Picture Books for Teaching Six Trait Writing

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IDEAS	SENTENCE FLUENCY	WORD CHOICE
ORGANIZATION	VOICE	CONVENTIONS

IDEAS

E ALL	Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard and James Marshall
E BAY	Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor
E BRO	The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
E BUN	Trouble on the T-Ball Team by Eve Bunting
E CAR	Take Time to Relax by Nancy Carlson
E CHE	The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry
E COO	Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
E COR	Players in Pigtails by Shana Corey
E ERN	Goldilocks Returns by Lisa Campbell Ernst
E FLE	Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
E POL	Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
E FOX	Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
E FRA	On the Day You Were Born by Debra Frazier
E FRA	The Hickory Chair by Lisa Rowe Fraustino
E HEN	Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
E MCK	The Honest-to-Goodness Truth by Patricia McKissack
E MCL	Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
E MED	Hog-Eye by Susan Meddaugh
E PAT	Red Dancing Shoes by Denise Lewis Patrick
E RYL	The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
E SCH	The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schafer
E SEN	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
E SHA	Sheep Out to Eat by Nancy Shaw
E SIM	Rotten Teeth by Laura Simms
E STE	Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
E TEA	How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague
E VAN	Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
E VAN	The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
E WOO	A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood
PB JAM	Dear Mr. Blueberry by James Simon
305.8 FOX	Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
398.2 LOB	Fables by Arnold Lobel
398.35 BEE	Throw Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions by Selby Beeler
421.1 HEP	Antics! by Catherine Hepworth
546.22 WIC	A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
583.19 BAS	Tree of Life: The World of the African Baobob by Barbara Bash
614.77 COL	Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole
641.3 SOL	It's Disgusting and We Ate It by James Solheim
811.54 MAR	Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins
812.52 WIL	The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur
818.54 WIL	The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups by David Wisniewski

Sentence Fluency

E AYL	Old Black Fly by Jim Ayelsworth
E BRO	The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
E FOX	Night Noises by Mem Fox
E GRO	My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
E JOH	Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
E MAR	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
E PAL	The Web Files by Margie Palatini
E PEE	Wump World by Bill Peet
E STE	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
E VIO	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
E WIS	Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski
E WOO	King Bidgood's In the Bathtub by Audrey and Don Wood
398.2 LES	John Henry by Julies Lester
398.2 STE	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
546.22 WIC	A Drop of Water by Walter Wick

Word Choice

E BAK	The Magic Fan by Keith Baker
E CLE	Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements
E CUR	Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis
E SHI	Food Fight! by Carol Diggory Shields
E EDW	Some Smug Slug by Pamela Duncan Edwards
E FOX	Feathers and Fools by Mem Fox
E FOX	Possum Magic by Mem Fox
E GAR	The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
E HAR	The Wolf Who Cried Boy by Bob Hartman
E HEN	Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
E JOH	Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
E KET	Armadillo Tattletale by Helen Ketteman
E LIT	The Remarkable Farkle McBride by John Lithgow
E LOR	The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
E MAR	Swine Lake by James Marshall
E MCP	Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail
E PAL	Piggie Pie! by Margie Palatini
E PIL	Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
E PIL	Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey
E RYL	The Whales by Cynthia Rylant
E SAI	Epossumondas by Coleen Salley
E SCI	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
E SEN	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
E STA	Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley
E STE	Brave Irene by William Steig
E STE	Caleb and Kate by William Steig
E STE	Solomon: The Rusty Nail by William Steig
E YOL	Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
E FRA	Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier
E GAR	The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
O PAR	Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
F SNI	A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
179.9 YOU	Voices of the Heart by Ed Young OUT OF PRINT
428 HEL	A Cache of Jewels by Ruth Heller
428.2 HEL	Many Luscious Lollipops by Ruth Heller
428.2 HEL	Up, Up, and Away! A Book About Adverbs by Ruth Heller
811.54 FLO	Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian
B ELL	Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney
B RUD	Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull

Organization

E BAN	When Sopie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang (problem/solution scenarios)
E BRE	Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
398.2 BRE	The Mitten by Jan Brett
E BUN	The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
E BUR	The Little House: Her Story by Virginia Lee Burton
E CHE	The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry
E CHE	The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
E CRO	Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin (letters back and forth)
E CUY	From Here to There by Margaret Cuyler
E FEI	Meanwhile... by Jules Feiffer
E Fl	Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming (alphabet format)
E GAU	Christina Katerina and Fats and the Great Neighborhood War by Patricia L. Gauch OUT OF PRINT
E HAL	I am the Dog / I am the Cat by Donald Hall
E HUR	Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst (repeating refrain)
E LOV	Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell (repeating refrain)
E MED	Hog-Eye by Susan Meddaugh
E NOB	Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Trinka Hakes NOBLE
E NUM	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
E PAT	The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman by Darcy Pattison (written in postcards)
E SCH	Snow by Uri Shulevitz
E TEA	Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague (dog's point of view, letter format)
E TEA	The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague (good use of sequence words)
E VAN	The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
E VAN	Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
E VIO	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
E WIE	Tuesday by David Wiesner
E WIE	June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
E WIL	A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
E WOL	The Toll-Bridge Troll by Patricia Rae Wolff
E Wo	The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood
E JaM	Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
E STE	The Money Tree by Sarah Stewart
179.6 WAB	Courage by Bernard Waber
394.12 LAU	What You Never Knew About Fingers by Patricia Laouber
398.2 DEP	The Legend of the Blue Bonnet by Tomie DePaola
398.2 ZEM	It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
398.2 STE	Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
551.57 KRA	Avalanche by Stephen Kramer
591.92 DOU	Under the Sea from A to Z by Anne Doubilet OUT OF PRINT
597.8 PAT	Flashy Fantastic Rainforest Frog BY Dorothy Patent
	The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
808.06 CHR	What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow
B BRI	Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (uses a variety of source materials to convey information)
B GAL	Starry Messenger by Peter Sis
B LES	Author: A True Story by Helen Lester
B PAU	My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
929.9 RYL	The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan

Voice

E BUN	Dandelions by Eve Bunting
E BUN	The Wednesdsay Surprise by Eve Bunting
E CAM	The Frog Principal by Stephanie Calmenson
E COO	Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
E CRO	Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
E CUR	Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Curtis
E DUG	Loop the Loop by Barbara Dugan OUT OF PRINT
E HAL	I am the Dog / I am the Cat by Donald Hall
E HEN	Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
E HEN	Julius, The Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
E HEN	Lily's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
E HES	When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
E HOF	Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
E HOW	I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe
E JOH	Amber on the Mountain by Tony Johnston
E LES	Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
E MCP	Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail
E MUN	The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
E PIL	Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey
E PIN	The Big Orange Splot by Daniel Manus Pinkwater (see Laurie)
E POL	Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Polacco
E POL	Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
E POL	Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
E RIN	Tar Beach by Faith Ringold
E RYL	When I Was Young and in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
E SCI	The Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka
E SCI	Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
E SCI	Squids Will Be Squids by Jon Scieszka
E SCI	The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
E SCI	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
E SHA	David Goes to School by David Shannon
E SHA	No David by David Shannon
E SHA	Alice the Fairy by David Shannon
E STE	Amos and Boris by William Steig
E STEt	Brave Irene by William Steig
E STE	Caleb and Kate by William Steig
E TRI	The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
E VAN	Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
E VIO	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
E BUN	The Wall by Eve Bunting
E HES	When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest

E WIL	Freedom Summer by Deborah Wiles
E YOL	Encounter by Jane Yolen
FIC PAU	Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
F DAH	The Twits by Roald Dahl
F WIL	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margary Williams
F YOL	Encounter by Jane Yolen
362.1 COE	Sadako by Eleanor Coerr
398.2 CLI	The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
398.2 LOU	Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie
398.2 MAR	The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin and David Shannon
398.2 SAN	Cendrillon, A Caribbean Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci
796.357 GOL	Teammates by Peter Golenbock
B BRI	The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
B PAU	Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs by Gary Paulsen
B LIT	This Land is My Land by George Littlechild OUT OF PRINT

Conventions

E RAS	Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka
E PUL	Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver
E FRA	Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier

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