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Chester Littleville Gateway Regional School District SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTION OF AUTHORS ON ELA APPENDIX A SUGGESTED AUTHORS , I LLUSTRATORS , AND WORKS REFLECTING OUR COMMON LITERARY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE Grades 3 & 4 Chester Littleville For reading, listening, and viewing Greek , Roman , Greek and Roman mythology A to Z; The Trojan horse : how the Greeks won or Norse myths Usborne Greek myths the war; The gods and goddesses of Olympus; The Greek gods; It's all Greek to me; King Midas and the golden touch; Tales of the Trojan War; The Trojan horse : how the Greeks won the war; Trojan horse : the world’s greatest adventure; Disney's Hercules; Favorite Norse myths; Greek and Roman mythology A to Z; The wooden horse Myths and The story of Jumping Mouse : a native Between earth & sky : legends of Native legends of American legend; The story of light; Ishi's American sacred places; Ka-ha-si and the indigenous tale of Lizard; Coyote fights the sun : a loon : an Eskimo legend; Turquoise boy : a peoples of Shasta Indian tale; How rabbit lost his tail : Navajo legend; Coyote fights the sun : a North America a traditional Cherokee legend; The legend Shasta Indian tale; The legend of the Folktales of of the Old Man of the Mountain; Yonder Indian paintbrush; The legend of Mackinac American Mountain : a Cherokee legend: The legend Island; Arrow to the sun : a Pueblo Indian Indians of the Old Man of the Mountain; Arrow to tale; Buffalo woman; Mole's hill : a Myths, the sun : a Pueblo Indian tale; Raven : a woodland tale; The legend of the Folktales and trickster tale from the Pacific Northwest bluebonnet : an old tale of Texas; The Fairy tales legend of the cranberry : a Paleo-Indian Native tale; The warrior maiden : a Hopi legend; American Lore Yonder Mountain : a Cherokee legend American Johnny Appleseed; The secret of the stones The people could fly : American Black folktales and : a folktale; Wicked Jack; folktales; American tall tales(Osborne); legends The people could fly : American Black Febold Feboldson, the fix-it farmer; Good folktales; American tall tales; Mike Fink : morning, Granny Rose : an Arkansas a tall tale; The secret of the stones : a folktale; Journey cake, ho!; Paul Bunyan, a folktale tall tale; Pecos Bill : a tall tale; The secret of the stones : a folktale Stories about The dwarf, the giant, and the unicorn : a King Arthur and the knights of the round King Arthur and tale of King Arthur; Knights of the Round table; Quest for Camelot; The story of Robin Hood Table; The sword in the stone King Arthur; The Story of King Arthur and Howard Pyle’s Robin Hood his Knights; The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle.; Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest The Bible as literature Adam and Eve The creation The creation Cain and Abel David and Jonathan Prodigal Son Visit of the The other Wise Man Magi (music-watch Amahl) June 2010 Author list from June 2001 Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework, the August 2003 Massachusetts Language Arts Framework Gateway Regional School District SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTION OF AUTHORS ON ELA APPENDIX A SUGGESTED AUTHORS , I LLUSTRATORS , AND WORKS REFLECTING OUR COMMON LITERARY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE Grades 3 & 4 Chester Littleville Well-known psalms 23, 24, 46, 92, 121, and 150 Psalm 23 by Barry Moser American authors & illustrators (RESOURCES – Free Library online ) L. Frank Baum The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz Beverly Cleary Dear Mr. Henshaw; Ellen Tebbits; Emily's Beezus and Ramona; Dear Mr. Henshaw; runaway imagination; Henry and Ribsy; Ellen Tebbits; Emily's runaway Ramona forever; Ramona Quimby, age 8; imagination; Henry and Beezus; Henry and Ramona the brave; Ramona the Brave : Ribsy; Henry and the clubhouse; Henry Being brave and fearless is a full time job; and the paper route; Henry Huggins; The Ramona's world; Runaway Ralph; Strider; mouse and the motorcycle; Muggie Beezus and Ramona; Henry and Beezus; Maggie; Otis Spofford; Ralph S. Mouse; Henry and the paper route; Henry Ramona and her father; Ramona and her Huggins; The mouse and the motorcycle; mother; Ramona forever; Ramona Muggie Maggie; Ralph S. Mouse; Ramona Quimby, age 8; Ramona the brave; and her father; Ramona and her mother; Ramona the Brave : Being brave and The real hole; Ribsy; Socks fearless is a full time job; Ramona the pest; The real hole; Ribsy; Runaway Ralph; Socks; Strider; Two times the fun Elizabeth The cat who went to Heaven The cat who went to Heaven Coatsworth Mary Mapes Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates Hans Brinker, or, The Silver Skates Dodge Elizabeth Then there were five Zeee Thimble summer Thimble summer Eleanor Estes The hundred dresses The coat-hanger Christmas tree; Ginger Pye; The hundred dresses; The Moffats; Rufus M. Jean Craighead Fire storm; Nutik, the wolf pup; Look to Arctic son; The case of the missing the north : a wolf pup diary; My side of the cutthroats : an eco mystery; Elephant walk; mountain; On the far side of the mountain The first Thanksgiving; Frightful's mountain; Giraffe trouble; Julie; Julie of the Wolves; The Moon of the Bears : The 13 Moon Series; The Moon of the Deer : The 13 Moon Series; The Moon of the Fox Pups : The 13 Moons Series; The moon of the monarch butter flies; The Moon of the June 2010 Author list from June 2001 Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework, the August 2003 Massachusetts Language Arts Framework Gateway Regional School District SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTION OF AUTHORS ON ELA APPENDIX A SUGGESTED AUTHORS , I LLUSTRATORS , AND WORKS REFLECTING OUR COMMON LITERARY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE Grades 3 & 4 Chester Littleville Mountain Lions : The 13 Moons Series; The Moon of the Wild Pigs : The 13 Moons series; Nutik, the wolf pup; On the far side of the mountain; Snow Bear Sterling North Rascal Howard Pyle King Arthur and the knights of the round table; The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood; The Story of King Arthur and his Knights Carl Sandburg Rootabaga George Selden Harry Cat's pet puppy; The cricket in The cricket in Times Square Times Square; Rootabaga Stories Louis Slobodkin The hundred dresses(illus.); Many The Moffats(illus.); Rufus M.(illus.) moons(illus.); Rufus M.(illus.) E. B. White Charlotte's web; Stuart Little; The Trumpet Charlotte's web; Stuart Little; The Trumpet of the Swan of the Swan Laura Ingalls Farmer boy; The first four years; Little By the shores of Silver Lake; Farmer boy; Wilder house in the big woods; Little house in the The first four years; A Little house Ozarks : a Laura Ingalls Wilder sampler : Christmas : holiday stories from the Little the rediscovered writings; Little house on house books; Little house in the big the prairie; The long winter; These happy woods; Little house on the prairie; The golden years; By the shores of Silver Lake; long winter; On the banks of Plum Creek; Little house on the prairie; Little town on These happy golden years the prairie; On the banks of Plum Creek; West from home : letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder to Almanzo Wilder, San Francisco, 1915 British authors & illustrators Frances Burnett A little princess; The secret garden A little princess; The secret garden Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland; Alice's adventures in Alice for the very young; Alice in Wonderland Wonderland; Alice in Wonderland ; and, Through the looking glass; Alice's adventures in Wonderland, & Through the looking glass Kenneth The wind in the willows The wind in the willows Grahame Dick King- Clever Lollipop; The cuckoo child; Mr. Babe : the gallant pig; Harriet's hare; The Smith Ape; The nine lives of Aristotle; The School mouse; Sophie is seven; The water School mouse; Babe : the gallant pig horse Edith Nesbit Five Children and It Mary Norton The borrowers; The borrowers afield; The The borrowers; The borrowers afield; The borrowers afloat; The borrowers aloft; The borrowers afloat; The borrowers aloft borrowers avenged Margery Sharp Robert Louis Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Kidnapped; My A child's garden of verses; Kidnapped : Stevenson shadow; Treasure Island; Robert Louis The Adventures of David Balfour; My Stevenson; The Little Land; shadow; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll June 2010 Author list from June 2001 Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework, the August 2003 Massachusetts Language Arts Framework Gateway Regional School District SCHOOL LIBRARY COLLECTION OF AUTHORS ON ELA APPENDIX A SUGGESTED AUTHORS , I LLUSTRATORS , AND WORKS REFLECTING OUR COMMON LITERARY AND CULTURAL HERITAGE Grades 3 & 4 Chester Littleville and Mr. Hyde; Treasure Island P. L. Travers Mary Poppins; Mary Poppins from A to Z Poets (Resources – Poetry Foundation , Children’s Poetry Archive , Poetry for Kids , Giggle Poetry , Class Poetry Webpage ) Stephen Vincent John Brown’s Body and Rosemarie Carr Benét Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonderland; Alice's adventures in Alice for the very young; Alice in Wonderland Wonderland; Alice in Wonderland ; and, Through the looking glass; Alice's adventures in Wonderland, & Through the looking glass John Ciardi You read to me, I'll read to you; The Hopeful Trout Rachel Field Hitty, Her First Hundred General store Robert Frost Stopping by woods on a snowy evening Robert Frost Langston The sweet and sour animal book; Langston Hughes Hughes; Poetry for Young People Edward Lear A new nonsense alphabet; The owl and the pussycat Myra Cohn Calendar Livingston David McCord A. A. Milne Pooh; A smackerel of Pooh : ten favorite When we were very young; Winnie-the- stories and poems Pooh Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh Laura Richards June 2010 Author list from June 2001 Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework, the August 2003 Massachusetts Language Arts Framework .
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