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Literature List to support ELA CCSS, Level 5 | Updated 9/9/2019Excerpted from ThinkUp! ELA Teacher Edition, Level 5 Find more resources at mentoringminds.com/support/downloads

ELA | Level 5CCSS Literature List

Unit 1 A Girl on a Horse?

Title — Author My Notes

Glory’s Rival – Joanna Campbell

Julie Krone: Fearless Jockey – Jim Spence

Perfect Timing: How Isaac Murphy Became One of the World’s Greatest Jockeys – Patsi B. Trollinger

E-Mail – Larry Dane Brimner

Internet: The Impact on Our Lives – Ian Graham

Easy Ways to Make Technology Work for You: From Grade Books to Graphic Organizers – David A. Dockterman, Ed.D.

When I Grow Up: A Young Person’s Guide to Interesting & Unusual Occupations – Jessica Loy

Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Science – Diane Lindsey Reeves

The Media-Savvy Student: Teaching Media Literacy Skills, Grades 2-6 – Guofang Wan and Hong Cheng



Unit2 The Story of Helen Keller and Alexander Graham Bell


We All Play – Rebecca Kissman

Extraordinary People With Disabilities – Deborah Kent and Kathryn A. Quinlan

Helen Keller: Rebellious Spirit – Laurie Lawlor

Helen Keller: A Photographic Story of a Life – Leslie Garrett

Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life – Elizabeth MacLeod

Alexander Graham Bell: Inventor of the Telephone – Editors of Time for Kids with John Micklos, Jr.

Alfred Nobel: The Man Behind the Peace Prize – Kathy-Jo Wargin

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth – Kathleen Krull

What Do You Use To Help Your Body? – Jewel Kats



Unit 3 Neither Hyde Nor Hare


Mini Mysteries: 20 Tricky Tales to Untangle – Rick Walton

The Absent Author – Ron Roy

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories – Carolyn Keene

Action!: Writing Your Own Play – Nancy Loewen

Create-A-Drama: Writing a Script – Eleanor W. Hoomes, Ph.D.

101 Drama Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Acting and Make-Believe – Paul Rooyackers

Theatre for Young Audiences: 20 Great Plays for Children – Edited by Coleman A. Jennings

On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids – Lisa Bany-Winters

Picture Yourself Writing Drama: Using Photos to Inspire Writing – Barbara A. Tyler

12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays: Humorous Takes on Favorite Tales That Boost Reading Skills, Build Fluency & Keep Your Class Chuckling with Lots of Read-Aloud Fun! – Edited by Justin McCory Martin

12 Fabulously Funny Folktale Plays: Super-Engaging Fractured Tales That Boost Fluency, Vocabulary & Comprehension – Justin McCory Martin



Unit 4 The Magical Journey of the Monarchs


Hurry and the Monarch – Antoine Ó Flatharta

The Rock Factory: A Story about the Rock Cycle – Jacqui Bailey

Who Eats What?: Food Chains and Food Webs – Patricia Lauber

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

Great Migrations: Butterflies – Laura Marsh

Monarch Butterfly – Gail Gibbons

Monarch and Milkweed – Helen Frost

Monarch Butterfly – David M. Schwartz

An Extraordinary Life: The Story of a Monarch Butterfly – Laurence Pringle

The Everything Kids’ Geography Book: From the Grand Canyon to the Great Barrier Reef – Jane P. Gardner and J. Elizabeth Mills

Weird U.S.: A Freaky Field Trip Through the 50 States – Matt Lake and Randy Fairbanks



Unit 5 The Iditarod


Iditarod: Curriculum: The Last Great Race to Nome – Shelley Gill

Dogs of the Iditarod – Jeff Schultz

Dashing Through the Snow: The Story of the Junior Iditarod – Sherry Shahan

Who Lives in the Arctic? – Susan Canizares and Pamela Chanko

Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race – Libby Riddles

Competitions for Talented Kids: Win Scholarships, Big Prize Money, and Recognition – Frances A. Karnes & Tracy L. Riley

How to Excel in Science Competitions – Melanie Jacobs Krieger

Bo at Iditarod Creek – Kirkpatrick Hill

The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail – Debbie S. Miller

Akiak: A Tale From the Iditarod – Robert J. Blake



Unit 6 Electricity and The Power of Persuasion


Oscar and the Bird: A Book About Electricity – Geoff Waring

The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip – Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen

You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Electricity! – Ian Graham

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind – William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

Electricity: Discover the Story of Electricity—From the Earliest Discoveries to the Technologies of Today – Steve Parker

Charged Up: The Story of Electricity – Jacqui Bailey

Discovering Electricity – Neil Ardley

From Windmills to Hydrogen Fuel Cells: Discovering Alternative Energy – Sally Morgan

Alternative Energy Sources – Gary Chandler

The Kid’s Guide to Social Action: How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose—And Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action – Barbara A. Lewis

Cartoon Thinking – Dan G. Holt



Unit 7 The Cowboys and the Boot Maker


The Elves and the Shoemaker – Paul Galdone

Why Cowboys Sleep with Their Boots On – Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton

The Dirty Cowboy – Amy Timberlake

Cowboys of the Wild West – Russell Freedman

The Bootmaker and the Elves – Susan Lowell

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

The Children’s Book of Heroes – Edited by William J. Bennett

Plays Children Love: Volume II: A Treasury of Contemporary and Classic Plays for Children – Edited by Coleman A. Jennings and Aurand Harris

Eight Plays for Children: The New Generation Play Project – Edited by Coleman A. Jennings

Plays for Children – Edited by Helen Rose

The Reporter’s Notebook: Writing Tools for Student Journalists – Mark Levin



Unit 8 America’s Gates


Dreaming of America: An Ellis Island Story – Eve Bunting

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

Ellis Island – Elaine Landau

At Ellis Island: A History in Many Voices – Louise Peacock

If Your Name Was Changed At Ellis Island – Ellen Levine

Ellis Island: Coming to the Land of Liberty – Raymond Bial

U.S. Symbols – Ann-Marie Kishel

O, Say Can You See?: America’s Symbols, Landmarks, and Inspiring Words – Sheila Keenan

Connections: Activities for Deductive Thinking – Bonnie Lou Risby

The Book of Think: Or How to Solve a Problem Twice Your Size – Marilyn Burns



Unit 9 The Hare and the Tortoise and The Prize


Classic Fairy Tales – Scott Gustafson

American Fairy Tales – L. Frank Baum

The Brothers Grimm – Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Aesop’s Fables – Retold by Ann McGovern

Aesop’s Fables – Saviour Pirotta

The Classic Treasury of Aesop’s Fables – Illustrated by Don Daily

The Classic Fairy Tales – Edited by Maria Tatar

Career Ideas for Kids Who Like Science – Diane Lindsey Reeves

Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day? – Richard Scarry

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

Get A Job Helping Others – Ryan Jacobson

Get a Summer Adventure Job – Ryan Jacobson

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



Unit 10 Handcrafted Hope


Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti – Gerald McDermott

The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth – Margaret Musgrove

Fun with African Design Stencils – Marty Noble

Kente Colors – Debbi Chocolate

Ghana – Lucile Davis

African Crafts: Fun Things to Make and Do from West Africa – Lynne Garner

The Kid’s Guide to Social Action: How to Solve the Social Problems You Choose—And Turn Creative Thinking into Positive Action – Barbara A. Lewis

Volunteering to Help Seniors – Patrick Newell

The Kid’s Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference – Barbara A. Lewis

Make Your Own Web Page!–A Guide for Kids – Ted Pedersen and Francis Moss



Unit 11 Laughing Flower Speaks


Westward Expansion – Teresa Domnauer

The Wisdom of the Native Americans – Edited by Kent Nerburn

The Trail of Tears – Joseph Bruchac

Buffalo Before Breakfast – Mary Pope Osborne

Following the Great Herds: The Plains Indians and the American Buffalo – Ryan P. Randolph

The Buffalo and the Indians: A Shared Destiny – Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Indian Handcrafts: How to Craft Dozens of Practical Objects Using Traditional Indian Techniques – C. Keith Wilbur, M.D.

More Than Moccasins: A Kid’s Activity Guide to Traditional North American Indian Life – Laurie Carlson

The Inca: Activities and Crafts from a Mysterious Land – Arlette N. Braman

American Indian Crafts Kids Can Do! – Carol Gnojewski



Unit 12 The Revolutionary War Begins and Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride


Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of Certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as Revealed by his Horse – Robert Lawson

Paul Revere: Boston Patriot – Augusta Stevenson

Paul Revere – George Sullivan

The Many Rides of Paul Revere – James Cross Giblin

American Revolution – Stuart Murray

A Rebel Among Redcoats – Jessica Gunderson

The History of Communication – Michael Woods and Mary B. Woods

From Typewriters to Text Messages: How Communication Has Changed – Jennifer Boothroyd

Did You Hear the News?: History of Communication – Allison Lassieur

The History of Communications – Michael Jay



Unit 13 The Storyteller


D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths – Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths – Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

The Great Stories of Greek & Roman Mythology – William F. Russell

Greek Myths – Deborah Lock

The Norse Myths – Retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Illustrated Book of Myths: Tales and Legends of the World – Retold by Neil Philip

Amazing Greek Myths of Wonder and Blunders – Michael Townsend

The Art of Storytelling: Easy Steps to Presenting an Unforgettable Story – John Walsh

The Storyteller’s Start-Up Book: Finding, Learning, Performing and Using Folktales – Margaret Read MacDonald

Dad, Tell Me a Story: How to Revive the Tradition of Storytelling with Your Children – John T. McCormick with William and Connor McCormick

Super Simple Storytelling: A Can-Do Guide for Every Classroom, Every Day – Kendall Haven

Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly – Gail Carson Levine

Writing Stories: Fantastic Fiction From Start to Finish – David L. Harrison



Unit 14 The Arctic Tundra


The Arctic – Alan Baker

Who Lives in the Arctic? – Susan Canizares and Pamela Chanko

Arctic Tundra – Donald M. Silver

Discovering the Arctic Tundra – Janey Levy

Tracking Triple Seven – Jamie Bastedo

Life in the Tundra – Cherie Winner

A Tundra Food Chain – Rebecca Hogue Wojahn and Donald Wojahn

Many Biomes, One Earth – Sneed B. Collard III

Biomes and Ecosystems – Barbara J. Davis

Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know – Shari Graydon

Advertising – Bess Milton

Advertising – Susan Wake



Unit 15 The Science Place and Nature Walk


We’re Roaming in the Rainforest: An Amazon Adventure – Laurie Krebs

Magnets – Steve Parker

Behind the Scenes at the Science Museum – Sharon Macdonald

Take a City Nature Walk – Jane Kirkland

Nature in the Neighborhood – Gordon Morrison

Nature – Marjorie Eberts

A Walk in the Rainforest – Kristin Joy Pratt

Take a Beach Walk – Jane Kirkland

Experiments with Plants – Christine Taylor-Butler

Explorabook: A Kid’s Science Museum in a Book – John Cassidy

365 Simple Science Experiments – E. Richard Churchill, Louis V. Loeschnig, and Muriel Mandell

Science Sensations: An Activity Book From The Children’s Museum, Boston – Diane Willow and Emily Curran

The Way Science Works: Discover the Secrets of Science with Exciting, Accessible Experiments – Robin Kerrod and Dr. Sharon Ann Holgate



Unit 16 Earth’s Major Systems


Journey to the Center of the Earth – Jules Verne

The Magic School Bus Presents: Planet Earth – Tom Jackson

Extreme Earth – Toby Reynolds and Paul Calver

Earth – Adele Richardson

Planet Earth – Edited by Hannah Wilson

Uncovering Earth’s Crust – Conrad J. Storad

What Holds Us to Earth?: A Look at Gravity – Jennifer Boothroyd

The Earth and the Role of Water – Shirley Duke

To the Core: Earth’s Structure – Lisa Trumbauer

What Do You Know About Earth’s Atomosphere? – Gillian Gosman

The Water Cycle – Frances Purslow



Unit 17 Man’s Best Friend


A Dog’s Gotta Do What a Dog’s Gotta Do: Dogs at Work – Marilyn Singer

The Right Dog for the Job: Ira’s Path from Service Dog to Guide Dog – Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

Barry: The Story of a Brave St. Bernard – Bettina Hürlimann

Jet the Rescue Dog and other Extraordinary Stories of Animals in Wartime – David Long

Rescue Dog of the High Pass – Jim Kielgaard

Five True Dog Stories – Margaret Davidson

Rip the Page!: Adventures in Creative Writing – Karen Benke

Write Your Own... Adventure Stories – Tish Farrell

The Encyclopedia of Writing and Illustrating Children’s Books: From Creating Characters to Developing Stories, a Step-by-Step Guide to Making Magical Picture Books – Desdemona McCannon, Sue Thornton, and Yadzia Williams

The I Love to Write Book: Ideas & Tips for Young Writers – Mary-Lane Kamberg

Live Writing: Breathing Life into Your Words – Ralph Fletcher



Unit 18 The Plant Doctor and Sequoyah, the Cherokee Inventor


Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing – James Rumford

Sequoyah: 1770? –1843 – Yvonne Wakim Dennis

The Story of George Washington Carver – Eva Moore

George Washington Carver: From Slave to Scientist – Janet & Geoff Benge

George Washington Carver – Matt Doeden

George Washington Carver – Lynea Bowdish

How to Write a Biography – Cecilia Minden and Kate Roth

Write Your Own Biography – Natalie M. Rosinsky

How to Write a Biography – Jenny Alexander

How to Write a Great Research Paper – Beverly Ann Chin, Ph.D.

How to Write a Research Report, Grades 3-6 – Kathleen Christopher Null



Unit 19 My Fabulous 3 R Family


Voices in the Park – Anthony Browne

A Boy in the Doghouse – Betsy Duffey

Two Bad Ants – Chris Van Allsburg

Encounter – Jane Yolen

Reusing and Recycling – Charlotte Guillain

ReMake It!: Recycling Projects from the Stuff You Usually Scrap – Tiffany Threadgould

Garbage and Recycling: Environmental Facts and Experiments – Rosie Harlow & Sally Morgan

Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids – Gail Gibbons

Waste and Recycling – Sally Hewitt

Why Should I Recycle? – Jen Green



Unit 20 Questioning the Media


The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Commercials – Stan & Jan Berenstain with Mike Berenstain

Big Fat Lies: Advertising Tricks – John Burstein

Coming Distractions: Questioning Movies – Frank Baker

Virtually True: Questioning Online Media – Guofang Wan

TV Takeover: Questioning TV – Guofang Wan

Pretty in Print: Questioning Magazines – Stergios Botzakis

Advertisements: How to Interpret What We See, Read, and Hear – Sean Connolly

Understanding Advertisements – Pearson Education

Advertisements – Jill Eggleton

Made You Look: How Advertising Works and Why You Should Know – Shari Graydon

Get Real: What Kind of World Are You Buying? – Mara Rockliff



Unit 21 Coal’s Journey and Making Buried Sunshine


Growing Up in Coal Country – Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Coal – Christin Ditchfield

Coal – Ron Edwards and Adrianna Edwards

How We Use Coal – Chris Oxlade

Diamonds and Gemstones – Ron Edwards and Lisa Dickie

Earth’s Natural Resources – Amy Bauman

Earth’s Resources – Sue Barraclough

Natural Resources – Louise Spilsbury

Environment and Natural Resources – Charles F. Gritzner

Energy and Resources – Paul Brown



Unit 22 Students Unite Against Bullying!


My Secret Bully – Trudy Ludwig

Nobody Knew What to Do: A Story about Bullying – Becky Ray McCain

Say Something – Peggy Moss

Bullies Are a Pain in the Brain – Trevor Romain

Stand Up for Yourself & Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies and Bossiness, and Finding a Better Way – Patti Kelley Criswell

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

Join the Club: The Fun Guide to Starting Your Own Club – Jennifer Hulme

Stick Up for Yourself!: Every Kid’s Guide to Personal Power and Positive Self-Esteem – Gershen Kaufman, Ph.D., Lev Raphael, Ph.D., and Pamela Espeland

The Kid’s Guide to Service Projects: Over 500 Service Ideas for Young People Who Want to Make a Difference – Barbara A. Lewis

Kids with Courage: True Stories About Young People Making a Difference – Barbara A. Lewis



Unit 23 Western Diamondback Rattlesnake


Boots and The Big Daddy Rattler – Curtis C. Matthews

Jake the Snake – Tori Velle

Rattlesnake Jam – Margot Finke

Rattlesnake Dance – Jim Arnosky

Diamondback Rattlesnakes – James E. Gerholdt

Time for Kids: Snakes!: Learn the Secrets of these Cold-blooded Creatures! – Editors of Time for Kids with Lisa Jo Rudy

DK Nature Encyclopedia – DK Publishing

Diamondback Rattlers: America’s Most Venomous Snakes! – Nancy White

Rattlesnakes – Sandra Markle

Snakes: 101 Super Fun Facts and Amazing Pictures – Janet Evans

Poisonous Snakes – Seymour Simon

Snake Bite – Tom Jackson

Rattlesnakes – Emily Rose Townsend

Misunderstood Snakes – Sue Baker



Unit 24 How Do You Like Your Poetry?


A Child’s Garden of Verses – Robert Louis Stevenson

Where the Sidewalk Ends – Shel Silverstein

A Pizza the Size of the Sun – Jack Prelutsky

The New Kid on the Block – Jack Prelutsky

Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems – Selected by X.J. Kennedy and Dorothy M. Kennedy

How to Write a Play – Cecilia Minden and Kate Roth

Theatre for Children: A Guide to Writing, Adapting, Directing, and Acting – David Wood with Janet Grant

Around the World in 21 Plays – Edited by Lowell Swortzell

Playmaking: Children Writing & Performing Their Own Plays – Daniel Judah Sklar

Romeo and Juliet For Kids – Lois Burdett

It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech – Marvin Terban

Figurative Language and Other Literary Devices – Rebecca Stark



Unit 25 Electromagnets at Work and Traveling by Maglevs


Nick and Tesla’s High-Voltage Danger Lab – “Science Bob” Pflugfelder and Steve Hockensmith

Magnetism and Electromagnets – Eve Hartman and Wendy Mechbesher

Electromagnets in Action – Albert Rovira Sumalla

Exploring and Understanding Magnets and Electromagnets – Edward Victor

High Speed Trains – Holly Cefrey

Mega Book of Trains: Discover the Most Amazing Locomotives on Earth! – Chrysalis Children’s Books

Transportation Then and Now – Robin Nelson

Transportation in Many Cultures – Martha E. H. Rustad

Transportation: From Walking to High-Speed Rail – Elizabeth Raum

Forms of Energy – Anna Claybourne

Energy: Its Forms, Changes, & Functions – Tom DeRosa and Carolyn Reeves

Wackiest Machines Ever!: Forms of Energy – Paul Mason

Energy: 25 Projects Investigate Why We Need Power & How We Get It – Kathleen M. Reilly

Forms of Energy – Herbert West



Other Resources I’ve Found

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

ELA CCSS Skill-Based Literature List

Context Clues

Popcorn – Poems by James Stevenson

Zoomrimes: Poems About Things That Go – Sylvia Cassidy

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

The Sky is Always in The Sky – Karla Kuskin

Alpha Beta Chowder – Jeanne Steig

Supporting Details

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

Sponges Are Skeletons – Barbara Juster Esbensen

A Safe Home for Manatees – Priscilla Belz Jenkins

Theme/Message

The Important Book – Margaret Wise Brown

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

The Keeping Quilt – Patricia Polacco

Miss Rumphius – Barbara Cooney

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

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

Stellaluna – Janell Cannon

Heart to Heart – George Shannon

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

Retelling A Story

Fireflies! – Julie Brinckloe

The Hickory Chair – Lisa Rowe Fraustino

Ira Sleeps Over – Bernard Waber

Owl Babies – Martin Waddell

The Sick Day – Patricia Maclachlan

When Jessie Came Across The Sea – Amy Hest



Chronology

Night City – Monica Wellington

The Grouchy Ladybug – Eric Carle

Night at The Fair – Donald Crews

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

Zoom – Istvan Banyai

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie – Laura Numeroff

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

This Is The House That Jack Built – Simms Taback

Hot-Air Henry – Mary Calhoun

The Mitten Jan Brett

The Hat – Jan Brett

Ox- Cart Man – Donald Hall

A Teeny Tiny Baby – Amy Schwartz

Jake Baked the Cake – B.G. Hennessy

Milk: From Cow to Carton – Aliki

The Cake That Mack Ate – Rose Robar

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

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin – James Cross Giblin

Sugaring Time – Kathryn Lasky

The Buck Stops Here – Alice Provensen

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

Castle – David Macaulay



Summary

The Golly Sisters Ride Again – Betsy Byars

The Seven Treasure Hunts – Betsy Byars

The Animal Rescue Club – John Himmelman

Staying Nine – Pam Conrad

Best Enemies Forever – Kathleen Leverich

Beauty and The Beast – Jan Brett

The Blues of Flats Brown – Walter Dean Myers

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

Big Al – Andrew Clements

The Cowboy and The Black Eyed Pea – Tony Johnston

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

Raising Dragons – Jerdine Nolen

Stellaluna – Janell Cannon

Animals Nobody Loves – Seymour Simon

The Life Cycle of a Tree – Bobbie Kalman

Beaks! – Sneed B. Collard III

Endangered Elephants – Bobbie Kalman

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

Great Black Heroes: Five Notable Inventors – Wade Hudson

Big Cats – Dorothy Hinshaw Patent

The Village That Vanished – Ann Grifalconi

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

America Votes: How Our President Is Elected – Linda Granfield

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

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



Figurative Language The King Who Rained – Fred Gwynne

A Chocolate Moose for Dinner – Fred Gwynne

Staying Nine – Pam Conrad

Fig Pudding – Ralph Fletcher

My Life As A Fifth Grade Comedian – Elizabeth Levy

The Very Busy Spider – Eric Carle

The Z Was Zapped – Chris Van Allsburg

The Five Sisters – Margaret Mahy

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke – Pamela Duncan Edwards

Some Smug Slug – Pamela Duncan Edwards

A, My Name is Alice – Jane Bayer

Alpha Beta Chowder – Jeanne Steig

The Squiggle – Carole Lexa Schaefer

Buzz, Buzz, Buzz, Went Bumblebee – Colin West

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

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

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

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

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

The Trouble with Tuck – Theodore Taylor

Keeping Barney – Jessica Haas

The Snoops – Miriam Moss

The Doorbell Rang – Pat Hutchins

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

A Case for Jenny Archer – Ellen Conford

The Chocolate Covered Cookie Tantrum – Deborah Blumenthal

James in the House of Aunt Prudence – Timothy Bush

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

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

A Fair Bear Share: Regrouping – Stuart J. Murphy



Problem/Solution (Informational)

Daily Life in a Covered Wagon – Paul Erickson

If You Traveled on the Underground Railroad – Ellen Levine

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

How We Learned The Earth Is Round – Patricia Lauber

Cars and How They Go – Joanna Cole

Inference

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

See the Ocean – Estelle Condra

Honest Abe – Edith Kunhardt

Why Do Leaves Change Color? – Betsy Maestro

Beekeepers – Linda Oatman High

The Memory Coat – Elvirah Woodruff

Suddenly! – Colin McNaughton

The Five Chinese Brothers – Claire Huchet Bishop

The Gardener – Sarah Stewart

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

Zoom – Istvan Banyai

Teammates – Peter Golenbock

More Than Anything Else – Marie Bradby

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

Scaredy Squirrel – Melanie Watt

Tuesday – David Wiesner

The Leaving Morning – Angela Johnson

Mail Harry to the Moon! – Robie H. Harris



Point of View

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

The Three Little Pigs – Retold by Steven Kellogg

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

The Pain and The Great One – Judy Blume

Little Louie The Baby Bloomer – Robert Kraus

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

A Teeny Tiny Baby – Amy Schwartz

Fortunately – Remy Charlip

It Looked Like Spilt Milk – Charles G. Shaw

Seven Blind Mice – Ed Young

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit – Paula Danziger

Prediction

The Doorbell Rang – Pat Hutchins

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

Don’t Wake Up Mama! – Eileen Christelow

Frank and Ernest – Alexandra Day

One Hundred Hungry Ants – Elinor J. Pinczes

Pickin’ Peas – Retold by Margaret Read MacDonald

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

My Backyard Garden – Carol Lerner

One Watermelon Seed – Celia Barker Lottridge

Tops & Bottoms – Adapted by Janet Stevens

Ira Sleeps Over – Bernard Waber

Farmer Duck – Martin Wadde

A Remainder of One – Elinor J. Pinczes

Amazing Grace – Mary Hoffman

Earthquack! – Margie Palatini



Prediction cont.

Mosquito – Jill Bailey

Once Upon A Time – Niki Daly

Rain Forests – Joy Palmer

When Bluebell Sang – Lisa Campbell Ernst

The Carousel – Liz Rosenberg

Granite Baby – Lynne Bertrand

Mirandy And Brother Wind – Patricia C. McKissack

Sacagawea – Stacy DeKeyser

Saving Sweetness – Diane Stanley

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

Mailing May – Michael 0. Tunnell

Peach & Blue – Sarah S. Kilborne

Pulleys and Gears – David Glover

Across the Solar System – Rod Theodorou

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

Cause/Effect (Literature)

The Gingerbread Boy – Paul Galdone

The Mitten – Jan Brett

Pig and Crow – Kay Chorao

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

Chicken Little – Retold by Steven Kellogg

The Runaway Bunny – Margaret Wise Brown

The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle

Rosie’s Walk – Pat Hutchins

Big Bad Bruce – Bill Peet

Muggie Maggie – Beverly Cleary

Chocolate Fever – Robert Kimmel Smith



Cause/Effect (Literature) cont.

The Old Ladies Who Liked Cats – Carol Greene

If You Give A Moose A Muffin – Laura Joffe Numeroff

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

The Grouchy Ladybug – Eric Carle

The Napping House – Audrey Wood

Ollie Forgot – Tedd Arnold

Old Henry – Joan W. Blos

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

Fortunately – Remy Charlip

Benny Bakes A Cake – Eve Rice

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

Cause/Effect (Informational)

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

The Apple Pie Tree – Zoe Hall

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

Carlos and the Squash Plant – Jan Romero Stevens

Danger! Volcanoes – Seymour Simon

Volcanoes – Franklyn M. Branley

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

What Makes Day and Night – Franklyn M. Branley

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

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

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

What Happens to a Hamburger? – Paul Showers



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

Meanwhile... – Jules Feiffer

Ugh – Arthur Yorinks

Sweet, Sweet Fig Banana – Phillis Gershator

The Three Little Pigs – Paul Galdone

The Three Little Javelinas – Susan Lowell

My Lucky Day – Keiko Kasza

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

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

The Rough Face Girl – Rafe Martin

Cinderella – Charles Perrault

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

Outside and Inside Trees – Sandra Markle

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

The Great Fire – Jim Murphy

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

Butterflies and Moths – James P. Rowan

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

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

Rosa Parks – Cynthia Amoroso

Neil Armstrong – Dana Meachen Rau

Benjamin Franklin – Stephen Krensky

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

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez – Kathleen Krull

Thomas Edison – Susan Kesselring

William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania – Ryan Jacobson



Traditional Literature

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

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

The Ant and The Grasshopper – Graham Percy

Aesop’s Fables – Retold by John Cech

The Lion & The Mouse – Jerry Pinkney

The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – Mary Berendes

A Sip of Aesop – Jane Yolen

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

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

Sleeping Ugly – Jane Yolen

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

The Frog Prince – Eric Blair

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

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

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

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

The Usborne Book Of Fairy Tales – Retold by Heather Amery

The McElderry Book Of Grimms’ Fairy Tales – Saviour Pirotta

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

The Last Olympian – Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse – Rick Riordan

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

Greek Myths – Olivia Coolidge

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

American Tall Tales – Mary Pope Osborne

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

The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan – Retold by Martin Powell

Pecos Bill – Retold by Steven Kellogg



Classical Literature

The Story of Ferdinand – Munro Leaf

The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter

Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White

The Borrowers – Mary Norton

The Hundred Dresses – Eleanor Estes

The Incredible Journey – Sheila Burnford

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

Mary Poppins – P.L. Travers

The Adventures of Pinocchio – Carlo Collodi

Heidi – Johanna Spyri

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Caroll

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – Mark Twain

Black Beauty – Anna Sewell

The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Grahame

The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Burnett

Chapter Books

How to Train Your Dragon – Cressida Cowell

All-Of-A-Kind Family – Sydney Taylor

Love, Ruby Lavendar – Deborah Wiles

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

A Long Way from Chicago – Richard Peck

The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs – Betty G. Birney

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon – Grace Lin

Because Of Winn Dixie – Kate DiCamillo

Freak the Mighty – Rodman Philbrick



Poetry

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

Once Inside the Library – Barbara A. Huff

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

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

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

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

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

Drama

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

12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays – Justin McCory Martin

Much Ado About Nothing for Kids – Lois Burdett

Arthur’s Thanksgiving – Marc Brown

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

12 Fabulously Funny Folktale Plays – Justin McCory Martin

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

Historical Events

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

Child of The Civil Rights Movement – Paula Young Shelton

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

Potato: A Tale from The Great Depression – Kate Lied

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

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

Kids During the Industrial Revolution – Lisa A. Wroble

Revolutionary War on Wednesday – Mary Pope Osborne

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

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



Scientific Texts

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

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

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

Solids – Jim Mezzanotte

Solids, Liquids, and Gases – Ginger Garrett

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

How Do Animals Adapt? – Bobbie Kalman

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

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

The Life Cycle of a Frog – Bobbie Kalman

Awesome Experiments in Force & Motion – Michael A. DiSpezio

Technical Texts

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

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

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

Create Your Own Pop Up Books – Faber-Castell

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

Betty Crocker’s Kids Cook! – Betty Crocker

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

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

Photography Guide for Kids – Neil Johnson

Picture This: Fun Photography and Crafts – Debra Friedman

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