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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level M
Interest Level:
2016 Newbery Medal Winner
2016 Caldecott Honor Book

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: M
Interest Level: K-3
Winner of the 2016 Caldecott Medal

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Comedy and Humor
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level K
Interest Level: Grades K-3
Winner of the 2015 Caldecott Medal

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Read: 10/30/16
Genre: Fantasy
Category: Chapter Book
Interest Level: Grades 3-7

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Read: 11/5/16
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Category: Graphic Novel
Interest Level: Grades 4+

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Read: 10/18/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Graphic Novel
Interest Level: Grades 5-7

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A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith

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A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith

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Read: 9/22/16
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level S
Interest Level: Grades 3-5 Get ready to cry with this book. This book contains the death of a child. This book follows a boy who has to cope after the loss of his best friend. A possible teaching point for students is how to cope after the loss of a loved one.

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Read: 8/30/16
Genre: Mystery and Suspense
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level V
Interest Level: Grades 6-8 This book was an exciting read. Sixteen people are invited to listen to a will and whoever plays The Westing Game and wins has the chance to be a multi-millionaire. This book would be interesting for students who enjoy suspenseful mysteries with plot twists!

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Read: 9/15/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades This Non-Fiction novel is an auto-biographical account of this man's trek to Freedom. The first ten pages are a little graphic because it takes place in a Russian concentration camp. A possible teaching point after this story is to never lose hope and that perserverence, determination, and endurance can take you far in life. In his case, it took him far from the concentration camp.

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Read: 11/5/16
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Category: Graphic Novel
Interest Level: Grades 4+This graphic novel has Princess Leia as the lead role. This book would interest Star Wars fans and will empower young girls to be as tough as Princess Leia.

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Read: 10/18/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Graphic Novel
Interest Level: Grades 5-7This graphic novel is full of adventure. It takes place in 1860. The story follows two twins who after a sequence of events get mixed up with pirates. This would interest students who like fast paced books full of action. A possible teaching point would be cause and effect.

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Read: 10/18/16
Genre: Manga
Category: Graphic NovelThis book is Manga, so you have to read it backwards. The artist used dramatic drawings to convey emotions. The word choice marries proper English with more modern language. This book would be interesting for students who are a fan of Jane Austen's work. This book would also appeal to students who enjoy reading romance.

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Read: 10/12/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Graphic Novel This book includes a picture guide of each of the characters in the beginning of the book so you can reference the characters. This book is great for if you wanted to read this classic by Charles Dickens.

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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

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A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray

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Read: 10/2/16
Genre: Science Fiction/ Fantasy
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level Z+
Interest Level: Grades 9-12 This book is set in the late 1800s. Gemma Doyle gets sent to a finishing school in England after the passing of her mother. At the school, strange things start to happen. I loved this book because it delves into a world of fantasy. This book would be interesting for students who enjoy the Victorian era and students who enjoy reading fantasy.

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Read: 11/26/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Graphic NovelThis book is perfect for someone who has never read a graphic novel before. There are not a lot of words and it is easy to tell which text you are supposed to read. I could use this book to teach inferencing since the emotions are conveyed through the images.

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Read: 11/20/16
Genre: Biography
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades This book is a biographical account of the life of Clara Barton. She is an important figure in history and was known as being the angel in the battlefield when she was a nurse during the war. This book can be used to teach about the origins for the Red Cross and how she was the founder of it.

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Read: 11/20/16
Genre: Biography
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades Beatrix Potter is a well known author of children's books. This book teaches students how it all began. A possible teaching point is that if you are passionate about something, like Beatrix and painting, then you should practice it.

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Read: 11/20/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades This book is about how animals learn from their parents in the wild. This could be used to teach text-to-self comparisons to deepen comprehension.

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Read: 11/20/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level P
Interest Level: Grades K-2 This book is interesting for young children who are fascinated by the world of insects. This book is appropriate for science class. A teaching point is what classifies an insect.

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Read: 11/20/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades This book was super interesting! It gave me a new perspective on Thomas Edison. The odds of success were stacked against Tesla, yet he found great success. This book could be used to teach the students the value of a good idea.

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Read: 11/25/16
Genre: Biography
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level This book is inspirational to young girls because Marie Curie pursued her love of science and was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. A teaching point would be to study hard and you can achieve great things in your lifetime.

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Read: 11/20/16
Genre: Reference
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level L
Interest Level: Grades K-2 This book puts size into perspective. The pages contain parts of animals drawn to scale. Possible teaching points would be comparing and contrasting size in relation to other animals.

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Thanksgiving at the Tappletons' by Eileen Spinelli and Judith Stuller Hannant

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Thanksgiving at the Tappletons' by Eileen Spinelli and Judith Stuller Hannant

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Read: 11/18/16
Genre: Holiday
Category: Picture Book
Interest Level: Grades PreK-3This is a book about Thanksgiving gone awry. There is nothing to eat! This book can lead into a discussion that Thanksgiving is not about what you don't have. It teaches students to be thankful for what they do have.

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Biography
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level N
Interest Level: Grades1-4This award winning book is the story of how the Macy's Day Parade began! This book is appropriate for STEM days because it demonstrates the evolution of his ideas. This can be used to teach students to think outside the box.

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Why are Animals Yellow? by Melissa Stewart

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Why are Animals Yellow? by Melissa Stewart

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture BookThis book is geared toward answering a specific question. This is ideal for students with inquisitive minds. This book is appropriate for science class. A teaching point is the benefits of camouflage.

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What is the Water Cycle? by Ellen Lawrence

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What is the Water Cycle? by Ellen Lawrence

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture BookThis book is full of educational factoids and graphic organizers to help explain the water cycle. This is appropriate during science when the students are learning about condensation, evaporation, and precipitation.

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Legends and Myths
Category: Picture Book
Interest Level: Grades PreK-2This book incorporates Hindu mythology into a child friendly modern twist. Ganesha is after candy! The images in this book are visually intriguing. This book would be interesting for PreK-2 grade. It would be appropriate to teach how different cultures have different artistic style and different beliefs.

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level G
Interest Level: Grades K-3This book is culturally relevant because it teaches how people of another culture dine. This book is appropriate to teach students that different families dine in different ways.

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Realistic Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level N
Interest Level: K-2The little girl in this book was an immigrant who felt the need to change her name to an easy to pronounce American name. This book is appropriate to teach children to value the names from other cultures and for children with foreign names to take pride in their name.

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level G
Interest Level: PreK-KThis book is visually striking because it is all black, white, and gray except for the donuts. This book teaches the power of using your manners. Mr. Panda refused to give his donuts to everyone except the one animal who was polite.

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear by Lindsay Mattick

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: M
Interest Level: K-3
Winner of the 2016 Caldecott MedalThis is the true story of a bear that was adopted and went to war. This book will be interesting to students because having a bear as a pet in unheard of. This book could segue into a multimodal project about this bear in real life. A teaching point would be how a bear is in the wild versus how this bear was cared for by the Canadian veterinarian.

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Comedy and Humor
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level K
Interest Level: Grades K-3
Winner of the 2015 Caldecott MedalThis book is about an imaginary friend who is waiting in an imaginary land for a child to think of him so he can leave and play with his new friend. This book would be interesting for grades K-3. A teaching point would be to encourage the children to stretch their imagination and exercise it in new ways.

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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

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Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña

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Read: 11/16/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level M
Interest Level:
2016 Newbery Medal Winner
2016 Caldecott Honor BookThis book teaches that sometimes the most beautiful experience can be in an unexpected place. This book can be used to teach the importance of volunteer work.

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Read: 9/20/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Interest Level:
This picture book is full of facts about platypus. This book will be interesting to students who love animals. A reading strategy that would be useful if for the students to stop and react to interesting facts and jot it down.

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Read: 10/30/16
Genre: Fantasy
Category: Chapter Book
Interest Level: Grades 3-7Linny goes on a journal to right her wrong after she broke an ancient law and her friend is the one who gets punished. This book would interest readers who enjoy magic and fantasy.

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Read: 10/5/16
Genre: Horror
Category: Chapter Book
Interest Level: Grades 6-8
Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Greenaway Medal in 2012This story is incredibly sad as Conor has to deal with his mother's poor health. He has to deal with monsters both real and imagined. The art work in this book is dark and captivating. This book would interest readers who like monsters. A teaching point would be the process of healing when your loved one suffers from a terrible sickness.

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Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

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Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

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Read: 9/18/16
Genre: Historical Fiction
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level R
Interest Level: Grades 3-5Times are hard on the prarie for the single dad, so he places an ad for a wife. Children Caleb and Anna have to learn to love their father's mail order bride and accept her as a mother figure. This could be used to teach that sometimes it takes time to accept someone new in your life, but that it is worth a try because it might be worthwhile.

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Read: 10/25/16
Genre: Historical Fiction
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: T
Interest Level: Grades 4-7This book is about a young girl, Ida, who decides to run a secret school after her school is shut down. This book is empowering for young girls because Ida took the initiative and responsibility of assuming the role as teacher to continue everyone's education through hard times. A teaching point would be to discuss the value of education and in a historical context, what difficult times spurred the closing of the school.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

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Read: 9/12/16
Genre: Adventure/Fantasy
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level V
Interest Level: Grades 3-7I always jump at the chance to re-read this book. It has become an autumn tradition. This book would be interesting for students who have thriving imaginations and are interested in magic, adventure, and fantasy.

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George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl

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George's Marvelous Medicine by Roald Dahl

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Read: 11/18/16
Genre: Comedy and Humor/Fantasy
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level PTeaching Point: George's Grandmother is absolutely horrible. When George is left alone with her one day, he decided to create a medicine for her instead of giving her her usual medicine. His thoughts? Either she would become nice or she would be taken off his hands. This book could be used to teach cause and effect.

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A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: The Case of the Haunted Scarecrow by James Preller 

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A Jigsaw Jones Mystery: The Case of the Haunted Scarecrow by James Preller 

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Mystery and Suspense
Category: Chapter book
Guided Reading: Level NTeaching Point: Jigsaw and Mila are a two-person detective team. This book would be interesting for students who enjoy reading mysteries. The student will enjoy trying to solve the mystery himself/herself. A possible teaching opportunity would be to have the students use the context clues to make a prediction on who was trying to trick them,

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Judy Moody And Friends: Triple Pet Trouble by Megan McDonald

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Judy Moody And Friends: Triple Pet Trouble by Megan McDonald

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Early Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level NTeaching Point: This book can be used to teach entrepreneurship. It also teaches readers that if you are unsure of something, to find an expert who can help you.

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Early Chapter Book
Teaching Point: This book could be used to work on fluency. The students can practice reading with expression. This book is full of talking and includes a great variety in punctuation. The students could practice text-to-self comprehension strategies. The images and names of the characters demonstrate diversity.

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Supertwins meet the Dangerous Dino-Robots by B.J. James

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Supertwins meet the Dangerous Dino-Robots by B.J. James

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Adventure
Category: Early Chapter Book/Graphic Novel
Guided Reading: Level KTeaching Point: For this introductory graphic novel, the students need to be taught which caption to read first. This would work well when teaching directionality.

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Early chapter book
Guided Reading: Level J Teaching Point: This book has three chapters and is a great introduction to chapter books. Poppleton, the pig, has three separate stories of him doing ordinary things. A teaching point could be reading with expression through Poppleton's emotions (frustration, contentment..)

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Animal Stories
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level ITeaching point: This book is told from the perspective from the baby deer. This book could be used to teach about writing from different perspectives. The theme/subject in this book is science. It could be used to teach about season changes.

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category:
Guided Reading: Level KTeaching Point: For syntax, it is important to teach the students to read all of the excerpts. You can use this book to teach how the images of the frogs are labeled, so the students can learn and identify different frogs. This book teaches about frog food, frog babies, the difference between frogs and toads, and to be careful because some can be poisonous.

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Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea by Vicky Willows

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Lewis and Clark with Sacagawea by Vicky Willows

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Non-FictionTeaching Point: This book teaches who Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Sacagawea were. It teaches the students about the Voyage of Discovery and the supplies (food and tools) that they took with them. It also teaches students about their methods of transportation and how Clark documented their journey.

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Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs by Tedd Arnold

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Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs by Tedd Arnold

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Beginning Reader
Guided Reading: Level N
Teaching Point: A little boy and his pet fly visit a natural history museum. This book includes concepts about the age of the Earth, continental drift, reptiles, dinosaurs, diet (herbivore, omnivore, carnivore), fossils, and paleontology. This book is filled with interesting facts!

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What if You Had Animal Hair!? by Sandra Markle

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What if You Had Animal Hair!? by Sandra Markle

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Read: 11/15/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Guided Reading: Level NTeaching Point: This book is perfect for science class. It teaches students how they grow hair and how to take care of it. It also teaches students about animals from all over the globe with the focus on the animals' hair. It has little excerpts for relating the animal hair to how it would affect the student if they had it too.

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Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan by Cynthia Rylant

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Henry and Mudge and the Snowman Plan by Cynthia Rylant

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Read: 9/5/16
Genre: Fiction
Catergory: Early Chapter book
Guided Reading: Level JThis book is about Henry and his dad entering a snowman contest in the park. This book can be used to teach sportsmanship after the snowman contest.

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The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

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The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles

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Read: 11/14/16
Genre: Non-Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level OTeaching Point: This is the true story of Ruby Bridges. This story can be used during a history class to teach students about this historical figure and everything she endured.

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Read: 11/14/16
Genre: Historical Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level MThis book has captivating artwork in it. It's about two young boys who are best friends despite racial differences. This book takes place during the Civil Rights movement. This book could be used to compare and contrast how society has changed.

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Two Bad Ants  by Christopher van Allsburg

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Two Bad Ants  by Christopher van Allsburg

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Read: 11/14/16
Genre: Adventure
Category: Picture book
Guided Reading: Level P Teaching Point: This book is perfect for a lesson on making inferences.This book is told from the perspective of the ants.

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Read: 9/16/16
Genre: Adventure, Classics
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level MThis book is a classic! This young bear from Peru stowaways to London. The Brown family takes him in and gives him a home. This book would be interesting for Kindergartners. A possible teaching point is that there is a learning curve when you move to a new place. Mistakes will be made, but that is alright.

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Read: 10/16/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades Olivia is a favorite among young girls. In this book, Olivia travels through Italy. This book would be appropriate during history lessons because it has pictures of famous landmarks and locations in Italy. It also introduces culturally relevant words in Italy.

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro

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There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves by Lucille Colandro

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Read: 9/21/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level MTeaching Point: This book is appropriate during the autumn. Children who enjoy books that are silly in theory will like this book. This book would be appropriate for lessons in sequencing and syntax (repeated phrase) for guided reading.

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It Could Still be a Desert by Allen Fowler

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It Could Still be a Desert by Allen Fowler

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Read: 9/30/16
Genre: Informational
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level I Teaching Point: This book teaches all about deserts and the plants and animals that live there. It is perfect for science lessons that focus on biomes.

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This is the House that Monsters Built by Steve Metzger

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This is the House that Monsters Built by Steve Metzger

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Read: 10/7/16
Genre: Holiday
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades This is a Halloween book that is interesting for 6-7 year olds. This book would be ideal to teach sequencing.

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Splat the Cat with a Bang and a Clang by Rob Scotton

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Splat the Cat with a Bang and a Clang by Rob Scotton

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Read: 8/29/16
Genre: Comedy and Humor
Category: Beginning reader
Guided Reading: Level KMy son loves this book! This book has a lot of rhyming onomatopoeia. It is a beginning reader and will be enjoyable for younger grade levels. A teaching point would be the study of the long /a/ sound.

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Read: 8/29/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level OThis book is one of my personal favorites. I think it is appropriate for every grade level. This little Wemmick spends his time concerned with what other Wemmicks think about him. After meeting a Wemmick who was bursting with happiness, he was encouraged to see his maker. The maker told him that he was special and not to worry about what anyone thought about him. This book is ideal when teaching students not to let their self-worth be determined by other people's comments.

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How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer

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How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer

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Read: 8/31/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Chapter Book
Guided Reading: Level
Interest Level: Grades This book is appropriate when encouraging positive behavior and comments. It provides the imagery that every time you say or do something nice for someone, you put a drop in there bucket. If you do something negative or mean, their bucket spills out. The teaching point here is to try to fill someone's bucket by being kind and helpful.

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Read: 10/7/16
Genre: Informational
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level F This book is great for a STEM day. Each page has the box being used in a different imaginary scenario. This book is perfect for teaching students to think creatively instead of only seeing what is right in front of them.

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The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires

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Read: 9/2/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture BookThe little girl in this book struggles to create the invention in her mind. She tries multiple different ways and gets frustrated. After taking a break, she sees how all of her failed inventions taught her how to be successful. This book is appropriate for STEM days.

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Read: 8/31/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture book
Guided Reading: Level LThis book is about a young boy who wants to spend the night at his friend's house, but he worries that his friend will judge him for bringing his stuffed animal. His big sister teases him about it. A possible teaching point is to not listen to the negative things people say and not to worry about being judged. As it turns out, his friend had a stuffed animal too!

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Where Are You Going Manyoni? by Catherine Stock

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Where Are You Going Manyoni? by Catherine Stock

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Read: 9/3/16
Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level N This book follows Manyoni, a young African schoolgirl, to school. This book is neat because Manyoni is on every single page if you look hard enough. Some pages you can barely see her and it becomes a game trying to find her. A possible teaching point is that in other countries people live a completely different way. Manyoni did not have the comforts of Western Civilization and she happily walked grat distances to attend school.

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Read: 8/28/16
Genre: Bedtime Stories
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level IThis book is appropriate for children who are just starting school. It sends a sweet message that although they are separated from their loved one at home when they have to go to school, they can still carry that person with them. A teaching point would be that people are always in your heart and you carry them with you wherever you go.

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How to Speak Politely and Why by Munro Leaf

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How to Speak Politely and Why by Munro Leaf

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Read: 8/28/16This book teaches children how to speak politely. It originally came out in the 1930s under a different name. I enjoy this book because it teaches manners in a more engaging way.

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Read: 10/3/16
Genre: Fable, Folktale
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: MThis is a Ukranian Folktale. I have always loved the artwork in this book. This book is popular in younger grades. The Mitten is perfect for a lesson on syntax because the students need to learn to look at the story happening in the borders of the pages.

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The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy by Yangsook Choi

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The Sun Girl and the Moon Boy by Yangsook Choi

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Read: 8/20/16
Genre: Folktale
Category: Picture BookThis is a Korean Folktale about a tiger who tries to eat a little boy and girl. They use their cleverness to outsmart him. This book is perfect for lessons on folktales because the children turn into the sun and moon.

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The Stranger by Christopher Van Allsburg

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The Stranger by Christopher Van Allsburg

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Read: 11/14/16
Genre: Fantasy
Category: Picture Book
Guided Reading: Level P
Interest Level: Grades 3-5The stranger in this book is mysterious and students will enjoy making predictions about him. He ends up being a metaphorical character for "father nature" or "jack frost." This book would be perfect for lessons on metaphors.