BOOKS THAT MODEL WRITING SKILLS
SHEFFIELD INTERMEDIATE LIBRARY
 
 

IDEAS (DETAILS, FOCUS and COHERENCE)


I’m in Charge of Celebrations (E BAY) It’s Disgusting and We Ate It (641.3 SOL)
A Girl from Yamhill (B CLE) Pete’s a Pizza (PB FIC STE)
Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad (E EDW) The Mysteries of Harris Burdock (E VAN)
A Short Walk Around the Pyramids and Through the World of Art (700 ISA) Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (E STE)
Accidents May Happen (124 JON) Storms (551.5 SIM)
Lives of the Writers (920 KRU) The Storm Book (PB E ZOL)
Frog and Toad series (E LOB) Roxaboxen (E MCL)
The Way Things Work (600 MAC) Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (E CAR)
Snowflake Bentley (B BEN) How Many Days to America? (E BUN)
Mirandy and Brother Wind (E MCK) The Rose in My Garden (E LOB)
My Name is Not Angelica (FIC ODE) The Best Town in the World (E BAY)
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky (E RIN) Apple Tree (583.37 PAR)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (FIC ROW) The Green Lion of Zion Street (E FIE)
Where the Wild Things Are (E SEN) An Early American Christmas (E DEP)

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ORGANIZATION


That’s Good, That’s Bad (E CUY) Mailing May (coming soon)
Seedfolks (FIC FLE) Thank You, Mr. Falker (E POL)
Weslandia (E FLE) Miss Nelson Has a Field Day (E ALL)
My Life in Dog Years (B PAU) The Knight and the Dragon (E DEP)
A Long Way From Chicago (FIC PEC) Fly Away Home (E BUN)
Holes (FIC SAC) Night Tree (PB E BUN)
Snow (E SHU)
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VOICE


On My Honor (FIC BAU) The Day Eddie Met the Author (FIC BOR)
I Am the Mummy, Heb Nefert (E BUN) The Upside Down Boy/El Niño de Cabeza (B HER)
The Twits (FIC DAH) Amazing Grace (E HOF)
Middle Passage (This is in the Professional section, due to some graphic
content PRO 759.13 FEE)

Doctor DeSoto (PB E STE)
Out of the Dust (FIC HES and PB FIC HES) Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters (E STE)
Hey World, Here I Am! (811 LIT)
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt (E HOP)
This Land is My Land (B LIT) El Chino (B ELC)
The Boy’s War (973.7 MUR) Junie B. Jones series (very poor grammar) (FIC PAR and PB FIC PAR)
Piggie Pie (E PAL) The True Story of the Three Little Pigs (E SCI)
Soldier’s Heart (FIC PAU) Mouse Tales (E LOB)
Thank You, Mr. Falker (E POL) May I Bring a Friend? (E DER)
A Street Called Home (977.1 ROB) Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (E VIO)
Math Curse (E SCI) Alexander, Who’s Not (Do You Hear Me, I Mean It?) Going to Move (E VIO)
David Goes to School (E SHA) From Me to You (E ROG)
No, David! (E SHA) Death of the Iron Horse (E GOB)
Dakota Dugout (E TUR) Rose Blanche (940.54 INN)
Tough Cookie (E WIS) Anna Banana and Me (E BLE)
Chicken Sunday (E POL) Personal Voice: Meet the Mentor: Donald Crew (video VR 809 PER)
Honey, I Love (811 (GRE) My Great-Aunt Arizona (E HOU)
Knots on a Counting Rope (E MAR and a video VR FIC KNO
and a book/cassette KIT E MAR)

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WORD CHOICE


Some Smug Slug (E EDW) The Bad Beginning (FIC SNI)
Insectlopedia (811 FLO) Consider the Lemming (811 STE)
When Pigasso Met Mootisse (E LAD) The Z was Zapped (E VAN)
Duke Ellington (B ELL) Word Win Word Explorer (game GM 428 WOR)

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SENTENCE FLUENCY


Polkabats and Octopus Slacks ((811 BRO) Winnie-the Pooh (FIC MIL)
Joyful Noise (811 FLE) When We Were Very Young (FIC MIL)
Robert Frost (811 FRO) Now We Are Six (FIC MIL)
Birches (811 FRO) The World of Christopher Robin (FIC MIL)
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (811 FRO) Slam! (FIC MYE)
The Block (811 HUG) Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (E SEU)
Rip Van Winkle (E LOC)

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WORD CHOICE AND SENTENCE STRUCTURE


Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (E SEU) Miss Rumphius (E COO)
I’m in Charge of Celebrations (E BAY) The Bad Beginning (FIC SNI)
Miss Nelson is Missing! (cassette/paperback  KIT E ALL)

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CONVENTIONS AND CREATIVE LAYOUT


Write Your Own Story  (808.3 DUB) Kites Sail High: A Book About Verbs (428 HEL)
The Music of Dolphins (FIC HES and PB FIC HES) Behind the Mask: A Book About Prepositions (428.2 HEL)
Putting it in Writing (808.04 OTF) A Mink, A Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun? (428.2CLE)
English Composition for Children (808 ENG) To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb? (428.2 CLE)
Wild Words! (808.3 ASH) How to Write a Letter (395 MIS)
Up, Up and Away: A Book About Adverbs (425 HEL) Grammar Rock (video VR 428 GRA)
Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!: A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions (425 GEL) Parts of Speech (video VR 415 PAR)
Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns (428.2 HEL) Perfect Punctuation (video VR 411 PER)
Many Luscious Lollipops: A Book About Adjectives (428 HEL)

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TEACHER RESOURCES


If You Were a Writer (E NIX and PB E NIX) Story Starters (video  VR 372.6 STO)
Acts of Teaching: How to Teach Writing (PRO 808.04 CAR)

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