Favorite Authors
- Patrica Polacco
- Biographical Information:
- Patricia Polacco was born in Lansing, Michigan in 1944. She soon moved to Willamston, Michigan after birth.
- •She did not write her first children’s book until the age of 41
- Recommended books:
- My Mother's House
- Junkyard Wonders
- The Lemonade Club
- My Rotten Red Headed Little Brother
- Bully
- Author Website: http://www.patriciapolacco.com/
- Eric Carle
- Biographical Information:
- Born in Syracuse, New York, 1929
- Moved to Germany at age six and back to America in 1952
- Collaborated with Bill Martin Jr. to write and illustrate Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
- Recommended Books
- Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see?
- Red Fox
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- The Grouchy Lady Bug
- 1,2,3 to the Zoo
- Author Website: http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html
Tips for Choosing appropriate Children's Literature
- Determine the Children's Reading level
- Understand what the book is about
- Make sure that it is engaging
- If students are reading alone have them complete the five finger rule
- Make sure that the illustrations are attractive and match the text
Recommended Books for Read Aloud
Level: Preschool and Up
Level: ages 3-8
Level: Kindergarten - 3rd
Level: Kindergarten- 3rd
Level: Grade 3-6
- Have you Filled a Buckets Today by Carol McCloud
Level: Preschool and Up
- I Know an Old Lady That Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson
Level: ages 3-8
- The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
Level: Kindergarten - 3rd
- I Need my Monster by Amanda Noll
Level: Kindergarten- 3rd
- Charlotte's Web By E.B. White
Level: Grade 3-6
Recommended Books to be Used in a Unit
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle ( Unit on Life of a Butterfly, Color and Numbers)
- Things that Float and Things that don't By David A. Adler ( Unit on matter : Sink and Float)
- Who Sank The Boat by Pamela Allen (Unit on Buoyancy)
- Each Orange Had Eight Slices by Paul Giganti Jr. (Number of operations :Math)
- Shiver me Letters by June Sobel (Alphabet concepts)
Appropriate Read Aloud
- Make sure it is on classroom reading level
- Make sure the story has a meaning and purpose
- Select different Genres
- Choose Literature that is interactive
- Make sure that the book is not to lengthy because you may loss the class attention
Resources
- http://www.scholastic.com/home/
- https://lauranumeroff.com/
- http://www.pinterest.com/reallygoodstuff/cool-classroom-libraries/
- http://www.rif.org/documents/us/choosing_books.pdf
- http://www.audreywood.com/