Electronic Reading File by Lawren Cranor

Electronic Reading File
By Lawren Cranor

Caldecott Winners


Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Modern Fantasy	King Bidgood in the Bathtub	Audrey and Don Wood	ages 4-8	To show that there is always and easy solution to every problem	King Bidgood would not get out of the bathtub for anything. The queen and townspeople tried it all. No one succeeded. The only person to come up with a plan that worked was the King's little page boy. That plan was to unplug the bathtub.
	Realistic Fiction	The Relatives Came	Cynthia Rylant/Stephen Gammell	ages 4-8	This could be used to show the different type of families everyone has.	The relatives all piled into one small car. It was 4 o'clock in the morning and they drove to the other side of the mountain to see their family. When they all got out of the car, everyone was in a good mood. The family made themselves at home. They did as they pleased. They stayed for weeks. Then they piled back into the car and drove home.
	Modern Fantasy	Slyvester and the Magic Pebble	William Steig	ages 4-8	This book could be used to inform students to watch what they wish for.	Sylvester, a donkey, finds a pebble on a rainy day. He picks up the pebble and causually states that he wishes the rain would stop, and it does. He realizes the pebble is magic. On his way home he encounters a lion. Getting scared, he wishes himself into a rock. When this happens he no longer is touching the pebble. His parents miss him terribly and one day while on a picnic they find his magic pebble. They wish that Slyvester was with them. Little did they know that the rock they were eating on was really Slyvester and when they wished him back, he appeared. They then decided to put the pebble away until they really needed it.
	Picture Books	Tuesday	David Wisner	ages 4-10	This book could be used to show how illustrators use color and pictures.	This lovely picture book depicts the strange happenings that come upon one town on Tuesday evenings. The first Tuesday, frogs fly through the town on lily pads. The second Tuesday, pigs start to fly through the air.
	Picture Books	Three Pigs	David Wisner	ages 4-10	This book could be used to show how authors can add to traditional stories.	This story starts off like every other Three Little Pigs story. But when it gets to the part about the pig getting eaten up, the story line changes. In this story, each little pig ventures off the borders of the fairy tale and and set off on an adventure of their own...and adventure that involves a paper airplane.
	Picture Book	Paperboy	Dav Pilkey	ages 4-8	This book could be used to show children different jobs that kids can have.	Early in the morning, the paperboy gets up to do his job. He is up long before his parents or his sister. The town is still sleeping, too. He goes all over his route. By the time the Paperboy's job is done, everyone else in the town is starting to get up. The little Paperboy goes back to sleep.
	Picture Book	Zin! Zin! Zin! a Violin	Lloyd Moss/ Marjorie Priceman	ages 4-8	This book could be used to explain to your students about the different instruments that are in the orchestra.	This book goes through each instrument that is in the orchestra and tells about it. The author also explains how each addition of instruments help create the orchestra and the sound that they produce.
	Mother Goose rhyme	Three Jovial Huntsmen	Susan Jeffers	ages 4-8	This book could be used to teach students to pay attention to what is going on around them.	Three hunters went hunting. They didn't pay much attention to their surroundings. They claimed that they found nothing for three days and nights. The truth of the matter was that there was plenty to hunt, they just weren't paying attention.
	Picture Book	Hide and Seek Fog	Alvin Tresselt/Roger Duvoisin	ages 4-8	This book could be used to let children know that it is okay to have a good time when the weather is bad.	The worst fog in 20 years rolls into the seaside village. The boats go back to shore, and people leave the beach. The children love the fog and happily play in it.
	Picture Book	The Ox Cart Man	Donald Hall/ Barbara Cooney	ages 6-10	This book could be used to explain to children how people had to travel and work a long time ago.	The ox cart man tells the story of a man whose family works to make candles, brooms, and quilts all year long. Each year at the same time, the farmer loads up the goods his family has made and travels with his ox and cart into town to sell the goods.

Newberry Winners


	Realistic Fiction	Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary/Paul O. Zelinsky	ages 8-12	This book could be used to show children that it is oaky to talk and write to authors.	Leigh Botts, a young boy, falls in love with an author...Mr. Henshaw. Leigh writes him a letter when he is in the second grade to tell Mr. Henshaw how much he enjoyes the books. Each year Leigh writes to Mr. Henshaw. When he gets into the 6th grade, Leigh's parents divorce and he moves schools. His new teacher gives him the assignment to write and author and ask them a list of questions. Leigh chooses Mr. Henshaw. Mr. Henshaw shows Leigh how to really become an author.
	Realistic Fiction	Jacob Have I loved	Katherine Paterson	ages 8-12	This book could be used to talk about sibling rivalry.	Sara Lousie Bradshaw is living in the shadow of her twin sister, Caroline. Caroline has always take everything that means something to Sara Lousie. Sara wants to find out what life is like without her sister around. She knows that the only way to do that is to figure out who she is without her sister, then find herself a place in this world.

Multicultural


Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Multicultural	Lon Po Po	Ed Young	ages 6-8	This book could be used to show children that even though every country is different, the famous strories are the same.	This book is a Chinese version of Little Red Riding Hood. Three children are left alone while their mother goes to visit their grandma. A wolf comes and tricks that children, telling them that he is their sick grandmother. Finally, the oldest child figures out the wolf is not their grandmother. The children come up with a plan to get rid of the wolf.
	Multicultural	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears	Verna Aardema/ Leo Dillion	ages 4-8	This book could be used to inform children about different beliefs that other cultures have.	A mosquito tells a story that causes the jungle to go crazy. The sun doesn't come up all because the misquito said something that caused a jungle disaster.
	Multicultural	Just Us Women	Jeannete Caines/ Pat Cummings	ages 4-8	This book could be used to show that it is okay for a child to go on vacations with other family members.	A little girl goes on a vacation with her favorite aunt. No boys, no men, just us women. They take her aunt's new car on their trip to North Carolina.
	Multicultural	The Korean Cinderella	Shirley Climo/ Ruth Heller	ages 5-9	This book could be used to show that good things come to those who work hard.	Pear Blossom is the pride of her elderly mother and father. Her mother dies and her father remarries. Her stepmother resents her beauty. Out of this jealousy, Pear Blossom is made to do impossible tasks. Pear Blossom does these chores with the help of her magical creatures. She wins over her stepmother's cruelty and ends up being a nobleman's wife.
	Multicultural	Ming Lo Moves the Mountain	Arnold Lobel	ages 4-8	This book could be used to show students that sometimes to get what you want out of like, you have to work harder than you want to.	Ming Lo and his wife live next to a mountain. Rocks are always falling off of this mountain. A shadow is always cast over the garden because of this mountain. Ming Lo's wife is not happy. She wants the mountain moved. Ming Lo goes to seek wise council from the village wise man. Ming Lo later finds out that the only way to move the mountain is to move his house.

Poetry Anthologies


Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry	Fathers, Mothers, Brothers, Sisters	Mary Ann Hoberman/ Marylin Hafner	ages 4-8	This book could be used to show children that you can write poems about anything...even your family.	This is a collection of poems that shows many different kinds of families. Each type of family is special in their own way. These poems celebrate the diversity of families.
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Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction


Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Modern Fantasy	Charlotte's Web	E.B. White	ages 9-12	This book could be used to show children that size does not matter. If you have a goal in mind then do everything you can to reach that goal.	Wilbur is a young pig. Charlotte is a wise old spider. Wilbur gets sent to the farm where Charlotte is just to find out that he is going to be sent to the butcher. Wilbur and Charlotte become best friends. Charlotte does everything in her power to save Wilbur. While she is doing this, she makes Wilbur famous.
	Modern Fantasy	The Chocolate Touch	Patrick Skene Catling	ages 9-12	This book could be used to teach children that just because they think something is good, it could turn out to be bad.	John inherets this "gift". The gift is that whatever touches his lips turns into chocolate. He has chocolate toothpaste, chocolate bacon and eggs, and chocolate everything. He realizes that it might not all be good when he gets thirsty and can have nothing but chocolate.
	Modern Fantasy	High King	Lloyd Alexander	ages 9-12	This book could be used to explain to students that your position in life really doens't matter. If you work hard for your dreams they can come true.	This book is the final in a series. Taran is an assistant pig-keeper. He has dreams of becoming a hero. This series highlights his quest.
	Modern Fantasy	The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash	Trinka Hakes Noble/ Steven Kellogg	ages 3-8	This book could be used to show children that field trips can be fun, even if they are to a boring place.	A little girl comes home from a field trip to the farm. She tells her mom it was dull until the cow started crying. Curious, her mother asked her why the cow started crying. The little girl tells this amazing story that all started with Jimmy's boa eating the wash.
	Modern Fantasy	Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak	ages 4-8	This book could be used to tell children that it is okay to imagine things. To have a vivid imagination is the key to childhood.	Max goes wild when he places on his wolf suit. When he tells his mother that he will eat her up, she sends him to his room without supper. While in his room he travels to a far away island. Here on this island he becomes king of the wild things. All of a sudden, after they have had their fun, Max smells something. He "travels back" to where he came from to find that his mother had brought his dinner to his room.

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	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Patricia MacLachlan	ages 9-12	This book could be used to show children that back in the 1800's farm life was much different. Someone didn't always marry for love, they married for survival.	Sarah was a mail order bride. A widowed mid-western farmer had two children-Anna and Caleb. When Sarah arrives, she is homesick for Maine and the ocean. The children are afraid that she will leave. When she goes into town alone, Caleb believes she is never coming back. Instead she comes back with colored pencils so that she can show the children the beauty of Maine. She expalins to them that even though she loves her hometown, she loves the children even more.
	Historical Fiction	Train to Somewhere	Eve Bunting/Ronald Himler	ages 4-8	This book could be used to show children what life was like for many children during the Great Depression.	This is a story about the Orphan Train. Marianne is in a group of 14 homeless children all looking for loving homes. Marianne secretly is hoping her mother will be waiting for her when she gets off the train. Marianne is the last child on the train. At the last stop...Somewhere...an old couple is there. They take in Marianne and love her as their own.
	Historical Fiction	When I Was Young in the Mountains	Cynthia Rylant/ Diane Goode	ages 3-7	This book could be used to introduce a new living style to students.	She lives with her grandparents in the mountains. This is a recollection of all the different things she used to do. For example, use the outhouse, pump water from the well, and go to church at the schoolhouse.
	Historical Fiction	The Whipping Boy	Sid Fleischman/ Peter Sis	ages 3-7	This book could be used to show children that it is always best to recieve your own punishment because it might turn out to be worse for you if you don't.	When a Prince can't get spanked, what happens? A local peasant boy gets to take his place. Whatever the Prince does, the peasant gets the punishment for it. The two boys become friends and run away. They get caught by theives who have only one thing in mind. Jimmy, the peasant, once again steps in and comes up with a plan to save the Prince and himself.
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Informational/Biographies


Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Biography	What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?	Jean Fritz/ Margot Tomes	ages 9-12	This book should be used to teach about the life of Ben Franklin.	This is a biography about Benjamin Franklin.
	Informational Book	Lighning!	Loraine Jean Hopping/ Jody Wheeler	ages 7-9	This book could be used with a science lesson about lightning.	This book explains on very basic terms what lightning is all about. It explains the myths and facts about lightning.
	Informational Book	When Dinosaurs Walked	Andrew Chaikin/ Patricia Wynne	ages 4-8	This book could be used with a science lesson about dinosaurs.	This book has cartoon pictures to show the different types of dinosaurs. Given are many neat facts about each dinosaur and about the earth when they lived here.
	Informational Book	Discovering Mars	Melvin Berger	ages 4-8	This book could be used in a science lesson about either Mars or the other planets.	This book tells you all about Mars. It gives you many trivia questions and answers.
	Biography	George Washington A piture book biography	James Cross Giblin/ Michael Dooling	ages 4-8	This book could be used to talk about either George Washington in a history lesson or talk about biographies in an english lesson.	This book gives George Washington's life through pictures.

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	Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli	ages 9-12	This book could be used to show children that it doesn't matter what race you are or how much money you have, you can still be liked by everyone.	He runs away from home. The town he pops up in looks at him like he is a maniac. All he does is run. One day he begins to meet some friends. That is also the day that he finds out what it is like to have people hate you.
	Realistic Fiction	One Hundred Penny Box	Sharon Bell Mathis/ Leo and Diane Dillon	ages 4-8	This book could be used to teach children to pay attention to the elderly.	This is the story of a young boy and his 100-year old aunt. She has a box of 100 pennies. For each penny she has a special memory.
	Realistic Fiction	Love You, Forever	Sheila McGraw/ Robert Munch	ages 4-8	This book could be used to help children deal with people getting old or even death.	There is a lady who loves her little boy so much that each night she sneaks into his room, picks him up, and sings to him a sweet song. This continues through his teenage years and even once he has moved out. One day, the son gets a call to say his mother is dying. This time, he takes her in his arms and sings the same song. He goes home and sings the song to his little baby.
	Realistic Fiction	Are You There God, It's Me, Margaret?	Judy Blume	ages 9-12	This book could be used for young ladies to help them cope with their natural changes.	This book shows that it is normal for preteen girls to have certain questions and fears and doubts.
	Realistic Fiction	Fly Away Home	Eve Bunting/ Ronald Himler	ages 4-8	This book could be used to talk to children about being homeless.	This book tells a tale of a little boy and his father who are homeless. They live in the airport and have to move from terminal to treminal to avoid getting thrown out by the police. He knows almost every homeless person that lives in the airport.

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 Literature	Rumplestiltskin	Brothers Grimm/ Bernadette Watts	ages 4-8	This book could be used to teach children about fairy tales.	This book is about a poor millers daughter who has to continuously spin golden straw for Rumplestiltskin.
	Traditional Literature	Old King Cole and other rhymes	Pamela Storey	ages 3-5	This book could be used to teach young children about nursery rhymes.	This is a collection of eleven nursery rhymes that are easy for young children to learn.
	Traditional Literature	Puss in Boots	Charles Perrault/ Fred Marcellino	ages 4-8	This book could be used to inform children what fairy tales are.	A poor miller dies and leaves his son nothing but a cat. The son isn't too happy about that. Come to find out that this cat in tall boots creates a new and better image for the son.
	Traditional Literature	The Little Engine that Could	Watty Piper/ George Hauman	ages 4-8	This book could be used when children need encouraging.	The little engine thought that he was too little to pull up the train up this hill. Finally he gets enough courage to say I think I can.
	Traditional Literature	The Eensy-Weensy Spider	Mary Ann Hoberman/ Nadine Bernard Westcott	ages 3-6	This book could be used to teach children the loved children's song.	This little hand rhyme/song book takes the reader through the adventures of a little spider.

Same Author


Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/Illustrator	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Use in the Classroom	Brief Description of the Book
	Same Author	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Judith Viorst/ Ray Cruz	ages 4-8	This book could be used to show children that even though they might have a bad day, they need to make the best of it.	Nothing seems to be going right for Alexander. He is getting in trouble for everything. He just wantes to move to Australia.
	Same Author	Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday	Judith Viorst/ Ray Cruz	ages 4-8	This book could be used to teach children how to save money.	Alexander gets money from his grandparents. He keeps is for a few days and then spends it on silly things. So, when he needs the money, there is no more.
	Same Author	Alexander, Who's not (you hear me? I mean it!) going to move.	Judith Viorst/ Ray Cruz	ages 4-8	This book could be used to help children cope with moving.	Alexander doesn't want to move away from his friends and school. When his parents give him no choice, ALexander finds out that like isn't so bad.
	Same Author	My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zoombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or things	Judith Viorst/ Kay Charao	ages 4-8	This book could be used to help children overcome their fears about what learks in the dark.	A child at first doesn't believe his mother when she says there are no such things as ghosts. He soon realizes that his mama is right about many things.
	Same Author	The Tenth Good Thing About Barney	Judith Viorst/ Erik Blegvad	ages 4-8	This book could be used to help children deal with losing a pet to death.	Barney was the family cat. When he died, the family gave him a funeral. At the funeral, everyone said at least one thing they like about Barney.