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This is Part 9/9 (last) of the list of suggested picture books for my
high school library. Thanks to all who contributed.
Regarding your request--I encourage you to purchase picture books about
contemporary Native Americans. Two excellent ones are Cynthia Leitich
Smith's JINGLE DANCER and Joy Harjo's GOOD LUCK CAT. Too many stories
about Native Americans locate them in the past, in addition to
stereotyping them. The two books above work against both - stereotyping,
and the idea that Native people were all wiped out.
My two favorite picture book authors are Patricia Polacco and Eric
Kimmel. They are awesome storytellers! I like to use them as featured
authors because they use distinctive story-telling elements. Patricia
takes memories of her own life and embellishes them. Eric uses folklore
from many cultures. They both write some historical picture books. My
students LOVE these two authors. (They are the kinds of stories that
touch people of all ages with their warmth and humor.) Enjoy!
Get every Patricia Polacco book you can possibly find. Her books have SO
many uses. Possibly Kevin Henkes, (Lily's purple plastic purse - lots of
ways to use that); also his other books, I'm drawing a blank right now
on titles. There are some positively scrumptious new 398.2s out now,
dealing with multicultural, ethnic, gender equity retellings of folk and
fairy tales. Lisa Campbell Ernst (a Missouri author), Stella Louella's
Runaway Book, Duke the Dairy Delight Dog, etc. Janell Cannon's Verdi
(the big green snake); she also has one, Crickwing, I think is the name,
about a cockroach who gets injured. My five year old grandson loves it.
Little kids' tastes are really weird, of course, grandma bought it for
him, so that doesn't say too much for my taste either, huh!
Anything by Robert Munsch is enjoyed. Other names are Tomi de Paola,
John Bianchi, the Froggie series (by an author starting with L, I'm in
an older library now and can't check for the exact author), Franklin
(Paulette Bourgeous) and Berenstain Bears are fun and can be used for
lessons about a subject the children are learning about in day care,
Simon(?) Tibo does some wonderful books with few pictures but lots of
use of imagination, I love Chris Van Allsburg (he wrote The Polar
Express and Jumanji) some of his themes are older [as in grades 7 and up
understand them better] but the artwork is fantastic and would help the
students making up books.
Here are a few of my students' (and my) favorites:
Where the Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
Green Eggs and Ham - Dr. Seuss
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day
The Polar Express - Chris Van Allsburg
Tuesday - David Weisner
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore - David MacPhail
Friday Night at Hodges Cafe - Tim Egan
Cook-A-Doodle-Do
Edward and the Pirates
Cucumber Soup
Mr. Tanen's Ties
Boo to a Goose
Parts
anything by
Kevin Henkes [A Weekend with Wendell is my favorite]
Mem Fox [Feathers and Fools is perfect for H.S. and today's current
events]
Dr. Seuss
Denise Fleming [In the Tall, Tall Grass]
Thanks again to all who contributed. I can hardly wait to go out and
buy some of the suggested titles.
--
Joanne Shawhan
Library Media Specialist
Cobleskill-Richmondville High School
PO Box 269
Warnerville NY 12187
(518)234-3565 x1151
(518) 234-9006 (fax)
jshawhan@nycap.rr.com
shawhanj@crcs.k12.ny.us
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