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by Donna Jannell Bowman

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by Eve Bunting

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by Shaun Tan
This wordless graphic novel is about a immigrant's journey to a new land. It is a great way to share opinions and launch a unit on immigration. The book is also digitized on vimeo.

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By Ying Chang Compestine

Also by the same author, The Story of Chopsticks and The Story of Kites.

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Great tie in for MLK's birthday and "Black" History month... one of many non-violent strategies used during The Civil Rights era... offers a more personal connection

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Italian folktale- version of Blue beard. Wonderfully written. Talked about themes, moral of story. 4th & 5th graders love it.

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5th graders are highly engaged by these myths

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Here is an example of a students' work on a Little Golden Book...

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by Frank Asch
5th graders enjoy this strange tale of how a mouse outwits a cat.  The jacket describes it as a Davd-and-Goliath story.   One can also see a piece of a parable about Nazis.

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Abraham Lincoln was the first president of the United States to wear a beard. What gave him the idea to grow a beard was a letter he received from an eleven-year-old girl from Westfield, New York, named Grace Bedell. "Dear Sir," she wrote, "...if you will let your whiskers grow I will try to get [my brothers] to vote for you. This charming book will give children a real-life look into our nation's history from a young girl's point of view.

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Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers has 121 ratings and 29 reviews. Mrs Bond said: Based on a true story. Young Grace believes Lincoln to be a kind man who would make...

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by Chris Van Allsburg

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Great depiction of a child and her family's experience immigrating to California from Mexico as a child.

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I have done this with 5th grade at the end of the year.  I combined it with a creative writing project using donated Little Golden Books.  Students "Battle Bunnied" their copies of the Little Golden Books.  They were so creative and had SO much fun!  Also, you can download the original "Birthday Bunny" story to doctor up, if you can't get Little Golden Books:
http://mybirthdaybunny.com/make-your-own/

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This and all books by Chris Van Allsburg are favorites for older students. Great illustrations. This one has a great message of kindness and karma.

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German author (Torben Kuhlmann), books about mice pioneers in flight. Books work well as wordless read-alouds for newcomers.

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Australian author, thought-provoking book open to multiple interpretations

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Two polar bears in a New York zoo. One gets sick and dies, and the other bear and the city mourns her, but she will be with them "always"

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The Man Who Tricked a Ghost by Lawrence Yep

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The Man Who Tricked a Ghost by Lawrence Yep

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Good scary folktale for upper elementary.

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

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The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

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Watch the Academy Award winning film with kids, too!

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The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco

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The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco

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Be Yourself!

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by John Frank
This hilarious story is perfect for exercising your theater arts skills. Great story for challenging stereotypes.

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La llorona, The Crying woman (BILINGUAL!) 

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La llorona, The Crying woman (BILINGUAL!) 

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Rudolfo Anaya's beautiful twist on this highly-popular tale. More widely spread versions come from an anti-woman perspective, portraying la llorona a a hysterical, crazy, jealous woman. This version veers
FAR from this.  It presents symbols of conception, life and death.  It is beautiful and students love it!

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The Mary Celeste; an solved mystery from history By: Jane Yolen

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The Mary Celeste; an solved mystery from history By: Jane Yolen

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I use this book, actually this whole series, with my 5th grade students who love to "solve" the mystery at the end of the book. Use

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Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story Retold by Robert D. San Souci, illustrsated by Daniel San Souci

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Sootface: An Ojibwa Cinderella Story Retold by Robert D. San Souci, illustrsated by Daniel San Souci

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A powerful retelling with resource info & folktale versions for 4th/5th grades. Always engaging.

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A simple book that is quite appropriate considering our President Elect. Enjoyable at all levels.

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by Sherman Alexie ; illustrated by Yuyi Morales
This book can be used at all grade levels. It's very accessible but has a good deal of richness that can be the beginning to digging deep with 5th graders. It's very good for making the connection that the native peoples are just a people of the past.

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This is a great book for 3rd grade if you are doing a fiction/nonfiction comparison. You can pair it with books on inventors or inventions.

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The story of Susan and Fred by   Suzanne Slade... I had no idea! I think this would make a great movie idea as well!!!!!

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I got very teary towards the end, great for word play (Hi Koo!) and teaching social issues /kindness / the illustrations are so calmin

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Carole B Weatherford

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by Ellen Levine

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I love this book as a beginning of year read aloud to talk about how we want to treat each other in the library, at school, in life.