Bibliography of Children's Literature. Compiled by Anna Amy
Title / ChrysanthemumTopic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
(include country)
Mouse starts school / Author: Kevin Henkes
Illustrator:
Translator: / Picture Storybook, Fantasy
(print) / New York: Scholastic, Inc., 1991 / 4-6 Years
Primary / Animals, middle class / Classroom and neighborhood,
United States
Media Byte / Other mice bully Chrysanthemum because she’s named after a flower. A teacher helps fix the situation.
Use to… / Teach sensitivity and civility to others
Teach flower names
Title / Elijah of Buxton Newbery Honor Book Award
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication
Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Free-born child / Christopher Paul Curtis
Illustrator
Translator / Novel, History Fiction
(ebook) / Scholastic Press
2007 / 9-12Years
Intermediate/ Young Adult / African Heritage, Canadian, U.S. / Ontario, Canada
Rural U.S.
Media Byte / Sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, story of an 11 year free-born child of former slaves.
Use to… / Teach about slavery, character evaluation
Title / The House in the Night Caldecott Winner
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Everything Connects / Author: Susan Marie Swanson
Illustrator: Beth Krommes / Picture Storybook
Print / Houghton Mifflin Co.
2008 / 3-6 years old
Prekinder-1st Grade / Worldwide / Night
Media Byte / A key leads to everything and all things come full circle.
Use to… / Teach how things connect, and use imagination at night.
Title / Joyful Noise Newberry Winner
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Insects / Author: Paul Fleischman.
Illustrator: Eric Beddows / Poetry
Print / Harper & Row Publishers
1989 / 6-9 years old
1st-3rd Grade. / Worldwide / Outdoors
Media Byte / A book of poems for two voices about insects. Teaches what these insects do and their purpose.
Use to… / Show rhyme scheme and poetry. Also to show how to read out loud together. Can be used in a science lesson about insects.
Title / All the World
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
The World / Author: Liz Garton Scanlon
Illustrator: Marla Frazee / Picture Storybook
Print / Beach Lane Books
2009 / 3-5 years old
Prekinder-Kinder / Worldwide / Outdoors
Media Byte / A rhyme book about what makes up the world.
Use to… / Help with a rhyming lesson and talk about what the world consists of and human roles in the world.
Title / The Snowy Day
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Snow / Author: Ezra Jack Keats / Picture Storybook
Print / Puffin Books Inc.
1976 / 5-7 years old
Kinder-1st Grade / Worldwide or where snowing occurs / In the snow and in a house
Media Byte / A book about playing in the snow and what you can do in the snow.
Use to… / Show what you can do in the snow and why snow melts.
Title / My First Book of Proverbs (Mi Primer Libro de Dichos)
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Proverbs / Authors: Ralfka Gonzalez & Ana Ruiz / Bilingual Poetry
Print / Children’s Book Press
1995 / 7-9 years old
2nd-4th Grade / Mexican-American/Bilingual Learners / Worldwide
Media Byte / Book with several sayings that are common like: “Where there’s a will there’s a way” both in English and Spanish also with great pictures.
Use to… / Learn proverbs and connect the English language with the Spanish language as well as intermix the cultures. Learn meanings behind cultures.
Title / Jingle Dancer
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Native American girl who wants to dance. / Author: Cynthia Smith / Picture Storybook
Print / Harper Collins
2000 / 4-8 years old
PreKinder-2nd Grade / Native American / America
Media Byte / Book about a girl who want to embrace her Native American culture by learning to dance and make the skirt they wear.
Use to… / Show Native American culture and how to make a jingle dress, also learn what a Pow Wow is.
Title / Texas Aesop’s Fables
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Texas Fables / Author: David Davis
Illustrator: Sue Marshall Ward / Fable Picture Book
Print / Pelican Publishing Co.
2008 / 7-11 years old
2nd-4th Grade / Texas Citizens / Texas
Media Byte / A collection of children’s fables with Texas twists.
Use to… / Share stories with morals and to teach about state of Texas.
Title / Tamalitos
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Cooking Tamalitos / Author: Jorge Argueta / Picture Storybook
Print / Groundwood Books
2013 / 4th Grade / Mexican or American / Mexico or America
Media Byte / A story in English and Spanish about how much time and love is put into a special Mexican dish
Use to… / Help dual language learners and to also show importance of food in Mexican culture.
Title / The Beautiful Lady
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Our Lady of Guadalupe / Author: Pat Mora
Illustrator: Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher / Picture Storybook
Print / Random House Children’s Books
2012 / 2nd-4th Grade / Mexican & American / Mexico
Media Byte / Story within a story about our Lady of Guadalupe and the importance of her in Mexico.
Use to… / Show importance of Juan Diego and Mary in Mexican Culture.
Title / Weslandia
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
What makes up a civilization / Author: David Shannon / Picture Storybook
Print / Candlewick
2002 / Around 2nd Grade / American / America
Media Byte / Book about an outcast making his own civilization.
Use to… / Share how to make a civilization and what things make up a civilization. Also to show the idea of always staying true to who you are.
Title / Fancy Nancy in Room 1-A
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Always being Positive / Author: Jane O’Connor / Picture Storybook
Print / Robin PressGlasser
2012 / 1st Grade / Girls in America / American Classroom
Media Byte / A short story about a girl who uses “fancy” synonyms to describe school.
Use to… / Backup a lesson about synonyms and how to always be positive.
Title / Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Puberty & Menstruation / Author: Judy Blume / Chapter book
Print / Random House Children’s Books
1986 / 6th-8th Grade / Girls in America / America
Media Byte / A chapter book about a girl about to go through Puberty and all the things that she is currently going through.
Use to… / Demonstrate types of things that will occur to girls when they mature.
Note: Banned Book for talk about Puberty and Menstruation and Sex.
Title / More
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Birds / Author: IC Springman
Illustrator: Brian Lies / Picture Storybook
Print / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2012 / 4-8 years old / Worldwide / Outdoors
Media Byte / A story without very few words about how a bird brings stuff that belongs to humans to make a nest for his children.
Use to… / Backup a lesson about adjectives and use as a vocabulary builder.
Title / Pete & Pickles
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Friendship / Author: Berkley Bretherd / Picture Storybook
Print / Philomel
2008 / 5-8 years old / Worldwide / Worldwide
Media Byte / A short story about a pig and an elephant who are not friends until they are faced with a tragedy and have to work together.
Use to… / Show theme of friendship.
Title / Jazz Baby
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Jazz Music / Author: Lisa Wheeler
Illustrator: R. Gregory Christie / Picture Storybook
Print / HMH Books for Young Readers
2007 / 4-8 years old. / Jazz / America
Media Byte / A rhyme book about Jazz Music.
Use to… / Talk about Jazz music and to show words that rhyme.
Title / My Lucky Day
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Imagination to avoid Danger / Author: Keiko Kasza / Picture Storybook
Print / Puffin
2005 / 3-5 years old / America / America
Media Byte / A book about a Fox who is going to eat a pig but the pig outsmarts the fox until he gets too tired to eat the pig.
Use to… / Show how a narrative can be disrupted. Also shows idea of persuasion.
Title / Who’s Baby Am I?
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Baby Animals / Author: John Butler / Picture Storybook
Print / Viking Juvenile
2001 / 3-5 years old / Worldwide(English) / Outdoors
Media Byte / A book about the names of baby animals.
Use to… / Teach about what different types of baby animals are called and also show the idea of repetition.
Title / Tito Puente Mambo King
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Tito Puente & Mambo Music / Author: Monica Brown
Illustrator: Rafael Lopez / Picture Storybook Biography
Print / Harper Collins Publisher
2013 / 1st-2nd Grade / Latin American Culture / America
Media Byte / An autobiography about Tito Puente and why he is called the Mambo King.
Use to… / Show what mambo music is and how it is important to the Latin culture, also use to show life of Tito Puente a famous musician.
Title / A Bad Case of Stripes
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Be Yourself / Author: David Shannon / Picture Storybook
Print / Scholastic Bookshelf
2004 / 4-8 years old. / America / America
Media Byte / A book about a girl who doesn’t want to admit she likes lima beans because none of her friends like them until one day when she is sick the only thing that saves her is lima beans.
Use to… / Show theme of always being true to who you are. Also shows how vegetables are good for you.
Title / The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Caterpillars / Author: Eric Carle / Picture Storybook
Print / Philomel
1986 / 1-6 years old / Worldwide / Outdoors
Media Byte / A book about how a caterpillar has to eat a lot before he becomes a beautiful butterfly.
Use to… / Show the days of the week, and how everything has to grow eventually.
Title / Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Animals and Colors / Author: Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle / Picture Storybook
Print / Henry Holt & Co.
1996 / 2-5 years old. / Worldwide / Outdoors
Media Byte / A book using repetition, colors, animals, and senses to share a story.
Use to… / Talk about repetition, colors, animals, and senses.
Title / FDR’s Splendid Deception
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
FDR and his disability / Author: Hugh Gregory Gallagher / Biography Chapter book
Print / Vandamere Press
1999 / 6th-Adults / America / America
Media Byte / A biography about FDR his presidency and how he battled with a disability.
Use to… / Talk about a past president or a disability like polio. A lesson having to do with FDR or presidents.
Title / Goodnight Moon
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Nighttime / Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator: Clement Hurd / Picture Storybook
E-Book / Harper & Row
1947 / 1-5 years old / Worldwide / Night
Media Byte / It is a book about nighttime and things that connect at nighttime.
Use to… / Teach repetition and rhyming. Also has a series of similar books with same use.
Title / Pamelo Explores Color
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Colors / Author: Ramona Badescu & Benjamin Chaud / Picture Storybook
Print / Enchanted Lion Books 2012 / K-2nd Grade / Worldwide / Worldwide
Media Byte / Book about how multicolored the world is.
Use to… / Reinforce that colors can be found everywhere and to help younger students learn their colors.
Title / Farmer’s Garden Rhymes for Two Voices
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Poetry about animals and crops / Author: David L. Harrison
Illustrator: Arden Johnson / Poetry
Print / PetrovBoyds Mills Press
2000 / 3rd Grade / Farmland America / Outdoors
Media Byte / A book of poetry about animals and crops and their purpose.
Use to… / Reinforce lessons on poetry, rhyming, out loud reading, and if you are teaching about animals and crops.
Title / Ella Sarah Gets Dressed – Caldecott Honor Book 2003
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Imagination & difference between adults and kids / Author: Margaret Chodos-Irvine / Picture Storybook
Print / Harcourt Inc.
2003 / 1st grade / Worldwide / House
Media Byte / Girl wants to wear what she wants and her parents and sister say no to the outfit however her friends love it and she is a trend setter,
Use to… / Teach a lesson about being yourself. Also use to show the idea that there is a difference in imagination between adults and children.
Title / Hot Air
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
First Hot Air Balloon Ride / Author: Marjorie Priceman / Historical Fiction Picture Storybook
Print / Simon & Schuster Publishing Division
2005 / 3rd Grade / Worldwide / Versailles, France
Media Byte / A mostly wordless book about the first hot air balloon ride.
Use to… / Show children that not all stories need words and use as a historical fiction book about hot air balloons.
Title / Becoming Naomi Leon
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Becoming your own person and finding your voice. / Author: Pam Munoz Ryan / Novel
Print / Scholastic Paperbacks
2005 / 6th -8th grade / Mexican-American / Mexico
Media Byte / A book about an 11 year old girl standing up to her alcoholic mother and finding her father and finding herself along the way.
Use to… / Coming of age topic novel. Use to discuss topics. Also shows Mexican-American culture and a slight Special Needs topic.
Title / Habibi
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Moving and Adjusting to New Cultures / Author: Naomi Shihab Nye / Novel
Print / Simon Pulse
1991 / 7th-9th Grade / Arab/Palestinian/American / Palestine/America
Media Byte / A book about a girl who lives in America and just after receiving her first kiss has to move to Palestine with her family where kissing in public is not allowed. A book about her adjustment into a new home and culture.
Use to… / Show the Arab-Israeli conflict. Use to show how to adjust to life changing situations. Use to teach coming of age topics.
Title / Pete the Cat- I Love My White Shoes
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Positive Outlook on Negative Situations / Author: James Dean
Illustrator: Eric Litwin / Picture Storybook
Print / Harper Collins
2010 / 4-8 Years Old / Worldwide / Outdoors
Media Byte / A story about a cat who’s new shoes keep getting ruined but he keeps being positive and singing his song.
Use to… / Show the positive attitude on negative situations. Also shows colors and singing aspect as well as repetition.
Title / The Lorax
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Environmental Preservation / Author: Dr. Seuss / Picture Storybook
Print / Lectorum
1993 / 1st-4th Grade / Worldwide / Worldwide
Media Byte / A book about a boy who cuts down trees and a Lorax who speaks for the trees and how to preserve them.
Use to… / Have a fun story on a real topic. Use to reinforce rhyming as well as repetition.
Title / This is Texas
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Texas / Author: MiroslavSasek / Picture Storybook
Print / Simon & Schuster Publishing Division
2006 / 3rd-5thGrade / Texas / All over Texas
Media Byte / A book about a guy taking a tour around Texas and all the cities and famous landmarks throughout the state he encounters.
Use to… / Show children what Texas is. Teach about the cities, culture, food, landmarks, and history of the state itself.
Title / Texas
Topic / Author, Illustrator, Etc. / Type and (format) / Publication Information / Age/Grade Appropriate / Culture / Setting
Texas / Author: Rich Peterson / Picture Book
Print / Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers Inc.
2001 / 4th-6th Grade / Texas / Texas
Media Byte / A book about the state of Texas and what every city is known for.
Use to… / Show children the cities of Texas and history of the state.
Title / Henry’s Freedom Box- Caldecott Honor Book