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Ada, Alma Flor – I love Saturdays y domingos (E)

Ahlberg, Janet - It was a Dark and Stormy Night

Arnosky, Jim – Wild ponies (636.1)

Babbitt, Natalie - Tuck Everlasting (F)

Bang, Molly - The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher

Baylor, Byrd - The Way to Start a Day

Blake, Quentin – Clown (E)

Blos, Joan W. – Old Henry (E)

Brett, Jan - Comet's Nine Lives

Briggs, Raymond - The Snowman

Brown, Margaret Wise - On Christmas Eve

Brown, Margaret Wise – The Important Book

Bunting, Eve - No Nap

Burningham, John - Mr. Gumpy's Outing

Burton, Virginia - The Little House: Her Story

Caney, Steven - Steven Caney's Invention Book

Chamberlin-Calamar, Pat – Alaska’s 12 days of summer (591.9798)

Chang, Ina – A separate batttle: women and the Civil War (973.7)

Christelow, Eileen - Don't Wake Up Mama

Collard, Sneed B. – 1000 years ago on planet Earth (E)

Cooney, Barbara - Miss Rumphius

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

Cuyler, Margery – That’s good! That’s bad! In the Grand Canyon (E)

Denim, Sue - The Dumb Bunnies go to the Zoo

dePaola, Tomie - The Legend of the Blue Bonnet

Doubilet, Anne - Under the Sea From A to Z

Emmett, Jonathan – Through the heart of the jungle (E)

Fanelli, Sara - My Map Book

Feiffer, Jules – Meanwhile (E)

Fleischman, Paul - Seedfolks

Fleischman, Paul – Weslandia (E)

Fletcher, Ralph J. – Twilight comes twice (E)

Fox, Mem - Tough Boris (E)

Gantos, Jack - Rotten Ralph (E)

Goss, Linda and Clay - It's Kwanzaa Time!

Gowan, Barbara – G is for Grand Canyon: an Arizona alphabet (979.1)

Harper, Charise Mericle – There was a bold lady who wanted a star (782.42162)

Hopkinson, Deborah – Girl wonder: a baseball story in nine innings (E)

James, Simon - Dear Mr. Blueberry (E)

Joyce, William - Santa Calls

Keller, Laurie – The Scrambled States of America

Kramer, Stephen P. – Avalanche (551.57)

Kramer, Stephen P. – How to think like a scientist: answering questions by the scientific method (502.8)

Krebs, Laurie – The beeman (E)

Llewellyn, Claire – Caterpillars (595.78)

Macaulay, David - Black and White

McPhail, David - Edward and the Pirates (E)

Meddaugh, Susan - Hog-Eye (E)

Munsch, Robert - A Promise is a Promise (E)

Numeroff, Laura Joffe – If you take a mouse to school (E)

Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw - Flashy Fantastic Rain Forest Frogs

Paul, Ann Whitford – The season sewn: a year in patchwork (746.46)

Paulsen, Gary - My Life in Dog Years (F)

Peck, Richard A. - A Long Way from Chicago (F)

Pilkey, Dav - The Paperboy

Polacco, Patricia - Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair (E)

Rylant, Cynthia - The Bookshop Dog

Rylant, Cynthia - The Old Woman Who Named Things

Sachar, Louis – Holes (F)

Schertle, Alice - Down the Road

Schories, Pat - Mouse Around

Shannon, George – Tomorrow’s alphabet (421)

Shulevitz, Uri - Snow

Shulman, Lisa – Old MacDonald had a woodshop (E)

Snedden, Robert - YUCK! A Big Book of Little Horrors

Snicket, Lemony – The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

Steig, William - Amos and Boris

Stevens, Janet - Tops and Bottoms

Tunnell, Michael O. - Mailing May

Turkle, Brinton - Deep in the Forest

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

Viorst, Judith - Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

to Solve (E)

Wiesner, David - June 29, 1999 (E)

Wiesner, David - Sector 7. 1999 (E)

Williams, Vera B. - A Chair for my Mother

Wolff, Patricia Rae - The Toll-Bridge Troll

Wu, Norbert – Fish faces (597)

Zemach, Margaret - It Could Always Be Worse

Zolotow, Charlotte – The old dog (E)

Butterfly House

E Bun - 32 pages

With the help of her grandfather, a little girl makes a house for a larva and watches it develop before setting it free, and every summer after that butterflies come to visit her. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

The Flag We Love

929.9 Rya - 32 pages

A patriotic poem celebrating the flag of the United States, including historical footnotes about its origins and history. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

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.

I Am the Dog, I Am the Cat

E Hal - 27 pages

A dog and a cat take turns explaining what is wonderful about being who they are. Six traits of writing: strong organization and voice.

Jubal’s Wish

E Woo - 32 p. :

Jubal Bullfrog wishes for happiness for his animal friends and finds that sometimes wishes come true in an unexpected way. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

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.

Out of the Dust

F Hes - 227 pages

In a series of poems, fifteenyearold

Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma

during the dust bowl years of the Depression. Six traits of writing: Word choice and voice, organization.

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.

Owl Moon

E Yol - 32 p.

On a winter’s night under a full moon, a father and daughter trek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Six traits of writing: Word choice, strong organization.

The Red Racer

E Woo - 34 p. :

Nona tries desperately to get rid of her junky old bike so that she can get the Deluxe Rocket Racer which she sees in the store window. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

The Seasons Sewn : A Year in Patchwork

746.46 Pau - 40p. :

Shows how the patterns and pattern names in patchwork reflect life on the frontier in the nineteenth century. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

The Seven Silly Eaters

E Hob

Seven fussy eaters find a way to surprise their mother. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

Three Cheers for Catherine the Great

E BES - 29 pages

Sara’s Russian grandmother has requested that there be no presents at her seventyeighth birthday party so Sara must think of a gift from her heart. Six traits of writing: strong organization. Can be used in a character education activity on communities. (1999;Dk Pub)

Today Is Monday

782.42 Car - 20 pages

Each day of the week brings a new food, until on Sunday all the world’s children can come and eat it up. Six traits of writing: Strong organization.

The Tortilla Factory

641.8 Pau - 32 p. :

Shows a cycle of life–from seed to plant to tortilla, as workers till the soil, operate the clanking machinery of the factory, and drive the trucks that deliver the tortillas back into the hands that will plant the yellow seeds. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

Tuesday

E Wie - 32 pages

Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep. Six Traits of Writing: Organization. Wordless picture book.

Two Bad Ants

E Van - 31 p. :

When two bad ants desert from their colony, they

experience a dangerous adventure that convinces them to return to their former safety. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

Verdi

E Can - 48 p.

A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like= the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives. Six traits of writing: Organization.

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.

What Do Authors Do?

808.06 Chr - 32 pages

A fresh and funny look at how books are made. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

What Do Illustrators Do?

741.6 Chr - 40 pages

Shows two illustrators going through all the steps involved in creating new picture books of "Jack and the Beanstalk," including layout, scale, and pointofview. Six traits of writing: strong organization.

When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry...

E Ban - 34 pages

A young girl is upset and doesn’t know how to manage her anger but takes the time to cool off and regain her composure. Six traits of writing: strong organization. Can be used in a character education activity on empathy, honesty, preK3. 2000 Caldecott Honor Book

Zoom

E Ban - 64 p. :

A wordless picture book presents a series of scenes, each one from farther away, showing, for example, a girl playing with toys which is actually a picture on a magazine cover, which is part of a sign on a bus, and so on. Six traits of writing: strong organization.