Books To Use To Teach Standards And Comprehension Strategies

Books to Use to Teach Standards, Comprehension Strategies, and Writing Red Bank Elementary and White Knoll Elementary

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 Keat’s Neighborhood Ezra Jack Keats Our Granny Margaret Wild 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 What You Know First Patricia MacLachlan

1 Momma, Where Do You Come From? Marie Bradby

Questioning The Librarian Who Measured the Earth Kathryn Laskey 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 The Bird House Cynthia Rylant The Lost Lake Allen Say Amelia’s Road Linda Altman Monarch Butterfly Gail Gibbons The Trumpet of the Swan E.B. Lewis The Day of Ahmed’s Secret Florence Heide 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 Banjo Granny by Sarah Busse and Jacqueline Martin Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher The Seashore Book Charlotte Zolotow Charlotte’s Web E.B. White Fireflies Julie Brinckloe I’m in Charge of Celebrations Byrd Baylor The Napping House Audrey Wood Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant My Mama Had a Dancing Heart Libba Moore Gray Good Dog Carl Alexandra Day Hurricane Cynthia P. Nicolson Puddles Jonathan London The Sailor Dog Margaret Wise Brown A Lucky Thing Alice Schertle Abuela Arthur Dorros

2 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 Joyful Noise: Poems For Two Voices Paul Fleishman

Inferring The Royal Bee by Frances Park and Ginger Park How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham The Table Where Rich People Sit Bryd Baylor Tight Times Barbara S. Hazen Teammates Peter Golenbock Storm Boy Paul O. Lewis June 29, 1999 David Wiesner Encounter Jane Yolen Bull Run Paul Fleischman Dandelions Eve Bunting Fables Arnold Lobel George and Martha James Marshall George and Martha Rise and Shine James Marshall Jumanji Chris Van Allsburg The Stranger Chris Van Allsburg The Wreck of the Zephyr Chris Van Allsburg Fly Away Home Eve Bunting Fireflies Julie Brinkloe The Bird House Cynthia Rylant 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 Winter Fox Catherine Stock Where are You Going Manyoni Catherine Stock 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

3 Annie and the Old One Miska Miles

Synthesizing Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall A Boy Called Slow An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant Fables Arnold Lobel Smoky Night Eve Bunting Where is Grandpa? T.A. Barron The Story of the Jumping Mouse John Steptoe A Picture Book of a Anne Frank David Adler If the World Were a Village David Smith The Devil’s Arithmetic Jane Yolen The Three Questions Jon Muth Hiroshima Laurence Yep My Lucky Day Keiko Kasza What’s the Time Grandma Wolf? 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

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 Mr. Gumpy’s Outing John Burmingham 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 Junie B. Jones series Barbara Parks

4 Horrible Harry series Suzie Kline Super Fudge Judy Blume Tales of the Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume Miss Hunnicutt’s Hat Jeff Brumbeau Possum Magic Mem Fox Across the Stream - Ginsburg Comet’s Nine Lives - Brett Encounter – Yolen If Up Take a Mouse to the Movies - Numeroff If You Give a Moose a Muffin – Numeroff If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Numeroff If You Give a Pig a Pancake – Numeroff Napping House – Wood River Friendly, River Wild – Kurtz Sierra – Siebert That’s Good! That’s Bad! - Cuyler Where the Wild Things Are - Sendak Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema 398.2 Why the Chicken Crossed the Road – Macaulay

Character Development 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 Giving Tree Shel Silverstein 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 Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti Anna G. Hines Dragonwings Laurence Yep Harry and the Terrible Whatzit Dick Gackenbach I Know a Lady Charlotte Zolotow

5 McBroom Tells a Lie Sid Fleischman Missing May Cynthia Rylant Much Bigger Than Martin Steven Kellogg Shoeshine Girl Clyde R. Bulla Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea Vera Williams Tar Beach Faith Ringwold The Great Gilly Hopkins Katherine Patterson

***************************************** Figurative Language: Alliteration Absolutely Awful Alphabet by Gerstein Alligator Arrived With Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast Cresent Dragonwagon Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak Animalia by Base Dia’s Story Cloth: The Hmong People’s Journey of Freedom by Cha, Dia Dinorella by Edwards Dragonwagon Faint Frogs Feeling Feverish by Obligado Feathers and Fools by Mem Fox Fed Up! A Feast of Frazzled Foods by Rex Barron Four Famished Foxes by Edwards Hoops by Robert Burleigh How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou Mortimer Mooner Stopped Taking a Bath by Frank Edwards and John Bianchi Mud by Mary Lyn Ray Oh the Things You Can Say by Dr. Seuss Prince Cinders by Babette Cole Silly Sally by Don and Audrey Wood Some Smug Slug by Edwards The Worrywarts by Pamela D. Edwards Wacky Wedding by Edwards What Pete Ate from A-Z by Kalman

Similes It Looked Like Spilt Milk Black Cat by Christopher Myers Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer Hide and Seek Fog by Alvin Tresselt Little Island by Golden MacDonald Monster Mama by Liz Rosenberg Nettie’s Trip South by Ann Turner The Girl who Loved Horses by Paul Gobel Owl Moon Jane Yolen

6 Quick as a Cricket Audrey Wood Swimmy Leo Lionni The Mixed Up Chameleon Eric Carle All the Colors of the Earth In November Cynthia Rylant 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

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

7 Night of the Gargoyles Eve Bunting Tough Cookie David Wisniewski Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss Cock-a-Moo-Moo by Juliet Dallas-Conte Crackers by Becky Bloom Goodnight, My Duckling by Nancy Tafuri Mole Music by David McPhail Spring’s Sprung by Lynne Plourde Wolf! by Becky Bloom Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Riding Cowboy by Andrea Davis Pinkney Sierra by Diane Siebert

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 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

Idioms Parts Tedd Arnold More Parts Tedd Arnold My Momma Likes to Say Denise Brennan-Nelson My Teacher Likes to Say Denise Brennan-Nelson Bad Boys Margie Palatini Amelia Bedelia Parish Dog Breath 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

 A Chocolate Moose For Dinner by Fred Gwynne

8  A Little Pigeon Toad by Fred Gwynne  Amelia Bedelia  Biscuit's Nine Lives by Jan Brett  Dumb bunnies by Denim  In a Pickle, and other funny idioms by Marvin Terban  Mad as a Wet Hen, and other funny idioms by Marvin Terban  More Parts by Tedd Arnold  Parts by Tedd Arnold  Punching the Clock, funny action idioms by Marvin Terban  Raising Sweetness by Stanley  Saving Sweetness by Stanley  Stupids Step Out by Allard  The King Who Rained by Fred Gwynne  World Almanac for Kids - had great examples  A little pigeon toad- Fred Gwynne  Amelia Bedelia books  And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon-Janet Stevens  Big Orange Splot by Pinkwater  Books by a husband and wife team Maestro  Chocolate Moose -Fred Gwynne  Dumb Bunnies by Denium  More Parts by Tedd Arnold  One day it rained cats and dogs.  Saving Sweetness by Diane Stanley and its sequel, Raising Sweetness  The King that Rained - Fred Gwynne  The Stupids by Allrad (these aren't really idoms, just stupid! )

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

Adjectives In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli Puppies! Puppies! Puppies! by Susan Meyers

9 Compound Words Once There Was a Bull…(frog) by Rick Walton

Nouns Your Foot’s on My Feet! And Other Tricky Nouns by Marvin Terban

Opposites Fortunately by Remy Charlip That’s Good! That’s Bad! by Margery Cuyler

Oxymorons Who Ordered the Jumbo Shrimp? And Other Oxymorons by Jon Agee

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

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Superlatives Pig, Pigger, Piggest by Rick Walton Things That Are MOST in the World by Judi Barrett

Words Within Words ANTics! by Cathi Hepworth The Pig in the sPIGot by Richard Wilbur

10 There’s an ANT in ANThony by Bernard Most

Setting All the Places to Love Patricia MacLaughlan Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Judi Barrett Thundercake Patricia Polacco The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant The Important Book Margaret Wise Momma, Where Are You From? Marie Bradby Dear Willie Rudd Libba Moore Gray Aunt Flossie’s Hats Elizabeth F. Howard Working Cotton Sherley A. Williams The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats The Shortcut Donald Crews Amber on the Mountain Tony Johston 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 Charlotte’s Web E.B. White 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 Charlotte’s Web E.B. White 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

11 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)

Books About the Importance of Reading Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy Once Upon a Time by Niki Daly Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting

What Are You Really Writing About? Discovering the Inside Story (from Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature, K-6 by Dorfman and Cappelli) Song and Dance Man (stimulate thinking about territories) Karen Ackerman

12 Weird Friends (each story makes the point stated in the title) J. Aruego and A. Dewey My Light (1st person narrative written in the voice of the sun) Molly Bang I’m In Charge of Celebrations (stimulate thinking about territories) Byrd Baylor Names for Snow (author’s note at beginning) Judi Beach Fireflies! (connecting with emotions—happy and sad—at the same time) Julie Brinckloe Voices in the Park (different points of view) Anthony Browne Music for the End of Time (author’s note) Jen Brylant Night Tree (narrowing the topic) Eve Bunting Dad & Me (stimulate thinking about territories) Peter Catalanotto Shortcut (connecting with emotions) Donald Crews Night at the Fair (stimulate thinking about territories) Donald Crews When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youth (heart maps) Jamie Lee Curtis Bat Loves the Night (narrowing the topic) Nicola Davies One Tiny Turtle (narrowing the topic) Nicola Davies Hey, Little Ant (point of view) P. Hoose and H. Hoose Crab Moon (connecting with emotions) Ruth Horowitz When I Was Five (making a point) Arthur Howard Chameleons Are Cool (narrowing the topic) Martin Jenkins Atlantic (1st person narrative written in the voice of the Atlantic) Brian Karas I Remember Papa (connecting with emotions) Helen Ketterman Peach and Blue (point of view) Sarah Kilborne The Other Dog (point of view) Madeleine L’Engle Hey World, Here I Am! (individual stories with common characters) Jean Little One Lucky Girl (stimulate thinking about territories) George Ella Lyon Mother to Tigers (author’s note) George Ella Lyon Goin’ Someplace Special (heart maps) Patricia McKissack The Legend of the Teddy Bear (author’s note) Frank Murphy In My Momma’s Kitchen (example of places as territories for writing) Jerdine Nolen John’s Secret Dreams (note from author and illustrator) Doreen Rappaport Best Wishes (author’s writing territories) Cynthia Rylant When I Was Young in the Mountains (author’s writing territories) Cynthia Rylant The Relatives Came (author’s writing territories) Cynthia Rylant Night in the Country (author’s writing territories) Cynthia Rylant Dog Heaven (author’s writing territories) Cynthia Rylant The Whales (author’s writing territories) Cynthia Rylant The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (point of view) Jon Scieszka

When Writers Use a Magnifying Lens (from Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature, K-6 by Dorfman and Cappelli) Wallace’s Lists (thoughtshots) B. Bottner and G. Kruglik Fireflies! (details surrounding small moment in time) Julie Brinckloe Call Me Marianne (descriptions of object to build content) Jen Bryant Secret Place (appeal to the senses to add description) Eve Bunting The Memory String (show, not tell) Eve Bunting

13 One Green Apple (dialogue, descriptions of people, etc.) Eve Bunting Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh (slowing down the action) Robert Burleigh Home Run (slowing down the action) Robert Burleigh Langston’s Train Ride (1st person, exploding a moment) Robert Burleigh Up North at the Cabin(appeal to senses to build content) Marsha Chall The Witches (snapshots of characters; show, not tell) Roald Dahl Olivia Saves the Circus (show, not tell) Ian Falconer My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.(example of anecdotes) Christine King Farris Twilight Comes Twice (appeal to sense to build content) Ralph Fletcher Stone Fox (character snapshots) John Gardiner Pictures of Hollis Woods (back and forth between time; exploding the moment) Patricia Reilly Giff Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman (anecdote) Nikki Grimes Chrysanthemum (show, not tell through illustrations) Kevin Henkes Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (adding content through descriptions) Kevin Henkes Come On, Rain! (appeal to senses to build content) Karen Hesse Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) (rich descriptions) Elizabeth Howard I Remember Papa (show, not tell) Helen Ketterman Saturdays and Teacakes (dialogue to build content) Lester Laminack All the Places to Love (appeal to senses to build content) Patricia MacLachlan Shiloh (1st person, be in the moment) Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Betty Doll (anecdotes to build content, rich descriptions) Patricia Polacco Yo! Yes? (use of show, not tell through descriptions) Chris Raschka Angels in the Dust (descriptions of setting) Margot Theis Raven Hello Ocean (use of senses to build content) Pam Munoz Ryan The Relatives Came (rich description) Cynthia Rylant An Angel for Solomon Singer (description, snapshots of character) Cynthia Rylant A Taste of Blackberries (slowing down action; explode moment) Doris Smith Charlotte’s Web (snapshots of characters) E. B. White Something Beautiful (dialogue to build content) Sharon Wyeth Owl Moon (appeal to senses to build content) Jane Yolen The Seashore Book (appeal to senses to build content) Charlotte Zolotow

Creating Powerful Beginnings and Satisfying Endings (from Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature, K-6 by Dorfman and Cappelli) Jeremiah Learns to Read Ellen Bogart More Than Anything Else Marie Bradby Fireflies! Julie Brinckloe Fly Away Home Eve Bunting Night Tree Eve Bunting Someday a Tree Eve Bunting On Call Back Mountain Eve Bunting The Memory String Eve Bunting

14 Stellaluna Janell Cannon Up North at the Cabin Marsha Chall Shortcut Donald Crews Click, Clack Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl The BFG Roald Dahl The Witches Roald Dahl Matilda Roald Dahl One Tiny Turtle Nicola Davies Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One Kate Duke My Mama Had a Dancing Heart Libba Gray Chester’s Way Kevin Henkes Jessica Kevin Henkes Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse Kevin Henkes Mr. George Baker Amy Hest Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman When I Was Five Arthur Howard Amber on the Mountain Tony Johnston I Remember Papa Helen Ketterman The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins Lester Laminack The Other Dog Madeleine L’Engle Suddenly! Colin McNaughton Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights Debbie Miller The Recess Queen Alexis O’Neill Canoe Days Gary Paulsen The Kissing Hand Audrey Penn Betty Doll Patricia Polacco The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant Tulip Sees America Cynthia Rylant The Great Gracie Chase: Stop That Dog! Cynthia Rylant Little Whistle’s Dinner Party Cynthia Rylant Stranger in the Woods Carl Sams II and Jean Stoick The Whale’s Song Dyan Sheldon Imogene’s Antlers David Small Too Many Tamales Gary Soto Maniac Magee Jerry Spinelli Nothing to Do Douglas Wood Something Beautiful Sharon Wyeth Owl Moon Jane Yolen

Using Scaffolds to Organize Texts (from Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature, K-6 by Dorfman and Cappelli) Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale (reader’s theater) Verna Aardema

15 Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain (reader’s theater) Verna Aardema My Light (1st person narrative in voice of sun) Molly Bang Somewhere (repeated refrain) Jane Baskwill The Important Book (scaffold for writing text innovations) Margaret Wise Brown I Am the Mummy: Heb-Nefert (1st person in voice of mummy) Eve Bunting Emily’s Art (organized around days of week) Peter Catalanotto Up North at the Cabin (repeated refrains) Marcia Chall Fortunately (whole-book seesaw scaffold) Remy Charlip The Great Kapok Tree (reader’s theater) Lynne Cherry Diary of a Worm (diary format; writing in persona of another) Doreen Cronin Diary of a Spider (diary format; writing in persona of another) Doreen Cronin That’s Good! That’s Bad! (seesaw scaffold) Margery Cuyler First Year Letters (series of letters) Julie Danneburg Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (organized around subjects) Mem Fox Tough Boris (seesaw scaffold) Mem Fox Something from Nothing (parallel story in illustrations) Phoebe Gilman Help Yourself, Little Red Hen! (fairy tale through eyes of another character) Dr. Alvin Granowsky My Mama Had a Dancing Heart (bookend structure, repeated line) Libba Gray Hey, Little Ant (reader’s theater) P. Hoose and H. Hoose Aunt Flossie’s Hats (and Crab Cakes Later) (organized around subjects) Elizabeth Howard Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock (reader’s theater) Eric Kimmel The Sunsets of Miss Olivia Wiggins (bookend structure) Lester Laminack Gooney Bird Greene (print defines scaffold) Lois Lowry All the Places to Love (series of memories) Patricia MacLachlan Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (whole book scaffold) Bill Martin, Jr. Knots on a Counting Rope (dialogue between characters) Bill Martin, Jr. and J. Archambault Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights (passing of time) Debbie Miller In My Momma’s Kitchen (organized around kitchen) Jerdine Nolan If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (circular text) Laura Numeroff Betty Doll (organized around one subject) Patricia Polacco When I Was Young in the Mountains (repeated refrain) Cynthia Rylant The Relatives Came (circular text) Cynthia Rylant Tulip Sees America (series of snapshots) Cynthia Rylant In November (repeated refrain) Cynthia Rylant The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (reader’s theater) Jon Scieszka Where the Wild Things Are (home-adventure-home) Maurice Sendak In Our Backyard Garden (poems in one place) Eileen Spinelli Imagine a Night (repeated refrain) Sarah Thomson Imagine a Day (repeated refrain) Sarah Thomson Two Bad Ants (home-adventure-home) Chris Van Allsburg A Chair for my Mother (flashback) Vera Williams The Napping House (cumulative text structure) Audrey Wood

16 Poetry: Everybody Can Be a Writer (from Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature, K-6 by Dorfman and Cappelli) Song and Dance Man Karen Ackerman Seasons Warabe Aska I’m in Charge of Celebrations (prose) Byrd Baylor Fireflies! (prose) Julie Brinckloe My World of Color (similes) Margaret Wise Brown What Does the Rain Play? (refrain, onomatopoeia) Nancy White Carlstrom Prairie Train (poetic language) Marsha Chall I Am an Artist (prose) Pat Lowery Collins Outside, Inside (stimulate thoughts) Carolyn Crimi In the Small, Small Pond (word scaffold) Denise Fleming Twilight Comes Twice (poetic language) Ralph Fletcher A Writing Kind of Day: Poems for Young Poets (models) Ralph Fletcher Inner Chimes: Poems on Poetry (poems and poets) Bobbye Goldstein Splish Splash (unrhymed, concrete poems) Joan B. Graham Creatures of Earth, Sea, and Sky (two voices) Georgia Heard This Place I Know: Poems of Comfort (collections) Georgia Heard Spring (lyrical language) Ron Hirschi Hello and Good-by (collection of poems) Mary Ann Hoberman Crab Moon (poetic language) Ruth Horowitz The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (free-verse) Langston Hughes Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices (collection) Paul B. Janeczko Cricket Never Does: A Collection of Haiku and Tanka (haiku and tanka) Myra C. Livingston Snowsong Whistling (collections) Karen Lotz Listen to the Rain (poetic language) Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault Hailstones and Halibut Bones (collection) Mary O’Neill Silver Seeds (acrostics) Paul Paolilli and Dan Brewer Moon Glowing (rhythmic verse) Elizabeth Partridge The Earth We Swing On (haiku) Raymond Roseliep Grassroots (effective repetition) Carl Sandburg The Seasons (haiku) John Serio My Many Colored Days (rhyming) Dr. Seuss The Whales’ Song (poetic language) Dyan Sheldon When Mama Comes Home Tonight (rhythmic prose) Eileen Spinelli Snow Comes to the Farm (poetic language) Nathaniel Tripp If I Were in Charge of the World (collection) Judith Viorst Owl Moon (poetic language) Jane Yolen Color Me a Rhyme (colors) Jane Yolen The Seashore Book (poetic language) Charlotte Zolotow

17 Choice, Voice, and All That Jazz (from Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature, K-6 by Dorfman and Cappelli) Fever, 1793 Laurie H. Anderson Love is a Handful of Honey (metaphors) Giles Andreae All About Frogs Jim Arnosky Tuck Everlasting (metaphors) Natalie Babbitt The Best Town in the World (hyphenated adjectives) Byrd Baylor The Divide (hyphenated adjectives) Michael Bedard Fireflies! (unexpected verbs; word pairs) Julie Brinckloe The Days Before Now (rich descriptions) Margaret Wise Brown Georgia’s Bones (word pairs to create rhythm) Jen Bryant One Green Apple (onomatopoeia) Eve Bunting Home Run (fragments) Robert Burleigh Langston’s Train Ride Robert Burleigh “Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,” Said the Sloth (word choice) Eric Carle Up North at the Cabin (figurative language, personification) Marsha W. Chall Prairie Train (figurative language) Marsha W. Chall Beach (word choice) Elisha Cooper Bigmama’s (sentence length and beginnings) Donald Crews Outside, Inside (strong verbs) Carolyn Crimi Diary of a Worm (writing in persona of another to create voice) Doreen Cronin Diary of a Spider (writing in persona of another to create voice) Doreen Cronin James and the Giant Peach (sentence length, rich language) Roald Dahl Bat Loves the Night (narrative nonfiction) Nicola Davies One Tiny Turtle (narrative nonfiction) Nicola Davies Some Smug Slug (alliteration) Pamela D. Edwards Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! (hyphenated words, word choice) Candace Fleming Twilight Comes Twice (figurative language) Ralph Fletcher Hello, Harvest Moon (figurative language, alliteration) Ralph Fletcher Night Noises (similes, onomatopoeia) Mem Fox Roller Coaster (use of parentheses) Marla Frazee My Mama Had a Dancing Heart (hyphenated adjectives, color words) Libba M. Gray Talkin’ About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman (voice, dialect) Nikki Grimes Chrysanthemum (unexpected verbs) Kevin Henkes Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (strong verbs, adjectives, alliteration) Kevin Henkes Come On, Rain! (unexpected verbs) Karen Hesse Mr. George Baker (voice, word choice) Amy Hest Beekeepers (word choice) Linda O. High Barn Savers (similes) Linda O. High The Girl on the High-Diving Horse (hyphenated words) Linda O. High Winter (figurative language, similes, metaphors) Ron Hirschi Hey, Little Ant (dialogue) P. Hoose and H. Hoose Crab Moon (figurative language, alliteration) Ruth Horowitz

18 I Love the Night (“adjective-ly adjective” structure) Dar Hosta When I Was Five (use parentheses to whisper secret) Arthur Howard Amber on the Mountain (similes, metaphors, verbs, adjectives) Tony Johnston Saturdays and Teacakes (repeated refrains) Lester Laminack The Other Dog (use of parenthesis to add sarcasm) Madeleine L’Engle John Henry (variation of sentence length) Julius Lester Mother to Tigers (alliteration, strong verbs and adjectives) George Ella Lyon Through Grandpa’s Eyes (personification) Patricia MacLachlan Sarah, Plain and Tall (unusual placement of adjectives) Patricia MacLachlan Journey (personification, unexpected verbs) Patricia MacLachlan Skylark (unusual placement of adjectives) Patricia MacLachlan Arctic Light, Arctic Nights (voice, onomatopoeia) Debbie Miller Granddaddy’s Gift (hyphenated adjectives) Margaree K. Mitchell The Legend of the Teddy Bear (word pairs, alliteration) Frank Murphy The Recess Queen (word choice, rhythm) Alexis O’Neill Moosetache (strong verbs and adjectives for voc. building) Margie Palatini Mooseltoe (use of “perfectly perfect”) Margie Palatini Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden (metaphor) Edith Pattou Canoe Days (figurative language) Gary Paulsen Storm Angels (onomatopoeia, personification, metaphor) Barbara Reese Night in the Country (fragments, onomatopoeia) Cynthia Rylant An Angel for Solomon Singer (use of parentheses to indicate wishes) Cynthia Rylant Tulip Sees America (use of color words) Cynthia Rylant In November (prose sounds like poetry, figurative language) Cynthia Rylant The Great Gracie Chase: Stop that Dog! (use of parenthesis) Cynthia Rylant Little Whistle (use of parentheses to add extra information) Cynthia Rylant Stranger in the Woods (writing in the persona of another) Carl Sams, II and Jean Stoick The Sneetches (distinctive voice) Dr. Seuss On, The Places You’ll Go! (distinctive voice) Dr. Seuss My Many Colored Days (colors linked to feelings) Dr. Seuss Hooray for Diffendoofer Day (revision process) Dr. Seuss with Jack Prelutsky and Lane Smith Thesaurus Rex (word choice, synonyms) Laya Steinberg Follow the Moon (metaphor) Sarah Weeks Bunny Cakes (word choice; mentor text for emergent writers) Rosemary Wells Nothing to Do (use of parentheses to provide more information) Douglas Wood Owl Moon (fig. language and onomatopoeia) Jane Yolen Welcome to the Sea of Sand (color words, word choice) Jane Yolen Nocturne (rubber-band sentences) Jane Yolen The Seashore Book (color to provide rich descriptions of setting) Charlotte Zolotow

Walk Around in the Author’s Syntax (from Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children’s Literature, K-6 by Dorfman and Cappelli) Alejandro’s Gift (opening is snapshot of setting) Richard E. Albert Names for Snow (epithets for snow) Judi Beach

19 The Divide (semicolon, colon, dashes) Michael Bedard Wolf! (colon, variations in print type) Becky Bloom Wallace’s Lists (use of colon for listing) B. Bottner and G. Kruglik Georgia’s Bones (dashes, colon) Jen Bryant Music for the End of Time (italics, ellipses, dashes) Jen Bryant Secret Place (colons for lists) Eve Bunting Flight: The Journey of Charles Lindbergh (colons, dashes, epithets)Robert Burleigh Home Run (italics, epithet) Robert Burleigh Dad and Me (colon for listing, ellipses, pring, interjections) Peter Catalanotto Up North at the Cabin (dashes, ellipses, colon and list) Marsha W. Chall Bravery Soup (reader’s theater, interjections, conventions) Maryann Cocca-Leffler Bigmama’s (print size, caps, dashes, ellipses, punctuation for dialogue) Donald Crews Shortcut (caps for shouting) Donald Crews Bat Loves the Night (dashes, ellipses) Nicola Davies One Tiny Turtle (beginning is lyrical nonfiction snapshot of setting) Nicola Davies Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad (epithets) Pamela D. Edwards Olivia (sentence sense) Ian Falconer Olivia Saves the Circus (epithets, print size) Ian Falconer Twilight Comes Twice (colon and list) Ralph Fletcher Hello, Harvest Moon (italics, dashes, ellipses, colon) Ralph Fletcher Night Noises (ellipses, speech bubbles, print size) Mem Fox Roller Coaster (simple noun-verb agreement) Marla Frazee Chrysanthemum (interjections, capitalization of proper nouns) Kevin Henkes Chester’s Way (conventions) Kevin Henkes Jessica (conventions) Kevin Henkes Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse (conventions) Kevin Henkes Wemberly Worried (conventions) Kevin Henkes Grandpa and Bo (conventions) Kevin Henkes Kitten’s First Full Moon(conventions) Kevin Henkes Mr. George Baker (dashes, semicolons) Amy Hest Beekeepers (colon and list) Linda O. High Barn Savers (colon and list) Linda O. High The Girl on the High-Diving Horse (colon and explanation) Linda O. High You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You (reader’s theater) Mary Ann Hoberman Chameleons Are Cool (ellipses, dashes, print size) Martin Jenkins Amber on the Mountain (opening is snapshot of setting) Tony Johnston The Sunsets of Mrs. Olivia Wiggins (use of italics to distinguish her memories from the present-day dialogue) Lester Laminack Saturdays and Teacakes (dialogue is italics, dashes, ellipses) Lester Laminack The Other Dog (print size, dashes, ellipses) Madeleine L’Engle Mother to Tigers (dashes, ellipses, colon and list) George Ella Lyon Arthur, For the Very First Time (colon, bold print, italics) Patricia MacLachlan All the Places to Love (colon and list, semicolons, dashes) Patricia MacLachlan Snowflake Bentley (epithets) Jacqueline B. Martin Suddenly! (word placement, speech bubbles) Colin McNaughton The Cow That Went Oink (speech bubbles) Bernard Most

20 The Recess Queen (word splash, epithets) Alexis O’Neill Canoe Days (use of and to connect series without the use of comma) Gary Paulsen Punctuation Takes a Vacation (punctuation, ellipses) Robin Pulver John’s Secret Dreams (print size and style) Doreen Rappaport Yo! Yes? (end punctuation) Chris Raschka Mud (colon and explanation) Mary Lyn Ray Storm Angels (ellipses, conventions for dialogue, interjections) Barbara Reese We’re Going on a Bear Hunt (reader’s theater) Michael Rosen Mice and Beans (ellipses, interjections) Pam Munoz Ryan When I Was Young in the Mountains (commas in compound sentences) Cynthia Rylant Night in the Country (dashes, ellipses, colon) Cynthia Rylant Skippyjon Jones (ellipses, epithets) Judy Schachner The Whales’ Song (print size, interjections, ellipses, dashes, apostrophes) Dyan Sheldon Thesaurus Rex (colon and list) Laya Steinberg Snow Comes to the Farm (commas used in variety of ways) Nathaniel Tripp Eats, Shoots and Leaves: Why, Commas Really DO Make a Difference! Lynne Truss That Magnetic Dog Bruce Whatley Stuart Little E. B. White Nothing to Do (ellipses and commentary dashes, italics) Douglas Wood Welcome to the Sea of Sand (commas, semicolons, colons) Jane Yolen

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 Voices in the Park Anthony Browne 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

21 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

22 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

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 The Baby Sister Tomie dePaola 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

23 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

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

24 Jack Prelutsky Doug Florian Kalli Dakos James Stevenson Brod Bagert

Use Nonfiction Books to Teach… Main Idea Vocabulary Details Informational Writing Informational Text Features Comprehension & Decoding Strategies Author’s Purpose Themes And……

Cause and Effect Relationships Topics Weather Volcanoes Reduction of Rainforest Endangered Species Plants 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

25 Earthquakes Life Cycles Water Cycle

Rhythm and/or Rhyme Good For Building Fluency and Reading Together Pumpkin Pumpkin Jeanne Titherington Everything Book Denise Fleming Sitting Down to Eat Bill Harley The Magic Hat Mem Fox Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr. Polar Bear Polar Bear What Do You Hear? Bill Martin Jr. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin Jr. Barnyard Banter Denise Fleming In the Tall Tall Grass Denise Fleming I Like Myself Karen Beaumont BOB Tracey Campbell Pearson Do Like a Duck Does! Judy Hindley Naughty Little Monkeys Jim Aylesworth Let Me Be The Boss Brod Bagert Giant Children Brod Bagert The Gooch Machine Brod Bagert Chicken Socks Brod Bagert Zoos Who Douglas Florian Mammalbilia Douglas Florian Insectlopedia Douglas Florian Sunflower House Eve Bunting A Winter Day Douglas Florian The Cat Barked? Lydia Monks Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! G. Brian Karas Barn Dance! Bill Martin Jr. You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You Mary Ann Hoberman There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout Teri Sloat Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp Carol D. Shields Tumble Bumble Felicia Bond Boom Chicka Rock John Archambault Snug as a Big Red Bug Frank B. Edwards Wild About Books Judy Sierra Dr. Seuss books Down on the Farm Merrily Kutner Fun Dog, Sun Dog Deborah Heiligman

Wordless Picture Books Time Flies Eric Rohmann Tuesday David Wiesner School Emily Arnold McCully

26 Free Fall David Wiesner Good Dog Carl Alexandra Day Carl’s Afternoon in the Park Alexandra Day Carl Goes Shopping Alexandra Day Hug Jez Alborough The Red Book Barbara Lehman

Ideas (See Making Connections) 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

Text Structures (Organization) For Primary Grades to Model Writing After The Mommy Book Todd Parr The Daddy Book Todd Parr In November Cynthia Rylant Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant The Important Book Margaret Wise Brown Candy Corn James Stevenson Our Earth Anne Rockwell Birthday Presents Cynthia Rylant About Arachnids Cathryn Sill When I Was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant A Dark Dark Tale Ruth Brown A Kitten’s Year Nancy Day When I Was Little Jamie Lee Curtis I Want to Be an Astronaut Byron Barton Bugs Nancy Parker A Beasty Story Steven Kellogg Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Bill Martin Jr. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See? If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Laura Numeroff Mother Goose Rhymes Click Clack Moo Cows That Type Doreen Cronin Alphabet books The Best Place to Read Debbie Bertram I Like Myself Karen Beamont What Do You Love? Jonathan London

27 I Call My Hand Gentle Amanda Haan

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

Conventions 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

28 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 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 Voices in the Park Anthony Browne Let the Celebrations Begin! Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin Parts Tedd Arnold

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

Sentence Fluency Flicker Flash Joan Graham Tough Cookie David Wisniewski Night of the Gargoyles Eve Bunting Bat Loves the Night Nicola Davies The Important Book Margaret wise Brown Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher

29 Word Study Compound Words The Attack of the Fifty Foot Teacher William Passen 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 Proposition? Brian Cleary Homophones Eight Ate: A Feast of Homonym Riddles Marvin Terban Multiple Meaning Words The King Who Rained Fred Gwynne A Chocolate Moose For Dinner Fred Gwynne Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish

Picture Books and Read-Alouds to Support the Mathematics Curriculum Reading Aloud Across the Curriculum by L. Laminack and R. Wadsworth Number and Operations Addition: Dominoes Around the World by Mary Lankford Fish Eyes (Number Sense) by Lois Ehlert The Grapes of Math: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams Math Appeal: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang Math for All Seasons: Mind-Stretching Math Riddles by Greg Tang MATH-terpieces: The Art of Problem Solving by Greg Tang One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi One More Bunny: Adding from One to Ten by Rick Walton Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore Splash! By Ann Jonas 12 Ways to Get to 11 by Eve Merriam Algorithms: Alice in Pastaland: A Math Adventure by Alexandra Wright Counting: The Baseball Counting Book by Barbara McGrath The Cheerios Counting Book by Barbara McGrath Count and See by Tana Hoban Count to a Million (Place Value) by Jerry Pallota Counting is for the Birds by Frank Mazzola, Jr. Daisy 1 2 3 by Peter Catalanotto Five Little Ducks: An Old Rhyme by Pamela Paparone Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow Hide and Seek by Janet Wong

30 How Many Feet in the Bed? By Diane J. Hamm Jake’s 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales Let’s Count it Out, Jesse Bear by Nancy W. Carlstrom One Cow Moo! by David Bennett One Hundred is a Family by Pam Munoz Ryan One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab by April Sayre and Jeff Sayre Only One by Marc Harshman Quack and Count by Keith Baker A Place for Zero: A Math Adventure by Angeline LoPresti Reece’s Pieces: Count by Fives by Jerry Pallotta Roar!: A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Edwards Sitting Down to Eat by Bill Harley Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood Ten in the Den by John Butler Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown Two Ways to Count to Ten: A Liberian Folktale by Ruby Dee Underwater Counting: Even Numbers by Jerry Pallotta What Comes in 2’s, 3’s, and 4’s? by Suzanne Aker Division: The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor Pinczes One of Each by Mary Ann Hoberman A Remainder of One by Elinor Pinczes Greater Than and Less Than: One Less Fish by Toft and Sheather Skittles Riddles: Math by B. McGrath Fractions: Apple Fractions by Jerry Pallotta Fraction Action by Loreen Leedy Fraction Fun by David Adler The Hershey’s Fractions Book by Jerry Pallotta Multiplication: Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Masaichiro and Mitasumasa Anno The Best of Times: Math Strategies That Multiply by Greg Tang Each Orange Had 8 Slices: A Counting Book by Paul Giganti, Jr. The Hershey’s Multiplication Book by Jerry Pallotta The King’s Chessboard by David Birch Minnie’s Diner: A Multiplying Menu Sea Squares by Joy Hulme Subtraction: The Hershey’s Kisses Subtraction Book by Jerry Pallotta Rooster’s Off to See the World (Counting and Addition) by Eric Carle Percentage: Twizzler’s Percentages Book by Jerry Pallotta

31 Algebra Sorting: The Button Box by Margarette Reid Grandma’s Button Box: With Fun Activities! by Linda Aber Shoes, Shoes, Shoes by Ann Morris Comparisons: Biggest, Strongest, Fastest by Steve Jenkins Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest by Steve Jenkins A Pig is Big by Douglas Florian Patterns: Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes: Patterns in Nature by Stephen Swinburne Twizzlers: Shapes and Patterns by Jerry Pallotta

Geometry Geometry: Bigger, Better, Best! (MathStart Area) by Stuart Murphy Cut Down to Size at High Noon: A Math Adventure by Scott Sundby Grandfather Tang’s Story: A Tale Told with Tangrams by Ann Tompert The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns Shape Up! Fun with Triangles and Other Polygons by David Adler Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi by Cindy Neuschwander Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure by Cindy Neuschwander Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: A Math Adventure by C. Neuschwander Spaghetti and Meatballs for All: A Mathematical Story by Marilyn Burns What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras? A Math Adventure by Julie Ellis Shapes: Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone A Cloak for the Dreamer by Aileen Friedman The Shape of Things by Dayle A. Dodds Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone: A Math Adventure by C. Neuschwander A String of Beads by Margarette S. Reid So Many Circles, So Many Squares by Tana Hoban The Wing of a Flea: A Book of Shapes by Ed Emberley When a Line Bends…a Shape Begins by Rhonda Greene

Measurement Calendars: The Official M & M’s Book of the Millennium by Larry Brimner One Lighthouse, One Moon by Anita Lobel One Monday Morning by Uri Shulevitz The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Measuring:

32 Actual Size by Steve Jenkins Big and Little by Steve Jenkins A Cake All for Me by Karen Beil The Giant Carrot by Jan Peck Hershey’s Weights and Measures by Jerry Pallotta How Tall, How Short, How Faraway by David Adler Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni Inchworm and a Half by Elinor Pinczes Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? by Robert Wells Jim and the Beanstalk (Length and Proportional Reasoning) by Raymond Briggs Measuring Penny by Loreen Leedy Millions to Measure by David Schwartz Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement by Susan Hightower Money: Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst Benny’s Pennies by Pat Brisson The Big Buck Adventure by S. Gill and D. Tobola The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne L. Williams Follow the Money! by Loreen Leedy The Go-Around Dollar by Barbara J. Adams How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty by N. Zimelman If You Made a Million by David Schwartz Once Upon a Dime: A Math Adventure by Nancy Allen Penny: The Forgotten Coin by Denise Brennan-Nelson Pigs Will be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money by Amy Axelrod The Purse by Kathy Caple Sold! A Mothematics Adventure by Nathan Zimelman Time: Chimp Math: Learning About Time from a Baby Chimpanzee by Ann W. Nagda The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle Just a Minute by Bonny Becker Telling Time: How to Tell Time on Digital and Analog Clocks! by Jules Older Telling Time with Big Mama Cat by Dan Harper Volume: Capacity: Math Counts by Henry Pluckrose Weight: Hershey’s Weights and Measures by Jerry Pallotta Just a Little Bit by Ann Tompert Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen Data Analyses and Probability Graphing: Berries, Nuts, and Seeds by Diane Burns The Great Graph Contest by Loreen Leedy Tiger Math: Learning to Graph from a Baby Tiger by Ann W. Nagda