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Allard, Harry - Miss Nelson Is Back (E)

Amusing moments in the wild: animals and their friends (591.56)

Baker, Jeannie - Window (E)

Banyai, Istvan – Zoom (E)

Barefoot: escape on the underground railroad (E)

Bartoletti, Susan Campbell – Growing up in coal country (331.3)

Baylor, Byrd - Everybody Needs a Rock (E)

Baylor, Byrd - I'm in Charge of Celebrations (E)

Baylor, Byrd – The other way to listen (811)

Brown, Margaret Wise - The Important Book (E)

Buchholz, Quint – The Collector of Moments

Bunting, Eve - Secret Place (E)

Burdett, Lois - A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare (822.3)

Cherry, Lynne - The Armadillo from Amarillo (E)

Cherry, Lynne – Flute’s journey: the life of a wood thrush (598.8)

Cleary, Beverly - A Girl From Yamhill: A Memoir (B)

Cole, Joanna - The Magic School Bus: At the Waterworks (628.1)

Cole, Joanna - The Magic Schoolbus (series)

Coles, Robert – The story of Ruby Bridges (379.2)

Collard, Sneed B. III - Animal Dads (591.56)

Collard, Sneed B. III – Creepy creatures (590)

Cooney, Barbara - Miss Rumphius (E)

Cooper, Michael L. – Indian school: teaching the white man’s way (370)

Curtis, Jamie Lee – When I was little: a four-year-old’s memoir (E)

Curry, Barbara K. – Sweet words so brave: the story of African American literature (810.9)

Cuyler, Margery – That’s good! That’s bad! (E)

Dahl, Roald – Boy (B)

dePaola Tomie - Strega Nona (E)

Dragonwagon, Crescent - Home Place (E)

Fletcher, Ralph – Poetry matters: writing a poem from the inside out (808.1)

Frasier, Debra - On the Day You Were Born (508)

French, Fiona - Anancy and Mr. Dry Bone (E)

George, Jean Craighead - Dear Rebecca, Winter Is Here (E)

George, Lindsay Barrett - In the Snow: Who's Been Here? (E)

Gibbons, Gail - Pirates (910.45)

Gibbons, Gail - Valentine's Day

Harrison, Ted - A Northern Alphabet (E)

Heiman, Andrea - O is for Orea

Hubbell, Patricia – Black all around! (E)

Huliska-Beith, Laura – The book of bad ideas (818)

Hutchins, Pat - The Doorbell Rang (E)

Isaacson, Philip M. - A Short Walk Around the Pyramids & Through The World of Art (700)

James, Simon - Dear Mr. Blueberry (E)

Jenkins, Steve – Hottestt, coldest, highest, deepest (910)

Jones, Charlotte – Accidents May Happen (608)

Lesser, Carolyn – Great crystal bear (E)

Lionni, Leo - Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse (E)

Lobel, Anita - Alison's Zinnia (E)

Lobel, Arnold - Fables (398.2)

Louie, Ai-Ling - Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China (398.2)

Macaulay, David - The New Way Things Work (600)

MacLachlan, Patricia - All the Places to Love (E)

MacLachlan, Patricia - Arthur for the Very First Time (F)

MacLachlan, Patricia - Sarah, Plain and Tall (F)

Marshall, James - Miss Nelson is Back (E)

Marshall, Rita – I hate to read (E)

Martin, Jacqueline Briggs - Snowflake Bentley (B)

McAllister, Angela – Harry’s box (E)

McCloskey, Robert - Make Way for Ducklings (E)

McKissack, Patricia C. - Mirandy and Brother Wind (E)

McLerran, Alice – Roxaboxen (E)

Meddaugh, Susan - Hog-Eye (E)

Most, Bernard - If the Dinosaurs Came Back (E)

Ness, Evaline - Sam Bangs and Moonshine (E)

Neuschwander, Cindy – Sir Cumference and teh dragon of pi: a math adventure (516)

Neuschwander, Cindy – Sir Cumference and the great knight of angleland: a math adventure (516)

Neuschwander, Cindy – Sir Cumference and the first round table: a math adventure (516)

Neuschwander, Cindy – Sir Cumference and the sword in the cone: a math adventure (516)

Nye, Bill - Bill Nye the Science Guy's Big Blue Ocean (551.46)

Nye, Naomi – Sitti’s secrets (E)

Oberman, Sheldon - The Always Prayer Shawl (E)

Paulsen, Garry – Harris and me: a summer remembered (813)

Patrick, Denise - Lewis Red Dancing Shoes (E)

Polacco, Patricia - Chicken Sunday (E)

Rahaman, Vashanti - Read For Me, Mama (E)

Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (F)

Ryan, Pam Munoz - The Flag We Love (929.9)

Rylant, Cynthia - When I Was Young in the Mountains (E)

Schaefer, Carole Lexa – The squiggle (E)

Schroeder, Alan – Ragtime Tumpie (E)

Sendak, Maurice - Where the Wild Things Are (E)

Settel, Joanne – Exploding ants: amazing facts about how animals adapt (591.5)

Sharmat, Marjorie - Gila Monsters Meet You at the Airport (E)

Shaw, Nancy - Sheep Out to Eat (E)

Shelby, Anne – Homeplace (E)

Simms, Laura – Rotten teeth (E)

Smith, Lane – Pinocchio, the boy, or, Incognito in Collodi (E)

Soto, Gary – Too Many Tamales (E)

Steig, William - Pete's a Pizz (E)

Tucker, Kathy – The seven chinese sisters (E)

Van Allsburg, Chris - Jumanji (E)

Van Allsburg, Chris - The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (E)

Viorst, Judith – Alexander and the Terrrible, Horrible No Good Berry Bad Day

Warren, Andrea – Orphan train rider: one boy’s true story (362.7)

Williams, Vera - A Chair for My Mother (E)

Wilson, Sarah - The Day that Henry Cleaned His Room (E)

Wisniewski, David - The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups (E)

Wisniewski, David - The secret knowledge of grown-ups: the second file (818)

Wong, Janet S. – You have to write (811)

Wyeth, Sharon Dennis – Something beautiful (E)

Alphabet City

E Joh - 32 pages

Photographs of objects in an urban setting present the letters of the alphabet. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

Amelia’s Notebook

F Mos - 32 p.

The handlettered contents of a nineyearold girl’s notebook, in which she records her thoughts and feelings about moving, starting school, and dealing with her older sister, as well as keeping her old best friend and making a new one. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

Antics!: An Alphabetical Anthology

421.1 Hep - 32 p.

Alphabet entries from A to Z all have an ’ant’ somewhere in the word, such as E for Enchanter, P for Pantaloons, S for Santa Claus, and Y for Your Ant Yetta. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type

E Cro - 32 pages

When Farmer Brown’s cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the rmer refuses to give them what they want. Six traits of writing: ideas and content. 2001 Caldecott Honor Book

Day of the Dead

E Joh - 48 p. :

Describes a Mexican family preparing for and celebrating the Day of the Dead. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder

546.2 Wic - 40 pages

Describes the origins, characteristics, and uses of water. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

Faraway Home

E Kur - 32 p.

Desta’s father, who needs to return briefly to his Ethiopian homeland, describes what it was like for him to grow up there. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

The Frog Prince, Continued

E Sci Children’s Book P 32 pages

After the frog turns into a prince, he and the Princess do not live happily ever after and the Prince decides to look for a witch to help him remedy the situation. Fractured fairy tale. Six traits of writing: Ideas.

Gathering Blue

F Low - 215 pages

Lame and suddenly orphaned, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the allpowerful

Guardians. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

The Giver

F Low - 180 pages

Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives. Six traits of writing: Ideas and content, organization, word choice.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

F Row - 309 pages

Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Wizards and Witches. Sixtraits of writing: ideas, voice, word choice.

I Spy Extreme Challenger : A Book of Picture Riddles

793.73 Mar - 38 pages

A book of picture riddles and puzzles. Six traits of writing: ideas and content. (2000;Scholastic Inc.)

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

E Hen - 32 p.

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later. Six traits of writing: ideas and content, strong organization.

Monster

F Mye - 281 pages

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteenyearold Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken. Six traits of writing: ideas and content, voice.

Owen

E Hen - 22 pages

Owen’s parents try to get him to give up his favorite blanket before he starts school, but when their efforts fail, they come up with a solution that makes everyone happy. Six traits of writing: ideas and content, strong organization.

Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore!

E McP - 28 pages

Pigs galore invade a house and have a wonderful party. Six traits of writing: Ideas and content.

The Polar Express

E Van - 32 p. :

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

Snowflake Bentley

92 Ben - 32 pages

A biography of a selftaught

scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations. Six traits of writing: ideas and content. May be used with the trade books in science strategy.

So Far from the Sea

E Bun - 30 pages

When sevenyearold

Laura and her family visit Grandfather’s grave at the Manzanar War Relocation Center, the Japanese American child leaves behind a special symbol. Six traits of writing: ideas and content.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

E Car - 25 p.

Follows the process of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Six traits of writing: Strong organization, ideas and content.

A Weekend With Wendell

E Hen - 32 p.

Sophie does not enjoy energetic, assertive Wendell’s weekend visit until the very end, when she learns to assert herself and finds out Wendell can be fun to play with after all. Six traits of writing: ideas and content, strong organization.

Weslandia

E Fle - 36 pages

Wesley’s garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life. Six traits of writing: Organization, ideas and content.