Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Skill/Subject
K-2
Dewey Decimal System
Sample Books
Bob the Alien Discovers the Dewey
Decimal System by Sandy Donovan
3-5
Sample Books
Dewey and the Decimals: Learning Games and Activities
by Paige Taylor and Kent & Susan Brinkmeyer
Bored Bella Learns About Fiction and
Nonfiction by Sandy Donovan
Do You Know Dewey? Exploring the Dewey Decimal
System by Brian P. Cleary
The Shelf Elf Helps Out by Jackie
The Shelf Elf Helps Out by Jackie Mims Hopkins
Mims Hopkins
Helpful Websites
OCLC Dewey Resources
A Media Specialist’s Guide to the
Internet: 44 Things that are All
About Dewey
Helpful Websites
DDS: A Timed Game
Dewey Decimal Quiz
Doing the Dewey with Mr. B.
A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet: 44 Things that
are All About Dewey
OCLC Dewey Resources
Genres
Folk Tales
Sample Books
Anansi series by Eric Kimmel
Sample Books
Cendrillion by Robert D. San Souci
Bokuden and the Bully: a Japanese
Folktale by Stephen Krensky
The Girl who Helped Thunder and Other Native American
Folktales by James Bruchac
The Boy of the Three-Year Nap by
Hansel and Gretel by Cynthia Rylant
Dianne Snyder
Folk & Fairy Tale Plays for Beginning
Readers by Immacula A. Rhodes
Folk and Fairy Tale Plays for Building
Fluency by Carol Pugliano-Martin
How Coyote Stole the Summer: a Native American Folktale
by Stephen Krensky
The Frog Prince by Kathy-Jo Wargin
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship by Arthur
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon
Ransome
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Scieszka
The Gingerbread Boy by Paul
Galdone
The Gingerbread Man by Jim
Aylesworth
Goldilocks and the Three Bears by
Gennady Spirin
Henny Penny by Vivian French
The People Could Fly by Virginia
The Girl Who Helped Thunder and Other Native American
Folktales by James Bruchac
Little Red Riding Hood by Jerry Pinkney
The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin
The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People’s Ears by Verna Aardema
Helpful Websites
American Folklore
Hamilton
International Children’s Digital Library
The Real Story of Stone Soup by
Scholastic Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales
Ying Chang Compestine
Stories and Folktales (Kennedy Center)
Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
Stories to Grow By
Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
Storybook Online Network
The Three Little Pigs by James
TEL4U EBooks
Marshall
WatchKnowLearn
The Three Little Tamales by Eric
Kimmel
The True Story of the Three Little
Pigs by Jon Scieszka
When Turtle Grew Feathers by Tim
Tingle
Helpful Websites
Between the Lions: Folktales and
Fables
World of Tales Online
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Eric Kimmel Stories
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Fables –
Watch Online
International Children’s Digital
Library
Scholastic Myths, Folktales, and Fairy
Tales
Speakaboos
Storybook Online Network
Storyline Online
TEL4U EBooks
World Book Early World of Learning
(TEL Link)
World of Tales Online
Fairy Tales
Sample Books
Sample Books
by Justin McCory Martin
Martin
12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays
Beauty and the Beast by Christopher
E. Long
Folk & Fairy Tale Plays for Beginning
Readers by Immacula A. Rhodes
12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays by Justin McCory
Beauty and the Beast by Jan Brett
Cinderella by Marcia Brown
Jack and the Beanstalk by Steven Kellogg
Folk and Fairy Tale Plays for Building
Fluency by Carol Pugliano-Martin
Kate and the Beanstalk by Mary Pope Osborne
James Marshall’s Cinderella by
Loewen
Barbara Karlin
Rapunzel by Rachel Isadora
Once Upon a Time: Writing Your Own Fairy Tale by Nancy
Puss in Boots by Charles Perrault
Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Helpful Websites
Chateau Meddibemps Beantime
Stories
Classic Fairy Tales
Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, and Fables –
Watch Online
International Children’s Digital
Library
Scholastic Myths, Folktales, and Fairy
Tales
Rumplestiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella by Alan
Schroeder
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Randall Jarrell
Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel by Patricia Storace
Helpful Websites
American Folklore
Andersen’s Fairy Tales
Speakaboos
Fractured Fairy Tales
Storyline Online
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Storynory
International Children’s Digital Library
Tall Tale, Fairy Tale or Chapter
Book? Teacher Resource
Manybooks.net
TEL4U EBooks
WatchKnowLearn
National Geographic: Grimm’s Fairy Tales
Scholastic Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales
Stories and Folktales (Kennedy Center)
World Book Early World of Learning
(TEL Link)
Storynory
Tall Tale, Fairy Tale or Chapter Book? Teacher Resource
TEL4U EBooks
Myths
Sample Books
Achilles by Christopher E. Long
The Adventures of Thor the Thunder God by Lise LungeLarsen
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
African Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Ancient Egyptian Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Arachne by J.J. Hart
Celtic Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Chinese Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Hercules by Shannon Eric Denton
Icarus by Dan Mishkin
The McElderry Book of Greek Myths by Eric Kimmel
Medusa by Rob M. Worley
Norse Mythology by Jim Ollhoff
Pandora by Gary Reed
Persephone by Sally Pomme Clayton
Young Zeus by G. Brian Karas
Helpful Websites
American Folklore
Myths and Heroes (Kennedy Center)
International Children’s Digital Library
Legends, Myths, and Great Stories from All Over the World
Manybooks.net
Myths and Legends at E2BN
Myths and Legends for Kids
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Scholastic Myths, Folktales, and Fairy Tales
TEL4U EBooks
Legends
Sample Books
African Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Ancient Egyptian Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Ancient Greek Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Beautiful Warrior: the Legend of Nun’s Kung Fu by Emily
Arnold McCully
Between Earth and Sky: Legends of Native American
Sacred Places by Joseph Bruchac
Celtic Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
Chinese Myths & Legends by Philip Ardagh
The First Strawberries: a Cherokee Story by Joseph
Bruchac
The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola’s Big Book of Favorite Legends by Tomie
dePaola
Helpful Websites
American Folklore
International Children’s Digital Library
King Arthur: King or Legend (Kennedy Center)
Legends, Myths, and Great Stories from All Over the World
Manybooks.net
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Myths and Legends at E2BN
Myths and Legends for Kids
TEL4U EBooks
Fables
Sample Books
Sample Books
Heather Forest
The Ant and the Grasshopper by Graham Percy
Fables by Arnold Lobel
Chinese Fables: the “Dragon Slayer” and Other Timeless
Tales of Wisdom by Shiho Nunes
The Contest Between the Sun and
the Wind: an Aesop’s Fable by
The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry
Aesop’s Fables
Pinkney
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse by Graham Percy
Little Cloud and Lady Wind by Toni
The Fox and the Crow by Graham Percy
Morrison
Helpful Websites
Aesop’s Fables
FableVision Place
The Fox and the Stork by Graham Percy
The Rabbit and the Turtle: Aesop’s Fables by Eric Carle
The Silent Scream by Carl Sommer
Speakaboos
Helpful Websites
Aesop’s Fables
TEL4U EBooks
American Folklore
Elements of Fables (Kennedy Center)
FableVision Place
International Children’s Digital Library
Manybooks.net
TEL4U EBooks
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Poetry
Sample Books
Sample Books
Susan M. Freese
Bees to Trees: Reading, Writing and Reciting Poems
About Nature by Susan M. Freese
Bees to Trees: Reading, Writing and
Reciting Poems About Nature by
Buses to Books: Reading, Writing
and Reciting Poems About School by
Susan M. Freese
Carrots to Cupcakes: Reading,
Writing and Reciting Poems About
Food by Susan M. Freese
Fireworks to Fruitcake: Reading,
Writing and Reciting Poems About
Holidays by Susan M. Freese
Hey Diddle Diddle and other Best
Loved Rhymes by Rebecca Gerlings
Shiver Me Timbers! : Pirate Poems
and Paintings by Douglas Florian
Shout!: Little Poems that Roar by
America the Beautiful by Katharine Lee Bates
Buses to Books: Reading, Writing and Reciting Poems
About School by Susan M. Freese
Carrots to Cupcakes: Reading, Writing and Reciting
Poems About Food by Susan M. Freese
Concrete Poetry by Valerie Bodden
Fireworks to Fruitcake: Reading, Writing and Reciting
Poems About Holidays by Susan M. Freese
Haiku by Valerie Bodden
How to Write Poems by Wes Magee
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman
and Eric Beddows
Brod Bagert
Limericks by Valerie Bodden
Tomie dePaola’s More Mother Goose
Favorites by Tomie dePaola
Pizza, Pigs, and Poetry: How to Write a Poem by Jack
Helpful Websites
Cybrary Man Poetry
Rhyme and Punishment: Adventures in Wordplay by Brian
Poetry Interactives
Words, Wit, and Wonder: Writing Your Own Poem by
Scholastic Poetry
Prelutsky
P. Cleary
Nancy Loewen
Helpful Websites
Cybrary Man Poetry
International Children’s Digital Library
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Manybooks.net
Poetry Interactives
Scholastic Poetry
Informational Text
Sample Books
My First Day: What Animals Do on
Day One by Steve Jenkins
Sample Books
Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell
Freedman
Not a Buzz to be Found: Insects in
Winter by Linda Glaser
Leo, the Snow Leopard: the True Story of an Amazing
Rescue by Craig Hatkoff
Ocean Sunlight: How Tiny Plants
Feed the Seas by Molly Bang &
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette
Penny Chisholm
Helpful Websites
Readworks
LeBlanc Cate
Helpful Websites
Informational Text, the Common Core, and the Library of
Congress: A Resource Center Rich with Primary Sources
and Teacher Tools
ReadWriteThink.org
World Book Early World of Learning
(TEL Link)
International Children’s Digital Library
Manybooks.net
ReadWriteThink.org
Readworks
TEL4U EBooks
Graphic Novels
Sample Books
Babymouse Series by Jennifer Holm
Sample Books
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Jean David Morvan
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
First Base Blues by Anita Yasuda
Around the World in 80 Days by Loic Dauvillier
Johnny Boo Series by James
Bone Series by Jeff Smith
Kochalka
Helpful Websites
Comics and Graphic Novels
Boxcar Children Series by Various Authors
Geronimo Stilton Series by Geronimo Stilton
Oliver Twist by Loic Dauvillier
Sports Illustrated Kids Graphic Novels Collection
Helpful Websites
Comics and Graphic Novels
Get Graphic! The World in Words and Pictures
Graphic Novels (Internet Public Library)
Graphic Novel Reporter
Biography &
Autobiography
Sample Books
Balloons over Broadway: The True
Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s
Parade by Melissa Sweet
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson
Sample Books
26 Fairmount Avenue by Tomie dePaola
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
by Tanya Lee Stone
Mandela
Bill Peet: an Autobiography by Bill Peet
Otto: the Autobiography of a Teddy
Bear by Tomi Ungerer
Davy Crockett: His Own Story: a Narrative of the Life of
David Crockett of the State of Tennessee by Davy Crockett
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of
Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin
Franklin by Robert Byrd
Helpful Websites
International Children’s Digital
Library
Manybooks.net
How to Write Your Life Story by Ralph Fletcher
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League
Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Helpful Websites
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
International Children’s Digital Library
TEL4U EBooks
Manybooks.net
TEL4U EBooks
Awards
Robert F. Siebert
Informational Book
Medal & Honor Books
Sample Books
Balloons over Broadway: The True
Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s
Parade by Melissa Sweet
Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 by
Brian Floca
Parrots over Puerto Rico by Susan L.
Roth
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of
Horace Pippin by Jen Bryant
What to Do About Alice? How Alice
Roosevelt Broke the Rules, Charmed
the World, and Drove Her Father
Teddy Crazy!" by Barbara Kerley
Helpful Websites
Children’s and Young Adult Book
Awards
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book
Medal
Sample Books
Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream
by Tanya Lee Stone
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan
Greenberg
Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of
the Past by James M. Deem
Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World’s Most
Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe
Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors by Chris
Barton
Electric Ben: The Amazing Life and Times of Benjamin
Franklin by Robert Byrd
Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World's Strangest Parrot by Sy
Montgomery
Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell
Freedman
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard by Annette
LeBlanc Cate
The Mad Potter: George E. Ohr, Eccentric Genius by Jan
Greenberg
Titanic: Voices from the Disaster by Deborah Hopkinson
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League
Elementary Library Curriculum Resources (3rd Quarter)
Baseball by Kadir Nelson
Witches!: The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem
by Rosalyn Schanzer
Helpful Websites
Children’s and Young Adult Book Awards
Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal
Parts of a Book
Sample Books
A Book is Just Like You!: All About
the Parts of a Book by Kathleen Fox
Karl and Carolina Uncover the Parts
of a Book by Sandra Donovan
Helpful Websites
Parts of a Book
Slideshare: Parts of a Book