Book Ideas For Elementary
Book Ideas For Elementary
Book Ideas For Elementary
CHILDRENS
LITERATURE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Letter to Students..
Picture Books...
Fiction
Books13
Nonfiction
Books.19
Magazines
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Diversity- Poverty
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Notes
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Freedom to Read
As your School Library Media
Specialist
I will provide you with the opportunity to
read, enjoy, and learn from a wide variety
of books in various formats.
Dear Students,
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Mrs. Wood
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Picture Books
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Barnett, Mac. Extra Yarn. New York: Balzer &
Bray, 2012.
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Dacosta, Barbara. Nighttime Ninja. New
York: Little, Brown, 2012.
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Hodgkinson, Leigh. Goldilocks and Just One
Bear. New York: Nosy Crow, 2012.
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other things back he threw in the tree?
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Juster, Norton. The Hello, Goodbye
Window. New York: Hyperion Books for
Children, 2005.
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grasses and no one will ever find him. Will the
little fish get to keep his hat and have a
happy ending?
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Knudsen, Michelle. Argus. Massachusetts:
Candlewick Press, 2011.
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Reynolds, Aaron. Creepy Carrots. New York:
Scholastic, 2012.
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Stead, Philip Christian. A Sick Day for Amos
McGee. New York: Roaring Book Press, 2010.
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things right?
Fiction
Books
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Applegate, Katherine. The One and Only
Ivan. New York: Harper Collins, 2012.
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many dangers, and it quickly changes the
way Jack views the world and himself.
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this is a very dangerous job, but much safer
than other jobs an orphan girl would have in
Victorian England. At least it is until other
orphans start to disappear. Will Birdie be next
to go missing?
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scared of him. He has spent his whole life
having surgeries to help make his life easier.
Because of this, he has always been home-
schooled. In his 5th grade year, his mom and
dad decide it is time for him to go to school.
How will Auggie and his family handle this
new phase of his life?
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Sachar, Louis. Holes. DVD. Directed by Mike
Medavoy. Burbank, CA: Walt Disney Home
Entertainment, 2003.
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children. This is monitored by the Population
Police. Luke is a third that has spent his
entire twelve years hidden in his familys
farm. He lives a life of fear, until the day he
sees what he believes is another third. Is
there another illegal child hiding? Will Luke be
brave enough to venture out to meet another
like him?
Nonfiction
Books
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Allen, Kathy. Sea Turtles Race to the Sea:
A Cause and Effect Investigation.
Mankoto, Minnesota: Capstone Press, 2011.
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Hoberman, Mary Ann. You Read to Me, Ill
Read to You: Very Short Scary Tales to
Read Together. New York: Little, Brown and
Company, 2007.
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Markle, Sandra. What If You Had Animal
Teeth? New York: Scholastic, 2013.
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Pattison, Darcy. Abayomi, The Brazilian
Puma: The True Story of an Orphaned
Cub. Little Rock, AR: Mims House, 2014.
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Scieszka, Jon. Knucklehead: Tall Tales and
Mostly True Stories About Growing Up
Scieszka. New York: Viking, 2008.
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Magazines
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AppleSeeds. http://www.appleseeds.com-
sub.biz/
Discovery Girls.
http://www.discoverygirls.com/
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Diversity-
Poverty &
Homelessness
I put together this short list of books on kids that
are homeless for you to read. I chose this topic for my
graduate class because I wanted my students (you!) to
understand a little more about what goes on around us
every day. Sometimes it is secret; sometimes it is in
plain sight.
As a child that has a house and plenty of food and
clothes, this might seem like an odd topic to you and
hard to understand. As a child that lives like the ones
in these books every day, it might be hard to explain to
others. When I chose these books, I chose the ones
that touched me and made me feel as if I could
understand a little more about BOTH sides of the story.
I hope you will read these books and think about the
lives these characters live. As you read and move on to
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Bauer, Joan. Almost Home. New York: Viking,
2012.
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After a freak accident kills Jeffery Lionel Maniac
Magees parents, he goes to live with some very
unhappy relatives. Eight years later he decides to
runhe runs all the way to a small town where he
changes everything for everyone, but becomes
homeless in the process.
Notes
Book, movie, and magazine images: Cecil County Public Library.
Cecil County Public Library. Web. 20 January 2015.
<http://www.cecil.ebranch.info/>.
Clip art images: Clip Art. Kids Book Clip Art. Web. 28 February
2015.
<http://www.pixshark.com/kids-books-clipart.htm >.
The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award The Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
List is a childrens choice award. This
award is given to authors and
illustrators of outstanding books.
Maryland students choose the
authors and illustrators for this
award.
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picture book for children. The
Association for Library Service to
Children gives the award.
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The Coretta Scott King Book The Coretta Scott King Book
Award List Award is given annually to African
American authors and illustrators
that show an appreciation of
African American culture in books
written for children and young
adults.
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