Electronic Reading File by Yolanda Daniels

Electronic Reading File
By Yolanda Daniels

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Caldecott Medal Winners

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
Where the Wild Things Are	Maurice Sendak 1963	Modern Fantasy Caldecott	K-2	Children write a story using their imagination about their rooms. Draw pictures to go with story.	A little boy named Max who imagined his room was a forest. He was the king of all wild things.
Tuesday	David Wiesner 1991	Modern Fantasy Picture Book Caldecott	K-2	Let children come up with their own adventures for Tuesdays around eight. Do an activity telling time.	Every Tuesday around eight something strange happens. First frogs then pigs.
Officer Buckle and Gloria	Peggy Rathmann 1995	Modern Fantasy Picture Book Caldecott	K-2	Teach the importance of safety. Students make a classroom safety chart.	About an officer that stressed the importance of safety, but no one listened until his dog Gloria demonstrated every safety tip.
Sylvester And The Magic Pebble	William Steig 1973	Caldecott	K-2, 3-4	Ask the students if they could use the magic pebble to make a wish, what would they wish. Draw a picture of their favorite part of the story.	A donkey named Sylvester finds a magic pebble and makes a wish. He turns into a rock and his family and friends missed him. How will he get home?
May Way For Ducklings	Robert McCloskey 1941	Modern Fantasy Picture Book Caldecott	K-2	Discuss determination. Explain that they should never give up on their dreams. Draw the ducklings.	A family of ducks look for a place to raise their ducklings.
Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine	Evaline Ness 1971	Contemporary Realistic Fiction Caldecott	K-2	Discuss the importance of telling the truth. Make a list of qualities a person should have starting with honesty.	Sam lies about everything. Until her friend Thomas got sick because of a lie she told.
The Egg Tree	Katherine Milhous 1971	Caldecott	Info	The students can design their own eggs or color online. The class will make an Egg Tree. Look at the example here.	Katy found beautiful eggs that her grandmother made a long time ago. Her grandmother taught everyone how to make an egg tree.
Lon Po Po A Red Riding Hood Story from China	Ed Young 1989	Traditional Fantasy Caldecott	K-2	Children discuss what they would have done. Design safety rules for home. Draw the story from their point of view.	Three sisters stayed home while their mother went to visit their grandmother. A wolfe tried to be PoPo. They tricked him and killed him.
My Friend Rabbit	Eric Rohmann 2002	Modern Fantasy Picture Book Caldecott	Pre-S, K-2	Discuss friendship. Students will draw a picture of their friend.	A mouse has a friend rabbit who helps get his plane out of a tree.
Rapunzel	Paul O. Zelinsky 1997	Caldecott	K-2	Students can perform a dramatic play. Students can paint the tower and the girl.	A beautiful girl is kept prisoner in a tower by a sorceress.

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Newbery Award Winners

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/ Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
*A Single Shard	Linda Sue Park 2001	Newbery Historical Fiction	5-6	Students can make their own pottery and present it to the class.	A boy named Tree-ear lives under a bridge. He is an orphan, but wants to become a master potter. He learns how to create pottery from Min.
*Holes	Louis Sachar 1998	Newbery	5-6	Students would play Holes Trivia Game. They could also complete a word scramble. The students would write about their favorite part of the story.	Stanley is sent to a juvenile detention camp after being wrongfully accused. He meets a boy named Zero and become friends. Everyday the boys dig holes for the warden looking for a mystery a 100 years old. Stanley's family has been cursed during this time and he finds the answer to the mystery after digging holes.

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ABC, Counting, Picture Book, Predictable Book

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
Dr. Seuss's ABC	Dr. Seuss 1991	ABC	K-2	Students can make a class ABC book using new words.	A book about ABC's
Ten Little Ladybugs	Melanie Gerth/ Laura H. Beith 2000	Counting	K-2	Allow the students to choose another bug and draw it. Then the students will write the number under each bug to show how many.	A book about counting. Teaches a child to count from ten to one backwards.
The Wild Christmas Reindeer	Jan Brett 1998	Modern Fantasy Picture Book	K-2	Discuss that being bossy isn't the best way to get the job done. Draw Teeka and the reindeer.	An elf named Teeka has to help Santa get the reindeer ready. She uses mean commands and has a hard time with the deer.
Berlioz The Bear	Jan Brett 1991	Modern Fantasy Picture Book	K-2	Bring an instrument to class and discuss what it is. Students can draw their favorite instrument.	Berlioz and his musicians are to play at a gala ball when their wagon gets stuck. Who will rescue them in time for the gala?
The Napping House	Audry Wood/ Don Wood 2000	Modern Fantasy Predictable	Pre-K, K-2	Before reading do a book walk and allow students to tell their version of what happens in the story. Students will draw a picture of the room.	Everyone is asleep in granny's bed. Then a flea bites and everyone awakes. The room is in chaos.

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TRADITIONAL LITERATURE FANTASY

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
The Mitten	Jan Brett 1989	Traditional Fantasy	K-2	Students will make mittens from old pairs of socks or gloves. They will paint an animal from the story on the mitten and retell the story.	Several animals get into Nicki's lost mitten to stay warm. He sees it flying in the air because a bear sneezes.
Hansel and Gretel	Rika Lesser/ Paul O. Zelinsky 1989	Traditional Fantasy	3-4, 5-6	Students will design their own gingerbread house. Write a summary of what it was made out of.	Two children are left in the woods by their stepmother and manage to find their way home after running into a wicked witch.
Once A Mouse	Retold by Marcia Brown 1989	Traditional Fantasy	K-2	Students will pick an animal from the story that they may like to be. Then draw that animal.	A hermit's pet turns into several different animals and finally back to a mouse.
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale	John Steptoe 1993	Traditional Fantasy	K-2	Students will act out the book step by step using puppets or dress up. Discuss how to treat people like you want to be treated.	Mufaro has two beautiful girls. The king invites all the girls that are worthy to choose as a queen. One sister thinks she is better than the other, but has a bad attitude. The other is kind to everyone as well as nature. Who will the king choose?
Cinderella	Ruth Sanderson 2002	Picture Book Traditional Fantasy	K-2, 3-4	The students can retell the story through dramatic play.	She is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters. She meets her prince with the help of her fairy godmother and lives happily ever after.

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MODERN FANTASY

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
King Bidgood's In The Bathtub	Audrey Wood/ Don Wood 1985	Modern Fantasy	K-2	Students will play whose in the tub game, do the "K" buddy activity and sing along with the tape of the story. The game consists of drawing a picture of a person and gluing it to a tub pattern.	The King's court tries everything to get him out the tub. Finally the plug is pulled.
The Hat	Jan Brett 1997	Modern Fantasy	Pre-K, K-2	Students will draw their favorite animal in the story. Students will make a hat out of contruction paper with their favorite animal on the front. Students can retell story through dramatic play.	Lisa hangs her woolen clothes to air out for winter. One stocking flies away and a hedgehog ends up with it on his head. The animals decide to make them a hat too.
Trouble with Trolls	Jan Brett 1992	Modern Fantasy	K-2	Students will draw pictures of the trolls, paste cotton balls to make snow and draw Treva with her dog.	While climbing Mt. Baldy, Treva manages to get around some trolls who try to steal her dog.
Daisy Comes Home	Jan Brett 2002	Modern Fantasy	K-2, 3-4	Discuss life in China. Discuss self-esteem and self-confidence. Write or draw how they feel about themselves.	Mei-Mei lives in China and has a hen named Daisy who gets lost and is unhappy.
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie	Laura Joffe Numeroff/ Felicia Bond 1985	Modern Fantasy	Pre-K, K-2	Discuss cause and effect. Draw the mouse with the cookie. Do a mouse activity. Class gets to eat chocolate chip cookies.	A little boy is being bossed around by a mouse. The boy's day is ruined and the bossing never ends.

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FICTION

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
*Tonight on the Titanic	Mary Pope Osborne/ Sal Murdocca 1999	Historical Fiction	3-4, 5-6	The students will write an essay about how they think the Titanic should have ended.	Jack and Annie has to find a gift to help Teddy break the magic spell.
*The Year of Miss Agnes	Kirkpatrick Hill 2000	Historical Fiction	3-4, 5-6	The students will write about what they think life would be like as a student in an Alaskan village. Students will complete one or two of these online activities.	Miss Agnes is a new teacher to the Alaskan community. Everyone thinks she will fail because the school don't keep teachers long. She brings in a new way of learning .
*Esperanza Rising	Pam Munoz- Ryan 2000	Historical Fiction	7-12	Students will write an essay describing a job with a huge responsibility, but must go through hard work to get it. Ex: Pres. Doc.	Esperanza has everything and hopes that one day she could take over her mother's job. But the family has to move and she must work harder than ever.
*The Bronze Bow	Elizabeth George Speare 1961	Newbery Medal Historical Fiction	5-6	The students will research the Jew and Roman history and write thier findings in essay form.	Daniel, a Jew, witnesses his father's death. He has hatred against the Romas until he is taught differently by a rabbi.
*Waiting for Anya	Michael Morpurgo 1999	Historical Fiction	5-6	The students will write about what they would have done. They will draw a picture of themselves helping someone else.	During World War II, Jo must find a way to help many Jewish children cross the border while putting his own life in danger.
No David!	David Shannon 1998	Realistic	K-2	Discuss how to act in the classroom. And why we obey the rules.	David is a mischievious boy who is always being told No!
The Paperboy	Dav Pilkey 1996	Caldecott Honor Realistic	K-2	The students will take a trip to the post office. Draw the thing that interested them the most.	A boy works hard at night in his garage gathering papers to deliver to people while they sleep.
*The Blossoms and The Green Phantom	Betsy Byars/ Jacqueline Rogers 1987	Realistic	3-4, 5-6	Students can make an invention out of styrofoam balls, cups, helium balloons, a curtain wire string, etc.. Write a short summary describing how it works.	Everything hits hard for the Blossom family when Pap falls into a dumpster and can't get out. Junior tries to make his secret invention work. Vern didn't want his new friend to meet his unusual family.
*Yours Till Niagara Falls, Abby	Jane O'Connor/ Margot Apple 1979	Realistic	3-4, 5-6	Write an essay about what happened over the summer. Relate own experience to Abby's.	Abby goes to summer camp without her best friend. She ends up making a new friend.
It Takes A Village	Jane Cowen-Fletcher 1994	Realistic	K-2	Students can paint, draw, or make out of playdough the different items at the market.	Yemi loses her little brother, Kokou, at the maket. Later she finds out that he was taken care of by people at the market.

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POETRY ANTHOLOGY, POETRY, BIOGRAPHY

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
A Frog Inside My Hat	By Fay Robinson / Cyd Moore 1952	Poetry Anthology	K-2	Teach rhyming. Familiarized students about different authors. Each student will say rhyme words together to develop a poem and draw a picture to go with it.	Book of Poems
The Sky is Always in the sky	Karla Kuskin/ Isabelle Dervaux 1998	Poetry	K-2	Students will write a poem and their name at the bottom of the paper. The collection of poems will be made into a class book.	A collection of poems.
Black is brown is tan	Arnold Adoff/ Emily Arnold McCully 1973	Poetry	3-4	Discuss mixed families. Students will write a short essay how they feel about mixed families.	Poems about parents who are black and white. The children are mixed. They make a loving family.
What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?	Jean Fritz / Margot Tomes 1996	Biography	3-4	Students will write an essay about Ben Franklin. Students will also draw a picture of Benjamin Franklin.	The biography of Ben Franklin
*Talkin' About Bessie	Nikki Grimes/ E.B. Lewis 2002	Biography	3-4, 5-6	Discuss other accomplishments of African-Americans. Students will write a story about a historic figure they admire.	First African-American woman to become a licensed pilot.

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INFORMATIONAL, MULTICULTURAL

Title	Author/ Illustrator/ Copyright	Genre/Awards	Recommended Age/Grade Level	Ideas for Classroom Use	Brief Description of the Book
Amazing Animal Facts	Rupert Matthews/ Gerald Legg 1997	Informational	K-2	Students will choose an animal and write a couple of sentences about it. Then they will draw a picture of the animal.	Facts about different animals.
So You Want To Be President?	Judith St. George/ David Small 2000	Caldecott Informational	K-2, 3-4	The students will write what they would do if they became president. They would compare their ideas to past presidents.	Facts about the qualifications and characteristics of the presidents from George Washington to Bill Clinton.
Toolchest	Jan Adkins 1973	Informational	3-4	Students will use their imaginations to build something out of wood. Show and tell the class about it.	Facts about how to use tools for a beginner in woodwork.
Amazing Grace	Mary Hoffman/ Caroline Binch 1991	Multicultural	K-2, 3-4	The class will have "Dress up Play Day". The students will dress up like their character and perform a play. Others will guess who they are.	Grace believes that she can do anything, She wants to be Peter Pan in the school play. But she is told she can't beacuse of several reasons. What does she do?
I Love My Hair	Natasha Tarpley/ E.B. Lewis 1998	Multicultural	3-4	Students can draw themselves demonstrating their hair. They will write a few sentences using similarities from the book.	Kenyana has a head full of hair, but she doesn't like her mother combing it. Her mother gives her reasons to like her hair. Now she enjoys it.
*My Name is Maria Isabel	Alma Flor Ada/ K. Dyble Thompson 1999	Multicultural	3-4, 5-6	Students will write what they would have done if they were Maria Isabel. Students will also get a chance to learn new words from this list.	Maria Isabel moves to a new school. Her teacher decides to call her Mary because there is already a girl named Mary in the class. Mary Isabel sets out to get her name back
*!Fiesta!	Ginger Foglesong Guy/ Rene King Moreno 2003	Multicultural	Pre-K	Students will dance to the music while they practice counting in English and Spanish.	This book teaches children to count in English and Spanish.
*Felita	Nicholasa Mohr 1999	Multicultural	3-4, 5-6	Students will write the challenges they think people face by moving from city to city or country to country.	Felita has to move to a new city and leave all her friends, but the new neighbors are not nice.The family moves back, but things are not the same.

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