McDonald Partridge (E)
Frasier, Debra – Miss Alaineus: a vocabulary disaster (F)
Garland, Sherry - The Lotus Seed (E)
Harshman, Marc - The Storm (F)
Heller, Ruth - Kites Sail High (E) (428.2)
Heller, Ruth - Many Luscious Lollipops (428.1)
Henkes, Kevin – Chrysanthemum (E)
Henkes, Kevin - Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (E)
Howe, James – Horace and Morris join the chorus (but what about Dolores) (E)
Inkpen, Mick - Kipper's Snowy Day (E)
Johnson, Tony - Amber on the Mountain (E)
Krull, Kathleen - Wilma Unlimited (B)
Laden, Nina - When Pigasso Met Mootisse (F)
Lesser, Carolyn - Storm on the Desert (574.5)
Lester, Julius – From slave ship to freedom road (306.3)
Marshall, James - Swine Lake (E)
Musgrove, Margaret - Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions (E) (960)
Myersx, Walter Dean – Blues journey (811)
Orgill, Roxane – If I only had a horn: young Louis Armstrong (781.65)
Owen, Paul Lewis - Storm Boy (F)
Paulsen, Gary – Canoe days (E)
Pilkey, Dav - Hallo-Wiener (E)
Pilkey, Dav - Kat Kong (E)
Raschka, Chris - Yo! Yes? (E)
Rylant, Cynthia - The Whales (E)
Sathre, Vivian - Three Kind Mice (E)
Shields, Carol Diggory – Food fight! (E)
Snicket, Lemony - A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning (F)
Steig, Jeanne - Consider the Lemming (811)
Steig, William – Amos & Boris (E)
Steig, William - Brave Irene (E)
Steig, William - Shrek (E)
Van Allsburg, Chris - The Z Was Zapped (E)
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
E Vio - 32 p.
Recounts the events of a day when everything goes wrong for Alexander. Six traits of writing: Strong organization, word choice.
Amos and Boris
E Ste - 32 p.
Amos the mouse and Boris the whale have little in common except that they are both mammals and save each other’s lives. Six traits of writing: word choice and organization.
A Bad Case of Stripes
E Sha - 28 p.
In order to ensure her popularity, Camilla Cream always does what is expected, until the day arrives when she no longer recognizes herself. Six traits of writing: word choice.
Belle Prater’s Boy
F Whi - 196 p.
When Woodrow’s mother suddenly disappears, he moves to his grandparents’ home in a small Virginia town where he befriends his cousin, and together they find the strength to face the terrible losses and fears in their lives. Six traits of writing: voice, word choice.
Bud, Not Buddy
F Cur - 245 pages
It’s the 1930s and young Bud, an orphan and on the run from yet another foster home, sets out to find the man he believes to be his father. Six traits of writing: voice, word choice. 2000 Newbery Award Winner
Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble With Hally Tosis
E Pil - 32 p.
Hally, the Tosis family dog, has such bad breath that Mr. and Mrs. Tosis plan to give her away, until she proves to be an invaluable watchdog. Six traits of writing: word choice.
The Door in the Wall
F DEA -120 pages
A crippled boy in fourteenthcentury
England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King. Six traits of writing: word choice.
The Dreamer
E Ryl - 24 pages
From his dreams an artist creates the earth, sky, trees, and all the creatures that dwell on our planet. Six traits of writing: word choice.
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 Chamber of Secrets
F Row -341 pages
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, secondyear student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school. Six traits of writing: voice, word choice.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
F Row - 734 pages
Fourteenyearold Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills,
friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger. Six traits of writing: voice, word choice.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
F Row - 435 pages
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents’ deaths. Six traits of writing: voice, 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. Six traits of writing: ideas, voice, word choice.
I Have a Dream
305.89 Kin - 40 pages
Here in its entirety is one of the seminal speeches of the 20th century. Six traits of writing: word choice.
John Henry
398.2 Les Children’s Book PI 35 pages
Retells the life of the legendary African American hero who races against a steam drill to cut through a mountain.
Lincoln: A Photobiography
92 Lin - 150 p.
Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President. Six traits of writing: word choice.
A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
F Pec - 148 pages
A boy recounts his annual summer trips to rural Illinois with his sister during the Great Depression to visit their largerthanlife grandmother. Can be used in a character education activity on compassion, and respect. Six traits of writing: organization, word choice.
Mirandy and Brother Wind
E McK - 32 p.
To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk, Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner. Six traits of writing: word choice and ideas and content. (1988;Knopf)
The Night I Followed the Dog
E Lad - 36 pages
A boy follows his dog one night to see what exactly dogs do at night when they’re on their own. Six traits of writing: word choice.
Old Woman Who Named Things
E Ryl - 32 p.
An old woman who has outlived all her friends is reluctant to become too attached to the stray dog that visits her each day.
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.
Owl Moon
E Yol - 32 p.
On a winter’s night under a full moon, a father and daughtertrek into the woods to see the Great Horned Owl. Six traitsof writing: Word choice, strong organization.
Raising Sweetness
E Sta - 32 pages
Sweetness, one of eight orphans living with a man who is an unconventional housekeeper, learns to read, and writes an important letter to improve their situation. Six traits of writing: word choice.
Roberto: The Insect Architect
E Lad - 32 p.
No one will hire Roberto the architect because he also happens to be a termite, so he sets off to the city to find success on his own.
Storm boy
F Lew - 32 p.
Thrown from his canoe during an ocean storm, a young Native American boy is washed ashore under a strange sky near a village inhabited by very large people who make him very welcome. Six traits of writing: word choice.
The View From Saturday
F Kon - 163 pages
Four students, with their own individual stories, develop a special bond and attract the attention of their, a paraplegic, who choses them to represent their sixthgrade class in the Academic Bowl competition. Six traits of writing: word choice.
The Wanderer
F Cre
Thirteenyearold Sophie and her cousin Cody record their transatlantic crossing aboard the Wanderer, a fortyfive foot sailboat, which along with uncles and another cousin, is en route to visit their grandfather in England. 2001 Newbery Honor Book. Six traits of writing: voice, word choice.
When Pigasso Met Mootisse
E Lad - 34 p.
Pigasso, a talented pig, and Mootisse, an artistic bull, live across the road from one another, but when conflicts arise they build fences that ultimately become modern art masterpieces. Includes biographies of the reallife artists, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso.
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman
92 Rud -36 pages
A biography of Wilma Rudolph, the African American woman who overcame crippling polio as a child to become the first woman to win three gold medals in track in a single Olympics.
A Year Down Yonder
F Pec - 130 pages
During the recession of 1937, fifteenyearold
Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, largerthanlife grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman. Six traits of writing: voice, word choice 2001 Newbery Award Winn
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