Electronic Reading File by Melissa Barfield

Electronic Reading File
By Melissa Barfield

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	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	William Steig/ 1969	1-3	The students could make something out of clay that they would turn themselves into if they had a magic pebble.	Sylvester and the Magic Pebble is about a donkey named Sylvester that finds a pretty red pebble. The pebble was magic and he turned himself into a rock.
	Fiction	The Polar Express	Chris Van Allsburg/ 1985	Pre-K to 5th	The class could read the book, then watch the movie. Each student should identify the similarities and differences between the book and the movie. (ELA5R1c)	It is a story about a boy who believes in Santa, but a friend tells him it is not true. He is in search for the bells.
	Informational Book	So You Want to Be President	Judith St. George/ David Small/ 2001	K-4th	The class could write a letter to the President. They can tell the President about the book. (ELA2W1e)	This book talks about good things the President does and bad things. It also talks about all the different Presidents.
	Fiction	Kitten's First Full Moon	Kevin Henkes/	Pre-K-2	Students could make their own picture books. They could use this story as an example.	The kitten saw what looked like a bowl of milk. He tried really hard to get the bowl of milk.
	Traditional Fantasy	The Three Pigs	David Wiesner/ 2001	K-3	A skit would be good to accompany this book. Students could act out the three pigs and the wolf.	The three pigs have the wolf chasing them. To get away, they visit other fairy tales.
	Non-Fiction	The Man Who Walked Between the Towers	Mordecai Gerstein/ 2003	Pre-K- 2	Students could make a replica of the twin towers. They could use clay.	This man decided he was going to walk between the two world trade center buildings. This book also deals with the September 11th tragedies.
	Modern Fantasy	Jumanji	Chris Van Allsburg/1981	3rd-5th	The class could use drama and come up with a game they would like to play.	Two children that are bored and left alone find a lot of adventure in a mystical board game.
	Historical Fiction	Ox-Cart Man	Donald Hall/ Barbara Cooney/ 1983	K-4th	The students could have small group discussions about what is fact and what is fiction in this book. (ELA2R4f)	A story set place in the 1800's about a New England farmer. This story deals with the daily routine of the farmer.

Newbery Award Winners

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Fiction	Thimble Summer	Elizabeth Enright/ 1966	2nd-5th	A drama skit would be a wonderful idea to go along with this book. A group of students could act out different wonderful things that happened to her that summer.	Garnet found a silver thimble. She believed it was magic because many wonderful things happened to her that summer.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Holes	Louis Sachar	3rd-7th	Students could do a tableau. They could pick a particular scene and do a tableau of it.	Stanley is a boy whose parents send him off to a boy's center for something he did not do. At this center, he is required to dig holes.
	Historical Fiction	Sarah, Plain and Tall	Patricia MacLachlan/ 1987	3rd -5th	Students could use different media to explain how they felt about this story.	A father decides to invite a orderd bride to come live with him and his children. The children love her and hope she will stay.
	Historical Fiction	Caddie Woodlawn	Carol Ryrie Brink/ Trina Hayman/ 1962	4th-7th	The class could use creative movement to depict the story of Caddie.	Caddie is a tomboy growing up on the Western frontier in the mid-1800's.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Shiloh	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor/ Barry Moser/ 2000	3rd-6th	The students could use markers and draw a picture of what they would do if they were the little boy in the story.	A boy finds a dog and hides him from his parents and the dogs real owner. The real owner is known for being really mean to animals.

Picture Books (with other awards)

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/ Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	The Paperboy	Dav Pilkey/ 1996	K-3	Students could do a tableau. They could be split into groups and each group shows a different tableau.	The Paperboy is a story about a boy that has to wake up early every morning to deliver the papers. This book tells how he wakes up and then comes home and goes back to bed.
	Historical Fiction	Miss Rumphius	Barbara Cooney/ 1982	K-4	The students could do a narrative pantomime. They could choose one scene from the book to do.	Miss Rumphius lived with her uncle by the sea. He told her she could do anything she wanted to make the world more beautiful. She did just that by spreading beautiful flowers around the world. Now she is sharing her stories with her niece Alice.
	Modern Fantasy	The Napping House	Don and Audry Wood/ 1984	Pre-K-2	The class could use creative movement to depict this story.	A story of differnt things that are asleep on top of each other and are all wakend by a small flea.
	Modern Fantasy/ School Library Journal Best Book	Chrysanthemum	Kevin Henkes/ 1991	K-2	After reading this book, each student could retell the story in their journal. (ELA1R6d)	A story of a mouse that does not like her name. She has a hard time because of her name.
	Realistic Fiction/ Caldecott Honor	No, David	David Shannon/ 1998	Pre-K-2	The students could write about an experience they had with a parent telling them no. After they are finished writing, they could draw a picture of what they were doing wrong. (ELA1W1b)	A boy named David is always doing things he should not. His mother is always telling him no.

ABC/Counting/Concept

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/ Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Picture Book: Counting	Fish Eyes	Lois Ehlert/ 1992	Pre-K to 1st	A good classroom idea is to have the children make counting books. Each child can use the counting books to practice their numbers.	This book is a counting book. Each page has a different number and for the numbers on the page, there is that many fish. It begins with zero and goes to ten.
	Picture Book: ABC	Eating the Alphabet	Lois Ehlert/ 1996	Pre-K to 2nd	The class could make a chart about the different types of fruits and vegetables mentioned in this book. They could make a chart of what kinds they liked and what kinds they did not like. (ELA2W1d)	Eating the Alphabet is a picture book that shows fruits and vegetables that start with each letter of the alphabet.
	Picture Book:ABC	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault/ Lois Ehlert/	Pre-K to 2nd	The teacher could have students make edible trees, using any kind of food or candy.	This book is about the alphabet. All the letters are making their way up the coconut tree.

Predictable

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/ Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Predictable Book	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?	Bill Martin, Jr./ Eric Carle/ 1970	Pre-K -3rd	Each student could write their own story. They should make up their own characters. (ELA3W1g)	This book is a question and answer book. The questions ask different things and people what they see.
	Predictable Book	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie	Laura Numeroff/ Felicia Bond/ 1985	Pre-K-3	Students could write a poem of many things they want and what those things remind them of.	The mouse wants a cookie, then milk to go with the cookie. The mouse keeps getting things and then it reminds him of something else. He wants whatever else he can think of.

Traditional Literature

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Retold by/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/ Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Traditional Fantasy	The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship	Arthur Ransome/ Uri Shulevitz/ 1968	3-6	Students could write a song. The song could have anything to do with the book.	The Czar of Russia tells the people that whoever brings him a flying ship could have his daughter in marriage. A man that
	Traditional Fantasy	Cinderella	K.Y. Craft/ 2000	K-3	Students could finger paint a picture. They could pick any thing from the story that they would like to paint.	Cinderella is a girl sent to live with her step mother and step sisters. They are really mean to her. Her fairy godmother helps her go the ball and meet her prince.
	Traditional Fantasy	Little Red Riding Hood	Candice Ransom/ 2001	Pre-K-4th	The students could have a whole group discussion about the themes and lessons in this story. (ELA4R1h)	Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit her grandmother. When she gets to grandmother's house, she does not find grandmother at first.
	Traditional Fantasy	Chicken Little	Steven Kellogg/ 1985	Pre-K-2nd	The class could use creative movement to depict the story of chicken little and his friends.	Chicken Little and his friends believe the sky is falling and could be easy targets for the fox.
	Traditional Fantasy	Puss in Booots	Charles Perrault (translated by Malcolm Arthur)/ Fred Marcellino/ 1990	K-2	The class could make a song to tell the story of puss in boots.	A cat wins his master a fortune and he wins the princess.

Modern Fantasy/Science Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/ Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Modern Fantasy	Wemberly Worried	Kevin Henkes/ 2000	Pre-K- 2	Making a song to go along with this book would be really creative. Students could write a class song about Wemberly.	The little mouse Wemberly worried all the time and worried about everything. She begins school and new list of worries come over her.
	Modern Fantasy	The Mouse and the Motorcycle	Beverly Cleary/ Louis Darling/ 1965	2nd-5th	Students could paint a picture of an animal they would like to talk to.	A boy meets a mouse named Ralph and this mouse has a motorcycle.
	Modern Fantasy	Runaway Ralph	Beverly Cleary/ Louis Darling/ 1970	2nd-5th	The students could make a pottery sculpture of something that represents this book.	A story of a mouse named Ralph and how he tries to runaway on his motorcycle.
	Modern Fantasy	Charlotte's Web	E. B. White/ Garth Williams/ 1952	2-5th	The class could use photography to take pictures of animals they would like to talk to.	A girl trys to keep a pig her parents do not want to keep.

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	Because of Winn Dixie	Kate DiCamillo/ 2000	2-6th	The students could do a journal writing response to this book. They should tell about the story and give their opinion of the story. (ELA3W1k)	In this story, India Opal moves to a new city. It tells of how she meets her new pet Winn Dixie and how he helps her make new friends.
	Realistic Fiction	Miss Nelson is Missing	Harry Allard/ James Marshall/ 1977	K-3rd	The class could write a song about this book.	The story of a teacher who has a really bad class. She sends in a really mean substitute and the kids are scared.
	Realistic Fiction	Superfudge	Judy Blume/ 1980	1st-4th	The class could do a narrative pantomime to act out different scenes from the book.	A story of a boy and his younger brother fudge.
	Realistic Fiction/ Picture book	Island Boy	Barbara Cooney/ 1991	K-3rd	The class could make a pottery sculpture of something that represents this book.	The story of a boy who grew up on an island and his life after the island.

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	Where the Red Ferns Grow	Wilson Rawls/ 1961	5th-7th	Students could illustrate what their dream is by using different art supplies.	A little boy's dream is to have a dog. He finally gets two dogs. He teaches them many things but one thing he does teach them is to be hunters.
	Historical Fiction	Stranded at Plimoth Plantation, 1626	Gary Bowen/ 1994	3rd-6th	The students could do readers theatre to depict the story of Plimoth Plantation.	An account of a Pilgrim boy whose boat was stranded at Plimoth Plantation. He had to wait for a way to get to Jamestown.
	Historical Fiction	Bound for Oregon	Jean Van Leeuwen/ James Waitling/ 1994	5th-6th	Have the class do a drama skit about the Oregon trail.	A story of a girl and her family on the Oregon Trail.

Poetry Anthologies

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/ Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Shel Silverstein/ 1974	K-5	Students could do creative writing. They could each write a poem that could go in the book.	Where the Sidewalk Ends is a collection of different poems. The poems have many different unique characters.
	Poetry	A Light in the Attic	Shel Silverstein/ 1981	2-5	Have the students work in groups and each group write a poem.	A collection of poems and drawings.

Multicultural

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Multicultural	Uncle Nacho's Hat	Harriet Rohmer/ Veg Reisberg/ 1989	K-3	With this book, students could make their own sombrero. They can use tag board to make the sombrero and decorate it anyway they want.	This book is about a man named Nacho who had a favorite hat. His niece gives him a new one and he does not want to change his old hat to wear his new hat. This is a good book to learn about Mexico and change.
	Multicultural	Maya's World: Angelina of Italy	Maya Angelou/ Lizzy Rockwell/ 2004	Pre-K- 2	Students could make up an Italian dance. They could dance to Italian music.	Angelina is a girl that lives in Italy. She loves pizza. Angelina tells of different things about Italy.
	Modern Fantasy	Abuela	Arthur Dorros/ Elisa Kleven/ 1991	K-2	The students could each write a story about one of their dreams or what they imagine.	A girl imagines of flying away with her grandmother.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Mama, Do You Love Me?	Barbara Joosse/ Barbara Lavalle/ 1991	Pre-K-2	The students could do a reader's theatre skit to go with this book.	A story of a girl living in the Artic. She continually asks her mother is she loves her.
	Multi-cultural	Papa, Do You Love Me?	Barbara Joosse/ Barbara Lavalle/ 2005	Pre-K-2	The class could write a poem. They could each write their own or do it as a class.	A Massai culture boy asks his father if he loves him.

Informational/ Biography/ Autobiography

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/ Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Biography	Lincoln: A Photobiography	Russell Freedman/ 1987	4-7	Students could make a collage. The collage could consist of different things from Abraham Lincoln's life.	This book is a story of Abraham Lincoln's life. It also gives some pictures from his life. It mainly talks about his adult life.
	Informational	The Very Hungry Catepillar	Eric Carle/ 1971	Pre-K-2	Students could do a readers theatre for this story.	This is a story about a caterpillar and his life cycle. He eats a lot of stuff in this book.
	Informational	There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly	Simms Taback/ 1997	Pre-K-4th	The class could write about the cause and effect in this story. They could write about what happened. (ELA4W1c)	This old lady swallowed many things to catch what she swallowed before it.
	Informational	Mouse Paint	Ellen Stoll Walsh/ 1989	Pre-K-2nd	Have students practice what they learned about mixing colors by giving them paint colors to mix.	Three white mice find blue, yellow, and red colored paint. They mix the paint to make other colors.