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By Chris Van Dusen

Illustrated by Chris Van Dusen

Why?

I love the imagination within this book

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By David Shannon

Illustrated by David Shannon

Why?

I loved these books as a kid, and want my students to also be able to read them

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By Anouk Filippini

Illustrated by Elodie Coudray

Why?

I have been obsessed with the wizard of oz for as long as I can remember!

I want my students to have the opportunity to also become obsessed

wonderful illustrations as well!

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By Shana Corey

Illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham

Why?

absolutely wonderful illustration and inspiring story

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By Shana Corey

Illustrated by Chelsey Mclaren

Why?

Simple answer my name is Amelia

I have also never read this book and I love the illustrations and message!

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By Eve Bunting

Illustrated by Lauren Castillo

Why?

I moved when I was in high school and can relate to how moving can be difficult

I also like the message it sends

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By Eva Eland

Illustrated by Eva Eland

Why?

I love how this books talks about being okay with sadness

I also like how it talks abut how to welcome/deal with sadness

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Roll of thunder hear my cry teaching guide 

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By Aimee Gallagher

Illustrated by Jennie Webber

Why?

I love how it is an informational book while still having beautiful illustrations and also simple language

I think this would be a really awesome book for younger grades

I am doing my text set about bees and found this in our classroom and fell in love with it

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By Paul Meisel

Illustrated by Paul Meisel

Why?

I thought it was cute/cool how this informational text was a narrative one

beautiful illustrations

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By Anne Sibley O'Brien

Illustrated by Hannah Cha

Why?

I really enjoyed the story behind this book with the stress upon kindness and inclusion

I liked how each page had an action word and the illustrations showed that action

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By Cindy Jenson-Elliot

Illustrated by Carolyn Fisher

Why?

I like the way the author scattered the words around the page in correspondence to the illustrations

it gave the illustrations movements

I loved how the story went through all of the seasons

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By Laura Renauld

Illustrated by Brigette Barrager

Why?

I loved how the illustrator used lines to create movement throughout the pictures

I also never knew the story behind Mr. Rogers and I love how it shows/explains the feelings of loneliness, and what can bring us comfort!

I also think it could be useful to have this book in my classroom because if I am remembering right Mr. Rogers is no longer a thing

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By Josephine Poole

Illustrated by Angela Barrett

Why?

I have always been fascinated and loved learning about Anne Franks story

I think this book would be good for the younger ages to read and learn about this event in history

It is accessible for younger grades with more simple language then some of the other books telling her story

I also enjoyed the chronological timeline the author included at the end of the book!

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Part 2

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By Sally Derby

Illustrated by Mika Song

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By Andrew Clements

Illustrated by Tim Bowers

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Author Douglas Florian

Illustrated by Douglas Florian

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By Katie Coombs

Illustrated by Meilo So

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By Steve Goetz

Illustrated by Eda Kaban

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By Marilyn Nelson

Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

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By Stella Balckstone

Illustrated by Christopher Corr

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By Jon Scieszka

Illustrated by Lane Smith

Why?

I like how there were multiple fables in this book

the illustrations were very funky and animated

each page has a "moral" at the bottom

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By Steven Kellogg

Illustrated by Steven Kellogg

Why?

I like how this story relates to Maine

I also like how it takes us through Paul Bunyans whole life story

very beautiful and detailed illustrations

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By Robert D. San Souci

Illustrated by Brain Pinkney

Why?

I like how this book was about only women

I love how it included a map of where all of the myths, legends, & tall tales came from

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By Molly Bang

Illustrated by Molly Bang

Why?

I love how the illustrations include paper cutouts

I love the gentleness of the story and the characters

I like how the illustrator used the images to create movement throughout the book

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By Joyce Carol Thomas

Illustrated by Bryan Collier

Why?

I enjoyed how this book also included multiple stories

I loved the beautiful illustrations, they created images you wouldn't normally see in real life

I thought it was interesting how this book started & ended with the same story but it had slight changes

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By Virginia Hamilton

Illustrated by Barry Moser

Why?

Again very cool, detailed illustrations

every few pages there is a new trickster character

in the back there is more information about each of these animal tales

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Informational Text Set -- Book Docs #10-13

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Informational Text Set -- Book Docs #10-13

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Theme -Based Text Set -- Book Docs #19-22

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Theme -Based Text Set -- Book Docs #19-22

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When you are planning a lesson that is "not a box" it is an activity or a lesson where kids are encouraged to use their imagination and think "out of the box". When we say "not a box" assignment we are talking about using an assignment that isn't normally used, or we are talking about using a strategy that isn't just the basic write a paragraph, or summarize the story.