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Includes suggested Elementary Book List for Teaching Language Arts

 According to the Community of Learners Online Curriculum

                                                  Back to TopAlliteration

Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut - Atwood

* Animalia- Base- E BAS

* A: My Name is Alice- Bayer- 398.2 BAY

* Santa's Short Suit Shrunk and Other Christmas Tongue Twisters - Buck- 818 BUC

* The Teeny Tiny Teacher- Camelson- 398.209 CAL- located in fairy tale section

* Six Sick Sheep: 101 Tongue Twisters- Cole - 818 COL

* Las letras hablan - R. Cruz-Contarini- 461 CRU

Six Sleepy Sheep- Gordon

* Charlie Needs a Cloak- DePaola- located on the Click, Clack Moo DVD - located w/ 4th gr. UBD bks

Alligators Arrived with Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast- Dragonwagon

Calico Cow- Dybanevich

* Some Smug Slug- Edwards- E EDW

* Clara the Caterpillar- Edwards- E EDW

* Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke- Edwards- E EDW

The Worrywarts- Edwards

* Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z- Ehlert- 412 EHL

Ellsworth’s Extraordinary Electric Ears – Fischer – 2003

The Absolutely Awful Alphabet- Gerstein

Six Sleepy Sheep- Gordon

*   Goblins in Green – Heller – E HEL

Watch William Walk- Jonas

*   Ackamarackus: Julius Lester’s Sumptuously Silly Fantasically Funny Fables – Lester – E LES

The Weighty Word Book- Levitt

The Awful Aardvarks Go to School – Lindbergh

Allison's Zinnia- Lobel

Five Faint Frogs Feeling Feverish- Obligado

*   The Web Files – Palatini – FIC PAL - located in E PAL

 * Psst! It's Me, the Bogeyman- Parks- E PAR

An Amazing Alphabet - Patience

Piggy in the Puddle- Pomerantz

* Dig, Wait, Listen: A Desert Toad's Tale - Sayre- E SAY

* Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters - Schwartz- 818 SCH

* Dr. Seuss' ABC- Seuss- E SEU

* Sheep in a Shop-  Shaw- E SHA

* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig - E STE

* Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig- videorecording (VHS)

* Silvestre y la piedrecita magica- Steig- E STE

The Toy Brother- Steig

Roland the Minstrel Pig - Steig

Thank You for the Thistle- Thurman

* The Z was Zapped- van Allsburg- E VAN

* June 29, 1999- Wiesner- E WIE

                                                     Back to TopCharacterization

*  Song and Dance Man- Ackerman- E ACK

The Moves Make the Man – Brooks

*  The Wednesday Surprise – Bunting – audiotape/cassette

Cracker Jackson - Byars

That Julia Redfern – Cameron

* Dear Mr. Henshaw– Cleary – FIC CLE

 *  Quierdo Senor Henshaw - Cleary- FIC CLE

Ramona and Her Mother - Cleary

* El Chino - Say- B  ELC

Patchwork Quilt - Flournoy

The Great Little Madison - Fritz

*  Stone Fox- Gardiner- E GAR

*  Stone Fox y la carrera de trineos- Gardiner- E GAR

Darkness and the Butterfly - Grifalconi

* Amazing Grace- Hoffman- E HOF

* La asombrosa Graciela- Hoffman- E HOF

*  Boundless Grace- Hoffman- E HOF

Dogger - Hughes

Maggie and the Pirate - Keats

*  Tacky the Penguin - Lester - audiocassette/book KIT

*  El Pinguino Taky- Lester- E LES

* Sarah, Plain and Tall - MacLaughlan- FIC MAC

*  Bridge to Terabithia – Paterson – FIC PAT

*  Maniac Magee- Spinelli- E SPI

                                                Back to Top General Writing Books

* What's Your Story? A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction- Bauer- 808.3 BAU

* Arthur Writes a Story- Brown- E BRO and audiocassette/book KIT

*  Arturo escribe un cuento- Brown- E BRO

*  Ducky – Bunting – E BUN

* What Do Authors Do? Christelow- 808.86 CHR

* What Do Illustrators Do? Christelow- 741.6 CHR

The Bookstore Mouse – Christian

Amy's Award* A Writing Kind of Day: Poems for Young Poets- Fletcher- 811 FLE

Amy's Award*  Amber on the Mountain- Johnston- E JOH

* How a Book is Published- Kalman- 070.5 KAL

* Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly (for teachers)- Levine- 808.3 LEV

* If You Were a Writer- Nixon- E NIX

*  From Pictures to Words – Stevens - 741.6 STE

Bookworks:  Making Books by Hand – Swain

*  The Bee Tree- Polacco- E POL (working toward a finished product)

*  The Writing Process –Schlessinger Media –  video recording- VHS

* From Pictures to Words: A Book About Making a Book- Stevens- 741.6 STE

                                                      Back to Top  Homonyms & Homophones & Homographs

*  How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear?  What are Homonyms and Homophones?  Cleary- 428 CLE

A Bear Before Breakfast – Clifford

*  A Chocolate Moose for Dinner – Gwynne -428 GWY - paperback

*  The King Who Rained – Gwynne – 428.1 GWY

The Sixteen Hand Horse - Gwynne

How a Horse Grew Hoarse on the Site

Where He Sighted a Bare Bear – Hanlon

*  What’s a Frank Frank? Tasty Homograph Riddles – Maestro – 818 MAE

*  Amelia Bedelia – Parish – E PAR

*  Amelia Bedelia(Spanish) - Parish- E PAR

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head – Peet

Stanleigh’s Wrong-Side-Out Day - Steiner

Eight Ate:  A Feast of Homonym Riddles – Terban – 818.54 TER

*  The Dove Dove: Funny Homograph Riddles – Terban – 818.54 TER

* Good Night, Good Knight- S. M. Thomas- E THO

                                                             Back to Top Idioms

* 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

* Ve lo que dices = See What You Say -(2 copies)-Tabor- 428.2 TAB

* 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

                                                                      Back to TopImagery

*  Painting the Wind- MacLachlan and MacLachlan- E MAC

Close Your Eyes- Marzollo

*  The Salamander Room- Mazer- E MAZ

*  Black Cat - Myers- E MYE

*  Canoe Days- Paulsen- E PAU

Night in the Country- Rylant

Night Sounds, Morning Colors- Wells

*  Owl Moon- Yolen- E YOL

                                                Back to Top     Informative Narratives (How-To)

How a Book Is Made – Aliki

Action Contraptions – Blocksma

Easy-to-Make Water Toys that Really Work – Blocksma

The Goat in the Rug – Blood

Instant Paper Airplanes – Churchhill

Charlie Needs a Cloak - dePaola

The Knight and the Dragon – dePaola

The Pottery Place – Gibbons

Make It Special – Hautzig

How to Make Pop-Ups - Irvine

*  The Giant Jam Sandwich – Lord- E LOR

Mirette on the High Wire - McCulley

*  Thunder Cake – Polacco – E POL

*  Thunder Cake – Polacco  -videorecording- VHS                     

Victoria House – Shefelman

Making Bread - Thomson

Fifty Nifty Origami Crafts - Urton

                                    Back to Top Leads/Introductions

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

Ramona and her Father – Cleary

*  Ramona y su padre – Cleary – FIC CLE   

The Story of Helen Keller - Hickok

Angelina’s Christmas – Holabird

*  The Snowy Day – Keats – E KEA

*  Una dia de nieve- Keats- E KEA

*  Frog and Toad Are Friends – Lobel – E LOB

*  Sapo y Sepo Son Amigos – Lobel – E LOB

The Best Present Ever – Marzollo

*  Mirandy and Brother Wind – McKissack- audiocassette/book kit

* If You Were a Writer- Nixon - E NIX

The Glorious Flight – Provensen

*  It Was a Dark and Silly Night – Spiegelman (title=springboard)

*  Abel’s Island – Steig – FIC STE

La isla de Abel - Steig

                                      Back to Top Letter Writing and Diaries

Letter Writing

 *   Dear Peter Rabbit- Ada- E ADA

*  Yours Truly, Goldilocks- Ada - E ADA (paperback)

*  With Love, The Little Red Hen- Ada - E ADA  (paperback)

* Atentamente, Ricitos de Oro- Ada- E ADA

 The Jolly Postman- Ahlberg

* Dear Benjamin Banneker- Pinkney-  B BAN

*  Edwina Victorious- Bonners - FIC BON

*  The Longest Wait- Bradby- E BRA

*  Dear Mr. Henshaw- Cleary- FIC CLE

*  Querido Senor Henshaw- Cleary- FIC CLE

  Click, Clack, Moo:  Cows That Type- Cronin- E CRO

*  Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type- Cronin- videorecording- DVD

*  Clic, Clac, Muu: Vacas Escritorias- Cronin- E CRO

*  P.S. Longer Letter Later- Danziger- FIC DAN

Snail Mail No More- Danziger

* A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt- De Young- FIC DEY

*  Dear Tooth Fairy - Edwards- E EDW

*  Dear Rebecca, Winter is Here- George- E GEO

*  Danitra Brown Leaves Town- Grimes- E GRI

Dear Bear- Harrison

My New York- Jacobsen

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry- James- E JAM

*  Querido Salvatierra (Dear Mr. Blueberry- Span.)- James- E JAM

*  Amber on the Mountain - Johnston- E JOH

*  Anastacia vive aqui -Lowry- FIC LOW- located in Span. fiction section

*  A Letter to Amy- Keats- E KEA

*  My Brother Made Me Do It-  Kehret- FIC KEH

Letters from Felix: A Little Rabbit on a World Tour- Langen

*  Messages in the Mailbox:  How to Write a Letter- Leedy- 395 LEE

*  Dear Bunny- Morgan- E MOR

*  Dear Whiskers- Nagda- FIC NAG

*  Plantzilla- Nolan- E NOL

*  Dear Mrs. Parks: A Dialogue with Today's Youth- Parks- 323.092 PAR

*  Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon- Smith- E SMI

*  Dear Baby:  Letters from Big Brother- Sullivan- E SUL

*  Detective LaRue:  Letters from the Investigation- Teague- E TEA

*  Dear Mrs. LaRue:  Letters from Obedience School- Teague- E TEA

*  Dear Austin:  Letters from the Ungerground Railroad- Woodruff

Diaries

*  My Worst Days Diary- Altman- E ALT

*  A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska- Bartoletti- FIC BAR

*  Diary of a Spider- Cronin- E CRO

*  Diary of a Worm- Cronin- E CRO

* So far from Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl- Denenberg- FIC DEN

* One Eye Laughing, the Other Weeping: The Diary of Julie Weiss- Denenberg- FIC DEN

*  When Will This Cruel War Be Over? The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson- Denenberg- FIC DEN

*  My Bunny Diary- Dockray- E DOC

*  The Diary of a Killer Cat- Fine- FIC FIN

*  Diary of a Wombat -French- E FRE

*  Valley of the Moon: The Diary of Maria Rosalia de Milagros- Garland- FIC GAR

*  Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary- George- E GEO

*  A Pioneer Farm Girl: The Diary of Sarah Gillespie, 1877-1878- Huftalen- B GIL

*  The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Dairy of Abigail Jane Stewart- Gregory- FIC GRE

*  The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of  Libby West- Gregory- FIC GRE

*  Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell- Gregory- FIC GRE

*  Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Diary- Gregory- FIC GRE

*  I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: The Diary of Patsy, a Freed Girl...- Hansen- FIC HAN

*  The Starving Time:  Elizabeth's Diary, Book Two Jamestown, Virginia 1609- Hermes- FIC HER

*  Westward to Home:  Joshua's Diary- Hermees- FIC HER

*  Our Strange New Land:  Elizabeth's Diary- Hermes- FIC HER

*  A Covered Wagon Girl:  The Diary of Sallie Hester, 1849-1850- Hester- B HES

 *  A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin- Hesse- FIC HES

*  Arturo y el Diario Perdido- Krensky- FIC KRE

*  Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl- Lasky - FIC LAS

*  A Journey to the New World:  The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple- Lasky- FIC LAS

*  When Christmas Comes Again:  The World War I Diary of Simone Spencer- Levine- FIC LEV

*  A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl, Belmont Plantation, Virginia, 1859- McKissack- FIC MCK

*  Color Me Dark:  The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, The Great Migration North- McKissack- FIC MCK

* West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi- Murphy- FIC MUR

*  My Brother's Keeper: Virginia's Diary- Osborne- FIC OSB

*  Standing in the Light: The Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan- Osborne- FIC OSB

*  My Secret War: The World War II Diary of Madeline Beck- Osborne- FIC OSB

*  A Nineteenth-Century Schoolgirl:  The Diary of Caroline Cowles Richards, 1852-1855- Richards- B RIC

*  My Heart is On the Ground: The Diary of Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux Girl- Rinaldi- FIC RIN

*  The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow: The DIary of Sara Nita, a Navajo Girl- Turner- FIC TUR

*  The Diary of Melanie Martin, or How I Survived Matt the Brat... -(5th gr.)-Weston- FIC WES

*  Voyage on the Great Titanic: Theidary of Margaret Ann Brady, H.M.S. Titanic, 1912- White- FIC WHI

*  A Colonial Quaker Girl: The Diary of Sally Wister, 1777-1778- Wister- B WIS

*  Freedom's Wings:  Corey's Diary, Kentucky to Ohio, 1857- Wyeth- FIC WYE

                                                                                    Back to TopMetaphor

See Simile/Metaphor for books with both similes/metaphors

                                                                                        Back to TopMood              

*  The Steadfast Tin Soldier- Andersen (Blackaby)- E BLA

*  El soladito de plomo: version del cuento de Hans Christian Anderson- Blackaby- E BLA

Little Nino's Pizzeria- Barbour

Where Does the Butterfly Go When It Rains? – Garelick

The Porcelain Cat- Hearn

Rain Drop Splash - Tresselt

                                                                    Back to Top Persuasive

*  Beware of Boys – Blundell – E BLU

Willy the Wimp- Brown

*  Willy el timido- Brown- E BRO

*  Stellaluna – Cannon – E CAN

*  Stelaluna (Spanish) – Cannon – E CAN

*  Stellaluna –Cannon -videorecording- DVD

*  The Great Kapok Tree – Cherry – E CHE

*  El gran capoquero- Cherry- E CHE

*  Dear Mr. Henshaw- Cleary- FIC CLE

*  Querido Senor Henshaw- Cleary- FIC CLE

* Can I Bring My Pterodactyl to School, Miss Johnson? Grambling- E GRA

*  Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters – Steptoe - E STE

*  Las bellas hijas de Mufaro:  cuento popular africano - Steptoe- E STE

*  Earrings - Viorst- E VIO

                                                                 Back to TopShowing Not Telling

 *  Miss Nelson is Missing!  Allard- E ALL

*  Miss Nelson is Missing! Allard- audiocassette/book kit

*  La senorita Nelson ha desparcecido!  Allard- E ALL

*  The Little Rabbit Who Wanted Red Wings- Bailey- E BAI

*  The Velveteen Rabbit-  Bianco- E BIA

*  The One in the Middle is the Green Kangaroo- Blume- E BLU

*  Arthur's Teacher Trouble- Brown- audiocassette/book kit

*  Because of Winn Dixie- DiCamillo- FIC DIC

* Gracias a Winn-Dixie- DiCamillo- Spanish Fiction section

Josephine Nobisso's Show; Don't Tell:  Secrets of Writing- Nobisso

*  The Velveteen Rabbit- Williams- E WIL

*  El conejo tercipelo- Williams- E WIL

* Seven Blind Mice- Young- 398.24 YOU

Siete ratones ciezos- Young - on order

                                Back to TopOnomatopoeia

*  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Archambault – E ARC DVD

*  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Archambault – E ARC

Plink, Plink, Plink – Baylor

Marsh Music – Berkes

Bravo, Maurice! - Bond

The Country Noisy Book – Brown

*  The Korean Cinderella – Climo – 398.2 CLI

*  Vroomaloom Zoom- Coy- E COY

Cows in the Kitchen – Crebbin

*  Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type – Cronin – videorecording- DVD

*  Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type – Cronin – E CRO

*Giggle, Giggle, Quack – Cronin – E CRO

*  Roar!  The Noisy Counting Book- Edwards- E EDW

*  A Story About Ping- Flack- E FLA

Night Noises- Fox

Crash, Bang, Boom- Gibson

The Jazz Fly: Starring the Jazz Bugs - Gollub

The Porcelain Cat- Hearn

*  Good Night, Owl – Hutchins- E HUT

* Bird Talk: Overheard- Jonas- E JON

*  Crocodile Beat – Jorgensen - E JOR

*  Listen to the Rain- Martin- E MAR

Quiet Farmer-  McGee

*  Mirandy and Brother Wind – McKissack - audiocassette/book KIT

Peace at Last – Murphy

50 Below Zero- Munsch

* How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head- Peet- E PEE

*  JoJo’s Flying Side Kick – Pinkney- E PIN

Charlie Parker Played Be Bop! – Raschka

*  Clickety Clack – Spence – E SPE

*  Crash! Bang!  Boom! A Book of Sounds – Spier- E SPI

Gobble, Browl, Grunt – Spier

Gobble, Gobble, Slip, Slop- Spier

*  Car Wash – Steen – E STE

Gerald McBoing Boing - Seuss

Rain Drop Splash- Tresselt

Shh, Listen Again – Victor

Little Dogs Say “Rough!” - Walton

Welcome to the Green House- Yolen

                                      Back to Top Parts of Speech

                                    Parts of Speech    Nouns

*  Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume- FIC BLU

*  A Mink, a Fink, as Skating Rink:  What is a Noun? – Cleary- 428.2 CLE

*  A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime:  More About Nouns- Cleary- 428.1 CLE

*  A Cache of Jewels and Other Collective Nouns – Heller – 428.1 HEL

*  Merry-Go-Round: A Book about Nouns –Heller -  428.1 HEL

*  A Rattle of Bones:  A Halloween Book of Collective Nouns- 428.2 WES

                                    Parts of Speech    Pronouns

*  I and You and Don't Forget Who:  What Is a Pronoun? - Cleary -428.2 CLE

*  Mine, All Mine: A Book About Pronouns - (2 copies) 428.2  HEL

                                    Parts of Speech    Adjectives

*  Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume- FIC BLU

*  Hairy, Scary, Ordinary:  What Is An Adjective?  Cleary- 428.2  CLE

* Lunch- Fleming- E FLE (K-2)

*  Grammar Rock- Scholastic videorecording- VHS

*  Many Luscious Lollipops:  A Book About Adjectives -(2 copies) - Heller- 428.2  HEL

*  Knots on a Counting Rope - Archambault/Martin- E MAR

*  Swish!  Sampson & Martin Jr. -E MAR

*  Thesaurus Rex- Steinberg- E STE

                                    Parts of Speech    Verbs

*  Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing - Blume- FIC BLU

*  To Root, to Toot, To Parachute:  What Is a Verb?  428.2  CLE

*  Harriet- Inkpen - E INK (paperback)

*  Swish!  Sampson & Martin Jr. -E MAR

*  Busy Penguins-(small board book)- Schindel- 598.47 SCH

                                    Parts of Speech   Adverbs

 *  I am Absolutely Too Small for School: Charlie and Lola – Child – E CHI

*  Soy demasiado pequena para ir al colegio: protagonizado por Jan y Tolola- Child- E CHI

*  Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely – Cleary – 428 CLE

*  Up, Up and Away: A Book about Adverbs(2 copies) – Heller – 425 HEL

*  Suddenly Alligator: An Adverbial Tale – Walton – E WAL

                                    Parts of Speech   Prepositions

*  Under, Over, By the Clover -Cleary- 428.2  CLE

*  Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions - (2 copies)- 428.2  HEL

                                              *   Around the House, the Fox Chased the Mouse - Walton- E WAL

                                    Parts of Speech   Interjections & Conjunctions

*  Fantastic!  Wow! And Unreal! A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions  -Heller- 425  HEL

*  If You Were a Conjunction- Loewen - 428.2 LOE

*  If You Were an Interjection- Loewen- 428.2 LOE

                                    Parts of Speech   Internet Sites

                                    Back to TopPersonification

*  Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel – Burton – E BUR 

*  Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel- Burton- audiocassette/book kit

*  Mike Mulligan y su maquina maravillosa – Burton - E BUR             

*  The Little House – Burton – E BUR

*  The Little House – Burton –   audiocassette/book kit

*  La casita – Burton - E BUR

Gilberto and the Wind- Ets

Little Toot – Gramatky

Loopy – Gramatky

*  Water Dance- Locker- E LOC

*  Cloud Dance - Locker- E LOC

*  Mountain Dance - Locker- E LOC

*  January Rides the Wind- Otten- 811 OTT

*October Smiled Back – Peters – E PET

*  When the Earth Wakes- Rucki- E RUC

*  The Giving Tree- Silverstein- E SIL and videorecording

*  El arbol generoso- Silverstein- E SIL

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig- videorecording- VHS

*  Sylvester and the Magic Pebble- Steig- E STE

*  Silvestre y la piedrecita magica- Steig- located in prof. dev. section

                                                                                          Back to Top  Poetry

*  Karate Hour- Nevus- E NEV

*  Amber Was Brave, Essie Was Smart- Williams- 811 WIL

                                                                                     Back to TopPrewriting

Mitzi’s Magic Garden - Allinson

*  Another Important Book –Brown - Professional Dev. Section

*  The Important Book – Brook – E BRO

*  Because of Winn-Dixie- DiCamillo- FIC DIC

*  Gracias a Winn-Dixie- DiCamillo- located in Spanish Fiction section

Amy's Award*  A Writing Kind of Day: Poems for Young Poets- Fletcher- 811 FLE

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry- James- E JAM

*  Querido Salviatierra-(Dear Mr. Blueberry- Span.)- James- E JAM

Sara and the Door – Jensen

Nothing But a Dog – Katz

David Was Mad – Martin

If I Were a Cricket – Mizumura

*  Amelia's Notebook- Moss- FIC MOS

*  Karate Hour- Nevus- E NEV

*  If You Were a Writer- Nixon- E NIX

I Know What I Like- Norman

I Know What I Like - Simon

Janey – Zolotow

                                                          Back to TopPunctuation

* Alfie the Apostrophe- Donahue- E DON

*  Punctuation Takes a Vacation- Pulver- E PUL

*  Punctuation Power:  Punctuation and How to Use It - 428.2 TER

Contractions

*  We're Going on a Lion Hunt - Axtell- E AXT

*  Little Brown Bear Won't Go to School- Dyer- E DYE

*  Tickle the Duck- (don't)  Long - E LON

*  I Can't Talk Yet, But When I Do- Markes- E MAR

*  Pretend You're a Cat- Marzolla- E MAR

*  Cows Can't Sing- Milgrim- E MIL

*  It's Quacking Time! Waddell- E WAD

* I'm a Pig- Weeks- E WEE

*  What Santa Can't Do- Wood- E WOO

                                                                                                     Back to TopSenses

*  Marven of the Great North Woods - Lasky- E LAS

*  Hello, Ocean! – Ryan – E RYA

*  Hello, Ocean! =Hola, Mar!   Ryan- E RYA

                                                                                    Back to TopShowing Not Telling

                                                                     Back to TopSimile/Metaphor

Ounce, Dice Trice – Alastair

*   When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really Angry (3 copies) – Bang – E BAN

*  Cuando Sofía se enoja, se enjoa de versa – Bang – E BAN

Stars Are a Silver Reindeer – Belting

The Sun Is a Golden Earring – Belting

*  Home Run- Burleigh-  B RUT

*  Up North at the Cabin – Chall – E CHA

*  Stone Fox- Gardiner- E GAR

*  Stone Fox y la carrera de trineos- Gardiner- E GAR

*  The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses- Goble- E GOB

*  The Wind and the Willows – Graham – FIC GRA

Heart to Heart – Greenberg

Through the Mickle Woods- Gregory

Kinda Blue- Grfalconi

*  Night Pirates- Harris- E HAR

*  Amber on the Mountain – Johnston – E JOH

As:  a Surfeit of Similes – Juster

If Kisses Were Colors – Lawler

The Awful Aardvarks To to School – Lindbergh – 2000 PB

*  Swimmy – Lionni – E LIO

*  Nadarin- Lionni- E LIO

*  Five Lionni Classics (incl. Swimmy) – Lionni - videorecording- VHS

*  Fables – Lobel – FIC LOB

 *  Fables – Lobel – 271.2 LOB

*  Fabulas - Lobel- FIC LOB

Love as Strong as Ginger – Look – E LOO

*  Ani y la Anciana (Annie and the Old One – Spanish) – Miles - E MIL

Just Like You and Me – Miller - 2001

It Doesn’t Always Have to Rhyme - Mirriam

*  Hailstones and Halibut Bones – O’Neil -  811 ONE

*  Canoe Days -Paulsen (2-4) - E PAU

*  The Tale of Peter Rabbit- Potter- E POT and prof. dev. section

* The Tale of Peter Rabbit- Potter- audiocassette/book kit

*  Tar Beach- Ringgold- E RIN

*  Home Run- Burleigh- B RUT

Turtle in July – Singer

*  Maniac Magee- Spinelli- E SPI

*  Abel’s Island – Steig – FIC STE

Amos and Boris – Steig

How Far Is Far? - Tresselt

Hide and Seek Frog- Tresselt

Snow White, Snow Bright- Tresselt

Nettie's Trip South- Turner

Birds – Wildsmith

Fishes – Wildsmith

Wild Animals – Wildsmith

Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like- William

Quick as a Cricket – Wood - E WOO- on order

*  Veloz como el grillo - Wood- E WOO

Umbrella - Yashima

*  Owl Moon (2 copies)– Yolen – E YOL

Ring of Earth: A Child’s Book of Seasons - Yolen

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Focus/Central Ideas/Content	Voice	Fluency
Organization	Word Choice	Conventions

This list includes the books on the  “Using Picture Books to Teach the Six Traits of Writing”  -    

website:

http://www.edina.k12.mn.us/concord/teach/media/bookslists/6traits.htm

Another website:  http://www.cyberspaces.net/6 traits

 

                                                                Six Traits Focus/Central Ideas/Content

                                                                           Six Traits Voice

*  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears- Aardema- 398.2 AAR

*  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears- Aardema- videorecording (VHS)

* Por qué zumban los mosquitos en los oídos de la gente- Aardema- 398.2 AAR

*  Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain- Aardema- audiocassette/book kit

Reach for the Moon – Abeel

*  The Jolly Postman – Ahlber – 372.2 N         

Life Doesn’t Frighten Me – Angelou

*  Everybody Needs a Rock- Baylor- E BAY (2 copies)

*  I'm in Charge of Celebrations - Baylor- (paperback)- E BAY

Daddy, Daddy, Be There – Boyd

*  More than Anything Else – Bradbury – E BRA      FIC BRA (Booker T)

Between Earth and Sky – Bruchac

*  Dandelions – Bunting – FIC BUN

*  December – Bunting – E BUN

Going Home – Bunting

The Wall – Bunting

*  The Wednesday Surprise– Bunting- audiocassette/book kit           

*  The Frog Principal – Calmenson – E CAL- Fairy Tale Section: Frog Prince

Abuela’s Weave  - Castaneda

El tapiz de Abuela – Castaneda

*  The Egyptian Cinderella – Climo – 398.209 CLI- Fairy Tale Section: Cinderella

*  Sadako (2)– Coerr – B SAS & 362.19 COE

Magic Schoolbus Going Batty – Cole

El autobus magico vuelo nocturno – Cole

*  The Story of Ruby Bridges – Coles -B BRI

*  La historia de Ruby Bridges – Coles - B BRI (paperback)

* Miss Rumphius – Cooney – E COO

*  Senorita Runfio- Cooney- E COO

*  The Carousel – Crews – E CRE

*  Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type – Cronin – E CRO and DVD

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

Sweet Words So Brave: the story of African American Literature – Curry

* Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods that Make My Day – Curtis – E CUR

*  The Twits – Dahl – FIC DAH

*  Matilda- Dahl- FIC DAH

*  Agatha’s Featherbed – Deedy – 371.2 -located in prof. dev. section

La cama de plumas de Agatha – Deedy

*  Loop the Loop – Dugan – E DUG

*  Possum Magic- Fox- E FOX

*  Feathers and Fools- Fox- E FOX

*  Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge - Fox - E FOX

*  Guillermo Jorge Manuel José- Fox- E FOX

Out of the Ark: stories from the world’s religions – Ganeri

The Gift of the Sacred Dog – Goble

*  Teammates – Golenbock – 920 GOL

* Companeros de equipo- Golenbock- 920 GOL

Miss Tizzy – Gray

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

*  I Am the Dog/ I Am the Cat – Hall – E HAL

*Chrysanthemum (2) – Henkes – E HEN

*  Chrysanthemum – Henkes – E CHR- videorecording- VHS 

*  Crisantemo – Henkes –videorecording- DVD

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

*  Julius, El Rey de la Casa-  Henkes - E HEN (1 paperback) and (1 hardback)

When Jessie Came Across the Sea – Hest

*  Amazing Grace – Hoffman – E HOFF

*  La asombrosa Graciela – Hoffman - E HOF

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt – Hopkinson

*  I Wish I Were a Butterfly – Howe – E HOW

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry- James- E JAM

*  Querido Salvatierra- James- E JAM

*   Dirty Landry Pile:  Poems in Different Voices – Janeczko – 811.009 DIR-(Gr. 3-6)

 *  I Love You the Purplest- Joosse - E JOO

*  Amber on the Mountain – Johnston – FIC JOH

*  Anansi and the Talking Melon – Kimmel – 398.24 KIM

*  Wilma Unlimited- Krull- B KRU

*  Tacky the Penguin – Lester – audiocassette/book kit

* El pinguino Taky- Lester- E LES

*  Storm Boy- Lewis- E LEW

Hey World, Here I Am – Little

This Land Is My Land – Littlechild

*  Fables- Lobel- E LOB- housed in the professional section

 *  Fabulas- Lobel- E LOB- housed in the the professional section

*   Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China –  Louie – 398.2 LOU

*  This Land Is Your Land – Gutherie - 782.421 GUT

Edward and the Pirates – McPhail

What You Know First – MacLachlan

*  Knots on a Counting Rope – Martin – E MAR

*  The Rough-Face Girl – Martin –398.2 MAR

My House Has Stars – McDonald

Granddaddy’s Gift – Mitchell

*  Uncle Jed’s Barbershop – Mitchell - E MIT

*KoKo’s Kitten – Martin – 372/6 KOK- videorecording- VHS

*  The Paper Bag Princess – Munsch -E MUN

La princesa vestida con una bolsa de papel – Munsch

*  Love You Forever - Munsch – E MUN

*  Ashanti to Zulu:  African Tradition- Musgrove - 960 MUS

Amy's Award* Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude- (2 copies) O'Malley- FIC OMA

The Frog Alphabet Book – Pallotta

*  Canoe Day- Paulsen- E PAU

Harris and Me: a summer remembered – Paulsen -RL4.5 interest gr. 6-12

Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers: Reflections on Being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs –Paulsen –RL 5   interest 5-8

*  The Kissing Hand – Penn – E PEN

Un beso en mi mano – Penn  -  PreS-Gr 2 (first day of school)

*  Dogzilla – Pilkey – E PIL

*  Dogzilla- Pilkey- audiocassette/book kit

*  The Big Orange Splot – Pinkwater – E PIN

*  Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair – Polacco- videorecording -VHS

Mrs. Katz and Tush – Polacco

*  Pink and Say (2) – Polacco – E POL

*  Pink and Say – Polacco –videorecording-VHS             

*  Pink y Say – Polacco – E POL

*  Aunt Chip and the Triple Creek Dam Affair- videorecording- VHS

*  Thank You, Mr. Falker – Polacco – E POL

*  Gracias, Sr. Falker- Polacco- E POL

The Butterfly – Polacco

*  Yo! Yes?  Raschka- E RAS

*  Yo! Yes?  Raschka- videorecording - VHS

Earthdance – Reiser

*  Tar Beach – Ringgold – E RIN

An Angel for Solomon Singer – Rylant -5.9 RL  K-3 interest

Gooseberry Park – Rylant

*  The Relatives Came – Rylant – E RYL

 *  When I Was Young in the Mountains – Rylant - E RYL

*  The Old Woman Who Named Things- Rylant- E RYL

*  Wayside School Is Falling Down – Sachar – E SAC

Dear Children of the Earth – Schimmel – RL 3 interest K-3

*  Math Curse – Scieszka – E SCI

*  Squids Will Be Squids – Scieszka – E SCI

*  The Frog Prince Continued – Scieszka - E SCI`

*  The Stinky Cheese Man – Scieszka – E SCI

*  The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – Scieszka – E SCI

*  La verdadera historia de los tres cerditos! - Scieszka- PB- paperback-E SCI and hardback E SCI

Brother Eagle and Sister Sky: A message from Chief Seattle – Seattle

Hermana agbuila, hermano cielo: un mensaje del Jefe – Seattle

We Are all in the Dumps with Jack and Guy – Sendak

*  David Goes to School – Shannon - E SHA

*  David va al colegio- Shannon- E SHA

Wolves – Simon

*  Cendrillon, A Caribbean Cinderella – San Souci – 398.2 SAN

Amos and Boris – Steig 

*  Brave Irene – Steig  - E STE

* Irene, la valiente- Steig- E STE and audiocassette/book KIT

Caleb and Kate – Steig

*  Doctor De Soto – Steig – E STE

*  Doctor De Soto- Steig- audiovisual cassette/book KIT

*  Doctor De Soto - Steig (Spanish) - E STE

*  Doctor De Soto- Steig- audiovisual cassette/book kit

*  Shrek!  Steig- E STE

*  Dear Mrs. Larue, Letters from Obedience School – Teague – E TEA letters

*   Querida Sra. LaRue:  Cartas desde la academia canina – Teague – E TEA

***** Some of the books below can be found in this book:  * The Teacher from the Black Lagoon and Other Stories- Thaler- E THA

The Librarian from the Black Lagoon – Thaler

* La bibliotecaria del pantana negro- Thaler- E THA

The School Nurse from the Black Lagoon – Thaler

The Principal from the Black Lagoon - Thaler

The Teacher from the Black Lagoon – Thaler

  *  The Music Teacher from the Black Lagoon – Thaler – E THA

*  The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig – Trivizas – 398.24 TRI

Los tres lobitos y el cochino feroz - Trivizas

*  Red Flower Goes West – Turner – E TUR

*  Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg – E VAN

*  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day  – Viorst – E VIO 

*  Alexander y el dia terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroso dia - Viorst- E VIO

My Mama Says There Aren’t Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons,

Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things – Viorst    

Benjamin’s Brody’s Backyard Bag – Wezeman

*   If the Shoe Fits: Voices from Cinderella  – Whipple – E WHI (located in Fairy Tales)

Freedom Summer – Wiles – E WIL

*  The Velveteen Rabbit -  Bianco Williams –E WIL and E BIA

*  El conejo de terciopelo- Bianco Williams- E WIL

*  Elbert’s Bad Word –  Wood- E WOO

Jubal’s Wish – Wood

Quick as a Cricket- Wood- E WOO  - on order

*  Veloz como grillo- Wood- E WOO

* Encounter – Yolen – E YOL

*  Encuentro- Yolen- E YOL

Sleeping Ugly – Yolen

*  Voices of the Heart- Young- 179 YOU

Kate Shelly: Bound for a Legend – author (?)

                                                                        Six Traits Fluency

The Sign of the Seahorse – Base

Soul Looks Back in Wonder – Feelings

 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy... – Frost

Slugs – Greenberg

Scary Poems for Rotten Kids –O’Huigin

*  Jane on Her Own: A Catwings Tale – LeGuin- FIC LE

Consider the Lemming – Steig

*  If I Were in Charge of the World and other Worries – Viorst – 811 VIO

My Mama Says There Aren’t any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures,

Demons. Fiends, Goblins, or Things – Viorst

                                                                        Six Traits Organization

Charlie Anderson – Abercombie

It Was a Dark and Stormy Night – Ahlberg

*  The Jolly Postman– Ahlberg  - 371.2 N        

*  I Was a Third Grade Science Project – Auch – FIC AUC

The Frog Princess – Baker

*  The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher – Bang – E BAN

*  When Sophie Gets Angry—Really Really Angry  - Bang – E BAN

*  Cuando Sofia se enoja, se enjoa de versas – Bang – E BAN

*  Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett – E BAR (2 copies)

Clowns – Blake

*  Old Henry – Blos – E BLO

Annie and the Wild Animals – Brett – E BRE

*  The Mitten – Brett – E BRE – 398.209 BRE

*  Through My Eyes (2 copies) – Bridges – B BRI

*  The Snowman – Briggs – E BRI

*  The Wednesday Surprise – Bunting – E BUN  -audiocassette/book kit

*  The Little House – Burton – E BUR

 *  La casita- Burton- E BUR

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

The Frog Princess – Cecil

*  The Armadillo from Amarillo – Cherry – E CHE

*  The Great Kapok Tree – Cherry – E CHE

*  El gran capoquero- Cherry - E CHE

*  What Do Authors Do? – Christelow – 808.06 CHR   

*  Just Another Day- Clements- E CLE

I Know an Old Texan who Swallowed a Fly – Cooner

*  Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type – Cronin –videorecording- DVD

*  Click,Clack, Moo: Cows That Type – Cronin – E CRO

*  Clic, clac, muu:  vacas escritorias- Cronin- E CRO

From Here to There – Cuyler – E CUY

*  The Legend of the Bluebonnet – DePaola – 398.2 DEP

*  La leyenda de la flor “el conejo” – DePaola – E DEP

Just Another Day – Drake

Under the Sea from A to Z – Doubilet

*  Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One – Duke – E DUK

Meanwhile… - Feiffer – E FEI

Alphabet Under Construction – Fleming – E FLE

*  Tough Boris – Fox – E FOX

Indian Chiefs – Freedman

The Day I Swapped my Dad for Two Goldfish – Gaiman

Christina Katerina and the Fats and the Great Neighborhood War – Gauch – E GAU

The Milk Makers – Gibbons – E GIB

Vive la mujsique (Long Live Music) – Group of Artists

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch – Hakes – E HAK

*   I Am the Dog/ I Am the Cat – Hall – E HAL

Deadly Animals – Holmes

Rocks in his Head – Hurst – E HUR

*  I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie- Jackson- E JAC

*  Dear Mr. Blueberry – James – E JAM

*  Querido de Salvatierra- James- E JAM

Avalanche – Kramer – E KRA

*  How to Think like a Scientist – Kramer – 502.8 KRA (2 copies)

Pond Year – Lasky

She’s Wearing a Dead Bird on her Head – Lasky

*  What You Never Knew About Fingers, Forks, and Chopsticks(2) – Laouber – E LAO

*  Author: a true story – Lester – B LES

Matthew's Dream - Lionni

*  Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon – Lowell – E LOW

*  Black and White – Macaulay – E MAC

  Kisses from Rosa – Mathers

Hog-Eye – Meddaugh – E MED

Meanwhile Back at the Ranch – Noble

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

*  Si le das un galletita un reton – Numeroff- E NUM

*  If You Take a Mouse to the Movies – Numeroff – E NUM

*  Si llevas un raton al cine – Numeroff- NUM

Brain Surgery for Beginners and Other Operations – Parker

*  My Life in Dog Years – Paulsen – B PAU

The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman – Pattison

*  The Tortilla Factory – Paulsen – 641.8 PAU

* La tortillería- Paulsen- 641.8 PAU

*  I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly – Rounds – 783.42 ROU

*  The Flag We Love – Ryan – 929.9 RYA (paperback)

*  Snow – Schulevitz - E SCH

Victoria House - Shefelman

*  It Could Always Be Worse – Zemach – 398.2 ZEM

*  Starry Messenger: a book depicting the life of a Galileo Galilei – Sis – B GAL

There Was an Old Woman Who Swallowed a Trout – Sloat

The Money Tree – Stewart

*  Tops and Bottoms – Stevens – 398.208 STE

The Secret Shortcut – Teague

*  The Mysteries of Harris Burdick – Van Allsburg - E VAN

*  Los misterios del Senor Burdick – Van Allsburg – E VAN- located in Spooky Book section

*  Two Bad Ants – Van Allsburg – E VAN              

*  Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day- Viorst – E VIO

*  Alexander y el dia terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroso dia - Viorst- E VIO

Courage – Waber

*  A Chair for my Mother – Williams –videorecording (VHS)

*  A Chair for My Mother- Williams- E WIL

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

Jack’s Tale – Walsh

*  June 29, 1999 – Wiesner – E WIE    

*  June 29, 1999- Wiesner- videorecording (VHS)

*  Tuesday – Wiesner - E WIE

Josefina – Winter

*  The Toll-Bridge Troll – Wolff – E WOLF

Jubal’s Wish – Wood

*  The Napping House – Wood – E WOO

*  La casa adormecida - Wood- E WOO

*  Seven Blind Mice – Young – 398.24 YOU

Siete ratones ciegos – Young - on order

*  It Could Always Be Worse – Zemach – 398.2 ZEM PB

Siemre puede ser pear – Zemach  

                                                                               Six Traits   Word Choice

Sports Page – Adoff

*  Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain – Aardema- videorecording- VHS

*  Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain- Aardema- audiocassette book/kit

*  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema – 398.2 AAR

*  Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears – Aardema – videorecording -VHS

* Por qué zumban los mosquitos en los oídos de la gente- Aardema- 398.2 AAR

The Magic Fan – Baker

*Animalia– Base -located inthe prof. dev. section

My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch – Base

Double Trouble in Walla Walla – Clements

*  Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods that Make my Day - Curtis

*  James and the Giant Peach – Dahl – E DAH

James y el milocoton gigante – Dahl

*  Matilda – Dahl – E DAH

*  Matilda(Span.) - Dahl

*  Agatha’s Featherbed – Deedy – 371.2 -audiovisual cassette/book kit

La cama de plumas de Agata – Deedy

Sing, Sophie! – Dodd

Half a Moon and One Whole Star – Wagon

*  Dinorella, a prehistoric fairy tale – Edwards

*  Dinorella, a prehistoric fairy tale- Edwards- audiocassette/book kit

*  Some Smug Slug – Edwards - E EDW

*  Insectlopedia – Florian – 811 FLO

*  Feathers and Fools – Fox – E FOX

*  Possum Magic – Fox – E FOX

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

The Lotus Seed- Garland

A Chocolate Moose for Dinner – Gwynne

*  The Wolf Who Cried Boy – Hartman – E HAR- Fairy Tale section: Fables

The Most Wonderful Egg in the World – Heine

El huevo mas bonito del mundo – Heine

*  A Cache of Jewels and other Collective Nouns – Heller – 428.1 HEL

*  Many Lucious Lollipops: A Book about Adjectives – Heller – 428.2 HEL

*  Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book about Adjectives – Heller - videorecording- VHS

*  Up, Up, and Away! A Book about Adverbs – Heller – 428.2 HEL

*  Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse – Henkes- E HEN

*  Lily y su bolsillo de plastico morado- Henkes- E HEN

*  Amber on the Mountain – Johnston – FIC JOH

*  I Love You the Purplest – Joosse – E JOO  

*  Armadillo Tattletale – Ketteman – E KET

Armadillo chismoso- Ketteman

*  Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the Fastest Woman in the World -Krull – PRO E KRU

*  Storm Boy – Lewis – E LEW

The Bride of Anguished English – Lederer

The Remarkable Farkle - McBride – Lithgow

*  The Giant Jam Sandwich – Lord - E LOR

Swine Lake – Marshall

Hiroshima No Pika – Maruki      RL 4.8 interest 5-8

Edward and the Pirates – McPhail

*  Ashanti to Zulu-African Tradition – Musgrove – 960 MUS

*  If You Were a Writer- Nixon- E NIX

Have You Seen Trees? – Oppenheim  

*  Piggie Pie! – Palatini – E PAL-audiocassette/book kit

*  Amelia Bedelia – Parrish – E PAR

* Amelia Bedelia (Spa.)- Parrish- E PAR

Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia – Parrish

*  Canoe Days – Paulsen – E PAU

*  Dog Breath: the horrible trouble with Hally Tosis – Pilkey

 Hally Tosis: el horrible problema de un perro– Pilkey

*  Hallo-Wiener – Pilkey - E PIL

*  Duke Ellington – Pinkney – B ELL

*  Salty Sails North – Rand – E RAN

*  Yo! Yes – Raschka – E YO - videorecording- VHS

*  Yo! Yes- Raschka- E RAS

*  Appalachia: the Voices of Sleeping Birds – Rylant – 974 RYL

The Dreamer – Rylant

*  The Old Woman Who Named Things – Rylant  - E RYL

The Whale – Rylant

Epossumondas – Salley –PK-K

Grannyman – Schachner –  K-2

*  The True Story of the Three Little Pigs – Scieszka- E SCI

*  La verdadera historia de los tres cerditos! - Scieszka- PB (paperback)- E SCI

*  La verdadera historia de los tres cerditos! - Scieszka-(hardback)- E SCI

*  Where the Wild Things Are -Sendak – E SEN

*  ¿Donde viven los monstruos?- Sendak- (paperback)-E SEN

*  Food Fight! – C. D. Shields – E SHI

*  A Series of Unfortunate Events – Snicket- several books in FIC SNI

The Old Man and His Door – Sota              K-3  

*  Raising Sweetness – Stanley – E STA

Amos and Boris - Steig

*  Brave Irene – Steig - E STE

*  Irene, la valiente – Steig- E STE

* Irene, la valiente- Steig- audiocassette/book KIT

Caleb and Kate – Steig

Solomon: The Rusty Nail – Steig

*  Mad As a Wet Hen and other funny idioms – Terban – 428.1 TER

*  Owl Moon – Yolen  - E YOL

*  Voices of the Heart – Young – 179 YOU

                                                                      Six Traits   Conventions

Miss Myrtle Frag and the Grammar Nag – Bailey – (RL 4.8 interest 3-6)

Come Away from the Water, Shirley – Burningham

*  A Mink, A Fink and a Skating Rink – Cleary-428.2 CLE

*  Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: what is an adjective? – Cleary – 428.2 CLE

*  To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What Is a Verb? – Cleary – 428.2. CLE

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

*  The King Who Rained – Gwynee – 428.1 GWY

*  A Cache of Jewels and other collective nouns – Heller – 428.1 HEL

*  A Cache of Jewels and other collective nouns – Heller –videorecording- VHS

*  Behind the Mask: A book about prepositions – Heller – 428.2 HEL

*  Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!: A book about Interjections and conjunctions-Heller-425 HEL

*  Kites Sail High: A book about verbs – Heller – 428.2 HEL

*  Many Luscious Lollipops: a book about adjectives – Heller – 428.2 HEL

*  Merry Go Round: a book about nouns-Heller –videorecording - VHS

*  Merry Go Round: a book about nouns – Heller – 428.1 HEL

*  Mine, All Mine: A book about pronouns – Heller – 428.2 HEL

*  Up, Up and Away: A book about adverbs – Heller – 428.5 HEL

Amy's Award  *  Punctuation Takes a Vacation – Pulver – E PUL

*Yo! Yes?– Raschka – VR videorecording- VHS

*  Yo! Yes?  Raschka- E RAS

Quick as a Cricket – Wood – on order

*  Veloz como el grillo – Wood - E WOO

                                                                             Back to Top Spelling

                                                                            Back to TopSynonyms/Antonyms

*  Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know:  What is a Synonym? - Cleary- 421 CLE

                                                              Back to TopVocabulary

* The Days of Summer- Bunting- E BUN

*  Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke – Edwards - E EDW

Bentley and Egg – Joyce

*  Fables- Lobel-FIC LOB- located in Fairy Tale section - Fables

*  Fabulas- Lobel- FIC LOB- located in Fairy Tale section- Fables

*  Peter Rabbit- Potter- E POT

Many Moons – Thurber

*Sad Underwear and Other Complications – Viorst – 911 VIO

                                                                     Back to Top Writing Topics

A Bad Day

* My Top Secret Worst Days Diary- Altman- E ALT - located in FIC ALT

* Franklin tiene un mal día - Bourgeois- E BOU

* Today Was a Terrible Day- P.R.Giff- E GIF

* Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day- Viorst- E VIO

* Alexander y el día terrible, horrible, espantoso, horroroso- Viorst- E VIO

Moving

* The Berenstain Bears- Moving Day- Berenstain- E BER

* The Leaving Morning- Johnson- E JOH

* We're Moving- Maisner- E MAI

* Alexander Who's Not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) Going to Move- Viorst- E VIO

*  Alexander, que de ninguna manera --le oyen? lo dice en serio!--se va a mudar  - Viorst- E VIO
 

New Baby Sibling

* When the New Baby Comes, I'm Moving Out- Alexander- E ALE

* Franklin's Baby Sister- Bourgeois- E BOU

* La hermanita de Franklin- Bourgeois- E BOU

* The Baby Sister- DePaola- E DEP

* Mi hermanita es súper- Gray- E GRA

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

* Julius, el rey de la casa- Henkes- E HEN

* La hermanita de Froggy- London- E LON

*  Dany, quieres cuidar a tu hermanita? Weninger- E WEN

Back to Top Writing Resources for Teachers

* What's Your Story? A Young Person's Guide to Writing Fiction- Bauer- 808.3 BAU

* The Art of Teaching Writing- Calkins- PRO 808 CAL

* Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work- Diller- PRO 372.6 DIL

* A Writing Kind of Day: Poems for Young Poets- Fletcher- 811 FLE

* Poetry Matters: Writing a Poem from the Inside Out- Fletcher- 808.1 FLE

* Writing Workshop: The Essential Guide- Fletcher- PRO 372.62 FLE

* Teaching the Youngest Writers: A Practical Guide- Freeman- PRO 372.62 FRE (for K-2 teachers)

* How to Write Super School Reports- James- 372.13 JAM

* How to Write Terrific Book Reports- James- 372.13 JAM

* Messages in the Mailbox: How to Write a Letter- Leedy- 395 LEE

*  Writing Magic- G.C. Levine- 808.3 LEV- located in PRO section

* Poem-Making: Ways to Begin Writing Poetry- Livingston- 372.6 LIV

* Books, Lessons, Ideas for Teaching the Six Traits- Spandel- PRO 016.372 BOO

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