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Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publication Date: 1986
Genre:  Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Grades 3-5
Approximate Text Level:  LEXILE LEVEL 910L
Teaser: They'll test you with noises from far and from near and you'll get a black mark for the ones you can't hear. Then they'll say, “My dear fellow, you're deafer than most. But there's hope, since you're not quite as deaf as a post. We'll study your symptoms. We'll give you a call. In the meantime, go back and sit down in the hall.
Teaching Ideas:  I would have my students draw and illustrate a small book about how they think they will be when they are their grandparents age.

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Author(s): Beverly Clearly
Illustrator:  DyAnne Disalvo-Ryan
Publication Date: 1987
Genre:  Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: K-2
Approximate Text Level: LEXILE LEVEL AD540L
Teaser: " New shoes, new shoes, we're going to get new shoes. And I'm going to surprise Mr. Lemon when he brings the mail." This book is about twins who are eager to get new shoes and see how their feet are growing. When they end up with snazzy red rain-boots, they can't wait to test them out and show them off.
Teaching Ideas: I would want to do a show and tell for this lesson, Each student would bring something in that they couldn't wait to get, new outfit, new pair of shoes, Etc. This will help them relate to the book, because the twins couldn't wait to get new shoes because their feet were getting bigger, and my students could have a similar feeling about whatever they bring in.

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Author(s): Mercer Mayer
Illustrator:  NA
Publication Date: 1983
Genre:  Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PREK- K, 1-2
Approximate Text Level: LEXILE LEVEL AD370L
Teaser: . " I can get out of bed all by myself, I can button my overalls, I can brush my fur, I can put on my socks, and tie my shoes...All by myself
Teaching Ideas: I would have my students draw a picture of something they can do all by themselves. Like putting away clothes, dressing themselves, tying their shoes.. and they would show the picture to the class, and everyone would talk about things they can do by themselves.

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Author(s): Mercer Mayer
Illustrator:  NA
Publication Date: 1991
Genre: Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PREK-K
Approximate Text Level: Guided reading level K
Teaser: Little Critter's sister dreams about all the wonderful things she's going to do when she grows up. She imagines being a great ballet dancer, a world-famous doctor, a race-car driver.
Teaching Ideas: For my lesson plan for this book, I will have my students play a game thats similar to four corners. But instead of it being four corners. I will put up different occupations around the room. Like doctor, ballerina, race car driver etc. They will then need to run to which one they want, and then draw a picture of themselves as that person in the future.

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Author(s): Shel Silverstein
Illustrator: Shel Silverstein
Publication Date:  1964
Genre:  Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Prek-k,1-2
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Teaser: Once there was a tree....
and she loved a little boy. And everyday the boy would come and he would gather her leaves and make them into crowns and play king of the forest. He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches
and eat apples. And they would play hide-and-go-seek. And when he was tired,
he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree....very much.
And the tree was happy.
Teaching Ideas:  I would have my students discuss the message of the giving tree. I would then have them write about what giving means to them, and talk about someone who is very giving to them like their mom, dad, siblings, etc. Then they would say something they really would like to give that person as a thank you for being so giving to them.

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Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
Publication Date: January 22, 1990
Genre: Children's Literature
Approximate Interest Level: Prek-k,
1-2
Approximate Text Level: N/A
Teaser: Congratulations! Today is your day. You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself
any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
Teaching Ideas:  After reading this book, we could have our students draw a picture of what they see themselves as when they grow up/ or where they might be. If the student is in an older grade level have them write about dreams and goals they have for their future.

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Author(s): Emily Winfield Martin
Illustrator:  Emily Winfield Martin
Publication Date: August 25, 2015
Genre:  Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PREK-K,
Approximate Text Level: LEXILE LEVEL AD460L
Teaser: When I look at you and You look at me I wonder what wonderful things you will be.
When you were too small to tell me hello I knew you were someone I wanted to Know.
For all of your tininess couldn't disguise a heart so enormous and wild.... and wise.
Teaching Ideas: https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/tdc02.sci.life.cyc.lp_lifestages/birth-growth-and-development/#.WuduvtMvzOQ

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By: Green Day
Publication Date: 1997
Teaser: "Its something unpredictable but in the end is right, I hope you had the time of your life." This song is about how life is short and unpredictable.
Teaching Ideas: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/When-I-Grow-Up-Writing-to-Infer-3085908
Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bTdLi0YUVM

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Author(s): Alison McGhee
Illustrator:  Peter H. Reynolds
Publication Date: 2015
Genre:  Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: PREK-K, 1-2
Approximate Text Level:  LEXILE LEVEL AD810L
Teaser: One day we crossed the street and you held my hand tight.
Then you were my baby,
And now you are my child.
Sometimes when you sleep, I watch you dream, and I dream too. That someday you will dive into the clear cool water of a  lake.
Teaching Ideas: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/activity-plan-4-5-look-how-weve-grown/
to show that they now have a someday now, and will have one in the future too.

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Author(s):  Robert N. Munsch
Illustrator: Sheila McGraw
Publication Date: 1986
Genre:  Non-Fiction
Approximate Interest Level: Prek-K
Approximate Text Level: LEXILE LEVEL AD780L
Teaser: Love You Forever is a story about a mother’s continual love for her son as he goes through the stages of adolescence to manhood. Every night his mother sings to him “I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be”, while rocking him as he sleeps.
Teaching Ideas:  Love You Forever was originally a song  before it was a book. Children in class could take turns singing songs that their family like to sing, or songs that their family sings to them.

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Written by: Brad Anderson
Publication Date: February, 2006
Teaser: This is a poem about a father who relishes his time with his children because he knows one day they will grow old and not need him as much anymore, and that he will also grow old and one day be gone.
Teaching Ideas:  This would be something I would like to do with older students. I would have my students do a project with their parents with baby pictures- high school pictures and document different stages of their lives, and things that their parents might have helped them with during those stages.
Poem: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/one-last-time

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By: Steven Curtis Chapman
Publication Date: 2009
Teaser:  A Father sings about his daughter growing up, and dancing with her while she was a little girl, and then helping her practice dancing before her prom, and her wedding day.
Teaching Ideas: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/When-I-Grow-Up-Writing-Activity-1146280
Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doeOSXQ_pSw

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Author(s): Al Yankovic
Illustrator: Wes Hargis
Publication Date:
Genre:  Fiction
Approximate Interest Level:
Approximate Text Level:  LEXILE LEVEL 1000L
Teaser: See I'm only eight now, so frankly I'm hopin' you'll cut me some slack if I leave options open. Let's just wait and find out what my future brings--  Hey, I might have time to do all of those things!
Teaching Ideas:  I would have my students bring in their parents for a day and their parents can talk about what they do for a living to the class. Then I would have my students share what they think the might do when they grow up after their parents talk.

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By: Five For Fighting
Publication Date: 2004
Teaser: a man describes his life extending from ages 15 to 100 as well as his relationship with the woman he loves. At 15, he feels he has all the time in the world to dream, but as time passes by he becomes more aware of his mortality. He realizes that 100 years isn't all that much time after all.

Teaching Ideas: I would have a speaker come into my class to talk about their life experiences, and things that they have accomplished in their life.
Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2WGGNiC8f4

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By: Lukas Graham
Publication Date: 2015
Teaser: This song describes lessons that a man has learned, things he's picked up along the way in his 60 years of living so far. Although he finds fame and travels the world, his life centers on relationships: making and keeping lifelong friends, finding a quality partner in life, and having children and grandchildren to keep the loneliness at bay as he ages.
Teaching Ideas: This again would be a lesson I would do with older students, I would have them make a video of their lives up until this point. Things they have done, accomplished, or anything pertaining to them, and things they find important about their lives.
Lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J161D6GuJ8c