Great+Books


 * == Below is a list of books that are great for (Every should add to this)......==**

CHARACTER

"Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon", "Velma Gratch", "Erandi's Braids" (Making Meaning), "Poppleton", "Frog and Toad",

Picture Books that Illustrate Well-Developed Characters (From Olga) 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. Doña Flor. 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.

ORGANIZATION

"Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon", "Poppleton"

VOICE

"Roller Coaster", "Out of the Ocean", "Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street",

WORD CHOICE

"My Mama Had a Dancing Heart"

**Below is a list of books that you should have a set of....**

 * Making Meaning**: McDuff, Ibis, Erandi's Braids, Jamaica Tag Along,


 * Mentor Text:** "Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon", OUt of the Ocean,The Rain Came Down, My Mama Had a Dancing HEart, A PLace to Grow, The Loudness of Sam, Roller Coaster, Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street