Chapter Book-10 Section 3

Author:  Gary Blackwood
Title: The Shakespeare stealer
Illustrator: Gary Blackwood
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Hard work pays off
Primary and Secondary characters: Widge
Awards, date of publication: 2000
Publishing company: Puffin Books
Fourteen-year-old orphan Widge works for a mean and unscrupulous master who goes by the name of Falconer. Ordered to steal the script for Hamlet, Widge is taken to London and forced to attend a performance of the play. Instead of concentrating on stealing the script, he becomes engrossed in the show. Reluctantly, Widge admits his failure to Falconer and is told to return until his mission is accomplished. Nothing goes as planned and a very surprised Widge finds himself an accepted member of the backstage crew. Once a lonely outcast, he has friends and a place to call home for the first time in his life. You could use this book when discussing the dynamics of a story. This book has many ups and downs and would be a great example of this. 

Chapter Book-8 Section 3

Author:  Janell Cannon
Title: Stellaluna
Illustrator: Janell Cannon
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Overcoming obstacles
Primary and Secondary characters: Stellaluna
Awards, date of publication: 1993
Publishing company:Harcourt's Childrens Books
 Stellaluna is a baby fruit bat happily flying along with her mother when an owl attacks. The poor little bat is knocked out of her mother's grasp and lands in a birds' nest. The mother bird accepts Stellaluna as long as she acts like a bird, not a bat. Soon enough, Stellaluna learns to eat bugs and stop hanging by her feet. When she finally has a chance to show her bird siblings, Pip, Flutter and Flap, what life as a bat is like, they are left all in a muddle:How can we be so different and feel so much alike. This story is one that the children can relate to. If they know people who are different colored than them or a different gender. 

Chapter Book-9 Section 3

Author:  Gary Paulsen
Title: Hatchet
Illustrator: Gary Paulsen
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Dedication
Primary and Secondary characters: Brian
Awards, date of publication: 2007
Publishing company: Simon and Schuster
The story is about Brian, 13, and how he manages to survive 54 days in the Canadian wilderness after a plane crash. Brian was flying to visit his father when the pilot dies of a heart attack in mid-flight. Brian crash lands the plane into a small lake and swims out of the wreckage. He has his clothing, a tattered windbreaker and a hatchet. The novel takes us through Brian's days, how he learns patience through his experiences with failures and small successes: building a fire, fishing and hunting, making his shelter a safe one. He endures a porcupine attack, a tornado and being utterly alone for almost two months. This is a tale of adventure but,  it is also a tale of character growth. You could use this book when teaching about characters. For example, round or flat.

Chapter Book-7 Section 3

Author:  E.B. White
Title: Charlotte's Web
Illustrator: E.B. White
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Determination
Primary and Secondary characters: Fern, Wilbur, Charolette
Awards, date of publication: 1989
Publishing company: 
Summary: one morning at the breakfast table, A young girl named Fern watches her father leave their home with an ax in his hand. Fern then asks her mother where he is going. Her mother then tells her that her father is going to kill the runt that was born last night. Fern then talks her father into saving the pig. The pig is named Wilbur and is moved to a farm down the street. This is where Wilbur meets Charlotte who is a spider. One day Wilbur finds out that he is going to be fattened up so he can be ate for dinner. Charlotte begins spinning webs that say words like "radiant" so that the men will not eat him. It works and the men do not eat him. Unfortunately, Charlotte dies but hatches eggs so that Wilbur will still have friends. This book could be used when introducing popular literature.

Picture Book-6 Section 3

Author: Roald Dahl
Title: James and the giant peach
Illustrator: Quentin Blake
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Illustration
Theme: Majic
Primary and Secondary characters: James-Primary
Awards, date of publication: 2007
Publishing company: Puffin
James Henry Trotter leads a happy life until his parents are eaten by an escaped rhinoceros and he is thrust into the world of his nasty aunts, Sponge and Spiker. Then he becomes the saddest and loneliest boy you could find. When a little man in a dark green suit gives James a bag of magic crystals, the story takes off. James finds an "ancient peach tree that never gave any peaches," but with the magic crystals, it suddenly does! A single peach grows and keeps growing until James can climb inside and roll away from his horrible aunts to a whole new life. James befriends overgrown garden dwellers, Grasshopper, Earthworm, Miss Spider and Centipede. This book would be great to use in the classroom when discussing fantasy literature in a language arts class. 

Picture Book-5 Section 3

Author: Janell Cannon
Title: Crickwing
Illustrator: Janell Cannon
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Illutration
Theme: Bullying
Primary and Secondary characters: Ants, Crickwing, other animals
Awards, date of publication: 2005
Publishing company: Voyager




This is the story of an unfortunate cockroach named Crickwing, called this because of a twisted wing earned when fleeing a predator. Crickwing finds hes has a talent for food presentation: He is a food sculptor! He builds his creations out of roots, leaves and petals, and then eats them...when he can. Crickwing is constantly thwarted by lizards, ocelots and food-stealing monkeys. As he watches thousands of busy leaf-cutting ants, he wonders why isnt anyone bothering these little bullies. Thus, a bully is born. Crickwing harasses the ants until their Queen orders him to be captured and offered as a sacrifice to the army ants. Luckily, kind leaf-cutters set him free, and he redeems himself by using his special talents to rid the leaf-cutters of the army ants once and for all. Cannon's illustrations are lush and invigorating, guaranteed to enrapture the most reluctant reader. This would be great to introduce bullying prevention. Teaching the students that bullying is not good. You could incorporate this book into almost any lesson. 

Chapter Book-6 Section 3

Author: David Almond 
Title: My Dad's a Birdman
Illustrator: Polly Dunbar
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Creativity, Caring
Primary and Secondary characters: Daughter and Father
Awards, date of publication: 2008
Publishing company: Candlewick
Summary: In a rainy town in the north of England there is a strange thing happening. Lizzie's dad is now building a pair of wings, eating flies, and feathering his nest. Lizzie plays parent to her father's other children after their mother's death. Her father traps himself in his room until he finds purpose in the Great Human Bird Competition. He then lives just like a bird and wins the competition. Lizzie doesn't understand why he asks the way he does until he opens up to her and about how he feels. She then realizes that her mother's death is what has made him this way. This is a very creatively created book. It shows the love that Lizzie has for her father.This would be a great story to tell around Father's Day.

Chapter Book-5 Section 3

Author: David Elliott 
Title: Evangeline Mudd and the Golden-haired apes of the Ikkansti Jungle
Illustrator: Andrea Wesson
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Dedication
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Evangeline, Parents, Animals
Awards, date of publication: 2007
Publishing company: Candlewick
Summary: In this first book of the series, the main character, Evangeline, has a pair of primatologist parents. When her parents are called away on research trip to Ikkansti Jungle and mysteriously fail to return, it is up to Evangeline to find them. It is a wild, fast paced adventure and the illustrations were awesome. It is a great heroine story. The children will enjoy the book because of the great adventure. You could read this book to the children when you are teaching about the jungle.

Picture Book-4 Section 3

Author:  Simms Taback
Title: Joseph had a little overcoat 
Illustrator: Simms Taback
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Conservation
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Primary- Joseph
Awards, date of publication: 1999, Caldecott Award
Publishing company: Viking Juvenile 
Summary: When Joseph's favorite overcoat becomes old and worn, he makes a jacket out of it. When the jacket is more patches than jacket, Joseph then turns it into a vest. When it is cut up from being a vest, he then makes it into a scarf . This continues until there is nothing left of the original garment. However, Joseph manages to make something out of nothing. This teaches students the value of a dollar. You could use this book when discussing economy and managing money.

Chapter Book-4 Section 3

Author: Jean- Claude Mourlevat
Title: The Pull of the Ocean
Illustrator: Jean- Claude Mourlevat
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Strength
Primary and Secondary characters: Daughter, Siblings, Father
Awards, date of publication: 2009, Mildred L. Batchelder Award
Publishing company: Laurel Leef
Summary:On a stormy night, little Yann Doutreleau wakes up his older brothers, all twins. He tells them that they must leave their home because their father has become violent. Without question, the siblings follow Yann into the darkness. This begins their remarkable journey toward the ocean. They encounter many people on their journey. The young boy, Yann is mute, and rarely spoke with his parents. This story is wonderful. It teaches the students to be independent and to have inter-strength. 

Chapter Book-3 Section 3

Author: Shelley Lanaka
Title: Amelia Earhart: The Legend of the Lost Aviator 
Illustrator: David Craig
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: History 
Primary and Secondary characters: Primary- Amelia Earhart
Awards, date of publication: 2008, Orbis Pictus Award Winner
Publishing company:Abrams Books for Young Readers
Summary: This book tells the story of Amelia Earhart, the first woman who was a pilot. Ever since Amelia Earhart and her plane disappeared on July 2 1937, people have wanted to know more about this remarkable woman. Earhart's story begins when Amelia is 11 and a plane is pointed out to her at an Iowa  fair. She is unimpressed then, but she volunteered as a nurse during World War 2 and fell in love with planes then. She became the first woman passenger on a transatlantic flight, then setting her own flight records. This book has great illustrations and offers some great pictures of her when she is young. This book would be great to use when discussing women's history. 

Chapter Book-2 Section 3

Author: Kadir Nelson
Title: We are the ship
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: African American, baseball history
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Historic Baseball players
Awards, date of publication: 2008, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award
Publishing company: Hyperion Books
Summary: This book tells the story of the Negro League baseball. The story is of gifted athletes and determined owners. It also discusses racial discrimination and international sportsmanship. It also discusses triumphs and defeats on and off the field. It is a mirror of the social history of black America in the first half of the twentieth century. The story of the Negro League tells the story of how heroes overcame segregation, terrible conditions and hatred by playing ball. This book also has great illustrations and does a great job at telling the story. This book would be great when teaching African-American history. It could also be to talk about the history of baseball. 

Picture Book-3 Section 3

Author: Mordical Gerstein
Title: The man who walked between the town
Illustrator: Mordical Gerstein
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Creativity, Dream 
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Philippe
Awards, date of publication: 2003, Caldecott Award
Publishing company: Roaring Book Press
Summary: I loved this story. This book tells the story of a man named Philippe Petit who walked a wire between the two twin tours in 1974. Petit loved to walk thin wires and he also loves to dance. He decided that he wanted to walk between the two twin tours. He snuck in disguised as a construction worker. At night he threw across the wire and began to walk. The cops then arrested him and he was then made to only walk wire for children. The children loved him. The twin tours are now gone but the memory of them and Philippe will live on forever. You could use this book when talking about history and explaining the twin tours.

Picture Book-2 Section 3

Author: Joyce Carol Thomas
Title: The blacker the berry
Illustrator: Floyd Cooper
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme: History
Primary and Secondary characters: Little girl, grandmother
Awards, date of publication: 1989, Coretta Scott King award
Publishing company: Joanna Colter Books
Summary: This book tells the story using poetry. These poems tell history of African Americans. For instance, the poem "What shade is human". This poem talks about different kinds of milk. The poem discusses white, chocolate, sweet and mother's. I feel that this is to show the many diverse things in life. Also, there is the poem "Raspberry black". It talks about her reading her great-grandmother's journal and discussing pioneer women. You could use this in your classroom when talking about history. This will teach the children to embrace their own history.

Chapter Book-1 Section 3

Author: Cynthia Lord
Title: Rules
Illustrator: Cynthia Lord
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Overcoming Obstacles, Friendship
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: David, Catherine, Kristi, Jason
Awards, date of publication: 2006, Newberry Award and Schneider Family Book Award
Publishing company: Scholastic Book Company
Summary: The book "Rules" tells the story of a young girl named Catherine who has an autistic brother named David. There are constant every day battles that Catherine has to face when dealing with her brother's autism. She has a new neighbor named Kristi who she is constantly trying to impress. She also meets a new boy named Jason at her brother's clinic and becomes very good friends with  him. In the end she learns that she doesnt always need to make other people happy. She accepts the fact that David will always act this way and that Jason is a good friend even if he is in a wheelchair. This would teach the students the importance of overcoming obstacles and also teach the students the value of friendship.

Picture Book- 1 Section 3

Author: Jerry Pinkney
Title: The Lion and the Mouse
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Children's Literature
Theme:Bullying Prevention
Primary and Secondary characters: The lion and the Mouse
Awards, date of publication: 1989, Caldecott Award
Publishing company: Little, Brown and Company
Summary: This book tells the story of a mouse who is scared by the animals of the forest. He is so scared that he accidently runs up the back of a lion. The lion does not eat him, he decides to just let him go. The lion is then caught by hunters. The mouse then sees this and then chews the rope so that the lion can get free. They then become best friends. This book teaches about friendship. It would be a great example to show that bullying is not the answer.

Chapter Book-8

Author: Richard Bach
Title: Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Illustrator: Russell Munson
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Hard work pays off
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Jonathan, Sullivan, other penguins
Awards, date of publication: 1989
Publishing company: Avon Books
This book tells the story of Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Jonathan is not like the other seagulls. Jonathan loves to fly and do tricks. The other seagulls did not like him because of this. In their eyes Jonathan was an outcast. Jonathan's father saw him doing tricks and told him not to do them any more. Jonathan said he wouldn't but eventually he could not resist. Jonathan was embarrassed at a seagull meeting and was told to leave every one else alone. Sullivan, an older seagull, saw Jonathan and how good he was and took him to another place where good flyers lived. Sullivan taught all he knew to Jonathan and Jonathan loved it. However, Jonathan began to miss his earlier life. He then asked Sullivan if he could go back down to beach where he lived previously. Reluctantly, Sullivan said yes so that Jonathan could help others fly. Jonathan began to help others like him and then everyone wanted to fly like Jonathan did. This teaches the students to never give up on their dreams.

Chapter Book-7

Author: Richard and Florence Atwater
Title: Mr Popper's Penguins
Illustrator: Robert Lawson
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Creativity, be careful what you wish for
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Mr Popper, Mrs Popper, penguins, Bill and Janie
Awards, date of publication: Newberry Award
Publishing Company: Scholastic Inc
There once lived a man named Mr. Popper. Mr Popper lived with Mrs. Popper and they had two children, Janie and Bill. Mr. Popper was a painter that dreamed to travel. Especially to placed like Antarctica and the South Pole.He would watch every movie about these places. One day Mr. Popper mailed a letter to a television show saying that he loved their penguins. In response, the television show said that they would send him a special surprise in the mail soon. So one day the mail carrier came with a box that read "open right away".  Mr. Popper slowly opened the box to find a penguin. He was so happy.  The family kept the penguin in the freezer. Mr. Popper then comes into possession of a female penguin. Before long Mr. Popper finds himself surrounded by a growing family of birds and begins training them to perform in a traveling show named              "Popper's Performing Penguins" Popper was given the opportunity to put his penguins in movies and send them to Hollywood. However, he decided to give them back to the television show that gave him them because the penguins had began getting tired from all the traveling. This teaches the students to be careful what you wish for.

Chapter Book-6

Author: Carolyn Coman
Title: What Jamie saw
Illustrator: Carolyn Coman
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter book
Theme: Overcoming obstacles
Primary and Secondary characters: Jamie, Nin, Paty, Van, Earl
Awards, date of publication: 1995, Newberry Honor Book
Publishing company: Puffin Books
This book tells the story of a young boy named Jamie. Jamie's mother is in an abusive relationship at the beginning of the book. However, she decided to leave her boyfriend because of the way he had handled their daughter. She now has to find a new place to live and manage to get food on the table. Her friend Earl provides them with food. Jamie finds happiness in magic. Throughout the book Jamie enjoys doing magic tricks. His mother does a great job of turning everything around. This book basically tells about the every day struggles of a single mom. This book would help students who have a single parent or have been introduced to domestic violence. It is also a good way to show the struggles some people face

Chapter Book-5

Author: Jacqueline Woodson
Title: The house you pass on the way
Illustrator: Jacqueline Woodson
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Chapter Book
Theme: Change can be good, It is okay to be different
Primary and Secondary charactesrs:
Awards, date of publication: 2003, Coretta Scott King Award
Publishing company: Speak
I absolutely fell in love with this story. It is a must read. It tells the story of a bi-racial couple living in the deep south. Their children are mixed so they are treated differently because of this. The main character, Staggerlee, is one of their daughters who does not know who she really is. The father's family abandoned him after marrying a white woman. However, After a death in the family his sister contacts him. Meanwhile, Staggerlee kissed a girl at school and is confused more than ever on how she feels. Her father's sister then sends her daughter to stay with him because the daughter has been misbehaving. The daughter and Staggerlee become very close and Staggerlee begins to have feelings for this girl. At the end of the summer the girl leaves and doesn't talk to Staggerlee for a while. Months later Staggerlee gets a letter that she had changed. That the girl had a boyfriend now and decided to change her name so that it is now more feminine. Staggerlee was very shocked and disappointed. However, Staggerlee then saw the changes she had made herself and realized that sometimes change is a good thing. I would use this to introduce how sometimes being different is okay.

Picture Book-16

Author: Carl R. Sams and Jean Stoick
Title: Stranger in the woods
Illustrator: Carl R. Sams (photographer)
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme: Creativity, Caring
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Animals of the woods, the snowman, the children
Awards, date of publication: 2000
Publishing company: Carl R. Sams
This book tells the story about how the animals of the woods have a visitor but are too scared to go see who it is. They then send the bravest animals over to see what it is. It is a snowman which has feed for the animals on it. They now love the snowman and he is no longer a guest. The children that made the snowman came back later that day to see what was missing. They then brought back more seeds to put on the snowman. This  teaches the students to be caring.

Picture Book-15

Author: Louise Borden
Title: Good Luck Mrs. K!
Illustrator: Adam Gustavason
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Picture Books
Theme: Overcoming obstacles
Primary and Secondary charactesrs:Mrs. k, students, substitute
Awards, date of publication: 2002
Publishing company: Margaret K. Mcelderry
The teacher's name was Mrs. Kempczinski and she made sure that her students knew how to spell it. Her students practiced and practiced so they would get it right. Mrs. K loved to travel so she hung photographs all over the classroom to show the students that they were their own explorers. She made her classroom fun and full of activities, the students loved her. The teacher then told her children she had cancer and that she had to leave for a little while. The children were sad because the substitute did not know all the cool things Mrs. K did. On the last day of class Mrs. K came back and told her students how proud she was of them. This story teaches the students that now matter how large the obstacle, If you work together you can achieve anything.

Picture Book-14

Author: Diane deGroat
Title: We gather together
Illustrator: Scholastic Inc.
Genre: Children's literature
Subgenre: Picture book
Theme: Not to judge
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Gilbert, Phillip
Awards, date of publication: 2005
Publishing company: Chronicle Books
This book tells the story of how Gilbert and his classmates take a field trip. Gilbert is late to class so he gets stuck with being partners with the class tattle-tale. At the pilgrimage Phillip ,his partner, follows is partner around and is constantly getting on Gilbert's nerves. So Gilbert then decides to lock himself in the bathroom to hide from his partner. Gilbert then realizes that he his now trapped in the bathroom and knows that Phillip is the only one that can help him. Finally, After many calls Phillip saves the day and helps Gilbert. So maybe being Phillip's partner wasn't so bad at all. This will teach the children now to "judge a book by its cover"

Picture Book-13

Author: Diane deGroat
Title: Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite
Illustrator: Scholastic Inc.
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Picture Book
Theme: Bullying is bad
Primary and Secondary characters: Gilbert, Lewis, Frank
Awards, date of publication: 2004
Publishing company: Chronicle Books
This book tells the story of little boys going to their first sleep away camp. On the way to the camp Gilbert's friend Lewis told him that there was a ghost at this camp which made Gilbert very nervous. After they arrived at camp they were told the same story again. Lewis scared Gilbert and started laughing. He was picking on Gilbert. That night when he went to bed he had to go to the restroom but he had to walk through the woods to get there. As he walked there he heard noises and got scared. He then pushed his way through and made it to the bathroom. There he saw Lewis hurdled up in the corner scared from the ghost. So the tables had turned. Gilbert then told his that there was no ghost. This should teach the students not to bully and not to make fun of others.

Picture Book-12

Author: Ed Young
Title: Lon Po Po
Illustrator: Ed Young
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Nursery story
Theme: Creativity
Primary and Secondary characters: Shang, Tao, and Poatze. Mother and wolf.
Awards, date of publication: 1989
Publishing company: Scholastic Inc.
This is story of a woman leaving her children at home while she visits her own mother. While the mother is gone, a wolf disguises himself as their grandmother and tries to get them to open the door so he can eat them. The children unknowingly open the door and begin to ask the wolf why his voice had changed from their grandmothers. The wolf then blows out the candles and sneaks into the bed with the children. However, in bed the children feel the fur on his tail and his sharp claws. At once one of the children lit a light and saw that the wolf was not grandma. The children then tricked the wolf to climb into a basket and said that they would pull him up to get food. The children then pulled him almost up and then dropped him so that he would die from his injuries. The mother arrived home and the children then had a story to tell her. This would teach the children that sometimes bad things happen to good people. 

Picture Book-11

Author: Linda Ashman
Title: The tale of Wagmore Gently
Illustrator: John Bendall-Brunello
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Picture Books
Theme: Determination, Being different is okay.
Primary and Secondary characters: Wagmore and his owner
Awards, date of publication: 2002
Publishing company: Dutton Children's books
This book tells the story of a dog named Wagmore. Wagmore's tail was too strong and was getting him in trouble. So the cat told him to read self-help books to learn how to control his tail. He learned how to restrain is so he could go on a hike with is owner. Throughout the walk he never moved his tail so he would not get in trouble. However, his owner fell into a pond and the only way Wagmore could help was to swim by using his tail. He then brought his owner to safety and became a hero. This is will show the students that being different is okay.

Picture Book-10

Author: Amy Axelrod
Title: Great Balloon Race
Illustrator: Tim Bowers
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Picture book 
Theme: Overcome your fears
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Main: Molly, Jake and Isaac
Awards, date of publication: 2000
Publishing company: Simon & Schuster books for young readers
This book tells the story of three news anchors going on location at a hot-air balloon festival. Their names are Molly, Isaac and Jake. The news anchors get to go up in their own balloon, but Isaac is scared of heights. Jake then talks him into it. When they get up in the air and begin filming the wind blows and Isaac then is scared. However, he is still excited about his ride in the hot-air balloon and is ready to go again. This will teach the students to overcome their fears. It will also push them to try new things. 

Picture Book-9

Author: Kathi Appelt
Title: Elephants Aloft
Illustrator: Keith Baker
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Creativity
Theme: Creativity, introduction of prepositions
Primary and Secondary characters: Rama and Raja, Aunt Rwanda
Awards, Date of publication: 1993
Publishing Company: Harcourt Brace & Company
This book tells the story of two elephants, Rama and Raja. The book uses colorful illustrations to show their journey from their house to their aunt's house. The book uses prepositions on every page to describe their journey. This book would be a great way to introduce prepositions to younger children. 

Picture Book-8

Author: Mary Shrode
Title: Just Imagine
Illustrator: Mary Grace Eubank
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Imagination
Theme: Imagination
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Lori and Barney- Primary
Awards, date of publication: 1992
Publishing company: The Lyons Group
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This book tells the story of a little girl named Lori. Lori is nervous about moving to a new town with her family and asks her doll barney to help her feel better. Barney then tells Lori to use her imagination and think of all the fun things she will do at her new house. She is then excited and happy about her move and is happy to have her Barney. This teaches the kids to use their imagination and to stay positive.

Chapter Book-4

Author: Avon Camelot (AVI)
Title: Romeo and Juliet- Together and alive at last
Illustrator: Avon Books
Genre: Chapter Book
Subgenre: patience
Theme: Patience
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Pete and Lucy- primary
Awards, date of publication: 1989
Publishing company: Orchard Books
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This book tells the story of kids doing a school play about Romeo and Juliet. They are both nervous about the kissing scene and everyone makes fun of them for it. In the end, everything turns out great and they even decide to do another play just like it. This teaches the students that everything will work and to just keep going.

Chapter Book-3

Author: AVI
Title: Windcatcher
Illustrator: Avon Books
Genre: Chapter Book
Subgenre: dedication
Theme: Never give up, hard work pays off
Primary and Secondary characters: Tony- primary, grandmother- secondary
Awards, date of publication: 1991
Publishing company: Maxwell Macmillian Publishing
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: The windcatcher tells the story of a boy who is sent to his grandmother's house for the summer. He also wants to buy a scooter there with his allowance money. His dad tells him no but them allows him to buy a sailboat. He then begins to practice sailing at his grandmother's house and hears the story of some treasure that was lost here. He then gets trapped with treasure hunters and then has to decided between getting money or being happy with leaving it there. He then decides that all he wants to do is sail. This teaches the students that hard work pays off.

Picture Book-7

Author: Mary Engelbreit
Title: A Merry Little Christmas
Illustrator: Mary Engelbreit
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre:creativity
Theme: Repetition and creativity
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Mice -primary
Awards, date of publication: 2006
Publishing company: Harper Collins Publishers
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This book uses the alphabet to tell about Christmas.Each letter tells about something of Christmas. The letter "A" was for angel found atop the tree. It goes all the way from A to Z. It had wonderful illustrations and would be great to use on holidays.

Picture Book-6

Author: Molly Bang
Title: When Sophie Gets Angry- Really Really Angry
Illustrator:
Genre: Children's literature
Subgenre:Self-control
Theme: Temper is not good
Primary and Secondary charactesrs:
Awards, date of publication:
Publishing company: The Blue Sky Press
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This book tells the story of a little girl named Sophie who gets mad, she gets really mad. She runs until she cant run anymore. She then sits down because she is out of breath. She then sees how beautiful the scenery is and is no longer mad. She then goes back home happy and is not mad anymore. This would teach the kids to not get angry so much and how silly it looks

Chapter Book-2

Author: Florence and Louis Slobodkin
Title: Sarah Somebody
Illustrator: Louis Slobodkin
Genre: Children's Literature
Subgenre: Dedication
Theme: hard work, dedication
Primary and Secondary characters: Sarah, grandmother, parents- primary classmates, teachers- secondary
Awards, date of publication: 1990
Publishing company: The Vanguard Press
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This story tells about a hebrew girl who cannot go to school because at this time only boys are to go to school. However, one day her grandmother tells of a family that has a school for girls. The payment to go to this school is very high, so it takes all the family has to pay for Sarah's schooling. Sarah loves being able to go to this school and works very hard to do good. She even learns how to write everyone's name for them. At the end of the story her grandmother dies, but only after Sarah shows her how to write her name for the first time. This book would show the students how lucky they are to have such simple things such as schooling.

Chapter Book-1

Author: Allan Ahlberg
Title: The Gaskitts
Illustrator: Katherine McEwen
Genre: Chapter book
Subgenre: Dedication
Theme: Hard work pays off
Primary and Secondary characters: The children- primary, the parents and animals- secondary
Awards, date of publication: 2003
Publishing company: Candlewick Press
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This story tells of two children, Gus and Gloria. One day the classroom hamster goes missing. The next day their cat goes missing. They then start to notice a strange man walking around town with a baby carrage. They then follow him to see that he is going out of town with the carrage. They then see that their animals are in the carrage. They eventually team up with their classmates and chase the bad men and save the town animals. This introduces team work and dedication to the students

Picture Book-5

Author: Ellen Weiss
Title: Piggy takes a dare
Illustrator: Tom Brannon
Genre: Picture book
Subgenre: Strength
Theme: Bullies, Overcoming peer pressure
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Piggy- Primary, Classmates- Secondary
Awards, date of publication:1991
Publishing company: Western Publishing Company
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: In this story Piggy wants to become friends with the coolest girls in school. She even dies her hair because they tell her too. They then tell her to go to the old lady's house down the road and leave a mean note. Piggy gets to the lady's steps and then falls. The woman then comes out and helps Piggy up and takes care of her. Piggy then realizes that she should not have to hurt people to be cool. This will teach the students to do what they know they should do, rather than listening to someone else.

Picture Book-4

Author: George Ella Lyon
Title: A Sign
Illustrator: Chris K Soentpiet
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Reality
Theme: Repetition- Aspects of reality
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: The woman, little girl- primary, parents-secondary
Awards, date of publication: 1998
Publishing company: Orchard Books
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: The little girl repeatedly changes what she wants to be when she grows up. She then grows up and becomes a writer. This teaches students the aspect of reality.

Picture Book-3

Author: Loreen Leedy
Title:Mapping Penny's world
Illustrator: Loreen Leedy
Genre: Picture book
Subgenre: Learning
Theme: Maps
Primary and Secondary charactesrs: Penny and the little girl-primary, Maxine-secondary
Awards, date of publication: 2000
Publishing company: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Ltd
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This book tells the story of a little girl who learns how to make maps from her teacher. She then makes maps about everything. I love this book because it not only teaches students about direction, but also allows them to be creative.

Picture Book-2

Author: Florence McNeil and David McPhail
Title: Sail Away
Illustrator: David McPail
Genre: Picture book
Subgenre: Imagination
Theme: Creativity
Primary and Secondary characters: Primary-boy, Secondary- animals
Awards, date of publication: 2001
Publishing company: Orca Book Publishers
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: This book tells the story of a boy using his imagination to play while he is in the bathtub. I would use this to show my students that having an imagination is a good thing.

Picture Book-1

Author: Karen Kaufman Orloff, David Catrow
Title: I wanna Iguana
Illustrator: Cover Art, David Catrow
Genre: Picture Book
Subgenre: Dedication
Theme: Consistency- dedication
Primary and Secondary characters: Alex and mother-primary, Iguana-secondary
Awards, date of publication: 2004
Publishing company: Scholastic Inc
Breif summary and how you would use this books with your students: A boy named Alex wants a iguana and he does multiple things to persuade his mom to let him have one. I would use this to show the students that persistency and hard work pays off