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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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