Fiction Nonfiction Book Pairs by Anne Schiraga

Relationships Across Boundaries

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The Piano (2000), by William Miller is a fictional story of a young African American girl who in the 1900's develops a relationship with an elderly white woman because of their mutual love of music.

Through My Eyes (1999), Ruby Bridge's memoir about her integration of a New Orleans school (winner of the National Council of Teachers of English Orbus Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children)

Helen Keller

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Helen Keller by David Adler

paired with The Miracle Worker and Thank You, Mr Falker

Homes and Homelessness

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Flyaway Home by Eve Bunting (fiction) tells about a boy and his father living in an airport, paired with This Is My House by Arthur Dorros (nonfiction) shows the amazing variety and ingenuity of houses built around the world.

Singer's Angel book?

Cynthis Rylant's short story Spaghetti from her collection, "Every Living Thing" also Tight TImes by Barbara Shook Hazen illust. by Trina Schart Hyman

Underground Railroad Too

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Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky by Faith Ringold paired with A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by David A. Adler

Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky is a fantasy time travel story in which Cassie retraces the steps escaping slaves took on the Underground Railroad while Adler’s illustrated book describes the real life and accomplishments of Harriet Tubman.

Library + Bats?

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Bats In The Library by Brian Lies

Bats by Gail Gibbons offers an introduction to the world of bats

Desegregation

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Toni Morrson’s photojournal Remember: the Journey to School Integration combines archival photos and historical information with the imaginary thoughts of the people in the photographs. She calls the readers, black and white, to join in the journey “This book is about you,” she says in the opening of the book.

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children; None edition (May 3, 2004)

Ruby Bridges- School Integration

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Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges her memoir with photos and The Story of Ruby Bridges (1995),
by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Coles

Tight TImes

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Pair A Chair for my Mother by Vera Williams
(fiction) with story about Katirna?

More Butterfly/Meadow Creatures

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Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow by Joyce Sidman and Beth Krommes combines science, poetry, and riddles to show the balance of life out in a meadow. Great pre- or post- field trip. Pair it with Butterfly House by Eve Bunting and Greg Shed. Bunting's memoir of hatching a Painted Lady with her grandfather when she was little is perfect for helping kindergarteners deal with the "loss" when they free their hatchling butterflies.

Abraham Lincoln

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Rosa Parks

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Library Books

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Biblioburro a fictional story based on the life of

and Inside the Books a nonfiction tour of unique libraries around the world.

Underground Railroad.

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Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson
and illustrated by Hudson Talbot

traces a family history back from slave days to the present via a "Show Way," a quilt with a secret.

Underground by Shane Evans shows in powerful illustrations and terse text how a group of nameless slaves survive their harrowing journey through the darkness to the light of freedom.

Spiders

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The Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin

and Very Hungry Spider by Eric Carle (fiction) with Spiders by Nic Bishop (nonfiction)

Close up photos and clarity in text organization plus detailed content makes this nonfiction text a great study pairing.

Butterfly Life Cycle

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and A Butterfly Is Patient by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long

Schools Around the World

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Rain School by and Three Cups of Tea? also Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges, a fiction story about a little Chinese girl's wish to go to school

and If The World Were A Village by David J Smith Illustrations by Shelagh Armstrong. A picture book with facts about the world's population, based on the analogy of 100 as the total number of people living in our "Global VIllage"

More Library Books

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The Librarian of Basra (a memoir from and

Library Lil (Fiction)

Ruby Bridges for Older Readers

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Ruby Bridges (1997), a chapter
book based on the Disney television movie, The Ruby Bridges Story.