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Read: 1/20/17
Genre Fiction 1990
Age/Audience 4th-8th Grade
In this book a boy Luke learns all about witches through his grandmother. Luke parents died in a car accident and eventually  Luke and his grandmother travel to sell  their home. Little do they know they would encounter witches in the hotel they are staying. The witches turn Luke into a mouse. And it is up to him to stop them from turning all children into mouse.
Teaching point: Comparison  between the book and have student watch the movie. The student are to write in detail 3 difference in detail.

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Read:1/20/17
Genre:Fiction 2013
Age/Audience 3rd-7th Grade

Greg Heffley loves to sit inside the house during the summer and play video games. This summer his mom thinks he should have a vacation where he gets out and about and do some fun things.T he story includes humorous illustration and subject matter.
Teaching point: Students are to list three things they enjoy doing over the summer. Then class will create a pie graph and compare the information about activity enjoyed most.

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I Survived (The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906) By: Lauren Tarshis

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I Survived (The San Francisco Earthquake, 1906) By: Lauren Tarshis

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Read:1/19/17
Genre:Fiction 2012
Age/Audience 3rd-5th Grade
Leo is an orphan who sells newspapers and has been hiding a gold coin he got from his Papa who died of a fever. He meets a boy called Morris who eventually becomes a good friend. Some bullies Fletcher and Wilkie steal Leo gold coin which he goes after once he comes up with a plan. Just when he almost has his gold coin and earthquake takes place changing the city/town where they lived.
Teaching point: Students will identify the character traits in the story to get a better understanding of the 4 main boys in the story.
Identify the turning point in the story what took place. What could of  happened differently if the earthquake didn't take place.

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Read: 3/19/17
Genre:Fiction 1997
Age/Audience- 3rd- 6th Grade
The story is about a young man named Palmer who is about to turn 10 years old and this is the time he becomes a wringer at town festival. At the festival pigeons are killed and the social pressures of his community are making him take part in the event. He actually has befriended a pigeon named Nipper, but little does he know his mom already knows.
Realistic fiction due to being related to an event in Pennsylvania killing of pigeon for raising money for parks.
Teaching point: Identify with students how sometimes things we  are required to do might not always be the best ( peer pressure and doing what is right).
Have student write about points of view of characters in story.

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Read: 4/16/17
Genre:Fiction 2000
Age/Audience 9th- up
A girl named Lyric ,sister Summer and dad are moving to Flint, MI. Lyric's sister Summer is breaking down mentally and is talking to imaginary people.The author write this story from personal experiences with own sister. Lyric encounter a  great deal of emotions and is trying to find herself as well.
Teaching point: Lyric is looked as being poor, but what elements in her life make her rich to their standards? Talk about relationship sand the changes the take on once the move happens.

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Island of the Blue Dolphin By: Scott O'dell

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Island of the Blue Dolphin By: Scott O'dell

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Read: 1/17/17
Genre:Fiction 1987
Age/Audience  4th-12th Grade
It all starts with the Aleuts people and the villagers of Ghalas-at have a battle and lots of the villagers are killed. They try to leave the island and a girl named Karana realizes he brother has gone back to get his spear. The boat won't stop so she jumps off. The boat doesn't return so she is left on the island  that is shaped like a dolphin with her brother Ramo. Ramo dies because he was attacked by wild dogs. Karana has to learn to fight  wild dogs and make a living for herself. She lives on the island for years by herself.
Teaching point: Students will research this real historical events and compare it to the story verses the actual event.

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Each Little Bird that Sings By:Deborah Wiles 

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Each Little Bird that Sings By:Deborah Wiles 

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Read: 1/26/17
Genre:Fiction 2005
Age/Audience 4th- 7th Grade
This book is definitely a tear jerkier and   shows how a young girl named Comfort Snowberger deals with death all around her everyday. Her family owns a funeral home and she helps write the obituaries. Everything changes when her aunt and uncle died very close to each other. At first she stays in the closet with her dog Dismay, then she realizes her family needs her.
Teaching point: Students will write a letter to Comfort providing suggestions to her to help  deal with all the issues in her life.
Write about things in Comfort's life that would be hard for you to deal with and why?

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Read: 2/21/17
Genre:Fiction 1997
Age/Audience 5th- 8th Grade
This book is 4 separate stories rolled into one centering around a mysterious library card that pops up into 4 misfits lives. The characters are Mongoose, Brenda,April, and Sonseray who deal with death, being homeless, vandalism and thief.The library card offers an escape for all the characters fro the daily issues they are dealing with.
Teaching point: Figure out what each characters in the story are dealing with and see if any similarities exist at all.

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The Mighty Miss Malone By: Christopher Curtis

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The Mighty Miss Malone By: Christopher Curtis

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Read:3/18/17
Genre:Fiction 2012
Age/Audience 5th - 8th Grade
A little girl named Deza Malone family is really going through numerous changes. Her dad went fishing and disappears for awhile due to a boating accident. He leaves his family behind to look for work. After awhile the family is suffering even Deza teeth are rotting and her brother Jimmie is growing. The mom pack family up to head to Flint, MI to find dad. Will the family ever get back right.

Teaching point: List order of events starting with things you felt changed the Malone family.

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The Wonder of Charlie Anne By: Kimberly Newton Fusco

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The Wonder of Charlie Anne By: Kimberly Newton Fusco

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Read: 3/10/17
Genre:Fiction 2010
Age/Audience 4th-8th Grade
This book setting is around 1930 during the Great Depression in a small town. You are introduced to a young girl named Charlie Anne who lost  her mother due to complication in childbirth and her dad is leaving to work on roads in the north. Charlie has no schooling and the one school in town has been closed down. One day she meets a girl name Phoebe who also lost her mother. Also a woman named Rosalyn who eventually tries to open back up the school. There are a lot of conflict in the story dealing with prejudice, separation, lost fear and various emotions.
Teaching point: Children will research thing that went on in the 1930 and make connection to the events the characters in the story experienced.
What were things in Charlie's life  that were pure wants and needs have students explain this from their perspectives.

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Read: 1/17/17
Genre: Fiction 2012
Age/Audience 3rd- 6th Grade
Levi is a young boy in the story whose mother abandoned him, dad left with the military and he is staying with his aunt Odella. Soon his aunt sends him off to find his father. On his journey he meets a man Cal and us expecting wife Peaches. Levi learns very valuable information from segregation in the south and the people he meets.

Teaching point: Talk about African American role in our history and how the United States used to be divided.

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Chapter Books for Upper Elementary and Up

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Chapter Books for Upper Elementary and Up

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Big Nate From the Top By: Lincoln Pierce

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Big Nate From the Top By: Lincoln Pierce

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Read:4/11/17
Genre:Fiction 2010
Age/Audience 3rd-8th Grade
This book is about an 11 year old in the sixth grade boy named Nate. Nate is offer in trouble and like a girl named Jenny. This book skip back and forth between events happening mainly at school and sometimes at home . Nate is also good at chess. He is basically a student who dislikes  school and all the things that come with it.
Teaching point:Students will draw and written by creating a comic taking about an issue students sometimes encounter at school. It could be a topic like bullying, making friends etc...

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Read: 2.12/17

Genre: Fiction  2015

Age/Audience K-2nd Grade

Piggie (pig) and Gerald (elephant)are friends. Piggie has just made some slop and Gerald is grossed out because it smells and it has flies around it. When Piggies ask Gerald if he wants to try it he respond, NO. It appears that Gerald knows he hurt Piggie's feeling so he tries it. Even though he doesn't like it he is glad he tried it.

Teaching point: Get children to see if there are things they do not like whether it food, sports, people and see if the reasoning why they feel this way makes sense. Have they debate on whether no some logic makes sense.

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Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy By Dav Pilkey

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Captain Underpants and the Big, Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy By Dav Pilkey

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Read:2/02/17
Genre:Fiction 2003
Age/Audience 3rd-5th Grade
In this series George and Harold who are the main characters are up to no good. This time they have been involved in a prank that goes totally wrong. The student Melvin who was pranked is determined to get the boys back, but his plan backfires and he becomes the bionic booger boy who is out for revenge. The book get pretty gross and the author keeps you informed of what to come.
Teaching point: Take a look at the comic strip Tattle-tron in the story and make correction. Several words are spelled incorrectly pick out 5 and the redo one scene in the story.

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Lowriders to the  Center of the Earth By: Cathy Camper

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Lowriders to the  Center of the Earth By: Cathy Camper

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Read:3/16/17
Genre: Fiction 2016 HOT***
Age/Audience 4th-6th Grade
This book is for children who like comic books and colors that are consistent throughout the story. A little confusing at first to follow allow with since there is so much going on. Main character is a girl named Lupe who works on cars and her cat Genie is missing after an earthquake. This book
goes from location to location including space. Spanish is randomly through out the book to read but not required.
Teaching point: Key vocabulary words will be provided for students to see the translation and will say and learn.

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Goofballs The Case of the Missing Thunder By Tony Abbott

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Goofballs The Case of the Missing Thunder By Tony Abbott

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Read:4/08/17
Genre: Fiction 2012
Age/Audience 1st- 3rd Grade
Brian, Mara and Jeff have been friends for awhile who become good at solving cases. One day a classmate ask them to help him find his horse Thunder. The friends are busy taking notes and clues for anything that will help them solve this mystery.Towards the end they think about the things Thunder likes flowers, doesn't like thunder and eventually the find him at the library garden.

Teaching point: Have student write down or pull from story five  2 syllableswords and create sentence

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Junie B Jones and a Little Monkey Business By: Barbara Park

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Junie B Jones and a Little Monkey Business By: Barbara Park

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Read: 4/08/17
Genre: Fiction 1993
Age/Audience 1st-5th Grade
Junie B Jones is in the kindergarten and her parents are getting everything ready for her new brother. Junie is upset and thinks the worst of babies and doesn't understand why kids want to see him at school.Eventually she is accepting of a baby isn't that bad after all.
Teaching points: Talk about changes in families whether its a new baby,  parents separating, moving or changing school. What are emotions a person can feel and have.

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Henry and Mudge and the Tumbling Trip By: Cynthia Rylant

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Henry and Mudge and the Tumbling Trip By: Cynthia Rylant

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Read:4/08/17
Genre: Fiction 2005
Age/Audience Pre- K -2nd Grade
Henry and his dog Mudge are going on a trip to the west with the family. The notice several things that are different how tall the people are due to cowboy boots and hats, land is flatter, lots of tumbleweeds and  the sky was bigger. They had lots of fun but they were also excited to go home.
Teaching point: Can use for children to talk about summer, winter or spring break. Identify characteristics that are different in regions the land, animals, continents etc...

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Play Ball Amelia Bedelia By: Peggy Parish

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Play Ball Amelia Bedelia By: Peggy Parish

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Read:4/08/17
Genre: Fiction 1972
Age/Audience 1st-5th Grade
Amelia Bedelia steps in to help the Grizzlies due to one of the baseball team members being sick. She has a very short amount of time to learn the game. During the game she is taking everything to literal. For example hit  first base, steal the base or run all the  way home. The sentences and print are clearly written.
Teaching point: Children will learn new expressions, figure of speech or idioms.

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Fancy Nancy  and the Too-Loose Tooth By:Jane O'Connor

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Fancy Nancy  and the Too-Loose Tooth By:Jane O'Connor

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Read: 4/08/17
Genre: Fiction 2012
Age/Audience K-5th Grade

This book is a series book and it always about Fancy Nancy. Well this time she is determine to get a tooth necklace like her friend from the clinic. The problem is the tooth must come out at school. When at school Nancy does everything to try to help it fall out, but at home she barely talks, eats soft foods and doesn't wiggle it. One day she is walking to school and it come out. She get the necklace but feels awful. Awesome explanation of challenging vocabulary in the story.
Teaching point: Children write or discuss a time when they try to stop something from happening. Talk about the difference from being honest and dishonest.