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| The Fisherman and His Wife -Spanish |
* 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)
* Thats Good, Thats 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 Wasnt 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
| Cause and Effect | Graphic Organizer |
Reading Skills
Characterization
| Education Oasis | Character Development Graphic Organizer |
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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
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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
Wheres 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
| Thinking Maps Compare/Contrast Mini-Lesson | Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters/La Bella Hijas de Mufaro and Cinderella/Cencienta |
| Education Oasis | Compare/Contrast Graphic Organizers |
| Hidden Treasure- Allen | Rich Man and the Shoemaker- Wildsmith | |
| * Que te pilla de gato! Butterworth - E BUT | * Fabulas Bilingues: Poniendo el cascabel al gato -398.291 DE | |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears- Brett | * Somebody and the Three Blairs- Tollhurst - E TOL (paperback) | * Goldilocks and the Three Martians- Smith- E SMI |
| * Dusty Locks and the Three Bears- Lowell- 398.2 LOW | * Goldilocks and the Three Bears- Miles- 398.2 MIL and Marshall- 398.21 MAR | * Goldilocks and the Three Bears- Clearvue videorecording- VHS |
| * Stellaluna- Cannon- E CAN | * Stelaluna-(Spanish)- Cannon- E CAN | * Stellaluna- Scholastic DVD |
| * Caperucita roja- Goldsack- 398.2 GOL | * Caperucita roja- Boada- E BOA | |
| * Johnny Appleseed- Kellogg- B CHA | * Johnny Appleseed- Schaefer- B CHA | * Miss Rumphius- Cooney- E COO |
| * La historia de Johnny Appleseed- Aliki- B CHA | * Senorita Runfio- (Miss Rumphius)- E COO | * Johnny Appleseed -Schlessinger DVD |
| * Johnny Appleseed- Ditchfield- B CHA | * Johnny Appleseed- Johnston- B CHA | |
| * Sleeping Beauty- San Jose- E SAN | * Sleeping Beauty- big book | Sleeping Ugly- Yolen |
| * Sleeping Beauty- Disney- E DIS | * Sleeping Beauty - VHS | * Sleepless Beauty- Minters 398.2 MIN |
| The Little Wood Duck- Wildsmith | The Ugly Duckling- Anderson | * Big Al- Clements- E CLE and El paito feo- Andersen |
| * The Ugly Duckling- Pinkney- 398.21 PIN | * El patito feo- Orihueda- 398.2 ORI PB | * The Ugly Truckling- Gordon- E GOR |
| * The Mountain that Loved the Bird McLerran- E MCL | * The Giving Tree - Silverstein- E SIL and videorecording -VHS | * El arbol generoso- Silverstein- E SIL |
| * The Teeny Tiny Woman- Galdone- 398.2 GAL | * The Teeny Tiny Teacher- Calmenson- 398.209 CAL | |
| My Mothers Getting Married Drescher | ||
| * Cinderella Perrault- 398.21 PER | * Prince Cinders - Cole- video (VHS) | * Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters -Steptoe- E STE |
| Cinderella - Galdone | ||
| * Big Al- Clements- E CLE | ||
| Your Dad Was Just Like You Johnson | ||
| Chicken Little Kellogg | * Henny Penny - Galdone- 398.24 GAL | Pollita Pequenita- Kellogg |
| * Chicken Licken- Crawford -398.24 CRA | * Chicken Little- (Span.) Marsoli- E MAR- in Span. fiction section | |
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Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen-Ryan |
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* The Relatives Came-Rylant- E RYL
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* When I Was Young in the Mountains - Rylant - E RYL | |
| * The True Story of the Three Little Pigs- Scieszka- E SCI |
* * * La Verdadera Historia de los tres cerditos Scieszka E SCI
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| * Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse Lionni - E LIO | ||
| * Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs- DePaola- E DEP | ||
| * There's an Alligator Under My Bed- Mayer- E MAY | There's a Nightmare in My Closet- Mayer | |
| Rosie and Michael- Viorst | The Seal Mother- Gerstein | The Selkie Girl- Cooper |
| Earthlets: As Explained by Professor Xargle- Willis | ||
| * Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig- E STE | * Silvestre y la piedrecita magica- Steig- prof. dev. section | * Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- videorecording VHS |
| * The Mysteries of Harris Burdick - van Allsburg- E VAN | * Los misterios del Senor Burdick- van Allsburg- E VAN | |
| * The Polar Express- van Allsburg- E VAN | * El expreso polar- van Allsburg- E VAN | |
| * And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street- in Your Favorite Seuss- Seuss- located in the prof. dev. section | ||
| * Red Riding Hood- Marshall- 398.21 MAR | * A Handful of Beans- Steig- 398.2 STE | * Little Red Riding Hood- Clearvue videorecording (VHS) |
| * Little Red Riding Hood- big book | * Little Red Riding Hood- Ziefert- 398.209 ZIE | * Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China- Young- 398.2 YOU |
| * The Pain and the Great One- Blume - E BLU | ||
| * Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One- Duke- E DUK | ||
| * The Giant Jam Sandwich- Lord- E LOR | * George Shrinks- Joy- E JOY | * Two Bad Ants- van Allsburg- E VAN |
| * The House on Maple Street - Pryor- E PRY | * The Little House- Burton- E BUR | |
| * Hot-Air Henry- Calhoun- E CAL | ||
| Andy and the Lion- Daughterty | ||
| * Make Way for Ducklings- McCloskey- audiocassette/book KIT | Abran paso a los patitos- McCloskey | |
| * Perro Grande...Perro Pequeno- Eastman- E EAS | ||
| Your Dad Was Just Like You- Johnson | ||
| * Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse- L.Barrett George- E GEO | ||
| * Pigs- Brady- 636.4 BRA | * How Big is a Pig? Beaton- E BEA | |
| * The Day the Dog Dressed Like Dad- Amico- E AMI | ||
| * Town Mouse and Country Mouse- Brett- 398.24 BRE | ||
| * Julius, Baby of the World- Henkes- E HEN | * Koala Lou- Fox- E FOX | |
| Tchg. Idea Website * Goggles! Keats- E KEA | * Weekend with Wendell- Henkes- E HEN | * Chester's Way- Henkes- E HEN |
| * Sharks- Lindeen- 697.3 LIN | * Megalodon- Riehecky- 567 RIE | |
| * Ben's Dream- van Allsburg- E VAN | * Just a Dream- van Allsburg -E VAN | |
| * Hoops- Burleigh- 811 BUR | * Salt in His Shoes- Jordan- FIC JOR- located in the E section- E JOR | * Strong to the
Hoop- Coy- E COY * Directo al aro- Coy- E COY |
| * Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day- Viorst - E VIO | * Today Was a Terrible Day- P.R.Giff- E GIF | |
| * Miss Nelson is Missing! - Allard- E ALL | * La senorita Nelson ha desaparecito! Allard-E ALL | |
| * Everybody Needs a Rock- Baylor- E BAY | If You Find a Rock- Christian |
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
| Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Sciezcka | Baloney (Henry P.) word game |
* 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 Skills
Drawing Conclusions
| Study Zone website: NY State Elem. | Drawing Conclusions (online practice- short) |
* 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 Skills
Fact/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 17th 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
* Grandfathers 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 Skills
Feelings/Emotions
of Characters
Reading Skills
Genre
| Autobiography | Biography | Drama/Play |
| Fable | Fantasy | Folktale |
| Historical Fiction | Mystery | Myth |
| Nonfiction | Poetry | Realistic Fiction |
| Science Fiction | Tall Tale |
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
* ‘Azϊcar! (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
| Click here to go to Fables |
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 Disneys 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
* Harolds 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 Sorcerers 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
* Charlottes Web White FIC WHI
Genre
Folk Tale -supernatural
* Anansi Does the Impossible: An Ashanti Tale Aardema 398.209 AAR
* The Childrens Book of Home and Family Bennett SC CHI
* Train to Somewhere Bunting E BUN
* Eric Carles 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 travιs 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 Samurais 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 Nachos Ha=El sombrero de Tνo 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
* Arthurs 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 Seρor 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
* Ingri and Edger Paris DAulaires Book of Greek Myths DAulaire 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 Seρor 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
| Mary Robinson's Reading Unit | Aliens Ate My Homework Literature Unit |
* 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
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| School Library Media Activities Monthly | Genre Booklist |
| Sheila Bolmeier - Learning in Hand | Genre Powerpoint Presentation |
Reading Skills
Idioms
| How Real People Talk: Spanish/English Idioms | No Borders Spanish-English Idioms |
| Dave's ESL Cafe | ESL/Idiom Page |
| Spanish-English Idioms | Spanish-English Idioms List |
| Terryville Second Grade Students Present Amelia Bedelia | IPL: Kidspace-Amelia Bedelia Activities |
| Funbrain | Paint by Idioms game |
* 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
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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
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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