Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Informational	Tops and Bottoms	Janet Stevens	K-1	Teaches Responsibility	The book is about a lazy bear who is taught a lesson by a rabbit about hard work.
	Informational	Swimmy	Leo Lionni	K	Teaches that being different can be a wonderful thing.	The book is about a small fish that is different from his siblings. He ends up being a wonderful leader, and he teaches the other fish how to stay out of danger.
	Informational	Inch By Inch	Leo Lionni	K-1	Could be used to indentify and talk about worms.	The book is about a clever worm that manages to avoid being eaten by birds.
	Fantasy	Strega Nona	Tomie de Paola	K-2	Could be used to stress the importance of following directions.	The book is about a woman and her magic pasta pot. A boy does not listen to Strega Nona when she instructs him to leave her cooking pot alone.
	Traditional	Anansi the Spider	Gerald McDermott	K-1	The book could be used to illustrate how much help is sometimes needed.	The book is about Anansi the spider, and how he journeys away from home and gets into trouble. Luckily, his sons help him, and they end up placing the moon in the sky.
	Realistic Fiction	Goggles!	Ezra Jack Keats	K	The book could be used during character education to teach bravery.	The book is about two brave boys who find motorcycle goggles, and intend to keep them.
	Modern Fantasy	A Very Special House	Author:  Ruth Krauss Illustrator:  Maurice Sendak	K	The book could be used to help students use their imaginations.	The book is about an imaginary house in which you can do anything you want to.
	Multicultural	In My Mother's House	Author:  Ann Nolan Clark Illustrator:  Velino Herrera	1	This book could be used in social studies to teach about the Pueblo people.	This book is about culture and the bonds that hold the Pueblo people together.
	Traditional	Mr. Rabbit and The Lovely Present	Author:  Charlotte Zolotow Illustrator:  Maurice Sendak	K	This book could be used to teach primary colors.	This book is about a girl whom seeks advice from a rabbit for her mother's birthday gift.
	Traditional	Blueberries for Sal	Robert McCloskey	K-1	This book could be used to explain the importance of staying close to guardians.	This book is about a little girl and bear cub who wonder away from their mothers.

Traditional Literature

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Traditional	Favorite Nursery Tales	Tomie de Paola	K	This book can be used to tell children traditional nursery tales.	This book is full of tales such as "The Three Little Pigs".
	Traditional	The Real Mother Goose	Blanche Fisher Wright	K	This book could be used to teach nursery rhymes to young children.	This book is filled with 295 of the most favorite nursery rhymes.
	Traditional	The Legend of the Poinsettia	Tomie de Paola	1-2	This story could be used at Christmas  to describe the season's favorited plant.	This book is about a little girl whose gift from the heart turned in to beautiful poinsettias.
	Traditional	Pecos Bill	Brian Gleeson	K-2	This story could be used to describe what an invention is.	The story is about the inventor and wildest cowboy that ever lived.
No Picture Available	Traditional	Tales of Tricksters (The Dancing Wolves)	Author:  Pleasant DeSpain Illustrator:  Don Bell	2-3	This story could be used to teach about prey and predators.	The book is about a rabbit that cleverly escapes being eaten by wolves.

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Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Informational	The Secret Birthday Message	Eric Carle	K-2	This book could be used to teach students to follow instructions.	This book is about a boy whose birthday present must be found by discovering clues.
	Informational	Hello, Red Fox	Eric Carle	2	This book could be used to teach children that colors change when viewed in different manners.	Based on Goethe's color wheel, Carle uses pictures to show how pictures can change colors.
	Informational	The Mixed Up Chameleon	Eric Carle	K-2	This book could be used to promote self confidence.	This book is about a tiny chameleon who ultimately discovers he is happy with who he is.
	Informational	The Very Hungry Caterpillar	Eric Carle	K-2	This book could be used when studying the life cycle of the butterfly.	This book is about a caterpillar that is born, and turns into a butterfly.
	Traditional	Draw Me A Star	Eric Carle	K-1	This book could be used to encourage a child's artistic imagination.	This book is about an artist's journey across the night sky.

Realistic Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Fiction	Going Home	Author:  Eve Bunting Illustrator:  David Diaz	1-2	This book could be used to discuss Spanish culture.	This book is about a Spanish family that lives in the United States, and goes home to Mexico for Christmas.
	Realistic Fiction	Twinnies	Author:  Eve Bunting Illustrator:  Nancy Carpenter	K-2	This book could be used in the classroom to discuss family and siblings.	This book is about a little girl whose parents are having twins. She is resentful of them at first, but loves them in the end.
No Picture Available	Realistic Fiction	The Days of Summer	Author:  Eve Bunting Illustrator:  William Low	2-3	This book could be used in the classroom to explain divorce.	This book is about a family in which the grandparents are divorcing.
	Realistic Fiction	December	Author:  Eve Bunting Illustrator:  David Diaz	1-2	This book could be used to promote giving and helping others.	This book is about a family who helps a woman at Christmastime, and by doing this they are also helped.
	Realistic Fiction	Trouble on The T-Ball Team	Author:  Eve Bunting Illustrator:  Irene Trivas	K-1	This book could be used to discuss some of the similarities we all share, like the fact that we all lose teeth.	This book is about children on a t-ball team who all lose teeth.

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Biography	A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.	Author:  David A. Adler  Illustrator:  Robert Casilla	K-2	This book could be used in February to describe what Martin Luther King means to Black History.	This book tells about Martin Luther King and his work in the fight for Cival Rights.
Picture Not Available	Informational	Grandpa Doesn't Know It's Me	Author:  Donna Guthrie  Illustrator:  Katy Keck Arnsteen	K-2	This book could be used in the classroom to explain certain illnesses that the elderly suffer from.	This book is about a little girl whose grandfather develops Alzheimer's disease, and how she deals with his illness.
Picture Not Available	Informational	Mom Can't See Me	Author:  Sally Hobart Alexander Illustrator:  George Ancona	K-1	This book could be used in the classroom to inform the students about blindness.	This book is about a girl whose mother is blind.  It describes that although she is blind, she can do most of the things seeing people can.
Picture Not Available	Informational	You Were Born On Your Very First Birthday	Author:  Linda Walvoord Girard Illustrator:  Christa Kieffer	K-2	This book could be used to talk about birthday's and being born.	This book is about pregnancy, and it explains how babies grow inside their mothers.   It also explains that a person's birth is his or her first birthday.
	Informational	Going To The Doctor	Author:  T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. Illustrator:  Alfred Womack & Sam Ogden	K-2	This book could be used to explain some of the things doctors do and some of the instruments they use.	This book describes and explains all of the things that occur in a doctor's office.

Historical Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Historical Fiction	Araminta's Paint Box	Author:  Karen Ackerman Illustrator:  Betsy Lewin	K	This book could be used in a social studies lesson to describe how people moved west.	This book is about a family that is heading west to California.
	Historical Fiction	Bloomers!	Author:  Rhoda Blumberg Illustrator:  Mary Morgan	1-2	This book could be used in the classroom to explain that women have not always been allowed to wear pants.	This book is about a woman who became liberated by wearing balloon pants.
	Historical Fiction	I Have An Olive Tree	Author:  Eve Bunting Illustrator:  Karen Barbour	K-1	This book could be used to help describe the culture of Greek Americans.	This book is about a Greek American family, and how they visit Greece to see an olive tree that was planted by the little girl's grandfather before he died.
	Historical Fiction	Mama & Papa Have a Store	Amelia Lou Carling	K-1	This book could be used to talk about Guatemalan culture.	This book is about a little girl whose parents own a store in Guatemala.
	Historical Fiction	White Socks Only	Author:  Evelyn Coleman Illustrator:  Tyrone Geter	K-2	This book could be used to describe the injustice that black people endured.	This book is about an African American woman, and how she tells her grandaughter about all of the suffering in the South.

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Modern Fantasy	Dear Peter Rabbit	Author:  Alma F. Ada Illustrator:  Leslie Tyron	K	This book could be used in the classroom to describe how to write letters.	This book is about fairytale characters who write letters to one another.
	Modern Fantasy	The Snowball	Author:  Jennifer Armstrong Illustrator:  Jean Pidgeon	K	This book could be used in a creative writing lesson in which the students can change the ending of the story.	The book is about a giant snowball that rolls down a hill and picks up children as it rolls.
	Modern Fantasy	No Jumping On The Bed!	Tedd Arnold	K-1	This book could be used in the classroom to discuss and draw pictures of dreams students have had.	Walter, the boy in the book, is told not to jump on the bed.  When he does not obey his parents, the result is an adventure he will not forget.
Picture Not Available	Modern Fantasy	Delphine	Molly Bang	K-1	This book could be used to talk and discuss possible exciting adventures.	This book is about a girl whose grandmother has a gift for her at the bottom of a mountain, and the trip to get the present is quite an adventure.
Picture Not Available	Modern Fantasy	Dinosaur Beach	Liza Donelly	K-1	This book could be used when discussing dinosaurs.	This book is about an exciting day a boy and his dog spend at the beach with dinosaurs.

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Multicultural	Hooray For Hanukkah!	Author:  Fran Manushkin Illustrator:  Carolyn Croll	K-3	This book could be used to describe and inform the students about Jewish culure.	This book describes what Hanukkah means to Jewish people, and describes all eight days.
	Multicultural	Seven Spools of Thread:  A Kwanza Story	Author:  Angela Shelf Medearis Illustrator:  Daniel Minter	3-4	This book could be used to describe and teach African culture and Kwanza.	This book is about the Ashanti brothers, and how they come together to learn about Kwanza.
	Multicultural	St. Patrick's Day	Gail Gibbons	K-1	This book could be used in March to inform students about Ireland and St. Patrick's Day.	This book is about the celebration of Saint Patrick's Day.
Picture Not Available	Multicultural	Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo	Dianne M. MacMillan	K-2	This book could be used to identify Mexican culture.	This book is about two important Mexican holidays and describes how they are celebrated.
Picture Not Available	Multicultural	Celebrating Birthdays in Australia	Cheryl L. Enderlein	K-1	This book could be used to demonstrate how Australians celebrate birthdays by actually having an Australian birthday party.	This book describes the ways people in Australia celebrate birhtdays.

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry	Angels	Author:  Eloise Greenfield Illustrator:  Jan Spivey Gilchrist	K-2	This book could be used to discuss rhyming.	This collection of poetry is about angels and how they deeply affect children.
	Poetry	On The Wing	Douglas Florian	K-2	This book could be used to teach different types of birds.	This book is full of poems describing birds from hummingbirds to whooping cranes.
	Poetry	Ashley Brian's ABC of African American Poetry	Ashley Brian	K-1	This book could be used to describe African cultrue not only in Africa, but also in the United States.	This book of poetry is constructed in ABC order, and explains African culture and things African's endured during slavery.

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended   Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Fantasy	The Giver	Lois Lowry	6-10	This book could be used to explain why living in a democracy is so important.	This book is about a Utopian society in which all careers are chosen for its members.  Jonas, the main character in the book has been chosen to be the "Giver".
	Historical Fiction	Sarah Plain and Tall	Patricia Maclachlan	5-8	This book could be used to discuss life in the west.	This book is about two children whose mother died, and their father puts an add in the paper requesting a wife.  Sarah answers the letter by stating that she is "plain and tall", but the children and father grow to love her very much.