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By Dr. Seuss
8/30/2017
P:1960

This book is about different creatures such as fish, snails, camels, sheep, Zans, Neds, Gox, Yings, and Yops. Dr. Seuss mentions many other made up creatures in the story. Gacks are for playing Ring the Gack. Zans open cans. They're always fun to have around the house!

The age range for this book is kindergarten.
This book would be great for my class to read because if proves using your imagination is fun! Even if making up creatures that aren't real with silly names is always good sign. Means you're having fun with your imagination! This is also really good for phonemic awareness. Children can learn how to sound out words and learn how to rhyme. This is a big lesson when learning how to read.

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By Mo Willem
9/1/2017
P:2014

This book is a silly story about a pigeon that just refuses to take a bath! He finds whatever reason to stall the fact that he needs a bath. He is smelly and no one can take the smell! So finally he decided to give it a try and ends up loving it! He splishes and splashes and stays in the pool for 5 hours! Next thing you know he doesn't want to get out of the bathtub at all!

This book is more for the kindergarten age. The grammar in the book is easy to understand for the young ones.
This book is perfect for my class because it instills good hygiene in the students. Being clean is very important because it helps you wash away all the germs and prevents you from being sick. Plus no one wants to be the smelly person that just doesn't wash!

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By Mo Willems
9/1/2017
P:2011

Elephant sees an ice cream stand. He's excited to have the opportunity of such a delicious snack! He gets an ice cream cone and is ready to devour it! He then stops himself and convinces himself that he should share with Piggie. He knows that it's the right thing to do. He torments himself that since Piggie isn't physically there, he doesn't need to share. When he finally decides that he's going to share his ice cream, the ice cream melts to the ground! He took so long to go over to Piggie! He's so upset and Piggie sees him sitting on the floor and decides to share his ice cream with Elephant. Elephant is pleased that Piggie is sharing, and even though accepting Piggie's ice cream was part of his plan, Elephant is just fine with how things turned out.

Although this is a children's picture book, I think that this book is great for all ages. This book is mainly for kindergarteners. But it teaches students that even though things don't go exactly how you plan, thing will still work out. Just relax and most of the times things will work out for the better. A lot of times people have big plans to do something and your plans fall through. Stressing out will not make things better.

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By Mary Lindeen
9/13/2017
P: 2008

This lovely book teaches us what day of the week Tuesday is. It is written in a poem form which makes it more fun when you read it out loud. Tuesday's usually the day grown ups vote, it's Mardi Gras day on a special day of the year. It is ALWAYS after Monday. It's the third day of the week.
This book is perfect for preschoolers and kindergarteners. This is the age when they are learning the days of the week. I could use this for my Tuesday lesson. Most teachers spend a day learning a particular day of the week. They teach the students how to read, and spell that day.

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By: Mo Willems
9/3/2017
P:2003
*CALDECOTT MEDAL*

Pigeon sees a bus going by and only dreams to drive it! The bus driver steps out for a second and leaves the narrator in charge. No matter what, they CANNOT let the pigeon drive the bus! The pigeon begs and pleads to have permission but he just can't seem to get his way! Poor little guy will just have to be let down this time. He isn't getting his way, that's for sure!
This book seems like a good one for kindergartners or preschoolers. One way I can probably use this book for a lesson is counting. We can probably record how many times he asks to drive the bus. This is a nice mini lesson for counting

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By Barbara Brenner
913/2017
P:2004

A tide pool has many different many creatures living in it. You can see it clearly by just standing next to it. If you bend down to stick your hand, you can feel and see the many plants and fish that live inside the tide pool. You can grab a jar and study the life IN the water. There are tiny living things like amoeba, plankton and other bacterias. Digging deeper you see the plants that live there. When the tide comes in, most animals and plants are active.
I like how descriptive the book is about the animals and creatures that live in the tide pool. The pictures are nice a colorful.
This book is a good book for maybe first and second grade. I can use this book to teach the class about life in the tide pool. Children who enjoy life in the water will enjoy this book very much.

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By Caroline Stills
9/13/3017
P:2013

Mice Mischief is a great book for kindergarteners learning how to count. It is very descriptive with addition. It show the mice being added up. It is visual for those students that like to visually see the lessons.
I would use this book for a math lesson with my kindergarten class when I teach addition.  This provides a good visual lesson.

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By Kathleen M. Hanes
9/13/2017
P:2017
*HOT NEW BOOK*

Seagrass Dreams is a book about about different sea creatures in the ocean. It teaches how to count and provides a nice visual. It has beautiful illustrations and colors that make the ocean stand out. It helps the students count stingrays, parrotfish, long island bay scallops, even chocolate chip sea stars!
This book is good for kindergarteners that are learning to count. Visually counting all the sea creatures with the class will be helpful. This book is good for students that love the ocean life and want to expand the knowledge in sea life.

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By Harry Bliss
9/11/2017
P:2009

Luke is not having such a good time at the park with his dad. He's just standing there listening to boring dad talk between his dad and his friend. Then he sees pigeons and decides to un freely through the park, and through the city! He climbs stairs, runs through stores and restaurants to get to those pigeons, but he just doesn't seem to be able to reach them. He finally catches up when he climbs the building but as soon as he reaches the top, he gets tired and takes a nap! Meanwhile, the firefighter reach the top of the building and manage to save him! Thank goodness, the dad was worried sick.
Next day they go to the park and Luke is definitely under better supervision...wearing a leash!
This book seems like a great 2nd or 3rd grade book. I can use this book to demonstrate the meaning of onomatopoeia. This book has a lot of examples! I would recommend this book to kids that love adventure and humor.

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By Michelle Markel
9/13/2017
P:2017
*HOT NEW BOOK*

This book is about the famous John Newbery. He was one of the first to have written children's books. He started his own book shop in the 1700s. During that time, there weren't any children books published and they were forced to read adult novels in schools. Children were encouraged to read the kid book even when they were published because having fun was a bad thing! They thought that that would make the children wild! Once Newbery open his shop, many publishers decided to partner with him and he had many more books out to the public. Writers wrote many good books but they were anonymous. They never wrote who the author was in the books.
This book would be good for maybe 1st and 2nd graders. This would be great for a history lesson to teach kids to value reading and to take it as a luxury because in the olden days reading children books was frowned upon. Thanks to the father of literature, there are millions and millions of books available to every age group!

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By Carmen Agra Deedy
9/13/2017
P: 2017
*HOT NEW BOOK FOR BOOK TALK*

This beautiful book is about a city that wasn't happy with all the singing and noise that was going around all day and night. When the new mayor promised silence at night, he was immediately elected. He later made laws that it had to be quiet AT ALL TIMES. Everyone unfortunately did as they were told, but one. A rooster wouldn't stop singing. The mayor separated him from his family, deprived him from food, and even locked him up in a cage in the darkness. But the lonely rooster would not stay quiet. The mayor grew crazy and eventually let him go because he was fed up with so energy to sing! The town later realized that singing and noise is what made the city happy and that they regret ever staying silent. They happily went back to their normal, loud lives.
This book is perfect for all ages! It teaches students to be themselves no matter what they are told. Resisting silence will keep you true to yourself. Children are born loud and very opinionated. But over time, they learn to keep their opinions to themselves and silence their voice. But there are always a few that will never do that. Everyone must learn to voice their opinions and let other know how they feel!

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By James Dean
8/29/2017
P:2013

Pete the Cat is hungry and looking for something to eat for lunch. He decides that he going to make a sandwich. He keeps adding ingredients to his sandwich which results in giant lunch that he is not able to eat all by himself. With that being said, Pete decides to invite his friends over to share his food.

This book would be interesting to children in 2nd-3rd grade. It is an early chapter book that still has several pictures on each page.

I would use this book in my class to teach sharing. It is very important to instill sharing in their young lives.

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By Kate Messner
Illustrations by Mark Siegal
8/31/2017
P:2015
*HOT BOOK*

How to read a story give you the perfect 10 steps to find a good book to read and how to enjoy it. the first step is to find a story that interests you. the second step is to find a reading buddy. It doesn't matter whether it's a person or a stuffed animal, just as long as you're comfortable with your reading buddy. The third step is to find a cozy place to read. These three steps are the most important. The first three steps are the most important.

This book is great for all ages! Although I see this book mainly for kindergartners, I feel like you can show this book to older kids that are having difficulty reading or finding something that interests them.
I would use this book in my class to  show kids that reading is fun if you just find the right book!

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By Juana Medina
*Pura Belpre Award*
10/9/2017
P:2016

Juana is best friends with her dog, Lucas. She lives in Bogota, Colombia with her mother. She loves to visit her grandparents all the time! She seems real upset when her teacher is starting to introduce to the class the English language. It's just too hard for her! She will find any excuse to avoid studying English! But her grandpa finally convinces her with taking her to Disneyworld in Orlando USA!
This book would be great for second or third graders. I could use this book to show kids that learning is important! Even if you don't seem to think that the lesson is, you later realize why it was mandatory in the future! It's always a plus if you make it fun!

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By R.J. Palacios
10/5-10/9
P: 2012

Auggie is a 10 year old boy that has a rare face deformity. He has a weird condition that makes him look very different. He has been homeschooled for most of his life and is now being enrolled into a private middle school. When he goes in, he wears a masks to avoid being stared at the face. He doesn't like his experience because he is constantly being made fun and bullied.
This book is suitable for the grades 5th-8th. I would teach my students about self acceptance is very important. You must have a friendship with everyone no matter their disabilities. Bullying is NEVER OKAY!

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By RainaTelgemeier
9/30/2017
P: 2012

Callie is a middle schooler that loves drama! She wants to be apart of the school production, Moon Over Mississippi, but she can't sing! She decides to do work the stage crew and is determined to be the best! She's just a bit worried because she doesn't have experience with any of theatre related tasks, especially with the tight budget that the school gave her! She then tries to juggle all of this because of her crushes and the crushes that crush her.
This book is supposedly written for the grades 6-8th. But in my opinion, I would definitely recommend this book for older students. Maybe high school is more appropriate. This book made the band book week. The reason this book was banned was because of the strong sexual and LGBT content. I would use this book to teach the class about middle school life (to middle schoolers.) Middle school is a very difficult time in the early life and it takes a lot of guts to get through it.

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By Cece Bell
10/1-10/2
P: 2014
*NEWBERY HONOR*

Cece is a cute little bunny with a fun childhood, out of no where at the age of four she starts to feel sick, and starts to lose her hearing. But since she's so young, she doesn't realize that she's going deaf. Cece goes to a special school  for deaf children and she learns to make friends. But then she has to move from the city  to the country. She gets made fun of by her massive hearing aids, but slowly learns how to fit in. She makes one friend but she's a bit bossy. Then she meets more people and starts to accept her condition as she gets older.
This book is for middle schoolers. This is a good book to teach students that you are amazing even if you have birth defects. You must always be confident and believe that you are able to do whatever you put your mind to .

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By Jilian And Mariko Tamaki
10/9-10/11
P:2014
*Banned Book Week*
*Caldecott Medal and Gran Guinigi for Best Writer*

Rose goes every summer to Awago Beach with her parents. She always meets up with her friend, Windy. It's usually a very fun time. But this summer, it's different. Rose's parents never stop fighting and she soon discovers why. It's a deep dark secret that caught her by surprise. Her parents had a miscarriage after trying for so long. This affected Rose's mom so much. Rose and Windy run off to get distracted with something else, when they see drama between some teenagers in the small convenience store. This summer has just been hectic.
This book is suitable for high schoolers. This book made banned book week and I definitely see why. There is a lot of profanity, and talk about sexual content.
I would use this book to teach my students, that people go through hard times in life and that you must want to act appropriate. I know this will be hard, but you will get through this!

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By Stacy Mcanulty
*Hot New Release*
9/1/2017
P: 2016

Girls are beautiful no matter what! Even if they get dirty, want to stay clean, love science, love sports, etc. Girls are to be valued for who they are in the inside. Some girls, like to dress up, some girls don't. They are still beautiful!
This book is perfect for all ages! But mainly prek or kindergarten. This is to boost their self esteem. A lot of times, girls aren't appreciated and they need to be reminded that they are just as important as anyone else out their!

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By Jennifer L. and Matthew Holm
10/11/2017
P: 2010

Babymouse is an eager little mouse with a big imagination! She ruins the library when daydreaming. So the school decides to have a fundraiser by selling cupcakes. She is desperate to win the grand prize for the student who sells the most cupcakes. She tries her best to beat Felicia. Her dedication helps her win! But she later realizes that it's not about winning. It's about raising books for her library. She helps out for a good cause.
This graphic novel is recommended for second or third graders. I would use this book to teach my students that competition isn't everything. You always want to make sure that you do things for the right cause.

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By Nora Raleigh Baskin
10/15-10/20
P: 2016

This book is a complete eye opener to the reader because it has to do with a handful of students that are alive during the 9/11 tragedy. These student are affected in the worst possible way. Sergio is a boy who lives in Brooklyn, Nadira moved to LA and wears a hijab. Aimee's mother was on her way to the World Trade Center for a business meeting when all of this occurring. These children live in different parts of the U.S. but somehow affected by this tragedy.
This book is perfect for middle schoolers. They are able to learn what happened the tragedy of nine eleven and how it has affected society today. It's gotten to be a very sensitive topic to where the airport have gotten extremely strict. Children today will never know the traumatic events in person. But they can definitely learn about it in Social Studies.

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By Pam Munoz Ryan
10/20-10/23
P: 2000
*PURA BELPRE AWARD*

Esperanza is a wealthy girl that lives in a very nice home in Mexico. She has the most simple and carefree life and absolutely nothing can go wrong. But her father ins murdered while working in his ranch. Esperanza and her mother are supposed to receive inheritance from her father but her Uncle Luis figures out how to cheat the system and takes everything from them. He is suspected to to have been the cause of their ranch burning into flames. Esperanza's uncle tries to marry her mother. She agrees to marry him to spare the family but in reality she has a plan to escape to the United States. Esperanza is definitely having a hard time adapting from being a wealthy child to a poor girl fleeing to a totally different country.
This book is grade for 5-8th graders. I can teach my students that change isn't sometimes what we want but we have to learn how to rise from the situation.

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By John David Anderson
10/24-10/25
P: 2016

Ms. Bixby's is the students' favorite teacher and they don't love any other teacher more than her. But when she announces that she is really sick, and won't be returning. The boys are determined to give Ms. Bixby's last day here great before she's flown to Boston with her family and to receive treatment. They decide to skip school and take her a few gifts such as whiskey, McDonald's fries, cheesecake and a copy of the hobbit.
This book is appropriate for the grades 5th-8th. I would use this book to teach students about life situations that you can't control. And to appreciate those you love because tomorrow isn't promised.

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By Matt De La Pena
8/30/2017
P: 2015
*JOHN NEWBERY AND CALDECOTT MEDAL*

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by Jean Marzollo
10/24/2017
P: 1987

Chris knows how to swim, but he's afraid of jumping into the deep end. He will do cannonballs and jump in the shallow. But he's afraid that if he jumps in the deep end, he will never be able to come back up. Chris gets invited to Tommy's party. But he doesn't feel like going anymore because he find out it's a pool party. When he talks to his dad about it, he tries to help.
This book is great for 2-3rd graders. One thing you can use this book for is to teach the class to face their fears. Children can use this book to gain strength.

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By Arnold Lobel
9/11/2017
P:1977

This story is about a mouse who gets kidnapped by a weasel while reading a book under the tree. The weasel takes him to his home and throws him into a pot, preparing to cook him. Now he has to trick Weasel from turning him into a mouse soup. He starts telling him stories about bees and the mud, two large stones, a bunch of crickets, and a thorn bush, and tells the weasel to put them into his soup. That gives him a chance to run away from the weasel and then the weasel gets stung by a swarm of bees!
This book is appropriate for grades 1-2. This book can be used to help kids to identify the main characters, the plot, and the setting of the story.

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By: Jon Klassen
10/01/2017
P:2012
*CALDECOTT AWARD*

This book is about a little fish that steals another fish's hat. He is a big fish that finds out who took it and is on the search to see where the little fish is hiding. When he finally catches up to him, he goes after him and no one knows what happens to the little fish.
This good is suitable for most of the elementary level students. I could teach my students that stealing is not okay. This can get you in big trouble and in a position that you will not want to be in.

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By: Herman Parish
P: 2009
10/26/2017

It's Amelia Bedelia's first day of school, and she is really nervous. When she goes to class she takes the teacher's directions literally. She keeps getting in trouble and she starts to feel a little bad.
This book is great for kindergarteners. I can read this to my students and teach them it's okay to make mistakes in life.

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Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914

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Shooting at the Stars: The Christmas Truce of 1914

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By: John Hendrix
9/15/2017
P:2014

This beautiful book is about a night that the Germans and thew Americans called truce on Christmas night on 1914. The story is written in letter form. A son is writing to his mother and telling his beautiful experience of the night where they came together and even exchanged gifts.
I think this book would be good for fourth or fifth graders. This would be the grades that the students learn more about the history of WWI. I could teach about peace and how sometimes even though countries may be enemies, they can still be able to respect each other and sometimes even come together.

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By Judith St. George and David Small
9/20/2017
P: 2012

This book is about most of the presidents and how different they were! They had many entertainment rooms in the White House and how they were able to eat whatever they want. They also did things they didn't want to such as dress up everyday and have tons of homework. It gives fun facts of most of the 44 presidents!
I think this book is suitable for the older elementary students that are learning about presidents in their history classes. I can teach the history of the presidents in with my students.

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By: Spencer Johnson, M.D.
P: 2011
9/21/2017

A little star named Starry is the narrator and tells the story of Harriet Tubman and how she helped many slaves escape from their masters by using The Underground Railroad. As a young girl, she longed for freedom and eventually met some people to help her as she got older. When she was able to free herself she soon returned to help others to freedom.
I think this book is perfect for 3rd graders. I can teach the students about Harriet Tubman and how she was a successful female in history. I can also read this for Black History Month

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By: Dan Elliot
P: 1983
9/30/2017

Big Bird, Ernie, and Grover from Sesame Street notice smoke from the third floor building. They met Mr. Hooper know and he quickly calls the fire department. Firefighters rush to the seen and they put the fire out. When it is safe to approach the scene, Big Bird, Ernie and Grover approach the firefighters. The firefighters show them their gear and all the instruments they use to assess a fire. They go over to the fire station and learn that the firefighters have to sleep there when they are on duty. they showed them inside they truck and the ladder as well.
I think this book is great for kindergartners. This is they age where they learn about community helpers. They can learn about what firefighters do for our community.

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By: Aaron Reynolds
P: 2010
10/01/2017

This story is about a boy that witnessed the arrest of Rosa Parks. He talks about how brave she is when she was told to move to the back to save the seat for another man. She held her ground until the police came and arrested her. He's in shock, but his mother assures him that everything will be okay.
I would read this to the older elementary students in my classroom. I can read them this story during Black History Month when we talk about Rosa Parks.

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By Barbara Park
P: 1997
10/3/2017

Junie B. Jones gets a new pair of mittens from her grandfather and she's just too excited to use them! But somehow she happens to lose them! When Junie B. goes to the lost and found to look for her gloves, she doesn't find it. She later finds a pen she absolutely falls in love with! She's troubled with whether she should be able to keep the pen or not. She didn't find her gloves anyway and she feels like this could replace it.
This book is suitable for third graders. I could use this book to teach students that stealing is not okay. It never feels good to lose something, so if you find something, the right thing to do is to return it.

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By: Peter H. Reynolds
P: 2003

Judy Moody is not in a good mood going into 3rd grade. She misses her other teacher and class pet. She didn't want summer to end, and even worse she's stuck with a teacher she doesn't want. (it's only the beginning) But when Mr. Todd assigns a project that Judy is determined to show creativity.
This book is great for 3rd graders. I could use this book to teach students that it's ok to have feelings and emotions. As humans, behaving as good listeners is important. You are able to understand what how your peers feel.

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P: 2010
10/27-10/29

Melody is a girl that as cerebral palsy. She isn't able to speak, walk or do anything on her own. She is even diagnosed profoundly retarded. She later finds out her mother is pregnant and she hopes that her future sister doesn't have the same condition as her. Being the way she is is really hard for her to make friends and blend in in school. But she's determined to not be defined by her condition.
This book is suitable for 5th grade. I could use this book to teach my students what cerebral palsy is. I could teach students that people who suffer from this condition have a hard time doing "normal things" and that we should be accepting of everyone because regardless, they have feelings.