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"HOT NEW BOOK"
MULTICULTURAL
Read: 8/28/18
Published: 2016
Great for any student who is curious about other cities, New Orleans in this book, or Hurricane Katrina. I would say this is a 1st to 2nd grade book. This book could be used to teach onomatopoeia or help with fluency. Also this book could be educational on Hurricane Katrina. It could also be used to teach students how to help others. I really loved this book and thought it was sweet how everyone came together to help Cornelius after the Hurricane.

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Maybe Something Beautiful How Art Transformed A Neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell

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Maybe Something Beautiful How Art Transformed A Neighborhood by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell

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"HOT NEW BOOK"
MULTICULTURAL
Read: 8/28/18
Published: 2016
Great for students who love art and beautiful pictures. I would say this is a 1st grade book. This book could be used to teach onomatopoeia's and also to teach a sense of community to students. I thought this book was really cute and sweet how everyone joined in to help paint their community.

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School's First Day of School by Adam Rex

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School's First Day of School by Adam Rex

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"HOT NEW BOOK"
MULTICULTURAL
Read: 8/28/18
Published: 2016
Great for students who are just starting school and might need a little reassurance about their first day. I would say this is a kindergarten book. This book could be used to teach picture-to-text connections as well as feelings about first day jitters. I really liked this book and would use it in my classroom to teach about feelings and how to overcome being scared.

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Giant Squid by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann

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Giant Squid by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann

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"HOT NEW BOOK"
THE ROBERT F. SIBERT HONOR BOOK
Read: 8/28/18
Published: 2016
Great for students who want to learn about the ocean and squids. I would say this is a 2nd or 3rd grade book. This could be used to teach fluency and help with accuracy and automaticity  of reading. I thought this book was amazing and the pictures were beautiful. It was really informational and it was a fun read for a nonfiction book.

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"HOT NEW BOOK"
Read: 8/28/18
Published: 2017
A very informative book that would be great to teach students the difference between nonliving and living things. I would say this would be a kindergarten or maybe a 1st grade book. This could be used to teach new vocabulary words and some different critical thinking ideas. I thought that the pictures in this book were beautiful and would definitely use it to teach some science concepts to students.

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"HOT NEW BOOK"
Read: 8/28/18
Published: 2016
Great book for students who are struggling with their self-esteem or not wanting to be who they are. I would say this is a kindergarten to 1st grade book. This book could be used to teach fluency and prosody and how to read text bubbles. I really liked this book and thought it was cute to teach students to be who they are even if they feel down.

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Read: 8/28/18
Published: 2013
A very informative book that would be great for students who are curious about the ocean. I would say this is a 3rd grade book or higher. This could be used to teach about the environment as well as new vocabulary words. This could also be used to teach about animals that are in the ocean and different parts of the ocean. I thought that this book contained a lot of very informative information about the ocean and that the pictures were beautiful. It covered a lot of different concepts like hunting, plants, saving the ocean, and pollution that I thought would be helpful in a classroom.

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MULTICULTURAL
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNER
Read 8/28/18
Published: 1962
Great book and cute book about a child who wakes up and goes outside and all of the different things the child does in the snow. I would say this is a preschool to kindergarten age book. This could be used to teach picture-to-text connections and to teach about snow if children aren't familiar with playing in the snow. This could lead into a science project on fake snow. This could also teach vocabulary about snow. I love this book, growing up my mother read this book to me and I will read it to my children. I think it is adorable and sweet how the child brings in his snowball.

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 

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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak 

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CALDECOTT WINNER
Read: 8/29/18
Published: 1963
Great book with adorable pictures and a wonderful plot. This is a great book for beginning readers. I would say this is a 1st or 2nd grade book. This could be used to teach picture-to-text connections and teaches some some very good life lessons. This can also be used for vocabulary and teaching new words. I love this book too it was read to me growing up and I love the story line.

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MULTICULTURAL
CALDECOTT WINNER
THE ROBERT F. SIBERT HONOR
Read: 8/29/18
Published: 2013

Great book about how a railroad is built and what it takes to make it come together. The pictures are really pretty as well. I would say that this is a 4th or 5th grade level book or maybe a harder 3rd grade. This book could be used to teach about onomatopoeia's and how to read these words with expression as well. This book could help teach accuracy and rate in fluency and how to read fluently. This could also be used to teach new vocabulary words such as locomotive, breakman, and pistons. This book could also be integrated into the social studies curriculum to teach about this time period in history. I thought this was a really neat book that was very informative and the pictures were absolutely amazing.

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CALDECOTT WINNER
Read: 8/29/18
Published: 2012
Great book that is good for teaching students values that they need to learn. The pictures are very cute and well done. I would say this is a kindergarten book maybe a 1st grade book. I think this book would be good to teach  picture-to-text connections as well as learning to predict what might have happened since the ending wasn't given to the students. I thought this book was really cute and would definitely use it because it could be used to teach the difference between right and wrong.

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NEWBERY AWARD WINNER
Read: 9/18/18
Published: 1993
I loved this book when I was growing up. I read it around 5th or 6th grade and then again in college and then again now. It's one of my favorites. I think this would be a great 5th or 6th grade level book. This has great ideas that can be used for a culturally responsive classroom to get children to think about big picture ideas such as how memories that are lost can be good or bad and what memories should we keep, for example what cultural memories should we keep. I think this is also a great book to compare different societies and to teach that. This book would be great to use for new vocabulary words. I would most definitely integrate this into my class.

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2017 JOHN STEPTOE AWARD FOR NEW TALENT (AUTHOR)
Read: 9/18/18
Published: 2016
This is a truly amazing book. I would say that this would be a middle school to high school level book maybe anywhere from 8th grade to 12th but it could also be used in 7th grade as well. This would be a great book for students to read. This is also a VERY culturally responsive and multicultural book because it touches on ideas of deportation and how that plays out. Two young adults fall in love but one is to be deported. This book also carries some ideas of God which may be touchy to use in the classroom but would be good book for students to read if they would like. This could be used to teach the theme of American Dream and immigration. This could also be a great book to teach new vocabulary and to teach students a new way of looking at things. When I read this book I learned quite a bit about deportation that I didn't previously know and I think this is why this book would be good to have in my classroom.

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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

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MULTICULTURAL
NEWBERY AWARD WINNER
Read: 8/29/18
Published: 2015
This is an absolutely great book for students who are from all walks of life. It is absolutely sweet and the pictures are very well done. I would say this is a 1st to 2nd grade book. This book would be really good to teach imagery in writing a story and describing. Also this would be a really good book to teach children fluency and how to read with expression in other peoples voices. I absolutely love every part of this book. It was so sweet. I loved how there was everyone from all walks of life like a blind man, a man with tattoos and then the grandmother took the boy to the soup kitchen and he was happy to be there. I will definitely use this book in my classroom for cultural relevancy.

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Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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Goin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATOR
Read: 8/31/18
Published: 2001
Great book about racial differences and how it used to be for children who are curious about this. I would say this is a 2nd or 3rd grade level book. This book would be good to teach new vocabulary words such as Jim Crow signs, fare, and addled. Also this would be good to integrate into a social studies lesson on what the civil rights used to be like and how there were white and black fountains, benches for white people, and Jim Crow signs. I think this is really sweet book and the pictures are really amazing and I would definitely want this in my classroom.

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The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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The Patchwork Quilt by Valerie Flournoy and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATOR
Read: 8/31/18
Published: 1985
Great book with cute pictures. Great book for children who are big on family. I would say this is a 4th or 5th grade book maybe a harder 3rd grade level book. I would say this book would be a good book to teach vocabulary such as absentmindedly, restlessly, and masterpiece. This could also be used to teach fluency and reading with accuracy. This could also be a good book to help teach comprehension and grow on that. I thought this book was sweet because the child helped her grandmother finish the quilt after she got sick. This would be a really good book to have in my classroom to teach the importance of family. The pictures were absolutely amazing as well.

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CALDECOTT HONOR AWARD WINNER
Read: 8/31/18
Published: 1991
Great for students who like to use their imagination. This also has a bunch of really cute pictures and the plot is neat. I would say this is a 2nd or 3rd grade level book. This could be used to make connections from the text to events that happened in history since the book was wrote in a later time period. This could also be used to teach how to use your imagination to write a story as well. I thought this book was really cute how she cared so much about her dad and how she was "flying" over everything that she wanted. I think that its a really good example of a later time period and how things were different around the 1950s and that time area.

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Kitten's First Full Moon by Keven Henkes

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Kitten's First Full Moon by Keven Henkes

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CALDECOTT MEDAL
Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2004
Great book with adorable pictures. Great for children who want a cute picture book to read. I would say this is a kindergarten or 1st grade book. This could be used to teach some new vocabulary words or to work on making inferences about what is going to happen next in the text. I thought this book was so cute. I thought it was adorable how the cat chased the milk that was the moon but then had milk when it came home. I would definitely have this in my classroom.

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MULTICULTURAL
Read: 9/3/18
Published: 1968
Great story with really adorable well done pictures and a really good plot. Good for children who are struggling with boy and girl friendships. I would say this is a kindergarten or 1st grade book maybe even a 2nd grade book. This could teach imagery in text as well as help with fluency. It could help teach prosody in fluency and it could teach children how to make inferences since the end did not tell what Peter wished for. I think this is a great book because it teaches children we can be friends with whoever we want. I also am a big fan of Ezra Jack Keats and anything that he writes and illustrates.

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The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney 

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CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER
Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2009
Great book with absolutely stunning pictures great for students who like to look at pictures. This is also a wordless book. I would say this is a kindergarten or 1st grade book. This could be used to teach onomatopoeia's since that is the only words that are in the book are the noises that the owl makes and so on. This could also be used to have students make predictions based on the pictures since the story is not written out for them. I think that this book is amazing and has a really good plot even though it has no words. The lion lets the mouse go and in the end the mouse saves the lion and that teaches a very valuable lesson I feel like.

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr by Doreen Rappaport

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Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr by Doreen Rappaport

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MULTICULTURAL
CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD FOR ILLUSTRATORS
Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2001
Great informative book with really amazing pictures. Great for children who are curious about Martin Luther King Jr. I think this would be a 2nd or 3rd grade book maybe even 4th grade. This could be used around the holiday to teach more about Martin Luther King Jr. This could be used to activate background knowledge on what children may know about Martin Luther King Jr prior to reading this story. This could be used to teach new vocabulary like minister and Mahatma Gandhi blistering. I think this a great book that teaches the past really well about the time of Jim Crow Laws and that the content is amazing in this story. This book has beautiful pictures as well.

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ROBERT F. SIBERT HONOR BOOK
Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2014
Informative book that has awesome pictures. Great for students who don't normally like the normal type of nonfiction book. I would say this is a 4th grade or higher level book. This could be used to teach new vocabulary like thriving, predatory, and high-definitions. This could also be integrated into the science curriculum to teach about the ocean and sharks. This could also be used to summarize larger facts that they learned through reading comprehension from this book. I think this is a great book that teaches a lot and the pictures are really really nice. I would definitely want this in my classroom.

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Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2014
Informative book about space that shows a lot of really beautiful and fun pictures. Great for kids who are just starting to learn or are curious about space. I would say this is a kindergarten or 1st grade book. This could be used to teach new vocabulary words about space. It is also good to teach about picture-to-text connections. I really liked the pictures in this book I think they did a really good job engaging the reader.

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Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2005
Very informative book for children that have questions about space. This is a good book that answers a lot of questions that children may ask about the moon and the sun and space like how old is the sun. I would say that this is a 1st or 2nd grade level book. This would be a good book to introduce lessons on space in the very beginning. This would also be a good vocabulary book as well. I thought this book was good for answering questions and to have in my classroom but I might not use it all the time.

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Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2005
Very informative book for children who may have questions about different types of reptiles or birds. This answers a lot of common questions that children may have and would be good for children to learn more about different reptiles that we don't see everyday. I would say this is a 1st or 2nd grade level book. This would be a good book to help teach children vocabulary and maybe reinforce concepts of print as well. There are a lot of new words and new animals that children could learn about like the terrifying flying tree snake that scared me. This would be a good classroom resource for children who enjoy reptiles but I don't know if I would use this in lessons.

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Read: 9/3/18
Published: 2005
Very informative book for children that have questions about different types of plants. Also has a lot of great pictures in it that are illustrated really well. This answers a lot of questions that children may have like what is the rain forest like and how do plants stay warm. I would say this is a 1st or 2nd grade level book. This would be a good book for vocabulary like stilt palm and jungle swingers as well as teaching comprehension and promoting more questions. This would be a good book to have as a resource for children who may be interested in plants and learning more about them.

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The Golden Book of Stars and Planets by Judith Herbst

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The Golden Book of Stars and Planets by Judith Herbst

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Read: 9/3/18
Published: 1988
Very informative book that is great for students who are interested in space and the planets. This is also a great book that doesn't just tell a bunch of information but does it in a story setting type of way. I would say this is a 3rd or 4th grade book or could even be as hard as a 5th grade book. This could be used to teach individual planets, zodiacs, stars, and many new vocabulary words. I think this would be a great book to have a resource in the classroom and maybe use to open and talk about lessons on planets.

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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

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Read: 9/18/18
Published: 1925
This is one of my all time favorite books ever. I have read this book multiple times. This is a great classic book for students to read and learn about the roaring 20s. I would say this is a 9th or 10th grade level book but could be used in 8th grade maybe. Although this story may have some very scandalous parts for early aged readers, there are a lot of good teaching points that can be pulled from this book. This book could be used to teach about this time in history because this book as amazing imagery and talks about the time period very well. This book could also be used to teach new vocabulary that students aren't familiar with from this time period. Also this could be used to teach some great symbols like the green lantern, or to teach the ideas of symbolism as well as the ideas of theme. I think this is an outstanding book that I would keep in my classroom.

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Let's Look at the Seasons: Wintertime by Anna Schwenninger

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Let's Look at the Seasons: Wintertime by Anna Schwenninger

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Read: 9/4/18
Published: 1990
Very informative book that has really cute illustrated pictures. This would be a good book for children to learn about the winter months. I would say this is a 1st grade book. This would be good to teach fluency and teaching how to read with expression because the book tells a story as well as gives information. I think this is also a good book to teach vocabulary. This is a great book that I would keep in the classroom that teaches dates and winter times and gives different information like how to make a bird feeder.

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Read: 9/4/18
Published: 1991
Very informative book that has really good pictures. This would be a great book for children who are curious about all types of cats from house cats to tigers and lions. I would say this is definitely a 4th or 5th grade level book. This would be good to use to teach vocabulary and could maybe be used if I did a lesson and had children pick one animal to talk about. This would be a really good classroom resource to have.

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Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff

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Leo the Snow Leopard: The True Story of an Amazing Rescue by Juliana Hatkoff, Isabella Hatkoff, and Craig Hatkoff

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Read: 9/4/18
Published: 2010
Very cute and informative book that was told in a story way. Great for students who are curious about snow leopards. I would say this is a 2nd or 3rd grade level book. This could be used to teach vocabulary to children and to teach comprehension beyond text and making connections. I would definitely want this in my classroom it is an adorable book with amazing pictures and a sweet story line about a snow leopard that was saved and then transitioned to a zoo.

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Read: 9/4/18
Published: 2011
Very informative book with really cool pictures. This would be great for students who like monster trucks and there are a lot that do, but that also want to learn about them. This would be a 2nd grade level book. This could be used to teach new vocabulary words and maybe used to teach boys about a job if they wanted to be a mechanic someday. I grew up loving monster trucks so I thought this would be a cool book to have in my classroom to support the interests of some of the students in my classroom.

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Read: 9/4/18
Published: 2006
Very informative book that has a ton of really good information about a lot of different topics. This would be a great book for children who are interested in furthering knowledge about weather. I would say this is a 5th or 6th grade level book. This would be used to promote comprehension and vocabulary expansion as well as integrating it into classes. This book would be great to start off talking about all the different types of weather as well as El Nino, wildfires, and dust storms. This is a great book full of a lot of information that I will definitely keep and use for different lessons like integration into science lessons.

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Toto Trouble: The Ace of Jokers by Thierry Coppee

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Toto Trouble: The Ace of Jokers by Thierry Coppee

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Read: 9/12/18
Published: 2015
This book is illustrated and set up in the from of comic strips. There's a different comic strip for each page. This is good for children who enjoy jokes. I think this would be a 2nd or 3rd grade level book. This would be good to teach children how to read comics. This would also be good to teach children the right and wrong behaviors since a lot of these behaviors are in school in this comic book, and aren't correct behaviors.

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Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth by Jay Hosler

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Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth by Jay Hosler

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Read: 9/12/18
Published: 2011
This is a very informational comic book that provides information in a way that is new and fresh for children to learn. This would be great for readers who don't like to learn in the normal ways but might like reading a book that doesn't seem as intimidating as a nonfiction book. I would say this is a 4th grade or 5th grade book because it has different chapters and seems to be upper level. This could definitely be used to teach vocabulary and other ideas because it is informational. It could be used to talk about science because it does talk about different periods such as the Jurassic period, Permian period, and Cambrian period. It also talks about how animals adapted from other animals as well. I would definitely say this is a great book to include in my classroom because it contains so much information that is helpful to curriculum and presents it in a new way.

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BabyMouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm

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BabyMouse Queen of the World by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm

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Read: 9/12/18
Published: 2005
Great book with cute pictures in black and white and pink for little girls, more then likely. I would say this is a 1st or 2nd grade level book. This could be used to teach children some valuable lessons like how to stay true to your friends even if you want to be popular and how being true to yourself is the way to go. I think this would also be a great book to teach children how to read with expression. I would love to have this in my classroom because it teaches good lessons.

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Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Macbeth by Ian Lendler

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Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents: Macbeth by Ian Lendler

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Read: 9/12/18
Published: 2014
This book has a little bit of violence like eating people, that could be disturbing for children. I would say this is a 3rd grade book level. This could be used to teach a new spin on the story Macbeth for children. I think this has a good plot and is told in a creative way. Also I think this could be used to teach vocabulary. I would have this in my classroom for children to read as a recreational read.

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Captain America The Winter Soldier by Adam Davis

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Captain America The Winter Soldier by Adam Davis

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Read: 9/12/18
Published: 2014
This book has a lot of violence but nothing that is too bad. I would say this is a 3rd or 4th grade level book. This could be used to teach students that helping people is a good thing to do. I would keep this book in my classroom for children who are interested in superheros.

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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: 9/27/18
Published: 1993
Great for students who are expecting a new baby brother or sister. Also a cute book for children learning to read chapter books. This would be a 2nd grade level chapter book. This could be used to teach vocabulary throughout the book. Also this could be used to teach fluency in how to speak with expression. I also think this book teaches a lot of great lessons like how to handle a new baby, and how to be fair with others because Junie took toys from her friends but had to give them back because it wasn't appropriate that she had them bribe her to see her brother. Also at the end of this book it defines a few words kids wouldn't know. I would definitely keep this book in my classroom I thought the plot was adorable and I loved the pictures through the book. I would also read this as a group to the class.

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Junie B Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park 

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Junie B Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus by Barbara Park 

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Read: 9/27/18
Published: 1992
Great for students who are just starting school or maybe struggle with wanting to come to school altogether. Also I really do love these books for beginners who are starting to read chapter books. They're worded in a really cute way just like how a child would really talk. This would be a 2nd or 3rd grade level beginning chapter book. This could be used to teach vocabulary words to students. This could also be used as another book to teach rate and fluency and reading with expression because Junie B's voice is always full of expression when she's yelling or talking. I also think this is a great book for teaching values like right and wrong and the consequences that come with not listening to your teacher. I would want this in my class and would read this as a group to the class. This is adorable and I love the pictures throughout the book and Junies sense of humor.

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Junie B Jones Is a Party Animal by Barbara Park 

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Junie B Jones Is a Party Animal by Barbara Park 

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Read: 9/27/18
Published: 1997
Great for students who deal with jealousy or might not understand the difference between society in the form of money, for example richer families and middle class families. Great to teach students a very valuable lesson about being alright with what you have an how that can be perfect in itself. This would be a good 2nd or 3rd grade level beginning chapter book. This could be used to teach new vocabulary words like the difference between conversation and conservation, words like madam, interruptions, pleasant and bounced. This could also be a great book to teach expression in reading and rate which are both parts of fluency. I also love the valuable lesson this story teaches children then you shouldn't be jealous of something that someone else has because what you have can be perfect itself. I think this story also has a good lesson in teaching right and wrong when Junie is over a Lucilles and is doing what her parents told her not to and how she got in trouble. I would definitely keep this in my classroom and read it to the whole class or recommend it to a child who is beginning to read chapter books. Junie B Jones was my favorite growing up I would want to pass that on.

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Magic Tree House #19 Tigers at Twilight by Mary Pope Osborne

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Magic Tree House #19 Tigers at Twilight by Mary Pope Osborne

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Read: 9/27/18
Published: 1999
Seriously amazing book. Seriously. Great for children who are curious about the forest. Great for teaching children about many different concepts and values. This is one of the sweetest books I've ever read. Great for all children. I would say this is a 2nd or 3rd grade level beginning chapter book. This could be used to teach imagery in reading and writing. This could also be used to teach onomatopoeias. This would also be a great book for multiple types of fluency such as rate and prosody and teaching reading with expression. This would be awesome for vocabulary words such as frightened, slithering, thumping, poisonous and endangered. This book has some important facts in it that could be related to a science lesson or even a geography lesson as well. This book also has some great discussion questions in the back about the forest. After reading this book I promised myself I would buy the whole series. I LOVE these books and this taught a very important lesson about helping others even if they don't always treat you well, like how the children saved the wounded tiger even though it tried to eat them. I will read all of these stories as a whole to my class because I will have each and every one of these books.

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Magic Tree House #12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime by Mary Pope Osborne 

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Magic Tree House #12 Polar Bears Past Bedtime by Mary Pope Osborne 

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Read: 9/27/18
Published: 1998
Great book for children who want to learn more about the tundra and the polar ice caps. Also a great book for teaching values. Great book that is a beginner chapter book with pictures and a good series book. I would say this is a 2nd or 3rd grade level beginning chapter book. This could teach concepts like onomatopoeias and many vocabulary words such as scroll, parka, barren, and dogsled. This could also be a great book to teach imagery in text as well as predicting what might happen next in a book. Inferencing could be another good concept that could be used with this book. This would also be a good book for teaching fluency. I would make some ties to geography with this story as well. This also teaches some good life lessons like how killing in the polar ice caps is helpful for survival and isn't just mean. I would keep this book in my class and read this series to my class. I loved these books growing up and I still do.

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NEWBERRY MEDAL WINNER
Read: 9/19/18
Published: 1952
This is an amazing book that is great for teaching children about friendship. I would say this is a 3rd or 4th grade upper elementary book. This is such a sweet story about how Charlotte saves Wilbur and how he then saves her babies. This could be used to teach values like friendship as well as teaching vocabulary and word analysis. Also this could be used to teach point of view for a student. I would also use this for making inferences and predicting what would happen next in the story. This is a great story that I would definitely keep in my classroom and read to students.

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Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 

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Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo 

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NEWBERRY HONOR WINNER
Read: 9/19/18
Published: 2000
I absolutely love this story and everything about it. This is a great story to teach children about looking past judgments and to help them overcome some circumstances that they may be going through that are similar to what Opal went through when she moved to this new town and tried to make friends. I would say this is a 4th or 5th grade or even 6th grade level book. It has some ideas that may be inappropriate like Gloria being an alcoholic or Otis being an ex-convict so that may be an issue with teaching this book. This could be used to teach new vocabulary words as well as predicting what might happen in a story. This could also be used to teach some valuable lessons that students this age need to learn about "judging a book by its cover" and about making friends and being a friend. This would also be a great book to teach themes with as well. I will most definitely keep this story in my classroom I loved it as a child and I love it now.

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NEWBERRY AWARD WINNER
Read: 9/21/18
Published: 1987
This story would be good for students who want to read a more realistic story that has a lot of suspense. Growing up I was not a fan of this book and then reading it as an adult I like it a little more. It does have some disturbing ideas that may be scary for younger readers like the plane driver having a heart attack or being stranded alone in the woods. This would be a good 7th or 8th grade level book I think. This could be used to teach the ideas of strength through the hardest of times. This could also be used to teach reading comprehension and vocabulary words that may be new to readers. This could also be used to teach setting and theme and some great discussion questions could be pulled from this book. I would keep this in my classroom for students to read but might not teach it.

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Read: 9/21/18
Published: 2016
This is a great story to teach students about how to be accepting of who people are. This story is about a girl who suddenly gets sick and one of the most "popular" boys in school falls in love with her and she realizes that he has flaws too. I think this would be a 10th or 11th grade level book. This could be used to teach character development as well as many very important themes like sickness and the importance of scars. This is a really sweet book that has a lot of good concepts to it I would keep it and use it in the best way I could.

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GOLDEN KITE AWARD FOR FICTION
Read: 9/25/18
Published: 1999
This is a great book for students in higher grades to read. This does have a very disturbing plot but overall I think the main ideas in this story and how this girl speaks up finally is what a lot of girls that are growing up right now need to hear. This would definitely be a high school level book. This could be used to teach about "suffragettes" and how this pertains to the story and different area's of the theme. This could also be used to teach reading comprehension. Overall this is an amazing book that I would keep in my classroom.

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Read: 9/27/18
Published: 2016
This is a really relate able book for students who may be going through difficult times that they want to forget. This is a great book to recommend students to read. I would say this is a 10th grade or 11th grade level book for upper high school students. This is about a girl who was a in a car accident and is seeing an imaginary boy who doesn't exist because of this accident. She soon realizes that this boy isn't imaginary and that this boy is a consequence of memories that she had erased because of a heart break that she had. She soon realizes she wishes she could go back and undo this memory erase because those very memories are what make her, herself. I think that is the best teaching concept that can be taken from this book is how our memories make us who we are. Also this could be used to teach plot and character development as well as may ideas in reading comprehension and making inferences. I would definitely keep this book in my classroom it is an awesome read.

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Read: 9/30/18
Published: 2016
This is another great book with a really awesome plot for students who are in upper grade levels. I would say this is a 9th or 10th grade level book. Its about a girl who goes to California every year to sell Christmas trees and meets a young man while shes there and starts to fall for him. This is a great book that teaches one to not judge a book by its cover and that our past experiences and choices do not define who we are. I think that this book teaches values that are valuable to these students at this age. This also could be used to teach vocabulary as well as providing a discussion that could be lead on theme. I would definitely keep this book in my classroom because the overall idea of getting to know someone despite their previous actions and choices in life is one I live by.