Electronic Reading File by Candace Simpson

Electronic Reading File
By Candace Simpson

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Caldecott Medal Winners

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Caldecott/Picture Book	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers	Mordicai Gerstein/2003	3-5	Let your student make a picture of how they felt on 911.	This is the true story of Philippe Petit and the night he walked a cable between the Twin Towers.
	Caldecott/Picture Book/Modern Fantasy	Where The Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak/1963	k-2	Make Monster Puppets to act out the book.	This book is about Max, The Wild Thing, and the Max The King of all wild things. This is a fun book!
	Caldecott/Picture Book/Tradional Fantasy	The Funny Little Woman	Arlene Mosel/Blair Lent/1972	K-4	Let the children make their on Japanese House.	The Funny Little Woman was make rice cakes and one fell in a crack. She went after it and ended up working for Oni. Who made her make rice.
	Caldecott/Picture Book/Modern Fantasy	Hey, Al	Arther Yorinks/Richard Egielski	3-4	Let the children redraw the part of the book they would like to change.	Al and his dog Eddie are not happy with their life. So they fly off to the island in the sky with a bird.
	Caldecott/Picture Book/Modern Fantasy	The Snowy Day *	Ezra Jack Keats/1962	Pre-2	Tell the children to close their eyes and imagine it is snowing outside. Then allow them to draw a picture of what they would do.	Peter plays in the snow all day. He has a dream that night that all the snow melted, but it did not. The next day he plays in the snow again with his friend.
	Caldecott/Picture Book/Tradional Fantasy	Duffy and the Devil	Margot Zemach/Harve Zemach/1973	K-7	Let the children make up a story of what they would do if the devil came to them to make a deal. Let them tell the story to the class.	Duffy makes a deal with the devil if he will knit all the Squire's clothes. Duffy has to guess the devil's name to get out of the deal.
	Caldecott	The Polar Express	Chris Van Allsburg/1986	K-2	Pass out tickets to your class and tell them to climb abroad the Polar Express. Let them act out the book.	This book is about a boy who boards the Polar Express and goes to the North Pole. He gets back on the train to find he lost his bell.
	Caldecott	Tuesday	David Wiesner/1991	K-2	Have your kids pretend to be frog and play leap frog.	This book is about a bunch of Bullfrog coming out when the moon did on a Tuesday night.
	Caldecott	Ox-Cart Man	Donald Hall/Barbara Cooney/1980	K-2	Have a old day at school and let the children dress up like characters from long ago.	This book is about the Ox-Cart Mans journey to sell everything and start all over again.
	Caldecott	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat	Simms Taback/1977	K-2	Have your children make their own coat out of construction paper scraps.	This book is about a boy named Joseph who had a overcoat, and as the coat wore out he turned it in to different things.

Newbery Award Winners

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Historical Fiction	The Whipping Boy **	Sid Fleischman/Peter Sis/1986	3rd-6th	Tell the children to write a paper about how they would punish Prince Brat. Then let them reenact Jemmy.	Prince Brat is the Heir to the throne but in his kingdom heirs are not to be whipped. Jemmy a poor boy is hired to give punishment when the Prince is bad. In the end both Jemmy and Prince Brat are captured by the cutthroats and now have to escape.
	Realistic Fiction	Bridge to Terabitha **	Katherine Paterson/Donna Diamond/1977	5th-6th	Pair the children in teams of 2 and let them build their on bridge out of popsicle sticks. To them to build the bridge to their special place.	This is a great but sad book. It brings back my childhood imagination. Jess and Leslie are best friends and they make the bridge to Terabithia. In Teracithia Jess resides as King Terrien and Leslie the Queen.

ABC Book

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	ABC Book	The Book of Shadow Boxes	Laura Seeley 1990	Pre-K-2	Let the children make their own letter and draw things that start with the letter.	Every page has a different letter and picture on it. It is a very creative and interesting book. The book teaches rhyming and the letter in a very fun way!

1 Counting Book

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Counting Book	The Bunnies Counting Book	Elizabeth B. Rodger/1991	Pre-3	Let the children make their counting book.	This book is about bunnies and counting and the day they went for a picnic.

1 Predictable Book

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Modern Fantasy Picture Book	The Napping House	Audrey Wood/ Don Wood/ 1984	Pre-2	This is a good book to read before nap let the children pretend to be in the Napping House.	The Napping House is about the day it rained and everyone laid down for a nap.

2 Picture Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Picture Book/Caldecott Honor	Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!	Mo Williams/2004	Pre-2	Read this book on the first day of school and let the children use their imagination to help you come up with good classroom rules.	This book is about the reasons on why you should not let a pigeon drive a bus.
	Picture Book/Caldecott Honor	Ella Sarah Gets Dressed	Margaret Chodos-Irvine/2004	Pre-2	This is a great book for those with true imagination and character. Let the students draw a picture of themselves of what they would wear to school if their mom let them.	Ella Sarah gets dressed by herself and does not want anyone in her family to help her.
	Picture Book/Realictic Fiction	Peter's Chair *	Erza Jack Keats/1967	P-2	Let the children draw a picture of what they would give to Peter's sister.	Peter is getting older and his parents have started to hand his old stuff down to his sister and Peter does not like it.
	Picture Book/Realictic Fiction	A Letter to Amy	Erza Jack Keats/1967	Pre-2	Have your class write and illustrate a letter to someone.	Peter invite Amy to his birthday by mail because he wants it to be a surprise.
	Picture Book/Realictic Fiction	Goggles! *	Erza Jack Keats/1969	Pre-2	Let your your class make a pair of goggles to go along with a lesson of how to treat others.	Peter, his friend, and dog Willie find a pair of goggles and the big boys try to steal the goggles from them.

5 Traditional Literature/Fantasy

Picture of Book

Genre

Title

Author/
Illustrator/
Copyright

Recommended Age/Grade
Level

Ideas for Classroom Use

Brief Description of the Book

Traditional Fantasy/Picture
Book

Henny Penny

Paul Galdone/1968

K-2

Make finger puppets of all the characters.

This book is about Henny Penny and all of her friends and the day they went to tell the king that the sky was falling.

Traditional Fantasy/Picture Book

The Ugly Ducking

Jerry Pinkey/

K-2

Draw a paper of the ducklings transformation.

This is a story of a ugly ducklings hardships. Then finally the beautiful transformation into a swan.

Traditional Fantasy/Picture Book

Johnny Appleseed

Steven Kellogg/
1988

K-4

Have Johnny Appleseed day. Let the children bring in apples and pretend to be Johnny Appleseed

This is a story of Johnny Appleseed's journey across the country planting apple trees and telling stories.

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Traditional Fantasy/Picture Book

Goldilocks and The Three Little Bears

Jan Brett/1992

K-4

Make puppets of the three little bears and use them to read to story.

Goldilocks goes into the bears home and sits in their chairs, eats their porridge, and sleeps in their beds. In the end she was catch in the bed by baby bear.

Traditional Fantasy/Picture Book

Hansel and Gretel

Rita Lesser/Paul Zelinsky/1984

3rd-6th

Let the children draw a happy family.

This is the story of Hansel and Gretel and their run in with the evil witch. Its a fun story, great for the children.

5 Modern Fantasy

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Modern Fantasy/Picture Book	The Dumb Bunnies Go To The Zoo	Sue Denim/ Dav Pikey/ 1994	K-4	This would be a great book to read before you take your students on a field trip to the zoo.	This book is about three dumb bunnies and their trip to the zoo. If there was any thing dumb to do they did it. The book starts off on a "Octember Morning" in the garden and ends with the bunnies going to sleep that night.
	Modern Fantasy	My Father's Dragon **	Ruth Gannett/1948	K-2	Let the children make their on dragon and write about it.	Elmer wants to rescue a poor baby dragon who has been captured by the lazy wild animals who make him take them across the river.
	Modern Fantasy/Picture Book	Just Me and My Little Brother	Mercer Mayer/1989	K-2	Let the children draw a picture of the fun stuff they do with their siblings and let them tell the class.	This book is about a little boy imagining what it will be like when his baby brother grows up.
	Modern Fantasy/Picture Book	Gingerbread Baby	Jan Brett/1999	K-2	Make a gingerbread house with your children.	This is the Gingerbread Man with a twist. Mattie who lives in the home that the Gingerbread baby lives in has a plan to capture him.
	Modern Fantasy/Picture Book	The True Story of The 3 Little Pigs	Jon Scieszka/Lane Smith/1991	K-4	Let the children write or draw their own true story of the three little pigs.	This is the Story of the Three Little Pigs from the Wolf's point of view. All he wanted was a cup of sugar.

5 Realistic Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Fiction/ Picture Book	No, David	David Shannon/1998	K-2	Write a Yes, David big book with your class.	The book is about a little boy named David who keeps getting in trouble until the end when someone say's I love you.
	Realistic Fiction	Double Fudge **	Judy Blume/2002	3rd-6th	Draw one of Fudge's many adventures from the book.	Fudge is now obsessed with money and driving 12 year old Peter crazy. O Yes, don't forget how crazy Cousin Howie and his family are!
	Realistic Fiction	Holes **	Louis Sachar/1998	5th-7th+	Let the students pick a part out of the book and act it out.	Stanley Yelnats is sent to a correction camp in the Texas. This is a great story of the true test of friendship.
	Realistic Fiction	Freckle Juice **	Judy Blume/Sonia Lisker/1971	3rd-6th	Let the students write a recipe for their own freckle juice.	Andrew Marcus wants freckles and begins to go to strange measures to get them.
	Realistic Fiction	Because of Winn-Dixie **	Kate DiCamilo/2000	5th-7th+	Let your class dress up as characters from the book .	Great book about a girl named Opal and her new dog Winn-Dixie, who helps her make friends.

5 Historical Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Historical Fiction/Newbery Award	Sarah, Plain and Tall **	Patrica MacLanchen/1985	3-4	A great book to go along with a history lesson above the Old America and some of the customs.	The father orders a bride named Sarah and she comes to stay with Anna and Calab, because their mother died at the time of Calab's birth.
	Historical Fiction	I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly **	Joyce Hanson/1997	5-7	Have your children right a poem of how thankful they are to be free.	This book is about a girl who was a slave and the awful things she went through.
	Historical Fiction	On the Banks of Plum Creek **	Laura Ingalls Wilder/Garth Williams/1965	3-5	Have your class make their own wagon train.	This book is about Laura Ingalls Wilder's family moving. The book explains many hardships and how they over came them.
	Historical Fiction	Meet Josefina: An American Girl **	Susan McAliley/ Valerie Tripp/ Jean Paul Tibbles/ 2000	2-5	Have students draw the things that are their responsibilities now.	THis book is about a little girl named Josefina. Her mother died and she and her sisters had to take over the work around the house.
	Historical Fiction	Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry **	Mildred D. Taylor/1976	4-5	Have your children do a play of what it might have been like back then.	This is a great book to teach a lesson about the great depression. It is about a family who faces racism.

1 Poetry Anthology

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry Anthology	Eric Carle's Treasury of Classic Stories for Children:	Eric Carle	K-4	Have your children dress up like one of the poems from the book and act it out.	This book includes a varity of Eric Carle art with poems by different authors which include different kinds of works though tout.

2 Poetry Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry Book	Where the Sidewalk Ends **	Shel Silverstein/1974	K-7	Let the children make up a new poem and read it to the class.	Many Poems, with each one having its very on twist. This is one of my favorite books.
	Poetry Book/Picture Book	Thanksgiving Stories and Poems	Caroline Bauer/Nadine Westcott/1994	Pre-4	Let the children make a pinecone turkey to go along with a poem	This book has many Thanksgiving poems and is great for all ages.

2 Biographies

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Biography/Picture Book	A Picture Book of Harriet Beecher Stowe	David Adler/Colin Bootman	K-4	Let the Students put on a presentation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Life.	This book is about the life and struggles of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
	Biography/Picture Book	Young Harriet Tubman: Freedom Fighter	Anne Benjamin/Ellen Beier	K-2	Draw maps of the underground railroad and let the students tell how they would hide.	This book starts out when Harriet Tubman was a little girl and end with her life as the leader of the undergound railroad.

3 Informational Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Informational Book	What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?	Steve Jenkins/Robin Page/2003	K-4	Great book for a guessing game and to teach children about animals.	Book talks about 30 different animals and all of their sensory parts.
	Informational/Poetry/Picture Book	Zin,Zin,Zin! A Violin	Lloyd Moss/ Marjorie Priceman/ 1995	K-4	This book would be very useful when introducing musical instruments to your class.	The book has ten different kinds of instruments in it and on each page a instrument is added.
	Informational/Picture Book	At the Seashore	David M. Schwartz/Dwight Kuhn	K-3	Let your students draw a picture of things they might find at the seashore.	The book has great pictures and tells the students about different kinds of animals found at the seashore.

5 Multicultural/International Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Multicultural/Realistic Fiction	Slave Girl Original Title:Cowslip **	Betsy Hayes/Monetta Barnett	5th-7th+	This would be a great book to read along with social studies when talking about the Civil War and the many things Slaves went through.	This book is about a young girl being sold into slavery and her journey to find freedom. The book has great twist and turns and will keep you on the edge of your seat.
	Multicultural/Realistic Fiction/Picture Book	Amazing Grace	Mary Hoffman/Caroline Binch	K-4	A good book to inspire children that they can do any thing no matter what differences they may have.	This book is about a little girl named Grace. Who thinks she can do anything and is tested when she wants the lead role as Peter Pan in a school play.
	Multicultural/Tradional Fantasy/Picture Book	John Henry: An American Legend *	Ezra Jack Keats/1965	3-4	Have a American legend by and let your students dress up like American legends.	This book is about the legend of John Henry and the many things he did throughout his life.
	Multicultural/Biolography	Through My Eyes	Ruby Bridges	5-7	Let the children do a backboard of the things that happened during segregation.	This book is about the life of Ruby Bridges and her struggles with segregation.
	Multicultural & International	Everybody Cooks Rice	Norah Dooley/ Peter J. Thornton/1991	K-2	Have your children bring in their favorite rice dish and have culture day.	This book is about a children journey to find his brother and his encounters of the many different ways rice was made.