This RF/TL book is such a great read for younger students in elementary grade. It‘s about a 10 year old named India Opal who found a lost scruffy dog inside the grocery store (Winn-Dixie). She ended up keeping the dog and named him Winn-Dixie. Throughout her time with Winn-Dixie, India was able to make friends with her neighbors as well. this book is good for an IR.

This book won the Newbery Award.

Author: Kate DiCamillo

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This F is such a cute book to do as a S! It‘s so funny yet so cute and easy to story-tell. This can be used closer to the Easter holiday to get students excited for Easter.

Author: Lucille Colando
Illustrator: Jared Lee

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This TL book won the Caldecott Award. It‘s such a realistic book about a child losing their favorite teddy bear. It was a cute book to read and kind of funny. Her first words happened to be “Knuffle Bunny”! This would be a good book to do as a RT.

Author: Mo Willems
Illustrator: Mo Willems

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This RF book is adorable. I love how it says the word “Omu” instead of grandma! The book even tells you how to pronounce Omu and the meaning. I find that great for ESOL students. This book is about sharing food with your neighbors with opened arms. This book would be best read as a RA. The book also won the Caldecott Honors Award.

Author: Oge Mora
Illustrator: Sasha Illingworth/ Angela Taldone

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This TL book is so cute! It‘s about a dog and it‘s owner. The owner loves his dog, Elfie, very much. It‘s a super adorable book, it‘s very sad at the end though.

Author: Hans Wilhelm
Illustrator: Hans Wilhelm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtY3kyGzqjc
This is another video of the book being RA. It‘s a great read aloud to put in the projector during class.

This HF book won the Caldecott Honor Award. This book is great for when introducing slavery into the classroom. It‘s about all the hard work they had to do before the one day the had off which was a Sunday and they all met in Congo Square. This book is great because it has some vocabulary words in the back for ESOL students. It also has some background stories about Congo Square

Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie

This RF book is a must have in a classroom! It tells the story about a boy in a farm who had chicken pox who turned into a soldier and a gardener. The book is told by Grandpa Green‘s great-grandson. This book won the Caldecott Honor Award. I love the illustrations as well! Super cute book.

Author: Lane Smith
Illustrator: Lane Smith

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This TL book is an absolute must have in a classroom! It‘s such a cute read for younger students. It is a New York Time‘s best seller. I would read it as a RA or GR preferably. It‘s about everyone being different and coming together during school.

Author: Alexandra Penfold
Illustrator: Suzanne Kaufman

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This NF book is adorable. The young boy tells the story about the day he was sitting in the back of the bus and Rosa Parks was sitting in the front. He tells everything that happened that day and how she was arrested. This is a great book to read as a RA during Black History Month and teach students about Rosa Parks and how things changed after that day.

Author: Aaron Reynolds
Illustrated by: Floyd Cooper

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This F book is great for an IR. It has magic, dragons, and love. It is so much fun to read. It has such a creative plot that will enhance the readers mind. This book won the Newbery Medal as well.

Author: Kelly Barnhill

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This website is a great resource because it has some good discussion questions. It also gives some lesson ideas!

This P book is great for young readers learning about poetry as well as incorporating it towards Social Studies. The 80 poems take them through an imaginary visit all over the world. From Greenland to Canada to Alaska to the United States and much more! It‘s fascinating how creative and different all the poems are.

Author: James Berry
Illustrator: Katherine Lucas

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https://www.poetryinvoice.com/teachers/lesson-plans

The One and Only Ivan is an F book that was based on a true story about a gorilla and a baby elephant who lived in the mall where they put on a show for the humans. This book will make you tear up as you read! It‘s a great read overall. My favorite book at the moment! This book has won the Newbery Medal and is soon to be a movie for everyone to enjoy! Just bring tissues!!

Author: Katherine Applegate
Illustrator: Patricia Castelao

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This B book is great for RA. I enjoyed reading this book because it talks about never giving up and following your dreams. This book was written by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by James E. Ransome. I would use this book when introducing Martin Luther King and what he did to change history to the students.

This P book is great to use during LC. This book explains how limericks are written and it‘s rules. This book was interesting to read because all of the poems were different and some were actually quite funny! This book was written by Brian P. Cleary and Illustrated by Andy Rowland. This book is great for students to read when learning about limericks and poetry.

This NF book would be great read as a RA. I enjoyed reading this picture book because it was told by a real life‘s persons perspective and what they had to go through at the time. I would mostly read this book prior to teaching about World War II and the Holocaust so that the students can get a feel for what happened throughout then. It is a very kid friendly book and is not too graphic. This book is written and illustrated by Marisabina Russo.

This SF/F book is great for kids that are being introduced to the content areas, in this case science. In this book, Ms.Frizzle‘s class learns that shape and weight are two big factors that determine if an object will float or not. This book would be best read as GR so the teacher could explain further with details and showing them what items will float or not with objects of her own.

Written Joanna Cole
Illustrated by Bruce Degen

This cute little B book is great for RA during President‘s Day week or when the Civil War gets introduced to the class. My favorite lines from the book is “Sometimes, the hardest fights don‘t reveal a winner- but they do reveal character. Especially when you‘re fighting for something you believe in” and “All men are created equal.”

Written by New York Times best-selling author Brad Meltzer
Illustrated by Christopher Eliopoulos

This F book was written by Mary Pope Osborne and illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca. It is mostly great for an IR. In this book, Merlin sends Jack and Annie on a mysterious mission to Paris, France, over a year ago. There, they must find the four magicians and give them an urgent message from Merlin himself.

The UDLs appropriate for this book would be 3.1, 3.3, & 3.4. An ESOL strategy appropriate for this reading would # 42.

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This SF/F Caldecott Award Winning book was published in 1971. It was truly an inspiring book to read about never giving up, but it also had it‘s sad realization. This book is about an old lady who despised the night because she was afraid of it. She would spit at the night, shake her fist at it, tied it up with vines but the night took no notice. Later on the sun came out and she was tired, so she went to sleep.

This F book makes a great CR for the class. It‘s all unrealistic nonsense such as rain making applesauce or stars being made of lemon juice, but it uses such creativity that kid‘s would love! It also won the Caldecott Award and the American Library Association Notable Book. The author of this lovely book is Julian Scheer and the creative illustrator is Marvin Bileck.
Here is a video of the book being RA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u47_YCgd6Uc