Electronic Reading File by Ellesha Johnson

Electronic Reading File
By Ellesha Johnson

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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
	Modern Fantasy	Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak/ 1963	Ages 5-8/K-2	After reading the book to the chidren, students will draw a picture of a favorite part in the book.	A boy named Max encounters different monsters, which are only in his drerams. He goes arcoss oceans to visit them.
	Realistic Fiction	One Fine Day	Nonny Hogrogian	Ages 5-8/K-4th	Students will make a fox tail out of provided material.	A fox drinks an old woman's milk and she cuts off his tail to teach him a lesson.
	Realistic Fiction	My Friend Rabbit	Eric Rohmann/1999	Ages 4-6/PreK-2nd	Students will trace a rabbit pattern on construction paper and glue movable eyes and cottonballs onto the rabbit and write the names of their best friends below the rabbit.	Rabbits airplane lands in a tree and his neighborhood friends try to help.
	Realistic Fiction	Time of Wonder	Robert Mcclosky/1957	K-4	Students will draw a picture of their favorite seasons and act out the activities they do during that season.	A picture book about the changing seasons and time in two children's point of view.
	Realistic Fiction	Ox-Cart Man	Donald Hall/Barbra Cooney/1979	K-4	Students will bring the different items to class the Ox-Cart Man sold in town and reinact that scene from the book.	A man packs his cart with things of his family's makings and growings, then goes to town and sells them then he buys things for them with the money.
	Realistic Fiction	The Big Snow	Berta and Elmer Harder/1948	k-4	Students will draw what the animals gather up for winter	The animals of the woods and meadows began to prepare for the long cold winter.
	Realistic Fiction	The Snowy Day	Ezra Jack Keats	k-4	Students will make snow with cotton on a lrge sheet of white paper	A young boy goes outside to explore the snow.
	Realistic Fiction	Smoky Night	Eve Bunting/David Diaz/2000	k-4th	Students will draw what they think they would see ona smopky night and detail the picture.	a family goes looks out their window and wonders about the night of smoke.
	Realistic Fiction	Joseph Had a Little Overcoat	Simms Taback/1994	k-2	Students will make a class overcoat using material from lost and found	Joseph has an overcoat for winter, but he also makes many different thins with his overcoat when he doesn't need it anymore.
	Realistic Fiction	Grandfather's Journey	Allen Say/1994	k-4th	Students will conduct oral histories interviews with menber of their family's. They will make the tapes into a book the students can keep.	A grandfather had many different journey's that he has went on and tells his family about them.

Newbery Award Winners

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Fiction (Chapter Book)	Julie of the Wolves	Jean Craighead George/John Schoenherr/1973	Ages 9-12/4th-6th	Students will write a poem about the weather in Alaska.	In the North slope of Alaska, Miyak protest against a home situation that she doesn't like. She runs away and is befriended by a pack of wolves.
	Realisitc Fiction (Chapter Book)	Walk Two Moons	Sharon Creech/1994	Ages 9-12/4th-6th	Students will map out the places Sal travels and discuss who she runs into.	A thirteen year old girl named Salamanca is a country girl. She travels with her grandparents and tells a story . She travle in hopes of finding her mother who left for another town.

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 (Chapter Book)	Superfudge	Judy Blume/1980	Ages 8-12/3rd-6th	Students will make a collage of their family with photos from home.	A boy has problems with family and friends who pressure him.
	Realistic Fiction	Grandpa's Song	Tony Johnston/Brad Sneed/1991	Ages 4-8/k-3	Students will sing a song that thier grandparents may have taught them and/or draw and construct their own cards for their grandparents for Grandparents' Day.	Grandpa has an enormous voice and he loves to sing with it. He loses his voice and grandchild takes over his songs.
	Realistic fiction (Chapter Book)	Bud, not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis/1999	Ages 9-12/4th-6th	Students will bring suitcases in with their own favorite things in it that they would take if they ran away from home.	A boy named Bud is on the run from an orphange trying to find his dad, who he thinks is a man in a poster that was given to him by his mother.
	Realistic fiction (Chapter Book)	Holes	Louis Sachar/1998	6th-8th	Children will go outside and dig holes and see what they find.	A boy gets sent to a detention center, called Camp Green Lake, but there is no lake it has dried up.
	Realistic fiction (Chapter Book)	Sounder	William H. Armstrong/James Barkley/1969	6th-8th	Children will draw a picture of their favorite animal and tell why it is special to them.	A dog named Sounder is loved by his African-American owners,he obeys their every command but as faithful as Sounder is he cannot save his master from different troubles he comes across.
	Realistic fiction (Chapter Book)	Jacob Have I Loved	Katherine Patterson/1980	6th-8th	Children will write about their siblings and draw a protrait of their family.	A girl feels a bit troublesome by her faily and friends, even her twin sister who she despised because everyone else loved her more.
	Realistic fiction (Chapter Book)	Ralph S. Mouse	Beverly Clearly/Paul O. Zelinsky/1982	4th-6th	Students will build a life size mouse maze for the class.	A brave mouse and a boy Ryan, who is his friend, introduces him in a classroom.

Biographies

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Biography	Wanted Dead or Alive: The True Story Of Harriet Tubman	Ann McGovern/ R.M. Powers/1998	K-3	Students will draw a picture of harriet tubman and write two sentences about her and act out what they would do if they were her to share for Black History month.	Harriet tubman develops the underground railroad to help free slaves.
	Biography	Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and his Orchestra	Andrea Davis Pinkney/2000	K-3	Students will bring in a picture of their favorite instrument and a tape of what that instrument sounds like.	Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington is a great composer in a orchestra.
	Biography	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers	Mardicai Gerstein/2000	K-4	Children will do reserach on the Twin Towers and reflect on 911 by constructing the American Flag for the school	A biography about a man who was a performer and he decides to walk on a rope between the spaces of the Twin Towers.

ABC/Counting

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Counting	Miss Spider's Tea Party	David Kirk/1994	K-3rd	Children will make and have their own tea party, teacher will dress up as Ms. Spider.	A counting book about a lonely spider who has 12 friends that she wants to invite to a tea party, but her friends are afraid of her.
	ABC Book	S is for Sunshine	Carol Crane/Glenn Monroe/2000	K-3rd	Children will have a coloring activity with ABC's. They will color the correct animal or thing that begins with the correct letter of th alphabet.	A book about different animals, places, and things that begin with the letters of the alphabet.

Multicultural

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Multicultural	The Eyptian Cinderella	Shirly Climo/Ruth Heller	Ages 8-10/4th-5th	Students will use the internet to find pictures of egyptians and research them, then they will perform an egyptian dance.	An egyptian version of the fairytale cinderella.
	Multicultural	The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush	Tomie Depoala/1996	Ages 8-12/4th-5th	Students will paint a picture with water color paint of what they think the mountians and sun will look like to them if they were Indians.	A young Indian boy has dreams of painting the sky at sunset.
	Multicultural	The Memory Coat	Elvira Woodruff/Michael Dooling/1991	Ages 8-12/4th-5th	Students will bring to class something that reminds them of their mother and model it with clay.	Grisha does not want to replace his coat when his Russian family has to flee to America because it his mother made it and held the memories of her.
	Multicultural	Going Home	Eve Bunting/David Diaz/1996	K-4th	Children will get accustomed to the hispanic culture by constructing a Pinanta and draw their own Mexican sombrero.	A hispanic family decides to go home to Mexico, but the children of the family are not so sure since that is not where they grew up.
	Multicultural	The Korean Cinderella	Shirley Climo/Ruth Heller/1993	K-4	Children will take a part from the book and act it out.	A Korean version of the magical stroy of Cinderella.

Informational

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Informational	Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf	Lois Ehlert/1995	Ages 4-8/preK-3rd	Students will bring in different Autumn leaves and well will construct a class tree with the different leaves.	A child plants a tree and watches it grow and change through seasons.
	Informational	River animals and their Habits	Francine Galko/1998	Ages 4-8/preK-3rd	Students will make sock puppets of their favorite river animals.	How different animals of the river live and eat.
	Informational	Knights in Shining Armor	Gail Gibbons/1995	K-4	Students will do a research on knights and the diiferent things about the middle ages and a narrative script of a medevial play of their choice.	A book that decribes what knights are and tells different information about things in the middle ages.
	Informational	Catching Sunlight	Sunsan Blackby/Charlene Delage/2003	K-5	Students will grow their own plants using natural sunlight.	A fun book with information about the leave and the different seasons they grow in.

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	Across the wide Dark Sea	Jean Van Leeuwen/Thomas B. Allen/1999	Ages 8-12	Students will write a paper about why the Mayflower is important and do a narrative on Pilgrams and Indians.	A young boy takes a journey from England on the Mayflower.
	Historical Fiction (Chapter book)	Johnny Tremaine	Ester Forbes/1943	6th-8th	Students will do a collage on the different places that johnny rode to on his horse.	A chapter book about a young boy named Johnny who becomes a dispatch rider for the Comittee of Public Saftey after his hand is burned by molten silver.
	Historical Fiction	Uncle Sam and Old Glory	Deleno C. West/Jean M. West/2000	4th-8th	Children will make class quilt with different historical symblos in the book.	A book about the history of the American Flag and other Historical symbols.
	Historical Fiction	Joan of Arc	Diane Stanley/1998	6th-8thl	Children will map out the different places that Joan went to and fought at.	Joan is the only woman in the 1400s to have a mind and the courage to lead the french and fight in the war.

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	Gingerbread Baby	Jan Brett/1999	K-3	Students will make a class gingerbread house on a large poster and label all the places and people the gingerbread baby ran to and from.	A family plans to cook a gingerbread boy, but instead it turns out to be a baby whotricks everyone he sees into trying to catch him.
	Modern Fantasy	Cinderella	Marcia Brown/1954	K-4	Students will make a their own fairy godmother wands out of aluminum foil and silver and gold glitter.	The magical tale of a girl named cinderella who encounters a mean-spirited stepmother an sisters who would not let her attend a ball, but her fairy godmother appears to grant her wish to go to the ball.
	Modern Fantasy	The Iliad and the Odyssey (Chapter Book)	Jane werner Watson/1956	5th-8th	Students will make up their own greek gods and goddesses and bring them to life.	A Greek Mythology story of the gods and goddesses and creatures helping mortals or tricking them with deception or truth.
	Modern Fantasy (Chapter Book)	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking Glass	Lewis Carroll/Sir John Tenniel/1962	5th-8th	Students wil dress up as The characters from the book and we will reinact the tea party scene.	Alice goes into a deep sleep and ventures through an imaginary place with strange creatures and magic.
	Modern Fantasy	Witch-Cat	Joan Carris/Beth Peck/1984	4th-8th	Students will cut and construct their own witch cat using a pattern.	Rosetta an experienced wich cat trys to teach her owner witch craft.
	Modern Fantasy	The Wish Giver	Bill Brittian/Adrew Glass/1983	4th-8th	Students will make a hat that the man wore and tell three wishes they would give.	A funny little man shows up at a church social and tells anyone who wanders in his tent that he has the powe to give wishes.
	Modern Fantasy	The Spider and The Fly	Mary Howitt/Tony Diterlizzi	K-4th	Students will make a photo album of what they think spider's eat	A tricky, villian spider gets invites a fly to his house and trys to eat her.

Traditional Fantasy

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Traditional Fantasy	Rumplestiltskin	Paul O. Zelinsky/1986	Ages 4-8/k-3	Students will bring in some yellow yarn and imagine that it was gold straw, then make something out of the golden straw.	A retold story about a miller's daughter who is forced to spin straw into gold.
	Traditional Fantasy	Arrow to the sun	Gerald Mcdermott/1974	Ages 4-8	Students will an art activity using illustrations from the book. Ask children to tell you about their pictures.	The boy child of the Lord of the Sun is teased by other boys because he appears to have no father.
	Traditional Fantasy	Lon Po Po	Ed Young/1990	Ages 4-8/K-3rd	Students will do a tableau of the story and teacher will videotape it.	A red riding hood story from china.
	Traditional Fantasy	Paul Bunyan	Steven Kellogg/1985	Ages 4-8/K-4th	Students will wear suspenders and paint their own blue ox, we will have a Paul Bunyan day where we dress and act like Paul Bunyan.	A retold story about the strongest, tallest man in the world.
	Traditional Fantasy	Rupunzel	Paul O. Zelinsky/1989	Ages 4-8/K-3rd	Students will tell their own story of rupunzel and illustrate what happened in the beginning, middle, and ending parts of the story.	A retold story of a princess who was locked in a tall tower by a evil witch.

Predictable/Picture

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Predictable	The Napping House	Audrey Wood/Don wood/1995	PreK-4th/Ages 4-8	Students will put on a small play to reinact what happened in the napping house.	A granny naps with her grandchild and many animals join them until the bed breaks
	Picture	Moe the Dog in paradise	Diane Stanley/Elise Primarea/1995	Ages 4-8/k-3rd	Students will wear beach clothes as we turn our classroom into winter with cotton made snow.	Moe goes on a vacation and freezes because its too cold, but he seems to still enjoy himslef.
	Picture	New Moon	Pegi Deitz Shea/Catheryn Falwell/2000	Ages 4-8	Students will draw a picture of the three phases of a moon.	A little girl has some interest in the moon she sees over her head every night.

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	Favorite Poems:Old and New	Helen Ferris/Leonard Weisgard/1957	6th-8th	Students will chose a poem and act out what happens in the particular setting	A fat book that contains over seven hundred classic and modern poems for children.

Poetry (Author study)

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry (Author study)	A Giraffe and a half	Shel Silverstein/1982	Ages 8-10	Students will create a game for adding new verses to this story for ryhming.	A clumsy Giraffe who is always getting into a mess.
	Poetry (Author Study)	Who wants a cheap Rhinoceros?	Shel Silverstein/1983	Ages 8-10	Students will construct their own rhino horns and where them when I read this story to them.	A boy and his rhino palys together and goes on different adventures.
	Poetry (Author Study)	The Giving Tree	Shel Silverstein	4th-8th	Students will come up with their own peom about things around their house or in their garden	A boy waits around for his tree to grow apples.
	Poetry (Author Study)	A Light in The Attic	Shel Silverstein/1983	4th-8th	Students will draw a picture of an attic and the things they would find there.	This book has different poems and illustrations that talk about strage happenings
	Poetry (Author Study)	Lafcadio	Shel Silverstein	4th-8th	Students will do a freeze frame of Lafcadio pouncing on his enemies	A loin is scared of being shoot by pople but most of all he's afraid of people.