My Electronic Reading Log

Electronic Reading File
By Lindsay R. Scott

(Table Titles include: Caldecott Winners, Newberry Winners, Multicultural, etc.)

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	K-2	Students can create their own wild thing with yellow eyes, long nails, hairy body, etc. Give it a name and a place to live.	Max decides to put on his wolf outfit and parade around the house getting into mischief. He ends up getting in trouble with his mother and is sent to bed without dinner. Once Max was sent to his room crazy things began to happen and he ends up in a land with wild things.
	Modern Fantasy	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears	Verna Aardema/ Leo and Diane Dillon	All ages	Play the mosquito game (telephone game): Whisper a message in a student’s ear and tell the students to continue to deliver the message until every student has received it. The last student to receive the message must say the message out loud.	A mosquito saw an iguana drinking at a waterhole. He told the iguana something he saw the other day, Once the iguana hears the news he wonders off creating a disturbance amongst the other animals in the jungle.
	Autobiography/ Historical Fiction	Abraham Lincoln	Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire	Ages 9-12	SS5H1d: Describe the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.	It tells the story of the life of former President Abraham Lincoln. (From 1809 to the end of the Civil War)
	Realistic Fiction	The Snowy Day	Ezra Jack Keats	K-2	S1E1: Students will observe, measure, and communicate weather data to see patterns in weather and climate. a. Identify different types of weather and the characteristics of each type.	This story tells about Peter and his adventurous day in the snow.
	Fantasy	The Polar Express	Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)	K-5	Use the book to help get students into the holiday spirit.	One Christmas Eve a boy waits in his for Santa to arrive but all he hears is the sound of a train outside of his house. A train called the Polar Express was waiting for him. The train was filled with children on their way to the North Pole.
	Fantasy/ Science Fiction	Jumanji	Chris Van Allsburg (Houghton)	K-5	Students can have a board game tournament with different educational board games. Provide a variety of games so that each student has the opportunity to learn.	Peter and Judy's parents leave them home alone one night. So the children decide to play a game called "Jumanji". Once they begin to play, the board begins to come alive right before their very eyes.

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	The Summer of the Swans	Betsy Byars	3-5	Literature circles, students will divide in groups and complete different activities to help students comprehend the book.	Fourteen year old Sara is having one of the worst summers of her life. She is dealing with peers at school, the pressure of following in the footsteps of her older sister Wanda, while trying to look after her brother who has a disability. But something tragic happens to Charlie that helps Sara realize her place in life.
	Historical Fiction	The Slave Dancer	Paula Fox	Ages 9-12	SS5H1: The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War. Read the book to give students an opportunity to learn more information on the Middle Passage and Slavery.	Jessie was a thirteen-year-old boy that was accidentally taken from the docks of New Orleansand thrown aboard a slave ship. He is forced to play his pipe so that the captured slaves will dance or keep moving to keep their muscles strong so they can be in shape for the slave trade. Jessie is disturbed by the horrible things that are happening to the slaves on the ship. But it doesn't compare to the things that Jessie witnesses at the end.
	Fiction	From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler	E.L. Konigsburg	Ages 9-12	Students can learn that running away is not the answer to problems. Use the book to give a less graphic side of a bad situation.	Claudia Kincaid is the oldest child in her family. Claudia and her brother Jamie decides to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. When they get there they discover a mystery in the museum.
	Historical Fiction	Sounder	William H. Armstrong	Grades 3-5	Students may watch the movie based off the book once they have complete the story. Once the students watch the movie have an oral discussion on the difference and similarities of the two. Use a visual aid to help assist with the activity. (ex. chart or dry erase board)	Sounder is a dog mixed wit Georgia redbone and bulldog. He is the protector of his family during the time of slavery. But the story takes a tragic turn when the family looses their two family members, the father and Sounder) leaving the Mother to keep the family going.
	Fiction	The Giver	Lois Lowry	Grades 3-5	The book can help students distinguish the difference between reality and idealism. Students can do this by completing double entry journals.	Jonas lives in a place were everything is perfect with no pain or fear; they celebrate birthdays by having ceremonies such as the Ceremony of the Ones lead by the Nurturers. Everybody has a role that they are assigned but when Jonas turn twelve he is given the opportunity to receive training from the Giver, who knows about “real” life that includes pain and fear. But once Jonas learns this there is no turning back.

Multicultural

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Fiction	Nine Days to Christmas A Story of Mexico	Marie Hall Ets/ Aurora Labastida/	Grades 3-5	Students can use the book to help with finding information on holidays in different places around the world.	Ceci and her family are preparing for posadas- the special Christmas parties, each night for nine nights before Christmas there would be a posada and each night at a different house. Ceci is very excited about getting a piñata for the festivities that she can’t think about anything else.
	Nonfiction	Ashanti to Zulu African Traditions	Margaret Musgrove/ Leo and Diane Dillon	Grades 3-5	Students can use this book to help with research papers of projects based off culture or different place around the world.	African traditions in alphabetical order describing the different things.
	Fantasy	Chato and the Party Animals	Gary Soto/ Susan Guevara	Grades 3-5	Students can create a web chart that contains characteristics of a good friend.	Chato is going to Chorizo’s birthday party. Everyone in the neighborhood was invited, even Chato’s best friend Novio Boy. Novio Boy reveals to Chato that he has never had a birthday party so Chato decides to throw him a party.

Other Awards

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Fiction	Something Beautiful	Sharon Dennis Wyeth/ Chris K. Soentpiet	All ages	ELA2: Students could describe and draw something beautiful, Explain to classmates.	A little girl longs to see beyond the scary sights in her neighborhood. When her teacher writes the word beautiful on the blackboard, the girl decides to look for something beautiful in her neighborhood.
	Realistic Fiction	The Great Gilly Hopkins	Katherine Paterson	Ages 9-12	Self esteem: pride and belief in oneself and in achievement of one’s potential. After reading the book students can create a compare and contrast chart based on themselves and the major character (Gilly).	Gilly Hopkins a young girl who an orphan. She is struggling to find a family that she likes. After being abandoned by her mother, Courtney. She lives with a foster mother but runs away in search of her birth mother. She instead finds her grandmother and has to live with her since she rejected her foster mother. This is painful for Gilly because she grows to love her foster mother but has to go live with her grandmother at the end. Gilly learns that life is not always fair and she learns to appreciate those that love her in a short period of time.
	Fantasy	We’re Back	Hudson Talbott	Grades 3-5	S4L2: Students will identify factors that affect the survival or extinction of organisms such as adaptation, variation of behaviors (hibernation), and external features (camouflage and protection).	Vorb and Mega-Mind Inc. capture dinosaurs to test them with “Brain Grain”. Rex and his new found friends are taught how to read and do math. If they complete the task then they will get a special prize, a trip to the 2oth century to see Dr. Miriam Bleeb. Once the dinosaurs arrive they get into some mischief. Will they ever make it to Dr. Bleeb.
	Fantasy	My teacher sleeps in school	Leatie Weis/Ellen Weiss	Grades 3-5	SSKE1: The student will describe the work that people do (police officer, fire fighter,soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer, doctor, and teacher).	Gary and Mollie are in Mrs. Marsh’s class. One day after school Gary and Mollie were talking and Mollie suggested that Mrs. Marsh sleeps at the school. Gary does not believe her at first but the next day of school they investigate to find the truth. By the end of the day all the students in Mrs. Marsh’s class are convinced that their teacher sleeps at school.
	Realistic Fiction	Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.	Judith Viorst/ Ray Cruz	Grades 3-5	Read during rainy day or when students seemed to be having a bad day. Use for entertainment or to help change the mood in the classroom.	From the time Alexander wakes up he begins having a very bad day. He doesn’t get a prize in the cereal box, doesn’t get to sit by the window in the car, his mother forgot his dessert, and to make matters worse nobody seems to care. Alexander wants to move to Australia to get away.

Informational

Picture of Book	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	We are having a baby	Viki Holland	Grades 3-5	Help students deal with changes in their lives.	The Pratt Family (Dana, Patti, and Russell) are having a baby. The book tells you the story of how the family prepared and dealt with having a new baby through the eyes of Dana, the only child. Includes helpful tips on things to do and not to do around a newborn baby.
	So you want to be president?	Judith St. George/ David Small	Grades K-5	SS2CG2 The student will identify the roles of the following elected officials: a. President (leader of our nation) b. Governor (leader of our state) c. Mayor (leader of a city)	A humorous book containing information on past presidents while giving information on what it takes to be the President of the United States of America.
	The Castle Book	Michael Berenstain	All ages	Read the story and have students draw what they saw in the book. Tie into another lesson on castles.	This book gives information on castles all around the world. It contains black and white illustrations and has no cover.

Traditional Literature

Picture of Book	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Cinderella	Susanna Davidson/ Fabian Fiorin	Grade 3-5	Use during a fairy tale of fantasy unit. Students will probably want to read this during free time (recreational reading).	Cinderella wants to go to the Prince’s Christmas Ball but her mean stepmother wont’ let her go. And to make matters worse her mean stepsisters are going. But Cinderella’s fairy godmother Felicity helps her get to the ball.
	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	James Marshall	All ages	Create a reader’s theatre for Goldilocks and the Three Bears perform together as a class. Maybe consider turning into a play.	Goldilocks was a naughty little girl. One day her mother asked her to go to the village to pick of some muffins but she must not take the short cut through the woods. Goldilocks paid her mother no attention and took the short cut. She came upon a house which lived three bears and made her self right at home until the bears found her and sent her running home.
	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs	Jon Scieszko	All ages	Students can perform a play based off the three little pigs.	This is the story of the three little pigs, told by the wolf while in his jail cell. He doesn't understand how the big bad rep was created, but then he moves to the real story, which all started with a sneeze and a cup of sugar.
	The Talking Eggs	Robert D. San Souci/ Jerry Pinkney	Grades 1-3	11.2 - Compassion, kindness, and generosity: concern for suffering or distress of others and response to their feeling and needs.	Blanche is a kind and obedient daughter who is made to do all the work, while her mother and sister do nothing. Blanche meets an old woman in the woods who is kind and helpful. In return for Blanche's kindness, the old woman takes her in when Blanche is troubled and tests her virtues while she is there. Blanche is rewarded with abundant riches. When her nasty sister.
	Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters	John Steptoe	All ages	ELAKLSV1: Students could make a decision on which daughter should be chosen by the king to become queen and explain why. Class discussion on student decisions.	Mufaro lived in a small village in Africa with his two beautiful daughters, Manyara and Nyasha. Manyara has a bad temper and is always mean to Nyasha. One day the king announces that he is looking for a queen and both sisters are asked to go before him so that he can make a decision. Manyara wants to be queen more than anything, but her bad temper may get in the way.

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