This historical fiction book that won the Newbery Award is a good book for independent reading after learning about the holocaust because the story goes through the life of Annemarie and what it was like during the invasion of the Germans. Annemarie‘s family helps some Jewish people get to safety in Sweden. I would use UDL 8.1 heighten salience of goals and objectives. I would use ESOL strategy 13 use preview/review activities.

This is a poetry picture book about a female tree that gives everything a little boy wants as he grows up even though she is turning into a stump. She gives the boy everything she has until there is nothing left to give. This is a great guided reading book because it has a lesson in the story but children might not be able to understand that message so you as the teacher have to guide them to what the message might be.

This is a beautifully illustrated fiction PB that won the Caldecott Medal. This is about a train that goes to the North Pole. One boy that gets on the train doesn‘t believe that Santa is real so he doesn‘t get on at first. Then as the train pulls away he runs to get on. This is the perfect book for a read aloud around Christmas time. This book teaches you to always believe no matter what other people say.

This traditional literature picture book is a great story that has won the Golden Kite Award for picture book text. It‘s about a girl who goes to see her grandmother but encounters a sly wolf on her way there. This is a great book to use for a readers theatre because there are different characters they can play. The UDL I would use is 8.3 foster collaboration and community. The ESOL strategy I would use is 2 promote cooperation.

This fantasy book is such a good book that won the Newbery Award. I loved reading it. You go on a journey with this baby that had to be sacrificed to the “evil witch” that lives in the forest. The people in the protectorate believe that there is a witch that they keep away because of this sacrifice that happens every year to the youngest child in the protectorate.

This fiction book was first introduced to me in I think 3th grade and I loved it because the boy makes up a different word for the pen. This book won the Young Reader‘s Choice. The teacher in the story tells everyone not to use the word frindle because it‘s not a word. You find out in the end that she only did that so the name would catch on, which it did. This would be a great book for independent reading because it‘s an easy read for students.

This is the perfect RF book to teach students about kindness and to always choose to be kind no matter what. This book was on the NYT Best Seller list. This is about Auggie who is born with a deformation in his face. This takes you through the eyes of Auggie, Via, Summer, Jack Will, Justin, and Miranda. This is a great book for a literature circle because you are able to discuss the book and what you think with others in a smaller group.

This cute fiction book is a book I would read around Halloween. This book is about a boy who is afraid of monsters because the monster looks at him through the closet door. The boy doesn‘t realize that the monster just wants to play with the boy though. The is a great book for shared reading because I know a lot of children might be afraid that there are monsters in the closet. The UDL I would use is 7.3 minimize threats and distractions.

This fiction picture book is so cute. It won the Quill Award. I have loved these books since I was a little girl and my mom first read me if you give a mouse a cookie. This book is about a pig that asks for a party and it goes through everything she would need for it and by the end of the book she is asking for a party again. This would be a great book for storytelling because of all the different things the pig will need for the party.

This is such a cute fiction PB about crayons that won the goodreads choice award best picture books. These crayons are all over the world writing to their owner Duncan who has either used them to much or haven‘t used the color at all. They all want to be used and respected for the color that they are. This would be the perfect book for storytelling because while telling the story you can give each of the crayons their own voice.

This is a cute realistic fiction book about a very inquisitive girl that asks her mom many questions about what princesses do. I would use this book in a readers theatre because everyone could have a question to ask. The UDL I would use is 8.3 foster collaboration and community. The ESOL strategy I would use is 2 promote cooperation.

This non-fiction book is so cute and it‘s no wonder why it won the Caldecott Medal. It‘s about the true story about how the worlds famous bear came to be. Winnie was a bear cub bought at a train station by Harry Colebourn. He was a veterinarian that tended to the horses in World War 1. I would use this book in a read aloud so that the students could ask questions if need be. The UDL I would use is 3.1 activate or supply background knowledge.

This fiction book is a cute picture book that would be perfect to read around Halloween because it turns the trucks into the monsters that are well known. They race and the surprise at the end is awesome. I would use storytelling for this book because it is cute and not that long of a story. I would use the UDL 8.3 foster collaboration and community. The ESOL strategy I would use is 4 link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge.

This fiction book is about a young bat that gets separated from her mother when she is knocked out of her mothers safe embrace by an owl. She is then raised by mother bird. She grows up and eventually finds her way back to her family. It won the Indies Choice Book Award. I would have my students partner read this book so they can talk about the book together. The UDL I would use is 8.3 foster collaboration and community.

Madeline is a realistic fiction picture book about 12 little girls that live in an orphanage in Paris. Madeline is the most daring and smallest of the girls. One night Madeline wakes up Madame Clavel with her crying and is rushed to the hospital. While in the hospital the other girls visit Madeline. She shows off the scar she gets from getting her appendix taken out.

Rainbow fish and the big blue whale is a continuation of the story rainbow fish. In this fiction book a big blue whale comes to live near the reef that the rainbow fish and his friends live at. There is a misunderstanding between the fish and the whale and it leaves everyone unhappy and hungry so they have to come up with a solution to the problem. I would use this book for a RT because it can teach a great message for young children.

Among the Hidden is a SF book that was a Sunshine State Young Reader Book based in the future where you can only have 2 children per household. This book is through the perspective of Luke, the shadow child in his family. He‘s not aloud to go near windows because of the fear that someone might see him. He meets a fellow shadow child named Jen. She wants to rebel at the capitol but she is killed when she gets there along with 39 other shadow

Otis is a fiction PB that was on the NYT best seller list about a tractor who makes friend with a little calf. But one day the farmer got a new big yellow tractor and Otis is cast away outside the barn. The little calf gets stuck in the mud pond but no one can pull her out and that‘s when Otis shows up and rescues her. I would use this book in a read aloud in the classroom. The UDL I would use is 1.2 offer alternatives for auditory information.

Pete the Cat I Love My White Shoes is a fiction book that was on the NYT best Seller list. It‘s about a blue cat that gets a new pair of white shoes. While walking in his new shoes he steps in strawberries, blueberries, mud, and water but despite his shoes getting ruined he stays positive and loves his shoes how they are at that point in the story. I would use this book in storytelling because it has a great message for children and it‘s upbeat.

Hiding Edith is a biography novel that won the Yad Vashem Award for Children‘s Holocaust Liturature. It‘s about a little girl and her family during the Holocaust. Edith, her mom, sister, and brother are sent to France where they are separated because Edith and her brother go to the children‘s home. This book would be great for shared reading. The UDL I would use is 3.1 Active or supply background knowledge.