Teresa's Electronic Reading File

Electronic Reading File
By Teresa Marie Sumner

Caldecott Medal Winning Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Picture Book/Traditional Literature/Fantasy	Lon Po Po	Translated and Illustrated by Ed Young/1989	Ages 4 - 8	Students, using a Venn diagram, could compare the two classic children's books: Lon Po Po and Little Red Riding Hood.	Three sisters staying home alone are endangered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grandmother.
	Picture Book/Traditional Literature/Fantasy	Rapunzel	Retold and Illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky/1996	Ages 4 - 8	Students, using a Venn diagram, could compare different versions of this classic fairytale.	A retelling of the German folktale in which a beautiful girl with long hair is kept imprisoned in a lovely tower by a sorceress.
	Picture Book/Fantasy	Officer Buckle and Gloria	Written and Illustrated by Peggy Rathmann/1995	Ages 5 - 8	This book could be used to facilitate a discussion on safety.	The children at Napville Elementary School always ignore Officer Buckle's safety tips, until a police dog named Gloria accompanies him when he gives his safety speeches.
	Picture Book/Historical Fiction	Ox-Cart Man	Written by Donald Hall/Illustrated by Barbara Cooney/1983	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to explore the concepts of barter and trade.	Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th century New England family.
	Picture Book/Realistic Fiction	Smoky Night	Written by Eve Bunting/Illustrated by Donald Diaz/1994	Ages 5 - 8	This book could be used as a discussion starter on the topic of racial discrimination.	When the Los Angeles riots break out in the streets of their neighborhood, a young boy and his mother learn the value of getting along with others no matter what their background or nationality.
	Picture Book/Realistic Fiction	Grandfather's Journey	Written and Illustrated by Allen Say/1993	Ages 4 - 8	Students could use this book to explore the differences between the American and Chinese cultures.	A Japanese American man recounts his grandfather's journey to America which he later also undertakes, and the feelings of being torn by a love for two countries.
	Picture Book/Fantasy	May I Bring a Friend?	Written by Beatrice Schenk De Regniers/Illustrated by Beni Montresor/1964	Ages 5 - 7	This book could be used to begin a discussion on manners.	A well-mannered little boy, frequently invited to visit the king and queen, always asks to bring a friend - and the friends are always wild animals - and are always well-behaved.
	Picture Book/Fantasy	Mirette on the High Wire	Written and Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully/1992	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to begin a discussion on bravery.	Mirette learns tightrope walking from Monsieur Bellini, a guest in her mother's boardinghouse, unaware that he is a famous tightrope performer who has stopped performing because of fear.

Newbery Award Winning Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Fiction	Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli/1990	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used to spark male students' interest in reading.	After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his peers.
	Historical Fiction	Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry	Mildred D. Taylor/1976	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used to begin a discussion on race relations during segregation.	A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children do not understand.
	Realistic Fiction	Bridge to Terabithia	Katherine Paterson/1977	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used to discuss the death of peers.	The life of a ten-year old boy in rural Virginia is enriched when he becomes friends with the new girl in town, who untimely meets her death trying to reach their secret hideout, Terabithia, during a storm.
	Historical Fiction	Kira-Kira	Cynthia Kadohata/2004	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used to explore the aftermath of WWII from a Japanese-American's perspective.	The story of a Japanese-American family living in Georgia in the 1950s who are forced to deal with discrimination and their daughter's disease, lymphoma.
	Realistic Fiction	Criss Cross	Lynne Rae Perkins/2005	Ages 9 - 12	Students could explore their own decision making skills after reading this novel.	A character study involving those moments that occur in everyone's life–moments when a decision is made that sends a person along one path instead of another.

Award-Winning Picture Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Picture Book/Fantasy	Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis	Dav Pilkey/1994	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to begin a discussion on proper dental hygiene.	Hally, the Tosis' family dog, has such horrible breath that Mr. and Mrs. Tosis want to give her away, until she proves herself to be an invaluable member of the family. 1997-1998 Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award
	Picture Book/Realistic Fiction	Alexander and the Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day	Written by Judith Viorst/Illustrated by Ray Cruz/1972	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to begin a discussion on feelings.	This book follows a young boy, Alexander, throughout one very challenging day where nothing seems to be going right. 1976-1977 Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award
	Picture Book/Poetry	Ellington Was Not a Street	Written by Ntozake Shange/Illustrated by Kadir Nelson/2004	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used when reviewing early 20th century Black history.	Taken from Shage's 1983 poem "Mood Indigo," this book recalls, from a child's perspective, what it was like to listen to adults talking about important issues. 2005 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award
	Picture Book/ Informational	Remember: The Journey of School Integration	By Toni Morrison/2004	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used when discussing school integration.	A striking pictorial work focusing on the discrimination in education and school integration. 2005 Coretta Scott King Narrative Award
	Picture Book./Poetry Anthology	Soul Looks Back In Wonder	Selected By Tom Feelings/1993	Ages 4 - 8	Students could write a poem concerning their own heritage.	Artwork and poems by writers including Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and Askia M. Toure portraying the African-American heritage. 1994 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award

ABC/Counting/Concept Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
Image Not Available	Concept Book/ Picture Book/ Realistic Fiction	My Mom Got a Job	Written by Lucia B. Smith/ Illustrated by C. Christina Johanson/1979	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to introduce the idea of parents working outside the home and how that affects children.	A young girl describes the changes in her life since her mother started working.
	Counting Book/ Picture Book/Fantasy	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	Written by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault/Illustrated by Lois Ehlert/2000	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to reinforce understanding of the alphabet and the importance of rhyme.	An alphabet rhyme about the chaos that ensues when the entire alphabet tries to climb one coconut tree.
	Concept Book/ Picture Book	Trashy Town	Written by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha/Illustrated by Dan Yaccarino/1999	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to introduce the concept of litter and pollution.	Little by little, Mr. Gilly, the trash man, cleans up his town.

Predictable Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Predictable/ Picture Book/Fantasy/ Counting Book	My Little Sister Ate One Hare	Written by Bill Grossman/Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes/1998	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to help children count the number of objects from one to ten.	The young girl in this book enjoys eating such delicacies as one hare, two snakes, and three ants, but when she gets to ten peas, she throws up quite a mess.
	Predictable/ Picture Book/Fantasy	Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?	Written by Bill Martin/Illustrated by Eric Carle/1991	Ages 4 - 8	Children could imitate the sounds of each animal in the book.	Zoo animals make their distinctive sounds for one another, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper.

Traditional Literature Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Traditional Literature/ Picture Book	Tops & Bottoms	Adapted and Illustrated by Janet Stevens/1995	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used when discussing gardens and the importance of growing food.	Hare puts and end to his bad luck by making a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear who lives down the road.
	Traditional Literature/ Picture Book	Henny-Penny	Retold and Illustrated by Jane Wattenberg/2000	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to illustrate the power of rhyming words.	Henny-Penny and her friends run into the very hungry Foxy-Loxy while on their way to alert the king that the sky is falling.
	Traditional Literature/ Picture Book	The Hare and the Tortoise: A Fable from Aesop	Retold and Illustrated by Helen Ward/1999	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to illustrate the concept of perserverence.	Retells the event of the famous race between the proud hare and persevering tortoise.
	Traditional Literature/ Picture Book	The Tale of Three Trees: A Traditional Folktale	Retold by Angela Elwell Hunt/Illustrations by Tim Jonke/1989	Ages 6-12	This book could be read simply for enjoyment.	Three trees dream of what they would like to become when they grow up and their dreams come true in the most unexpected of ways.
	Traditional Literature/ Picture Book	King Midas and the Golden Touch	As Told By Charlotte Craft/Illustrated by K.Y. Craft/1999	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to illustrate the danger of greed.	King Midas finds himself regretting making the wish that everything he touch be turned to gold.

Fantasy Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Fantasy/Picture Book	Piggie Pie!	Written by Margie Palatini/Illustrated by Howard Fine/1997	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be read in the classroom simply for enjoyment.	Gritch the Witch is determined to make a Piggie Pie so she flies to Old MacDonald's farm to collect some pigs, but when she arrives there are no pigs to be found.
	Fantasy/Picture Book	Love and Roast Chicken: A Trickster Tale from the Andes Mountains	By Barbara Knutson/2004	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to explore the culture of the Andes region.	In this folktale from the Andes, a clever guinea pig repeatedly outsmarts a fox that wants to gobble him up for dinner.
	Fantasy/Picture Book	The Mysterious Tadpole	By Steven Kellogg/2002	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to begin a discussion on appropriate pets.	Uncle McAllister, from Scotland, brings his nephew, Louis, a tadpole which grows into a huge problem.
	Fantasy/Picture Book	The Spider and the Fly	By Tony DiTerlizzi/2002	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to illustrate the dangers of talking with strangers.	An ill-meaning spider entices an innocent fly to visit his home only to make her his supper.
	Fantasy/Picture Book	The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups	By David Wisniewski/2001	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to explore family conflicts and different points of view.	Funny reasons why adults tell children to do things, like "Eat your vegetables," "Comb your hair," and "Don't blow bubbles in your milk."

Realistic Fiction Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Realistic Fiction	Judy Moody	Written by Megan McDonald/ Illustrated by Peter Reynolds/2002	Ages 4 - 8	Students could read this book and the create their own "Me Collage."	Judy Moody is in a bad mood for her first day of third grade until she is assigned to make a collage all about herself.
	Realistic Fiction/ Picture Book	A Good Day's Fishing	By James Prosek/2004	Ages 4 - 8	This book, containing a detailed glossary, could be used when discussing the sport or hobby of fishing.	A child searches through the fishing gear in his tackle box for the one thing he must have in order to have a good day fishing.
	Realistic Fiction/ Picture Book	Apt. 3	By Ezra Jack Keats/1999	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used when discussing visual impairments.	Two brothers decide to spend a rainy day tracking down the person playing the harmonica in their apartment building.
	Realistic Fiction	Buddy is a Stupid Name for a Girl	By Willo Davis Roberts/2001	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be read simply for enjoyment.	After her father mysteriously disappears while on a trucking job, eleven-year-old Buddy is forced to move in with her dysfunctional relatives.

Historical Fiction Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Historical Fiction	Yankee Girl	Written by Mary Ann Rodman/2004	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used to explore what life was like for children during the battle over segregation.	Eleven-year-old Alice is relocated to Jackson, Mississippi in 1964 and seeks to make friends in a newly integrated school.
	Historical Fiction	Johnny Tremain: A Story of Boston in Revolt	Written by Esther Forbes/1971	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used to view the events of the Revolutionary War through a young boys eyes.	Set in 1773 Boston, Johnny Tremain becomes a dis pach rider for the Committee of Public Safety.
	Historical Fiction/ Picture Book	The Day Gogo Went to Vote	Written by Elinor Batezat Sisulu/Illustrated by Sharon Wilson/1996	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be read to better understand a milestone in South African history through a child's eyes.	A girl and her homebound grandmother go to vote on the momentous day when black South Africans are allowed to vote for the first time.

Poetry Anthologies

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Poetry	My America: A Poetry Atlas of the United States	Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins/ Illustrated by Stephen Alcorn/2000	Ages 9 - 12	Poems from this book could be read as the geographical region from which they originated was being studied.	A collection of poems representative of the seven geographical regions of the United States.
	Poetry	The Random House Book of Poetry for Children	Selected by Jack Prelutsky/Illustrated by Arnold Lobel/1983	Ages 9 - 12	Selections from this book could be read for entertainment in the classroom, or to study poetry styles.	More than 550 poems by American, English, and anonymous authors.

Multicultural Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Multicultural/ Picture Book/Realistic Fiction	The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes	Written by Linda Glaser/Illustrated by Nancy Cote/1997	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to begin a discussion on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.	A young girl finds a way to include an elderly neighbor in her family's Hanukkah celebration.
	Multicultural/ Picture Book/Realistic Fiction	Miss Viola and Uncle Ed Lee	Written by Alice Faye Duncan/Illustrated by Catherine Stock/1999	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to introduce a discussion on friendship.	A young boy helps his two neighbors, one who is very neat and one who is very messy, become friends.
	Multicultural/ Picture Book/Realistic Fiction	The Other Side	Written by Jacqueline Woodson/Illustrated by E.B. Lewis/2001	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be used to begin a discussion on racial segregation.	Two girls, one white and one black, get to know one another as they sit on the fence that divides their town.
	Multicultural/ Picture Book/ Realistic Fiction	Nappy Hair	Written by Carolivia Herron/ Illustrated by Joe Cepeda/1997	Ages 4 - 8	This book could be read in order to begin a conversation about being proud of who you are.	A young girls tightly curled, "nappy" hair becomes the topic of conversation at a backyard picnic.
	Multicultural/ Historical Fiction	Summer of My German Soldier	Written by Bette Greene/1986	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be assigned to be read in order to better understand WWII from a young adults perspective.	The story of a friendship between a young Jewish girl and a young German soldier during World War II.

Informational Books

Picture of Book	Genre	Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Recommended Age Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
	Informational Book	Leonardo's Horse	Written by Jean Fritz/Illustrated by Hudson Talbott/2001	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used when discussing the work of Leonardo da Vinci.	Although they lived centuries apart, Leonardo da Vinci and Charlie Dent both had a common dream - to create a giant horse for Milan.
	Informational Book	Southern Plantation Cooking	By Mary Gunderson/2000	Ages 9 - 12	This book could be used when discussing pre-Civil War history.	Discusses the everyday life, cooking methods, most important foods, and celebrations of people on Southern plantations before the Civil War; Includes recipes.
	Informational Book	I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote	Written by Linda Arms White/Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter/2005	Ages 6 - 10	This book could be used to discuss the women's suffrage movement.	In 1869, a woman was instrumental in making Wyoming the first territory to allow women to vote; she then became the first woman to hold public office in the United States.
	Informational Book	Elephants Can Paint Too!	By Katya Arnold/2005	Ages 4 - 10	This book could be used when discussing different art techniques.	The author explains how she trains elephants to paint and then compares the work of her human and elephant pupils.

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