Predicting:
Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris van Allsburg
Bea and Mr. Jones by Amy Schwartz
Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant use pictures
Cinnamon's Day Out by Susan L Roth subtitle: A Gerbil Adventure
Coyote Cry by Byrd Baylor
Day Gogo Went to Vote by ElinorBatezatSisulu
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw very simple
Just a Dream by Chris van Allsburg
Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen
Snow by Uri Shulevitz with text and illustrations
Suddenly by Colin McNaughton Great for K or 1st to introduce predicting
Tiger Called Thomas by Charlotte Zolotow use title
Tuesday by David Wiesner last page introduces pigs..what will happen when the pigs fly
Wretched Stone by Chris van Allsburg
Are You a Bee? Judy Allen
Chewy Louie-Howie Schneider
The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down- Paul Brett Johnson
Crab Moon-Ruth Horowitz
Dinnertime!-Sue Williams
From Egg to Butterfly-Rachel Elliot
Gentle Giant Octopus- Katen Wallace
Hooway for WodneyWat- Helen Lester
I Ain’tGonna Paint No More!-Karen Beaumont
Listen Buddy- Helen Lester
Look Closer Bugs-Sue Malyan
The Magic Hat- Mem Fox
The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon-Bea UusmaSchyffert
Misery Moo-Jeanne Willis and Tony ross
Moo Who?- Margie Palatini
The Postman Always Brings Mice- Jennifer Holm and J. Hamel
Never Fear, Snake My Dear- Rolf Siegenthaler
The Penderwicks- Jeanne Birdsall
Piggie Pie!-Margie Palatini
Revenge of the Shadow King- Derek Benz and J.S. Lewis
Shredderman: Secret Identity-Wendlelin Van Draanen
Starfish- Edith ThacherHurd
The Teacher’s Funeral-Richard Peck
That’s Good, That’s Bad- Margery Cuyler
The Widow’s Broom- Chris Van Allsburg
Wolf!- Becky Bloom
The Pirates Next Door- Jonny Duddle
Beatrice Doesn’t Want To- Laura JoffeNumeroff
Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage to Be Who You Are- Maria Dismondy
Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born- Jamie Lee Curtis
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?-Eric Carle
Well-Developed Characters:
Blos, Joan. 1990. Old Henry. Mulberry Books.
Chodos-Irvine, Margaret. 2003. Ella Sarah Gets Dressed. Harcourt.
Curtis, Jamie Lee. 2000. Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods that Make My Day. Harper Collins Juvenile.
Gay, Marie-Louise. 2002. Stella, Fairy of the Forest. Groundwood Books.
Gay, Marie-Louise. 2000. Stella, Queen of the Snow. Groundwood Books.
Gay, Marie-Louise. 1999. Stella, Star of the Sea. Groundwood Books.
Henkes, Kevin. 1996. Chrysanthemum. Mulberry Books.
Henkes, Kevin. 1995. Julius, the Baby of the World. Mulberry Books.
Hoffman, Mary. 1991. Amazing Grace. Scott Foresman.
Hoffman, Mary. 2000. Boundless Grace. Puffin.
Kay, Verla. 2007. Rough, Tough Charley. Tricycle.
Keller, Holly. 2002. Farfillina and Marcel. Greenwillow Books.
Lowry, Lois. 2002. Gooney Bird Greene. Houghton Mifflin.
Martchenko, Michael. 1989. Thomas’ Snowsuit. Firefly Books.
Mason, Jane B. 2004. Stella and the Berry Thief. Marshall Cavendish.
McMullan, Jim and Katie. 2002. I Stink! Joanna Cotler.
Meddaugh, Susan. 1995. Martha Speaks. Houghton Mifflin.
Meddaugh, Susan. 1998. Martha Blah, Blah, Blah. Houghton Mifflin.
Meddaugh, Susan. 1998. Martha Walks the Dog. Houghton Mifflin.
Mora, Pat. 2005. DoñaFlor. Dragonfly.
Myers, Christopher. 2000. Wings. Scholastic.
Nolen, Jerdine. 2005. Hewitt Anderson’s Great Big Life.Simon & Schuster.
Nolen, Jerdine. 2003. Thunder Rose. Silver Whistle.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. 2006. Peggony Po: A Whale of a Tale. Hyperion.
Soto, Gary. 2006. My Little Car. Putnam Juvenile.
Woodson, Jacqueline, and E. B. Lewis. 2004. Coming on Home Soon. Putnam.
Well-Developed Settings:
Barrett, Judi. 1982. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Aladdin Library.
Barrett, Judi. 2000. Pickles to Pittsburgh: The Sequel to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Aladdin Library.
Barron, T. A. 2004. High as a Hawk.Philomel.
Bootman, Colin. 2006. Fish for the Grand Lady. Holiday House.
Bouchard, Dave. 1998. If You’re Not from the Prairie. Aladdin Library.
Collier, Bryan. 2000. Uptown. Henry Holt & Company.
Cunnane, Kelly. 2006. For You Are a Kenyan Child. Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books.
Daly, Niki. 2003. Once upon a Time. Farrar Straus & Giroux.
Duburke, Randy. 2002. The Moon Ring. Chronicle Books.
Geisel, Theodore (Dr. Seuss). 1971. The Lorax. Random House.
Kurtz, Jane, and Christopher Kurtz. 2002. Water Hole Waiting. Greenwillow.
Lehman, Barbara. 2006. The Red Book. Scholastic.
Myers, Christopher. 1999. Black Cat. Scholastic.
Palacco, Patricia. 1997. Thunder Cake. Paper Star.
Palatini, Margie. 2001. The Web Files. Hyperion.
Paulsen, Gary. 2001. Canoe Day. Dragonfly.
Rylant, Cynthia. 1993. The Relatives Came. Pearson Learning.
Sanders, Scott Russell. 1998. Aurora Means Dawn. Aladdin Library.
Saul, Carol P. 1997. Someplace Else.Aladdin Library.
Stojic, Manya. 2002. Wet Pebbles Under Our Feet. Knopf.
Stanton, Karen. 2007. Papi’s Gift. Boyds Mill.
Turner, Ann Warren. 1999. Dakota Dugout. Aladdin Library.
Verla, Kay. 2000. Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails. Putnam.
Wood, Audrey. 2002. When the Root Children Wake Up. Scholastic.
Making Connections:
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
All the Places to Love by Patrician MacLachlan
Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Amos and Boris by William Steig
Geraldine’s Little Brother by Holly Keller
Going Home by Eve Bunting
Hey World, Here I Am by Jean Little
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Mirette on the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston
My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother by Patricia Polacco
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs by Tomi de Paola
No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Baccock
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
One Afternoon by YumiHeo
Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
Rosie and Michael by Judith Viorst
Snippets by Charlotte Zolotow
Sol a Sol by Lori Mari Carlson
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Tenth Good thing About Barney by Judith Viorst
Three Brave Women by C. L. G. Martin
Up North at the Cabin by Marsha Chall
The Wednesday’s Surprise by Even Bunting
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
William’s Doll by Charlotte Zolotow
Drawing Inferences:
A Bag Full of Pups by **** Gackenbach
A Fairy Went A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman
Abby by Jeannette Franklin Caines
Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Anna Banana and Me by Erick Lenore Blegvad
Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray
Big Al by Andrew Clements
Boy Who Didn’t Believe in Spring by Lucille Clifton
Bull Run by Paul Fleschman
Charlie Anderson by Barbara Abercrombie
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Dandelion by Eve Bunting
Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleischman
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teque
Dreamcatcher by Audrey Osofsky
Duckat by Gaelyn Gordon
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Fables by Arnold Lobel
George and Martha (series) by James Marshall
Encounter by Jane Yolen
Fables Arnold Lobel
Fairy Went-A-Marketing by Rose Fyleman
Frank and Ernest by Alexandra Day
Frank and Ernest on the Road by Alexandra Day
Frank and Ernest Play Ball by Alexandra Day
Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg
George and Martha by George Marshall
George and Martha Encore by George Marshall
George and Martha Rise and Shine by George Marshall
Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by **** Gackenbach
Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox
The Hedgehog for Breakfast by Ann Tuner
Hot Air Henry by Mary Calhoun
How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting
I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit by Pamela
In a Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming
The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee
Drawing Inferences (cont.)
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Loop the Loop by Barbara Dugan
Lunch by Denise Fleming
May I Bring a Friend? by Beatrice Schenk deRegniers
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
The Mystery of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Baccock
No Peas for Nellie by Chris L. Demarest
The Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Noisy Nora by Rosemary Wells
Once Upon Macdonald’s Farm by Stephen Gammell
Other Side by Jacquiline Woodson
Owen by Kevin Henkes
Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg
Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti
See the Ocean by Estelle Condra
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Spinky Sulks by William Steig
The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Stepto
Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
Swimmy by Leo Leonni
The Table Where Rich People Sit by Byrd Baylor
Teammates by Peter Golenbock
Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
The Third Story Cat by Leslie Baker
This is the Key to the Kingdom by Diane Worfolk Allison
Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen
Time for Bed by Mem Fox
Visualizing:
A Lucky Thing by Alice Schertly
Abuela by Arthur Dorros
All the Small Poems by Valerie Worth
Appalachia by Cynthia Rylant
At the Edge of the Forest by Jonathan London
Baby Whale's Journey by Jonathan London
Barn Dance by Bill Martin and John Archambault
Big Pets by Lane Smith
Cabin Key by Gloria Rand
Cat Heaven by Cynthia Rylant
Condor's Egg by Jonathan London
Could Be Worse! by James Stevenson
Country Road by Daniel San Souci
Coyote Cry by Byrd Baylor
Dancing the Breeze by George Shannon write as poem
Dawn by Uri Schulevitz
Dream Weaver by Jonathan London
Festival in My Heart: Poems by Japanese Children Bruno Navasky, editor
Fireflies! by Julie Brinkloe
The Ghost-Eye Tree by Bill Martin and John Archambault
Glasses Who Needs 'Em? by Lane Smith
Good Dog Carl (series) by Alexandra Day
House on Mango Street-"Hairs" by Sandra Cisneros
Hurricane by Jonathan London
If You Listen by Charlotte Zolotow
Into This Night We Are Rising by Jonathan London
I’m in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor
Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan Londonuses Little Frog Songs uses five senses
Lucky Thing by Alice Schertle
Meteor! by Patricia Polacco
Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen
Night in the Country by Cynthia Rylant
Nocturne by Jane Yolen
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Painted Words/Spoken Memories: Marianthe’s Story by Aliki
Puddles by Jonathan London
Sailboat Lost by LeanardEvertt Fisher
The Sailor Dog by Margaret Wise Brown
Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant
Visualizing (cont.)
The Seashore Book by Charlotte ZolotowShadow Ball: The History of the Negro Leagues by Geoffrey Ward, Ken Burns, & Jim
O'Connor
Toad by Ruth Brown
Train Song by Diane Siebert
Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg uses five senses
Whale's Song by Dyan Sheldon
When I Was Young In the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant uses five senses
Wise Woman and Her Secret by Eve Merriam
Summarizing Major Points/Nonfiction:
Airplanes and the Flying Machines by First Discovery Books
Flight by Robert Burleigh
Magic Schoolbus Books by Joanna Cole
The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
Somewhere Today by Bert Kitchen
Spiders by Gail Gibbons
Water Dance by T. Locker
Water Voices by T. Speed
Background Knowledge:
A Beach Day by Douglas Florian
A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams
A Country Far Away by Nigel Gray
A River Dream by Allen Say
All the Secrets of the World by Jane Yolen
Anna Banana and Me by Erik Lenore Belgvad
Bear and Mrs. Duck by Elizabeth Winthrop
Before I was Born by HarretZiefert
Best Town in the World by Byrd Baylor
Country Road by Daniel San Souci
Dawn by Uri Schulevitz
Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House by Faith Ringgold
Emma Bean by Jean Van Leeuwen
Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe
Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
The Good-bye Book by Judith Viorst
The House on the Hill by Christin Couture
Hurricane by David Wiesner
I Am Eyes by Leila Ward
I Know a Lady by Charlotte Zolotow
I Like to Be Little by Charlotte Zolotow
I Love You as Much by Laura Krauss Melmed
In the Middle of the Night by Kathy Hederson
Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Wader
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
It’s a Good Thing There are Insects by Rookie Reader
Jafta’s Father by Hugh Lewin
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
My Great Aunt Arizona by Gloria Jouston
Our Granny by Margaret Wild
Owen by Kevin Henkes
The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume
Summarize and Draw Conclusions:
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
Araminta’sPaintbox by Karen Ackerman
Basket Moon by Mary Lyn Ray
The Broody Hen by Olivier Dunrea
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Charles T. McBiddle by Andrew Glass
Charlie Needs a Cloak by TomieDePaola
The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown
Don’t Tell the Whole World by Joanna Cole
For Every Child, a Better World by Louise Gikow
Freedom School, Yes! by Littlesugar & Cooper
Freedom Summer by D. Wiles
Goodbye House by Frank Asch
Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs
Learning About Unicorns by Laura Alden
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Kraus
Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
May the Magnificent by **** Gackenbach
The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale
Magic Schoolbus Books by Joanna Cole
The Maybe Gardens by Kimberly Burke-Weiner
The Mitten by Jan Brett
My Mom Travels a Lot by Caroline Feller Bauer
Nadia the Willful by Sue Alexander
No Moon, No Milk! by Chris Babcock
Other Side by J. Woodson
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
The Quicksand Book by TomieDePaola
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats
Sleeping Ugly by Jane Yolen
The Story of Jumping Mouse by John Steptoe
Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
The Terrible Thing Thing That Happened at our House by Marge Blaine
The Trouble with Trolls by Jan Brett
Under the Quilt of Night by Hopkinson & Ransome
The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
When the Sun Rose by Barbara Berger
Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna by Nancy White Carlstrom
World Famous Muriel and the Magic Mystery by Sue Alexander
Monitoring Comprehension:
Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret by Florence Parry Keide
Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Berger
The Lotus Seed by Sherry Garland
Magic Schoolbus Books by Joanna Cole
Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
The Trip by Ezra Jack Keats
Setting a Purpose for Reading:
The Old Woman Who Named Things- Cynthia Rylant
The Honest to Goodness Truth- Patricia C. McKissack
Cause and Effect:
Blackout by John Rocco
Fandango Stew by David Davis
The End by David LaRochelle
Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann
Heroes by Ken Mochizuki
Tomorrow's Alphabet
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Chicken Little by Steven Kellog
Runaway Bunny
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Rosie's Walk
Snowy Day
Bringing the Rain To Kapiti Plain
Big Bad Bruce
Jumanji
Muggie Maggie
Chocolate Fever
Pamela Camel by Bill Peet
Just For You by Mercer Meyer
Today was a Terrible Day by Patricia Reilly Giff
Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie de Paola
The Terrible EEK!
If You Give A Moose A Muffin
If You Give A Pig A Pancake
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
Five Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed by Eileen Christeow
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
If you Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff
If you give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood
One Fine Day by NonnyHogrogian
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears by Aardema,Verna
Nonfiction:
Alfred Nobel by Wargin
Dirt on Their Skirts
How Big is It? by Ben Hillman
How Strong is It? by Ben Hillman
Boys of Steel by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Rebekkah's Journey by Ann E. Burg (rescued victims of Holocaust)
By the Sword by Selene Castrovilla (American Revolution)
Mattie the Marvelous (invention)
The Man with Rocks in His Head (science)
Animals Born Alive and Well by Ruth Heller
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
An Egg is Quiet by Diana Hutts Aston
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall
Into the Sea by Brenda Guiberson
Jungle Animals by Angela Royston (many others by this author)
From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer
I See Myself by Vicki Cobb
My Five Senses by Aliki
A River Ran Wild: An Environmental History by Lynne Cherry
Our People by Angela Shelf Medearis
You Forgot Your Skirt, Angela Bloomer by Shana Corey