Author/Illustrator: Margarita Engle & Rafael Lopez

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Date: August 27, 2019

Number of Pages: 40

Grade Level: Preschool - 3rd grade

Gerne: Historial Story

Theme: Equality in arts

Topic: Inspirational story about a little girl and how she got famous through her talents

Summary: This is a story of a young girl who is very talented. She loved music and would let her fingers "dance" over the keys of the piano. The young girl and her family had flee to the United States. When she made it to the U.S she was very sad and down because she did not feel like she fit in her new home. Due to the fact that not many spoke spanish. Her love for music helped her connect with people. The she was known as a the girl who played the piano. From there she started to play for amazing people and even at the White House.

Author/Illustrator: J.E Stamper

Publisher: Independently published

Date: April 29, 2019

Number of Pages: 83

Grade Level: Middle and High School

Genre: Fiction

Theme: Empathy, kindness, struggle, and understanding

Topic: A middle school girl who grew up very poor and has very low self esteem. Her mother is a drug addict and not very supportive of her. She wears the same old hand me downs.

Summary: This book is about a young girl in middle school. She gets treated very poorly due to that fact that everyone thinks she is ugly. This is very unfair and very sad. Randi grew up being bullied all throughout school because she wore the same thing. Even teachers treated her very poorly. Her background was growing up with abusive father and a druggy mother. School was really her only place to get a meal for herself. The lunch lady's were help her out and not make her pay. You would find her eating alone in the bathroom.

Author/Illustrator: Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow & Tiffany Rose

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Date: August 27, 2019

Number of Pages: 40 pages

Grade Level: 2nd-4th

Genre: Biography

Theme: Teresa's young life and intersect the American Civil.

Summary: In this story a young boy learns to love writing and learns it is okay to make mistakes when writing. He has always been a storyteller and when he learned about writing fell in love with it as well. Working through all the steps to get better.

Author/Illustrator: Mo Willems

Published: Disney-Hyperion

Date: 2003

Number of Pages: 40 pages

Grade Level: First grade

Gerne: Picture book

Theme: Value of punishment

Topic: moral responsibility and blame, persuasion, and even punishment.

Summary: This book is about a bus driver who had to leave so he asked the readers to not let the pigeon drive the bus. The pigeon does not like that answer and tries to keep asking and make up different excuses and the readers keep telling him NO! The main point is not matter how bad the pigeon wants to drive the bus you should not let him.

Author/Illustrator: Danielle MeLean & Paula Bowles

Publisher: Tiger tales

Date: July 4th 2023

Number of Pages: 12 pages

Grade Level: age 3-5

Gerne: Fiction

Theme: Halloween

Topic: The fun that happens on Halloween night

Summary: In this book it explains what happens on this special night and going trick or treating and receiving candy at the houses.

Author/ Illustrator: Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond

Publisher: Harper and Row

Date: 1985

Number of pages: 40

Genre: Picture book

Theme: Your actions come with consequences

Topic: After you give the mouse a cookie he is going to ask for milk with it also and from there he is going to have many more requests of what he wants

Summary: A young boy gives a mouse a cookie the mouse then asks for some milk with it. After this the mouse has many more requests for things throughout the day. As him and the young boy go through the day the boy is filling the mouses requests finally at the end they enjoy a cookie together.

Author/Illustrator: Maurice Sendak (Author & Illustrator)

Publisher: Harper & Row

Date: 1963

Number of Pages: 48

Grade Level: PreK-3

Genre: Children's Picture Book

Theme: Imagination, Home, surviving wild feelings

Topic: This book allows you to use your imagination and stand up for things in the wild.

Summary: Where the Wild Things are is a story about a boy named Max that gets in trouble. Which leads him to being sent to his room for misbehaving. When doing this he starts imagining going to a magical island where he meets creatures. These are the "Wild Things" he is not scared at all and these creatures make him the King of all.

Author/Illustrator: Kate Banks &

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Date: August 8, 2006

Number of pages: 32 pages

Grade Level: 4-8 years old

Gerene: Children's literature

Topic: The power of words creating a story

Summary: In this book a young boy is collecting his words.While his brother is collecting stamps and coins. Max the young boy starts the word collection because both of his brothers have a collection of something and they will not share. He finally gets enough words to make a story then his brothers find the story super cool compared to their collections.

Author/Illustrator: Chris Harris & Andrea Tsurumi

Date: 2023

Number of Pages: 192 pages

Grade Level: 1st and up

Gerne: Potery

Theme: Child Humor poems

Topic: There are many topics parenting, growing up

Summary: There are many different poems throughout this book. Each poem has its own message and story behind it. These allow young kids to read a different kind of reading style with it being funny and talking about growing up. One of the poems I read was about a young boy who only ate green things but not broccoli.

Author/Illustrator: R.J Palacio

Published: RJ Palacio

Date: February 14 2012

Number of Pages: 320 pages

Grade Level: 3rd-7th

Gerne: Fiction & Children's literature

Theme: Family, acceptance, and identity

Topic: The main idea is the importance of being kind to others and embracing differences.

Summary: This novel is about a 10 year old boy named August Pullman. He was born with a facial difference. He has had 27 different surgerys due to the fact that he was born with this. He enters his first year in a public school system. He goes through many struggles during this time. But this is where he learns to deal with bullies as well as meet some friends. This is where he learns the importance of kindness

Author/Illustrator: J.E Stamper

Published: J.E Stamper

Date:March 6th 2020

Number of Pages:84 pages

Grade Level: Middle schoolers

Gerne: Fiction

Theme: Bullying, middle school girl drama

Topic: Childhood trauma and teachers who don't want her around

Summary: The main character Randi Lewis is in 7th grade. She has many issues that she is struggling with being bullied at school. As well as not having a good home life with her father being abusive and her mother being a druggy. After getting many threats about having a home invasion she has to decide if she wants to keep her secrets to herself or open up and try to get help.

Author/Illustrator: Jon Scieszka and Mac Barnett & Matthew Myers

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Date: October 22, 2013

Number of Pages: 32 pages

Genre: Adventure

Theme: The power of creativity

Topic: Battle Bunny replaces Birthday Bunny, and the bunny's innocent forest adventure becomes a top-secret assignment to carry out a plan.

Summary: Alex receives this book from his grandma as a gift. He really is not into this book until he takes a pencil and starts to make his own changes to the story. He turns the innocent journey of Birthday Bunny into a secret mission to stop an evil plan.

Author/Illustrator: Garth Williams

Published: Harper Collins

Date: September 19, 1935

Number of Pages: 352

Grade Level: 2nd-4th grade

Gerne: Children's Literature

Theme: Struggles, Importance of family

Summary: A family's journey to find better it describes the challenges that the family had went through to get to where they are. This is a real life novel based on a young girls life and journey.

Author/Illustrator: Mark Teague &

Publisher: Orchard Books

Date: 4/30/2013

Number of Pages: 48

Grade Level: 1st-3rd

Gerne: Fiction

Topic: This is another version to the original 3 little pigs

Summary: In this book there are 3 little pigs. Two of those pigs choose to spend their money poorly. They choose to spend their money on junk food and soda. While the 3rd pig chooses to spend his wisley on his house. The wolf then blows the two little pigs house over that spends on their money on junk food. The wolf is unable to blow the pigs house down that has put money into making his house strong.

Author/Illustrator: Phillip and Hannah Hoose/ Debbie Tilley

Publisher: Tricycle Press

Date: July 1st 1998

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level: Preschool- 2nd

Gerne: Picture book, Children's literature

Theme: Respect, Empathy

Topic: A little boy decides if he wants to squish an ant or keep it alive

Summary: A young boy comes across an ant. He is trying to decide if he should squish the ant or not. This book shows many different perspectives on if the young boy is going to squish the ant or not. This is done through rhyming.

Author/Illustrator: Stuart little & Garth Williams

Publisher: Harper & Brothers

Date: October 15th 1952

Number of Pages: 192

Grade Level: 3rd-5th

Gerne: Fiction novel

Theme: Friendship and perseverance

Topic: Friendship and growing up

Summary: Charlotte's Web is a children's novel about a pig that becomes friends with a spider. When the pig learns what the word slaughter means and that is what's going to happen to him. His new friend the spider makes a plan to try to save him.

Author/Illustrator: Mary Pope Osborne

Publisher: Random House Children's Book

Date: July 28, 1992

Number of Pages: 80

Grade Level: Grades 2nd-4th

Gerne: Children's Historical Fansty

Theme: Things are not always the way they seem

Topic: Two young kids discover a tree house full of books while they were exploring one afternoon

Summary: Jack and Annie's treehouse transports them back to the age of dinosaurs this where the kids learn that not everything is the way that they seem.

Author/Illustrator: By David Shannon

Publisher: Scholastic/The Blue Sky Press

Date: September 1, 1998

Number of Pages: 32 pages

Grade Level: K-2nd grade

Gerne: Picture Book

Theme: Disobedient and improper behavior in younger children.

Topic: A young boy named David who gets told no by his mother

Summary: This is a book about a young boy who has a hard time making good choices and decisions. This leads to his mother always having to tell him no.

Author/Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmans

Publisher: Viking Press

Date: 1939

Number of Pages: 48 pages

Grade Level: Kindergarten

Gerne: Fiction & Children's literature

Theme: Rounties and the importance of patients

Topic: A young girl who adheads boarding school with a friend

Summary: This book is about a young girl who attends boarding school with 11 other young girls. Madeline goes through her normal day to day life in Paris until her appendix had to get remembered because she woke up in horrible pain.

Author/Illustrator: Kate & Jol Temple/ Terri Rose Baynton

Published: Kane Miller Press

Date: January 1, 2019

Number of Pages: 32 pages

Grade Level: 1st grade

Gerne: Fiction animal story

Theme: The importance of compassion and the dangers of exclusion

Topic: Celebrities that there is truth to two sides of a story

Summary: This is a two sided book. The first half of the story is from the seals point of view where other not friendly seals say there is no room for them on the rock. The other side of the story is told from seals that let them come up on the rock and help save them and give them shelter.

Author/Illustrator: Patrick Skene Catling & Margot Apple

Publisher: Scholastic Inc

Date: January 1st 2010

Number of Pages: 128

Grade Level: 3-7

Gerne: Fiction

Topic: Selfish and Self-Centered

Theme: Only thinking for yourself and not others

Summary: This book tells a story a young boy who develops a magical "chocolate touch" after eating a mystery special chocolate from a mystery shop and using a mystery coin he found on the street.

Author: Lauren Tarshis

Publishers: Scholastic Inc.

Date: February 1, 2013

Number of pages: 112

Grade Level: Grades 2-5

Genre: Historical fiction

Theme: Survival, adventure, difficult times

Topic: Slavery and battle

Summary: This book is a historical fiction book about the Battle of Gettysburg. Thomas and his little sister Birdie run away from their owners to follow the northern star.

Author: Gary Paulsen

Publishers: Simon and Schuster

Date: November 1, 1986

Number of pages: 195

Grade Level: 9-12 years

Genre: Novel

Theme: Survival, health, gratitude

Topic: Humans have a strong survival instinct

Summary: This story is about a plane the crashes a young boy has to learn to survive on his own with only using a hatchet. This explores a lot of positive thinking.

Author: Raina Telgemeier

Publishers: Scholastic/Graphix

Date: August 26 2014

Number of Pages: 208 pages

Grade Level: 3rd-7th

Genre: Comics/ novel

Theme: Family conflict

Topic: Things not going the way that they are planed

Summary: This book is about a summer road trip taken from San Francisco to Colorado a young girl and her family. It goes through the relationship the young daughters have on their travels and the challenges of family conflict.

Author/Illustrator: Jory John and Pete Oswald

Publisher: HarperCollins

Date: August 29, 2017

Number of Pages: 40

Grade Level: Preschool-3rd

Gerne: Picture Book

Theme: The availability to change your behavior

Topic: The power of self reflection and the ability to change one's behavior, even if you believe yourself to be "bad".

Summary:

Author/Illustrator: Laura Numeroff & Felicia Bond

Publisher: Scholastic Book

Date: April 11, 1998

Number of Pages: 32 Pages

Grade Level: Preschool-2nd

Gerne: Fiction

Theme: Asking for many things

Topic: Having too many demands can make someone tired and the situation can get crazy

Summary: A little girl gives a pig a pancake which then leads to the pig requesting many things after that such as syrup for the pancake. This allows the readers to wonder what the pig is going to ask for next.

Author/Illustrator: Bill Martin & John Archambault by Lois Ehlert

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Date: 1989

Number of Pages: 40

Grade Level: Preschool-3rd grade

Gerne: Poetry Picture book

Topic: Teaches the alphabet through rhyming

Theme: The importance of the alphabet for learning, and that everyone has a place in the learning process

Summary: This book tells the story of all the lowercase letters of the alphabet excitedly climbing up a coconut tree in alphabetical order, but when they reach the top, the tree can't hold their weight and they all tumble down.

Author/Illustrator: Jacqueline Woodson

Publisher: Nancy Paulson Books

Date: August 28, 2018

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level: K-3

Gerne: Fiction

Topic: Finding the courage to be yourself

Theme: Embracing being yourself

Summary: Tells the story of several children who feel different or like outsiders due to various reasons like their appearance, where they're from, or what they eat, and how they find courage to share their unique stories and connect with others.

Author/Illustrator: Natascha Biebow

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Date: 2019

Number of Pages: 48

Grade Level: K-3rd Grade

Gerne: Biography

Topic: Crayola Crayons

Theme: Invention

Summary: This tells a true story of the main character who creates this main idea.

Author/Illustrator: Jane O Connor & Robin Preiss Glasser

Publisher: Harper Collins

Date: 2005

Number of Pages: 176

Gerne: Comedy

Topic: Positive Thinking

Theme: The love and family

Summary: Fancy Nancy is a young girl with a larger than life personality, who adores all things fancy. She always dresses extravagantly, wearing boas, tutus, ruby slippers, fairy wings, and fuzzy slippers. Nancy loves using big fancy words such as "iridescent", "ecstatic", and "extraordinary" and anything in French.

Author/Illustrator: Brad Meltzer, Christopher Eliopoulos

Publisher: Rocky Pond Books

Date: November 11, 2019

Number of Pages: 40

Grade Level: K-4th

Gerne: Biography

Topic: The life of George Washington

Theme: The roles of the first president

Summary: This book is about how he is not afraid to be the first to try something new. From when he was a kid to then leading the United States.

Author/Illustrator: Bill Martin Jr/Eric Carle

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, Inc

Date: 1967

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level: Preschool-2nd

Gerne: Poetry Children's Book

Topic: The brown Bear seeing Animals

Theme: Animal Tales

Summary: This story is simple yet captivating, revolves around a series of animals, each spotted by a brown bear, leading to a delightful chain of discoveries. Each page introduces a new animal and color, making it a perfect tool for teaching young minds about these fundamental concepts

Author/Illustrator: Rachelle Burk

Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Date: September 29 2020

Number of Pages: 66

Grade Level: 2-3

Gerne: Biography

Topic: Her journey

Summary: This book is about her journey to becoming one of the greatest gymnast in the world, and how she overcame obstacles along the way and achieved her goals.

Author/Illustrator: Marcus Pfister

Date: 1992

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level: 1-2

Gerne: Picture book

Topic: Sharing with others and happiness

Summary: This book is about a rainbow fish who learns the value of sharing and friendship.

Author/Illustrator: Janan Cain

Publisher: Parenting Press

Date: 2000

Number of Pages: 18

Grade Level: K-2

Gerne: Picture Book

Topic:Helping kids learn about emotions

Summary: This book is about feelings are neither good nor bad, they simply are. Kids need words to name their feelings. This book goes through all of that.

Author/Illustrator: Victoria Kann

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Date: 2013

Number of Pages:32

Grade Level: Preschool-3rd

Gerne: Fiction

Topic: Expecting to have a pinkatastic weekend puppy sitting

Summary: This book is about a girl pinkalicious and she is very excited to puppy sit on the weekend. She plans to have a pinatastic weekend with the dog.

Author/Illustrator: Hudson Talbott

Publisher: DoubleDay

Date: September 14 2021

Number of Page: 32

Grade Level: 2nd-6th

Gerne: GuideBook

Topic:Determination

Summary: This book talks about that it is okay to be a slow reader you do not need to read fast always. Slow readers savor the book for longer. This book talks and embraces that everyone has their own pace at things.

Author/Illustrator: Dr.Seuss

Publisher:Random House

Date:1957

Number of Pages:60-72

Grade Level:1-3

Gerne: Picture Book

Topic: Trust, honesty

Summary: This book is about a cat that visit children the main character Sally and her brother when they are alone on rainy days.

Author/Illustrator: Suzanna Lang & Max Lang Publisher: Random House Studio

Date: May 15, 2018

Number of Pages:32

Grade Level:1st-3rd

Genre: Fiction

Theme: It's okay to have bad days

Summary: A chimpanzee named Jim is in a very bad mood for no reason. His friends try to cheer him up for nothing is working. Which Is why the story goes over having a bad day is normal and okay.

Author/Illustrator: Gabi Garcia & Ying Hui Tan

Publisher: Skinned Knee Publishing

Date:August 29th 2016

Number of Pages:34

Grade level:5-8

Genre:Nonfiction

Topic:Listening to your body

Summary: This book is about being mindful of your physical sensations and signals to understand how you are feeling. Also allowing you to respond to whatever your body needs. Which could mean resting when tired, eating when hungry, or taking a break when stressed; essentially, paying attention to your body's cues to maintain well-being and avoid pushing yourself too far

Author/Illustrator: Shel Silverstein

Publisher: Harper and Row

Date: 1974

Number of Pages:192

Grade Level:3rd grade

Genre: Children's Poetry

Topic: Imagination

Summary: A collection of creative and imaginative wonderful children's poems.

Author/Illustrator: Alexis O neill & Laura Huliska Beith

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Date:2002

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level:PreK-2nd Grade

Genre:Fiction

Topic:Bullying

Summary: This books tells the story of a bully named "mean Jean" that think she owns and rules the playground. No one sticks up to her until the new girl comes and finally stands up to Jean. Then they end up becoming friends at the end.

Author/Illustrator: Shannon Olsen & Sandie

Publisher: Shannon Olsen

Date: April 7, 2020

Number of Pages:27

Grade Level:1st-4th

Genre:Picture Book

Topic: The classroom being a family

Summary: Is a book that emphasizes the idea that a classroom can function as a supportive and caring family unit. Where we look out for one another and treat everyone with kindness. As well as celebrate the differences and have that sense of belonging.

Author/Illustrator: Elizabeth Cole

Publisher: Elizabeth Cole

Date:June 25 2021

Number of Pages:34

Genre:Fiction

Topic: Kindness

Summary: A children's book that teaches the importance of kindness and how it can make the world a better place.

Author/Illustrator: Dr.Seuss

Publisher:Random House Books

Date:August 12, 1960

Number of Pages:64

Grade Level: K-3

Genre: Fiction picture book

Topic:Concern for relationships

Summary: A classic story about a picky eater. The nameless main character refuses to try green eggs and ham. Throughout the book, his friend Sam-I-am keeps insisting that he'd like them. Sam suggests all different places to try this dish, but his friend keeps refusing

Author/Illustrator: P.D Eastman

Publisher: Random House Books

Date:June 12, 1960

Number of Pages: 64

Grade Level: 1-2

Genre:Fiction

Theme: Search for bond and love

Topic: Bird searching for mother

Summary: This book is about a baby bird that goes in search for his mother while she goes to find food. The young bird them finally goes back to his nest where he finds his mother and all is well.

Author/Illustrator: David Shannon

Publisher: Blue Sky Press

Date:1998

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level: K-3rd

Genre: Picture Book/ Fiction

Topic: The importance of being yourself

Summary: This story is about a young girl who loves lima beans and refues to eat them because she is afarid of what others will think and highlighting the theme of peer pressure. An older women helps her realize the importance of being true to herself.

Author/Illustrator: Nyasha Chickaware & Janet McDonnell

Publisher: The American Psychological Association

Date: 2019

Number of Pages:32

Grade Level: K-3rd

Genre:Picture Book

Summary: Gary Giraffe learns to ask for help even when he feels the task is something he should be able to do alone. This explains how important the skill of asking for help can help accomplish things.

Author/Illustrator:Margaret Wise Brown and clement hurd

Publisher: Harper & Brothers

Date: September 3,1947

Number of Pages: 32

Grade Level:K-3

Genre:Picture Book

Topic: Good night and bedtime

Summary: The process of saying goodnight to objects and creatures in a bedroom before falling asleep.

Author/Illustrator:Daisy Kent &Maryna Kovinka

Date: August 11, 2023

Number of Pages: 28 pages

Grade level:K-7th

Genre: Picture Book

Topic: Losing her hearing

Summary: This book is about a young girl named Daisy who has hearing loss and discovers the joy of sound again after receiving a cochlear implant. She learns to appreciate all the sounds around her while embracing her unique experience with hearing challenges.