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.
2.11.11
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.
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.
1.11.11
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
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.
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.
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.
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"
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.
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.
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.
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.
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