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STARS AND MOON

Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott
Arrow to the sun by Gerlad McDermott
Calendar Moon-Belting
Coyote places the stars is by Harriet Peck Taylor, pub. by Bradbury Press,
    1993
The Dancing Stars, a Seneca or Iroquois legend., by Anne Rockwell
East 'O the Sun, West 'O the Moon -- Candlewidk Press
The Falling Stars by the Brothers Grimm
Fire Came to the earth people-Roth,
Folklore and Legends of the Universe" by Asimov, Isaac.  Gareth Stevens
    ISBN # 0-8368-1234-4.
The girl who married the moon, Bruchac, J (in collection by the same title)
The heavenly zoo: legends and tales of the stars is retold by Alison Lurie,
    ill. by Monika Beisner, pub. by Farrar, Straus, c1979.  ISBN 0-374-
    32910-9
Her Seven Brothers_  Paul Goble (Bradbury, 1988) - a Cheyenne legend
How Grandmother Spider Stole the Sun
How the Raven became Black"  native American tale
How the Stars Fell into the Sky by Jerrie Oughton
How the sun was brought back to the sky by Mirra Ginsburg
The Legend of the Milky Way". Chinese folk tale by Lee, Jeanne M
Keepers of the Earth_ by Caduto includes "How Coyote Was the Moon",
"How Fisher Went to the Skyland : Origin of the Big Dipper
Legend of the Milky Way  by Jeanne M. Lee
Legends of the Sun and Moon_ by Eric and Tessa Hadley
Little Peep by Jack Kent
Many Moons_ by James Thurber.
Meteor! by Patricia Polacco
The Man in the Moon: Sky Tales from Many Lands-Dayrell,
The Moon in Fact and Fancy-Slote,
MOON MOTHER by Ed Young
Moon Rope: A Peruvian folk tale -- Lois Ehlert
Moon Trouble-Heldorfer.
MOON'S REVENGE by Don Freeman
Moontellers: myths of the moon from around the world by Lynn Moroney
    and Greg Shed
Mrs. Mooley by Jack Kent
The Prince of the Dolomites-dePaola,
The Prince Who Wanted the Moon   in _Tales from the Story Hat_, Verna
    Aardema, comp.  African folktale
Sky Legends of Vietnam, by Lynette Dyer Vuong.  (HarperCollins, 1993).
Someone is eating the sun by Ruth Sonneborn
The star maiden by Barbara Juster Esbensen, Native American legend
    which explains how stars came to be in the sky.
Star thief, DiNoto, A.
The Stars are Silver Reindeer-Belting.
Stars   The Earth Under Sky Bear's Feet-Bruchac,
The Sun is a Golden Earring by Natalia M. Belting--
Sun Flight by Gerald McDermott
Swamp Angel is by Anne Isaacs (ill. by Paul Zelinsky) pub. by Dutton
    Children's Books, c1994.
Tales of the Shimmering Sky:  Ten Global folktales with activities retold
    by Susan Milord.  lore of the sky
The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote-Johnston,
They dance in the sky : Native American star myths_ by Jean Guard
    Monroe and Ray A. Williamson, Houghton Mifflin, 1987. a collection of
    star myths from several Native American cultures.
Wake up, sun by David Harrison
West African story of Feegbah the giant pumpkin explains how the sun,
Why The Sun And Moon Live In The Sky by Elphinstone Dayrell.
Why the Sky is Far Away, A Nigerian Folktale by Gerson
Why the sun and moon live in the sky by Elphinstone Dayrell
Why the sun was late by Benjamin Elkin

Is It Dark?  Is It Light?" by Mary D. Lankford is "a book about the moon--
a guessing game of opposites--in teasing text and glowing  pictures."
Knopf, 1991.  (0394233816).  The book is about moon magic around the
world.
July 1996 issue of Storytelling Magazine is dedicated to "Stories Inspired
by Stars"


NUTRITION READ ALOUDS

CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (J. Barrett) - 2 votes
GREGORY THE TERRIBLE EATER (Sharmat) - 7 votes!
GROWING VEGETABLE SOUP & EATING THE ALPHABET, by Ehlert
NO PEAS FOR NELLIE
THE BERENSTAIN BEARS AND TOO MUCH JUNK FOOD
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR - CARLE
DW THE PICKY EATER (M. BROWN) - 2 VOTES
YUMMERS (MARSHALL) -
BREAD AND JAM FOR FRANCES (HOBAN)
EVERYONE EATS RICE
EATS!
THE GIANT JAM SANDWICH
STONE SOUP
SOUP STONE
STREGA NONA
FRECKLE JUICE
THE SKY HIGH GLORIOUS, SKITTLE...
BEWARE OF BOYS
WOLF'S CHICKEN STEW
NAIL SOUP
MAGIC PORRIDGE POT
SATURDAY SOUP



GRADE 3-IMMIGRATION

Easy Reading for Grade 3
        Picture books and Easy Chapter Books

American Too    by Bartone.
Angel Child, Dragon Child    by Surat. (From Vietnam)
Day's Work    by Bunting.  (Mexican-American seeks job for grandfather)
Ellis Island Christmas    *   by Leighton. (From Poland)
Grandfather's Journey    by Say. (From Japan)
Grandmother & the Runaway Shadow     *   by Rosenberg. (new title)
How Many Days to America?  by Bunting. (From a Caribbean Island)
In America      by Moss. (from Lithuania)
Keeping Quilt *     by Polacco. (Four generations)
Klara's New World      by Winter. (From Sweden)
Leaving for America     by Bresnick-Perry. (From Russia)
Through Moon, Stars and Night Skies       by Turner. (From Korea)
Watch the Stars Come Out     *  by Levinson, illus. Diane Goode. (Boat journey)


Independent Reading (on level)
        Fiction and Factual Books

Always Prayer Shawl   by Oberman. (Jewish boyhood in Russia)
Coming to America: the Story of Immigration*        by Maestro (Factual book)
Home is Where Your Family Is by Kavanagh. (Atlantic crossing)
I Was Dreaming to Come to America:...Oral History... by Lawlor (Factual)
If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island* by Levine (Factual book)
Molly's Pilgrim* by Cohen. (From the Ukraine. Fiction)
Very Important Day by Herold. (Present-day immigrant. Fiction)


Read-alouds and Advanced Reading
        Fiction, and one Biography

Call Me Ruth by Sachs.  RL 5
Cat Who Escaped from Steerage by Mayerson. (from Europe) RL 4
Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep. (Chinese American)  RL 5
Hello My Name Is Scrambled Eggs by Gilson. (from Vietnam. Humor) RL 5
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson* by Lord. (from China) RL 5
Journey to America by Levitin. (Escape from Nazi Germany)  RL 5
Letters from Rifka by Hesse. (Escape from Russia, 1919) RL 5
Night Journey by Laskey. (Escape from Russia. Stark.)  RL 6
Pettranella by Waterton. (May be out of print)
Sarah, Also Known As Hannah by Ross. (East European) RL 4
We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo by Girard. (Biography. From Korea)  RL 4
Yang the Youngest & His Terrible Ear by Namioka.(Chinese-Am.Humor) RL5


Non-Fiction Advanced
Immigrants by Sandler. (Get it for the many excellent photos)  RL 6


COOPERATION

        Zinnia and Dot - Ernst
        Swimmy - Lionni
        Berlioz the Bear - Brett
        Stone Soup - Brown
        The Big Pumpkin - Silverman
        A Bundle of Sticks - Evans
        The Hurt - Paulist Press
        A Bargain for Frances - Hoban
        Mr. Tall and Mr. Small - Brenner
        The Little Red Hen
        Uncle Jed's Barbershop - Mitchell
        New Hope
        Olsen's Meat Pies

 READ-ALOUD:  DEATH OF A PARENT:

You Shouldn't Have to Say Good-Bye by Patricia Hermes
Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
How it feels when a parent dies by Jill Krementz
Coping when a parent dies by Janet Grosshandler
Grandpa Bill's Song by Jane Yolen
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
Two of Them...Aliki
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Mick Harte was Here, by Barbara Park
The Very Best of Friends by Wilde?
Goodbye Everett Anderson or... Everett Anderson says goodbye


ORIGAMI

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes:  by Eleanor Coerr
Sadako:  by Eleanor Coerr (picture book version)
Paper John:  by David Small
Changs Paper Pony:  by Eleanor Coerr
Bebop-a-do-walk:  by Sheila Hamanka
Pink paper swans:  by Virginia Kroll
The Miracle tree:  by Christobel Mattingley
Tree of Cranes:  by Allan Say
The paper crane:  by Molly Bang

Folding Stories: storytelling and origami together as one:  by Christine
        Petrell Kallevig
Holiday Folding Stories:  storytelling and origami together for holiday
        fun:  by Christine Petrell Kallevig
Bible Folding Stories: old testament stories and paperfolding together as
        one: by Christine Petrell Kallevig
Story Vine:  by Anne Pellowski
The Family Storytelling Handbook: by Anne Pellowski
       ("Brother short and brother long" )
Storytelling Sampler:  by Nancy Schimmel
Just Enough to Make a Story:  by Nancy Schimmel
        ("The Rainhat," "The Handsome Prince")

Cheryl W. Stevens
Library Media Specialist
Willimantic, Connecticut
cheryls@neca.com
The Librarian's File Cabinet
http://www.neca.com/~cheryls

Tolland High School
1 Eagle Hill
Tolland, CT 06084

BOOKS WITH FASTERNER

     Snip, Snapp and Snurr series by Maj Lindman
This was a note on the Snip, Snapp and Snurr series:
I hear *Snipp, SNAPP, Snurr* is being printed again, but I'm not sure
I could present that to a group of students. That book didn't leave
very good memories from when I was a child.

     Oliver Button is a Sissy_ by Tomie dePaola

     Mr. Zip and the U.S. Mail_ by Jene Barr (very old book)

    Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel  (a frog is a fancy hook and
eye fastener meant to be sewn on the outside and to be visible and
decorative)

    Officer  Buckle and Gloria

    Buster loves Buttons.

    Captain Snap of Vinegar Lane by Schotter

    Captain Snap and the Children of Vinegar Lane by Schotter

    Mrs. Toggle's Zipper

    The Button Box_ Reid

    Mr. and Mrs. Button's wonderful watchdog_ Janice

    Buttons - author Robinson I think about a stray cat who was so tattered
that the family who adopted him called him Buttons because his coat looked
like it needed to be held together with buttons.

PICTURE BOOKS FOR OLDER STUDENST

Swamp Angel
Through the Mickle Woods by V. Gregory
The Christmas Day Kitten
The Sweetest Fig
Mama Don't Allow
The Houdini Box by Selznick
The Rough Face Girl by Martin
The Giving Tree by Silverstein
Frederick by Lionni
Heckedy Peg by Wood
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
Miss Rumphius by Cooney
Harvey books on Westward movement
Lotus Seed
Lily Cupboard about World War II
Rose Blanche about World War II
Wisneskie's books about made up legends of countries
Satchmos Blues
Hide and Seek Fog by Tresselt
June 29, 1999
The Bunyans by Wood
The Stupids
The Dumb Bunnies
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Mayer
The Night I Followed the Dog by Laden
Sign of the Seahorse by Base
Eleventh Hour by Base
The Faithful Elephants by Tsuchiya
Encounter by Yolen
Letting Swift River Go by Yolen
The Man Who Tricked a Ghost by Yep
Faithful Friend by San Souci
Midsummer Nights Dream by Coville
Tales of Uncle Remus by Lester
The People Could Fly by Hamilton
The Red Balloon
Piggie Pie
Elijha's Angel
Rose Blanche
Dinotopia
Ultimate Ark
Ultimate Alphabet
Knots on a Counting Rope by Martin
My Great Aunt Arizona by Houston
The Three Princes by Kimmel
The Kings Equal by Paterson
The Mitten
It Could Always Be Worse by Hirsh
John Henry by Lester
The Librarian Who Measured the Eath by Lasky
Strega Nona by de Poala


SOUP

BOOKS FOR K-3
Alphabet Soup/Banks, 1988
The Big Stew/Shecter, 1991
Boy Soup or When Giant Caught Cold/Lesynski, 1996
Burgoo Stew/Susan Patron, Orchard, 1991
Button Soup/Orgel, 1994
Chicken Soup With Rice/ Sendak
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs/Barrett, 1978
Doodle Soup:  poems/ Ciardi, 1985
Dumpling Soup/Rattigan, 1993
Famous Seaweed Soup/Martin, 1993
Growing Vegetable Soup/Ehlert/1987
Hog-Eye/ Meddaugh, 1992
Hungry Giant's Soup/Cowley, 1989
Ice Cream Soup/Modell, 1988
Martha Blah Blah/Meddaugh, 1996
Martha Calling/Meddaugh, 1994
Martha Speaks/ Meddaugh, 1992
Mean Soup/ Everitt, 1992
Monkey Soup/Sachar, 1992
Mouse Soup/ Lobel, 1983
Nail Soup/Zemach, 1964
Possum Stew/Cushman, 1990
Pretend Soup and Other Real Recipes: A Cookbook for Preschool/Katzen, 1994
Riddle Soup/ Gregory, 1987
Soup For the King/Kessler, 1969
Stone Soup/Brown,1947
Stone Soup/ McGovern, 1986
Stone Soup/Ross, 1987
Stone Soup/Van Rynbach, 1988
Soup Bone/Johnston, 1990
Soup For Supper/Root, 1986
Toad Food & Measle Soup
Uncle Willie and the Soup Kitchen/DiSalvo-Ryan, 1991
Vegetable Soup/Modesitt, 1988
Watch Out For Chicken Feet In Your Soup/DePaola, 1974
The Wolf's Chicken Stew/Kaska, 1987
Wombat Stew/Vaughn, 1984
Yuch Soup/Cowley 1993

BOOKS FOR 3-5
A Good Soup Attracts Chairs: A First Aftican Cookbook For Ame/Osseo-Asare, 1993
Stone Soup/Pasternak, 1980Soup 1776/Peck,
Soup In The Saddle/Peck 1974
Soup Should Be Seen, Not Heard: The Kids Etipuett Book/ Brainard, 1990
Soup's Drum/Peck, 1974
Soup's Goat/Peck, 1974
Soup's Uncle/Peck, 1998

BOOKS FOR 5-8
Hunter's Stew and Hangtown Fries/Perl, 1977
Soup/Peck, 1974
Soup Ahoy/Peck 1994
Soup & Me/ Peck, 1990
Soup For President/ Peck, 1978
Soup In Love/Peck, 1992
Soup On Ice/Peck, 1985
Soup On Wheels/Peck 1981

Cheryl W. Stevens
Library Media Specialist
Willimantic, Connecticut
cheryls@neca.com
The Librarian's File Cabinet
http://www.neca.com/~cheryls

Tolland High School
1 Eagle Hill
Tolland, CT 06084


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