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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Official Opinion:  This book is a book that I read every single night growing up.  It is a wonderful book that talks about the life cycle of a caterpillar.

Relevant Audience:  This book is relevant to anyone, boy or girl, at a young age.

What to Learn?  The life cycle of a caterpillar, maybe a lesson on life cycle in general.

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Frindle

Official Opinion:  This book is about the main character, who is always coming up with creative ideas.  He coins a new term for something and ends up causing a ruckus.  Some are happy and some are not.  Read it to find out what happens!!

Relevant Audience:  This book is appropriate for upper elementary school students, especially boys.

What to Learn?  Have you ever heard something spread around before, good or bad, about you?  How quickly does it spread?  What can this teach you about rumors?

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Pendragon:  The Quillian Games

Official Opinion:  This book is about a young man who is a time traveller.  He travels from world to world, across the universe, to save each world (planet).  He gets put into a game against the worlds and then has to save himself.

Relevant Audience:  This book would be a wonderful book for middle school/high school students.  Both boys and girls can read this book and enjoy it.

What to Learn?  How do you come together to solve a problem?  If it came down to it, could you stand up for what you believe in?

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows

Official Opinion:  This book is about a boy that fights off evil with the help of his close friends and extended family.  This is filled with adventure and magic.

Relevant Audience:  This book is for any middle school/high school student that wants to delve into an adventure and have it come to life.  Both boys and girls will love this book.

What to Learn?  How do you overcome an obstacle?  This shows students what you can do if you put your mind to it.

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A Great and Terrible Beauty

Official Opinion:  This book is about a young girl who's mother dies and gets sent to a school similar to a boarding school.  There, she discovers her own world filled with magic and adventure.

Relevant Audience:  This is a great romance, imagination, and adventure book for middle/high school girls.

What to Learn?  What happens when you get into trouble?  Can we think about the consequences of our actions?  Can we learn to follow the rules?

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Fever

Official Opinion:  This book discusses the harsh reality of disease and epidemic.  It revolves around the main character and begins with her mother contracting the yellow fever.  The main character has to learn how to survive with this terrible disease spreading everywhere she goes.

Relevant Audience:  This book is relevant for both boys and girls.  It involves mystery, suspense, and thrill.  Middle/ young adult students would thoroughly enjoy this book.

What to Learn?    This book covers the harsh reality of the history of the yellow fever in this country.  The students need to know about this history and the reality of what the repercussions were.

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Ophelia

Official Opinion:  Ophelia is based on one of Shakespeare's tragedies.  It is a story of love and secrecy.   Ophelia has to make some big decisions in this novel regarding Hamlet and herself.  I won't give anymore away.  It is a challenging read, but well worth the time and the effort put forth.

Relevant Audience:  This book would serve any high school reader well.  I was an avid reader in high school and loved books like this.  It is suited for both boys and girls.  The suspense, mystery, and romance gives it a fun twist.

What to Learn?  This book can show my high school students how a Shakespearean-esque novel can be fun and intriguing.  It will hopefully broaden my students' horizons.

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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Official Opinion:  This book is an intriguing book about a family of four wandering into a fantasy land, known as Narnia.  In this book, you see their adventure from start to finish on their first trip to Narnia.  This book has talking animals, adventure, suspense, and it is the imaginary world that bring the 4 siblings together to become rulers.

Relevant Audience:  This book is relevant to any student that likes to read fiction.  It is relevant to both boys and girls.  Both will enjoy this wonderful book.  Again, this is a childhood favorite.

What to Learn?  Look at the details in this book?  When we write fiction, use this as an example.  The details, the imagery.... C. S. Lewis is one of the best authors I've ever read when dealing with fiction novels.

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How to Eat Fried Worms

Official Opinion:   This story is about a boy and his friends that make a bet.  This bet has to deal with "Fried Worms".  I won't give too much away, but the main character takes the bet and has to eat 15 worms over the course of several days.

Relevant Audience:   This is a wonderful book for the boys in my class.  I want them to be able to relate to books and learn to love to read books.

What to Learn?  Have you ever taken a dare?  Why?  This lesson could be used to teach self efficacy.

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Old Possums Book of Practical Cats

Official Opinion:  This book goes through a particular story of cats.  The names of cats, particular cats, the Song of the Jellicules, and much much more.  This is my all time favorite book, even now.  It is such a classic book that ties your tongue and is so much fun.

Relevant Audience:  This is a wonderful upper elementary book for those students that want to broaden story telling into poetry.

What to Learn?  This story has several stories inside of it.  It is a book that is put together in a way that may be challenging for students.  This book will make literature a bit more fun to read and hopefully enjoy as much as I did growing up.  I want this to teach my students a little bit about how poetry can be used to retell stories.

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Charlotte's Web

Official Opinion:  This book is about a young girl on a farm.  She can connect with them.  There is a pig that comes onto the farm and instead of being used for food, supposedly learns how to spin webs.  Little does anyone know, that he had made an agreement with the spider in the barn and they both agree to help each other out.

Relevant Audience:  This book is a wonderful read for both boys and girls.  It is a testament of hope and happiness.

What to Learn?  Has anyone ever done something that they didn't necessarily agree with to make someone else happy?  Has anyone ever had a best friend?

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Wonder

Official Opinion:  This is about a young boy with a disability.  Throughout this book, you see the different stages that he goes through and what he has to do to fit in and overcome his different physical attribute.

Relevant Audience:  This book could be used for boys and girls.  Boys may find it more interesting.  For the purpose of this topic, I would suggest that all of the students read this.

What to Learn?  Do you or does someone you know have a disability?  This teaches us how to be tolerant of others and treat everyone with respect.

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Amulet

Official Opinion:  Two years have passed since Emily and Navin lost their father in a terrible car accident.  They move into home, with their mother, that their deceased Great-Grandfather had previously owned. The children learn that the house is haunted within the first few nights of living there. With the help of an amulet, as well as their rabbit-like robot companion, the children go after the monster with tentacles that captured their mother.

Relevant Audience:  This story is relevant to both boys and girls.  It would be a wonderful read for any student that likes to read about mystery and adventure.

What to Learn?  Have you ever set out on an adventure?  What are the parts of this story that stand out to you?  How do the details make the story?

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DragonBreath

Official Opinion:  Danny Dragonbreath attends a school for reptiles and amphibians and is currently the only mythical creature at the school. Danny's cousin Edward, who is a sea serpent, takes Danny and his best friend Wendall the iguana on an epic adventure through the deep blue.

Relevant Audience:  This book seems like it would be suited more towards the male reader.

What to Learn?  This book reminds me of again fiction vs. nonfiction.  How can we tell the difference between the two?  What is a simile, metaphor, and extreme exaggeration?

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Pokemon

Official Opinion:  X and his group of friends start their journey to become Pokemon trainers through the region of Kalos. The group of young teenagers quickly make their way through the gym leaders on their way to the Elite Four. The group of friends are not alone and are constantly being bothered with a nefarious group known as Team Flare.

Relevant Audience:  I love this book because it resembles the TV show that I grew up on.  This is a book I specifically chose that relates to anime readers.  This book is suited to both boys and girls.

What to Learn?  Have you ever seen a bully?  What would you do in that situation?

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Dragon Masters

Official Opinion:  King Roland forced all the Dragon Masters to travel to Queen Rose's kingdom of Arkwood, but he makes Drake and Rori stay behind. In the Dragon Masters absence a massive four-headed dragon attacks the castle. It is up to two novice dragon trainers to defend the castle.  This is a story about mystery and adventure and has a great engaging storyline.

Relevant Audience:  This story is suited for both boys and girls at the elementary school or middle school level.  It depends on the level of reader.  This is a book that one of my male students would feel comfortable reading.

What to Learn?  Do you know what an underdog is?  In life, sometimes you will hear of the underdog that stand up for what he believes in.  Have you ever done that?

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The Adventures of Captain Underpants

Official Opinion:  This book follows two boys that are best friends.  They bring their favorite superhero, Captain Underpants, to life throughout the whole book.  It goes through different fictional tales about Captain Underpants.

Relevant Audience:  This book is more suited towards male students.  However,  I read this series growing up, so girls are more than welcome to give this series a go.

What to Learn?  What is fiction writing?  What makes a story fiction?

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Goosebumps:  The Scarecrow
Walks at Midnight

Official Opinion:  This book is about the main character and her visit other grandparents house.  It turns scary when they go to go through the corn mazes and the 12 scare crows come to life.   Jodie is faced with a difficult dilemma.  Can she fix the problem?  What caused this?  You will have to read this book to find out.  It is a wonderful suspense filled thriller that will keep my younger elementary school kids engaged and get them hooked on reading.

Relevant Audience:  This would be a good book to read by any student who likes a good nail biter (appropriate for early elementary).  It is suited for both boys and girls.

What to Learn?  Has anything ever made you scared?  How did you get through it?  Does this remind you of a season?

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Absolutely Lucy

Official Opinion:  This is the story of a new dog in a family.  It is a different kind of story for a children's book.  It shows that dogs can bring people more than they ever though they would.  Lucy helps the main character to come out of his shell and have some adventures of his own.

Relevant Audience:  This story would be great for any student that has a dog or an animal.  This would be wonderful for both boys and girls.  I believe that boys can relate to this story, since the main character is a boy.

What to Learn?

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Flat Stanley

Official Opinion:  This book explains the basis of Flat Stanley.  Throughout several elementary school across the world, there is a boy named Flat Stanley.  He goes to read a book and gets smoothed in the book.  From there, people send him all around the world to take pictures in all sorts of different places.  He does back at the end to show what kind of places he's been to and what he has seen.

Relevant Audience:  This book is suited for both boys and girls of a younger caliber.  It is an adorable story that keeps up a tradition.

What to Learn?  This would be used to introduce our Flat Stanley class project.

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Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Official Opinion:  Jack and Annie are approached by a white owl and taken to the Arctic Circle, where they were then rescued by a seal hunter and given warm clothes. The two siblings meat a few bear cubs and begin to play with them on the ice until the ice begins to break. Luckily they are saved by the mother of the bear cubs, and Jack and Annie eventually make it back home thanks to the help of the Master Librarian.  I liked this book for a beginning chapter book.  It has an easy plot to follow.

Relevant Audience:  This book is suited to both boys and girls at the early elementary reading level.

What to Learn?  What is wisdom?  Is there a character in this story that symbolizes wisdom in real life?

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Official Opinion:  This book is again, one of my favorite books.  It is all about the alphabet.  this book tells a story of the alphabet in a fun and exciting way that keeps students engaged and at the same time teaches them about their letters.

Relevant Audience:  This book is suited for both young boys and girls.

What to Learn?  This book would start off a perfect alphabet lesson.  It would also reinforce multiple modalities regarding musical instruction and rhyming to learn.

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From Head to Toe

Official Opinion:  This book is about a bunch of animals wiggling parts of their bodies and asking the kids if they can do it too.

Relevant Audience:  This book is for any young boy or girl that loves animals.

What to Learn?  This could be used on a very basic level to show students what each animal is and learn the colors.

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Corduroy

Official Opinion:  This is another book that was read to me every single night before I fell asleep.   It is about a little girl and a bear named Corduroy.  It goes through how she gets Corduroy, as well as what happens when they are together.

Relevant Audience:  This book is perfect for both boys and girls to read.  It is a quick but memorable read that they will never forget.

What to Learn?  Do you have a favorite stuffed animal or something along those lines that is important to you?

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Pete the Cat:  I Love My White Shoes

Official Opinion:  This book is part of a series about a cat named Pete.  He has a pair of white shoes that he wears everywhere.  This story shows you what happens when Pete the Cat wears his white shoes.

Relevant Audience:  This story is good for students learning to read.  It is fun and engaging at the same time.  It is suited for both boys and girls.

What to Learn?  How can we learn a topic besides reading?  Can we sing and learn?

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Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile

Official Opinion:  This was an awesome book about a crocodile named Bill and his best friend named Pete.  They go to school together and learn all about the history of Egypt, while also stumbling unknowingly into an adventure.

Relevant Audience:  This is a wonderful book suited to both boys and girls.  This is a wonderful children's book for children to read that will keep them engaged, but also inform them of real life history.

What to Learn?  I would turn this into a history lesson about Egypt and go over the vocabulary in the story with my students.

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Junie B. Jones:  First Grader at Last

Official Opinion:   This book is about a girl, named Junie B. Jones and her new first grade classroom.  It is all about her learning to adapt to her new class, the students, and the new teacher.  She begins to have issues and realizes that there is a problem.  What is she going to do to fix it?  I loved this series growing up and I hope that all of my students will take the time to read this!

Relevant Audience:  This book is suited to both boys and girls.  However, girls may like to read it more.

What to Learn?  Does anyone here wear glasses?   How did you or your parents find out?

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The Giving Tree

Official Opinion:  This book goes through the story of a little boy and his favorite tree.  It is another one of my absolute favorites growing up.  The tree continues to give everything it has to the boy throughout his life.

Relevant Audience:   This audience consists of any elementary school student of young child that want to learn about love and giving.  Boys and girls will both love this book.

What to Learn?  This book shows an important concept.  What is the main idea (or lesson) of the story?

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Madeline

Official Opinion:  This book is about a little girl living in paris.  It goes through her everyday routine.  It shows a mentor and friendship.  This was a childhood favorite book of mine growing up.

Relevant Audience:  This book would be appropriate for young girls.

What to Learn?  Do you have a specific routine that you follow?

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The Last Stop on Market Street

Official Opinion:  This book is about a little boy and and his NaNa.  They walk around and show you different parts of their lives.  It is a wonderful book about learning where you come from.  What makes you who you are?

Relevant Audience:  Any child could read this book and thoroughly enjoy it.

What to Learn?  Who are you and where did you come from?  Do you think that makes you who you are?

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The Day The Crayons Quit

Official Opinion:  This book was a wonderful read.  It was all about the one child's crayons - telling their individual stories and expressing their frustration.  It would be a wonderful book for a read-aloud.

Relevant Audience:  This book would be a great read for a boy or girl, ages 3-7.  I would recommend this book to any child interested in coloring, drawing, or just reading in general.

What to Learn? This book would be great to familiarize students with colors, and help them to make connections with problem solving.  If a child is frustrated and not understanding something, then how do we solve the problem like a problem solver?