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Author: Kristy Dempsey

Illustrator: Floyd Cooper

Publication Date: 2014

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: AD1100L

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: A Dance Like Starlight tells the story of a young girl who wishes to become a ballerina and follow in the footsteps of one of her idols. The book is seen as an easy read but also could tell children to follow their dreams no matter what.

Teaching Idea 1: This story can be used as a way to again show students to follow their dreams, and one day you could ask your students what they dream to be when they grow up, of course never telling them they can’t achieve that no matter how impossible the dream.

Teaching Idea 2: The story is also drawn in a very different type of illustration style than most children would be used to, with a type of photographic image but it is also drawn in a style that it is very obvious that the images are painted too, this can be used for students to compare what they think of the images on each page compared to other picture books they may have read.

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Author: Margarita Engle

Illustrator: none

Publication Date: 2012

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: grades 4-8

Interest Level: 9-12

Teaser: The wild book is a unique novel in that it is written entirely in poem or verse form, which may be very unique and interesting for any reader, young or old to read. The main character also has dyslexia or “word blindness” throughout the novel.

Teaching Idea 1: This story as I said is very unique in the way it is written, in poem or verse style. This can be used a teaching tool for students to create their own poems to tell a short story as the author did in this novel.

Teaching Idea 2: This novel can also be used as a teaching tool to educate students about dyslexia and how although common it is not well known by most students, this can also teach students how difficult it may be to read as if they were dyslexic, the teach could create short poems that are all jumbled as if someone had dyslexia.

http://www.margaritaengle.com/

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The Time Warp Trio:Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci

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The Time Warp Trio:Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci

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Author: Jon Scieszka

Illustrator: Adam McCauley

Publication Date: 2004

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 560L

Interest Level: 9-12

Teaser: In Jon Scieszka’s, Time Warp Trio book series to have the three main characters: Joe, Sam and Fred travel through many different time periods meeting many different historical figures. In "Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci, they of course meet Leonardo Da Vinci in 15th century Florence.

Teaching Idea 1: This book series in general can be used as a powerful tool to teach children about history and be used in conjunction with history lessons. Specifically the 15th century Italy during the Italian renaissance when Leonardo Da Vinci and other artists like Michangelo were well known for painting works of art and changing art as we know it today.

Teaching Idea 2: The author has been noted in interviews as saying he wants young boys to enjoy reading and not see reading as a thing “only girls can like” and his novels can used as a way to show young male readers that reading isn’t a bad thing and not seen as girly or feminine.

http://www.jsworldwide.com/

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Author/Illustrator: Emily Gravett

Publication Date: 2007

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: Pre Kindergarten-grade 4

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears is a simple story of a mouse who is seemingly afraid of everything and should be for how small the mouse is. The book is also drawn and created in a very unique style where the mouse has “eaten” certain pages and the book itself in very creative in that aspect.

Teaching Idea 1: The story can be used a way to teach children it is okay to have fears and phobias but that some of them may pale in comparison to what the main character is the book deals with on a daily basis. The book can teach children to work through their fears and see how silly those fears may be if they compare them to the little mouse in the picture book. The book can also be used to educate children about the name of specific phobias (though a few are created just for the book).

Teaching Idea 2: The way the picture book is constructed is very unique with the author creating pages where there are corners chewed off and holes and tears in the pages of the book. This could be used as a teaching tool for students to create their own picture book of pages “eaten” or “chewed” on by their own mouse or even their own family pet.

http://www.panmacmillan.com/author/emilygravett\

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Author/Illustrator: Lauren Child

Publication Date: 2000

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 370

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: The book talks about Lola (the main characters younger sister) and how she is a very picky eater. the narrator then creates imaginative things that says the food items are, those aren’t carrots, are orange twiglets from Jupiter". in the end, Lola learns she actually likes the food even if by the look it may not be very appetizing to her.

Teaching Idea 1: Children are known to be picky eaters and to use this book as a way for children to get over their pickiness with food is a great teaching idea, you could bring in some commonly known foods that kids dislike such as peas, broccoli or asparagus and have them try it one by one.

Teaching Idea 2: The novel can also be used to show students various imaginations as see fit they can come up with some different names for fruits and vegetables as the narrator did for his sister.

http://www.milkmonitor.com/books

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Author: J.M. Barrie

Illustrator: Francis Donkin Bedford

Publication Date: 1911

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 330

Interest Level: 9-12

Teaser: Peter and Wendy (also known as Peter Pan) is one of the classics of children’s literature and should be read to or by children at any age level. There are many different lessons and plot points of intrigue, with pirates, Native Americans, boys who can fly and so on, that can be very interesting for a young child to read.

Teaching Idea 1: This novel can be used as a teaching tool to compare the novel and the well-known Disney film and compare and contrast with the students the novel and the film. This would of course start by the students reading the novel from cover to cover and then watching the film and asking students to compare the differences and similarities between the two mediums and could be used as a month long discussion for the novel.

Teaching Idea 2: Though the novel is written for children there are definitely some sections of the book where a child may be confused on British slang or larger (or even new) words unfamiliar to the children. The can be used as a teaching tool in the sense you can have a dictionary on hand to teach children lots of new words and phrases they may not know, but will remember for their lifetime and broaden their reading level.

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Author/Illustrator: Kate Dicamillo

Publication Date: 2003

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 670

Interest Level: 9-12

Teaser: The Tale of Despereaux is a novel about a little mouse’s adventures saving a young princess, meeting many different characters and having various adventures along the way. The story is told in many different sections and the author then connects all those sections in the end to make a satisfying novel.

Teaching Idea 1: The children’s novel can be used as a teaching tool to not just teach children about third person narrative, but the author also uses the narrative technique of “breaking the fourth wall”, by talking directly to the reader instead of just a usual novel where you are reading along with the author throughout the story.

Teaching Idea 2: This novel can also be used a way to tell children to not follow what everyone else thinks, to be their own person and be unique, the main character of Despereaux went again the norm and in the end was congratulated and seen as a hero to his fellow mice despite him being imprisoned early in the novel for being different.

http://www.katedicamillo.com/

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Author/Illustrator: Marla Frazee

Publication Date: 2014

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: Pre-Kindergarten - grade 2

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: The farmer and the clown is the simple story about a farmer, who comes across a young clown that falls off a circus train. He takes care of the clown and feeds the clown and they become the best of friends.

Teaching Idea 1: This is definitely a picture book that could show a childs imagination in full force. The story is very unique in that there are no words at all throughout the book, and through that a child can create whatever type of “words” and plot to the story that they wanted.

http://marlafrazee.com/

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The Series of Unfirtuante Events # 1: The Bad Beginning

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The Series of Unfirtuante Events # 1: The Bad Beginning

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Author: Lemony Snicket

Illustrator: Brent Helquist

Publication Date: 1999

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 1010

Interest Level: 9-12

Teaser: The Bad Beginning is the 1st book in the Series of Unfortunate Events and tells the story of three young orphans as they are “taken in” by their relative Count Olaf, who in the start of the novel just seems quirky and weird but only wants the children for their dead parent’s inheritance. But the three children (including a baby who can’t say more than a few simple sentences)  work together and use their brains to survive the villains every move and have adventures along the way too.

Teaching Idea 1: This novel is again a really good way to teach students about how an author can use the literary technique of “breaking the fourth wall”, though the author in his series uses this technique as an aspect of humor and also tells the reader to stop reading such a depressing and sad book, which I would hope in turn it would make the children want to continue to read instead.

Teaching Idea 2: The novel also can be used as a way to teach students how easy a novel can be read and also teach students who may have difficulty reading teach them how to read and nonetheless enjoy reading as a whole (and maybe want to continue to read the other 12+ books in the series too).

http://www.lemonysnicket.com/

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Author/Illustrator: Anthony Browne

Publication Date: 1983

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 450

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: The picture book, Gorilla is a simple story of one girls stuffed gorilla toy coming to life before her very eyes and having a short adventure before bedtime.

Teaching Idea 1: The picture book can be used as teaching tool for children to talk about their stuffed animals they may have or have had growing up and if they ever created their own “adventures” with them. This can also then be sued to create each child’s own story book of that stuffed animal.

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Author: Lemony Snicket

Illustrator: Jonathan Klassen

Publication Date: 2013

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 660

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: The Dark is about a little boy Lazlo who is afraid of the dark, he is scared of it in many different ways. The book also shows how in the end children shouldn’t be scared of the dark and that the dark can be a good or positive thing some of the time.

Teaching Idea 1: The book itself can help students get over their fear of the dark, the fear of the dark is a common fear among children and show how in the book children can see the dark as not a bad thing.

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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

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The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

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Author/Illustrator: Dan Santat

Publication Date: 2014

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: 480

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: The book introduces a character we do not know the name of at first, he is an imaginary friend. He searches the world and different realms for his own human friend and comes across Alice and they both soon learn they are perfect for each other. The book is drawn in very vivid and beautiful colors and can open up a child’s imagination in that way.

Teaching Idea 1: Children have imaginary friends, especially if they are from a single child household. Children create imaginary friends and show how their imaginations can run wild. using the book as a tool, offering a day or two where children can write down if they have their own imaginary friends and what they think they look like can open their imaginations more than before possible.

Teaching Idea 2: This can even be used as a teaching tool where children can create their own universe and own land where their imaginary friend lives and came from, to also broaden and show how huge and wonderful their imagination can blossom before the teachers very eyes.

http://dansantat.tumblr.com/books

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Author/Illustrator: Kadir Nelson

Publication Date: 2014

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: Pre-Kindergarten - grade 2

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: Baby bear is a simple story about a young bear cub who lost his parents and tried to find them and find his way home. Along the way he asks many different types of animals where they think he should go and in which direction to find his way.

Teaching Idea 1: This is a story that is very easy to read with only a few words on each page. This can be a story that a beginning reader can use to sound out words but also connect words and use words to learn how to read.

Teaching Idea 2: This story also can be used as a way to show how wonder and vivid illustrations can be to an audience and a child in general, there are many different beautifully drawn illustrations throughout the book, mainly the middle section with a moose, where you almost forget you are reading a picture book and could think for a second this a photographic image.

http://www.kadirnelson.com/Books.html

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Author: Deborah Underwood

Illustrator: Jonathan Bean

Publication Date: 2014

Genre: Fiction

Text Level: Pre-Kindergarten - 2

Interest Level: 0-8

Teaser: Baby Bye, Good Bye is a story about how a young character has to move from his old house to his new house, lose old friends and old surroundings but also meet new friends and new surroundings in the end. Told through minimal words on each page, there is the happy and sad parts of moving.

Teaching Idea 1: This picture book is a good way to teach children to read, the words on each page are very minimal and easy to understand (less than 5-10 words on each page), but also each word can be connected to an image on each page, and you could ask students to point and name each picture on the page with words on that same page.

Teaching Idea 2: This picture book can also be used as a way to teach children how to cope with the changes of moving. We all have to move at some time in our lives, sometimes older or younger than others, but the book shows the happy and sad parts of a child or individual moving from one house to the next.

http://www.deborahunderwoodbooks.com/