My Electronic Reading File

Electronic Reading File for Dr. Miller’s READ 3200
By Kim Hays

Caldecott Medal Winners

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Sam, Bangs and Moonshine	Caldecott Medal Winner	Evaline Ness	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the classroom to write a journal entry about what a lie is, and why it isn’t appropriate to tell lies. (ELA3W1-k)	A little girl named Sam tells lies to her father and friend Thomas. One lie got her cat, Bangs, and friend Thomas caught at sea. She learns her lesson about why not to tell lies.
	Officer Gloria and Buckle	Caldecott Medal Winner	Peggy Rathmann	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3^rd	The teacher could have the children make up their own safety rules which they believe are important to follow.	Officer Buckle always taught his safety tips, but no one ever listened. Then he brought along his police dog, Gloria, and everything changes.
	Duffy and the Devil	Caldecott Medal Winner	Retold by: Harve and Margot Zemach	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3^rd	The teacher could have the children write with an alternate ending to the story.	Duffy makes a deal with the devil to do her knitting. All Duffy has to do in return was come up with his name. If she couldn’t guess after three years, he would take her away.
	Mirette on the Highwire	Caldecott Medal Winner	Emily Arnold McCully	IL:5-8 RL:K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the children illustrate their favorite scene from the book.	Mirette learns how to walk a tight rope from the Great Bellini. She helps him conquer his fear of tight rope.
	The Polar Express	Caldecott Medal Winner	Chris Van Allsburg	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K-3rd	The teacher could have the children draw where they would want to go if they could take a magical ride and what they would use to get there.	A small boy takes a train ride to the North Pole. Santa gives him a gift.
	The Little Island	Caldecott Medal Winner	Golden MacDonald/ Leonard Weisgard	IL: 4-7 RL: Pre-K – 2nd	The teacher could have different materials such as, blue/green construction paper, sand, goldfish (the food), and could have the children construct their own island.	The story is about a little island in the middle of the ocean, which changes as the days go by. One day a little kitten comes to the island, and is taught a very big concept by the island and a fish.
	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	Caldecott Medal Winner	William Steig	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3rd	The teacher could have the students write their own story that has a moral.	Sylvester finds a pebble that will make all his wishes come true. He accidentally turns himself into a rock and learns you must be careful what you wish for.
	Where the Wild Things Are	Caldecott Medal Winner	Maurice Sendak	IL: 3-7 RL: Pre-K – 2nd	The teacher could have the children make up their own monster dance.	A young boy named Max gets sent to his room for being mischievous. He uses his vivid imagination to sail to the place where the wild things are, and realizes where he really wants to be is home.

Newbery Award Winners

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Bridge to Terabithia	Newbery Award Winner/ Chapter Book	Katherine Paterson/ Donna Diamond	IL: 9-11 RL: 4^th – 6th	The teacher could get the children to write about a special friend they had growing up, and the special place they went to play.	A young boy and girl overcome odds and become inseparable friends. Through a tragedy, he learns how much strength, courage, and happiness she gave him.
	Tuck Everlasting	Newbery Award Winner/ Chapter Book	Natalie Babbitt/ Betsy Hearne	IL: 12 and up RL: 7^th and up	The teacher could conduct a class discussion on death as a part of the cycle of life, and what it would be like to never die, and how it relates to this book. (ELA6RC2-e)	Winnie has to make a life changing decision about whether to drink the water from the spring, and the consequences that come from it.
	The View from Saturday	Newbery Award Winner/ Chapter Book	E.L. Konigsburg	IL: 9-12 RL: 4^th – 7th	The teacher could have students write an essay about something they have won an award for.	Mrs. Olinski, returns to teach after an automobile accident and picks four students to be on her Academic Bowl team. They become champions in the state middle school competitions.
	The Giver	Newbery Award Winner/ Chapter Book	Lois Lowry	Young Adult	The teacher could have the children write an essay about if they would rather have a society where jobs were chosen for them or a society like today, where you are able to choose the job you have. They could also explain why they feel this way. (ELA8W1-a)	A story of a family of the future where everything is the same, until Jonas turns 12 and is given the job of the Giver. After he receives the truth, his life is never the same.
	Across Five Aprils	Newbery Award Winner/ Chapter Book	Irene Hunt	Young Adult	The teacher could get the children to dress in the type of clothes worn during the civil war era, and they could act out a part of the book. (ELA8LSV2-a)	A story of the life of a boy growing up in the civil war era, and the trials and tribulations he and his family face as the war progresses.

Picture Books that have won other Awards

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	If Not for the Cat	Poetry/ 2005 Time of Wonder Children’s Book Award	Jack Prelutsky/ Ted Rand.	IL: 3-8 RL: Pre-K – 3rd	The teacher could have the students write a haiku poem.	A book of poems written in haiku form about different types of animals.
	Traction Man is Here	Modern Fantasy/2005 Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards for Excellence in Children’s Literature	Mini Grey	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3^rd	The teacher could have the students draw their own traction doll.	A story of a little boy who gets a doll called traction man and lets his uses the doll in all of his imaginary games.
	Wild About Books	2005 E. B. White Read Aloud Award	Judy Sierra/ Marc Brown	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3^rd	The teacher could have a librarian come in and read the story for the class.	A story of a librarian who accidentally drives her bookmobile to the zoo.
	Gooney Bird Greene	Modern Fantasy/ Rhode Island Children's Book Award	Lois Lowry/ Middy Thomas and Thomas Middy Chilman	IL: 7-10 RL: 2^nd – 5^th	The teacher could have the students write a story about something that happened to them that didn’t sound true, but was. (ELA1W1-a,b)	A story of a little girl who tells true stories, which do not seem very true, about her life.
	bow wow meow meow: it's rhyming cats and dogs	Poetry Anthology/ Gryphon Award for Children's Literature	Douglas Florian	IL: 5-10 RL: K- 5^th	The teacher could have the students illustrate a book cover for the book, by drawing their favorite animal.	A collection of poems about different animals.

ABC/Counting / Concept

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Apple, Banana, Cherry	ABC Book	Joy Cowley/ Elizabeth Fuller	IL: 3-5 RL: Pre-K - K	The teacher could do ABC aerobics to get the children interested in learning and remembering the alphabet.	An alphabet book which uses interesting, catchy rhymes to teach the letters of the alphabet.
	Alphabet Under Construction	ABC Book	Denise Flemings/ David Powers	IL: 5-7 RL: K-2nd	The teacher could cut out a picture of the verb, and have the students draw the corresponding letter.	A mouse explains the ABC’s by having a verb that begins with the same letter. Ex: Buttons the B.
	Mind Your Manners	Concept Book	Diane Goode	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the children draw a picture of the items they use while eating.	A unique book about the original rules of behavior at the table published in 1802. Teaches children manners with comical illustrations.

Predictable Books

Picture of Book

Title

Genre/Awards

Author/
Illustrator/

Interest
Level/Reading Level

Ideas for
Classroom

Brief Description

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Predictable Book

Simms Taback/ Pam Adams

IL: 4-8

RL: Pre-K – 3^rd

A big book could be made by the teacher with animals that Velcro onto the page. Each child is given an animal and when appropriate they come to the front and place the right animal on the page.

A comical story about and old lady who starts out swallowing a fly, and continues swallowing other animals in order to catch the fly.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Predictable

Bill Martin Jr./ Eric Carle

IL: 3-5

RL: Pre-K - K

The teacher could play a game like brown bear where each child says a name of an object they see. The student will then say the name of another student in the classroom, and that student will say the repeated phrase. This is repeated until everyone has a turn.

(ELAKLSV1-d)

Various animals explain what they see, starting out with a brown bear.

Traditional Fantasy

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs	Traditional Fantasy/ Caldecott Honor Award	Translated by Randall Jarrell/ Nancy Ekholm Burkert	IL- 4-8 RL: K-3^rd	The teacher could divide the students into groups and have each group recreate a scene in the book by making a dance.	A young girl that grows up with a wicked stepmother finds her way to living with seven dwarfs. She eats a poisoned apple, goes into a deep slumber, and is woken by a kiss from a prince.
	Rapunzel	Traditional Fantasy	Adapted by: Paul O. Zelinsky	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the students construct, by using various art media, their own ladder for Rapunzel to use to climb from the tower.	A retelling of a 17^th Century French tale of a sorceress who traps her daughter in a tower with no way out, until a prince hears her sing.
	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears	Traditional Fantasy	Retold by Verna Aardem/ Leo and Diane Dillon	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the students orally recite the sequence of events that happen in the book. (ELAKLSV1-c)	A story which explains why mosquitoes buzz in peoples ears. The mosquito starts a chain of reactions in the jungle, which ends in disaster.
	The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses	Traditional Fantasy	Paul Goble	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the students draw a picture of an animal they love and would like to be.	A Native American story with about a little girl who becomes friends with a stallion, and gives up her people to live with the horses.
	Beauty and the Beast	Traditional Fantasy	Marianna Mayer/ Mercer Mayer	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the students write their own fairy tale.	A story of prevailing love, where a maid named Beauty releases a spell and turns the beast into a prince.

Modern Fantasy

Picture	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator	Interest Level/ Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Chrysanthemum	Fantasy	Kevin Henkes	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K– 3^rd	The teacher could take the students outside to look at the different types of flowers. The teacher could then have each child draw their favorite flower and make a name for the flower they drew.	Chrysanthemum is named after a flower and loves it until she gets made fun of at school. One day the teacher tells the students how long her name is and everyone begins to love Chrysanthemum’s name. She finally believes it is perfect.
	Looking After Murphy	Fantasy	Jamie Rix John Bendall – Brunello	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the children paint, with watercolors, a weekend they had with their grandparents or another authority figure. ( ELAKR6-f,g )	A grandmother keeps a hamster for her grandchildren over the weekend. Looking after the hamster Murphy was a full time job and granny ended up losing him. She bought a new hamster but gets found out when the original Murphy shows up at the last minute. The children do not say anything to their grandmother because they were taught to respect their elders.
	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe	Modern Fantasy	C.S. Lewis/ Pauline Baynes	IL: 9-12 RL: 4^th – 6^th	The teacher could have a show and tell time, where the children bring something from home and tell why they believe it is magical.	After stepping inside an old wardrobe, four children find a magical land that only they can save, by defeating the wicked witch. If they fail, they will forever be prisoners.
	The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs!	Modern Fantasy	Jon Scieszka/ Lane Smith	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3^rd	The teacher could have the students write another ending to their favorite fairy tale.	A funny twist of the Three Little Pigs fairy tale. This version tells the wolf’s side of the story.

Realistic Fiction

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Shiloh	Realistic Fiction Chapter Book	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	IL: 8-12 RL: 3^rd – 6^th	The teacher could have the students write about a situation they have been in, where they had trouble determining right from wrong.	A story of a young boy named Marty who finds a dog he believes is being mistreated. He hides the dog from his parents and the owner. He tries to solve the situation on his own by doing the right thing.
	The Boys Start the War	Realistic Fiction Chapter Book	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	Young Adult	The teacher could have the students write a essay about a practical joke they played on a friend.	The Hatford boys are mad that a family with three girls moves in across the river. They try to get them to leave by all kinds of practical tricks. They didn’t plan on the girls being so tough.
	The Girls Get Even	Realistic Fiction Chapter Book	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	Young Adult	The teacher could have the children read this book around Halloween and could have a contest for best costume.	Set around Halloween, this sequel to The Boys Start the War, the Hatford boys and the Malloy girls are making bets! Whoever loses in the Halloween costume parade has to be a slave to the winner for a month.
	Stargirl	Realistic Fiction Chapter Book	Jerry Spinelli	Young Adult	The teacher could have the students write a dramatic speech.	A story of a high school girl who no one likes because she’s different than everyone else. It shows the trials of being a teenager and what it’s like not to fit in.

Historical Fiction

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Sing Down the Moon	Historical Fiction	Scott O’Dell	Young Adult	The teacher could have the students use the internet to write a report about Native Americans.	A story of a young Navajo girl who is taken from her homeland but after fighting for her freedom is able to return home.
	Wagon Wheels	Historical Fiction	Barbara Brenner/ Don Bolognese	IL: 7-9 RL: 2^nd – 4^th	The teacher could give the students a map and have them draw an outline of the route that the family took, from Kentucky to Kansas.	A story of an African American family who moves to Kansas from Kentucky, right after the Civil War.
	Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes	Historical Fiction	Eleanor Coerr/ Ronald Himler	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3rd	The teacher could have the students make paper cranes by using sheets of paper.	A story of a young runner, named Sadako who got leukemia from the bombing of Hiroshima. She began folding paper cranes thinking if she folded 1,000 then the gods would grant her wish, but when she dies she only folded 644, so her classmates folded the rest.

Poetry Anthologies

Picture of Book

Title

Genre/Awards

Author/
Illustrator/

Interest
Level/Reading Level

Ideas for
Classroom

Brief Description

I Am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices

Poetry Anthology

Paul Fleischman/ Ken Nutt

Young Adult

The teacher could have two students read the poem together.

Poetry about different birds which is written to be read by two voices.

Book Cover

If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems about School

Poetry Anthology

Kalli Dakos/ G. Brian Karas

IL: 8-11

RL: 3^rd – 5^th

The teacher could have students write a poem about school.

Various comical stories written about experiences of elementary school.

Multicultural

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator/	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Amazing Grace	Multicultural	Mary Hoffman Caroline Binch	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	After listening to the story, students can write an Amazing You Poem in Diamante Style.	The students of Grace’s classroom told her that she wouldn’t be able to play Peter Pan because she was a girl and she was black. She proved she could be anything she wants to be.
	Ashanti to Zulu: African Tradition	Multicultural	Margaret Musgrove/ Leo & Diane Dillion	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3rd	The teacher could have the children illustrate an American tradition they are fond of, that begins with a certain letter of the alphabet.	This book gives the American letter of the alphabet and a concept of the African culture that begins with the letter given.
	Whoever You Are	Multicultural	Mem Fox/ Leslie Staub	IL: 5-8 RL: K-3rd	The teacher could have the children pick a culture to write a paragraph about. (SSKG1)	This book demonstrates that although everyone in the world is different, the fundamental feelings inside of everyone are the same. It doesn’t matter what ethnicity you are.
	Grandfather’s Journey	Multicultural	Allen Say	IL: 4-8 RL: Pre-K – 3^rd	The teacher could have the students draw a picture of their favorite place.	A story of a grandfather who splits his love between California and Japan, and a young boy who shares the love of the two lands with his grandfather.
	Abuela	Multicultural	Arthur Dorros/ Elisa Kleven	IL: 3-7 RL: Pre-K – 2^nd	The teacher could have the students write a paragraph about their favorite family member.	A story of a little girl who daydreams that she can fly and pictures herself and her grandmother flying over New York city. Dorros integrates Spanish language, as well as English, throughout the text.

Biography/Autobiography/Informational

Picture of Book	Title	Genre/Awards	Author/ Illustrator	Interest Level/Reading Level	Ideas for Classroom	Brief Description
	Harriet Tubman	Biography	Wil Mara/ Katharine A. Kane/ Nanci R. Vargus	IL: 6-7 RL: First	The teacher could get the students to draw a picture showing that the underground railroad was not actually a railroad. (ELAKR6-d,f)	A brave woman who escaped slavery. Not only did she escape, but helped hundreds of others to escape, and became a spy during the civil war.
	Helen Keller: The Story of My Life	Autobiography	Hellen Keller	Young Adult	The teacher could teach the students how to read or write the letters of the alphabet in Braille.	Helen Keller explains the handicaps she triumphs over because of the inspiration given by her teacher and friend, Anne Sullivan.
	Mother Teresa	Biography	Susan Eddy/ Jeanne Clidas	IL: 6-7 RL: First	The teacher could have the children to illustrate what happens when you do a kind act towards someone.	A quick story of Mother Teresa’s life. The many things she did for the sick and the poor, which lead to receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
	Rosa Parks: My Story	Autobiography	Rosa Parks	Young Adult	The teacher could have the students interview someone who grew up during the time period of Rosa Parks.	A book of the struggles of Rosa Parks, during the bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. The story does not show just the one act, but rather various struggles throughout Rosa’s life.

Georgia Performance Standards

ELA3W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student

k. Writes a response to literature that demonstrates understanding of the text,

formulates an opinion, and supports a judgment.

ELA6RC2 The student participates in discussions related to curricular learning in

all subject areas. The student

e. Examines the author’s purpose in writing.

ELA8W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student

a. Selects a focus, organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose,

genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements.

ELA8LSV2 The student listens to and views various forms of text and media in order together and share information, persuade others, and express and understand ideas. The student will select and critically analyze messages using rubrics as assessment tools.

When delivering and responding to presentations, the student:

a. Gives oral presentations or dramatic interpretations for various purposes.

ELA1W1 The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process.

The student

a. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address a topic and tell a story.

b. Describes an experience in writing.

ELAKLSV1 The student uses oral and visual skills to communicate. The student

d. Recites short poems, rhymes, songs, and stories with repeated patterns.

ELAKLSV1 The student uses oral and visual skills to communicate. The student

c. Repeats auditory sequences (letters, words, numbers, and rhythmic patterns).

ELAKR6 The student gains meaning from orally presented text. The student

f. Uses prior knowledge, graphic features (illustrations), and graphic organizers to

understand text.

g. Connects life experiences to read-aloud text.

SSKG1 The student will describe American culture by explaining diverse community and family celebrations and customs.

ELAKR6 The student gains meaning from orally presented text. The student

d. Begins to distinguish fact from fiction in a read-aloud text.

f. Uses prior knowledge, graphic features (illustrations), and graphic organizers

to understand text.