Children's Novel published in 2012.

Newberry Prize winner

The genre is low fantasy

Lexile Level: 570L

Grade Level: 3-7

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZs-bev2xWw

Standard: 3.1.R.2 Students will ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify about information presented orally through text or other media to confirm understanding.

Resource: https://www.elitetexas.org/files/downloads/TT-The-One-and-Only-Ivan.pdf

Children's fiction picture book, published in 2012.

Caldecott award

Lexile Level: AD510L

Grade Level: PK-3

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jveyECMM2-0

Standard: PK.3.R.2 Students will describe characters in a story with guidance and support.

Lesson/Resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/SLEEP-LIKE-A-TIGER-BOOK-CRAFT-6218489

Coretta Scott King Award winner

Graphic Novel, published in 2019.

Lexile Level: ‎GN320L

Grade Level: 3-7

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wDNm_C5pnE

Standard: 7.1.R.3 Students will engage in collaborative discussions about appropriate topics and texts, expressing their own ideas clearly while building on the ideas of others in pairs, diverse groups, and whole class settings.

Lesson/Resource: https://jerrycraft.com/wp-content/uploads/Updated-2020-New-Kid-Guide.pdf

Children's fiction picture book, published in 2022

Pura Belpre Award winner for 2023

Lexile level: n/a

grade level: PK-2

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z95QcB8ZSPQ

Standard: 2.1.W.1 Students will report on a topic or text, tell a story or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences.

Lesson/Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzh_6u9cFcE

Children's book published in 2021

Geisel Award winner

Lexile level: n/a

Grade Level: PK-3

Read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9foIwB7XYlY

Standard: K.2.R.3 Students will sequence the events/plot (i.e., beginning, middle, and end) of a story or text with guidance and support.

Lesson/ Resource: https://school.teachingbooks.net/clp.cgi?master_id=80357&lf_id=9

Children's Picture book, published in 2022.

American Indian Youth Literature Award winner 2023

Lexile Level: ‎AD610L

Grade Level: Pk-2

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TXPRfzHCn0

Standard: 1.1.R.3 Students will engage in collaborative discussions about appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and large groups.

Lesson/Resource: https://www.colorado.edu/event/bookfest/sites/default/files/attached-files/discussion_guide_2_forever_cousins_f.pdf

Nonfiction, Biography Children's book published in 2021.

Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature Winner

Lexile Level: 610

Grade Level: K-3

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VTn1Q8Ti1g

Standard: 2.1.R.3 Students will engage in collaborative discussions about appropriate topics and texts with peers and adults in small and large groups.

Lesson/Resources: https://school.teachingbooks.net/clp.cgi?master_id=77945&lf_id=10

Published in 2021

Historical Fiction Novel

Sequoyah Book Award winner 2023

Lexile level: 690

Grade level: 4-7

Read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUd6C7HByeA&list=PLbcage390p2h_Fg0c28HZ1estPgJX1-aZ

standard: 4.1.W.1 Students will report on a topic or text, tell a story, or recount an experience with appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details, speaking audibly in coherent sentences at an appropriate pace.

resource/lesson: https://gratefulamericanfoundation.org/resources-for-sharing-ground-zero-by-alan-gratz/

Poetry collection published in 1974

Lexile level: n/a

Grade Level: 4-5

Read aloud: n/a

Standard:4.3.R.7 Students will ask and answer inferential questions using the text to support answers.

Lesson/Resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Inference-with-Poetry-Lesson-using-Where-the-Sidewalk-Ends-by-Shel-Silverstein-352801?st=732fbf7aa96b7fd2290be7eeba5407e6

Children's wordless book, published in 2020

Lexile Level: n/a

Grade Level: Pk-1

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkbCM5zktUc

Standard: PK.1.R.2. Students will begin to ask and answer questions about information presented orally or through text or other media with guidance and support.

Lesson/Resource:

Postmodern picture book published in 2001

Lexile level: n/a

Grade level: Pk-3

Read aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lE2cIVm_gmw

Standard: 2.1.R.2 Students will ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify about information presented orally, through text or other media to confirm understanding.

Lesson/Resource: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Three-Pigs-David-Wiesner-activity-packet-6897835?st=6b350b0d6e104b8a304956f739925849

Children's Fantasy Fiction published in 1963

Lexile Level: AD 740

Grade Level: K-3

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgTsBN-oHN0

Standard: 1.2.R.1 Students will retell or reenact major events in a text, focusing on important details to recognize the main idea.

Lesson/Resource: https://jodidurgin.com/where-the-wild-things-are-activities-lesson-plans/

Children's fairytale Published in 1835

Lexile Level: 460

Grade Level: K-3

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ0EKqAECPs

Standard: K.1.R.2 Students will ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify about information presented orally or through text or other media with guidance and support.

Lesson/ resource: https://lessons.unbounded.org/downloads/25817/pdf_proxy/ELA_K_Listening_and_Learning__Unit_7_Anthology_Lesson_6.pdf

Novel Published in 2012

Lexile Level: 790

Grade Level: 3-8

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smMcnpzj9YE

Standard: 6.3.R.3 Students will analyze how key literary elements contribute to the meaning of the literary work:

● setting

● plot

● characters (i.e., protagonist, antagonist)

● characterization

● theme

● conflict (i.e., internal and external)

Lesson/ Resource: https://www.puffinschools.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Puffin-Schools-KS2-Resource-Pack-Wonder.pdf

There is also a film for this book that could be watched and tied into the discussion

Nonfiction Children's Picture book, Published in 2009

Lexile Level: 850

Grade Level: 3-5

Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stjOzn1etjc

Standard: 5.1.R.2 Students will ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify about information presented orally through text or other media to confirm understanding.

5.1.R.3 Students will engage in collaborative discussions about appropriate topics and texts, expressing their own ideas clearly while building on the ideas of others in pairs, diverse groups, and whole class settings.

Lesson/ Resource: https://horizon.murrayschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3-The-Boy-Who-Harnessed-the-Wind-lesson-plan-PDF.pdf

There is also a movie for this book on Netflix that could be watched in class and tied into the book