This was a very cool book about the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. It was a neat read and offered a really fun picture book version of the life of such an influential person. The book is straightforward and offers quotes from MLK Jr. himself. This picture book was intended for a 5 to 8-year-old audience.

This book looks at the history of world exploration. It is done in a fun and creative way that engages children, while teaching about famous and forgotten world explorers. This book is intended for grades 2-4 and would be good for a history lesson and could be used as a writing prompt.

This book teaches about the early life of Frederick Douglass. The book talks about equality and standing up for your own freedom. Douglass was a very prominent figure in black history and is a figure that is a learning objective in the TN state standards for social studies. The book is intedned for 4-10 year olds and could be used in a history lesson. 

This book is set around 10 years prior to the Brown v. Board of Education case. It tells the story of an American citizen of mixed heritage that could speak and write fluent English and was denied acceptance to a "White Only School". The story is of her struggle and personal battle with segregation. This book is aimed for 6-9 year olds and would be ideal for a mini history lesson.

The Snowy Day is a book that I had not seen before but am so glad I have found. It a book with a classic story line of childhood wonder at an exciting time of year. It also was the first full-color picture book to use a black character to break the color barrier in children’s literature. The book is intended for children ranging ages 4-8. This would be a great book to teach about weather!

This books is a cause and effect books about plants. It talks about the life of a plant from seedling to sprout. This is a great book to teach young children about science and there is also an important message about treating things right as a metaphor for opportunity. This book is intended for preK-2 but I would recommend this for 1st or 2nd because the message is a little heavy and the message is heavy.

This is a magical book that teaches kids about space in a fun way. It briefly introduces children to several concepts about coments, moons, stars, and other important components  that are in our solar system. This would be a great book to teach kindergarten and first graders about our solar system. 

This is a great scientific spin on a classic book that many children are familiar with. It also gives children a very brief introduction to what a lab is and what's in a lab. This book would be a great, fun way to incorporate science into younger grades. It would be ideal for children ages 4-8 years old

This is another spin off of a children's classic. It uses the same pattern as brown bear, brown bear to teach children about famous scientists like Albert Einstein. This is a great book to teach about important scientists while keeping it fun and simple. This would be ideal to use to teach science concepts in a preK-2 classroom.

This book is a fun way to teach about math and addition. The guy in the book adds cats throughout the book and would be a great way to talk about number sentences. The intended audience is preK-5th grade. I think it is more appropriate for the older aged children as there are many words and the book is a rather long story to be used with younger children.

This book is a great way to teach math! I have used this book before and had pictures of each thing the caterpillar ate and children added them together.  The intended audience is ages four and up and it is a book very tailored to this audience. It is age appropriate way to teach math concepts in a unique way. 

This book is such a fun way to teach counting concepts. For example, you can ask children "How many grapes are on the vine?" Then the book teaches to add by grouping in "bunches". This book is intended for older children around 7-10 years old. This is a fun way to teach math and a simple, engaging way for children to learn how to count by grouping and other short cuts.

Tuesday is a book with less than six words and a story told all through illustrations. I think this is a different kind of children’s book that leaves the whole story line up to one’s imagination. The book is intended for ages three and up, which is appropriate considering it is almost wordless with vivid illustrations. This would be another great book to use with young children in art class!

The Gingerbread Man is a book about a gingerbread man who escapes an old lady’s house. He runs away and ends up in a bad situation where a fox is trying to eat him! The ending is different in different versions of the book. There are a few different sing alongs that can be used with this book. It is intended for prek-2 students and would be a fun way to incorporate music in the classroom!

Book by Lizzy Rockwell

This is a fun way to talk to children about healthy habits. The books talks about healthy food options as well as choosing healthy portions! This books is intended for younger children, ages 4-8. This is a great book to briefly introduce healthy eating concepts to young children in your classroom.

This book talks about field day, a concept that many elementary school children are familiar with. The characters try different physical activities and excercise together. The book teaches children the benefits to moving and getting a healthy amount of exercise. This book is aimed for 5-8 year old children. This is a great one to read to teach children about physical activity!

I think this book is appropriate for young elementary or preschool students. There is lots of rhyming words and consistent patters in text. This is intended for children ages 5-10 years old. This book would be an appropriate way to introduce poetry to young children.

With this fun book, the title says it all. Hi, Koo! is a play on words for a book that is full of haiku poems. The character is a panda bear that is the character in over 26 poems that span all four seasons. This fun adn creative book is intended for grades K-4. Children can learn about haiku poems in a series of 26 very short, simple poems!

This is a biography written about the life of Rosa Parks. The book teaches young children about the characteristics that made her life so important. It details the major events in Rosa Parks' life in a simple and creative way. This book is aimed at 5-8 year old children. It is a great way to informally teach children about what a biography is.

This is an autobiography about a deaf child. She tells of her experience making friends and adapting to being different in school. This is intended for older grades, 2nd-6th grade. This is a great tool to teach children about differences and the idea of wanting to fit in, while also addressing the technical components of an autobiography.

Real friends is a memoir written about a very relatable situation. The book tells of two best friends, and one best friend finds a new group. This is a memoir written with all the important components and it offers a chance to talk to children about fitting in and friendship. This read is best suited for grades 3-6. 

This was one of my favorite picture books, I love coming across great books that I haven’t yet discovered. The book is a happy tale about a family of ducklings that find themselves in popular places throughout Boston, like the Charles River and Beacon Hill. The book is intended for children between the ages of 3-8 years old. The happy tale is perfect for children in this age range. 

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is a classic alphabet book that I have seen as a child and have seen used in various classrooms as a student teacher. I love this book and I particularly enjoy the bright colors and creative illustrations. The book is intended for ages 4-8 which is an ideal age to introduce this type of alphabet book; as children are learning about the order of the alphabet, letter recognition, and have been introduced to simple rhyme.

I thought this was an interesting book with an atypical story line about a girl and her experiences with feelings of loneliness. She experiences these things through her interests in gorillas. While the story line is specific, the theme of the novel and the familiar childhood feeling of longing to do or see something they are interested in, is very common. I think with this theme and storyline, it is very appropriate for children of this age. The age that the author intended is 5-8 year olds. The children will be attracted to both the story itself as well as the artwork. 

This award winning picture book details themes of compassion and kindness between two characters, a lion and a mouse. The fable tells a story of a lion that has compassion for a mouse and spares him. Later the mouse in-turn saves the lion. I loved this timeless story about the two unlikely friends and think it is a wonderful read full of amazing illustrations. The book was intended for children between the ages of 4 and 9. This is an ideal age for a book to introduce kindness and compassion to young children. 

Everyone experiences anger and has a different reaction, and in this story readers see what happens when Sophie gets very, very angry. I like this book and I enjoy the story line and the relatable content. I also think the illustrations bring the book to life. This is a picture book intended for four to eight year old children and I think it is appropriate for this age range. I think it is appropriate because it is a feeling that any child in this age group has experienced and it offers children a great chance to connect to the story in a meaningful way.

This is a cautionary story about a toddler who loses her stuffed animal on an outing with her father and can’t communicate what is wrong, so she throws a fit and they find the stuffed animal, Knuffle Bunny. I think this book was a little different and something that I had not read. I think it is relatable for children and I would use this in my classroom. It is intended for children preK-1st grade, I think this is an appropriate audience because they are older than the main character and should be able to relate their own experiences. 

I think this book would be appropriate for older elementary students around age 9-12. They might relate to Comfort and would be able to handle the difficult content better than younger children. I would let parents know before I read this book to their children also in case the children want to talk about the hard content with their parents.

I think this book would work well with children 3-9.

This is a great book to use when talking about peoples’ names at the beginning of the school year. It opens the door for why people are named whatever their name is and how many people have different and unique names, but they are all special.

Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak is a great book full of colorful art and themes of real life problems and feelings that take place in an imaginary world. The book has less than 400 words but communicates heavily as the reader follows along with the illustrations. The age this book is intended for is ages 2 and up. I think this is a little young but even young children can appreciate the pictures and artwork that covers this book. I think that it would be more appropriate for older children as the content itself is focused more on the theme of children’s misbehaviors and the characters reflect the anger of the author.

This is a fun fantasy read about a brother and sister that play a board game that comes to life while their parents are out. This was a fun read and had an engaging storyline. This book is intended for children a little bit older, ranging from 9-12 years old. I think the story line is appropriate and the page lengths and characters are more advanced than other picture books that I have analyzed. Older children will better understand the story line, and will be able to follow along with Judy and Peter’s characters.

This was a fun book to go through. There are no words and the pictures are used to tell the story. The book contains illustrations of underwater life, including cities and inventions. This book is intended for three-seven year old children. Appropriately so, it includes bright images and no words. Children are introduced to fantasy that is grounded in some realism. There are real underwater fish, sails above the water, and seahorses.

This picture book is a fun fantasy read that is a retelling of the classic Rapunzel story we’ve all heard. This work gives the story new roots in historical art. Many scenes mimic those created by masters of the Italian Renaissance. The pages are filled with gorgeous paintings that make them seem 3-dimensional. The book is intended for five to eight year olds. There is a lot of text on several pages in the book. A little more text than many would consider appropriate for this age. It does however, work for read alouds with children this age. Even beginning readers would have a very hard time getting through this book. However, the story line is familiar and many children may recognize this fairytale.