This F by Don Freeman was a book I loved as a child. It‘s such a cute story of a stuffed bear that‘s for sale in a store. He is missing a button and goes on a journey after close to find his button where he discovers things he has never seen before. The story ends with him finally being bought by a little girl and taken home. I would use this as a GR.

This F by Ronald Dahl is a great novel that eventually became a movie. This book is about an orphan boy finds a giant peach. He enters the peach to discover it is magical and goes on an adventure across the world. He goes on the adventure with seven magical bugs and their mission is to get James away from the care of his mean and cruel aunts. The story ends with James becoming a hero.

This F by Margaret Wise Brown is a classic known around the world. It‘s a cute bedtime story about a bunny saying goodnight to all the objects in the room. This would be great to use as a CR because of the short sentences. http://lessonplanspage.com/lawordidpatternsgoodnightmoonk1-htm/ is a great resource that provides a lesson on word patterns and identification using the book.

This RF by Jeff Kinsey is a N.Y Times Bestseller. This book using comics to depicts a story of a boy named Greg who is struggling to fit in as he begins middle school. His mom suggests he writes his thoughts down but he doesn‘t like calling it a diary. Greg has some goofy friends and an older brother that add to the comedy of the book. I would use this an IR.

This F by Alan Baker is a super cute story of a rabbit exploring colors. This book is perfect for teaching about colors! White rabbit uses red, yellow and blue paint to find what colors they make when they mix. https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/color-rainbow/ is a great resource that this book could be incorporated with. I would use as a S because it can be interactive.

This Newberry Honor winner by Kate DiCamillo is a RF story about a girl named Opal that finds a dog at the supermarket she names Winn-Dixie. In the story Opal is adjusting after moving Florida with her preacher father. She spends her summer making new friends and thinking about her mother whom her father seldom talks about. This book is all about adventure and friendship and is definitely a classic and a must have for your classroom library!

This TL from the Ukraine is retold and illustrated by Jan Brett. This story begins with a young boy Nicki who drops one of his mittens that were knitted by his grandmother in the snow. The mitten then becomes home to many animals on this cold winter day before Nicki eventually finds it. I would use this as a SR in the classroom.

This TL from the Ukraine is retold and illustrated by Jan Brett. This story begins with a young boy Nicki who drops one of his mittens that were knitted by his grandmother in the snow. The mitten then becomes home to many animals on this cold winter day before Nicki eventually finds it. I would use this as a SR in the classroom.

This F by E.B White is a classic novel and even a movie! It has won a Newberry Honor among other awards. The story takes place on a farm where a friendship between a pig and a spider is born. The main character Fern is a young girl who takes care of Wilbur (the pig) and knew he was special. Wilbur becomes famous as his spider friend weaves words into her webs to describe him, which causes Fern to enter him into the county fair.

This TL retold and illustrated by Steven Kellogg is a story I‘m sure most of us are familiar with! The story revolves around the main character Jack and his magic beans that grow a beanstalk through the clouds. When he climbs the beanstalk he discovers a magic castle and encounters an ogre!! This would be fun to use as a RT in the classroom.

Grandad Mandela is a B picture book written by Nelson Mandela‘s family is a beautiful depiction of his life. In the book Mandela‘s great grandchildren ask their grandmother (Mandela‘s youngest daughter) 15 questions about their grandad. These questions are used as a vehicle for Mandela‘s daughter to tell beautiful stories of his life that depict his legacy.

This SF book written and illustrated by Markus Morin is a fact-filled book that is written through the perspective of the Mars rover Curiosity. In the book curiosity guides the reader through her journey on mars and her purpose for going there. Curiosity‘s “character” reminds me a lot of WALL-E! This would be an especially great book for students who are interested in space! Would use this as an LC choice using the following lesson plan from RWT:

This NF is another Caldecott winner! It‘s an adorable story of the bear that inspired the well known Winnie-the-Pooh character. In the book a mother is telling her son Cole a bedtime story of veterinarian soldier that found a baby black bear and was the mascot of his unit in England until he was moved to France for combat leaving Winnie at the London Zoo where Christopher Robin bonds with him. I would use as an RA in the classroom.

This HF book and Caldecott award winner covers a little-known historical event during the 19th century. During this time in New Orleans slaves were allowed to gather in Congo Square on Sunday‘s to have an open market, sing, dance and play music. This book also covers the day to day lives and duties of slaves building up to the freedom of their Sunday‘s at Congo Square. The illustrations used well to capture the struggles (cont.)

This P by Shel Silverstein is a Golden Archer Award winner and was a classic growing up, and reading through I was hardly surprised at how many of the poems I remembered! It includes funny/silly poems that many children may find somewhat “relatable” or just plain hilarious (with the exception of a few mildly sad poems). The poems are accompanied with illustrations which make it a fun read.

This NF by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier is a Caldecott Honor Book! It is a poetically written picture book with amazing and award winning illustrations. It is an interpretation and tribute to Rosa Parks‘s courageous actions including the initial incident of her refusal to give up her seat on the bus, and events that followed like MLK‘s involvement and the Women‘s Political Council who met in secrete to create the bus boycott. .

This F by Eric Litwin is a winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award. This is a fun story about a cat named Pete wearing his favorite shirt, the one with four groovy buttons! This story makes counting fun for kids! I would use as a GR to incorporate this lesson: http://mathathome.org/lessons/groovy-buttons/ this lesson gives the opportunity to focus on the math aspect of the book, while still making it fun and engaging.

This F by Mo Willems is a silly story about a very persuasive pigeon determined to convince the other characters (and the readers) to let him drive the bus. This book is also a winner of the Caldecott Honor! It has a good lesson to be learned and also keeps children engaged with illustrations and interaction, I would use as CR. #ucflae3414sp18

This F is a winner of the New York Times Ten Best Picture Books of the Year award and was my favorite book as a child! Eric Carle tells an adorable story about a super hungry little caterpillar, who eventually turns into a butterfly! This book would be fun to do a RT with and have all the foods the caterpillar eats! A lesson for this book: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/children-b...

This RF by R.J. Palacio is a personal favorite of mine as well as a New York Bestseller and winner of Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children‘s Book Award. This book is a beautiful story of kindness and courage with amazing and well-developed characters. I would use this as a GR. http://mrwreads.blogspot.com/ is an awesome visual resource companion guide to use while reading aloud to classes.

This F is such a cute book about the bond between the baby bear and his mom and all the animals he meets on the way while looking for her. It‘s written and illustrated by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carlie. S strategies could be used to introduce this book. This book would also be fun to send home with students to build a bridge between the home and school learning experience.