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by Karen Kaufman Orloff
Illustrated by David Catrow
-Published: 2004
-Genre: Comedy and Humor
-Approximate Interest Level: K-2
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2.3
-Lexile Measurement: AD460L
-DRA: 16
-Guided Reading: J
-Teaser: Alex tries to convince his mom to let him have an iguana by putting his argument on writing. He promises her that she will not have to take care of it or clean its cage. Alex's mom claims that it will eat them out of the house. Alex's mom asks Alex who would want to marry someone with an iguana.
-Description:  http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/i-wanna-iguana#cart/cleanup
-Teaching Ideas: Students will write a persuasive letter to Alex's mom, pretending to be Alex. Include graphic organizers.
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/I-Wanna-Iguana-mini-lesson-523842

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by Drew Daywalt
Illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
-Published: August 18, 2015
-Genre: Fiction
-Approximate Interest Level: K-3
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: N/A
-Lexile Measurement:  AD490L
-DRA: N/A
-Guided Reading: N/A
-Teaser: A stack of postcards arrives in the mail while Duncan is happily coloring with his crayons. All of these postcards are from his former crayons who all want to come home. Each of these crayons was left behind or ran away.
-Description: https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/1976191/Reviews
-Teaching Ideas: Create a new story about Duncan's crayons
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/the-day-the-crayons-came-home

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by Hannah Hoose and Phillip Hoose
illustrated by Debbie Tilley
-Published: 1998
-Genre: Comedy and Humor
-Approximate Interest Level: PreK-3
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
-Lexile Measurement: N/A
-DRA: 24
-Guided Reading: M
-Teaser:A young boy finds an ant and decides where or not to squish it considering that he thinks the ant has no feelings. The boy learns that the ant has a family and responsibilities and decides to think what would happen if the roles were reversed.
-Description: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/hey-little-ant#cart/cleanup
-Teaching Ideas: Create a group discussion with the topic: is anything ever okay to kill? Are there certain animals that are okay to kill?
http://www.heylittleant.com/hlatg/

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by Jon Scieszka
Illustrated by Lane Smith
-Published: 1989
-Genre: Comedy and Humor, Fables, Folk Tales and Myths
-Approximate Interest Level: K-3
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 3.0
-Lexile Measurement: AD570L
-DRA: 40
-Guided Reading: Q
-Teaser: Known as a parody of The Three Little Pigs, the story is told from the Big Bad Wolfs point of view.
-Description: http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/BookModule/TheTrueStoryOfTheThreeLittlePigs
-Teaching Ideas: Ask students to think about other fairy tales that might change if they were told from a different point of view. Have children write their own versions of a fairy tale with a twist.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/true-story-3-little-pigs-extension-activities

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by Dr. Seuss
-Published: August 12, 1960
-Genre: Classics, Comedy and Humor
-Approximate Interest Level: K-2
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
-Lexile Measurement: 30L
-DRA: 16
-Guided Reading: J
-Teaser: A very persistent Sam-I-Am continuously asks his unnamed friends if they like Green Eggs and Ham in multiple different places.
-Description: http://www.teachingchildrenphilosophy.org/BookModule/GreenEggsAndHam
-Teaching Ideas: A fun idea to do with students is to have them act out the story. Each student can have a different role/ character.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/green-eggs-and-ham

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by Bill Martin Jr & John Archamault
Illustrated by Lois Ehlert
-Published: 1989
-Genre: Alphabet Recognition
-Approximate Interest Level: PreK
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 1.9
-Lexile Measurement: AD530L
-DRA: 20
-Guided Reading: L
-Teaser: The letters of the alphabet race to the top of the coconut tree.
-Description: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/293595.Chicka_Chicka_Boom_Boom
-Teaching Ideas: To teach students the alphabet, give each students a letter and have them try to put themselves in the right order without the teachers help. This can be done before or after reading the book.
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3297?ref=search

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by Elizabeth Verdick
Illustrated by Marieka Heinlen
-Published: 2006
-Genre: Functional and How-To
-Approximate Interest Level: K-2
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 1.6
-Lexile Measurement: AD490L
-DRA: N/A
-Guided Reading: N/A
-Teaser: This book teaches readers what germs are, how they spread, what they do, and why you need to cover up when you sneeze and wash your hands.
-Description: https://www.freespirit.com/early-childhood/germs-are-not-for-sharing-paperback-best-behavior-elizabeth-verdick-marieka-heinlen/#
-Teaching Ideas: Have students sit in a large circle. Put cooking spray and glitter on your hand (glitter acting as germs). Pretend to sneeze on your hands and tell students that the glitter are little specks of germs. Start shaking students hands and have them shake others hands. Say "Look, she got my germs!" Explain to students that washing hands gets rid of germs. http://twigglemagazine.com/September-activities/Germs-handwashing-preschool-lesson.html

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by Raina Telgemeier
-Published: February 1, 2010
-Genre: Autobiography and Biography, Comedy and Humor, Comic Books and Graphic Novels
-Approximate Interest Level: 3-7
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 4.3
-Lexile Measurement: GN410L
-DRA: 50
-Guided Reading: T
-Teaser: This book is a true autobiography of the author, Raina. It describes the bumpy road that adolescents have to overcome. Some examples are dealing with zits, crushes on boys, insecurities, etc.
-Description: http://smilebooktalk.weebly.com/summary.html
-Teaching Ideas: Have students create their own timeline post reading, where they felt embarrassed or uncomfortable. Students can also be asked to rename the story and make a new cover for the book.
http://www.scholastic.com/graphix_teacher/pdf/Scholastic_GrphxWebCast_RTelgemeier.pdf

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by Shel Silverstein
-Published: October 7, 1964
-Genre: Fables, Folk Tales, and Myths
-Approximate Interest Level: K-2
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2.6
-Lexile Measurement: 530L
-DRA: 30
-Guided Reading: N
-Teaser: Everyday, the boy would visit a tree, eat her apples, and swing from her branches. As he got older, he wanted too much from her. The tree kept giving and giving until nothing was left but a stump.
-Description: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/370493.The_Giving_Tree
-Teaching Ideas: After having read the story, students can get into groups and discuss the message that is being addressed.
http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/givingtree.cfm

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Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed

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Junie B. Jones Has a Monster Under Her Bed

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by Barbara Park
Illustrated by Denise Brunkus
-Published: 1997
-Genre: Comedy and Humor, Realistic Fiction
-Approximate Interest Level: 2-5
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2.2
-Lexile Measurement: 340L
-DRA: 24
-Guided Reading: M
-Teaser: A boy at school tells Junie B. Jones that she has a monster under her bed. That night, Junie B. Jones and her Grandma Miller vaccuum any possible monsters underneath her bed. If she goes to sleep, she thinks the monster might see her feet hanging off.
-Description: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/junie-b-jones-has-monster-under-her-bed#cart/cleanup
-Teaching Ideas: Since Junie B. Jones has a fear of the monster under her bed, have students brainstorm before reading the book what fears they or someone else they know has.
http://juniebjones.com/teachers/monster-under-her-bed/

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by Jack Prelutsky
illustrated by James Stevenson
-Published: 2000
-Genre: Anthology, Comedy & Humor, Poetry & Rhymes
-Approximate Interest Level: K-2
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 4.9
-Lexile Measurement: AD1090L
-DRA: 40
-Guided Reading: R
-Teaser: A collection of humorous poems. Titles such as "Burp" and "I'm not a firefly" will grab your attention and make you giggle while reading these short poems.
-Description: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/its-raining-pigs-and-noodles#cart/cleanup
Teaching Ideas: Many students are not too fond of the idea of poetry, but having students come up with their own masterpieces/ poems that are humorous will relate to Prelutsky's idea of his kind of poem.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/its-raining-pigs-and-noodles-poems

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by Jack Prelutsky
illustrated by James Stevenson
-Published: September 1996
-Genre: Comedy and Humor, Poetry and Rhymes
-Approximate Interest Level: 2-4
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 5.5
-Lexile Measurement: N/A
-DRA: 50
-Guided Reading: U
-Teaser: A collection of varied, clever poems. In this book, you will meet Miss Misinformation, Swami Gourami, and Gladiola Gloppe, read backwards poems, read a poem that never ends, and smile at every page.
-Description: https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/888257/Reviews
-Teaching Ideas: After reading the book, students can create a pizza out of paper, and incorporate all of the stories/ pictures of what they think of the story after reading it. Another extra thing that the teacher can do would be to buy a few pizzas for the students after reading the book.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/pizza-size-sun

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by David McCord
Illustrated by Marc Simont
-Published: 1967
-Genre: Poetry and Rhymes
-Approximate Interest Level: K-2
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2.5
-Lexile Measurement: N/A
-DRA: N/A
-Guided Reading: N/A
-Teaser: This book is about a boy climbing a tree and describing all of the things that might happen to him while climbing it.
-Description: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/645882.Every_Time_I_Climb_a_Tree
-Teaching Ideas: As the child is climbing the tree, you can have the student's brainstorm what the boy might see along his way of climbing up a tree.
https://www.librarything.com/work/417884

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by Dr. Suess
-Published: August, 1954
-Genre: Children's Literature
-Approximate Interest Level: PreK- 2
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 3.8
-Lexile Measurement: 490L
-DRA: 38
-Guided Reading: P
-Teaser:  Horton the elephant hears a cry coming from a small speck of dust. Screaming on the speck of dust is the Mayor of Whoville. Horton discovers a whole new world of people from Whoville even though he cannot see them, just hear them.
-Description: http://www.shmoop.com/horton-hears-a-who/summary.html
-Teaching Ideas: A fun idea to do with students is after reading the book, have the students write a thank you letter from the Mayor of Whoville to Horton.
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/horton-hears-a-who

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?

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by Bill Martin Jr.
Illustrated by Eric Carle
-Published: 1967
-Genre: Children's Literature
-Approximate Interest Level: PreK- 1
-Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5
-Lexile Measurement:    ADD440L
-DRA: 4
-Guided Reading: C
-Teaser: There is no plot in this story. Instead, the narrartor asks each animal what they see. This process is repeated throughout the whole story.
-Description: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/brown-bear-brown-bear-what-do-you-see#cart/cleanup
-Teaching Ideas: As we go on reading the book, the next words on the page become predictable. Having student's guess what animal comes next will get them excited to read it. After reading, I would ask the students what clues helped them guess the next animal.
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/brown-bear-brown-bear-what-do-you-see-teaching-plan

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by Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrated by Clement Hurd
-Published: September 3, 1937
-Genre: Children's Literature
-Approximate Interest Level: PreK-K
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 1.5
-Lexile Measurement: AD360L
-DRA: 14
-Guided Reading: H
-Teaser: Before bedtime, rabbit says goodnight to all of the objects in the room. It is his bedtime routine. As the story goes on, rabbit slowly gets more tired saying goodnight to everything in his sight. Rabbit then finally falls asleep.
-Description: http://reviews-of-childrens-literature.pbworks.com/w/page/10581693/Goodnight%20Moon
Teaching Ideas: Prior to reading the story, ask students what they do to get ready for bed. They can either share with a partner or share with class.
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/goodnight-moon/

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by Maurice Sendak
-Published: April 9, 1963
-Genre: Classics, Adventure, Fantasy
-Approximate Interest Level: PreK-3
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 3.4
-Lexile Measurement:
AD740L
-DRA: 16
-Guided Reading: J
-Teaser: Max feels misunderstood at school and wants to get away. He escapes to a land of Wild Things and they allow him to become their leader. However, Max soon figures that being a leader of others is not easy and something is missing being with them.
-Description: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19543.Where_the_Wild_Things_Are
Teaching Ideas:
http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/library/books/where-the-wild-things-are

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by E.B. White
Illustrated by Garth Williams
-Published: October 15, 1952
-Genre: Children's Literature
-Approximate Interest Level: 3-7
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Interest: 4.4
-Lexile Measure: 680L
-DRA: 40
-Guided Reading: R
-Teaser: Wilbur was born as a runt and Mr. Srable decides to kill him. His daughter, Fern, begs her father not to kill the Wilbur. Fern then keeps her as a pet and Wilbur moves into a new barn and meets a bunch of other animals, including Charlotte the spider.
-Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte%27s_Web
Teaching Ideas: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/whats-word

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by Eric Carle
-Published: June 3, 1969
-Genre: Children's Literature
-Approximate Interest Level: K-3
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 2.9
-Lexile Measure: AD460L
-DRA: 16
-Guided Reading: J
-Teaser: Readers follow caterpillar on his journey to getting full, falling asleep, and turning into a cocoon.
-Description: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/very-hungry-caterpillar
-Teaching Ideas: Before reading the book, I can ask the students what they know about caterpillars already. I can also ask them to explain the emotion the caterpillar is feeling by looking at the cover of the book.
http://www.teachingheart.net/veryhungrycaterpillar.html

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by R.J. Palacio
-Published: February 14, 2012
-Genre: Children's Literature, Fiction.
-Approximate Interest Level: 5-7
-Text Level:
-Grade Level Equivalent: 5
-Lexile Measure: 790L
-DRA: 50
-Guided Reading: U
-Teaser:August Pullman strives to be a normal ten-year-old and do ordinary things just like his peers like going to a public school. But, August is far from ordinary due to his facial deformity. He has been home schooled by his parents his whole life and is now starting his first year as a fifth grader at Beecher Prep. Will his peers accept him for his uniqueness?
-Description: http://rjpalacio.com/book.html
-Teaching Ideas: I can teach my student's that everyone is different and that judging someone before getting to know them is wrong.
http://www.varsitytutors.com/englishteacher/palacio