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Literature List to support ELA CCSS, Level 6 | Updated 9/9/2019Excerpted from ThinkUp! ELA Teacher Edition, Level 6 Find more resources at mentoringminds.com/support/downloads

ELA | Level 6CCSS Literature List

Unit 1 Becoming a Royal and An Interview with Kate Middleton

Title — Author My Notes

The Princess Diaries Series – Meg Cabot

The Counterfeit Princess – Jane Resh Thomas

Nine Days A Queen: The Short Life and Reign of Lady Jane Grey – Ann Rinnaldi

A Year in The Life of a Duchess: Catherine, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge – Ian Lloyd

Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge: A Biography for Children – Susan Barnett Braun

Prince William And Kate: A Royal Romance – Matt Doeden

Governments Around the World – Ernestine Giesecke

Oligarchy – Lee Anne Gelletly

Monarchy – Jennifer Fandel

Who’s In Charge?: How Governments Make The World Go Round – DK Publishing

Democracy – Anne Fitzpatrick

100 World Leaders Who Shaped World History – Kathy Paparchontis

Extraordinary Oral Presentations – Margaret Ryan



Unit 2 Fighting Like Cats and Dogs


The Lemonade War – Jacqueline Davies

Ruby Holler – Sharon Creech

Sisters – Raina Telgmeier

Beezus And Ramona – Beverly Cleary

The Poems of Eugene Field – Eugene Field

Songs and Other Verse – Eugene Field

Field Days: The Life, Times, & Reputation of Eugene Field – Robert Conrow

The Oxford Book of Story Poems – Michael Harrison and Christopher Stuart-Clark

Follow the Sea: Classic and Narrative Poems – Selected by – Brian Moses

The Poetry Reader’s Toolkit: A Guide to Reading and Understanding Poetry – Marc Polonsky

The Poet’s Tale: An Anthology of Narrative Poetry – A.A. Evans, Editor

The Dramatic Writer’s Companion: Tools to Develop Characters, Cause Scenes, And Build Stories – Will Dunne

Writing The 10 Minute Play – Glenn Alterman

Writing Your First Play – Roger A. Hall



Unit 3 The Walton Way and Want to Succeed in Retail? Take a Lesson from Sam Walton


Feathers – Jacqueline Woodson

Hatchet – Gary Paulsen

Island of The Blue Dolphins – Scott O’Dell

Holes – Louis Sachar

My Side of The Mountain – Jean Craighead George

Mr. Sam: How Sam Walton Built Wal-Mart And Became America’s Richest Man – Karen Blumenthal

Sam Walton: Business Genius of Wal-Mart – Sally Lee

Giants of American Industry- Sam Walton – Terri Dougherty

Built for Success: The Story of Wal-Mart – Sara Gilbert

Write Your Own Realistic Fiction Story – Tish Farrell

How to Write Realistic Fiction – Lizann Flatt

10 Things Every Writing Needs to Know – Jeff Anderson



Unit 4 Little Man, Big Heart


The Princess Diaries: The Princess Diaries, The Princess Diaries 2 – Meg Cabot

Holes – Louis Sachar

Flipped – – Wendelin Van Draanen

Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson

Aquamarine – Alice Hoffman

The Legend of King Arthur: A Young Reader’s Edition of The Classic Story by Howard Pyle – Retold by David Borgenicht

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table – Roger Lancelyn Green

Stagings: Short Scripts for Middle and High School Students – Joan Garner

How to Write A Drama – Megan Koop



Unit 5 A Stamp of Approval


Charlie And the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl

The Chocolate Touch – Patrick Skene Catling

Milton Hershey: Young Chocolatier – M.M. Eboch

The 7 Golden Rules of Milton Hershey – Greg Rothman

Stamps & Stories: The Encyclopedia of U.S. Stamps – United States Postal Service

Kinds of Postage Stamps & Ways of Collecting Them – Donald Morrison

The Kid’s Guide to Research – Deborah Heiligman

How to Create A Website: A Step by Step Guide – Brock Hamilton

“They Say/I Say”; The Moves That Matter in Persuasive Writing – Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein

Persuasive Writing: Mini-Lessons, Strategies, Activities – Tara McCarthy

Writing A Persuasive Essay – R.E. Myers, Ed.D.



Unit 6 Business Success in a Snap and How to Build a Business


Lawn Boy – Gary Paulsen

You Can Start A Business, Too! – Maddie Bradshaw

Kidpreneurs: Young Entrepreneurs with Big Ideas! – Adam Toren and Matthew Toren

The Young Entrepreneur’s Guide to Starting & Running A Business: Turn Your Ideas into Money! – Steve Mariotti

Money Making Ideas for Kids and Teens – Debbie Madson

The New Totally Awesome Business Book for Kids: 20 Super Businesses You Can Start Right Now – Arthur Bochner & Rose Bochner

Better Than A Lemonade Stand!: Small Business Ideas For Kids – Daryl Bernstein

Start It Up: The Complete Teen Business Guide to Turning Your Passions into Pay – Kenrya Pankin

Steve Jobs for Kids – Same Rogers

Milton Hershey: Young Chocolatier – M.M. Eboch

Who Was Walt Disney? – Whitney Stewart



Unit 7 My Escape from Washington


Flipped – Wendelin Van Draanen

I Funny: A Middle School Story – James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein

My Life in Dog Years – Gary Paulsen

Cartboy And the Time Capsule – L.A. Campbell

Diary of A Wimpy Kid Series – Jeff Kinney

Catherine, Called Birdy – Karen Cushman

Alice, I Think – Susan Juby

Dear America Series – Various authors

Just Between Us: A No-Stress, No Rules Journal for Girls and Their Moms – Meredith & Sofie Jacobs

Dude Diary: 3.0: Write Stuff, Draw Random Things, Destroy If Needed – Mickey Gill and Cheryl Gill

Write Where You Are: How to Use Writing to Make Sense of Your Life: A Guide for Teens – Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Ph.D.

Journal Buddies: A Boy’s Journal for Discovering and Sharing Excellence – Jill Schoenberg

Fresh Takes on Teaching Literary Elements: How to Teach What Really Matters About Character, Setting, Point of View, and Theme – Michael W. Smith & Jeffrey D. Wilhelm



Unit 8 Dark Days and Culture Shock


A Year Down Yonder – Richard Peck

Bud, Not Buddy – Christopher Paul Curtis

Out of The Dust – Karen Hesse

Nothing to Fear – Jackie French Koller

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry – Mildred D. Taylor

The Storm in The Barn – Matt Phelan

Kit’s World: A Girl’s Eye View of The Great Depression – Harriet Brown and Teri Witkowski

Rose’s Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression – Marissa Moss

Surviving the Great Depression: One Family’s Story – T.J. Hickey

The Great Depression: A History Just for Kids – Kidcaps

Children of The Great Depression – Russell Freedman

Read, Recite, and Write Narrative Poems – JoAnn Early Macken

Creative Interviewing: The Writers Guide to Gathering Information by Asking Questions – Ken Metzler



Unit 9 A Gold Medal in Goodwill and from I Have Changed


Milkweed – Jerry Spinelli

Number the Stars – Lois Lowry

Track Star! – R.A. Montgomery

Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story – Paula Yoo

Jesse Owens: Gold Medal Hero – Jim Gigliotti

Jesse Owens: “I Always Loved Running” – Jeff Burlingame

Jesse Owens: Trailblazing Sprinter – Chros McDougall

Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens And Hitler’s Olympics – Jeremy Schaap

100 Greatest Moments in Olympic History – Bud Greenspan

The Olympics: A History of The Modern Games – Allen Guttmann

The Olympics: Unforgettable Moments of the Games – Matt Christopher

Swifter, Higher, Stronger: A Photographic History of The Summer Olympics – Sue Macy

Summarization in Any Subject: 50 Techniques to Improve Student Learning – Rick Wormell

Summarizing, Paraphrasing, And Retelling: Skills for Better Reading, Writing, and Test Taking – Emily Kissner



Unit 10 Breaking Free


Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson

Wonder – R.J. Palacio

The Sign of The Beaver – Elizabeth George Speare

Divergent Series – Veronica Roth

Chains – Laurie Halse Anderson

The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Elizabeth George Speare

Nightbird – Alice Hoffman

Stay Strong: Simple Life Lessons for Teens – Terrie Williams

The Self-Esteem Workbook for Teens: Activities to Help You Build Confidence and Achieve Your Goals – Lisa M. Schab

Be the Best You Can Be: A Guide to Etiquette and Self Improvement for Children and Teens – Robin Thompson

The Success Principles for Teens: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be – Jack Canfield and Kent Healy

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens – Sean Covey



Unit 11 E-Commerce: The World Market at Your Fingertips


When Zachary Beaver Came to Town – Kimberly Willis Holt

Nothing But the Truth – Avi

Disconnect – Lois Peterson

Anything But Typical – Nora Raleigh Baskin

The Future of Us – Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler

A Smart Kid’s Guide to Internet Privacy – David J. Jakubiak

A Smart Kid’s Guide to Social Networking Online – David J. Jakubiak

A Smart Kid’s Guide to Doing Internet Research – David J. Jakubiak

Internet Safety: Kids’ Guide – Victoria Roddel

Money Boot Camp: Financial Literacy for Teens – Chella Diaz

The Complete Guide to Personal Finance for Teenagers and College Students – Tamsen Butler

How to Write A Business Letter – Cecilia Minden and Kate Roth



Unit 12 The Rainbow Mountains of Danxia


Bound – Donna Jo Napoli

The Kite Rider – Geraldine McCaughrean

Wandering Warrior – Da Chen

Daughter of The Mountains – Louise Rankin

I Rode A Horse of Milk White Jade – Diane Lee Wilson

Dk Eyewitness Books: Wonders of The World – Tom Jackson

China: Discover the World’s Most Populous Country And How Its Changing with the Times – Hugh Sebag-Montefiore

Not-For-Parents The Travel Book: Cool Stuff to Know About Every Country in the World – Lonely Planet

The Real Wonders of the World: Your World in the Palm of Your Hand! – Lonely Planet

1,000 Places to See In The United States & Canada Before You Die – Patricia Shultz

100 Countries, 5000 Ideas: Where to Go, When to Go, What to See, What to Do – National Geographic

The Best of Brochure Design 11 – Kiki Eldridge

Lonely Planet’s Guide to Travel Writing – Don George



Unit 13 Arachne, the Weaver and The Sing-Off


Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series – Rick Riordan

Classic Myths to Read Aloud: The Great Stories of Greek & Roman Mythology – William F. Russell

The Watsons Go to Birmingham- 1963 – Christopher Paul Curtis

Until Justice Rolls Down: The Birmingham Church Bombing Case – Frank Sikora

Out of the Dust – Karen Hesse

Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp – Jerry Stanley

Hannah’s Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl – Marissa Moss

If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island – Ellen Levine

Another Kind of Hurricane – Tamara Ellis Smith

Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina – Rodman Philbrick

Favorite Folktales from Around the World – Edited by Jane Yolen

In the Beginning: Creation Station from Around the World – Virginia Hamilton

T-Shirt Design Book: Make Your Own T-Shirts – Mikazuki Publishing House

How to Print T-Shirts for Fun and Profit – Scott and Pat Fresener



Unit 14 Farmers in Lab Coats


A Day No Pigs Would Die – Robert Newton Peck

Hattie Big Sky – Kirby Larson

Farmer Boy – Laura Ingalls Wilder

My Antonia – Willa Cather

The Old Farmer’s Almanac for Kids – Old Farmer’s Almanac

The Encyclopedia of Country Living: The Original Manual for Living Off the Land & Doing It Yourself – Carla Emery

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming – Samantha Johnson and Philip Hasheider

Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of Country Life – Julia Rothman

Women Who Changed the World Through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math – Emily Hormaster

Careers for Scientific Types & Others with Inquiring Minds – Jan Goldberg

Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Science – Diane Lindsey Reeves with Lindsey Clasen

Technology Careers – Ian Graham

Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Computers – Diane Lindsey Reeves with Peter Kent

Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Animals and Nature – Diane Lindsey Reeves with Lindsey Clasen

Technology in World History – W. Bernard Carlson



Unit 15 Places to Call Home


Come Over to My House – Theo LeSieg

The Birchbark House – Louise Erdich

The House of The Seven Gables – Nathaniel Hawthorne

Journey Home – Yoshiko Uchida

Wonderful Houses Around the World – Yoshiko Uchida

Take Shelter: At Home Around the World – Nikki Tate & Dani Tate-Stratton

The Victorian Home: The Grandeur and Comforts of the Victorian Era, in Households Past and Present – Ellen M. Plante

Windows of The Past: Four Centuries of New England Home – Jane C. Nylander with Diane K. Viera

A Country House Tour – Time Life

Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones – Bonnie Shemie

Homes Around the World – Dona Herweck Rice

Treehouses of the World – Pete Nelson

Reviving Great Houses of the Past – Stephen Crafti



Unit 16 A Treasure Hunt: Techie-Style


How I Survived My Summer Vacation: And Lived To Write The Story – Robin Friedman

The Cay – Theodore Taylor

The Great Skinner Getaway – Stephanie S. Tolan

Media – Clive Gifford

Found It! Introducing Geocoaching To Kids and Families – Phyllis J. Perry

Geocoaching: Basic Beginner’s Guide – Vince Migliore

Internet: The Impact on Our Lives – Ian Graham

The Complete Guide to the Ultimate Family Road Trip – Joe Cali with help from Wendy, Christie, and Josh Cali

Camping for the Family: Planning the Ultimate Camping Trip – Sarah Williams

Media Literacy: Grade 6 – Melissa Hart

The Teacher’s Guide to Media Literacy: Critical Thinking in a Multimedia World – Cyndy Scheibe and Faith Rogow

Teaching Tech-Savvy Kids: Bringing Digital Media Into the Classroom, Grades 5-12 – Jessica K. Parker



Unit 17 A Triple Play of Baseball


Swindle – Gordon Korman

Champ – Marcia Thorton Jones

Heat – Mike Lupica

One-Handed Catch – MJ Auch

The Everything Kids’ Baseball Book: From Baseball’s History to Today’s Favorite Players—With Lots of Home Run Fun in Between! – Greg Jacobs and Joe Gergen

The Best of Everything Baseball Book – Nate LeBoutillier

Baseball: How It Works – David Dreier

Baseball: Play the Winning Way – Jerry Kindall

Good Wood: The Story of the Baseball Bat – Stuart Miller

Baseball – Michael Teitelbaum

Extraordinary Oral Presentations – Margaret Ryan

Writing to Persuade: Minilessons to Help Students Plan, Draft, and Revise, Grades 3–8 – Karen Caine



Unit 18 A Place to Play and A Place to Learn


The Library Card – Jerry Spinelli

If You’re Reading This – Trent Reedy

A Library Story: Building A New Central Library – Jennifer Vogel

Stadiums: Building Amazing Structures – Chris Oxlade

Sports Stadiums – Elizabeth Encarnacion

Beyond Resolved: A Public Forum Debate Manual – Ashely Artmann

How to Hold a Debate – Silver Burdett Ginn

Extraordinary Debates – Tamra B. Orr

I Will Make a Difference: Students Aspire to Inspire – Gary Martin Hays and Adam Weart

The Future Is Ours: A Handbook for Student Activists in the 21st Century – Edited by John W. Bartlett

You Can Write a Business Letter – Jennifer Rozines Roy and Sherri Mabry Gordon

Ten-Minute Real World Writing: Quick Activities to Strengthen Writing Skills – Murry Suid

How to Write A Novel Using the Snowflake Method – Randy Ingermanson

Minds Made for Stories: How We Really Read and Write Informational and Persuasive Texts – Thomas Newkirk



Unit 19 The Princess and the Humble Hero


Ella Enchanted – Gail Carson Levine

The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder, Scarlet, And Cress – Marissa Meyer

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales – Jon Scieszka

Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales – Jacob Grimm and Whilhelm Grimm

Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales – Retold by Val Biro

The Classic Fairy Tales – Edited by Maria Tatar

Heroes and She-Roes: Poems of Amazing and Everyday Heroes – J. Patrick Lewis

Everyday Heroes – Beth Johnson

Everyday Heroes: True Stories of Ordinary People Who Made a Difference – Jay A. Parry

Stone Soup for the World: Life Changing Stories of Everyday Heroes – Marianne Larned

Creative Interviewing: The Writers Guide to Gathering Information by Asking Questions – Ken Metzler



Unit 20 The Legend of Pele and Kahawali and Hephaestus, God of the Forge


Blue Skin of the Sea – Graham Salisbury

Journey to the Center of the Earth – Jules Verne

Running Out Of Time – Margaret Peterson Haddix

The Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford

The Volcano Disaster – Peg Kehret

The Volcano Disaster Will See You Now – Dan Greenburg

The Volcano of Doom – Sigmund Brouwer

Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea, And Sky – Vivian L. Thompson

Hale-Mano: A Legend of Hawaii – Retold by David Guard

Kamehameha: The Warrior King of Hawai’i – Susan Morrison

Volcano & Earthquake – Susanna Van Rose

Volcanoes: Journey to the Crater’s Edge – Adapted by Robert Burleigh

Witness to Disaster: Volcanoes – Judy & Dennis Fradin

Tricky Video: The Complete Guide to Making Movie Magic – John Cassidy & Nicholas Berger

Attack of The Killer Video Book Take 2: Tips & Tricks for Young Directors – Mark Shulman and Hazlitt Krog

The Ad Makers: How the Best TV Commercials are Produced – Tom von Logue Newth



Other Resources I’ve Found

Skill-Based Literature List to support ELA CCSS | Updated 9/9/2019Excerpted from ThinkUp! ELA Teacher EditionFind more resources at mentoringminds.com/support/downloads

ELA CCSS Skill-Based Literature List

Context Clues

Popcorn – Poems by James Stevenson

Zoomrimes: Poems About Things That Go – Sylvia Cassidy

Good Rhymes, Good Times – Original Poems by Lee Bennett Hopkins

The Sky is Always in The Sky – Karla Kuskin

Alpha Beta Chowder – Jeanne Steig

Supporting Details

What’s It Like To Be A Fish? – Wendy Pfeffer

Sponges Are Skeletons – Barbara Juster Esbensen

A Safe Home for Manatees – Priscilla Belz Jenkins

Theme/Message

The Important Book – Margaret Wise Brown

The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of The Amazon Rain Forest – Lynne Cherry

The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco

Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney

Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale – John Steptoe

The Reason for A Flower: A Book About Flowers, Pollen and Seeds – Ruth Heller

Stellaluna – Janell Cannon

Heart to Heart – George Shannon

How Chipmunk Got Tiny Feet: Native American Animal Origin Stories – Collected and retold by Gerald Hausman

Retelling A Story

Fireflies! – Julie Brinckloe

The Hickory Chair – Lisa Rowe Fraustino

Ira Sleeps Over – Bernard Waber

Owl Babies – Martin Waddell

The Sick Day – Patricia Maclachlan

When Jessie Came Across The Sea – Amy Hest



Chronology

Night City – Monica Wellington

The Grouchy Ladybug – Eric Carle

Night at The Fair – Donald Crews

The Night the Scary Beasties Popped Out of My Head – Daniel and David Karnish

Zoom – Istvan Banyai

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie – Laura Numeroff

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Shell! – Lucille Colandro

This Is The House That Jack Built – Simms Taback

Hot-Air Henry – Mary Calhoun

The Mitten Jan Brett

The Hat – Jan Brett

Ox- Cart Man – Donald Hall

A Teeny Tiny Baby – Amy Schwartz

Jake Baked the Cake – B.G. Hennessy

Milk: From Cow to Carton – Aliki

The Cake That Mack Ate – Rose Robar

Lights! Camera! Action!: How A Movie Is Made – Gail Gibbons

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin – James Cross Giblin

Sugaring Time – Kathryn Lasky

The Buck Stops Here – Alice Provensen

How We Crossed the West: The adventures Of Lewis and Clark – Rosalyn Schanzer

Castle – David Macaulay



Summary

The Golly Sisters Ride Again – Betsy Byars

The Seven Treasure Hunts – Betsy Byars

The Animal Rescue Club – John Himmelman

Staying Nine – Pam Conrad

Best Enemies Forever – Kathleen Leverich

Beauty and The Beast – Jan Brett

The Blues of Flats Brown – Walter Dean Myers

Alexander, Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday – Judith Viorst

Big Al – Andrew Clements

The Cowboy and The Black Eyed Pea – Tony Johnston

The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story – Rebecca Hickox

Raising Dragons – Jerdine Nolen

Stellaluna – Janell Cannon

Animals Nobody Loves – Seymour Simon

The Life Cycle of a Tree – Bobbie Kalman

Beaks! – Sneed B. Collard III

Endangered Elephants – Bobbie Kalman

Hello, Fish!: Visiting The Coral Reef – Sylvia A. Earle

Great Black Heroes: Five Notable Inventors – Wade Hudson

Big Cats – Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

The Village That Vanished – Ann Grifalconi

Weather: All About the Atmosphere, Clouds, Earth’s Rotation, And More! – Seymour Simon

America Votes: How Our President Is Elected – Linda Granfield

Broken Bones – Dr. Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein, and Laura Silverstein Nunn

Brothers in Hope: The Story of The Lost Boys of Sudan – Mary Williams



Figurative Language The King Who Rained – Fred Gwynne

A Chocolate Moose for Dinner – Fred Gwynne

Staying Nine – Pam Conrad

Fig Pudding – Ralph Fletcher

My Life As A Fifth Grade Comedian – Elizabeth Levy

The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle

The Z Was Zapped – Chris Van Allsburg

The Five Sisters – Margaret Mahy

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke – Pamela Duncan Edwards

Some Smug Slug – Pamela Duncan Edwards

A, My Name is Alice – Jane Bayer

Alpha Beta Chowder – Jeanne Steig

The Squiggle – Carole Lexa Schaefer

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee – Colin West

Mad as a Wet Hen! And Other Funny Idioms – Marvin Terban

Put Your Foot in Your Mouth and Other Silly Sayings – James A. Cox

As Silly as Knees, As Busy as Bees: An Astounding Assortment of Similes – Norton Juster

Falser Than a Weeping Crocodile and Other Similes – Elyse Sommer and Mike Sommer

Story Plot/Conflict/Problem/Solution (Literature) Fudge – Charlotte Towner Graeber

The Trouble with Tuck – Theodore Taylor

Keeping Barney – Jessica Haas

The Snoops – Miriam Moss

The Doorbell Rang – Pat Hutchins

A Dozen Dogs: A Read-And-Count Story – Harriet Ziefert

A Case for Jenny Archer – Ellen Conford

The Chocolate Covered Cookie Tantrum – Deborah Blumenthal

James in the House of Aunt Prudence – Timothy Bush

The Night the Scary Beasties Popped Out of My Head – Daniel and David Kamish

Private I. Guana: The Case Of The Missing Chameleon – Nina Laden

A Fair Bear Share: Regrouping – Stuart J. Murphy



Problem/Solution (Informational)

Daily Life in a Covered Wagon – Paul Erickson

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad – Ellen Levine

The Dinosaur is the Biggest Animal That Ever Lived And Other Wrong Ideas You Thought Were True – Seymour Simon

How We Learned The Earth Is Round – Patricia Lauber

Cars and How They Go – Joanna Cole

Inference

How Many Days To America?: A Thanksgiving Story – Eve Bunting

See the Ocean – Estelle Condra

Honest Abe – Edith Kunhardt

Why Do Leaves Change Color? – Betsy Maestro

Beekeepers – Linda Oatman High

The Memory Coat – Elvirah Woodruff

Suddenly! – Colin McNaughton

The Five Chinese Brothers – Claire Huchet Bishop

The Gardener – Sarah Stewart

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale, In Letters, Of Liars and Leaks – Kate Klise

Zoom – Istvan Banyai

Teammates – Peter Golenbock

More Than Anything Else – Marie Bradby

Old Bag of Bones: A Coyote Tale – Retold by Janet Stevens

Scaredy Squirrel – Melanie Watt

Tuesday – David Wiesner

The Leaving Morning – Angela Johnson

Mail Harry to the Moon! – Robie H. Harris



Point of View

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! – Jon Scieszka

The Three Little Pigs – Retold by Steven Kellogg

The Three Little Wolves and The Big Bad Pig – Eugene Trivizas

The Pain and The Great One – Judy Blume

Little Louie The Baby Bloomer – Robert Kraus

What’s So Terrible About Swallowing An Apple Seed? – Harriet Lerner and Susan Goldhor

A Teeny Tiny Baby – Amy Schwartz

Fortunately – Remy Charlip

It Looked Like Spilt Milk – Charles G. Shaw

Seven Blind Mice – Ed Young

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit – Paula Danziger

Prediction

The Doorbell Rang – Pat Hutchins

Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking – Amy Axelrod

Don’t Wake Up Mama! – Eileen Christelow

Frank and Ernest – Alexandra Day

One Hundred Hungry Ants – Elinor J. Pinczes

Pickin’ Peas – Retold by Margaret Read MacDonald

Mouse & Mole and the Year-Round Garden – Doug Cushman

My Backyard Garden – Carol Lerner

One Watermelon Seed – Celia Barker Lottridge

Tops & Bottoms – Adapted by Janet Stevens

Ira Sleeps Over – Bernard Waber

Farmer Duck – Martin Wadde

A Remainder of One – Elinor J. Pinczes

Amazing Grace – Mary Hoffman

Earthquack! – Margie Palatini



Prediction cont.

Mosquito – Jill Bailey

Once Upon A Time – Niki Daly

Rain Forests – Joy Palmer

When Bluebell Sang – Lisa Campbell Ernst

The Carousel – Liz Rosenberg

Granite Baby – Lynne Bertrand

Mirandy And Brother Wind – Patricia C. McKissack

Sacagawea – Stacy DeKeyser

Saving Sweetness – Diane Stanley

Knots on a Counting Rope – Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault

Mailing May – Michael 0. Tunnell

Peach & Blue – Sarah S. Kilborne

Pulleys and Gears – David Glover

Across the Solar System – Rod Theodorou

The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish: Based on a True Story – Jacqueline Briggs Martin

Cause/Effect (Literature)

The Gingerbread Boy – Paul Galdone

The Mitten – Jan Brett

Pig and Crow – Kay Chorao

Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – Judith Viorst

Chicken Little – Retold by Steven Kellogg

The Runaway Bunny – Margaret Wise Brown

The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle

Rosie’s Walk – Pat Hutchins

Big Bad Bruce – Bill Peet

Muggie Maggie – Beverly Cleary

Chocolate Fever – Robert Kimmel Smith



Cause/Effect (Literature) cont.

The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats – Carol Greene

If You Give A Moose A Muffin – Laura Joffe Numeroff

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash – Trinka Hakes Noble

The Grouchy Ladybug – Eric Carle

The Napping House – Audrey Wood

Ollie Forgot – Tedd Arnold

Old Henry – Joan W. Blos

Complete Version of Ye Three Blind Mice – John W. Ivimey

Fortunately – Remy Charlip

Benny Bakes A Cake – Eve Rice

What’s So Great About Cindy Snappleby? – Barbara Samuels

Cause/Effect (Informational)

What’s So Terrible About Swallowing An Apple Seed? – Harriet Lerner and Susan Goldhor

The Apple Pie Tree – Zoe Hall

How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World – Marjorie Priceman

Carlos and the Squash Plant – Jan Romero Stevens

Danger! Volcanoes – Seymour Simon

Volcanoes – Franklyn M. Branley

Flash, Crash, Rumble, And Roll – Franklyn M. Branley

What Makes Day and Night – Franklyn M. Branley

The Drop in My Drink: The Story of Water on Our Planet – Meredith Hooper

Fire in the Forest: A Cycle of Growth And Renewal – Laurence Pringle

Where Do They Go? Insects in Winter – Millicent E. Selsam

What Happens to a Hamburger? – Paul Showers



Compare/Contrast (Literature) Burnt Toast on Davenport Street – Tim Egan

Meanwhile... – Jules Feiffer

Ugh – Arthur Yorinks

Sweet, Sweet Fig Banana – Phillis Gershator

The Three Little Pigs – Paul Galdone

The Three Little Javelinas – Susan Lowell

My Lucky Day – Keiko Kasza

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! – Jon Scieszka

The Three Little Wolves and The Big Bad Pig – Eugene Trivizas

The Rough Face Girl – Rafe Martin

Cinderella – Charles Perrault

Compare/Contrast (Informational) Fire! Fire! – Gail Gibbons

Outside and Inside Trees – Sandra Markle

The Inside-Outside Book of Washington, D.C. – Roxie Munro

The Great Fire – Jim Murphy

Horns, Antlers, Fangs, And Tusks – Mark J. Rauzon

Butterflies and Moths – James P. Rowan

We The People: The Constitution Of The United States – Peter Spier

Biographies/Autobiographies Take The Lead, George Washington – Judith St. George

Rosa Parks – Cynthia Amoroso

Neil Armstrong – Dana Meachen Rau

Benjamin Franklin – Stephen Krensky

The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon – Jacqueline Davies

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez – Kathleen Krull

Thomas Edison – Susan Kesselring

William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania – Ryan Jacobson



Traditional Literature

The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse – Christopher E. Long

Aesop, Just in Rhyme: A New, Humorous Version of The Great Fables for Readers of All Ages – John W. Murphy

The Ant and The Grasshopper – Graham Percy

Aesop’s Fables – Retold by John Cech

The Lion & The Mouse – Jerry Pinkney

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – Mary Berendes

A Sip of Aesop – Jane Yolen

Yo, Aesop!: Get A Load Of These Fables – Paul Rosenthal

Eric Carie’s Treasury of Classic Stories for Children by Aesop, Hans Christian Andersen, and the Brothers Grimm – Retold by Eric Carle

Sleeping Ugly – Jane Yolen

How Coyote Stole the Summer: A Native American Folktale – Adapted by Stephen Krensky

The Frog Prince – Eric Blair

Bokuden and the Bully: A Japanese Folktale – Adapted by Stephen Krensky

Diamonds and Toads: A Classic Fairy Tale – Retold by Ellen Schecter

Mary Engelbreit’s Fairy Tales: Twelve Timeless Treasures – Mary Engelbreit

Moon Cakes to Maize: Delicious World Folktales – Edited and retold by Norma J. Livo

The Usborne Book Of Fairy Tales – Retold by Heather Amery

The McElderry Book Of Grimms’ Fairy Tales – Saviour Pirotta

One Eye! Two Eyes! Three Eyes!: A Very Grimm Fairy Tale – Aaron Shepard

The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan

Don’t Know Much About World Myths – Kenneth C. Davis

Greek Myths – Olivia Coolidge

Atalanta and the Arcadian Beast – Jane Yolen and Robert J. Harris

American Tall Tales – Mary Pope Osborne

Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale – Robert D. San Souci

The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan – Retold by Martin Powell

Pecos Bill – Retold by Steven Kellogg



Classical Literature

The Story of Ferdinand – Munro Leaf

The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter

Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White

The Borrowers – Mary Norton

The Hundred Dresses – Eleanor Estes

The Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis

Mary Poppins – P.L. Travers

The Adventures of Pinocchio – Carlo Collodi

Heidi – Johanna Spyri

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Caroll

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain

Black Beauty – Anna Sewell

The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

Chapter Books

How to Train Your Dragon – Cressida Cowell

All-Of-A-Kind Family – Sydney Taylor

Love, Ruby Lavendar – Deborah Wiles

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy – Jeanne Birdsall

A Long Way from Chicago – Richard Peck

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs – Betty G. Birney

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – Grace Lin

Because Of Winn Dixie – Kate DiCamillo

Freak the Mighty – Rodman Philbrick



Poetry

Put Your Eyes Up Here and Other School Poems – Kali Dakos

Once Inside the Library – Barbara A. Huff

The Free and The Brave: A Collection of Poems About the United States – Compiled and annotated by Patricia M. Stockland

Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings – Douglas Florian

Someone Used My Toothbrush and Other Bathroom Poems – Carol Diggory Shields

It’s Snowing! It’s Snowing!: Winter Poems – Jack Prelutsky

Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems) – Linda Sue Park

Drama

Readers Theater: Tall Tales – Retold by Maureen Gerard, Ph.D.

12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays – Justin McCory Martin

Much Ado About Nothing for Kids – Lois Burdett

Arthur’s Thanksgiving – Marc Brown

25 Just Right Plays for Emergent Readers – Carol Pugliano-Martin

12 Fabulously Funny Folktale Plays – Justin McCory Martin

20 Great Plays for Children – Edited by Coleman A. Jennings

Historical Events

Welcome to Addy’s World, 1864: Growing Up During America’s Civil War – Susan Sinnott

Child of The Civil Rights Movement – Paula Young Shelton

Fields of Fury: The American Civil War – James M. McPherson

Potato: A Tale from The Great Depression – Kate Lied

Rose’s Journal: The Story of a Girl in The Great Depression – Marissa Moss

Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself: Build Planes, Signal Lights, Victory Gardens, And More – Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

Kids During the Industrial Revolution – Lisa A. Wroble

Revolutionary War on Wednesday – Mary Pope Osborne

The Boston Tea Party: Angry Colonists Dump British Tea – Allison Stark Draper

If You Were There When They Signed the Constitution – Elizabeth Levy



Scientific Texts

The Everything Kids’ Easy Science Experiments Book: Explore the World of Science Through Quick and Fun Experiments! – J. Elizabeth Mills

The Magic School Bus Wet All Over: A Book About the Water Cycle – Pat Relf

Matter: Its Properties & Its Changes – Tom DeRosa and Carolyn Reeves

Solids – Jim Mezzanotte

Solids, Liquids, and Gases – Ginger Garrett

Planets!: Discover Our Solar System! – Lisa Jo Rudy

How Do Animals Adapt? – Bobbie Kalman

One Well: The Story of Water on Earth – Rochelle Strauss

A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder – Walter Wick

The Life Cycle of a Frog – Bobbie Kalman

Awesome Experiments in Force & Motion – Michael A. DiSpezio

Technical Texts

Making Amazing Art: 40 Activities Using The 7 Elements of Art Design – Sandi Henry

Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media for Budding Artists of All Ages – Susan Schwake

How to Draw 101 Animals: Easy Step by Step Drawing – Dan Green

Create Your Own Pop Up Books – Faber-Castell

Kidnet: The Kid’s Guide to Surfing Through Cyberspace – Debra and Brad Schepp

Betty Crocker’s Kids Cook! – Betty Crocker

The Everything Cooking for Kids Cookbook: 300 Delicious, Nutritious Recipes for Even the Pickiest Eaters! – Ronni Litz Julien, MS, RD/LDN

Mousetracks: A Kid’s Computer Idea Book – Peggy L. Steinhauser

Photography Guide for Kids – Neil Johnson

Picture This: Fun Photography and Crafts – Debra Friedman

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