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Kurt Aldag
This is an interesting story that uses 5-10 lines of text per page. There is a mixture of simple and complex sentences as well as some challenging vocabulary. This would be a good book for upper elementary, 4th-6th grade, because of it's emphasis on text rather than illustrations. There are illustrations on each page but they are not necessary for understanding the text. The story talks about an unusual encounter in a small town which many young readers may not have experienced before. However, the students can still take implicit meaning away from reading this book.

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Natalie Savage Carlson
This is a chapter book which would be suitable for 5th--6th grade readers. There is significantly more text than other books and less pictures. This book has a rarely seen topic in children's books, homelessness. This could be a very relevant book for students who are housing insecure because it hones in on not the fact the they are homeless, but the fact that they are together and they have each other. This book is more dense and complex than the other books I have chose and really speaks to more abstract life experiences.

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Bill Martin  Jr. & John Archambault
This is a very elementary book that helps students with their alphabet. I would recommend this book for K-1 because of its simplicity and topic. There is few lines of text on each page and they frequently rhymes. The purpose of this book is explicit, to help children learn the alphabet, and this is conveyed through each illustration.

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Marcus Pfister
This colorful book is very interesting to students and a common read. It is relatively complex due to the length of text and the minimal aid from the illustrations. It uses some complex words, mainly adjectives, which would put it around a 3rd-4th grade level of understanding. The book teaches about friendship between marine life which children can then transfer to their own life experiences.

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Watty Piper
This is a classic book that teachers children explicitly about optimism and hard work. It uses a mix of complex sentences as well as onomatopoeias and repetition. In order to understand this book, it does not require that students have any previous background knowledge which makes it an excellent choice for students in the 3rd grade range.

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Joseph Bruchac
This is a beautiful story about a Cherokee Indian which can help readers who are of Native American heritage to see themselves reflected in text. There is about a paragraph of text on each page with mainly familiar vocabulary but some words that could cause trouble for younger readers. Nonetheless, it would be on a 3rd-4th grade level. The concept of this book is complex in that it uses figurative language and refers to abstract themes that may not be common to readers.

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Anastasia Suen
A very basic and easy read for emergent readers. This is good for K-2 because it uses simple language and 1-2 lines of text on each page. There is a frequent use of rhyming which would be helpful for emergent readers. The images are very detailed and help to add meaning to the text.

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Pete Bently & Helen Oxenbury
This an imagination filled book great to help young readers start to use their creativity. The length of text on the pages varies and the authors uses varying text sized to put emphasis on some words. It uses characters of different ethnicities which exposes younger children to diversity in books. The use of rhyming and illustrations makes this book better suited for 2nd-3rd grade readers.

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Laura Numeroff
A classic book with simple language and familiar vocabulary. The illustrations enhance the reader's understanding but are not necessary to the text. The book does not teach any lesson or discuss a theme but it is great to get 2nd-3rd grade students interested in reading.

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Matt de la Peña
An outstanding book for students in upper elementary. This text is unpredictable and uses some unfamiliar words but is nonetheless a great read. It alludes to the homeless population as well as other minority populations and includes a lot of diversity in characters. The ending was unpredictable and helps students to begin understanding the importance of helping others and appreciating what they have. The use of graphics really helps the reader to understand and at the end is necessary for the reader to grasp the full meaning of the text.

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Rachel Isadora
An interesting story about how a grandmother encourages her grandson to keep trying although he isn't the best at baseball. This deals with a minority populations and alludes to Jackie Robinson, the first black person to play in the MLB. This would be appropriate for 3rd-4th graders

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Lulu Delacre
This is a chapter book that contains a lot of text on each page and very few illustrations. This book would be more suitable for 5th-6th graders. It contains text written in both English and Spanish and can be very interesting for students with Hispanic heritage. It also contains lists of recipes which is probably fairly new to elementary students and could be a little difficult for younger readers to understand. Nonetheless, the story brings the characters' stories together to explain a rather implicit meaning of the importance of family and community celebration.

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Ezra Jack Keats
This is a bilingual book featuring characters from ethnic minorities. It would be great for children to read especially during the winter months. The story is chronological and easy to predict with 2-3 lines of text on each page, making it more suitable for 1st and 2nd graders. The illustrations are also very simple and not very abstract which add to the ease of understanding the storyline.

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Daniel Kirk
This book uses very short sentences and relies heavily on graphics. The graphics do not add to the understanding of the text but is nonetheless important. It is appropriate for K-3 given that it teaches about a simple topic and is straight-forward.

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Anne Rockwell
This book would be interesting for children in 3rd-4th grade. It is great for families and consists of diverse characters. It speaks indirectly about friendship and interpersonal relationships. Students would benefit from having domain specific knowledge about different types of trucks although the book presents them with corresponding photos.

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Rachel Isadora
This book is an easy read and would be great for 1st or 2nd graders. There is minimal text and the book is highly dependent on photos which is why it would better suit younger learners. The main characters are of African heritage which can interest minority populations by allowing them to see themselves in texts.

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Patty Lovell
This book is simple on the surface but has a deeper and more complex meaning, bullying. This is great for K-3, but could benefit middle grade students as well because it talks about common life experiences that many students in younger grades experience for the first time.

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Anna Dewdney
This book discusses bullying which is a common in children's' life experiences. The text is large and there are few words on each page which would make this better for K-2 readers. The book uses familiar vocabulary and simple sentence structures in the present tense to explicitly explore the topic of bullying to the reader.

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Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
A great book for younger children 2nd-3rd grade because it examines the idea of sharing which becomes a common topic when children start to go to school. The meaning is obvious and clearly revealed in the text through the characters' actions.

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Chris Van Dusen
This is a fun book for students in upper elementary grades to read. It has unfamiliar content vocabulary as well as jargon and uses a variety of complex sentence structures. There is a high level of imagination presented in the book and can be inspiring for readers. There is a lot of text on each page, nonetheless, it tends to be fairly predictable in that he tells about what he would do if he built a car on nearly every page.

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Jennifer Plecas
This is a great read for 2nd-4th graders. It uses more complex sentence structures, and there is increasingly more text on the pages. This is also a great book for students who come from homes where the father plays a very important role in their creativity. The images are also highly creative and relevant to the text, which is beneficial to younger readers. The purpose of this book is for enjoyment and it does not carry a clear important lesson or moral to be learned from it.

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Floyd Cooper
A beautiful story of a young boy connecting with a grandparent. There is a frequent use of complex and compound sentences as well as some unfamiliar vocabulary which would make this book easier for upper elementary students. This book also features a minority as the main character which will help some students to see themselves represented in literature.

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Elisa Kleven
An easy read about a girl who selects a dog piñata but can bring her self to tear it apart. This is a great book for younger readers (K-3) because it uses simple vocabulary and grammar structures. This book is great for Latinx students as piñatas are frequently found at Hispanic celebrations.

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Hannah E. Harrison
A fun read for younger children. The sentence structure is very simple and the words on each page is no longer than 1-2 lines. The language is very simple and easy to understand. The graphics are a large part of the story but not essential to understanding. There theme of the book is very simple and explicit, ordinary can be extraordinary.