Books to Use to Teach Standards and Comprehension Strategies
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Books to Use to Teach Standards and Comprehension Strategies Making Connections Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Birthday Presents Cynthia Rylant Chrysanthemum Kevin Heinkes Frog and Toad All Year Arnold Lobel Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother Patricia Polacco Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs Tomie dePaola When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant Wemberly Worried Kevin Heinkes Miss Tizzy Libba Moore Gray Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst Chicken Sunday Patricia Polacco Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant Going Home Eve Bunting Hey World, Here I Am! Jean Little I Hate English Ellen Levine Mrs. Mack Patricia Polacco Now One Foot, Now the Other Tomie dePaola Owen Kevin Henkes Shelia Rae, The Brave Kevin Henkes Thank You, Mr. Falker Patricia Polacco The Art Lesson Tomie dePaola The Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco When I am Old With You Angela Johnson The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant When Jesse Came Across The Sea Amy Hest Boundless Grace Mary Hoffman I Wish I Was a Butterfly James Howe Saturdays and Teacakes Lester Laminack Giant Children Brod Bagert All the Places to Love Patricia MacLachlan The Memory String Eve Bunting When I Was Little Jamie Lee Curtis The Brand New Kid Katie Couric The Old Woman Who Loved to Read John Winch The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall The Shortcut Donald Crews Momma, Where Do You Come From? Marie Bradby Questioning The Amazing Bone William Steig Storm Boy Paul O. Lewis Gorky Rises William Steig Encounter Jane Yolen Brave Irene William Steig Pink and Say Patricia Polacco Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig The Wednesday Surprise Eve Bunting Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant Fly Away Home Eve Bunting The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland The Wise Old Woman and Her Secret Eve Merriam The Stranger Chris Van Allsburg The Three Questions Jon Muth Monarch Butterfly Gail Gibbons The Trumpet of the Swan E.B. Lewis How Many Days to America? Eve Bunting What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? Robin Page Owl Babies Martin Waddell The Old Woman Who Named Things Cynthia Rylant Visualizing Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher The Seashore Book Charlotte Zolotow Fireflies Julie Brinckloe I’m in Charge of Celebrations Bryd Baylor The Napping House Audrey Wood Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant My Mama Had a Dancing Heart Libba Moore Gray A Lucky Thing Alice Schertle Abuela Arthur Dorros Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant Swimmy Leo Lionni All the Colors of the Earth Shelia Hamanaka Owl Moon Jane Yolen Scarecrow Cynthia Rylant Hello Harvest Moon Ralph Fletcher In November Cynthia Rylant All the Places to Love Patricia MacLachlan The Important Book Margaret Wise Brown Night of the Gargoyles Eve Bunting Inferring The Table Where Rich People Sit Bryd Baylor Teammates Peter Golenbock Storm Boy Paul O. Lewis Encounter Jane Yolen Bull Run Paul Fleischman Dandelions Eve Bunting Fables Arnold Lobel George and Martha James Marshall Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg The Stranger Chris Van Allsburg Two Bad Ants Chris Van Allsburg The Wreck of the Zephyr Chris Van Allsburg Fly Away Home Eve Bunting Fireflies Julie Brinkloe How Many Days to America Eve Bunting Something Beautiful Sharon Wyeth Miss Maggie Cynthia Rylant Miss Tizzy Libba Moore Gray The Three Questions Jon Muth The Lucky Day Keiko Kasza The Royal Bee Frances Park Once There was a Tree Natalia Romanova Weslandia Paul Fleischman A Story for Bear Dennis Haseley Momma, Where do You Come From? Marie Bradby Annie and the Old One Miska Miles Snow Day Lester Laminack Synthesizing A Boy Called Slow Joseph Bruchac An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant Fables Arnold Lobel (Literacy Library Smoky Night Eve Bunting Where is Grandpa? T.A. Barron A Picture Book of a Anne Frank David Adler The Three Questions Jon Muth My Lucky Day Keiko Kasza What’s the Time Grandma Wolf? Kenneth Brown Angel Child, Dragon Child Michele Surat The Table Where Rich People Sit Byrd Baylor How My Parents Learned to Eat Ina Friedman Tomas and the Library Lady Pat Mora Stellaluna Jannell Cannon The Great Kapok Tree Lynne Cherry Word Study Playing with Words Autumn: An Alphabetic Acrostic by Steven Schnur CDB! By William Steig The Circus or Words by Richard Lederer Doodler Doodling by Rita Gelman Fibblestax by Devin Scillian The Hungry Thing by Jan Slepian and Ann Seidler Word Wizard by Cathryn Falwell Caleb and Kate by William Steig Chocolate Mouse for Dinner by Fred Gwyune Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements Feathers and Fools by Mem Fox I Love You the Purplest by Barbara Joosee King who Rained by Fred Gwyune Pictures in the Fire by Charles Lonsbury Possum Magic by Mem Fox Storm Boy by Paul Owen Lewis The Lotus Seed by Tatsura Kiuchi The Old Man and His Door by Gary Soto The Old Woman Who Named Things by Cynthia Rylant The Storm by Marc Harshman Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by K. Krull Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka Parts of Speech To Root, to Toot, to Parachute What is a Verb? Brian Cleary Hairy, Scary, Ordinary What is an Adjective? Brian Cleary A Mink, a fink, a Skating Rink What is a Noun? Brian Cleary Under, Over, By the Clover What is a Preposition? Brian Cleary If You Were a Noun Michael Dahl If You Were an Adjective Michael Dahl If You Were a Verb Michael Dahl If You Were a Pronoun Michael Dahl In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli (adjectives) Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! by Susan Meyers (adjectives) Homophones Eight Ate: A Feast of Homonym Riddles Marvin Terban Dear Deer Gene Baretta Multiple Meaning Words The King Who Rained Fred Gwynne A Chocolate Moose For Dinner Fred Gwynne Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish Compound Words Once There Was a Bull Frog Rick Walton Superlatives Pig, Pigger, Piggest by Rick Walton Things That Are MOST in the World by Judi Barrett Cause-Effect Arthur’s Eyes Marc Brown If You Give a Mouse a Cookie “ “ Moose a Muffin “ “ Pig a Pancake Laura Numeroff Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Heinkes Curious George H.A. Rey Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day Judith Viorst Sister Anne’s Hands Marybeth Lorbiecki The Memory String Eve Bunting Strega Nona Tomie dePaola Nettie’s Trip South Ann Turner Once a Mouse Marcia Brown Pinkerton Behave Steven Kellogg Listen Buddy Helen Lester Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type Doreen Cronin Me First Helen Lester Frog and Toad All Year Arnold Lobel George and Marsha James Marshall Super Fudge Judy Blume Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume Miss Hunnicutt’s Hat Jeff Brumbeau Possum Magic Mem Fox Sierra Diane Siebert Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears Verna Ardema Why the Chicken Crossed the Road David Macaulay Alliteration Alligator Arrived With Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast Cresent Dragonwagon Alligators All Around Maurice Sendak How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss Oh the Things You Can Say Dr. Seuss Hoops Robert Burleigh In the Tall, Tall Grass Denise Fleming Mud Mary Lyn Ray Silly Sally Don and Audrey Wood Thesaurus Rex Laya Steinberg Some Smug Slug Edwards Similes It Looked Like Spilt Milk Charles Shaw Owl Moon Jane Yolen Quick as a Cricket Audrey Wood Swimmy Leo Lionni The Mixed Up Chameleon Eric Carle In November Cynthia Rylant Nettie’s Trip South Ann Turner Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall Saturdays with Teacakes Lester Laminack Hoops Robert Burleigh Fireflies Julie Brinkloe Homerun:The Story of Babe Ruth Robert Burleigh All the Places to Love Patricia MacLachlan The Harmonica Tony Johnston Bat Loves the Night Nicola Davies Amber on the Mountain Tony Johnston The Honest to Goodness Truth Patricia McKissack Come On Rain Karen Hesse Metaphors Owl Moon Jane Yolen Miz Berlin Walks Jane Yolen Cat, What is That? Tony Johnston In November Cynthia Rylant Sunflower Eve Bunting Hello, Harvest Moon Ralph Fletcher Under the Quilt of Night Deborah Hopkinson Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher The Harmonica Tony Johnston Black Cat by Christopher Myers Dragon Scales and Willow Leaves by Howard Kaplan Faraway Home by Jane Kirtz Goodbye, Geese by Nancy Carlstrom Harlem: A Poem by Walter Dean Myers Mouse, Look Out! By Judy Waite Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury The Lonely Scarecrow by Tim Preston The Stone Dancers by Nora Martin Personification (Form of Metaphor) Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack The Talking Eggs Robert D. SanSouci The Scarecrow Cynthia Rylant Atlantic G. Brian Karas In November Cynthia Rylant Millicent and the Wind Robert Munsch Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher Hello Harvest Moon Ralph Fletcher The Little Scarecrow Boy Margaret Wise Brown Jimmy Zangwow’s Out of This World Moon Pie Adventure Tony DiTerlizzi Night of the Gargoyles Eve Bunting Tough Cookie David Wisniewski Black Cat by Christopher Myers Dragon Scales and Willow Leaves by Howard Kaplan Faraway Home by Jane Kirtz Goodbye, Geese by Nancy Carlstrom Harlem: A Poem by Walter Dean Myers Mouse, Look Out! By Judy Waite Switch on the Night by Ray Bradbury The Lonely Scarecrow by Tim Preston The Stone Dancers by Nora Martin Onomatopeia Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type Doreen Cronin Giggle Giggle Quack Doreen Cronin Mortimer Robert Munsch The Ear Book Dr. Seuss Barnyard Banter Denise Fleming The Little Black Truck Libba Moore Gray Book! Book! Book! Deborah Bruss Down on the Farm Merrily Kutner Thesaurus Rex Laya Steinberg Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet by Ross MacDonald Night in the Barn by Faye Gibbons Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements Froggy Goes to Bed by Jonathan London Froggy Goes to School by Jonathan London Froggy Plays Soccer by Jonathan London Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell Mama and Me and Model T. by Faye Gibbons Old Devil Wind by Bill Martin One Duck by Hazel Hutchins The Grumpy Morning by Pamela D. Edwards The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper Hyperbole Tall Tales Alice Nizzy Nazzy, the Witch of Sante Fe by Tony Johnston Big Jabe by Jerdine Nolen Come On, Rain! By Karen Hesse Little Red Cowboy Hat by Susan Lowell Mama and Me and Model T. by Faye Gibbons Scarlette Beane by Karen Wallace Simply Delicious by Margaret Mahy Trouble on Thunder Mountain by Russell Hoban What! Cried Granny: An Almost Bedtime Story by Kate Lum Idioms More Parts Tedd Arnold My Momma Likes to Say Denise Brennan-Nelson Parts Tedd Arnold My Teacher Likes to Say Denise Brennan-Nelson Bad Boys Margie Palatini Amelia Bedelia Parish Dog Breath Dave Pilkey A Little Pigeon Toad by Fred Gwynne There’s a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me by Loreen Leedy and Pat Street In a Pickle, and other funny idioms by Marvin Terban Mad as a Wet Hen, and other funny idioms by Marvin Terban And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon Janet Stevens Saving Sweetness Diane Stanley Characterization Brave Irene William Steig Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber Amber on the Mountain Tony Johnston James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl Ramona Quimby, Age 8 Beverly Cleary Amelia Bedelia Helps Out Peggy Parish The Memory String Eve Bunting An Angel For Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant Annie and the Wild Animals Jan Brett Song and Dance Man Karen Ackerman Wemberly Worried Kevin Heinkes Muggie Maggie Beverly Cleary Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst Something Beautiful Sharon Wyeth The Old Woman Who Named Things Cynthia Rylant Poppy Avi Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo Lily’s Purple Purse Kevin Heinkes Amber Brown chapter book series Paula Danziger Dragonwings Laurence Yep I Know a Lady Charlotte Zolotow McBroom Tells a Lie Sid Fleischman Missing May Cynthia Rylant Much Bigger Than Martin Steven Kellogg Shoeshine Girl Clyde R. Bulla Tar Beach Faith Ringwold The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Patterson Setting All the Places to Love Patricia MacLaughlan (compare settings) Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett (compare settings) Thundercake Patricia Polacco The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant The Important Book Margaret Wise Momma, Where Are You From? Marie Bradby (time and place settings) Dear Willie Rudd Libba Moore Gray (time and place settings) Aunt Flossie’s Hats Elizabeth F. Howard (time & place settings) Working Cotton Sherley A. Williams The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats The Shortcut Donald Crews Amber on the Mountain Tony Johnston Owl Moon Jane Yolen Miz Berlin Walks Jane Yolen Compare/Contrast Characters Frog and Toad are Friends Arnold Lobel Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs Tomie dePaola My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother Patricia Polacco George and Martha James Marshall Officer Buckle and Gloria Peggy Rathmann Tops and Bottoms Janet Stevens Fairytales Double Fudge Judy Blume Kate and Caleb William Steig Putter and Tabby Cynthia Rylant Love, Ruby Lavender Deborah Wiles Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak Stellaluna J. Cannon Pinky and Rex series J. Howe Horrible Harry chapter book series Suzy Kline Beezus and Ramona Beverly Cleary My Lucky Day Keiko Kasza Problems & Solutions Curious George H.A. Rey The Honest to Goodness Truth Patricia McKissack Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett Something Beautiful Sharon Wyeth The Three Questions Jon Muth Sylvester and the Magic Pebble William Steig The Memory String Eve Bunting Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Boundless Grace Mary Hoffman Fairytales The Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flournoy Grandpa’s Face Eloise Greenfield A Chair For My Mother Vera Williams The Magic School Bus: The Great Shark Escape Joanna Cole The Magic School Bus: The Search for the Missing Bones Joanna Cole Freckle Juice Judy Blume Magic Treehouse chapter book series Mary Pope Osbourne Jigsaw Jones chapter book series James Preller A-Z Mysteries chapter book series Horrible Harry chapter book series Suzy Kline Bailey School Kids chapter book series Debbie Dadey Junie B. Jones chapter book series Barbara Parks My Dog, My Hero Betsy Byars Miss Hunnicutt’s Hat Jeff Brumbeau Blabber Mouse True Kelley Themes Where is Grandpa? T.A. Barron (Loss/Death) The Old Woman Who Named Things Cynthia Rylant (Loneliness) An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant (Loneliness) Aunt Flossie’s Hats Elizabeth F. Howard (Memories) Momma, Where Are You From? Marie Bradby (Memories) Dear Willie Rudd Libba Moore Gray (Memories/Segregation) The Three Questions Jon Muth (Giving of yourself to others) The Memory String Eve Bunting (Loss/Memories/Change) Sister Anne’s Hands Marybeth Lorbiecki (Change/Racism) Wemberly Worried Kevin Heinkes (Fear/Anxiety) Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs Tomie dePaola (Loss/ Death) Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Patridge Mem Fox (Memories) My Dog, My Hero Betsy Byars (Courage) Author’s Point of View (First Person) Sister Anne’s Hands Marybeth Lorbiecki A Chair For My Mother Vera B. Williams My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother Patricia Polacco The Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant When I Am Old With You Angela Johnson Aunt Flossie’s Hats Elizabeth Howard Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall Pink and Say Patricia Polacco Dandelion Eve Bunting My Momma Likes to Say Denise Brennan-Nelson Fly Away Home Eve Bunting The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland Thundercake Patricia Polacco The Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flournoy Dear Willie Rudd Libba Moore Gray My Mama Had a Dancing Heart Libba Moore Gray Horrible Harry chapter book series Suzy Kline (Third Person) The Wise Woman and Her Secret Eve Merriam Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Boundless Grace Mary Hoffman Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs Tomie dePaola The Art Lesson Tomie dePaola Strega Nona Tomie dePaola Henry and Mudge series Cynthia Rylant Brave Irene William Steig Flossie and the Fox Patricia McKissack Arthur series Marc Brown The Birdhouse Cynthia Rylant The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl Charlotte’s Web E.B. White 46 Fairmont Avenue Tomie dePaola Strong Story Lines/Good For Story Mapping Chester’s Way Kevin Heinkes Little Polar Bear Hans de Beer Stellaluna J. Cannon Tops and Bottoms Jan Stevens The Magic Finger Roald Dahl Chrysanthemum Kevin Heinkes Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Strega Nona Tomie dePaola Caleb and Kate William Steig Fantastic Mr. Fox William Steig Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary Muggie Maggie Beverly Cleary Too Many Pumpkins L. White Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flournoy Something Beautiful Sharon Wyeth Boundless Grace Mary Hoffman Brave Irene William Steig Sequencing Story Events The Napping House Audrey Wood The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats The Flea’s Sneeze Lynn Downey The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant A Chair For My Mother Vera Williams Thundercake Patricia Polacco Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber Brave Irene William Steig The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle The Grouchy Ladybug Eric Carle Tops and Bottoms Jan Stevens Curious George series H.A. Rey Owl Moon Jane Yolen The Fireflies Julie Brinkloe The Magic School Bus series Joanna Cole The Three Little Pigs Paul Galdone Three Billy Goats Gruff Paul Galdone The Little Red Hen Paul Galdone Springboards into Writing Personal Narratives When I Was Little Jamie Lee Curtis When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant Thundercake Patricia Polacco My Rotten Red Headed Older Brother Patricia Polacco All the Places to Love Patricia MacLaughlen The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant The Shortcut Doanld Crews Thank-you Mr. Falker Patricia Polacco Working Cotton Sherley Williams A Chair For My Mother Vera Williams Apple Pie Fourth of July Janet Wong Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs Tomie dePaola The Art Lesson Tomie dePaola White Socks Only Evelyn Coleman Something Beautiful Sharon Wyeth The Patchwork Quilt Valerie Flournoy The Keeping Quilt Patricia Polacco Momma Where Do You Come From? Marie Bradby My Brother Martin Christine King Farris Coming On Home Soon Jacqueline Woodson Saturdays and Teacakes Lester Laminack The Memory String Eve Bunting Under the Quilt of Night Deborah Hopkinson Alexander’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Judith Viorst I’ll Fix Anthony Judith Viorst Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall Tar Beach Faith Ringgold Dandelions Eve Bunting Owl Moon Jane Yolen The Bee Tree Patricia Polacco Tell Me a Story Mama Angela Johnson Quinnie Blue Dinah Johnson Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant Now One Foot, Now the Other Tomie dePaola Mrs. Mack Patricia Polacco Hey World, Here I Am! Jean Little Mama Played Baseball David Adler The Other Side Jacqueline Woodson A Sweet Smell of Roses Angela Johnson The Harmonica Tony Johnston Friendly Letters Dear Willie Rudd Libba Moore Gray Dear Mr. Henshaw Beverly Cleary Click Clack Moo Doreen Cronin Dear Mr. Blueberry Simon James Yours Truly, Goldilocks Alma Ada Boxes for Katje Candace Fleming Dear Mrs. LaRue Mark Teague Informational Texts Books by …. Seymour Simon Gail Gibbons Jim Arnosky Julie Murray Rod Theodorou Bob Barner Descriptive Writing My Mama Had a Dancing Heart Libba Moore Gray Momma, Where Do You Come From? Marie Bradby Owl Moon Jane Yolen Miz Berlin Walks Jane Yolen Thundercake Patricia Polacco Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant The Scarecrow Cynthia Rylant All the Places to Love Patricia MacLaughlen Working Cotton Sherley A. Williams Thank You, Mr. Falker Patricia Polacco The Song and Dance Man Karen Ackerman Honey, I Love Eloise Greenfield Billy Wise Judith Nicholls The Little Black Truck Libba Moore Gray Mud Mary Lyn Ray The Wise Woman and Her Secret Eve Merriam If You Find a Rock Peggy Christian Under the Quilt of Night Deborah Hopkinson I Love You the Purplest Barbara Josse Saturdays and Teacakes Lester Laminack Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher Flicker Flash Joan B. Graham Hello Harvest Moon Ralph Fletcher The Little Scarecrow Boy Margaret Wise Brown The Harmonica Tony Johnston Night of the Gargoyles Eve Bunting Bat Loves the Night Nicola Davies Piggie Pie Margie Palatini More Than Anything Else Marie Bradby Amber on the Mountain Tony Johnston Poetry Books by… Shel Silverstein Jack Prelutsky Doug Florian Kalli Dakos James Stevenson Brod Bagert Use Nonfiction Books to Teach… Main Idea Vocabulary Informational Text Features Author’s Purpose Themes And…… Cause and Effect Relationships Topics Weather Volcanoes Reduction of Rainforest Endangered Species Plants Details Informational Writing Comprehension & Decoding Strategies Rock Formation Forces of Motion Animals Erosion Solids, Liquids, Gases Seasons Problems & Solutions Topics Endangered Species Reduction of Rainforest Animals Plants Erosion Landforms Earthquakes Sequencing Events Rock Formation Volcanoes Earthquakes Life Cycles Water Cycle Compare/Contrast Weather Landforms Animals Rocks Plants Ideas Mama Played Baseball David Adler Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant A Day’s Work Eve Bunting You Have to Write Janet Wong Fireflies Julie Brinckloe My Great Aunt Arizona Gloria Houston The Three Questions Jon Muth Antarctic Antics Judy Sierra A Fine, Fine School Sharon Creech A Bad Case of Stripes David Shannon Weslandia Paul Fleischman Imagine a Day Sarah Thomson Imagine a Night Sarah Thomson The Important Book Margaret W. Brown All the Places to Love Patricia MacLaughlan Setting Animal & Plant Habitats Landforms Seasons When I was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant In November Cynthia Rylant Owl Moon Jane Yolen Text Structures (Organization) For Elementary Grades to Model Writing After In November Cynthia Rylant Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant The Important Book Margaret Wise Brown Candy Corn James Stevenson Momma Where Do You Come From? Marie Bradby Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin Saturdays and Teacakes Lester Laminack Atlantic G. Brian Karas I Love You the Purplest Barbara Josse Hello Harvest Moon Ralph Fletcher My Momma Likes to Say Denise Brennan-Nelson All the Colors of the Earth Harman I Like Myself Karen Beaumont Working Cotton Sherley Williams Scarecrow Cynthia Rylant Dear Mrs. LaRue Mark Teague Courage Bernard Waber Giant Children Brod Bagert Insectlopedia Douglas Florian Mammalabilia Douglas Florian Under the Quilt of Night Deborah Hopkinson If You Find a Rock Peggy Christian All the Places to Love Patricia MacLachlan It’s Raining Pigs and Noodles Jack Prelutsky Birthday Presents Cynthia Rylant Fortunately Remy Charlip Imagine a Day Sarah Thomson The Younger Brother’s Survival Guide Lisa Kopelke My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks Hanoch Piven Conventions (Focus on Punctuation) The Recess Queen Alexis O’Neill Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka Parts Tedd Arnold Once There Was a Bull..Frog Rick Walton Click Clack Moo Cows That Type Doreen Cronin The Wonderful Happens Cynthia Rylant Hooray For Wodney Rabbit Helen Lester Baghead Jarrett Krosoczka Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth Alison McGhee Shortcut Donald Crews Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Mo Williams Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden Edith Pattou Keeping up With Grandma John Winch Hattie and the Fox Mem Fox Night Noises Mem Fox Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book Alexander Stadler Down the Road Alice Schertle Punctuation Takes a Vacation Robin Pulver The Best Place to Read Debbie Bertram The Squiggle Carole Schaefer Voice Wagon Wheels Barbara Brenner Yours Truly, Goldilocks Alma Ada The Bat Boy and His Violin Gavin Curtis Wolf! Becky Bloom Testing Miss Malarkey Judy Finchler Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt Deborah Hopkinson Mrs. Watson Wants Your Teeth Alison McGhee Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka The Honest to Goodness Truth Patricia McKissack Wolves Seymour Simon Nellie Bly’s Monkey Joan Blos Hooway For Wodney Wat Helen Lester The Blue Hill Meadows Cynthia Rylant Louella Mae, She’s Run Away! Karen Alarcon More Parts Tedd Arnold Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin Parts Tedd Arnold Epposumondas Coleen Salley Atlantic Brian Karas Word Choice (See Descriptive list) Piggie Pie Margie Palatini The Starry Night Neil Waldman Armadillo Tattletale Helen Ketteman More Than Anything Else Marie Bradby Subway Sparrow Leyla Torres Miz Berlin Walks Jane Yolen Raising Sweetness Diane Stanley Miss Alaineus Debra Frasier Once There Was a Bull …Frog Rick Walton
