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                                Reading Skills Cause/Effect

* Anno's Magic Seeds- Anno- 513 ANN

*  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs- Barrett- E BAR

*  Pickles to Pittsburgh- Barrett- E BAR

*  The Runaway Bunny – Brown – E BRO

*  The Little House – Burton – E BUR + an audiocassette/book kit

*  La Casita – Burton – E BUR

 *  Fortunately – Charlip – E CHA (2 copies)

*  That’s Good, That’s Bad – Cuyler – E CUY 

*  That's Good, That's Bad: In the Grand Canyon- Cuyler- E CUY

That's Good, That's Bad:  In Washington D.C.- Cuyler

* One Grain of Rice- Demi- 398.909 DEM

Now One Foot, Now the Other- DePaola

Un pasito y otro pasito- DePaola

*  It Wasn’t My Fault – Lester – E LES

*  The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash- Noble/Kellogg- E KEL

*  If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das una galletita a un raton – Numeroff – E NUM

*  If You Give a Moose a Muffin – Numeroff – E NUM

 *  Si le das un panecillo a un alce - Numeroff- E NUM

*  If You Give a Pig a Pancake – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si le das panqueque a una cerdita – Numeroff – E NUM

*  If You Give a Pig a Party – Numeroff – E NUM

  *  Si haces una fiesta a una cerdita- Numeroff- E NUM

*  Milo and the Mysterious Island – Pfister – E PFI

* Baloney (Henry P.)- Scieszka- E SCI

* Pamplinas (Henry P.)- Scieszka- E SCI

*  Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

Pierre- Sendak

* The Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

* El Lorax- Seuss- E SEU

*  A Bad Case of the Stripes- Shannon- E SHA

*  Un caso grave de rayas- Shannon- E SHA

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

*  Silvestre y la piedrecita magica – Steig – E STE

                                                    Reading Skills Characterization

*  Song and Dance Man - Ackerman- E ACK

*   Old Henry – Blos – E BLO

The Moves Make the Man – Brooks (basketball)

*  Wednesday Surprise – Bunting – E BUN

Cracker Jackson – Byars

That Julia Redfern - Cameron

*  Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  Querido Senor Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

Ramona and her Mother - Cleary

*  The School Story – Clements - FIC CLE

*   Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods – Curtis – E CUR

* Jamela's Dress- Daly- E DAL

*  El vestido de Jamela- Daly- E DAL

*  Legend of the Bluebonnet – DePaola – E LEG

*  La leyendea de la flor “el conejo” – DePaola -paperback

*  Patchwork Quilt – Flourney – E FLO

Great Little Madison - Fritz

*  Stella, Fairy of the Forest- Gay- E GAY

  Stella, Star of the Sea – Gay

Stella, Queen of the Snow – Gay

Gooney Bird Greene- Lowry

Darkness and the Butterfly – Grifalconi

*  A Weekend with Wendell – Henkes  - E HEN

* Sheila Rae, the Brave- Henkes- E HEN

*  Chrysanthemum (2) – Henkes – E HEN also DVD CHR

*  Crisantemo – Henkes - videorecording (VHS)

*   Julius, Baby of the World – Henkes – E HEN and PRO

*  Julius, el rey de la casa – Henkes - E HEN (paperback)

  *  Amazing Grace – Hoffman – E HOF

* La asombrosa Graciela- Hoffman- E HOF

*  Boundless Grace – Hoffman – E HOF

Dogger – Hughes

*  Tacky the Penguin – Lester –audiovisual cassette/book kit

* El pinguino Taky- Lester- E LES

*  Sarah Plain and Tall – MacLachlan – FIC MAC

*  The Paper Bag Princess- Munsch- located in prof. dev. section

* Piggie Pie- Palatini- E PAL

*  Sweet Tooth- Palatini - E PAL

* The Big Orange Splot- Pinkwater- E PIN

*  Holes – Sachar – FIC SAC

*  Hoyas- Sachar- FIC SAC- located in Span. Fiction section

 *  El Chino – Say – E SAY

*  How the Grinch Stole Christmas! located in Your Favorite Seuss anthology- E SEU

*  Como el Grinch Robo la Navidad!  Seuss- E SEU

Where’s Mum? – Smith

*   Loser – Spinelli – FIC SPI

*   Song of the Trees – Taylor – FIC TAY

*  The Land – Taylor – FOC TAY

*  Shy Charles- Wells- E WEL

Sleeping Ugly- Yolen

                                          Reading Skills Compare/Contrast

                                          Reading Skills Context Clues

Context Clues General Vocabulary

*  Miss Alaineus:  A Vocabulary Disaster - Frasier - E FRA

*  Thesaurus Rex- Steinberg- E STE

*  Carmine, A Little More Red - Sweet- E SWE

Context Clues Context Clues

*  Rajah's Rice: a mathematical folktale from India-   Barry

*  The Great Kapok Tree- Cherry- E CHE

*  El gran capoquero- Cherry- E CHE

*  Diary of a Worm- Cronin- E CRO

*  Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- Dahl- E DAH

*  Paper Dragon - Davol- E DAV (Gr. 1-4)

*  Abuela- (English with a few words in Spanish)- Dorros- E DOR

*  Saturday Market- Grossman- E GRO

*  Featherless/Desplumado- Herrerra

*  The Phantom Tollbooth- Juster- FIC JUS (Grade 5)

*  La casita magica- FIC JUS- (Grade 5)

*  Wilma Unlimited:  How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's

Fastest Woman- Krull- B RUD

*  Voyage of the Dawn Treader- Lewis- FIC LEW

Barn Dance- Martin

*  Raising Dragons- Nolen- E NOL

*  Big Bad Bruce- Peet- E PEE

* Cock-A-Doodle Dudley- Peet- E PEE

*  Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis- PIlkey- E PIL

Hally Tosis: El horrible problema de un perro- Pilkey

*  JoJo's Flying Sidekick- Pinkney- E PIN

*  The Bee Tree- Polacco- E POL

*  Pink and Say- Polacco- E POL

*  Pink y Say (Spanish)- Polacco - E POL

Yettele's Feathers- Rothenburg

*  Baloney (Henry P.)- Sciezscka - E SCI

* Pamplinas (Henry P.)- Sciezscka- E SCI

*  Baseball in April - Soto- FIC SOT- (RL 5.0, Int. 6- YA)

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig- E STE

*  Silvestre y La Piedrecita Magica- Steig-E STE

*  Wizzil- Steig- E STE       

Lizards for Lunch- A Roadrunner's Tale- Storad 

*  Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World- Walter- FIC WAL        

*  Toby and His Old Tin Tub- West- E WES

*  Going Back Home:  An Artist Returns to the South- Wood

*  Piggins- Yolen- E YOL

                                            Reading SkillsDrawing Conclusions

*  Miss Nelson Is Missing! – Allard – E ALL

*  La Senorita Nelson ha desaparecido – Allard – E ALL

*  Tuck Everlasting – Babbit – FIC BAB

*  Tuck para siempre – Babbit – FIC BAB- located in Span. fiction section

*  Stellaluna – Cannon – E CAN

*  Stelaluna – Cannon – E CAN

   *  Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel – E LOB

*  Sapo Y Sepo son amigos – Lobel – E LOB

*  Wolf!   Bloom- E BLO

*  Wolf!  Bloom- videorecording- VHS

*  Click Clack Moo:  Cows that Type – Cronin – E CRO

*  Clic, Clic, Muu:  Vacas escritoras – Cronin – E CRO

*  The Art Lesson- dePaola- E DEP

Tough Boris- Fox

*  Julius, Baby of the World – Henkes – E HEN

*  Julius, el rey de la casa – Henkes - E HEN (paperback)

The World of Ants - Henkes

*  New Shoes for Silvia – Hurwitz – E HUR  (GR 1-2)

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry – James – E JAM

*  Quiero Salvatierra – James – E JAM

Old MacDonald Had a Farm – Jones

*  Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel

*  Sapo y Sepo son amigos - Lobel

*  Knots on a Counting Rope- Martin Jr. - E MAR

Marti and the Mango - Moreton

The Cow that Went Oink - Most

 *  Dog Breath: the horrible trouble with Hally Tosis – Pilkney – E PIL

Hally Tosis: el horrible problema de un perro – Pilkney

*  The Big Orange Splot – Pinkwater- E PIN

*  How to Eat Fried Worms – Rockwell – FIC ROC

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

*  Silvestre y la piedrecita magica – Steig – E STE

*  The Garden of Abdul Gasazi – van Alsburg – E VAN

*  A Chair for my Mother – Williams – E WIL

*  Un sillon para mi mama- Williams - E WIL (paperback)

                                       Reading SkillsFact/Nonfact

 Fact/Opinion

*  Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  Querido Senor Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

*  The Magic Schoolbus Inside the Earth – Cole – 551 CoOL

*  El Autobus magico en el interior de la tierra – Cole – 551 COL

*  Hattie and the Fox(2) – Mem – E MEM

A Place Called Freedom – Sanders – (PreK-2)

Grass Sandals:  The Travels of Basho – Spivak (Gr 1-6)travels of a 17^th cent. Japanese poet

 Fact/Nonfact

*  The Magic School Bus:  Human Body- videorecording- DVD

*  The Magic School Bus Catches a Wave- videorecording- DVD

*  The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Holiday Special- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Gets Planted- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth- Cole- 551 COL -

located in M.S.B. display near the 500 section

*  The Magic School Bus In the Arctic: A Book About Heat- 536 SCH- M.S.B. display

*  The Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane- Cole- 551.55 COL

*  The Magic School Bus Spins a Web- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus In a Beehive- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses- Cole- 612.8 -

M.S.B. display

*  The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System- Cole-

523.3 COL- M.S.B. display

*  The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks- Cole- 628.1 COL

*  The Magic School Bus Out of  This World- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Getting Energized- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus: The Busasaurus- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Flexes Its Muscles- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Hops Home (habitats)- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Goes to Seed- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Inside the Haunted House-

videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten (food chains/webs)-

videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus for Lunch- videoecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus Gets Lost in Space- videorecording- VHS

*  The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip- Cole- 621.3 COL- M.S.B. display

*  The Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive- Cole- 595.79 COL- M.S.B. display

*  The Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs- 567.9 COL- M.S.B.display

*  The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System- Cole- 523.3 COL- M.S.B. display

*  The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body- Cole- 612 COL- M.S.B. display

*  Snowflake Bentley- Martin- B BEN

*  Snowflake Bentley- Martin- audiocassette/book kit

                                             Reading Skills Foreshadowing

*  Hedgie's Surprise- Brett- E BRE

*  Grandfather’s Journey – Say – E SAY

*  Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*  The Wreck of the Zephyr – van Allsburg – E VAN

*  The Z Was Zapped - van Allsburg- E VAN

*  Owl Moon- Yolen- E YOL

*  Encounter- Yolen- E YOL

*  Encuentro- Yolen- E YOL

                                 Reading SkillsFeelings/Emotions of Characters

                                           Reading SkillsGenre

                                                                Genre Autobiography

*   On the Bus with Joanna Cole:  A Creative Autobiography – Cole – B COL

*  Michelle Kwan, Heart of a Champion:  An Autobiography – Kwan – B KWA

*  Author- Lester- B LES

*   Bill Peet:  An Autobiography – Peet – B PEE

*  It Came from Ohio- Stine- B STI

                                                                Genre Biography

*   Elizabeth Blackwell – Mader – B BLA 

*   Cesar Chavez:  lucha por los trabajodores del campo – Braun – B CHA

* ¡Azúcar! (Celia Cruz)- Da Coll- B CRU

*   The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin (2 copies) – Giblin – B FRA

*   Helen Keller – Dolan – B KEL

*   John F. Kennedy:  The Making of a Leader – Upadhyay – B KEN

*  A Picture Book About Martin Luther King, Jr.- Adler- B KIN

*   Sieur de la Salle – Nardo – B LAS

*   Rosa Parks – Schaefer – B PAR

*   Pocahontas – Schaefer – B POC

*   A Picture Book of Sacagawea – Alder – B SAC

*  Jennifer Lopez: Realizando los suenos- Smith- B LOP

*   Booker T. Washington – Schaefer – B WAS

                                                                             Genre  Drama/Play

*  Pignocchio- Alexander- E ALE (paperback)

                                                                            Genre Fables- moral/talking animals

                                                                            Genre Fantasy

*   Perloo:  The Bold – Avi – FIC AVI – Gr 406

*   Tuck Everlasting – Babbitt – FIC BAB

*   Tuck para siempre – Babbitt – FIC BAB 

* The Seventh Unicorn- Barber- E BAR

*   The Wizard of Oz – Baum – DIC BAU

*   A Dangerous Secret – Bone – FIC BON – Gr 3-6

*   James and the Giant Peach  (2 copies) – Dahl – FIC DAH

*   Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland – Disney – E DIS

*   La estatuilla del mago – Doyle – FIC DOY – Gr 4-6

*   Corduroy – Freeman – E FRE

*  Bunnicula- Howe- FIC HOW- located in Spooky Book Section

*  Bonicula- Howe- FIC HOW- located in Spooky Book Section

*   Harold and the Purple Crayon – Johnson – E JOH

*   Harold’s Trip to the Sky – Johnson – E JOH

*   The Phantom Tollbooth(2 copies)   – Juster – FIC JUS

 *   La caseta magica – Juster – FIC JUS 

*   Princess Buttercup:  A Flower Princess Story – Lewison – E LEW – PK-Gr 1

*   Un monton de unicornios – Machado – E – MAC – Gr 2-4

*   The Tale of Jack Frost – Melling – E MEL – Gr K-3

*   El duende del mar – Perera – FIC PER – Gr 3-5

*   Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2 copies) – Rowling – FIC ROW – Gr 4-8

*   Harry Potter y el prisonero de Azkaban – Rowling – FIC ROW

*   Outside Over There – Sendak – E SEN

 *   Where the Wild Things Are – Sendak – E SEN

*   Donde viven los monstruos – Sendak – E SEN 

*   The Sneetches, and Other Stories (2 copies) – Seuss – E SEU

*   The Cat in the Hat=El gato ensombrerado – Seuss – E SEU

*   Sylvester and the Magic Pebble – Steig – E STE

 *   Charlotte’s Web – White – FIC WHI

                                                                                                Genre Folk Tale -supernatural

*   Anansi Does the Impossible:  An Ashanti Tale – Aardema – 398.209 AAR

 *   The Children’s Book of Home and Family – Bennett – SC CHI

*   Train to Somewhere – Bunting – E BUN 

*   Eric Carle’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans Christian, and the Brothers Grimm – 398.2 CAR

 *   Earth Care:  World Folktales to Talk About – MacDonald – 398.2 EAR

*   Fiestas feminina:  Celebrating Women in Mexican Folktale – Gerson – 398.209

*   Fiestas femenia:  Homenaje a las mujeres  a través de historias tradicionales Mexicanas – Gerson – 398.2 GER

*   Her Stories:  African American Folktales – Hamilton – 398.2 HAM

*   The Golden Sandal:  a Middle Eastern Cinderella (2 copies) – Hickox – 398.2 HIC

*   Paul Bunyan Swings his Axe – McCormick – 398.22 MCC

*   Joy to the World:  Christmas Stories from Around the Globe – Pirotta – 398.23 PIR

*   The Samurai’s Daughter:  A Japanese Legend – San Souci – 398.2 SAN

*   A Weave of Words:  An Armenian Tale Retold (2 copies) – San Souci – 398.209 SAN

*   Cut from the Same Cloth:  American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tales – San Souci – 398.21 SAN

*   More Short and Shivery:  Thirty Terrifying Tales – San Souci – 398.25 SAN- spooky book section

*   A Coat for the Moon and Other Jewish Tales – Schwartz – 398.2 SCH

*   In a Dark, Dark Room:  And Other Scary Stories – Schwartz – E SCH- spooky book section

*   More Stories to Solve:  Fifteen Folktales from Around the World – Shannon– 398.2 SHA

*   A Forest of Stories:  Magical Tree Tales from Around the World – Singh - 398.24 SIN

*   A Pride of Africa:  Tales – Washington – 398.2 WAS

*   It Could Always Be Worse:  A Yiddish Folk Tale – Zemach – 398.2 ZEM

                                                                             Genre Historical Fiction

Train to Somewhere- Bunting

*   Almost to Freedom – Nelson – E NEL (Gr 1-4)

*  Pink and Say – Polacco – E POL

*   Pink y Say – Polacco – E POL

*   Uncle Nacho’s Ha=El sombrero de Tío Nacho (3 copies) – Rohmer – E ROH

*   A Paradise Called Texas – Shefelman – FIC SHE

*   The Gold Cadillac – Taylor – FIC TAY 

*   Wingwalker  (2 copies) – Wells – FIC WEL

*   The Earth Dragon Awakes:  The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 – Yep – FIC YEP

                                                                                Genre Mystery

*   Cam Jansen and the First Day of School Mystery- Adler – FIC ADL (Gr. 2-5)

(all of the Cam Jansen series (Gr. 2-5)- FIC ADL)

* Young Cam Jansen and the Pizza Shop Mystery- Adler- E ADL (Gr. K-1)

(all of the Cam Jansen easy series-(Gr. K-1)- E ADL)

* Arthur's Mystery Files- videorecording (VHS)

* Chasing Vermeer- Balliett- FIC BAL

*   Arturo y el misterioso sobre – Brown – FIC BRO

*   Arthur’s Mysterious Babysitter – Brown – E BRO

*   Room One:  A Mystery or Two – Clements – FIC CLE

* Inspector Hopper- Cushman - E CUS (Gr. K-1)

* The Secret of the Old Mill (Hardy Boys Mystery)- Dixon -FIC DIX

(other Hardy Boys Mysteries- FIC DIX)

* The Case of the Burrowing Robot (Hank the Cowdog)-Erickson- FIC ERI

(other Hank the Cowdog Mysteries- FIC ERI)

* Las aventuras de Hank: el perro vaquero- Erickson- FIC ERI

*   Harriet the Spy – Fitzhugh – FIC FIT

* The Adventures of Minnie and Max: Mary Moon is Missing- Giff- FIC GIF (Gr. 1-2)

(other Minnie and Max mysteries- FIC GIF)

* This Gum for Hire: From the Tattered Casebook of Chet Gecko, Private Eye- Hale- FIC HAL

(Chet Gecko series- FIC HAL)

*   The Vampire Bunny – Henson – E HEN

* Bunnicula- Howe- FIC HOW

* Bonicula- Howe- FIC HOW

* Ghost Trap: A Wild Willie Mystery- Joosse- FIC JOO - located in spooky book section (Gr. 2)

*   The Missing Mitten Mystery – Kellogg – E KEL – PK-Gr 1

* The Gumdrop Ghost (Nancy Drew Mystery)- Keene- FIC KEE

(Nancy Drew series- FIC KEE

*   From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler – Konigsburg – FIC KON – Gr 4-5

* Arthur Accused! Krensky- FIC KRE

(other Arthur mysteries- FIC KRE)

* Gus and Gertie and the Missing Pearl- Nixon- FIC NIX (Gr. 2)

(other Gus and Gertie mysteries- FIC NIX

* The Case of the Detective in Disguise (Jigsaw Jones Mystery)- Preller- FIC PRE

(Jigsaw Jones Mystery series- FIC PRE)

* Nate the Great and the Monster Mess- Sharmat- E SHA (Gr. 2)

* Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sleeping Dog- Sobol -FIC SOB

*   The Mud Flat Mystery – Stevenson – E STE

* The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid: A Geronimo Stilton Mystery)- FIC STI

(other Geronimo Stilton mysteries- FIC STI)

* El misterio del ojo esmeralda (A Geronimo Stilton Mystery)- Stilton- FIC STI

*   Alphabet Mystery – Wood – E WOO – PK-Gr 2

*   Piggins – Yolen – E PIG

* A to Z Mysteries: The Missing Mummy- Roy- FIC ROY

(A to Z Mysteries- FIC ROY)

* The High-Rise Private Eyes- The Case of the Troublesome Turtle- Rylant-E RYL (Gr. 1-2) 

(for more in Rylant's series- E RYL)

* Wishbone Mysteries: The Treasure of Skeleton Reef (paperback)- Strickland- FIC STR

* Mal dia en el Rio Seco- van Allsburg- E VAN

* Los misterios del Señor Burdick- van Allsburg- E VAN

* The Mystery of the Star Ruby- (Boxcar Children Mysteries)-Warner- FIC WAR

(Boxcar Children Mystery series- FIC WAR)

* El misterio del barco fantasma -Williams- FIC WIL

* An Unsolved Mystery from History: The Mary Celeste- Yolen - E YOL

* The Wolf Girls: An Unsolved Mystery from History- Yolen - E YOL

Myths

*   Ingri and Edger Paris D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths – D’Aulaire – 292 DAU

 * Fabulas Clasicas- Kincaid- FIC FAB

*   Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Greeks – Martell – 938 MAR

*   Greek Myths – McCaughrean – 292.2 MCC

*   Famous Greek Myths – Osborne – 292 OSB

*   Famous Norse Myths – Osborne – 293 OSB 

*   Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Egyptians – Quie – 932 QUI

*   Native American Myths and Legends – Taylor – 398.2 NAT

*   The Random House Book of Greek Myths – Vinge – 292 VIN

*   Myths and Civilization of the Native Americans – Wood – 970.004 WOO

                                                                                                Genre Nonfiction

                                                                        Genre Poetry

                                                                        Genre Realistic Fiction

*   The Burning Questions of Bingo Brown – Byars – FIC BYA

*   Dear Mr. Henshaw – Cleary – FIC CLE

* Querido Señor Henshaw- Cleary- FIC CLE

* Night in the Barn- Gibbons- E GIB

* The Leaving Morning- Johnson- E JOH

*   Shiloh – Naylor – FIC NAY

*   The Great Gilly Hopkins – Paterson – FIC PAT

*   A Taste of Blackberries – Smith – FIC SMI

*   Taking Sides – Soto – FIC SOT

*   Maniac Magee – Spinelli – FIC SPI

                                                                                                    Genre Science Fiction

* The Diversion: Animorphs- Applegate- FIC APP

(Animorphs series)

* El encuentro: Animorphs (Spanish)- Applegate- FIC APP

* The Monsters of Morely Manor- Coville- FIC COV

* Aliens Ate My Homework- Coville- FIC COV

*  Hedgie Blasts Off! – Brett – E BRE –PK-gr 2

*   Akiko and the Great Wall of Trudd – Crilley – FIC CRI – Gr 3-5 

* Beatnik Rutabagas from Beyond the Stars- Dodd- FIC DOD

*   The Fungus that Ate my School – Dorros – E DOR – PK-gr 1

*   Aliens for Breakfast – Etra – FIC ETR – Gr 3-6

*   Aliens for Lunch – Etra – FIC ETR – Gr 3-6

*   Tinker and Tom and the Star Baby – McPhail – E MCP – Pk-gr 2

*   Midnight on the Moon – Osborne – FIC OSB – Gr 2-3

*   Night of the New Magicians – Osborne – E OSB – Gr 2-4

* Into the Dream - Sleator- FIC SLE

*   Expiration Date:  Never – Spinner – FIC SPI

*   June 29, 1999 – Wiesner – E WIE –K-gr 3

*   Commander Toad and the Intergalactic Spy- Yolen – E YOL – Gr 2-3

                                                                                            Genre Tall Tale

Reading SkillsIdioms

* Parts- Arnold- E ARN

* More Parts- Arnold- E ARN

* Even More Parts- Arnold- E ARN

* Arthur in a Pickle- Brown- E BRO

Dumb Bunnies- Denim

* A Chocolate Moose for Dinner (2 paperbacks) Gwynne- 428.1 GWY

Theres' a Frog in My Throat!- Leedy

* Batter Up, Wombat- Lester- E LES

It's Raining Pigs and Noodles- Prelutsky

* Amelia Bedelia- Parish- E PAR

* Amelia Bedelia (Spanish)- Parish- E PAR

* Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor- Parish- E PAR

* Amelia Bedelia, Bookworm- Parish- E PAR

* Play Ball, Amelia Bedelia- Parish- E PAR

* Thank You, Amelia Bedelia- Parish- E PAR

* The Big Orange Splot- Pinkwater- E PIN- located w/ 4th Grade UBD books

Super Silly Sayings: A Children's Illustrated Book of Idioms- Snodgrass

* Saving Sweetness- Stanley- E STA

* Raising Sweetness- Stanley- E STA

* Mad as a Wet Hen! and Other Funny Idioms- Terban- 428.1 TER

* Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms- Terban- 428.1 TER

In a Pickle and Other Funny Idioms- Terban

* The Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms - (2 copies) 428.1 TER

Monkey Business: Fun with Idioms- Turhan, Hambleton, Tullet

*  World Almanac for Kids- 031.02 WOR

                                Reading Skills  Inference

Back to Inference Inference Books for K-1

(cover the title and ask what can be inferred from the pictures)

*   In the Small, Small Pond – Fleming – E FLE  (seasons)

*   Lunch – Fleming

* Dirty Larry- Hamsa- E HAM

* Rain Romp- Kurtz- E KUR

* Hello, Doctor- Marx- E MAR

* Hola, Doctor- Marx- E MAR- located in Spanish E section

*  Messy Bessy's School Desk - McKissack- E MCK

*  Snow? Let's Go! Nagel- E NAG

Back to Inference Inference Books for Gr. 2-5

The Table Where Rich People Sit - Baylor

*   Grandfather Twilight – Berger – E BER

   *  The Five Chinese Brothers – Bishop- audiocassette/book KIT

*   Anna Banana and Me – Blequad – E BLE