Book List



Book List

Compiled by Amy Moses

Fiction

Books for Teaching Plot

Sitting Ducks by Michael Bedard

The Sweetest Fig by Chris Val Allsburg

Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken by Kate DiCamillo & Harry Bliss

The Uglified Ducky: A Maynard Moose Tale by Willy Claflin

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 by Judi Barrett

Books for Teaching Character Change & Relationships

The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel

Just a Dream by Chris Van Allsburg

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco

The Graves Family by Patricia Polacco

Books for Teaching Inferences

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

Tuesday by David Wiesner

Fables

Fables by Arnold Lobel

The Wolf who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman

Historical Fiction

Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey

Fairy Tales

The Irish Cinderlad by Shirley Climo

Prince Cinders by Babette Cole

Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story by Robert D. San Souci

The Gift of the Crocodile: A Cinderella Story by Judy Sierra

The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka

Tall Tales

Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg

Paul Bunyan by Steven Kellogg

Johnny Appleseed by Steven Kellogg

Mike Fink by Steven Kellogg

Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett by Steven Kellogg

Legends

The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush by Tomie dePaola

The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola

Folk Tales

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

Expository

Description Text Structure

Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon

Ugly Animals by Gilda and Melvin Berger

Extreme Rainforest: Amazing Encounters with Incredible Animals by Weldon Owen Inc.*

Ask an Animal by Miranda Smith*

Phobiapedia: All the Things We Fear the Most! by Marshall Editions*

Ultimate U.S. Road Trip Atlas by Crispin Boyer*

Sequence Text Structure

Mythbusters Science Fair Book by Samantha Margles*

Tornadoes by Seymour Simon (has a little sequence)

Lightning by Seymour Simon (has a little sequence)

Cause & Effect Text Structure

Face to Face: Crocodiles by Sally Morgan (Scholastic) (some cause & effect and some problem & solution)

Problem & Solution Text Structure

Human Footprint by Ellen Kirk*

Compare & Contrast Text Structure

Cats vs. Dogs by Elizabeth Carney

The Sun, the Wind, and the Rain by Lisa Westberg Peters

Predator Showdown by Lee Martin*

Combination of Text Structures

The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Gross Junior Edition by David Borgenicht, Nathaniel Marunas, and Robin Epstein*

The Worst-Case Scenario Survive-O-Pedia Junior Edition by David Borgenicht, Molly Smith, Brendan Walsh, and Robin Epstein*

Letters & Postcards

Postcards from Camp: A Postal Story by Simms Taback

* = lots of text and graphic features

Poetry

Reversible Poetry

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer

Haiku Poetry

Dogku by Andrew Clements

Funny Poetry

My Dog Ate My Homework by Bruce Lansky

No More Homework! No More Tests! by Bruce Lansky

The New Kid on the Block by Jack Prelutsky

Poetry Books That Tell a Story

Miss Spider’s Tea Party by David Kirk

Poetry Collections

Amazing Faces by Lee Bennett Hopkins

The 20th Century Children’s Poetry Treasury Selected by Jack Prelutsky

Biographies/Fictional Biographies

Minty: A Story of Young Harriet Tubman by Alan Schroeder

Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents by the Editors of TIME for Kids with Kathryn Hoffman Satterfield

Clara Barton: Angel of the Battlefield by the Editors of TIME for Kids with Anna Prokos

Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott by Yona Zeldis McDonough

The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy) by Barbara Kerley

John, Paul, George, & Ben by Lane Smith

Henry’s Freedom Box by Ellen Levine

Teaching Materials

Reading Comprehension

25 Fun and Fabulous Literature Response Activities and Rubrics by Christine Boardman Moen

Independent Reading Management Kit: Genre by Laura Witmer

Easy Strategies & Lessons that Build Content Area Reading Skills by Joyce Graham Baltas and Denise Nessel

Awesome Hands-on Activities for Teaching Literary Elements by Joyce Graham Baltas and Denise Nessel

Awesome Hands-on Activities for Teaching Literary Elements by Susan Van Zile

Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons by Lori Oczkus

Short Reading Passages & Graphic Organizers to Build Comprehension by Linda Ward Beech

Main Ideas & Summarizing by Linda Ward Beech

Independent Reading Response Activities by Laura Witmer

Comprehension Mini-Lessons: Inferences & Cause and Effect by LeAnn Nickelsen

Inferences & Drawing Conclusions by Linda Ward Beech

Reading Detective (Beginning – Grades 3-4) by Cheryl Block, Carrie Beckwith, Margaret Hockett, and David White

Daily Reading Comprehension Published by Evan-Moor

Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers (Grades 4-6) Published by Evan-Moor

Writing/Grammar

Unjournaling by Dawn DiPrince and Cheryl Miller Thurston

Fun with Grammar by Laura Sunley

Awesome Hands-on Activities for Teaching Grammar by Susan Van Zile

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