My Reading File

Electronic Reading File
By: Rachel Music

Caldecott Medal Winners
*Asterisks that appear by books are chapter books.
*Asterisks that are by the author or illustrator are books from my author study.
*Asterisks that appear by ideas for classroom use were found from:
Cornett, C. (2003). Creating Meaning Through Literature and the Arts.
Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. Pearson Education, Inc.

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Fiction	Owl Moon	Jane Yolen/John Schoenherr/1987	4-8 years/K-2nd	The students could make their own containers to set outside to collect different types of precipitation. After collecting they could identify the different types of precipitation. (S1E2b)	This book is about a little boy who goes with his father "owling for owls " in the snowy winter time.
	Modern Fantasy	The Little Island	Golden MacDonald/Leonard Wiesgard/1946	4-7 years/K-2nd	The students could make an island surrounded by a sea in several small groups. While doing this they could listen to music from the sea.	This book is about an island and a cat that lands on an island. The cat gets to experience what life on an island is all about.
	Modern Fantasy	Blueberries for Sal	Robert McCloskey/1976	4-7 years/K-2nd	The students could make their own blueberry drawings by using blue or purple paint.	This book is about a young girl named Sal and her mother going berry picking. It so happens that a mother bear is out picking berries with her cub at the same time. Both small "kids" wander off and the story goes on from there.
	Traditional Fantasy/Fables	Fables	Arnold Lobel/1980	4-8 years/K-2	Students can create a character from the book for this activity and then write a story to go along with their character. (ELA1W1a)*	This book has a lot of fables with all kinds of lessons for life in it.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Kitten's First Full Moon	Kevin Henkes/2004	3-6 years/Pre-K 2nd	*Students can make animal flip books for this activity. They can find pictures of different animals, including cats, and make a book.	This book is about a kitten that wants some milk but is unable to get it. She goes back home to find a surprise that is just her own.
	Modern Fantasy	Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak/ 1963/	5-8 years/K-2nd	*Students can create an "Imaginary Place" for this activity. Students will mark off sections of the room and decorate it and let others guess where they are.	This book is about a little boy who goes to an island and is the king of the wild things.
	Science Fiction	The Little House	Virginia Lee Burton/1978	5-8 years/K-2nd	Students could make pictures of their own houses by using paint, crayons, or markers and draw where they live, in the city or country.	This book is about a little house that moves to the city and finds that the city is not what the house expected.
	Modern Fantasy	Knuffle Bunny	Mo Willlems/2004	3-6 years/Pre-K 2nd	*Students could make art to go along with this book by using "symbol making."	This book discusses what happens when a young child's dad is in charge and how things go wrong for the child and dad.
	Modern Fantasy	Song and Dance Man	Karen Ackerman/ Stephen Gammell/1992	3-6 years/Pre-K 2nd	The students could listen to different types of music and make up their own dances to go along with the songs.	This book is about a Grandpa who shows his grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed in the past.

Newbery Award Winners

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Walk Two Moons	Sharon Creech/1994	10+years/4th-5th grades	The students could pretend to be a certain character in the story and tell what they would say if they were that character.	This book is about a little girl who goes on a search for her mother. On her way she finds out a lot about herself.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Hatchet	Gary Paulsen/1987	10+years/5+grades	The students could make a bull's eye for this activity. This will help them keep off evil or dangerous things from happening to them when they are alone or scared.	This book is about a boy who gets in an airplane crash and lands on this island. He has to rely on himself and his surroundings for his survival.
	Traditional Fantasy/Myths	In the Beginning: Creation Stories from Around the World.	Virginia Hamilton/ 1988	8-10 years/ 3rd-5th grades	*Students can use paper mache and make their own world for this project. They can tell how their world was made by sharing it with the class.	This book contains myths from other cultures that explain about the world.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary/1994	8-12 years/ 3rd + grades	Students could write to their favorite authors.	In this book a young boy writes to his favorite author explaining to him about his life.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Surviving the Apple Whites	Stephanie S. Tolan/2002	8-12 years/ 3rd + grades	*Students could play "What's my line?" One could pretend to be a character in the story and the other students should have a few minutes to ask that person questions about the story.	This book is about a boy named Jake. He is sent to a certain Academy where he discovers things about himself that he never knew existed..
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Pictures of Hollis Woods	Patricia Reilly Giff/2004	10+years/5+grades	Students could play "What's my line?" One could pretend to be a character in the story and the other students should have a few minutes to ask that person questions about the story.	This book is about a girl that stays with an artist. The young girl remembers another family who seemed to care about her.
	Historical Fiction	*Bud, Not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis/2002	10+years/5+grades	*Students could write "Dear Abby Letters" about the book asking questions about Bud's life.	This book is about a 10-year-old boy named Bud. He is on a search for his father who he does not know.

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
	Modern Fantasy	Caps for Sale	Esphry Slobodkina/1940 Award: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Winner	5-7 years/K-2nd	The students could "pantomime" this book after reading it once. Read the book again and let the students "act it out."	This book is about a man trying to sell hats but instead some monkeys try to take his hats and pantomime him.
	Beast Tale	Hug	Jez Alborough/2001 Award: An Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award and A Parenting Reading Magic Award Winner	3-5 years/Pre-School-K	*Students could "Hug Yourself". Call out a body part and let the students hug themselves.	This book is about a small monkey who gets lost and is on a search for his mother. Along the way he sees other families in the jungle hugging each other and this makes him sad.
	Multicultural: African-American Realistic Fiction	God Bless the Child	Billie Holiday, Jerry Pinkney/2003 Award: 2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner	4-7 years/K-2nd	Students could learn some African American songs to sing in class after reading this book.	This book is about a proverb "God blessed the child that's got his own."
	Multicultural: African-American Modern Fantasy	Jazzy Miz Mozetta	Brenda C. Roberts, Frank Morrison/2004 Award: 2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner	4-7 years/K-2nd	The students could listen to different types of music and make up their own dances to go along with the songs.	This book is about a woman who does a certain dance that she has not done in many years.
	Multicultural: African-American Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Ellington Was Not a Street	Ntozake Shange, Kadir A. Nelson/2004 Award: 2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award Winner	4-7 years/K-2nd	*Students can create a character from the book for this activity and then write a story to go along with their character.	This book discusses the problems that African Americans had in the past.

ABC/Concept

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Counting Book	3 Pandas Planting	Megan Halsey/1994	4-7 years/K-2nd	The students could make group number collages for this activity. Make objects ranging from one to ten to go along with the number words in the book. (MKN1b)	This book is about counting from twelve to one with three helpful pandas.
	ABC Book	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Bill Martin, Jr./John Archambault/Lois Ehlert/1989	4-5 years/Pre-K-1st	The students could make "Boom Boom Bottles" for this activity. Then after reading the story once read it again and let the students rattle their bottles to the "Chicka and Boom" parts of the story.	This book is about the ABC's and how much fun they have going up and down a coconut tree.
	Concept Book	Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?	Bill Martin/Eric Carle/ Guruge/ 1996	3-5 years/Pre-School-K	Students could make a colorful collage to go along with this story and share all the colors they used with the class. They could use finger paint.	This book teaches about the different colors by having different color animals and people looking at each other.

Predictable

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Cumulative Book	There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly	Illustrator/Pam Adams/1973	4-8 years/K-2nd	The teacher could use a puppet to illustrate the "old lady" and read from a big book. The students could sing "The Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly" when reading through the book again.	This book is about an old lady who eats so many animals that she dies.
	Cumulative Book	The House That Jack Built	Jeanette Winter/2000	3-6years/Pre-K-2nd	*Students can make sock puppets to go along with the characters in the story and then reread the story with the sock puppets and act out the parts with the puppets..	This book is about a boy that builds a house where all kinds of things happen in the house.

Traditional Literature

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Tale	Johnny Appleseed	Retold/Illustrated by/ Steven Kellogg/1988	6-9 years/3rd-5th	*Students can create a famous person sculpture for this activity. Explore people from the past and create what they may have looked like.	This book is about how Johnny Appleseed began. It discusses how and why he got his name.
	Tall Tale	Pecos Bill	Retold/Illustrated by/ Steven Kellogg/1986	5-8 years/K-3rd	*The students could pretend to be a certain character in the story and tell what they would say if they were that character.	This book is about a young boy who is raised by cowboys and eventually becomes one of the greatest heroes ever known.
	Tall Tale	Mike Fink	Retold/Illustrated by/ Steven Kellogg/1992	5-8 years/K-3rd	*Students can "walk into the painting". They will use their five senses to describe what is going on in that specific area.	This book is about a young boy who became king of the Keel boatmen on the Mississippi River.
	Fairy Tale	Jack and the Beanstalk	Retold/Illustrated by/ Steven Kellogg/1997	5-8 years/K-3rd	Students could put on a play for this story. They could pretend that someone is a giant, the mother, and the little boy and act out the story. They could make their own props and costumes.	This book is about a boy who climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk. He finds something very strange at the top.
	Tall Tale	Paul Bunyan	Retold/Illustrated by/ Steven Kellogg/1985	5-8 years/K-3rd	Students could put on a play for this story. They could pretend to be someone in the story. They could make their own props and costumes.	This book discusses the life of a lumberjack who had a lot of strength and many fun adventures.

Fantasy/Science Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Beast Tale	The Little Red Hen	Paul Galdone/2001	4-8 years/K-3rd	*Students will pick an animal from the story and learn how it moves and how it reacts under different circumstances. They can show how the animal may dance.	This book is about a talking hen and how she is so responsible, but her friends, dog, cat, and mouse are not.
	Beast Tale	City Mouse-Country Mouse	Illustrator/John Wallner/1970	4-8 years/K-3rd	*Students can make sock puppets to go along with the characters in the story and then reread the story with the sock puppets.	This book is about a mouse that shows his cousin that the country is quite more peaceful than the city.
	Modern Fantasy	Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me	Eric Carle/1986	4-5 years/Pre-K-1st	*Students can make mandalas for this assignment. They can make different circle shapes for the moon.	This book is about a father who climbs up to the moon and brings it down for his daughter to play with.
	Beast Tale	The Rainbow Fish	Marcus Pfister/ J. Alison James/1996	3-5 years/Pre-school-K	Students could make their own rainbow fish by using paper plates, glitter, a variety of colored paper, or even crayons.	This book is about a bright and shining colorful fish that does not know how to share but soon finds that the only way to have friends is to share.

Realistic Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Double Fudge	*Judy Blume/ Sonia O. Lisker 2003	8-12 years/ 3rd + grades	Students can create "talking art." This activity involves students picking a character from the story and drawing a bubble predicting what the character might say. (ELA3R3b)*	This book is about Peter Hatcher and his younger brother's obsession with money. They discover their long-lost cousins who cause Peter a lot of mishaps.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Tiger Eyes	*Judy Blume/1982	10+years/5+grades	Students could pretend to visit another place and write about what was different or the same in that place.	This book is about a young girl who loses her father in a terrible accident and then moves to a strange city with new interesting people.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Freckle Juice	*Judy Blume/ Sonia O. Lisker/1978	7-9years/3rd-5th	Students could draw their own body on large sheets of white paper and decorate it with different colors of freckles.	This book is about a little boy named Andrew who wants freckles so badly that he will do just about anything to get them.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Spaghetti and Meatballs for All	Marilyn Burns/Debbie Tilley/1997	7-9years/3rd-5th	*Students can make a food mural for this book. They can use paint and collage materials to construct a food mural.	This book is about a man who plans a party but did not realize he would have so many guests.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Where the Red Fern Grows	Wilson Rawls/1961	10+years/5th+grades	*Students can create "problem art" to go along with the story. They can discuss different problems from the story and make a picture about it.	This is about a boy who gets two dogs and teaches them to be great hunters.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Tales of A Fourth Grade Nothing	*Judy Blume/1972	8-12 years/ 3rd + grades	*Students can create "talking art." This activity involves students picking a character from the story and drawing a bubble with what the character might say.	In this book a boy named Peter finds his younger brother a big problem.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Deenie	*Judy Blume/1981	10+years/5th+grades	Students will choose a character from the story and make their own dialogue with that character. Students will give reasons for the character’s actions and decisions. (ELA5W2f)	This book is about a thirteen-year-old girl destined for a modeling career who finds out some terrifying news.

Historical Fiction

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Pink and Say	Patricia Polacco/1994	8-10 years/4th-5th	Students can "walk into the painting". They will use their five senses to describe what is going on in during that time. Afterwards they will explain the effects of the civil war. (SS5H1e)*	This book is about two men in the Civil War who are captured but become best friends even though they are from a different race.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus	David A. Adler/John&Alexandra Wallner/1991	5-8 years/K-3rd grade	Students will draw a picture of Christopher Columbus and underneath their picture explain why he is important and what day we celebrate him on. (SSKH1b)	This book is about the life of Christopher Columbus and how he found America.
	Contemporary Realistic Fiction	*Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Award: Newberry Award Winner	Mildred D. Taylor/1997	10+years/5th+grades	*Students could keep their own "Doodle Logs" to go along with this book. The students could pick out their favorite words , parts, etc. and write whatever they wish about it.	This book is about an African-American family living in Mississippi during the Depression. Times are very hard for this family.

Poetry Anthologies

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Limerick	Somebody Catch My Homework	David L. Harrison/Betsy Lewin/1993	8-10 years/3rd-5th	Students can write an "Amazing You" poem. They can share it with the class.	This poetry book contains all kinds of funny poems about the classroom.
	Limerick	Where the Sidewalk Ends	Shel Silverstein/1974	8-10 years/3rd-5th	*Students can make their own poetry art. They can examine a piece of art and notice the aspects of it then make their own.	This poetry book contains all kinds of humorous poems about different people at school.

Multicultural

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	South American/ Modern Fantasy	The Great Kapok Tree	Lynne Cherry/1990	5-8 years/K-2nd	Students can look at live plants and describe the parts of the plant. They can also pick out an animal from the story and find out more information about that animal and then describe the animal to the class and let the class guess what animal it is. (S1L1c&d)	This book is about a man who is planning on cutting down trees in the rain forest but is awakened by an alarming surprise.
	African American/ Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Eat Up Gemma	Sarah M. Hayes/ Jan Ormerod/ 1988	4-8 years/Pre-K-2nd	Students can do "fine art storytelling" for this activity. They can review the elements in the book and then go around in a circle and add on to the story by recalling what others before have said. (ELA3LSV1b)*	This book is about a baby named Gemma who refuses to eat. Her brother gets a great idea that saves the day.
	Asian American/ Contemporary Realistic Fiction	Love as Strong as Ginger	Lenore Look/Stephen T. Johnson/1999	6-9 years/1st-4th	*Students can make flags from different countries for this activity.	This book is about a little girl who loves her grandmother so much and finds out just how much her grandmother loves her.
	Middle Eastern/ Modern Fantasy/ Traditional Literature	The Golden Sandal	Rebecca Hickox/Will Hillenbrand/1998	4-8 years/K-2nd	*Students can do "fine art storytelling" for this activity. They can review the elements in the book and then go around in a circle and add on to the story with what they think may happen.	This book is about a step-mother who is so mean and cruel to her step-daughter but eventually the step-daughter gets a break.
	Religious Cultures: Jewish/ Modern Fantasy	Latkes and Applesauce: A Hanukkah Story	Fran Manushkin/ Robin Spowart/ 1992	4-8 years/K-2nd	Students could discuss Hanukkah and what all goes on during this Jewish Holidays. They could be put in groups and try to make their own holidays or traditions.	This book is about a family that is housebound during a blizzard one Hanukkah. There are some animals that the family shares their food with who later returns in the story.

Informational/Biography/Autobiography

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Autobiography	*The Diary of A Young Girl	Anne Frank/ B. M. Mooyaart-Doubleday (Translator)/ 1993	10+years/5th+grades	Students could keep their own "Doodle Logs" to go along with this book. The students could pick out interesting words and use context clues to define the words. (ELA5R3b)*	This book contains a journal of a young girl and her family during the time of the Nazi occupation of Holland.
	Autobiography	*Woodsong	Gary Paulsen/ Ruth Wright Paulsen/2002	10+years/5th+grades	*Students can do "Learn-Wonder- Like." They can pretend to meet the author of the book and have questions prepared to ask the author.	This book is about a rugged outdoor man and his family. It discusses his sport of dog sledding.
	Picture Book Biography	*Michelangelo	Diane Stanley/2003	8-10 years/3rd-5th	*Students can create a famous person sculpture for this activity. Explore people from the past and create what they may have looked like.	This book is a biography of the Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, who is very well known.
	Autobiography	*The Invisible Thread	Yoshiko Uchida/1995	10+years/5th+grades	*Students can do "Learn-Wonder- Like." They can pretend to meet the author of the book and have questions prepared to ask the author.	This book describes growing up in Berkeley, California, as a second generation Japanese American.

Georgia Performance Standard Codes:

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

a) The student writes texts of a length appropriate to address a topic and tell a story.

ELA3R3: The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text.

b) The student makes predictions from text content.

ELA3LSV1: The student uses oral and visual strategies to communicate.

b) The student recalls, interprets, and summarizes information presented orally.

ELA5R3: The student understands and acquires new vocabulary and uses it correctly in

reading and writing.

b) The student determines the meaning of unfamiliar words using context clues.

ELA5W2: The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.

f) The student produces a narrative that develops complex characters through actions describing the motivation of characters and character conversation.

SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose of national holidays and describe the

people or events celebrated.

b) The student will identify and describe Columbus Day (Christopher Columbus).

SS5H1 The student will explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil

War.

e) The student will describe the effects of war on the North and South.

MKN1. Students will connect numerals to the quantities they represent.

b) Students will produce models for number words through ten.

S1E2. Students will observe and record changes in water as it relates to weather.

b) Students will identify forms of precipitation such as rain, snow, sleet, and hailstones as either solid

(ice) or liquid (water).

S1L1. Students will investigate the characteristics and basic needs of plants and animals.

c. Students will identify the parts of a plant: root, stem, leaf, and flower.

d. Students will compare and describe various animals: appearance, motion, growth, basic needs.