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Author & Illustrator (if applicable): Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable

Date of publication: 8/1/11

Grade level: K-3rd

Lexile level: 560L

Link to read aloud (if available): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUdTsj3HwYU

Grade Level Standards: 3.2.R.2 Students will identify elements of various genres in fiction,
poetry, and nonfiction texts

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUdTsj3HwYU

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Author & Illustrator: Demi

Date of publication: 4/1/14

Grade level: PK-3

Lexile level: AD890L

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLikfm8dQ7E

Grade Level Standards: 1.3.R.3 Students will find textual evidence when provided with
examples of literary elements:
setting ( i.e., time and place)
main characters and their traits
1.3.R.4 Students will ask and answer basic questions (e.g., who,
what, where, why, and when) about texts.
1.3.R.5 Students will begin to use details from a text to draw
conclusions and make predictions.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLikfm8dQ7E

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Author & Illustrator: Kate DiCamillo and Bagram Ibatoulline

Date of publication: 12/8/15

Grade level: 2-6

Lexile level: 700

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TECu_0s4H6w

Grade Level Standards:
4.1.L.2 Students will actively listen and interpret a speaker’s verbal
messages and ask questions to clarify the speaker’s
purpose.
4.2.R.1 Students will determine the key details that support the main
idea of a text.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TECu_0s4H6w

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Author & Illustrator: Janell Cannon

Date of publication: 1/17/16

Grade level: PK-3

Lexile level: AD620L

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adlz2vgHCK8

Grade Level Standards:
2.3.R.3 Students will find examples of literary elements:
-setting (i.e., time and place)
-plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end)
-characters and their traits
2.3.R.4 Students will find examples of literary devices:
-simile
-alliteration
-onomatopoeia
2.3.R.5 Students will use details from the literary or informational
text to draw conclusions and make predictions.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adlz2vgHCK8

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Author & Illustrator: Maxine Trottier and Paul Morin

Date of publication: 7/14/06

Grade level: K-3

Lexile level: 2.3 (ATOS)

Link to read aloud: Unavailable

Grade Level Standards:
2.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., tell a
story, provide information).
2.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view with prompting.
2.3.R.3 Students will find examples of literary elements:
-setting (i.e., time and place)
-plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end)
-characters and their traits

At least one resource to teach the book: WWII Information

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Author & Illustrator: Julia Finley Mosca and Daniel Rieley

Date of publication: 3/5/19

Grade level: 1-3

Lexile level: 680

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcruLjS0PJY

Grade Level Standards:
2.4.R.2 Students will use context clues to determine the meaning of
words.
2.4.R.3 Students will use word parts (e.g., affixes, Anglo-Saxon
roots, stems) to define and determine the meaning of new
words.
2.4.R.4 Students will use grade-level resource materials (e.g.,
simple dictionary, glossary) to clarify the meaning of words

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcruLjS0PJY

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Author & Illustrator: Anastasia Kierst

Date of publication: 11/13/13

Grade level: 2-12

Lexile level: Unavailable

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHQe4pJwVJ0

Grade Level Standards:
2.3.R.5 Students will use details from the literary or informational
text to draw conclusions and make predictions.
2.3.R.6 Students will locate facts that are clearly stated in an
informational text.
2.3.R.7 Students will describe the structure of an informational text
with prompting:
-description
-sequential

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHQe4pJwVJ0

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Author & Illustrator: Peggy Rathmann

Date of publication: 3/8/04

Grade level: PK-2

Lexile level: NP

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYQcfs-EeA

Grade Level Standards:
K.6.R.2 Students will identify and use graphic and text features to
understand texts:
● photos
● illustrations
● titles

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUYQcfs-EeA

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Author & Illustrator: Anthony Browne

Date of publication: 8/1/01

Grade level: 2-6

Lexile level: 2.8 (ATOS)

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2genqtP9Co

Grade Level Standards:
2.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., tell a
story, provide information).
2.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view with prompting.
2.3.R.3 Students will find examples of literary elements:
● setting (i.e., time and place)
● plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end)
● characters and their traits

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2genqtP9Co

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Author & Illustrator: Kate DiCamillo and Timothy Basil Ering

Date of publication: 1/1/04

Grade level: 2-8

Lexile level: 670

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7WIYLOD1U

Grade Level Standards:
2.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., tell a
story, provide information).
2.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view with prompting.
2.3.R.3 Students will find examples of literary elements:
● setting (i.e., time and place)
● plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end)
● characters and their traits
2.3.R.4 Students will find examples of literary devices:
● simile
● alliteration
● onomatopoeia

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc7WIYLOD1U

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Author & Illustrator: Paul Meisel

Date of publication: 9/5/17

Grade level: PK-3

Lexile level: BR50L

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNfTkvjOf-k

Grade Level Standards:
1.2.R.3 Students will sequence the plot (i.e., beginning, middle, and
end) of a story.
1.2.R.1 Students will identify the topic or main idea with some
supporting details of a text.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNfTkvjOf-k

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Author & Illustrator: Katherine Applegate

Date of publication: 1/6/15

Grade level: 2-7

Lexile level: 570L

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVvutRUeXbc

Grade Level Standards: 3.3.R.1 Students will determine if the author’s purpose is to
entertain, inform, or persuade.
3.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view.
3.3.R.3 Students will find examples of literary elements:
● setting
● plot
● characters
● characterization
3.3.R.4 Students will find examples of literary devices:
● personification
● hyperbole
● simile
● alliteration
● onomatopoeia
3.3.R.5 Students will answer inferential questions, using a text to
support answers.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVvutRUeXbc

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Author & Illustrator: Lindsay Mattick and Sophie Blackall

Date of publication: 8/20/15

Grade level: 1-5

Lexile level: AD590L

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zChnPqogG-o

Grade Level Standards:
2.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., tell a
story, provide information).
2.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view with prompting.
2.3.R.3 Students will find examples of literary elements:
● setting (i.e., time and place)
● plot (i.e., beginning, middle, end)
● characters and their traits
2.3.R.4 Students will find examples of literary devices:
● simile
● alliteration
● onomatopoeia
2.3.R.5 Students will use details from the literary or informational
text to draw conclusions and make predictions.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zChnPqogG-o

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Author & Illustrator: Christopher Paul Curtis

Date of publication: 1/8/02

Grade level: 3-8

Lexile level: 950L

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64AN0jAYuK4

Grade Level Standards:
4.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., entertain,
inform, persuade) by identifying key details.
4.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view.
4.3.R.3 Students will find textual evidence of literary elements:
● setting
● plot
● characters (i.e., protagonist, antagonist)
● characterization
● conflict
4.3.R.4 Students will find textual evidence of literary devices:
● metaphor
● idiom
● personification
● hyperbole
● simile
● alliteration
● onomatopoeia
4.3.R.5 Students will answer inferential questions using evidence
from one or more texts to support answers.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64AN0jAYuK4

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Author & Illustrator: Kevin Noble Malliard

Date of publication: 10/22/19

Grade level: PK-2

Lexile level: 650

Link to read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1h2LgTU7I

Grade Level Standards:
K.5.R.1 Students will recognize simple sentences with prompting.
K.5.R.2 Students will recognize parts of speech in sentences with
prompting:
● concrete objects as persons, places, or things (i.e.,
nouns)
● words as actions (i.e., verbs)
● color and size adjectives
● the pronoun I
● spatial and time relationships such as up, down, before,
and after

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl1h2LgTU7I

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Author & Illustrator: Raina Telgemeier
Date of Publication: 2/1/10
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Level: GN410L
Link to Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzkDmIG5mYM
Grade Level Standards:
4.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., entertain,
inform, persuade) by identifying key details.
4.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view.
4.3.R.3 Students will find textual evidence of literary elements:
● setting
● plot
● characters (i.e., protagonist, antagonist)
● characterization
● conflict
4.3.R.4 Students will find textual evidence of literary devices:
● metaphor
● idiom
● personification
● hyperbole
● simile
● alliteration
● onomatopoeia
4.3.R.5 Students will answer inferential questions using evidence
from one or more texts to support answers.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64AN0jAYuK4

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Author & Illustrator: Kate DiCamillo and K.G. Campbell
Date of Publication: 9/13/16
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Level: 520L
Link to Read-Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6kC0JsukZU
Grade Level Standards:
4.3.R.1 Students will determine the author’s purpose (i.e., entertain,
inform, persuade) by identifying key details.
4.3.R.2 Students will determine whether a grade-level literary text is
narrated in first- or third-person point of view.
4.3.R.3 Students will find textual evidence of literary elements:
● setting
● plot
● characters (i.e., protagonist, antagonist)
● characterization
● conflict
4.3.R.4 Students will find textual evidence of literary devices:
● metaphor
● idiom
● personification
● hyperbole
● simile
● alliteration
● onomatopoeia
4.3.R.5 Students will answer inferential questions using evidence
from one or more texts to support answers.

At least one resource to teach the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64AN0jAYuK4