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Written by:  David A. Adler
Illustrated by:  John and Alexandra Wallner
Copyright:  1989
Grades:  K-2
Posted by:  Julie Rees

Synopsis: This is a simple picture book that tells of Abraham Lincoln our sixteenth president of the United States.  Through captivating illustrations and simple text, this book describes how our sixteenth president, whom some say was our greatest, was born in a one-room log cabin in Kentucky. As a boy he helped his father clear land and even built a boat that he floated to New Orleans. As president, he led the country through the Civil War, and wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, setting all slaves free in the Confederate states. Young readers will be inspired by Lincoln's story of hard work, success, and justice.

Student Reactions:  My first graders really enjoyed listening to this story.  We just concluded a math unit on money.  We identified Lincoln on the penny.  Many students asked who this president was and why was he chosen to be on the coin.  After building a character web illustrating his life, it became clear to my students why this man would be presented on one of coins.

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The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America's Hero

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The Streak: How Joe DiMaggio Became America's Hero

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Written by: Barb Rosenstock
Illustrated by: Terry Widener
Copyright: 2014
Grades: 2-4
Posted by: Forrest Page

Synopsis:  This book is a retelling of Joe DiMaggio's chase for an MLB record hitting streak. It tells the story of DiMaggio and his bat "Betsy Ann" and his quest for baseball greatness at a time that the country was on edge because of the impending World War II.

In the books 32 pages, Rosenstock tells the story while including lots of supplemental baseball information, DiMaggio's History, and American History. Widener's pages are beautifully illustrated and capture the look of the moment in 1941.

Student Reactions: My third graders enjoyed this book and drew a lot of connections with the bat, which I found odd at first but then realized kids love their toys and feel real pride over their best possessions. Many students asked about WWII and some were curious about baseball (which is not a sport my student's are in to).

I will be using this book in my Gymnasium Library going forward.

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This is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

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This is How We Do It: One Day in the Lives of Seven Kids from around the World

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(posted by Hilary O'Neill)

Written & illustrated: by Matt LaMothe
Copyright: 2017
Grade Level: K-5

Synopsis: The book follows seven different kids from Italy, Japan, Peru, Uganda, Russia, India, and Iran. The vary in age from seven years old to eleven years old. They begin by showing where they live. The illustrations are very detailed, which is helpful to fully understand what their homes look like. The children continue by showing who they live with, what they wear to school, what they eat for breakfast. They also explain how they get to school, what their teacher looks like, what they learn in school, what they do for fun, what they eat for dinner and where they sleep.

This is a 52 page book that could be studied over the course of multiple days. In addition, it has a wonderful message at the end--our cultures may look different but at the end of the day, we all go to sleep looking at the same sky.

Student Reactions: This book sparked many questions. So much that I am going to let them do a research project on the seven countries. It never fails when learning about different cultures that they struggle to understand how there children growing up completely differently from them. But also, they learned about how these children are similar to them. The things they like to do are some of the same things kids in Japan like to do (freeze tag!!!).

This a must need book for all classrooms!

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Written By: Bailey Sisoy Isgro
Illustrated By: Nicole Lapointe
Copyright: 2018
Grade Level: 3-5
Post By: Heather Raymond

Synopsis: This book is a wonderful story about the impact of women workers during WW II in Detroit.  The book starts out by giving readers a brief history into the events that led to WW II and the role women played before and during the war.  The book then chronicles the important roles women had during WW II, from running family businesses, working on assembly lines, operating machinery, and building airplanes and tankers for the men at war.  The story helps readers understand who and what Rosie the Riveter was was. The book a timeline of events and real pictures of "Rosies". It also has a really nice glossary of word to know at the end-which could help expand vocabulary and comprehension.

Student Reactions: I read this story to my 9th-12th grade special education students.  They absolutely loved the rhyming text and beautiful illustrations.  The way the story was written made the content very easily understood.  I think the beginning pages gave them some prior knowledge to help them understand the events that led to WW II.  My girls really liked reading about the rise of women into the workforce at a time of need and how they rose above many obstacles to become a legacy.  All of my students enjoyed learning about how monumental Detroit was in helping the war.  Earlier this spring, we learned about important cities in Michigan, Detroit being one of them.  So my students were excited to learn more about Detroit.

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

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Written By:  Margot Lee Shetterly with Winifred Conkling
Illustrated By: Laura Freeman
Copyright: 2018
Grade Level: 1-3
Post By: Stephanie Skelly

Synopsis: This book details the experiences of four black women who were "human computers" at NASA during the Space Race, calculating rocket launches with pencils, paper, and adding machines. They also lived through the Civil Rights Era and the movement for gender equality.

Student Reactions: Admittedly, my fifth grade class read the "Hidden Figures" novel earlier in the school year so the information in this book was not new, though the students were a lot more engaged with the material and asked more questions than with the in depth information of the novel. Reading this book prior to reading the novel would be a better way to execute this in the future due to the high population of ELL students at my school. Students seemed to take away more from this version of the text so reading it first will help them in making deeper connections within the information of the novel.

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Written by: Ben Richmond
Copyright: 2019
Grade Level: K-2
Post by: Rosa Severance

Synopsis: This text is about the life of a young elephant from birth to adulthood. Each page is filled with facts about elephants written in a narrative story format.  The text contains detailed photographs of elephants of all ages in nature.  The text explains what the elephants eat, how much they eat, how they cool themselves, how they protect themselves from predators, and how they care for their young.  The text also explained how elephant herds function and how important they are for protecting and raising young elephants.
Student Reactions: My students absolutely loved this book!  We just finished our informational writing on animals and they are very into animals right now because of it.  After we read the book we had to watch some youtube videos on elephants, which they also loved.  I think the photographs in the text really kept my students' attention along with the narrative writing.

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Author: Pat Miller
Illustrator: Vincent X. Kirsch
Copyright: 2016
Grade Level: 1-5
Post by: Gayle Lotterman

Synopsis: This book is about the invention of the doughnut and why it has a hole in the middle. It tells of how a ship's cook assistant, Hanson Gregory, first made balls of dough that were sweet and crisp on the outside, but raw inside. The sailors called them sinkers since they dropped heavily in their stomachs. For the next batch, Gregory cut the middle out of the balls of dough and tried frying them again. These turned out perfect, and that's how the doughnut as we know it was born! The book also tells a few legends of this history, so it gives good opportunity to discuss fact vs. fiction. The book is charmingly told, and the illustrations cleverly tie doughnuts and sea themes together in a way that only adults might truly appreciate.
Students' Reactions: My students loved this book, and especially enjoyed/giggled at the legends. It sparked a few thoughts about how other things "came to be". We talked about how sometimes we don't think about the beginnings of common items, but rather just accept that that's the way they are without questioning why. It also made us hungry for doughnuts :)

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Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History

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Aaron and Alexander: The Most Famous Duel in American History

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Written and Illustrated by: Don Brown
Copyright: 2015
Grade Level: 4-8

Post by: Brenna Holsclaw

Synopsis: This book begins by comparing the lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. It begins with the birth of both men-- one into a life in New Jersey and the other in the Caribbean. Both boys were born into families that were well-off and orphaned as very young men. Aaron ended up being raised by his uncle, while a wealthy merchant took in Alexander. The story highlights the boldness and the intelligence of both of these men, before bringing them together in the whirlwind of the American Revolution. The illustrations are beautiful and work well to show the similarities between these two men, yet also where their lives began to diverge, culminating in a strong dislike of each other. The book actually presents a very unbiased view of both individuals, not condemning either (particularly Burr) for their roles in the duel, and the author allows the readers to come to their own conclusions about who (if anyone) might be at fault.

Students’ Reactions: Initially, I attempted to read this book to my toddler-- which was a bit of a mistake. The pictures are lovely and the text is simple enough, but the story is not particularly engaging for a 2-year-old, haha. Middle-schoolers, however, ate it up! Particularly with the popularity of the show Hamilton at the moment, the students were very interested in the backstory of Hamilton and Burr, along with a point of view that did not automatically demonize Burr. The text was understandable, historically accurate, and included real quotes from both men.

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Author: Eric Walters
Copyright: 2013
Grade Level: K-6
Posted By: Sonja Engelsma

Synopsis: This story is about a young boy named Muthalini who was born with a physical disability. He lives with his grandmother and eight cousins in Kenya. His grandmother is very poor and can no longer take care of him, so she brings him to an orphanage. When the get to the orphanage, the director will not accept Muthalini because his name means suffering. The director tells Muthalini that the only way he will be accepted into the orphanage is if he changes his name to Baraka which means blessing. Muthalini changes his name and comes to realize that despite his disability he is a blessing.
Student Reactions: Our entire school body, K-6th grade read this book during reading month. Each class had to come up with a display based on the book, that was then posted in the hallway. The students came up with great displays and throughly enjoyed the book. Even the kindergarteners had good questions and thoughtful displays.

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Author: Jeanette Winter
Copyright Date: 2010
Grade Level: 1-3
Posted By: Katie Ambs

Synopsis: This story is based on a true story about a man named Luis and his beloved team of burros.  Luis' love for reading brings him to an idea of how to share his love for reading with the children of the villages of Columbia.  Luis, Alfa and Burro (his two sturdy burros) set out on an adventure to share his books with those who have none.   He hangs signs on the burros that say Biblioburro-"The Burro Library".  Luis reads books to the students before they choose books to borrow.  Luis began to bring books to the villages in 2000.  He began with a collection of 70 books.  His collections has now grown to over 4,800 which comes from mostly donations!

Student Reactions: My students really enjoyed this book.  They loved the compassion that Luis showed for those in his community that had no books.  Some of my younger students were puzzled about the fact that these students did not have a library in their village.

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Author: Miranda Paul
Illustrator: Elizabeth Zunon
Copyright Date: 2015
Grade Level:  K-3
Posted By: Jodi Juergens

Synopsis: This story follows Isatou Ceesay of the Gambia and how she began recycling the plastic bags in her village. They piled up and piled up while everyone ignored them. After hearing about the goats who were ingesting them and dying, she decides to do something about it. Her and her friends collect them, wash them, and turn them into purses. Initially people laughed at her but eventually everyone wanted one of the recycled purses.
Student Reactions:
My students had a lot of question and some great discussions during this story. It initiated a great conversation about ways we can help the environment.

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the Worlds Famous Bear

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Finding Winnie: The True Story of the Worlds Famous Bear

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Author: Lindsey Mattick
Illustrated by Sophie Blackall
Copyright Date: 2015
Grade level: K-3
Posted By: Lindsey Battjes

Synopsis: This book tells a story of the inspiration behind "Winnie the Pooh". The story begins with Harry Colebourn who is on the way to help horses during World War I. On his way from Winnipeg, he stops at a train station where he rescued a bear cub and named the cub Winnie. Winnie and Harry bonded along their travels to Europe for the war, but as Winnie grew Harry realized that Winnie needed a different home. The London Zoo is where Harry took him, and the London Zoo is where Winnie met Christopher Robbin. The story is told from the perspective of Harry Cloebourn's great grand daughter retelling the story to her son.

Student Reactions: My students enjoyed this book. They really liked the story and the meaning behind "Winnie the Pooh."  We discussed the different parts of the story, pictures and who's perspective the story was being told by.

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The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!)

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The Boo-Boos That Changed the World: A True Story About an Accidental Invention (Really!)

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Author: Barry Wittenstein
Illustrated by Chris Hsu
Copyright Date: 2018
Grade Level: 1-5
Posted by: Rebecca Klenk

Synopsis: The story follows Earle and Josephine Dickson and how they came up with the idea for Band-Aids. Josephine was accident prone. She was always cutting herself, especially when cooking. Earle worked at a company that manufactured hospital supplies. The story than follows the steps Earle did to make the first Band-Aid. He took his idea to his boss to help produce the product world wide. The story than follows, as they struggle to get the Band-Aids out into the world, and how they gave many band-aids away for people to see how amazing this product was and how much they needed it.
The end of the book has an Author's note which gives some more information about Earle, a timeline, and teaches you how to search for more information on this subject.
Student Reactions: My students enjoyed the book. They thought it was pretty funny that it kept saying the end when it really wasn't the end. However some were annoyed by this. They enjoyed how it gave you facts about how band-aid came to be, but it did not over whelm you with facts.

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Moses:The True Story of an Elephant Baby

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Moses:The True Story of an Elephant Baby

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Author: Jenny Perepeczko
Copyright Date: 2014
Grade Level: K-3
Posted by: Angie Scholten

Synopsis: This books tells the story of an orphaned baby elephant that is raised by a human mother.  The book has a brief history of how the baby elephant, Moses, came to live with the family, it gives facts about elephants bodies and lifestyle in the captions.  It also tells the story of how Moses learn about the world from his point of view as he uses his trunk to explore. The book was so interesting to think of how much a baby elephant must learn from its mother in the wild and how a human mother and her family (including other pets) would have to teach a baby elephant how to do many things.
The photographs of the elephant with his "mama" and her family and pets are intriguing and make you wonder about what it would be like to raise an elephant baby.
Student Reactions: My students loved this book.  The photos were a big hit an many of the kids were intrigued by the facts about elephants that are in the photo captions.  We discussed how many baby animals learn from their parents just like human parents do and how since Moses did not have parents, people who care about animals helped to take care of him and teach to survive. Also the importance of family and people to love you was a theme that was identified by my students.

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Author: Paul Meisel
Illustrator: Paul Meisel
Copyright Date: 2017
Grade Level: K-3rd
Posted by: Jenna Mills

Synopsis: This book follows the life cycle of a praying mantis as written through diary entries. P. Mantis is born on a sunny spring day with 150 of her brothers and sisters. The story follows her growth, including pretending to be a stick while encountering predators, eating some of her brothers and sisters, and shedding her skin. In the fall, P. Mantis lays her own eggs and lays down to sleep. This book is a fun way to share facts about the praying mantis life cycle, what they eat, how they shed their skin, and how they hide from predators. The story is shared in a way that young students will be able to understand while being engaging.

Student Reactions: My students loved this book. Their favorite part was when P. Mantis eats her brothers and sisters. This book sparked some great conversations about the praying mantis life cycle, camouflage, molting, and how we can respect bugs. Referencing the dates throughout the life cycle helped my students understand the amount of time passed between the events. After we were finished reading, we watched some videos of praying mantis. I think the character of P. Mantis helped my students feel more connected to an insect that they would typically be scared by.

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Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama

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Seeds of Freedom: The Peaceful Integration of Huntsville, Alabama

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Author: Hester Bass

Illustrator: E.B. Lewis

Copyright Date: 2015

Grade Level: 2-12

Posted By: Janna Walsh

Synopsis: This book is about people in Huntsville, Alabama planting seeds of freedom with their peaceful approach to protest segregation. There are several different events that occur throughout, and each one there is only peace portrayed: sit-ins, Blue Jean Sunday, playing Patriotic music and releasing balloons asking for support of freedom, as well as integration and reverse integration of schools. The focus of this book is to shine a light on the “nonviolence and dignity and cooperation and courage” of the people of Huntsville as they tried to stay peaceful and approach exclusion based on race.

Student Reactions: My students loved the illustrations, and had some amazing discussions surrounding this book. My students have been exposed to events related to the Civil Rights Movement, however they were shocked to see the approach of peace instead of violence. They wanted to know why they didn’t fight and why the police officers were nice. We had a discussion about how to approach situations that we don’t agree with, and they were able to make the connection that these are the ways that we encourage them to approach disagreements at school. My students see a lot of violence outside of school, so their first thoughts were that violence should have been the answer, which I expected. I will be reading this book with each of my classes from now on, because they need to understand we can get results without violence.

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Adventures to School: Real-Life Journeys of Students from Around the World

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Adventures to School: Real-Life Journeys of Students from Around the World

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By Baptiste Paul and Miranda Paul
Illustrated by Isabel Munoz
Copyright: 2018
Appropriate (for different reasons) Kindergarten through 5th grade
Posted by: Michelle Mohring

I'm constantly on the lookout for multicultural books and this one was wonderful! In this book, students get a first person narrative from a child and the way they have to travel to school. Some students use a zipline, snowmobiles, motorbikes, bullet trains, or boats! For some children, the trip is very dangerous and scary because of wild animals or people who may wish them harm. There are 13 stories including one from the United States that is atypical from my student's experience. There is factual information about the country on the page opposite the narrative and an illustration of the country's flag. The last couple of pages give updates on some of the conditions detailed prior and a caution about Internet sources. For younger students the compare and contrast is great for comprehension and my students would gasp at some of the conditions. It is a bit long for K/1 so I broke down the 13 stories during read aloud into two a day. They practiced connecting with characters, imagining their feelings and deciding if that was something they would do to go to school. We also used our world map to locate these countries in relation to where we are. For older students, this book would be a great way to begin an exploration of specific countries or modes of transportation.

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By Alicia Potter
Illustrated by: Melissa Sweet
Copyright: 2012
Grade level appropriate use with: Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Posted by: Xiaomeng Ni

This narrative non-fiction book told a story about how Mrs. Harkness brought a panda from China to the US. After Mrs. Harkness’s husband died from the adventure of searching for a panda, she wanted to follow his path. Her friends were scoffing and discouraging her as they think she was too dainty for the adventure. However, she was strong and determined to follow her heart. She started her adventure to China and had an amazing journey of finding the elusive panda in the harsh terrain. With the help of a young Chinese man and her brave heart, she successfully found a cute baby panda and brought a live baby panda to the US.
My kindergartners in Chinese immersion class love Panda and this is a perfect fit to intrigue their interest. I read the story to them and they were engaged to listen to the adventure. My students also were so excited about the journey and wanted to visit China and hug the baby panda. Also, the colorful pictures were beautiful and added an additional attractiveness to the kindergartners.

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By: Robert Burleigh
Illustrated by: Katy Wu
Copyright: 2018
Perfect for 3rd -5th grade students
Post by: Susan Companion

I love to go in bookstores so this was a fantastic book for me!  This narrative non-fiction book tells the story of the famous Shakespeare and Company bookstore in Paris.  It is written from the bookstore's point of view which creates a unique twist to the narration.  It is a quick read but has a lot of content.  My third grade students loved the book but had no idea who many of the people were and places discussed in book.  There are a couple of pages in the back of the book that explain who all the people are in the book and the next time I read the book I will have to build in some background knowledge of the famous authors that shared their passions and work in this bookstore by reading these pages first and not last.  The students were mesmerized by the point of view from the bookstore so it is definitely a book I will read again.  Just with a few adjustments.

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by Candance Fleming
Copyright: 2016
Posted by: Krystal Lawton

This narrative non-fiction book was in poem format. The Giant Squid described what the creature looked like, animals it ate, who its predator is, how it protects itself, and how scientists have only seen one in 2006 and brief footage in 2012. The Giant would be appropriate for grades Kindergarten (through read aloud) through 5th. I read this book with my class and we went over vocabulary words that I knew they would not know. Also, as I read it to them we stopped frequently to discuss what they have learned. My students loved this book! Reactions from students while I was reading: “It was scary because of its beak.” “The mouth was like a bird.” “It is enormous!” “The Giant Squid uses ink to get away so they don’t get eaten.”

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Narrative Non-Fiction                        The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore               

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By: Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Copyright: November 1, 2015 by Carolrhoda Books
Posted By: Charity Hentschel

This is a great book! However, background information about unequal rights and treatment of African Americans need to be discussed beforehand. I would also say that it's for upper elementary because it does talk about Malcolm X's assassination, but in a very kid-friendly way. The topic is deep and creates a lot of discussion. The book discuses how Lewis Michaux Sr. had a passion to bring literature to African Americans. He believed knowledge was power. He opened a bookstore for African American and not only gave them access to tons of great books, but rich discussion about Civil Rights. Many famous Civil Rights Activist spoke outside of his bookstore on a balcony. The story is told from his son's point of view and is very well-written. The illustrations are also great and the different fonts and bold print catches kids' eyes. I read this to my 5th grade group because we have been discussing the Civil Right's Movement. This sparked their interest in Malcolm X and in Lewis Michaux Sr. I plan on allowing them to research both of these men and having them share how these men made a difference in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Stone Girl Bone Girl: A Story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis

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Stone Girl Bone Girl: A Story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis

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By: Laurence Anholt
Copyright: 1999
Post by: Abby Williamson

My 2nd grade students absolutely love this book! This book tells the story of Mary Anning and how she became a famous paleontologist.  The story starts off with detailing how Mary was "no ordinary girl" because she was struck by lightening and survived.  It goes on to explain how her and her father would search for curiosities, or fossils. When her father passes away, she continues to look for fossils with her dog.  She eventually discovered a sea monster which turned out to be an Ichthyosaurus. We used this book during our ELA Module about Fossilization and Paleontologists and my students were hooked before I even finished the first page.  The illustrations and the imagery in this book help the students visualize what is going on in the story.  The text on each page is lengthy and some of the words were a little complicated for some of my students so I would see this book being used as a read-aloud for Grades 1 and 2 and then Grades 3 and up can definitely read this independently!  My students said that this is a great book to teach students about exploring, trying your best, not listening to bullies, and never giving up!

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Ivan the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla 

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By: Katherine Applegate
Published: 2014
Post by: Niki Terpstra
This is a wonderful book! After reading The One and Only Ivan (fictional story) by Katherine Applegate I introduced my students to the real Ivan using this non-fiction picture book. Katherine tells the story of two young gorillas that were taken from the Congo and send to Tacoma, Washington. The gorillas are named Ivan and Burma after the B & I shopping mall they are held in. Burma sadly does not make survive. Ivan is alone, in a cage, in a shopping mall. In he mid 90's locals start to protest the treatment of Ivan. Ivan is moved to Zoo Atlanta. The story and picture are very powerful, but back matter makes the story and connects the children on a deeper level. There are a few photographs of Ivan when he lived in the shopping mall as well as in the zoo.
After reading the two books I allowed those students that had questions to read more about Ivan and other gorillas held in captivity.
I loved pairing the two books with my 2nd graders and believe you could do the same through middle school. When I move to 1st grade next year I will definitely be reading the picture book to my students. I also shared this book with a kindergarten teacher and her class also loved the book and had discussions about animals in captivity.

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By: Monica Clark Robinson
Copyright: 2018
Post by: Emily Darcangelo

This is an amazing book!  Let the Children March shares the story of how thousands of children decided to march for their civil rights. The children were inspired by the words of Martin Luther King Jr. and wanted to stand up for themselves. The story speaks of the challenges the children faced due to their bravery. Children were sprayed with powerful hoses by the police and some even went to jail. I read this with my 3rd grade class and we were able to have a powerful discussion afterwards. I asked my class to put themselves in the marchers' shoes, and posed the question  to them, "How would you feel?" Their responses included "anxious, upset, angry, brave, nervous, happy to stand up for myself and courageous." I think this book could be used with grades 3rd and up.  Even middle schoolers could benefit from this story.  I think it could spark great discussion surrounding the Civil Rights Movement, but also the power to speak up for yourself, regardless of age.

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Hawk Mother: The Story of a Red-tailed Hawk Who Hatched Chickens 

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by Kara Hagedorn
Published 201
Posted by: Laura Veihl

As my first graders are learning all about birds in ELA, this text seemed a perfect fit! This rehabilitated female hawk is a resident in a facility and tries each year to have a family only to have her unfertalized eggs never hatch. A caregiver empathizes with this sweet hawk and places two fertalized chicken eggs in her nest. In the wild, she would have preyed upon chickens. In captivity, she raises them as her own. My hope is for my students to use this true story as a guide to accept all others and also find ways to protect all creatures. My students could not believe this really happened and showed such love and empathy for this little family! Outcomes from this book were better than I anticipated. Discussions followed on adoption, being kind, protecting living things, and love.

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by Monica Carnesi

Published 2012

This story follows the journey of a little dog’s rescue from an ice floe.  The story takes place in Poland during a particularly harsh winter.  The dog was trapped on the ice floe for two days and traveled seventy five miles, ending up in the Baltic Sea.  He is finally rescued by a research vessel.  The print is simple and easy to read while the illustrations support comprehension.  It would be appropriate as a read aloud for early/lower elementary, and some readers may be able to read it on their own as well.  The students really loved hearing about the people who tried to rescue the dog and how the dog was adopted by the people who saved him.

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SAMPLE:  La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa / My Journey with Papa

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SAMPLE:  La Frontera: El Viaje Con Papa / My Journey with Papa

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by Deborah Mills
2018
Posted by: Pam Page
Written in English and Spanish, readers learn the journey of Alfredo Alva challenging journey from Mexico to Texas. Heartbreaking at some points but ultimately an inspiring story. The backmatter shares family photos of Alva's, a map of their journey, and information about immigration. Beautiful illustrations by Claudia Navarro. Recommend for grades 2-6.  Third graders' reactions :  "I liked the illustrations.  I felt like I was walking with the boy and his dad."  "They  had a long journey and it must have been very hard."  "I kept hoping they would get to see their whole family again."  "I liked seeing the real photographs at the end."