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By Lauren Child
Illustrated by Lauren Child
Publication Date: September 15, 2003
Genre: Persuasive
Approximate Age Level: 4 - 8 Years
Text Level: 370L
Teaser: This is a story about a very picky eater until her siblings use imagination to changer her mind about food. She will not eat mashed potatoes until Charlie explains that they're cloud fluff. But will her siblings get her to eat tomatoes?
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Will-Never-Ever-Tomato-Charlie/dp/0763621803
Teaching Idea: This story could lead to a lesson about how strongly imagination can influence you.
http://www.homeschoolshare.com/i_will_never_not_ever_eat.php

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By Doreen Cronin
Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Publication Date: February 1, 2000
Genre: Persuasive
Approximate Age Level: PreK - 3
Text Level: AD160L
Teaser: There once lived some very smart cows on a farm and one day the farmer began to hear "Click Clack Moo!" His cows started to type on his old type writer and began leaving him notes and requests. When the farmer refused to answer his cows they went on strike.
Description:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/click-clack-moo-doreen-cronin/1100404904?ean=9780689832130
Teaching Idea: This engaging and silly book would be a great tool to show students what persuasion looks like and to have them do cause and effect with the cows actions.
http://www.teachingheart.net/clickclackmoo.html

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By Margarita Engle
Illustrated by Rafael Lopez
Publication Date: March 31, 2015
Genre: Informative
Approximate Age Level: PreK - 3
Text Level: NP
Teaser: A Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba's traditional taboo against female drummers, Drum Dream Girl tells an inspiring true story for dreamers everywhere.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0544102290/readingrocket-20
Teaching Idea: This book could be used in a nonfiction lesson and could also teach about how to achieve your dreams.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Art-Lesson-Plan-Elementary-Drum-Dream-Girl-Pattern-Scratch-Art-2378086

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

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Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement

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By Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Publication Date: August 4 2015
Genre: Informative
Approximate Age Level: Grade 4 - 7
Text Level: 820L
Teaser: Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Frannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson’s interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats. Featuring luminous mixed-media art both vibrant and full of intricate detail, Singing for Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and legacy with an inspiring message of hope, determination, and strength.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Voice-Freedom-Fannie-Movement-Informational/dp/0763665312
Teaching Idea: This book could be used during a Civil Rights unit. Students would read through the story of Frannie Lou Hamer and distinguish what set her apart during this trivial time and compare the time that this book took place to the time that we live in now and contrast what has changed with Civil Rights.
http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763665312.btg.1.pdf

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By Christopher Paul Curtis
Illustrated by N/A
Publication Date: November 15, 2006
Genre: Informative
Approximate Age Level: Grade 3 - 7
Text Level: 950L
Teaser: A young motherless boy who does not have much to his name sets off on a journey to find his father while also finding himself.
Description: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ongYdoSU3R0C&source=productsearch&utm_source=HA_Desktop_US&utm_medium=SEM&utm_campaign=PLA&pcampaignid=MKTAD0930BO1&gclid=CLjGvavb9M8CFWRJMgod8GsDNA&gclsrc=ds
Teaching Idea: This book would definitely be used in older grades and could be part of a full unit in History. I would have the students focus on one chapter of the book and analyze it, compare and contrast events and also analyze cause and effects throughout their assigned chapter.
http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/61715

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By Ernest Lawrence Thayer
Illustrated by N/A
Publication Date: 1888
Genre: Multimodal/ Poetry
Approximate Age Level: 3 - 6
Text Level: N/A
Teaser: This is a poem that was originally sang as a song about baseball. It has been created into short films and plays.
Description: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/casey-bat
Teaching Idea: This would be a great multimodal piece to use in the classroom because students could analyze the poem and also watch the videos for a deeper understanding. This piece would be great to use in a poetry lesson because it offers a different kind of language that students these days are not normally exposed to.
http://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/casey-at-the-bat-lesson-plans

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By N/A
Illustrated by N/A
Publication Date: September 2, 2014
Genre: Multimodal/ Informative
Approximate Age Level: K - 2
Text Level: N/A
Teaser: This song teaches students about the continents of the world.
Description: http://bussongs.com/songs/do-you-know-the-continents.php
Teaching Idea: This would be a great song to use during a geography lesson. It could be played everyday so that the children are being reminded in an engaging way what the continents are.
http://lessonplanejs.blogspot.com/

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By Mo Willems
Illustrated by Mo Willems
Publication Date: April 1,2003
Genre: Persuasive
Approximate Age Level: PreK - 1
Text Level: 120L
Teaser: When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back and decide his fate.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Let-Pigeon-Drive-Bus/dp/078681988X
Teaching Idea: This book would be very fun for children to read because it is interactive. Students could analyze the text and come up with as many reasons as they can for why a pigeon should not be driving a bus. They could also identify ways that the pigeon tries to persuade others to let him drive.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/dont-let-the-pigeon-drive-the-bus

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By John Prine
Illustrated by N/A
Publication Date: 1971
Genre: Multimodal/ Persuasive
Approximate Age Level: 2-6
Text Level: N/A
Teaser:This is an environmental song by John Prine, recounting how the coal company changed the environment. It relies rhetorically on the listener being persuaded by the story of how pretty the area used to be.
Description: Paradise
http://www.jpshrine.org/lyrics/songs/jpparadise.html
Teaching Idea: This environmental song could be used to teach the students about the environment and lead to a discussion about what our environment is like now and what we can do to preserve it.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/themes/the-environment

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By David Wiesner
Illustrated by David Wiesner
Publication Date: April 23, 2001
Genre: Persuasive
Approximate Age Level: PreK - 3
Text Level: NP
Teaser: A rendition of the original The Three Little Pigs, This story goes beyond a normal children's book and has characters actually flying out of the books pages.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Three-Pigs-David-Wiesner/dp/0618007016
Teaching Idea: This would be a great book to use to compare to different children's books about The Three Little Pigs. Our class could also read "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" and compare the two books.
http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/Wiesner_Art_Max_discussion_guide.pdf

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By Lindsay Mattick
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Publication Date: 2015
Genre: Informative
Approximate Age Level: K-2
Text Level: AD590L
Teaser: Finding Winnie is the true story of the famous story of Winnie The Pooh. This book is an inspiring story of a military man who has a deep love for a small bear and takes her on all sorts of adventures with him and his infantry.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Winnie-Story-Worlds-Famous/dp/0316324906
Teaching Idea: This story is very inspiring and could be used to during a nonfiction lesson. Students could compare and contrast the true story of Winnie the Pooh to the fictional stories and decide which one they enjoy more.
http://media.hdp.hbgusa.com/titles/assets/reading_group_guide/9780316324908/EG_9780316324908.pdf

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By Walter Dean Myers
Illustrated by Christopher Myers
Publication Date: 2006
Genre: Poetry
Approximate Age Level: All ages
Text Level: NP
Teaser: This book is a dedication to the style of Jazz music. It incorporates all different jazz musicians and their styles of Jazz music. The words are written in such a way that is syncopated and the reader cannot help but sing the poetry.
Description: https://books.google.com/books?id=0qJ4PgAACAAJ&source=gbs_book_other_versions
Teaching Idea: This book is very unique and could either be used in a music lesson or in a history lesson talking about the Jazz era and Jazz Musicians. The students could pick a specific jazz artists mentioned in the book and do some more research on them for a project.
http://leebennetthopkinsaward.blogspot.com/2011/04/2006-winner-jazz.html

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By Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by: Eric Beddows
Publication Date: January 4, 2005
Genre: Poetry
Approximate Interest Level: Grade 4-7
Text Level: NP
Teaser: This book is a collection of poems about insects that was created to be read by two readers at one time; one reader reading the right column and the other reading the left. The words the show up on the same row should be read simultaneously.
Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/160192.Joyful_Noise
Teaching Idea: This book would be used in older elementary grades and would be great to use in a poetry lesson. Students would get together in pairs and read through the book together as instructed. Then they would write their own poem using the same style that Fleischman uses.
https://recordedbooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/joyful-noise-1-teacher.pdf

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By Kristine O'Connell George
Illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
Publication Date: 2011
Genre: Poetry
Approximate Interest Level: 1-2
Text Level: 710L
Teaser: The entire book is narrated by a big sister who is talking about how difficult her little sister, Emma, is. None of the poems really rhyme because most of them are free verse. The illustrations perfectly represent the poem and the stories that the big sister is telling about Emma and all of the dilemmas that they encounter.
Description: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8510752-emma-dilemma
Teaching Idea: Emma Dilemma is a wonderful book full of poems about a big and little sister who get on each others nerves. This book could be used in a poetry lesson and the students would be encouraged to write about similar experiences that they have had in poetry form.
http://corkboardconnections.blogspot.com/2013/04/poetry-common-core-dilemma.html

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By Arnold Lobel
Illustrated by Arnold Lobel
Publication Date: 1972
Genre: Narrative
Approximate Interest Level: K-3
Text Level: 450L
Teaser: Frog and Toad are best friends and go on many adventures together. Even though their personalities are very different, they compliment each other well and are always encouraging one another. This book is full of small stories about Frog and Toad and the adventures that they experience.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Frog-Toad-Together-Read-Level/dp/0064440214
Teaching Idea: Frog and Toad is an easy read and would be a great book to use to talk about friendship. The students could compare and contrast Frog and Toad's personalities and analyze why their differences help maintain their friendship.
https://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plan/reading-comprehension/48700.html

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By William Steig
Illustrated by William Steig
Publication Date: 1982
Genre: Narrative
Approximate Interest Level: PreK - 3
Text Level: AD560L
Teaser: Doctor De Soto is quite a tiny dentist but has mighty talent. He works on teeth of small and large animals with the help of his wife. Their only rule was that they would not service any Fox because they are sly animals until one day, a desperate fox knocked on their door. Doctor De Soto and Mrs. De Soto are faced with a difficult challenge when they decide to help the sly fox who secretly wants to eat them.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Soto-William-Steig/dp/0312611897
Teaching Idea: Doctor De Soto is a classic and could be used in teaching by having the students come up with their own ways of tricking the fox like Dr. De Soto and Mrs. De Soto did.
http://www.scholastic.com/browse/collateral.jsp?id=32413

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By Charles Perrault
Illustrated by Fred Marcellino
Publication Date: January 4, 2011
Genre: Narrative
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-4
Text Level: AD790L
Teaser: A sly cat tries to win the appreciation of his owner by creating dramatic situations that lead to his master being praised. He tricks the king, he tricks ogres and many more in order to make his master rise above all.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Puss-Boots-Charles-Perrault/dp/0312659458/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1477358178&sr=1-1&keywords=puss+in+boots+charles+perrault
Teaching Idea: This book could be used when discussing fairytales in the classroom. Puss in Boots is one of Charles Perrault's most famous pieces and it would be great for students to analyze.
http://www.myfreshplans.com/2010/07/puss-in-boots-2/

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By Matt De La Peña
Illustrated by Christian Robinson
Publication Date: January 8, 2015
Genre: Narrative
Approximate Interest Level: K-3
Text Level: AD610L
Teaser: A boy learns a lot while he spends time with his grandmother and they travel together to the soup kitchen. He is constantly asking why they can't have what others have but he learns a lot through his grandmothers great perspective on their life.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Last-Stop-Market-Street-Matt/dp/0399257748
Teaching Idea: For this book, I could have the students compare and contrast the difference of points of view between the boy and his grandmother.
http://www.theclassroombookshelf.com/2015/03/last-stop-on-market-street/

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By Dan Santat
Illustrated by Dan Santat
Publication Date: April 8, 2014
Genre: Narrative
Approximate Interest Level: PreK-3
Text Level: AD480L
Teaser: This story starts off on an island where all imaginary friends are created and eventually get chosen by their earthly friends. Poor Beekle waits and waits and never gets chosen so he decides to take it upon himself to travel to the bustling city and find the friend that he was made specifically for.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Beekle-Unimaginary-Friend/dp/0316199982/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1477358052&sr=8-1&keywords=the+adventure+of+beekle
Teaching Idea: This story would be great to use when teaching students about imagination and determination. I would have the students create a drawing and description of what their imaginary friend would look like.
http://lamontbooks.com.au/media/20649/The-adventures-of-Beekle.pdf

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By Dr. Seuss
Illustrated by Theodore Seuss Geisel
Publication Date: August 12, 1954
Genre: Poetry
Approximate Interest Level:  PreK - 2
Text Level: 490L
Teaser: Horton is minding his own business when one day he hears a voice on a little speck and discoveries a tiny town of Who People. He decides to keep the speck so that he can protect the people of Who-Ville when other animals begin harassing Horton about his "imaginary" Who people. Horton sticks by his friends and never gives up on them even when everyone else is trying to tell him that he is crazy. This is a wonderful story of strength, equality, and friendship.
Description: https://www.amazon.com/Horton-Hears-Who-Dr-Seuss/dp/0394800788
Teaching Idea: I could teach my students about how important it is to treat everybody the same. I could point out how Horton stood up for his friends even when everyone tried to put him down and use that as an example to springboard a discussion about equality.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/horton-hears-a-who