Sunday, December 28, 2008

Picture Books about Giant Food

The Giant Jam Sandwich by John Vernon Lord
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Pickles to Pittsburg by Judi Barrett

The Three Little Pigs... many different ways

Big and Bad by Etienne Delessert
Three Little Cajun Pigs by Mike Artell
The Three Horrid Little Pigs by Liz Pichon
The Three Little Pigs by Margot Zemach
The Three Little Javelinas by Luna Rising Editors
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by A. Wolf as told by Jon Scieszka

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Picture Books about Libraries

Favorite: What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg

Beverly Billingsly Borrows a Book by Alexander Stadler
The Boy who was raised by Librarians by Carla Morris
D.W.'s Library Card by Marc Brown
Goldie Socks the Three Libearians by Jackie Mims Hopkins
I.Q. Goes to the Library by Mary Ann Fraser
"L" is for Library by Sonya Terry
The Librarian from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Our Librarian Won't Tell Us Anything by Toni Buzzeo
Stella Louella's Runaway Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst
What Happened to Marion's Book? by Brook Berg

Easy Readers - Level One

(Brand New Readers)
Meet Dinah Dinosaur by B.G. Hennessy
Wow, It's Worm! by Kathy Caple
Silly Ruby by Catherine Friend
Monkey Trouble by David Martin

Go Dog, Go! by P.D. Eastman
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Fantasy Books for 4th and 5th Grade

The Companions Quartet (Secret of the Sirens, The Gorgon's Gaze, etc.) by Julia Golding

The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling

Percy Jackson & the Olympians (The Lightening Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth) by Rick Riordan

The Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Prydain Chronicles by Lloyd Alexander

The Shamer Chronicles by Lene Kaaberbol

Fantasy Books for 6th grade and up

City of Ember 4 Book Set (City of Ember, People of Sparks, Prophet of Yonwood, Diamond of Darkhold)

The Harper Hall Trilogy (Dragonsinger, Dragonsong, Dragondrums) by Anne McCaffery

His Dark Materials Trilogy (The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman

Inkheart, Inkdeath, Inkspell by Cornelia Funke

Graphic Novels for 6th and 7th Grade (Manga)

CardCaptor Sakura by Clamp
Hikaru No Go by Yumi Hotta and Takeshi Obata
Howl's Moving Castle Film Comic Volumes 1-4 by Hayao
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Math Concept Picture Books - Large Numbers

Great Estimations by Bruce Goldstone
How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz
How Big is a Million by Anna Milbourne
A Million Dots by Andrew Clements
On beyond a million: an amazing math journey by David M. Schwartz

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Picture Books about Pancakes

National Pancake Week February - 21-27
National Pancake Day - September 26


Hey, Pancakes! by Tamson Weston
If you give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff
Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London
Mama Panya's Pancakes: A Village Tale from Kenya by Mary Chamberlin
Mr. Wolf's Pancakes
Pancakes for breakfast by Tomie DePaola
Pancakes for Supper by Anne Isaacs
Perfect pancakes, if you please by William Wise

Learning to Read Books - Repetition

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

Books with Repeated Lines: aac intervention link

Predictable Books: http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/predict.html

Friday, November 28, 2008

Picture Books about Pizza

This list could come in handy for October, as it is National Pizza Month, didn't you know?

A Job with Wittilda by Caralyn Buehner
Did Dinosaurs eat pizza? mysteries science hasn't solved by Lenny Hort
Dragon Pizzeria by Mary Morgan
Dragons Don't Cook Pizza by Debbie Dadey
"Hi, pizza man!" by Virginia Walter
Hold the Anchovies! A Book about Pizza by Shelley Rotner
Let's Make Pizza by Mary Hill
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philomen Sturges
One Pizza, One Penny by K.T. Hao
Pete's a Pizza by William Steig
Pizza at Sally's by Monica Wellington
Pizza for the Queen by Nancy F. Castaldo
Pizza Kittens by Charlotte Voake
A Pizza the Size of the Sun by Jack Prelutsky (not entirely about Pizza, but any excuse to read Prelutsky is worth it)
The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch
Rocky Bobocky, the Pizza Man by Emily Ellison


Not a picture book, but about pizza:
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Everybody loves pizza: the deep dish on America's favorite food by Penny Pollack

Historical Fiction for 4th and 5th Grade

by Author

Avi (The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Crispin: Cross of Lead)
Carol Ryrie Brink (Caddie Woodlawn)
Esther Hoskins Forbes (Johnny Tremain)
Patricia Reilly Giff (Nory Ryan's Song)
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (Lumber Camp LIbrary)
Robert Lawson (Mr. Revere and I)
Scott O'Dell (The Island of the Blue Dolphins)
Rosemary Sutcliff* (The Knight's Fee, The Eagle of the Ninth, The Lantern Bearers)
Laura Ingalls Wilder

Wordless Picture Books

Absolutely Wordless
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Changes, Changes by Pat Hutchins
Flotsam by David Wiesner
Museum Trip by Barbara Lehman
Oops by Arthur Geisert
Rainstorm by Barbara Lehman
The Red Book by Barbara Lehman
The Surprise by Sylvia van Ommen
Trainstop by Barbara Lehman
The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard by Gregory Rogers

A few words, but mostly wordless
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Good Dog, Carl by Alexandra Day
Goodnight Gorrilla by Peggy Rathmann
In the Town All Year 'Round by Rotraut Susanne Berner


Graphic Novels without words
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Robot Dreams by Sara Varon


Cool lists of wordless books:
Univ. of Wisconsin's list of 40 Wordless books: http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/detailListBooks.asp?idBookLists=103

also there is a subject heading for wordless stories:

Non-Princessy (subversive) Princess Books

Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure by Robert D. San Souci

The Princess and the Pea by Alain Vaes

The Princess and the Pizza by Mary Jane Auch

Rumplestiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley

Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox