Thanks to all who replied. It is obvious that great minds think alike because
MANY of you suggested books by:
Polacco (almost everyone who responded)
Seuss (bigger books--good for Read Across America)
Van Allsburg (him, too you love!)
Sara Stewart/David Small
Bunting (The Wednesday Surprise, Fly Away Home, Terible Things, Smokey Night)
Wisniewski ( The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups & Part 2)
Scieska (Squids Will Be Squids is perfect for Aesops Fable units)
San Souci
Rylant
Several mentions were also given to:
Caldecott & honor books
Miss Rumphius (Cooney)
Kat Kong & Dogzilla (Pilkey--we can always use more of him!)
Grandfather's Journey (Say)
And other great suggestions:
Ananzi titles (Kimmel, Aardema)
Kellogg books
Black Lagoon books
Dumb Bunnies (kids love them!)
St. George and the Dragon
Numeroff books (If You Give a Mouse a Cookie etc.)
Rafe Martin (Rough Faced Girl, Shark God)
Moss Gown
The King's Equal & The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks (Paterson)
Books by the entire Pinkney family
Mole Music (McPhail)
And the Dish Ran Awat With the Spoon (Great with Mother Goose discussion)
Web Files (Palatini--Piggie Pie is fun, too!)
Auntie Claus (& sequel)
Owl Moon
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub (and how about Heckedy Peg!)
Golem
The Library Dragon (Deedy--great to explain the role of a librarian!)
A Fine fFne School (Creech--the principal wants school all year round!)
Testing Miss Malarkey (great if your state does standardized testingl)
The Other Side (good for MLK day)
Where's Wallace (Hillary Knight--the original "Where's Waldo?" with a plot!)
Anything with illustrations by Jim LaMarch--Rainbabies, Little Oh, Albert,
Grandmother's Pigeon
Any folktales
How Baseball Saved Us
Ted Rand illus books --Prince William & Baby in a Basket--both based on
actual incidents
Most everyone concluded with the fact that although they had only scratched
the surface, they hoped their suggestions were useful.
And they are! Many thanks. What doesn't get purchased this first round will
be on my "Wish List" for the next time $ is miraculously found!
Linda Wentzel
Teacher-Librarian
Amity Intermediate Center (Grades 3-5)
Douglassville, PA
Linwentz@aol.com
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