This MF, poetry picture book tells the story of a bear who sat on a mouse‘s chair and the mouse tries many different ways to get the bear off of his chair. This story would be perfect as a storytell because the book is short and it rhymes so it is easy to remember and intriguing to act out. https://www.raisingreaders.org/book/Theres-a-Bear-on-My-Chair/1415/ This website contains more information and activities relating to the book. #ucflae3414f19

This RF picture book tells the story of a little boy named Roland who is very excited for Christmas, and when he comes downstairs Christmas morning he finds a tiny present and can‘t believe that that‘s what he had been waiting for all year. He makes a bunch of wishes for a bigger gift, eventually leading him to outer space where he finds and appreciation for our tiny Earth. #ucflae3414f19

This poetry picture book is a classic story by the famous Dr. Seuss about a cat who wears a red and white striped hat and visits two siblings, a boy and a girl while their mother is away. The cat shows them many different ways of entertainment with the help of two things, Thing 1 and Thing 2. This story would work well as a RA because it is a very fun book to get the whole class engaged. #ucflae3414f19

This RF Caldecott Honor picture book is a story about a boy who wakes up early with his father and goes to the pond to fish for food. While fishing, his father tells him about a different pond that he used to fish at in Vietnam. http://readingtokids.org/Books/BookView.php?pag=5&bookID=00001423 This site contains different resources relating to the book including discussion topics and vocabulary words used in the book. #ucflae3414f19

This Caldecott Honor picture book is a classic MF about a pig named Olivia who is very hyper and loves to annoy her mother and brother. However, they love her anyway. This story would work as a DR because Olivia‘s character is very dramatic so it would be easy to reenact how she acts in the book. https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/olivia This site contains many resources and activities to assess students comprehension of the book and engage

This RF, Batchelder winner is a cute story about 4 siblings who have an ill grandmother, and make a pact to keep her from dying. The story tells a moving message about the value of life and the importance of being able to say goodbye. This story would be best as an IR because while it tells a moving message, it may not be something you want to read aloud to your students because it can make them sad. https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=50684

This SF picture book is a cute story that allows for students to step into the shoes of an astronaut, and see what it would be like to journey to the moon. The Parent‘s Choice Silver Honor award winning book tells you how to get to the moon, and what to do after you land. This book would work well as a RA because it really gets students engaged and excited. #ucflae3414f19

This Jane Adams award winning picture book demonstrates the history of Harriet Tubman and her work with the underground railroad in a story about a girls journey to find her brother. The HF book would be great to use as an AS because the author, Faith Ringgold, has many other books and also has many other interesting accomplishments. https://www.rif.org/literacy-central/book/aunt-harriet‘s-underground-railr...

This B picture book is a Newbery and Pura Belpre award winner about a girl who dreamed of pounding on all kinds of drums because long ago on her island, girls weren‘t allowed to be drummers. This story is inspired by the childhood of Milo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke Cuba‘s rule against female drummers. This story would be great as a shared reading because it is very theatrical. #ucflae3414f19

This NF picture book by Aaron Reynolds retells the story of Rosa Parks on the bus. This book would be good as an IR because it is a bit long, but a good book for students to learn about on their own time. https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:back%20of%20the%20bus This is a good site to use to extend on the topic of the book. It contains many activities based on the book. #ucflae3414f19

This is a beautiful RF that is about a boy named CJ who gets jealous/upset of things that other people have/get to do. His nana points out little things that her and CJ do get to experience which changes CJ‘s outlook toward the end of the book. This would be a perfect RA because it would help children also recognize the beautiful simplicities in life.

This is a cute MF picture book in which a little boy is looking for his dragon in the city. On each page, the dragon is seen doing something different such as eating hot dogs, or riding the bus. This would be a good book for CR. http://reederama.blogspot.com/2014/12/kindergarten-students-create-counting.html... This blog contains a cool lesson plan where students can create their own counting books based off of this one!

This MF novel by Newbery Medal-winning author, Katherine Applegate, is about a tree named Red who has been around for hundreds of years and had many habitants living in him/her. People come to this tree to wish for something. One day, someone writes something mean on the tree which causes further conflict in the novel. This book is good for a LC. https://www.plt.org/recommended-reading/wishtree/ This website contains a lesson plan that involves

This is a MF book about a bear who lost his red hat and is asking a bunch of different animals in his community if they have seen it. This Theodore Seuss Geisel 2nd place winner would be good for a RT. https://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763656003.btg.1.pdf This website contains cool discussion questions about the book that relate to setting, symbolism, and observations&inferences. A UDL strategy that aligns with this book would be 3.1,

This is a super cute RF that is about a girl named Liza who loves to color but then one day she colors her bedroom wall and her mother took away her crayons! Liza was very sad, but then she goes outside to play and realizes that there are colors all around her in the outside world! This story would be perfect for a RA. This book was the winner of the Eloise Jarvis McGraw Award for children‘s literature.

This inspiring RF novel is about a little boy named Auggie who struggles going to school for the first time because he looks different from all of the other students. This book is perfect to use as a PR for 4th-6th grade students. Reading and talking about this book with a peer could help open each others eyes to ideas that the other student may not have though of and allow for multiple perspectives. #ucae3414f19

This children‘s book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day written by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Ray Cruz, is a very cute children‘s story about a boy named Alexander who goes through a lot of complications through his day and wishes he lived in Australia so that these mishaps wouldn‘t happen. The picture book leads to a very cute ending. #ucflae3414f19

This Caldecott winner by Maurice Sendak is about a boy named Max whose imagination takes him on a wild adventure. This is a TL book and would be best read as a RA. Standard: https://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewStandard/Preview/5708 #ucflae3414f19

This Caldecott Medal winner is a super cute picture book that is actually based of off the author, David Shannon‘s, life at the time. He wrote this book when he was 5 years old and it was his first book ever. His mother used to always yell at him saying “No, David!”, so he wrote and illustrated a book about it. This picture book is classified as a semi-autobiography. I would use this book as an IR. #ucflae3414f19

This New York Times best seller is a great read for grades 3-5th that is about a little boy who loves to collect words!!! Big words, little words, Jerome likes to collect them all! The genre is realistic fiction. In my classroom, I would use this book as a read aloud read by the teacher. This is because there are a lot of big words in the book and with the teacher reading it, the children will know how to pronounce the words. #ucflae3414f19