinosaurs Came Back – by Bernard Most
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by L. Numeroff
Is Your Mama a Llama? By Deborah Guarino
Just For You by Mercer Mayer
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
Morning, Rabbit, Morning by Mary Caldwell
Mortimer by Robert Munsch
My Mom Travels a Lot by Caroline Feller Bauer
My Very Own Octopus by Bernard Most – My very own. . . .
Peanut Butter and Jelly: A Play Rhyme by Nadine Bernard Wescott
Pets in Trumpets by Bernard Most – words inside bigger words
Possum Come A-Knockin’ by Nanvy Van Laan – cumulative story
Q is for Duck by Michael Folsom – type of ABC book
Rooster’s Off to See the World by Eric Carle
Six Little Ducks by Chris Conover
Someday by Charlotte Zolotow – “ I used to be, but now . . . “
Squeeze a Sneeze by Bill Morrison
Suddenly by Colin McNaughton
Teeny Tiny by Jill Bennett
The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco
The Cake that Mack Ate by Rose Robart
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Kraus
The Chick and The Duckling by Mirra Ginsburg
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Friendly Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The Grouchy LadyBug by Eric Carle
The House that Jack Built by Rodney Peppe
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The King’s Toothache by Colin West
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
The Old Woman and Her Pig by Paul Galdone
The Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
The Shopping Basket by John Burningham
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney by Judith Voirst
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Alsburg – write about other letters
This Is the Teacher by Rhonda Gowler Greene – cumulative story
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
What Do I Say? by Neil Simon
When Will It Snow? by Syd Hoff
Where Are You Going Little Mouse? By Robert Kraus
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Plot//Focus/Main Idea:
A Bad Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
Alice’s Special Room by Dick Gackenbach
A Good Night for Freedom by Barb Morrow
A Little Schubert by M. B. Goffstein
A Pocket for Corduroy by Dan Freeman
A Special Trade by Sally Wittman
A Sweet Smell of Roses by Angela Johnson
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Angel for Soloman Singer by Cynthia Rylant
An Ordinary Day by Sally Mitchell Motyka
Arthur for the Very First Time by Patricia MacLachlan
Arthur’s Nose by Marc Brown
Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights by Debbie S. Miller
Bedhead by Margie Palatini
Best Friends by Steven Kellogg
BFG by Roald Dahl
Bigmama’s by Donald Crews
Black Cat by Christopher Myers
City of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888 by Linda Oatman High
Delivering Justice by Jim Haskins
Doctor DeSoto by W. J. Steig
Encyclopedia Brown by B. Freschet
Fables by Arnold Lobel
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
First Grade Takes a Test by Miriam Cohen
Flossie & the Fox by Patricia McKissack
Fox by Margaret Wilde
Fox All Week by Edward Marshall
Geraldine the Music Mouse Leo Lionni
Goodbye Geese by Nancy White Carlston
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood
How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer
How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting
I Like To Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
I Wish I Was Sick Too by Franz Brandenberg
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Keep Your Mouth Closed Dear by Aliki
Kermit the Hermit – and other books – by Bill Peet
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Lentil by Robert McCloskey
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter
Little Bear series by Else Minarik
Lon Po Po by Ed Young
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
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Millicent and the Wind by Robert Munsch
Mouse Soup by Arnold Lobel
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie de Paola
Nate the Great books by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
No Good in Art by Miriam Cohen
Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie de Paola
Our Snowman by M. B. Goffstein
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
“Pardon?” Said the Giraffe by Colin West
Petunia by Roger Duvoisin
Round Robin by Jack Kent
Sailing With the Wind by Thomas Locker
Sarah, Plain, and Tall by Patricia Maclachlan
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Shortcut by Donald Crews
Sir Andrew by Paula Winter
Slush! Slush! By L. Kessler
Someday a Tree by Eve Bunting
Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman
Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Accident by Carol Carrick
The Bear and the Fly (wordless book) by Paula Winter – write about one of the pages
The Bed Book by Sylvia Plath
The Boy on Fairfield Street by Kathleen Krull
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
The Gift of the Sacred Dog Paul Goble
The Great Kapok Tree Lynne Cherry
The Great Pumpkin Switch by Megan McDonald
The Harmonica by Tony Johnston
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Popcorn Book by Tomie de Paola
The Pumpkin Blanket by Deborah Turney Zagwyn
The Purple Coat by Amy Hest
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
The Short Cut (read after Bigmama’s) by Donald Crews - compare 2 stories
The Sky Jumps Into Your Shoes at Night Jasper Tomkins
The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow
The Tenth Good Thing about Barney by Judith Viorst
The Three Bears by Paul Galdone
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
The Tunnel by Anthony Brown
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The Two of Them by Aliki
The Very Best of Friends by Margaret Wild
The Whingdingdilly by Bill Peet
The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg
The Wump World Bill Peet
The Yearling by Marjorie K. Rawlings
Tin Heart by Karen Ackerman
Tuesday (wordless book) by David Wiesner - write about 1 page
When I Get Old With You by Angela Johnson
When Marion Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Who Is the Boss? By Josse Goffin
Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams (and other Jean Fritz books)
Why the Sky Is Far Away by Mary-Joan Gerson
Plot / Sequence / Summary:
A Good Night for Freedom by Barb Morrow
Bedhead by Margie Palatini
Fables by Arnold Lobel
How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Landed by Milly Lee
Pop’s Bridge by Eve Bunting
Raising Dragons by Jerdine Nolen
Sunken Treasure by Gail Gibbons
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Pumpkin Blanket by Deborah Turney Zagwyn
The Storm: Students of Biloxi, Mississippi, Remember Hurricane Katrina by Barbara McGrath
Whales by Seymour Simon
Wilma Rudolph by Kathleen Krull
Point of View:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Anna Banana and Me by Lenore Blegvad
Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban
Chipmunk Song by J. Ryder
Cinderella: The Untold Story by Russell Shorto
Clyde Monster by Robert Crowe
Danny the Champion of the World by Dahl
Eyes of Gray Wolf
Giant Story/Mouse Tale by Annegert Fuchshuber
If You Give a Moose a Muffin Laura Joffe Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff
I’ll Fix Anthony by Judith Viorst
Jaguar in the Rain by Joanne Ryder
Later, Gator by Yep
Mojave by Diane Siebert
Moving by Michael Rosen
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O’Brien
Muggie Maggie by Beverly Cleary
My Mom Travels a Lot by Caroline Bauer
Prince Bertram the Bad by Margie.
Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
Round Trip by Ann Jonas
Summer of the Swans by Byars
That’s Good! That’s Bad! By Margery Cuyler
The Barn by Avi
The Beanstalk Incident by Tim Paulson
The Bedspread by Sylvia Fair
The Good Thing The Bad Thing by Karen Thomas
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg
The Lady and the Spider by F. McNulty
The Long Road to Gettysburg by Jim Murphy
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
The Paperboy Dave Pilkey
The Terrible Thing That Happened At Our House by Marge Blaine
The True Story of the Three Little PigsThree Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
Persuasion:
Adventures in the Galapagos by Ann McGovern
Personification:
All Wet! All Wet! By James Skofield
Bunnicula by Howe
Choo Choo – The Runaway Engine by Virginia Lee Burton
Desert Tortoise by Baylor
Desert Voices by Baylor
Flossie and the Fox by Patricia Mckissack
Frankenstein’s Dog by Jan Wahl
Ghost’s Hour, Spook’s Hour by Eve Bunting
I Am the Ocean by Cynthia Rylant
Mojave by Diane Siebert
My Secret Sunrise by Jasper Tomkins
Sierra by Diane Siebert
The Fox and the Crow by Aesop
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Old Woman Who Named Things by Rylant
The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Wilson Chall
What’s the Matter with Carruthers? by James Marshall
Yellow and Pink by William Steig
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Predictions:
A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock
A Good Night for Freedom by Barb Morrow
And I Mean It Stanley by Bonsall
Are You My Mother by P. D. Eastman
Beaks! by Sneed B. Collard III
Ben’s Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Books by Chris Van Allsburg, Houghton Mifflin
Bunny Trouble and More Bunny Trouble by Hans Wilhelm
Can I Keep Him? by Steven Kellogg
Dinosaur Garden by Liza Donnelly
Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
Dr. Desoto by William Steig
Fortunately by Remy Charlip
Fox by Margaret Wilde
Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets
Great Cat by David McPhail
Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenbach
Hey! Get Off Our Train by John Burningham
I Can’t Get My Turtle to Move by Elizabeth lee O’Donnell
Island of the Skog by Steven Kellogg
It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemech
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Keepers by Jeri Hanel Watts
Keep Your Mouth Closed Dear by Aliki
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate
Lost Treasure of the Inca by Peter Lourie
Meg Mackintosh And The Mystery At Camp Creepy by Lucinda Landon
Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie de Paola
Peter and the North Wind by Freya Littledale
Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink! by Dianne deGroat
Strange Beginnings by Bernard Stonehouse
The Big Bunny and the Easter Eggs by Steven Kroll
The Big Bunny and the Magic Show by Steven Kroll
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Fire Cat by Esther Averill
The Great Blueness and Other Predicaments by Arnold Lobel
The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake by Nancy Willard
The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allen Ahlberg
The Knight and the Dragon by Tomie De Paola
The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
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The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
The Three Little Hawaiian Pigs and the Magic Shark by Donivee Martin Laird
The Treasure by Uri Shulevitz
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Wreck of the Zephyr
The Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Today Was a Terrible Day by Patricia Reilly Giff
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
What’s Under My Bed by James Stevenson
Prepositions:
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Problem Development:
What Mary Jo Shared by Janice Udry
Auntie by Stephany Indie
The Lost Lake by Allen Say
Grandmama’s Joy by Elosie Greenfield
Problem Solving:
Choosing Sides by Ilene Cooper
Einstein Anderson books
Fireflies by J. Brinckloe
Harold and the Purple Crayon by C. Johnson
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Koala Lou by M. Fox
Louie, Goggles by E. J. Keats 1
My Father’s Dragon by Gannet
The Christmas Coat by Robert Clyde Bulla
There’s a Nightmare in My Closet by M. Mayer
Turn Homeward Hannalee (civil war) Patricia Beatty
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Questioning:
Angel for Soloman Singer by Cynthia Rylant
Big Mama’s by Donald Crews
Brave Irene by William Steig
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
How Come? By Kathy Wollard
How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting
Humphrey’s Bear by Jan Wahl
Jamaica and Brianna by Juanita Havil
Look What Mouths Can Do by D. M. Souza
Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons
Owen and Mzee: The Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and
Dr. Paula Kahumbu
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Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco
Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
The Great White Shark by James Hirsch
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
The Potato Man by Megan McDonald
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
The Three Questions by J. Muth
The Wall by Eve Bunting
The Whispering Cloth by Pegi Deitz Shea
Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
Quotations:
Can I Keep Him? by Steven Kellogg
Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg
Doctor DeSoto by W. J. Steig
Frog and Toad Books by Arnold Lobel
Hurricane by David Wisner
Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
Little Rabbit’s Loose Tooth by Lucy Bate
Patrick’s Dinosaurs by Carol Carrick
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Nobel
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Little Island by MacDonald
Tico and the Golden Wings by Leo Lionni
Watch for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup by Tomie de Paola
We Can’t Sleep by James Stevenson
Real vs. Fantasy:
Harry’s Bath by Harriet Ziefert
Hey! Get Off Our Train by John Burningham
Repetitive Language:
A Giraffe and a Half by Shell Silverstein
A House for Hermit Crab? By Megan McDonald
Any Kind of Dog by Lynn Reiser
Bonjour, Mr. Satie by Tommie dePaola
Brown Bear, Brown Bear Bill Martin, Jr.
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Gifts by JoEllen Bogart
Good Night Moon by M. W. Brown – K
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Henry and Mudge by C. Rylant
Here Are My Hands by B. Martin & J. Archambault
How Far Will I Fly? By Sachi Oyama
I’ll Fix Anthony by Judith Viorst
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
My Place by Wheatley
Night is Coming by Nikola-Lisa
Our House on the Hill by Dupasquier
Sadie and the Snowmanby Allen Morgan
Say Something by Mary Stolz
Seven Little Rabbits by J. Becker
Shoes from Grandpa by Mem Fox
Shoveling Snow by Pat Cummings
The Carrot Seed by R. Krauss
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The House that Drake Built by Judy Sierra
The House That Jack Built by Winter
The Important Book by M. Wise Brown
The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey
The Relatives Came by Rylant
The Sun, The Wind & The Rain by Peters
There Ws An Old Woman Who Swallowed A Fly by Simms Tabac
“Things” poem from Honey, I Love by Eloise Greenfield
This is the Bread I Baked for Ned
by Crescent Dragonwagon
Three Billy Goats Gruff – K by Alvin Granowsky
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
You Are Much Too Small by Betty Boegehold
We’re Very Good Friends My Mother & I by Hallman
When I am Old With You by Johnson
When I Was Little by Curtis
When I Was Young In the Mountains by C. Rylant
Rhyming Words:
A House Is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
A Mouse in My Roof by Richard Edwards
Across the Stream by Mirra Ginsburg
And the Green Grass Grew All Around by Alvin Schwartz
Animalia by Abrams Graeme Base
Animal Homes by Brian Wildsmith
At the Crack of the Bat by Lillian Morrison
Bears by Ruth Krauss
Bears in Pairs by Niki Yektai
Carrot/Parrot by Jerome Martin
Dr. Seuss Books
Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley
Each Peach, Pear, Plum; an “I Spy” Story by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes by Clyde Watson
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Have You Seen Birds? by Joanne Oppenheim
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Hello Cat, You Need a Hat by Rita Golden Gelman
Hide and Snake by Keith Baker
Homework Machine by Silverstein
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
Horton Hears a Who! By Dr. Seuss
Hunches in Bunches by Dr. Seuss
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss
“I Can’t Said the Ant by Polly Cameron
I Was Walking Down the Road by Sarah Barchas
I Wish That I Had Duck Feet by Theo LeSieg
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
Is Your Mama a Llama? By Deborah Guarino
Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Jessie Bear, What Will You Wear? By Nancy Carlstrom
Jimmy Jet and his TV Set by Silverstein
Kermit the Hermit by Bill Peet
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou
More Spaghetti, I Say! by Rita Golden Gelman
Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
On Beyond Zebra! By Dr. Seuss
One Sun by Bruce McMillan
Pickles Have Pimples and Other Silly Statements by Judi Barrett
Play Day: A Book of Terse Verse by Bruce McMillan
Possum Come a-Knockin’ by Nancy Van Laan
Red Dragonfly on My Shoulder by Sylvia Cassedy and Kunihiro Suetake
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Sheep, Sheep, Sheep, Help Me Fall Asleep by Arlene Alda
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Strawberry Drums by Adrian Mitchell
Street Rhymes Around the World by Jane Yolen
The Caboose Who Got Loose by Bill Peet
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
The Gift of Christmas by Sturges
The Hungry Thing Returns by Slepian and Seidler
The Lady With the Alligator Purse by Nadine Westcott
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Seuss
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
There’s a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss
Things by Greenfield
To The Moon and Back by Nancy Larrick
Why Can’t I Fly? by Rita Golden Gelman
Zella, Zack, and Zodiac by Bill Peet
Rich Vocabulary:
Bently and Egg by William Joyce
I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Bryd Baylor
Jaguar in the Rain Forest by Joanne Ryder
The Snow Speaks by Nancy White Carlstrom
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School:
Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston (reading/writing connection)
Book by Ella George Lyons (reading)
First Day Jitters by Julie Dannenberg (humor; relating to students)
How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague (a fun twist on “what did you do for
summer vacation” stories)
If You Were a Writer by Joan Lowry Nixon (writing process)
Leo the Late Bloomer (importance of reading)
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard (humor)
More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradley (importance of reading)
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco (reading; relating to dyslexic students)
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (missing home)
Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher (reading/writing connections)
Sensory Details:
A Five Dog Night by Eileen Christelow
Finding a Lucky Number by Gary Soto
Garbage Out by Shel Silverstein
Great Crystal Bear by Lesser
Guess Who My Favorite Person Is? by Bryd Baylor
I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Bryd Baylor
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
Night is Coming by Nikola-Lisa
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Silverwing by Kenneth Oppel
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Telephone Talk by Kennedy
The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
Waking from a Nap on the Beach May Swenson
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams
Sequels:
Bear’s Adventure by Blathwayt
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Music, Music for Everyone by V. Williams
No Peas for Nellie by Chris Demarest
The Bear’s Adventure by Benedict Blathwayt
The Third Story Cat by Leslie Baker
There’s an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer
Sequence:
A Fly Went By by Mike McClintock
A Good Night for Freedom by Barb Morrow
A New Coat for Anna by Harriet Ziefert, Knopf
A Special Trade by Sally Wittman
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Abel’s Island by W. Steig
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Bedhead by Margie Palatini
Big Mama’s by D. Crews
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
Buzz, Buzz, Buzz by Byron Barton
Charlie Needs a Cloak by Tomie de Paola
Chocolate Fever by Robert Kimmel Smith
Corduroy by Dan Freeman
Don’t Forget the Bacon! by Pat Hutchins
Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley
First Comes Spring by A. Rockwell
Give a Dog a Bone by Brian Wildsmith
Harriet Tubman by Kate Clifford Larson
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel
How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting
I Know an Old Lady by Nadine Westcott
I Unpacked My Grandmother’s Trunk by Susan Ramsey Hoguet, Dutton
If You Give a Moose a Muffin Laura Joffe Numeroff
Johnstown Flood by David McCollough
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Little Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes by Eve Sutton
Now One Foot, Now the Other by Tomie de Paola
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie de Paola
Peanut Butter and Jelly by Nadine Westcott
Penguin Pete by Marcus Pfister
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
President on Horseback (T. Roosevelt) by David McCollough
Pumpkin, Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington
Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
Sadie and the Snowman by Allen Morgan
Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
Socks for Supper by Jack Kent
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Amazing Bone by William Steig
The Bremen-Town Musicians by Ruth Gross
The Cake That Mack Ate by Rose Robart
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Chick and the Duckling by Mirra Ginsburg
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl
The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
The Goat’s Trail by Brian Wildsmith
The Great Big Enormous Turnip by Alexei Tolstoy
The High Rise Glorious Skittle Skat Roarious Sky Pie Angel Food Cake by Nancy Willard
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The House That Jack Built by Rodney Peppe
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
The Mighty Mizzling Mouse by Frisco Henstra
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
The Ox Cart Man by Barbara Cooney
The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
The Post Office Book by Gail Gibbons
The Pumpkin Blanket by Deborah Turney Zagwyn
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
The Three Bears by Paul Galdone
The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Marcia Brown
The Three Little Pigs by Paul Galdone
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Tunnel by Anthony Browne
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
This Year’s Garden by C. Rylant
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
What Next, Baby Bear! by Jill Murphy
When I Am Old With You by Angela Johnson
Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan Nodset
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears
You’ll Soon Grow into Them, Titch by P. Hutchinson
Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
Setting:
A Good Night for Freedom by Barb Morrow
Cherries and Cherry Pits by Williams
Dr. Rabbit’s Foundling by Jan Wahl
Encounter by Jane Yolen
I’m in Charge of Celebrations by B. Baylor
Kat Kong by Pilkey
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes
Lyle Finds His Mother by Waber
Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
Mel’s Diner by Marissa Moss
Mr. McMouse by Lionni
Night Tree by Eve Bunting
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
On Call Back Mountain by Eve Bunting
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Patrick’s Dinosaurs by Carol Carrick
Picnic at Mudsock Meadow by Polacco
Purple Red and Yellow by Munsch
Ralph’s Secret Weapon by Kellogg
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
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Salt Hands by Jane Chelsa Aragon
Shadow by M. Brown
Shrek by William Steig
Sitti’s Secret by Naomi Shihab Nye
Strega Nona’s Magic Lessons by Depaola
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
The Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
The Pumpkin Blanket by Deboah Turney Zagwyn
The Relatives Came Cythnia Rylant
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Wilson Chall
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Will the Wimp by Anthony Brown
Working Cotton by Sherley Anne Williams
Shapes:
All Shapes and Sizes by Shirley Hughes
Animal Shapes by Brian Wildsmith
Beginning to Learn About Shapes by Richard Allington
Changes, Changes by Pat Hutchins
Circles, Triangles, and Squares by Tana Hoban
Color Farm by Lois Ehlert
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
Fire Engine Shapes by Bruce McMillan
A Fishy Shape Story by Joanne and David Wylie
Grandfather Tang’s Story by Ann Tompert
I Read Signs by Tana Hoban
If You Look Around You by Fulvio Testa
The Little Circle by Ann Atwood
Look Again! by Tana Hoban
Look Around, A Book About Shapes by Leonard Fisher
The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein
My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes by Eve Sutton
Ocean Parade: A Counting Book by Patricia MacCarthy
Pezzettino by Leo Lionni
Picture Pie, A Circle Drawing Book by Ed Emberley
Reflections by Ann Jonas
Round & Round & Round by Tana Hoban
The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Seuss
Shapes by Jan Pienkowski
Shapes by John Reiss
Shapes and Things by Tana Hoban
The Shapes Game by Paul Rogers
Shapes: How Do You Say It? By Meredith Dunham
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Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
3D, 2D, 1D by David Adler
The Turn About, Think About, Look About Book by Beau Gardner
The Wing on a Flea: A Book About Shapes by Ed Emberly
Similes:
A Treeful of Pigs by Arnold Lobel
Angels in the Dust by Margot Raven
Bah! Humbug! by Lorna Balin
Davy Crockett by Mary Osborne
Grandma According to Me by Karen Bell
Grandpa’s Song by Tony Johnston
I Love You, Goodnight by Jane Yolen
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by C. Shaw
Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr.
Maggie and Milly and Molly and May by Cummings
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia McKissack
My Little Island by Franc Lessac
Night is Coming by Lisa Kikola
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood
Rainy Night by Doris Gove
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
The Beast in Mr. Rooney’s Room by Patricia Reilly Giff
The Butterfly Boy by Laurence Yep
The Cowboy and the Blackeyed Pea by Tony Johnson
The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin, Jr.
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
The Scare Bird by Sid Fleischman
The Screaming Mean Machine by Cowley / Cox
The Talking Egg by San Souci
The Whale’s Song by Dyan Sheldon
What a Wonderful Day to be a Cow by Caroline Lesser
Size:
Big Ones, Little Ones by Tana Hoban
Big World, Small World by Jeanne Titherington
The Biggest House in the World by Leo Lionni
The Biggest Nose by Kathy Caple
The Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Tallest by Robert Lopshire
Blue Sea by Robert Kalan
The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss
The Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest by Barbara Douglass
Elephant Buttons by Noriko Ueno
Farmer Mack Measures His Pig by Tony Johnston
George Shrinks by William Joyce
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Jan Brett
Gone Fishing by Earlene Long
The Great Big Enormous Turnip by Alexei Tolstoy
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The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Happy Birthday, Sam by Pat Hurchins
How Big Is a Foot? By Rolf Myller
How to Hide a Hippopotamus by Volney Croswell
Huge Harold by Bill Peet
The Inch Boy by Junko Morimoto
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
Is It Larger? Is It Smaller? By Tana Hoban
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
The King’s Shadow by Robert Larranaga
Large As Life by Julia Finzel
The Line Up Book Marisabina Russo
Little Elephant and Big Mouse by Benita Cantieni
The Little Red House by Norma Sawicki
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Much Bigger Than Martin by Steven Kellogg
Ocean Parade: A Counting Book by Patricia MacCarthy
Sizes by Jan Pienkowski
Ten Beads Tall by Pam Adams
Titch by Pat Hutchins
Who Sank the Boat? By Pamela Allen
You’ll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch by Pat Hutchins
Strong Verbs:
A Children’s Zoo by Hoban
Amos and Boris by William Steig
Black Cat by Christopher Myers
Brave Irene by William Steig
Chicken Little (instead of said) by Steven Kellogg
Dinner Time by Pienkowski
Eyes of Gray Wolf by Jonathan London
I’m Going to Get You by Tony Ross
Jaguar in the Rain Forest by Joanne Ryder
John Henry by Julius Lester
Kites Sail High by Heller
Night Noises by Mem Fox
Outside Inside by C. Crimi
Riptide by Frances Ward Weller
Shrek! By William Steig
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynn Cherry
The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden
Walk With a Wolf by Janni Howker
Style:
The Ravenous Beast by Niamh Sharkey – good eating verbs and lists of food
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Six Thick Thumbs by Steve Charney – write alliterative sentences
Six Sick Sheep by Joanna Cole – write alliterative sentences
I Feel Orange Today by Patricia Godwin – (primary) write about colors
Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O’Neil – (intermediate) write poetry about colors
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume - point of view
Crickwing by Janel Cannon – word choice and fluency
Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester – voice
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros – voice
Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher – word choice
The Purple Coat by Amy Hest – descriptive language
The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord – better words for said
Wolf! by Becky Bloom – point of view (compared to The Thee Little Pigs)
Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin – point of view
How Are You Peeling? Food with Moods by Saxton Freymann – great emotion words
Symbolism:
My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
So Far From the Sea by Eve Bunting
Suspense:
Abel’s Island by William Stieg
A Fine White Dust by Cynthia Rylant
A Rose in My Garden by Arnold Lobel
Amos and Boris by William Steig
Cathedral Mouse by Kay Choras
Dawn by Molly Bang
Don’t Forget the Bacon! by Pat Hutchins
Donna O’Neeshuck Was Chased by Some Cows by Bill Grossman
Dragonwings by Laurence Yep
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg
Good-Night, Owl! by Pat Hutchins
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
In a Cabin in a Woods by Darcie McNally
Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni
It Wasn’t My Fault by Helen Lester
Jumangi by Chris Van Allsburg
Just Like Abraham Lincoln by Bernard Waber
Just Like Everyone Else by Karla Kuskin
Kary and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood
Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Miss Nelson is Missing by Harry Allard
Monster and the Baby by Virginia Mueller
Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
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Teeny Tiny by Jill Bennett
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
The Frog on Robert’s Head by David Cleveland
The Grumpalump by Sarah Hayes
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Possum Came A-Knockin by Nancy Van Lann
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
There’s a Boy in the Girls’ Bathroom by Louis Sachar
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
The Wheels on the Bus by Maryann Kovalski
There’s A Monster Under My Bed by J. Howe
Three Big Hogs by Manus Pinkwater
Thundercake by Patricia Polacco
What Mary Jo Shared by J. Udry
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Wreck of the Zepher by Chris Van Allsburg
Survival:
Abel’s Island by William Stieg
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
My Side of the Mountain by Jean George
The Cay by Theodore Taylor
The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
Talk Bubbles:
The Magic School Bus by Joanna Cole
The Popcorn Book by Tomi DePaola
Tension/Conflict:
Person vs. Person
Old Henry by Joan W. Blos
Piggybook by Anthony Browne
Hiroshima No Pika by Toshi Maruki
The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Pinkwater
Lizard’s Song by George Shannon
CrowBoy by Taro Yashima
Call of the Wild by Jack London
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
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Person vs. Nature
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeanie Baker
Window by Jeannie Baker
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Brave Irene by Wm. Steig
Amos and Boris by Wm. Steig
Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg
Inner Conflict
Fang by Caroline Bauer
My Mo Travels a Lot by Caroline Bauer
Evertt Anderson’s NineMonth Long by Lucille Clifton
Annie and the Old One by Mikasa Miles
Miss Maggie by Cynthia Rylant
Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport by Majorie Sharmat
I Want Mama by Yukio Tsuchiya
Nettie’s Trip South by Ann Turner
A Tiger For Thomas by Charlotte Zolotow
IRA Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
Text to Self
Earrings by Judith Viorst
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Mud Is Cake by Pam Munoz Ryan
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Koala Lou by Mem Fox
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tommy dePaola
Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Chall
Big Mama’s by Donald Crews
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Fireflies by Judith Brinkloe
Hey World, Here I Am by Jean Little
Sheila the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Text to World
Whoever We Are by Mem Fox
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting
Tomas and the Library Lady by Pat Morra
Hey World, Here I Am by Jean Little
How Many Days to America? by Eve Bunting
Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winder
September 12, We Knew Everything Would be all Right by 1st grade H. Byron Masterson Elem.
The River Runs Wild by Lynne Cherry
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Time:
All in a Day by Mitsumasa Anno
All Year Long by Nancy Tafuri
Anno’s Sundial by Mitsumasa Anno
At This Very Minute by Kathleen Bowers
Big Time Bears by Stephen Krensky
Boss for a Week by Libby Handy
Brendan’s Best-Timed Birthday by Deborah Gould
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens by Louise Borden
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
Clocks and More Clocks by Pat Hutchins
Exploring Winter by Sandra Markle
First Comes Spring by Anne Rockwell
Four Stories for Four Seasons by Tomie dePaola
Frederick by Leo Lionni
The Goodnight Circle by Carolyn Lesser
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
The House from Morning to Night by Daniele Bour
I Read Symbols by Tana Hoban
January Brings the Snow by Sara Coleridge
Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Lucy and Tom’s Day by Shirley Hughes
A Minute Is a Minute by Barbara Neasi
Nature All Year Long by Clare Leslie
Nine o’Clock Lullaby by Marilyn Singer
On Friday Something Funny Happened by John Prater
Once Upon a Time by Gwenda Turner
One Monday Morning by Uri Schulevitz
Only Six More Days by Marisabina Russo
Our House on the Hill by Phillipe Dupasquier
The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons
The Stopwatch by David Lloyd
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
The Tomorrow Book by Doris Schwerin
The Sun’s Asleep Behind the Hill by Mirra Ginsburg
The Sun’s Day by Mordicai Gerstein
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
This Year’s Garden by Cynthia Rylant
The Twelve Days of Summer by Elizabeth O’Donnell
Time To . . . by Bruce McMillan
What Time Is Grandma Coming? by Peter Seymour
When Summer Ends by Susi Fowler
Where Does the Sun Go at Night? By Mirra Ginsburg
Which One Would You Choose? By Edith Kunhardt
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
You’ll Soon Grow into Them, Titch by Pat Hutchins
The Paperboy by Dave Pilkey
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Birthday Presents by Cynthia Rylant
A Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes
Beach Before Breakfast by Maxine Kumin
Just Go to Bed by Mercer Mayer
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber
The Bicycle Man by Allen Say
Where the Wild Things Are by Mercer Mayer
Sofie’s Role by Amy Heath
So Far From the Sea by Eve Bunting
Miss Rhumphius by Barbara Cooney
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Yolands’s Genius by Carol Fenner
Wringer by Jerry Spinelli
Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White
Topic Selection:
Julius, The Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry Allard
Guess Who My Favorite Person Is by Byrd Baylor
Friends by Helme Heine
A Big Fat Enormous Lie by Majorie Sharmat
Earrings by Judith Viorst
Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs Tomi dePaola
Oliver Button is a Sissy by Tomi dePaola
Venn Diagram:
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
Verbs:
Blue Bug’s Beach Party by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug’s Safety Book by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug Goes to Paris by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug and the Bullies by Virginia Poulet
Blue Bug’s Circus by Virginia Poulet
Kites Sail High by Ruth Heller
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
Visualization:
Abuela by Arthur Durros
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
The House on Maple Street by Bonnie Pryor
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Fireflies by Judith Brinkloe
All the Small Poems by Valerie Worth
Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky by Georgia Heard
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Napping House by Audrey Penn
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
Sailor Dog by Margaret Wise Brown
Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
Herbie Hamster, Where Are You? by Terence Blacker
Vocabulary, Description:
Abel’s Island by William Stieg
A Cache of Jewels by Ruth Heller
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parrish
Animals Should Definitely Not Act Like People by Judi Barrett
A Scale Full of Fish and Other Turnabouts by Naomi Bossom
Alphabears by Kathleen Hague
Attic of the Wind by Doris Herold Lund
Bears by Ruth Krauss
Chicken Little by Steven Kellogg
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Harvest Song by Ron Herschi
In a Pickle by Marvin Terban
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
I Want to Be by Thylias Moss
I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe
Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Kites Sail High by Ruth Heller
Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault
Lucky and the Giant by B. Elkin
Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
Mojave by Diane Siebert
Mr. Popper’ s Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
Punch with Judy by Avi
Q is for Duck by Mary Elting and Michael Folsom
Rabbits in the Meadow by Lilo Hess
Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Slush! Slush! by L. Kessler
Sky Dog by Jane Yolen
Sounder by William H. Armstrong
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson
The Giant Book of Giants by J. Munson
The Giggle and Cry Book by Eileen Spinelli
The History of Mother Twaddle and the Marvelous Achievements of Her Son Jack by P. Galdone
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne
The Search for Delicious by Natalie Babbitt
The Seashore Book by Charlotte Zolotow
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Storm Book by Charlotte Zolotow
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The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White
The Turnaround Wind by Arnold Lobel
The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
The Wump World by Bill Peet
The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Voice
I’ll Fix Anthony by Judith Viorst
My Five Senses by Aliki
Stevie by John Steptoe
The Friend by John Burningham
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
Earrings by Judith Viorst
Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner
I Love My Buzzard by Seymour / Schindler
Danny, the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl
The Night I Followed the Dog by Nina Laden
I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Bryd Baylor
The Best Town in the World by Bryd Baylor
The Ankle Grabber by Rose Impey
Faithful Elephants by Yukio Tsuchiya
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco
Appalachia by Cynthia Rylant
Hey Al! by A. Yorinks
Secrets of a Small Brother by R. Margolis
Writing Books:
Arthur Goes to Camp by Marc Brown
Arthur’s Pen Pal by Lillian Hoban
Arthur’s Valentine Marc Brown
Cherries and Cherry Pits by V. Williams
Dear Annie by Judith Caseley
Dear Brother Frank Asch and Vladimir Vagin
Dear Daddy by Philippe Dupasquier
Dear Dragon by Sesyle Joslin
Dear Mr. Blueberry by James Simon
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Dear Phoebe by Sue Alexander
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
The Diary of a Church Mouse by Graham Oakley
Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
The Goose Who Wrote a Book by Judy Delton
Hail to Mail by Samuel Marshak
I Can Write by Dr. Seuss
I Write It by Ruth Krauss
Jenny’s Journey by Sheila Samton
The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats
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A Letter to the King by Leong Va
Linda’s Airmail Letter by Norman Bell
Little Dog Lost by Inga Moore
Love from Aunt Betty Nancy Parker
Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter by Loreen Leedy
Mitchell Is Moving by Marjorie Sharmat
Mouse Writing by Jim Amosky
Mr. Griggs’ Work by Cynthia Rylant
No Mail for Mitchell by Catherine Siracusa
On Beyond Zebra! by Dr. Seuss
Peter’s Chair by J. Keats
Please Excuse Jasper by Nathan Zimelman
The Post Office Book by Gail Gibbons
The Postman by Rosalinda Knightly
Rosa-Too-Little by Sue Felt
Special Delivery by Betty Brandt
Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea by Vera Williams
That’s Right Edie by Johanna Johnston
Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe by Vera Williams
The Valentine Star by Patricia Reilly Giff
We Are Best Friends by Aliki
What the Mailman Brought by Carolyn Carven
Your Best Friend, Kate by Pat Brisson
Writing Experience:
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
I Want a Dog by Dayal Kaur Khalsa
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
The Art Lesson by Tomie de Paola
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Goodbye Book by Judith Viorst
I Have to Go by Robert Munsch
Appalachia by Cynthia Rylant
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Sofie’s Role by Amy Heath
Amphibians/Reptiles:
The Complete Frog: A Guide for the Very Young Naturalist by Elizabeth Lacy, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Turtle Day by Douglas Florian, Harper & Row
Animals:
The Kids’ Cat Book by Tomie dePaola
Animals, Animals by Eric Carle
Animal Fact/Animal Fable by Seymour Simon
Whales by Seymour Simon
What Happened to the Dinosaurs? by Franklyn Branley
Wild Animals of America ABC by HopeRydeb
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Careers:
Poinsettia and the Firefighters by Felicia Bond
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Burton
Fire! Fire! By Gail Gibbons
Nate the Great by Majorie Weinman Sharmat
Doctor DeSoto by William Steig, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
The Judge: An Untrue Tale by Margot Zemach, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Counting:
The April Rabbits by David Cleveland
Count! By Denise Fleming
Count-A-Saurus by Nancy Blumenthal
Count and See by Tana Hoban
Count Your Way Through series by Jim Haskins
Counting Sheep by John Archambault
Dancing in the Moon: Counting Rhymes by Fritz Eichenberg
Each Orange Had Eight Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti, Jr.
Farm Counting Book by Jane Miller
A Farmer’s Dozen by Sandra Russell
Five Little Ducks by Ian Beck
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Helen Oxenbury’s Numbers of Things by Helen Oxenbury
How Many Bugs in a Box? By David Carter
How Many Feet in the Bed? By Diane Hamm
How Many? From 0 to 20 by Fiona Pragoff
How Many Monsters? by Joanne and David Wylie
The Icky Bug Counting Book by Jerry Pallotta
In My Garden by Ron Maris
An Invitation to the Butterfly Ball by Jane Yolen
Jamberry by Bruce Degen
Little Monsters: Eggs for Tea by Jan Pienkowski
Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings
More Than One by Tana Hoban
Mouse Count by Ellen Walsh
Numbers: How Do You Say It? by Meredith Dunham
Off and Counting by Sally Noll
One Ballerina Two by Vivian French
One Bear All Alone by Caroline Bucknall
One Bear At Bedtime by Mick Inkpen
One Cow Moo Moo! by David Bennett
One Crow: A Counting Rhyme by Jim Aylesworth
One, Five, Many by Kveta Pacovska
One Good Horse: A Cowpuncher’s Counting Book by Ann Scott
One Gorilla: A Counting Book by Atsuko Morozumi
One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes
One Hungry Monster: A Counting Book in Rhyme by Susan O’Keefe
1 is One by Tasha Tudor
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One Magic Box: A Book About Numbers by Roger and Mariko Chouinard
One Sun, Two Eyes, and a Million Stars by Joanna and William Stobbs
One, Two, One Pair! by Bruce McMillan
One, Two, Three: An Animal Counting Book by Marc Brown
One Wooly Wombat by Rod Trinca and Kerry Argent
Over in the Meadow: A Counting-out Rhyme by Olive Wadsworth
The Right Number of Elephants by Jeff Sheppard
Roll Over! A Counting Song by Merle Peek
Seven Eggs by Meridith Hooper
Ten Apples up on Top! by Theo LeSieg
Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews
Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman
Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
Ten Potatoes in a Pot by Michael Katz
There Were Ten in the Bed by Pam Adams
This Old Man by Carol Jones
The Twelve Days of Summer by Elizabeth O’Donnell
Two Ways to Count to Ten by Ruby Dee
Up to Ten and Down Again by Lisa Ernst
Whale Song by Tony Johnston
What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s? by Suzanne Aker
When One Cat Woke Up: A Cat Counting Book by Judy Astley
Who’s Counting? by Nancy Tafuri
The World from My Window by Sheila Samton
Anno’s Counting Book by Anno Mitsumasa
Count Your Way Through China by Jim Haskins
When Sheep Cannot Sleep by Kitamura Satashi, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Ecology/Conservation:
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker
The Giant Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
A House is a House for Me by Mary Ann Hoberman
Hey! Get Off Our Train by John Burningham
Heartland by Diane Siebet
Fractions:
Gator Pie by Louise Mathews
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Giraffe and a Half by Shel Silverstein
Money:
26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Multiplication:
Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies by Louise Mathews
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Number Concepts:
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag, Coward-McCann
How Much is a Million? By David Schwartz, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
Numbears: A Counting Book by Kathleen And Michael Hague
Anno’s Mysterious Multipying Jar by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno
Ordinal Numbers:
The Five Chinese Brothers by Clair Bishop
The April Rabbits by David Cleveland
Plants:
The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Desert Giant: The World of the Saguro Cactus by Barbara Bash, Little, Brown and Co.
Seasons:
Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree by Gail Gibbons
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
The Mare on the Hill by Thomas Locker
Four Stories for Four Seasons by Tomie dePaola
Transportation:
Truck by Donald Crews
School Bus by Donald Crews
Harbor by Donald Crews
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Boat Book by Gail Gibbons
New Road by Gail Gibbons
Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky
Big City Port by Betsy Maestro
Short ‘a’ books:
Angus and the Cat by Marjorie Flack
Alex and the Cat by Helen Griffith
The Fat Cat by Jack Kent
There’s an Ant in Anthony by Bernard Most
Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan Nodset
Addie Meets Max by Joan Robbins
The Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Long ‘a’ books:
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
The Paper Crane by Molly Bang
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
The Lace Snail by Betsy Byars
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Sheila Rae, the Brave by Kevin Henkes
Taste the Raindrops by Anne Hines
Short ‘i’ books:
Willie the Wimp by Anthony Browne
Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets
Titch by Pat Hitchins
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Call for Mr. Sniff by Thomas P. Lewis
Small Pig by Arnold Lobel
Fix-It by David McPhail
This Is . . . by Gloria Patrick
My Brother, Will by Joan Robins
Long ‘i’ books:
The Bike Lesson by Stan and Jan Berenstain
If Mice Could Fly by John Cameron
When the Tide Is Low by Sheila Cole
Why Can’t I Fly? by Rita Gelman
Tight Times by Barbara Hazen
Short ‘e’ books:
Elephant in a Well by Marie Hall Ets
The Little Red Hen by Paul Galdone
Yeck Eck by Evaline Ness
Hester the Jester by Ben Shecter
I Don’t Believe in Elves by Jane Thayer
Ten Pennies for Candy by Henry Ritchet Wing
Long ‘e’ books:
Little Bo-Peep by Paul Galdone
Ten Sleepy Sheep by Holly Keller
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin
Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim
Never Tease a Weasel by Jean C. Soule
“Stand Back,” said the Elephant, “I’m Going to Sneeze!” by Patricia Thomas
Short ‘o’ books:
Oscar Otter by Nathaniel Benchley
Mogwogs on the March! by Olivier Dunrea
Drummer Hoff by Barbara Emberley
Flossie & the Fox by Patricia C. McKissack
Big Frogs, Little Frogs by Patricia Miller & Iran Seligman
“The Frog and the Ox” from Once in a Wood by Eve Rice
Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
Long ‘o’ books:
The Giant’s Toe by Brock Cole
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Roll Over! by Mordicai Gerstein
The Adventures of Mole and Troll by Tony Johnston
Night Noises and Other Mole and Troll Stories by Tony Johnston
One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt
Short ‘u’ books:
Where’s the Bunny? by Ruth Carroll
Donald Says Thumbs Down by Nancy E. Cooney
Seven Little Ducks by Margaret Friskey
Big Gus and Little Gus by Lee Lorenz
The Cut-Ups by James Marshall
Thump and Plunk by Janice May Udry
Umbrella by Taro Yashima
Long ‘u’ books:
The Troll Music by Anita Lobel
Tell Me a Trudy by Lore Segal
“Excuse Me – Certainly!” by Louis Slobodkin
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Book Lists by Genre
And Grade Level
Glossary of Genres
Autobiography: The story of a real person’s
Life that is written by that person.
Biography: The story of a real person’s life
that is written by another person.
Fable: A story that contains a moral and
usually has animals that speak and act
like human beings.
Fairy tale: A kind of folktale that almost
always involves some element of magic,
with good triumphing over evil.
Fantasy: A story containing elements that
are not based in the world as it exists,
such as talking animals or magic.
Folktale: A story, often with a message, that
was initially passed on by word of
mouth.
Historical fiction: A fictional story with real
and invented characters that takes place
during a historical time.
Mystery: A suspenseful story about a
puzzling event that is not solved until
the end of the story.
Nonfiction: All of the text is based on
facts and not made up.
Poetry: A verse written to inspire thought.
Realistic fiction: A story using made-up
characters that takes place in modern
times.
Science fiction: A story that blends futuristic
technology with scientific fact and
fiction.
Tall tale: A story where the main character is
larger than life and has a specific job; the
problem is solved in an incredible or
funny way, and exaggerated details
describe things greater than they really
are.
Memoir: A type of nonfiction that centers
around an event, object, or person that
was significant to the author.
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Book Lists by Genre and Grade Level
Fairy Tales/Folktales
Tall Tales
Grades K-2
Adelita, Tomie dePaola
Bubba the Cowboy Prince, A Fractured Texas tale,
Helen Ketteman
Dinorella, A Prehistoric Fairy Tale, Pamela Duncan
Edwards and Henry Cole
Dusty Locks and the Three Bears, Susan Lowell
The Fourth Little Pig, Teresa Celsi
The Frog Prince Continued, Jon Scieszka
Little Red Riding Hood, A Newfangled Prairie Tale,
Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Three Little Jaavelinas, Susan Lowell
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig, Eugene
Trivizas
The Three Pigs, David Wiesner
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Jon Scieszka
Who’s Been Eating My Porridge? Nick Ward
Suitable for All Grades
The Bunyans, Audrey Wood
John Henry, Julius Lester
Johnny Appleseed, Steven Kelogg
Mike Fink, Steven Kelogg
New York’s Bravest, Mary Pope Osborr
Paul Bunyan, Steven Kelogg
Peco Bill, Steven Kelogg
Swamp Angel, Anne Isaacs
Grades 3-5
Dove Isabau, Jane Yolen
The Dragon and the Unicorn, Lynne Cherry
The Egyptian Cinderella, Shirley Clemo
The Golden Sandal, A Middle Eastern Cinderella
Story, Rebecca Hickox
The Irish Cinderella, Shirley Clemo
The Korean Cinderella, Shirley Clemo
Lon Po Po, a Red Riding Hood Story from China, Ed
Young
Rapunzel, Paul O. Zelinsky
Rumpelstilskin, Paul O. Zelinsky
Sleeping Ugly, Jane Yolen
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales,
Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
The Twelve Dancing Princesses, Marian
Fables
Suitable for All Grades
Fables, Arnold Lobel
Fabulous Fables: Using Fables with Children, Grades
2-4
Greek Myths for Young Children, Marcia Williams
Grades K-2
The Checker Playing Hound Dog: Tall To
Southwestern Storyteller, Joe Hayes
Feliciana Feydra Leroux, Tynia Thomas:
Bowman Smith
I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago: A
Steven Kelogg
Master Man: A Tall Tale of Nigeria (Wes
Folktales), Aaron Shepard and D.
Wisniewski
A Million Fish More or Less, Patricia M.
Shaq and the Beanstalk and Other Very
Shaquille O’Neal and Shane Evan
Tailypo: A Newfangled Tall Tale, Angela
Medearis
Grades 3-5
Mountain Men: True Grit and Tall Tales,
Glass
A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North
(Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
The Tallest Leprechaun: A Tall Tale of
Terrible Teasing, Emily Grace
Koenig
Three Strong Women: A Tall Tale from
Japan, Claus Stamm
Magic School Bus (series), Joanna
Cole
Magic Tree House (series), Mary Pope
Osborne
The Mouse and the Motorcycle,
Beverly Cleary
Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren
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The Maestro, Number 2: Preposterous Fables for
Unusual Children, Judd Palmer
The Magic Fish, Freya Littledale
Multicultural Fables and Fairy Tales (Grades 1-4),
Tara McCarthy
Three Aesop Fox Fables, Paul Galdone
Grades K-2
The Ant and the Grasshopper, Amy Poole
Fables from Aesop, Val Biro
Fredrick, Leo Lionni
Math Fables, Greg Tang
Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young
Squids Will Be Squids: Fresh Morals, Beastly Fables,
Jon Sciezka and Lane Smith
Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Jan Brett
Grades 3-5
Amos and Boris, William Steig
The Children of Odin: The Books of Northern Myths,
Padraic Colum
The Lion and the Mouse, Ed Young
The Monkey and the Crocodile, Paul Galone
Old Granny Fox, Thorton W. Burgess
The Rainstick, a Fable, Sandra Chisholm Robinson
A Sip of Aesop, Jane Yolen and Karen Barbour
Fantasy
Grades K-2
Abel’s Island, William steig
All I See, Cynthia Rylant
A Bear Called Paddington, Michael Bond
Bunnicula, Deborah and James Howe
Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White
The Chocolate Touch, Patrick Catling
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type, Doreen Cronin
The Cuckoo Child, Dick King-Smith
Jumanji, Chris Van Allsburg
Koalo Lou, Mem Fox
My Brother’s Keeper: Virginia’s Diary (My America
series), Mary Pope Osborne
Night Journeys, Avi
Pink and Say, Patricia Polacco
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, Eleanor Coeer
The Salem Witch Trails: An Unsolved Mystery from
History, Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple
Possum Magic, Mem Fox
Shrek, William Steig
Stuart Little, E. B. White
Time Warp Trio, Jon Scieszka
Wemberly Worried, Kevin Henkes
The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth
Grahame
Winnie-the-Pooh, A. A. Milne
Grades 3-5
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,
Lewis Carroll
The Borrowers, Mary Norton
Ella Enchanted, Gail Levine
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, Chris
Van Allsburg
Harry Potter (series), J. K. Rowling
James and the Giant Peach, Roald Dahl
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,
C. S. Lewis
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH,
Robert O’Brien
The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster
Poppy, Avi
Sector 7, David Wiesner
The Tale of Despereaux, Kate DiCamillo
Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbbit
Watership Down, Richard Adams
A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
Historical Fiction
Grades K-2
Dakota Dugout, Ann Tuner
Little House in the Big Woods, Laura
Ingalls Wilder
Magic Tree House (series), Mary Pope
Osborne
Mailing May, Michael Tunnell
Realistic Fiction
Grades K-2
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,
No Good Bad Day, Judith Viorist
Also Applesauce, Joanna Hurwitz
Amelia Bedelia, Peggy Parish
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Sarah, Plain and Tall, Patricia MacLachlan
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution, Jean Fritz
Sleds on Boston Common, Louise Borden
Squanto’s Journey, Joseph Bruchac
Stone Fox, John Gardiner
The Wall, Eve Bunting
Grades 3-5
The Birchbark House, Louise Erdrich
The Borning Room, Paul Fleischman
Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis
Bull Run, Paul Fleischman
Caddie Woodlawn, Carol Brink
Charley Skedaddle, Patricia Beatty
Crispin: The Cross of Lead, Avi
Dandelions, Eve Bunting
The Devil’s Arithmetic, Jane Yolen
Encounter, Jane Yolen
Esperanza Rising, Pam Munoz
Hundred Dresses, Elenor Estes
Jip: His Story, Katherine Paterson
Johnny Tremain, Ester Forbes
A Long Way from Chicago, Richard Peck
The Midwife’s Apprentice, Karen Cushman
Morning Girl, Michael Dorris
Nettie’s Trip South, Ann Turner
Nightjohn, Gary Paulsen
Nora Ryan’s Song, Patricia Reilly Giff
Number the Stars, Lois Lowry
Our Only May Amelia, Jennifer Holm
Out of the Dust, Karen Hesse
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Mildred Tay
Rose Blanche, Christophe Gallaz and Robert Innocenti
Shades of Gray, Carolyn Reeder
A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park
The Slave Dancer, Paula Fox
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi
The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth Geo Speare
Year of Impossible Gooodbyes, Sook Choi
The Egypt Game, Zilpha snyder (mystery)
Everything on a Waffle, Peggy Horvath
Frindle, Andrew Clements
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler,
E. L. Konigsburg
The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Paterson
Hatchet, Gary Paulsen
Holes, Louis Sachar
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, Bette Lord
Attaboy, Sam! Lois Lowry
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,
Barbara Robinson
Cam Jenson (series), David Adler
Encyclopedia Brown, Boy
Detective, Donald Sobol
Get Ready for Second Grade, Amber
Brown, Paula Danziger
The Graduation of Jake Moon,
Barbara Park
Henry and Mudge: The First Book of Their
Adventures, Cynthia Rylant
Homesick, Jean Fritz (memoir)
Judy Moody, Megan McDonald
Junie B. Jone, First Grader (at last!),
Barbara Park
Locomotion, Jacqueline Woodsen
Marvin Redpost, Louis Sachar
Muggie Maggie, Beverly Cleary
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs,
Tomie dePaola
Nate the Great, Marjorie Wiseman
Sharmat (mystery)
Ramona the Pest, Beverly Cleary
Skinnybones, Barbara Park
The Stories Julian Tells, Ann Cameron
Thank You, Mr. Falker, Patricia
Polacco
26 Fairmont Avenue, Tomie dePaola
(memoir)
Grades 3-5
Anastasia Krupnik, Lois Lowry
Are You There, God? It’s Me,
Margaret, Judy Blume
Because of Winn-Dixie, Kate DiCamillo
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever,
Barbara Robinson
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary
Rocks in His Head, Carol Otis Hurst
Rosa Parks: My Story, Rosa Parks
Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy, Phil Bildner
Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing
Life and Times of Annie Oakley,
Stephen Krensky
Snowflake Bentley, Jacqueline Briggs
Martin
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Love, Ruby Lavender, Deborah Wiles
Love That Dog, Sharon Creech
Maniac Magee, Jerry Spinelli
Nothing But the Truth, Avi
Ruby Hollar, Sharon Creech
Shiloh, Phyllis Naylor
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, Judy Blume
Toning the Sweep, Angela Johnson
The Trouble with Tuck, Theodore Taylor
The View from Saturday, E. L. Konisburg
Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
The Westing Game, Ellen Raskin
Wringer, Jerry Spinelli
Yolanda’s Genius, Carol Fenner
So you Want to Be President? Judith St.
George
The Story of Christopher Columbus,
Admiral of the Ocean Sea,
Mary Pope Osborne
And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?
Jean Fritz
Through My Eyes, Ruby Bridges (autobiography)
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn
Battuta, James Rumford
Ty Cobb: Bad Boy of Baseball, S. Dramer
Who Was Ben Franklin? Dennis Brindell
You Forgot Your Skirt, Amelia Bloomer!
You Want Women to Vote, Lizzie Stanton?
Poetry
Biography
Alexander Graham Bell, Leonard Fisher
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, James Gibl
Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Sky, Mona Kerby
Bigmama’s, Donald Crews (autobiography)
Bill Peet: An Autobiography, Bill Peet
Brave Harriet, Marissa Moss
Brother Sun, Sister Moon: The Life and Stories of
St. Francis, Margaret Mayo
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, Barbara Kerley
Don’t You Know There’s a War On? James Stevenson
Eleanor, Barbara Cooney
Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way, Peter Golenbock
The Heroine of the Titanic: A Tale Both True and Otherwise
Of the Life of Molly Brown, Jan Blos
Johnny Appleseed, Steven Kellogg
Laura Ingalls Wilder: Young Pioneer, Beatrice Gormley
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth,
Katheryn Lasky
Lincoln: A Photobiography, Russell Freedman
Little Louis and the Jazz Band,Angela Meaderis
Michelangelo, Diane Stanley
Out of the Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
Russell Freedman
Rocks in His Head, Carol Otis Hurst
Rosa Parks: My Story, Rosa Parks (autobiography)
Shoeless Joe and Black Betsy, Phil Bildner
Shooting for the Moon: The Amazing Life and Times of
Annie Oakley, Stephen Krensky
Snowflake Bentley, Jacqueline Briggs Martin
All the Small Poems and Fourteen More,
Worth
Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin
Poems, Sierra
Color Me a Rhyme, Jane Yolen
Creatures of the Earth, Sea and Sky,
Georg
Dogs Rule, Daniel Kirk
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems,
Langs Hughes
The Golden Books Family Treasury
of Poetry Louis Untermeyer
Good Books, Good Times, selected by
Lee Hopkins
Hailstones and Halibut Bones, Mary
O’Neil
Honey, I Love, Eloise Greenfield
Lizzards, Frogs, and Polliwogs,
Mrs. Cole on an Onion Roll and Other
Kalli Dakos
Popcorn, James Stevenson
Ride a Purple Pellican, Jack Prelutsky
The Great Frog Race and Other Poems,
Kris O’Connell George
The Random House Book of Poetry for
Chila selected by Jack Prelutsky (Knopf)
The Twentieth Century Children’s Poetry
selected by Jack Prelutsky
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