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Shuntina Johnson

(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	Allow the students to make up songs about monsters; encourage them to use their imagination	When Max wore a wolf suit, his room turned into a forest. He then traveled into an imaginary world with. other beasts and wild monsters, and he was the king of their land.
	Realistic Fiction	Ella Sarah Gets Dressed	Margaret Chodos-Irvine	preK-2	Have the students play dress up and ask them why they chose what they wore.	A little girl wants to wear tacky clothes that her mom and dad do not want her to wear. She decides to wear her tacky clothes, and her friends are wearing tacky clothes as well.
	Modern Fantasy	Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears	Aardema/Leo and Diane Dillon	k-4	Have children to play the whisper game. Whisper a message in a student’s ear and tell the students to continue to whisper the message until every student has had a turn. The last student to get the message has to guess what the message was.	A mosquito caused a lot confusion in the jungle, and he tried to escape but he got smashed.
	Modern Fantasy	Mister Seahorse	Eric Carle	prek-3	Allow children to pretend to be different types of fish waiting for their eggs to hatch.	A seahorse had to watch over his wife’s eggs until they hatched.
	Modern Fantasy	Yo! Yes?	Chris Raschka	Prek-1	Pair up the students and have them write out their own yo yes conversation.	There are two boys and one of them needed a friend and the other one invited him to be his friend
	Modern Fantasy	Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky	Elphinstone Dayrell/Blair Lent	K-4	Have the children to draw the things that are in the sky.	Two friends, the sun and the water, and the sun built a new house and he invited the water over. Their wasn’t enough room in sun’s house for water and all his friends so the more people that came into the house, the higher and higher the sun and moon went until they reached the sky.
	Fantasy/ Science Fiction	Mirandy & Brother Wind	Author: Patricia C. McKissack Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney	1^st-2nd	Have a cakewalk in the class room. Use cupcakes so everyone can win.	Mirandy, an African American girl, wants to win a cakewalk, but she has to capture Brother Wind. Read this book and find out if she wins.
	Traditional Fantasy	Rapunzel	Paul Zelinsky	Prek-1st	At the end of the story engage a class discussion by asking the students, Are you satisfied with the ending? Why or Why not? Can you suggest another ending.	This is a classic fairy tale of Raponzel and her true love. Find out how he was able to climb up the tower to see her.

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	Shiloh	Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	3^rd-5th	Have students read parts of the book at a time and then have them to make prediction of what the think will happen next.	Marty fell in love with a dog that followed him home and he named him Shiloh. The owner of the dog treats him bad so Marty wants to keep the dog. Read the book to see if he keeps him.
	Historical Fiction	Number the Stars	Lois Lowry	4^th-5th	Enhance students learning by having them to read different literature about the Holocaust.	Two friends, Annemarie and Ellen are growing up during the time of the Holocaust and unfortunately Ellen is a Jew. Read the book to see how Annemarie is able to help her friend and her family.
	Historical Fiction	A Year Down Yonder	Richard Peck	4^th-5th	Have students to use their creativity by allowing them to act out a scene in the book.	A little girl who has to go and stay with her grandmother during the depression.
	Realistic Fiction	Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary	3^rd-5th	Have children to do a double entry when they finish reading it.	A boy writes and author name Mr. Henshaw for his class and he continues to write him as he grows up. Read the story to see why he writes him so much
	Realistic fiction	The Whipping Boy	Sid Fleischman	3^rd-4th	Have students to compare and contrast the Prince and Jemmy.	A prince gets into trouble for his mischief and the whipping boy has to pay the price for his misbehavior. Read the book to find out how the two boys become good friends.

Multicultural

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Traditional literature	Crocodile! Crocodile!	Retold by Barbara Baumgartner/Judith Moffatt	Prek-1st	Have children to draw what they remember about the story	This is a folktale from India and it’s about a crocodile that tries to out smart a monkey so he can eat him, but the monkey out smarts him instead.
	Traditional literature	The Squeaky Old Bed	Retold by Barbara Baumgartner/Judith Moffatt	k-2nd	Have children to write the names of the animals in order that came from under the bed.	This is a folktale from Puerto Rico about a little boy that hears noises under his bed and his grandparents tell him not worry it’s just the sound of the squeaky old bed.
	Traditional literature	How the Chipmunk Got His Stripes	Retold by Barbara Baumgartner/Judith Moffatt	Prek-1st	Have the students retell the story. Encourage them to use descriptive words when retelling the story	This is a Native American legend about a bear and a chipmunk. They got into an argument and the chipmunk ran down his hole and the bear starched him on his back leaving the stripes on that he wears today.
	Multicultural	The Library of Children's Song Classics	Author: Amy Appleby Liz Seelhoff Byrum Peter Pickow 1993	Prek-1st	Have children learn and sing songs from the book. They can also make up their own songs and dances.	This is book with a collection of over 200 children's songs from around the world.
	Informational	We All Went on Safari	Laurie Krebs/Julia Cairns	Prek-2nd	Allow the students to repeat the numbers in Swahili as you read them the story.	African children from Tanzania are going on a safari journey and they count the animals in Swahili as they go along

ABC&COUNTING

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Concept	The Twelve Dogs of Christmas	Emma Kragen/Sharon Collins	K-2	Allow students to count the dogs as you read the book.	On each of the twelve days of Christmas, a different kind of dog is added.
	concept	One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish	Dr. Seuss	1^st	Have students to write analogies for their favorite color.	This is a counting book about different fish and animals
	Concept	The Prince of Egypt A to Z	Eric Metaxes	Prek-1st	Have the students write rhyming words that were found throughout the story, and have them to come up with some on their own.	This is an abc and rhyming book that tells the story about Moses and the different events that took place.

PREDICTABLE

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Modern Fantasy	The Eye Book	Dr. Seuss\Joe Mathieu	preK-1st	Have the students play eye spy in the class room. That’s always a fun game to play!	This book is about a little boy and rabbit. They talk about their eyes and the different things that they see with their eyes.
	Modern Fantasy	But No Elephants	Jerry Smath	Prek-2nd	Have students to write their own story using the different animals from the story as characters. Encourage them to use their imagination.	An old lady agrees to buy different animals, but she does not want an elephant. The man who sold her the animals ended up giving her an elephant.

TRADITIONAL LITERATURE

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Traditional Fantasy	The Twelve Dancing Princesses	Adapted by Sarah Toast/Pamela R. Levy	K-2	Have students to act out a scene from the book.	This is a fairytale about twelve princesses. Their father bought them a pair of shoes every night. The king hired different men to find out what the girls were doing at night because every morning their shoes would be worn out.
	Traditional Fantasy	The Little Red Hen	Ill-Lucinda McQueen	1^st-2nd	Have students to make finger puppets of the animals in the story.	A hen did all the work around the house to make some bread and her friends did not help her. Read the book to see what the hen did to teach her friends a valuable lesson.
	Traditional Fantasy	Beauty and the Beast	Teddy Slater/Ric Gonzales & Ron Dial	K-2nd	Have students read different versions of the Beauty and the Beast	Belle is a guess in the Beast’s castle where teapots talk, spoons dance, and she discovers that things are never quite as they seem. Read the book to see what happens!
	Traditional Fantasy	Cinderella	Worcester, Retta Scott	Prek-1st	Allow students to read different versions of Cinderella.	Cinderella is a fairy tale of a beautiful girl, her evil stepmother and stepsisters. Cinderella’s fairy god mother helps her to find the man of her dreams.
	Traditional Fantasy	Thumbelina	Megan Musgrave/Jane Maday	K-2nd	Before you read the ending to the class, have them write or tell what they think is going to happen.	A lonely gardener decided to grow a wildflower and in the center of it was a beautiful little girl name Thumbelina. Thumbelina wondered away from home and she could not find her way back. Read the story to see how she returned home.

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	Kiss of the Mermaid	Erica Farber and J.R. Sansevere	1^st-3rd	Have students make a water color ocean scene.	A family of mermaids that has been captured by an evil sea monster, and it is left up to little girl to save them.
	Modern Fantasy	Once Upon a Reptar	Kitty Richards/Barry Goldberg	1^st-2nd	Allow the students to make up their own story of the tree little bears, using students in the classroom as characters	Based on the Rugrats, this book is about a raptor and the scenario of the three bears.
	Modern fantasy	Rainbow Fish: Tattle Tale	Sonia Sander/Benrei Huang	2^nd-3rd	Have students discuss some problems that they have had with working with other people and ask them how did they solve the problem.	Two fish worked on a school project together. They had difference of opinions on how to do the project and they became mad at each other. They worked out their problems and finished the project
	Modern Fantasy	Pinocchio’s Nose Grows	Barbara Winklerman Paul Lopez/ Orlando de la Paz	Prek-1st	Have students to make their own Pinocchio puppet.	An old man makes a wooden puppet that comes to life. In order for him to become completely human he must stop telling lying. Read the book to see if he turns into a real boy.
	Modern Fantasy	The Napping House	Audrey Wood Illustrator: Don Wood	Prek-1st	Teacher and the students can make a song from the words in the book.	This book is about an overcrowded bed. By the end of the story, there is an overcrowded bed and one small accident that turn the whole house upside down!

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	Goodnight Blessings	Karen Mezek Leimert	K-2	Allow children to share what they do before they go to sleep at night.	A little girl says her prayer before she goes to bed and she names everything that she is thankful for.
	Realistic Fiction	A Likely Place	Paula Fox	2^nd-3rd	Have students to write about their favorite place to be.	Lewis’s parents are on vacation, and while they are gone he meets Mr. Madruga at the park. They become friends and help each other out with their problems.
	Realistic Fiction	Miriam Watches Over Baby Moses	Mary Manz Simon	2^nd-3rd	Have students to pair up and discuss different ways that Miriam could have helped her brother.	This book is about Miriam and her challenges that she faces to protect her baby brother Moses.
	Realistic Fiction	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Judith Viorst/Ray Cruz	prek-2	Have students share about a bad day that they had, and ask them what they did to make it a better day.	Alexander woke up having a bad day. Everything was going wrong, and he even wanted to move to Australia. Read the book to find out what happened.
	Realistic Fiction	Donavan's Word Jar	Monalisa Degross/ Cheryl Hanna	2^nd-4th	Have students to bring in their collectable items and if they do not collect anything, have them to bring in new words and their definitions.	Donavan's friends collect marbles, coins, and different collectable items. He collects words. He writes down words he finds

HISTORICAL FICTION

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Historical	Forging Freedom	Hudson Talbott	3^rd-5th	Have students write about their own experiences of being a bully, a victim or a bystander. What caused them to be that type? How did it feel?	Jaap Penratt was a teenager in Amsterdam who helped the Jewish people during the time of the Holocaust. His heroic efforts almost cost him his life. Read the book to see how he helped save over four hundred Jewish people.
	Historical	Little House in the Big Woods	Laura Ingalls Wilder/ Garth Williams	3^rd-5th	Allow the students to take turns reading parts of the book.	This book is about 4 year old girl, named Laura and her family. It gives the insight into the pioneer life of the 1800's in their log cabin. Their family survives the harsh winter, celebrate Christmas, and prepare the harvest.
	Traditional Fantasy/Legend	The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush	Tomie de Paola	K-2nd	The teacher can call out words in the book, and ask the class find the words in the book	A boy felt different from the other children in his tribe. He was smaller, and could not do many things the other boys did. He had a special gift to give back to his tribe. Read the book to see what his gift was.

POETRY ANTHOLOGIES

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry	Big, Bad and a Little Bit Scary	Wade Zahares	1^st-3rd	Allow students to write their own poems.	This is a collection of poems from different poets that write about different types of animal and creatures.
	Poetry	I Brought My Rat for Show-and-Tell and Other funny School Poems	Joan Horton/Melanie Siegle	1^st-3rd	Make a class poem by allowing each student to add a verse to the poem.	This hilarious collection of poems is about school, and different things that students do at school.

INFORMATIONAL BOOKS/BIOGRAPHY

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Informational	Chomp! A Book about Sharks	Melvin Berger	3^rd-5th	Put class into groups and allow them to choose a type a shark and research it, and then have a class presentation.	This is an informational book about sharks. It describes the different types of sharks and their characteristics.
	Informational	Why Do Birds Sing	Joan Holub/Anna Divito	2^nd-4th	Have students to choose a bird and then construct a poster from the information that they have learned. Also have them to extra research information as needed. Have the students to present their poster to the class.	This book is about different types of birds and their characteristics.
	Multi-genre	The Magic School Bus At the Waterworks	Joanna Cole/Bruce Degen	2^nd-3rd	Have a class discussion about the importance of their city’s water system. If possible take a class field trip to the waterworks!	A class goes on a magical adventure to the waterworks. They learn about their city’s water system and how it works.

Picture Books That Have Won Other Awards

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Historical Fictioon	Ellington was not a Street	Ntozake Shange/ Kadir Nelson	1^st-2nd	Have students to write about a childhood memory.	A woman shares her memories of how Ellington street was when she was a child.
	Realistic fiction	Africa Dream	Eloise Greenfeild/Carole Byard	K-2^nd	Allow student to share some remembered dreams that they have.	A little girl tells about her dream and the people that she met in her dream. Read the book to see where her dream takes place and who she met.
	Realistic fiction	No Jumping on the bed.	Tedd Arnold	Prek-1st	Have children sing and act out “5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.”	Before Walter went to bed his dad told him not to jump on the bed anymore. Did Walter jump on the bed anyway? Read the book to see what happened.
No image available	ABC/Concept	Hurricane City	Sarah Weeks/James Warhola	K-2^nd	Allow students to draw and name a picture of a hurricane. Then have students to describe what happened when the hurricane came to the city.	Every letter of the alphabet represents a name for a hurricane, and it also describes what happened when the hurricane came to their city.
	Modern Fantasy	Dog Breath	Dar Pilkey	Prek-2^nd	Have students bring in photos of their animals and have them share interesting and funny things that their pets do.	Hally had bad breath for a dog. Everything that his family tried to get rid of his bad breath failed. But his bad breath ended up saving the day. Read the book to find out how!

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