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Title: Scaredy Squirrel

Author/Illustrator: Melanie Watt

Publisher: Kids Can Press

Date: March 1, 2008

# of pages: 40 pages

Grade Level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Comedy and Animation,

Theme: Origins of Fear

Topic: New Experiences
Artistic Media: Drawing
Literacy Elements: The Squirrel lives in a nut tree and is happy there. It's his home, every day is the same. He never leaves his tree, so he decides to explore the unknown! He makes plans and creates an emergency kit for the secret. Things don't go according to plan!
Personal Response: I thought the book's meaning is important for students. It's important to know that sometimes it's okay and good to go out of your comfort zone and explore new things as long as they are safe.
Circular Connections: This connects to English and Science.

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Title: Mother Winter
Author/Illustrator: James Chistopher Caroll
Publisher: Creative Editions
Date: August 9, 2022
# of pages: 16 pages
Grade Level: 4th-7th

Genre: Nature Children's books, Bed-Time stories, and How it Works book
Themes: Seasons, Weather, and Nature
Artistic Media: Painting

Literacy Elements: This short poetry book talks about the nighttime and whimsical things that come along. It explains how Mother Nature comes out at night when everybody is sleeping. Mother Nature puts snow and frost everywhere and takes kids who are awake along for a ride in the nighttime.
Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book and thought it was a good book to read. It teaches students the seasons and winter and what weather is in winter.
Circular Connections: This book would be good for science class, to go into a lesson about weather and winter.

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Title: El Deafo

Author/illustrator: Cece Bell and David Lasky

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

Date: September 2,2014

# of pages: 248

Grade level: 3rd - 7th

Genre: Graphic Novel

Theme: Disabilities

Topic: Disability Awareness and Life Struggles
Artistic media: Drawing
Literacy Elements: This book tells the story about a girl who realizes she is deaf. This book highlights the things students with disabilities have to experience. El Deafo brings awareness to students with disabilities and helps create inclusivity.
Personal Response: I personally loved the comic El Deafo. I thought it was a beautiful story that addresses disabilities. It is super important to incorporate books like this into the classroom so students can understand more about disabilities. Representing different disabilities in the classroom can lead to an inviting open-minded classroom where all students feel represented and heard. The main character took her disability instead of something that made her different and changed it into a superpower. This empowers all students with disabilities that they are different.
Circular Connections: This couold be read in an English class to promote disabilities and to relate to a child in the classroom.

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Title: We Believe In You

Author/illustrator: Beth Ferry and Molly Idle

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Date: October 27, 2020

# of Pages: 32 pages

Grade Level: Preschool - 1st grade

Genre: Children's Self-Esteem Books
Theme: Self- Motivation, Self - Love, and Self-Determination
Topic: Believing in yourself and others
Artistic Media: Water Color
Literacy Elements: This beautifully written book is about believing in yourself and other people. It shows the important message that you can do anything you set your mind to. You can motivate yourself and the people around you to achieve these goals. The pictures show different animals being able to do things like stand tall or climb.
Personal Response: I personally loved this book and think it's a great book for children to read. It helps teach self-motivation and confidence which every child needs.
Circular Connections: English class

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Title: The Three Little Pigs

Author/Illustrator: James Marshall

Publisher: Weston Woods Studio

Date: April 12, 2008

# of pages: 32

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd Grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Putting time into your work

Topic: Building houses

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: Three different pigs have three houses made out of Straws, Sticks, and Bricks. The nasty world comes over and blows The straw and the stick house down!

Personal Response: This book by Marshell is a classic book that I'm sure everybody has heard of. It's a good read for kids to understand what hard work is and how sometimes you have to put in hard work for things you want.

Circular Connections: English class

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Title: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Author/illustrator: Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

Publisher: Puffin Books

Date: March 1l, 1996

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Kindergartner - 3rd Grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Lying and two sides to a story

Topic: Lying

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book is the showing the other side of the story The three little pigs but from the wolfs perspective. Instead of being a bad wolf he just wanted to ask his friends, the pigs, for some sugar. When he went to the houses he sneezed and knocked the houses down.

Personal Response: I enjoyed reading this book and I found it to be funny. The other book is a classic so I enjoyed the twist on it. It's important for kids to realize there is two sides to a story and don't assume somebody is bad without hearing them.

Circular Connections: English class

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Title: My Daddy, Martin Luther King, Jr.

Author/illustrator: Martin Luther King III and AG Ford

Publisher: Amistad Books for Young Readers

Date: January 2, 2018

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Grade Level: Preschool - 3rd Grade

Genre: Biography

Themes: Social Activists, People, Family, History- United States

Topic: Historic Figures

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: The book My Daddy, Martin Luther King Jr. by his oldest son Martin Luther King III is the story of him growing up during the Civil Rights Movement. Throughout the book, he tells a story of things that his family had to go through during that hard time. It shows the hard parts, the good parts, and everything in between. The book conveys an important message about MLK and what he did in a sweet way for children.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book and think its great for kids to read. It teaches children about Martin Luther King Jr and what his and his family life was like.

Circular Connections: English or History class

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Title: In the Blue

Author/Illustrator: Erin Hourigan
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc

Publication Date: May 3, 2022
# of pages: 40 pages

Grade Level: Preschool -  3rd Grade
Genre: Fiction, Children’s Literature
Theme: Emotional, Family - oriented

Topic: Family Issues, Depression

Artistic Media: Water Color

Literacy Elements: The children’s book In the Blue by Erin Hourigan is about a dad who suffers from depression and the child navigating through it. Through the dark vs. light colors and the visual representation you can see the dad is very sad and going through something and the child is doing her best to comfort her dad.

Personal Response: I personally think this book is beautifully written and the illustrations are amazing. This book can be a little harsh for a normal children's story book but I think the lesson is super important. You never know what somebody’s family is going through and being able to relay it is super important. By using dark colors for the father and light colors for the daughter it portrays the emotions as well.

Circular Connections: English Class

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Title: Be Your Own Best Friend Forever

Author/illustrator: Gary Robinson

Publisher: 7th Generation

Date: May 10, 2021

# of pages: 42 pages

Grade level: 5th grade - 9th grade

Genre: Self - Confidence

Theme: Loving yourself

Topic: Loving yourself

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book talks about loving youself and that it is good to be your own friend. It also teaches on diversity and everybody is different .

Personal Response: My thoughts while listening to this book is how great this book is to help create inclusion. This book shows children that their differences don't make them weird or not the same, it makes them unique and makes you special. This can be a very valuable lesson to teach inclusion and teach children about diversity.

Circular Connections: English class

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Title: Pirates Past Noon

Author/Illustrator: Mary Pope Osborne and Salvatore Murdocca

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Date: March 8, 1994

# of pages: 80 pages

Grade level: 1st grade - 4th grade

Genre: Children's Historical Fantasy

Theme: Mystery

Topic: Lost Treasure

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book is about Jack and Annie who are on an island. They come across many hurdles and adventures along the way to find the lost treasure.

Personal Response: I loved the Magic Tree House books growing up and I love every one of them. This series of books has a lot of adventures that are fun for readers.

Circular Connections: English

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Title: Beautiful Black Bird

Author/illustrator: Ashley Bryan

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Date: January 1, 2003

# of pages: 40 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Representation

Theme: Geography and Cultures

Topic: Equality

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book is about how the Black bird was said to be the most beautiful bird. All the other birds have different colors and are envious of the blackbird. Throughout the book, they realize it's not about what's on the outside, but on the inside.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book and I think it's a great book for students. It teaches them about different skin colors, and no matter what everybody is beautiful. Not everything is based on the outside, but the inside is what matters which is a great lesson for students.

Circular Connections: English class

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Title: The One and Only Ivan

Author/illustrator: Katherine Applegate

Publisher: HarperCollins

Date: January 6, 2015

# of pages: 336 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Friendship, Animals, and Promises

Topic: Friendship with Animals

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book is about a gorilla named Ivan who was held in captivity for 27 years. He is trying to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named Stella.

Personal Response: I loved this book and thought this was great. This would totally be the type of book I would have read when I was younger and I loved the friends he made along the way. This book is also based on a true story but with some fiction twists.

Circular Connections: English class

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Title: New Kid

Author/illustrator: Jerry Craft

Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Date: February 5th, 2019

# of pages: 256 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th

Genre: Graphic Novel, Comics, Fiction

Theme: Finding Confidence

Topic: Confidence, Not fitting in

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book tells a story about the main character Jordan who is a seventh grader. He loves art but is placed into a prestigious private academic school. He faces a problem being in between two worlds of not fitting in and not losing his identity.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed this book and I think it has a very valuable message. This is a struggle a lot of students have, so acknowledging this can make students feel heard.

Circular Connections: Art and English

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Title: Charlotte's Web

Author/illustrator: E.B. White

Publisher: HarperCollins

Date: April 10, 2012

# of pages: 184 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th

Genre: Novel and Children's Literature

Theme: Friendship and Perseverance

Topic: True Friends

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of a pig names Wilbur so is planned on being slaughtered. With the help of his spider friend Charlotte they find ways to save him.

Personal Response: I have always loved this book since I was younger. This is a classic, that teaches about the concept of friendship and that you can be friends with anybody. You would never think that a pig and spider would be best friends but this book shows students anybody can be friends.

Circular Connections: English Class

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Title: Big Bear and Little Fish

Author/illustrator: Sandra Nickel and Il Sung Na

Publisher: Carolrhoda books

Date: September 6, 2022

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 2nd grade

Genre: Children's Literature

Theme: Friendship has no limits

Topic: Friendship

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of a bear who is at a carnival. At the carnival, the bear wants to get a teddy bear the same size as them. Instead of getting a toy bear the bear gets a fish. At first, the bear is bummed, but with a little help from the fish they realize they have a lot in common and they become friends.

Personal Response: I thought this was a great book for little kids and it has a great message. The message is that you don't have to look alike to be friends. Animals and people of all sizes can be friends which is important for little kids beginning school.

Circular Connections: English Class

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Title: Stolen Words

Author/illustrator: Melanie Florence and Gabrielle Grimard

Publisher: Second Story Press

Date: September 5, 2017

# of pages: 24 pages

Grade level: 1st - 3rd

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Legacy and Cultural

Topic: Cultural issues

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: It starts with the granddaughter asking her grandfather to say "grandpa" in Cree. He responds with I lost my words, and continues to say how they took him away and made him forget learning Cree. Next, his grandaughter gives him a dreamcatcher in hopes that he gets his words back. Then finally, his granddaughter gives him a book the "Introduction to Cree".

Personal Response: I really enjoyed reading this book and think this is very important for children to read. It teaches about the history of cultures and how a lot of cultures weren't respected back in time. It's important for children to now understand what minorities had to fight for and what they still have to fight for.

Circular Connections: English and History Class

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Title: Hey, Thats my monster

Author/illustrator: Amanda Noll and Howard McWilliam

Publisher: Flashlight Press

Date: September 1, 2016

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Kindergarten - 2nd grade

Genre: Fiction and Bedtime Story

Theme: Children's imagination

Topic: Fearful Humor

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story about a boy named Ethan and his monster under his bad Gabe. These is a monster under his bed to scare him to keep him in his bed. One night when Ethan looks for Gabe, Gabe left a note saying he has to go help someone else. Ethan finds out that child Gabe is helping is his sister who can't stay her in her bed.

Personal Response: I thought this was a really cute book and especially good for little children struggling with staying in their own bed at night.

Circular Connections: English class

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Title: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

Author/illustrator: John Steptoe

Publisher: FBA Powersetup

Date: January 1, 2008

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Fairy Tail and Fiction

Theme: Kindness and Honesty

Topic: Kindness vs Selfless

Artistic Media: Painting

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of two daughters named Manyara and Nyasha. Both daughters are alerted that the king is looking for a wife. Manyara tries to win over the king, but she is very selfless and mean.

Personal Response: I like this book a lot and I thought it was a great read for children. It talks about the important message. Being nice is what matters at the end of the day. This book is a cultural trust on the classic Cinderella story.

Circular Connections: English class.

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Title: The Egyptian Cinderella

Author/illustrator: Shirley Climo and Ruth Heller

Publisher: HarperCollins

Date: February 28, 1992

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Fairytale

Theme: Cultural reality

Topic: Egyptian Cinderella Story

Artistic Media: Painting

Literacy Elements: This book is about a girl named Rhodopis. Rhodopis has been kidnapped and taken to Greece, where she is sold to an elder. This man seems to not notice the mistreatment she is getting from the servants.

Personal Response: I like this book and think the message is very important. While this book is a twist on the Cinderella story, there is cultural differences. This book shows the reality of what people have to deal with, and talks about how sometimes life isn’t fair.

Circular Connections: English or History class

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Title: Ban This Book

Author/illustrator: Alan Gratz

Publisher: Starscrape

Date: August 29, 2017

# of pages: 257 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th

Genre: Novel and Fiction

Theme: Loyalty

Topic: Standing up

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of Anne and her friends. One of their classmate's mom made a ban against a list of books including a book Anne loves. Anne and her friends come together and create a secret ban club to ban a bunch of books in the library. The point of this is to get back for banning her favorite book.

Personal Response: I thought this book was a good read and funny. It teaches student's to stand up for things they are passionate about.

Circular Connections: English Class

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Title: Fatty Legs

Author/illustrator: Christy Jordan- Fenton, Margaret Pokiak-Fenton, and Liz Amini-Holmes

Publisher: Annick Press

Date: September 1, 2010

# of pages: 112 pages

Grade level: 4th - 7th

Genre: Memoir

Theme: Being Brave

Topic: Standing up for yourself

Artistic Media: Drawing and Painting

Literacy Elements: This book talks about a young girl named Margaret who wants to go to school, 5 hours away from home. She is a determined and brave girl and faces challenges joining a new school. The nun Raven, doesn't like strong headed Margaret and tries to embarass her by giving her different color tights then the rest of her classmates.

Personal Response: I think this is an important book for kids to read. This book shows how you need to be brave sometimes, and even though people are mean you have to stand up for yourself and what you know is right.

Circular Connections: Any class

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Title: Fox : A Circle of Life Story

Author/illustrator: Isabel Thomas and Daniel Egneus

Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books

Date: November 30, 2021

# of pages: 48 pages

Grade level: Preschool and up

Genre: Children's Literature

Theme: Life Changes

Topic: Life

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of a fox who in winter is on the hunt to find food for her three cubs. She teaches her cubs how to fight for themselves and how to hunt for food. Then, the fox dies and the body goes into the world which helps nourish the dirt for plants.

Personal Response: While this is a sad book, it's important for children to learn the circle of life. It teaches that while things die and life ends new lives can also begin.

Circular Connections: Science Class

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Title: What's in Your Pocket

Author/illustrator: Heather Montgomery and Maribel Lechuga

Publisher: Charlesbridge

Date: September 14, 2021

# of pages: 48 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Biographies

Theme: Scientific Observations

Topic: Research

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of scientists when they were kids and how they conducted research. These kids would find interesting things outside in nature (pinecones, leafs, etc) and would collect them in their pocket. The author goes on to say what they would put in their pockets and how you can do the same.

Personal Response: I think this book is a good read for students who are interested in science. It can be fun for kids to learn how they can be scientists and collect things.

Circular Connections: I think this book would be best well connected to a science class.

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Title: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Author/illustrator: Bill Martin Jr, John Archambault, Louis Ehlert

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young readers

Date: October 1, 1989

# of pages: 40 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Picture Book

Theme: Alphabet Learning

Topic: Alphabet Letter fun

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story about all the letters of the Alphabet trying to climb up the coconut tree. The tree can't hold all of them so Chicka Chicka Boom Boom the letters come falling down.

Personal Response: This classic book is perfect for young children who are starting to learn the alphabet and the letters that make it up.

Circular Connections: This book can be connected to english class and learning about the alphabetic principle to young students.

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Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Author/illustrator: Ronald Dahl and Quentin Blake

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group

Date: August 16, 2007

# of pages: 192 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th grade

Genre: Fairy Tale

Theme: Social Class

Topic: Being nice

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of 5 lucky kids that get randomly selected through the golden ticket to go into the Chocolate Party and spend a day in there. Throughout this journey, through being irresponsible and rude slowly the kids get lot in the factory by playing.

Personal Response: This book is another classic book that talks about the importance of being a nice person and being respectful. By doing so, good things will happen to you.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to any class and teach about kindness and responsability

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Title: Goodnight Moon

Author/illustrator: Margaret Brown and Clement Hurd

Publisher: Harper Collins

Date: January 23, 2007

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Kindergarten

Genre: Picture Book

Theme: Bedtime

Topic: Rituals

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of a child going to bed and he goes through his bedtime routine. His routine being saying goodnight to everything in his room one by one.

Personal Response: This book is another classic that is a good calming book. This book can help children get into a routine before bed.

Circular Connections: This book connects to bed time or nap time and teaching rituals and routines.

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Title: This & That

Author/illustrator: Mem Fox and Judy Horacek

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Date: January 31, 2017

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 1st grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Rhyming

Topic: Rhyme

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of two mice that go on different adventures and it is one big rhyme with this & that.

Personal Response: I personally really like this book, and I think it is a great way to teach rhyming sequences.

Circular Connections: This could connect to the Phonological part of learning rhythms.

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Title: Lucy Tries Baseball

Author/illustrator: Lisa Bowes and James Hearne

Publisher: Orca Book Publications

Date: April 11, 2023

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: 1st - 3rd grade

Genre: Sports Fiction

Theme: Motivation

Topic: Overcoming

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of Lucy whose coach is teaching her baseball. Lucy is scared of getting hit by the ball, so she gets scared and doesn't try. With encouragement from her coach, she gets over her fear and has fun.

Personal Response: I like this book and think it teaches a good message about getting over fears and having people to support you.

Circular Connections: This book could best connect to a PE or an English book.

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Title: The Breadwinner

Author/illustrator: Deborah Ellis

Publisher: Groundwood Book

Date: September 1, 2000

# of pages: 177 pages

Grade level: 5th - 9th grade

Genre: Novel

Theme: Gender

Topic: Perseverance

Artistic Media: Cartoon

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of an 11-year-old named Parvana and her family. The father is a teacher and then becomes a transcriber. He then gets arrested for having foreign education and Parvana has to help her family out. She dresses like a man and gets a job to get money for her family.

Personal Response: This book tells the sad truth that women weren't able to get jobs and also teaches the hardships some people have to go through.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to History class and what it used to be like back then.

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Title: Number the Stars

Author/illustrator: Lois Lowry

Publisher: Clarion Books

Date: May 2, 2011

# of pages: 160 pages

Grade level: 5th - 7th grade

Genre: Historical

Theme: Bravery

Topic: History

Artistic Media: Pictures

Literacy Elements: This book talks about Annemarie and all of the other Jews in Denmark who had to leave and cross the Sweden Sea. It tells the real story through the eyes of a 10-year-old kid.

Personal Response: I read this book many times growing up and I think it is important for students to know what happened 50 or so years ago.

Circular Connections: This can connect to an History class talking about the events of evacuating the Jews.

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Title: Smile

Author/illustrator: Raina Telgemeier

Publisher: Graphix

Date: November 10, 2020

# of pages: 224 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th grade

Genre: Graphic Novel

Theme: Struggles

Topic: Coming of age

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of Raina a girl who falls and gets her two front teeth knocked out. The book goes on an adventure through her experience through surgery, braces on and off, fake teeth, and headgear. Through all of this, she battles problems with friends and boys.

Personal Response: This book is a good read and it shows the reality through graphics about how life can be really hard sometimes but it is normal.

Circular Connections:

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Title: I am Ruby Bridges

Author/illustrator: Ruby Bridges and Nikkolas Smith

Publisher: Orchard Books

Date: September 6, 2022

# of pages: 48 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Biography

Theme: Civil Rights History

Topic: Confidence

Artistic Media: Paintings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of Ruby Bridges when she was 6 years old and being the only Black student in a school full of white kids. This book follows her experience during the Civil War as well and becoming confident in herself.

Personal Response: This book tells the sad story about a girl struggling with discrimination and managing that at a young age.

Circular Connections: This book connects to an History class about the Civil War.

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Title: The Name Jar

Author/illustrator: Yangsook Choi

Publisher: Dragonfly Books

Date: October 14, 2003

# of pages: 40 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 2nd grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Identity

Topic: Identity Struggles

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of a girl named Unhei who moves to a new school in America. Nobody in her new school knows her name and she feels like she can't fit in. She is looking into pulling an American name from a jar but her new friend helps her realize her best name is her own.

Personal Response: This book tells the struggle of what many people have to go through with feeling left out and having a hard pronouncing name.

Circular Connections: This book connects to English for students who may struggle with this same thing.

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Title: The Kissing Hand

Author/illustrator: Audrey Penn and Ruth Harper

Publisher: Tanglewood

Date: October 15, 1993

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: New Experiences

Topic: Support System

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This is the story of Chester who is scared for school. His mom tells the story of their family tradition the kissing hand. When chester feels scared in a new place or feels alone he can look at his hand and know that her mom is always thee for him.

Personal Response: I think this is a sweet message that I know a lot of parents do now.

Circular Connections: This can connect to any class and feeling supported.

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Title: Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes

Author/illustrator: James and Kimberly Dean

Publisher: HarperCollins

Date: October 4, 2016

# of pages: 40 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Forgiveness

Topic: Kindness

Artistic Media: Paintings

Literacy Elements: This book is about Pete and his friends are cooking cupcakes for a party. All of a sudden there are cupcakes missing. Pete and his friends go and try to find the cupcakes and learn about kindness and forgiveness.

Personal Response: This book is a good lesson about being forgiving to people and just being kind instead of being angry.

Circular Connections: This book connects to an English class to learn about behaviors.

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Title: Stuart Little

Author/illustrator: E.B. White and Garth Williams

Publisher: Harper & Row

Date: September 1, 2020

# of pages: 131 Pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th

Genre: Novel

Theme: Overcoming

Topic: Adventurous

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: Stuart is a mouse who lives with a family of humans. One day his best friend Margolo, the bird, is not in her nest. Stuart went on an adventure to find his friend when he experienced many obstacles.

Personal Response: I loved this book growing up and think it is a classic. This book teaches the lesson of overcoming fears and also doing things for people you love.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to English while learning about how to write.

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Title: The Cat in The Hat

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Publisher: Random House for Young Readers

Date: March 12, 1957

# of pages: 61 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 2nd grade

Genre: Picture Book

Theme: Trust

Topic: Responsibility

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: The story begins with kids Sally and Sam are home alone for the day. All of the sudden, there boring day becomes a day full of adventure and craziness with the Cat in the hat.

Personal Response: The Cat in the Hat is a classic, great book for all kids. This kid is written with a bunch of rhymes perfect for kids learning words and rhymes.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to an English class for students learning about rhyming.

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Title: Go, Dog Go

Author/illustrator: P.D. Eastman

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Date: March 12, 1961

# of pages: 72 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 2nd grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Basic Concepts

Topic: Adventurous

Artistic Media: Drawing

Literacy Elements: This book shows a bunch of dogs going on several adventures. together. There is no real plot, but great for kids just learning to read.

Personal Response: This is a great book that all kids love and is perfect for teaching basic words and colors to kids.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to English class and has this as a silent reading time book. It can help older kids review high-frequency words.

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Title: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Author/illustrator: Eric Carle

Publisher: World of Eric Carle

Date: March 23, 1994

# of pages: 26 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 1st

Genre: Picture Book

Theme: Growth

Topic: Well-Being

Artistic Media: Paintings

Literacy Elements: The book is showing a Caterpillar who eats his way through things and the book.

Personal Response: This book is great for children just starting to read. This can help teach language at a young that can help teach counting.

Circular Connections: This book can be a good independant read book to help ELL readers learn counting.

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Title: The Report Card

Author/illustrator: Andrew Clements

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Date: January 1, 2006

# of pages: 192 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 7th

Genre: Novel

Theme: Responsibilities

Topic: Grades

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of Nora, a fifth grader. Nora is a really smart student but wants to keep it a secret. She hates how there is a big pressure on getting good grades in school so she brings home a bad report card to show bad grades are okay.

Personal Response: This book tells students that it is important to try hard in school to get good grades, but it isn't everything.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to students in any class feeling pressure about grades and such.

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Title: Love You Forever

Author/illustrator: Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw

Publisher: Firefly Books

Date: September 1, 1995

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 1st grade

Genre: Picture Book

Theme: Happiness

Topic: Love

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book is a classic book that touches on love and having love for eachother. Throughout the book it also touches on tough subjects such as death.

Personal Response: I like this book because I think it is important to start teaching those hard topics eventually so they can be well educated and aware.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to a Independent Reading book that the students can read on their free time.

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Title: Corduroy

Author/illustrator: Don Freeman

Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers

Date: October 16, 2014

# of pages: 34 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 1st

Genre: Picture Book

Theme: Self Love

Topic: Appreciation

Artistic Media: Paintings

Literacy Elements: The book is about a bear named Corduroy sho lives in a department store. One day a little girl named Lisa, asker her mom if she can have him but her mom said no because he was missing a button. Then, the bear goes on a search for his button.

Personal Response: I think this is an important book because it talks about accepting one and another and how everybody has flaws in their okay and that is. good thing.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to an Kindergarten class to help teach about flaws and not judging classmates.

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Title: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Author/illustrator: Eileen Christelow

Publisher: Charion Books

Date: April 4, 2017

# of pages: 30 pages

Grade level: Preschool - Kindergarten

Genre: Nursery Rhyme

Theme: Self Care

Topic: Safety

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of five monkeys going to bed, and then all of the sudden they start jumping around. When they jump on the bed they all fall and hit their head.

Personal Response: This book tells the story that you have to take care of yourself and your peers.

Circular Connections: This can connect to a preschool that is learning about being caring.

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Title: What if Everybody Did That?

Author/illustrator: Ellen Javernick and Colleen Madden

Publisher: TwoLions

Date: January 5, 2012

# of Pages: 32

Grade Level: Preschool - 3rd

Genre: Children's Literature

Theme: Breaking Rules

Topic: Mistakes

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book is about a boy who just wants to drop one soda can on the floor. But that proposes the question what if everybody did that?

Personal Response: This book teaches the important connection that if you do something it makes it okay for everybody too.

Circular Connections: This can connect to a preschool class teaching the lesson about treat things and others how you want to be treated.

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Title: Kindness is My Superpower

Author/illustrator: Alicia Ortego

Publisher: Alicia Ortego

Date: July 27, 2020

# of Pages: 38 pages

Grade Level: Preschool - 2nd

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Kindness

Topic: Treating Others with Respect

Literacy Elements:  This book follows a boy named Luca who is kind and respectful to everybody around him. Luca's behaviors show other students that it is good to be kind to yourself and your classmates.

Personal Response: I liked this book and thought it taught a valuable lesson about treating everybody around you with respect.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to reading time in Kindergarten and showing that respect can go a long ways.

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Title: The Wonderful World of Oz

Author/illustrator: L. Frank Baum

Publisher: Digireads.com Publishing

Date: February 23, 2016

# of pages: 88 pages

Grade level: 3rd - 6th

Genre: Fantasy Fiction

Theme: Friendship

Topic: Journey of finding home

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This classical book tells the story of a girl named Dorothy and her dog Toto that live in Kansas. Then there is a huge tornado which forces Dorothy and Toto on the yellow brick road where she meets friends. This journey is hopefully getting her back to her home.

Personal Response: I loved this book growing up and think this is a good read for anybody. This book is funny, sad, happy, scary and takes the audience on a trip through the world of Oz.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to English class learning how to engage the audience in your story telling.

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Title: The Rainbow FishThe Rainbow Fish

Author/illustrator: Marcus Pfister

Publisher: North-South Books

Date: January 27, 1999

# of pages: 32 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 1st grade

Genre: Children's Literature

Theme: Selffishness

Topic: Making Friends

Artistic Media: Paintings

Literacy Elements: This book tells the story of a rainbow fish who is very proud of his looks. Being of him being so vein, he becomes lonely and realizes being vein won't make friends.

Personal Response: I loved this book growing up and I think it teaches a great lesson about how looks aren't everything.

Circular Connections: This can connect to any class and teach about being a nice human being.

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Title: Oh, The Places You'll Go

Author/Illustrator: Dr. Seuss

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers

Date: January 22, 1990

# of pages: 56 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Self - confidence

Topic: Identity

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This book talks about the ups and downs of life through Dr. Seuss language and humor.

Personal Response: This book is another classic book that talks about the adventures of life .

Circular Connections: This class can connect to English and learning about rhythms.

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Title: Green Eggs and Ham

Author/Illustrator: Dr. Seuss

Publisher: Beginner Books/ Random House

Date: August 12, 1960

# of pages: 65 pages

Grade level: Preschool - 2nd

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Being optimistic

Topic: Don't make up your mind before trying it

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This books tells the story about a plate of Green Eggs and ham and the boy sam refuses to try it based on the look. After a lot of persuasion Sam tries it and ends up liking them.

Personal Response: This book is a good book to teach about being open minded and things even though you might think negatively already.

Circular Connections: This book can connect to learning rhythms.

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Title: Rikki Tikki Tavi

Author/Illustrator: Rudyard Kipling and Crystal Billing

Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing

Date: December 17, 2020

# of pages: 54 pages

Grade level: 2nd - 12th

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Courage

Topic: Being brave

Artistic Media: Drawings

Literacy Elements: This story is about a little Mongoose who ends up saving a boy and his family from wild mean snakes.

Personal Response: This book shows about bravery no matter what size you might be.

Circular Connections: This book can be a good mentor text for students to analyze.