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Nancy's picks for the best picture books &
poetry of the 1990s and ideas for using them in the
classroom. Compiled by Nancy Polette © 1998.
Last updated:
Tuesday, February 19, 2002 |
- Agee,
John. So Many Dynamos and
Other Palindromes. Farrar,
1994. (Gr 4-8)
- How many
palindromes can you name?
- Bang,
Molly. Goose.
Blue Sky Pr., 1996. All ages.
- A small goose finds its
wings with a little help.
- Brown, Ruth. Toad.
Dutton, 1997. All ages.
- List words to describe a
toad. Then share this deliciously yucky
treat!
- Carson, Jo. The
Great Shaking. Orchard,
1994. (Gr 2-4)
- A bear is awakened from
its winter sleep by the New Madrid
earthquake. Write about a special day at
school. Give copies to your local
historical society.
- Cribben, June. Into
the Castle. Candlewick,
1996. (Gr Pre K-2)
- A good model for creating
a circle story.
- Cushman, Doug. ABC
Mystery. HarperCollins,
1993. (Gr K-3)
- List words from A-Z
connected with a mystery story.
- Day, David. King
of the Woods. Four Winds,
1993. (Gr Pre K-2)
- A small wren captures an
apple from a large moose. Try this
pattern for different animals: I had a
wren, her name was Twirp, I don't know
why but she loved to _________.
- Edwards, Pamela. Some
Smug Slug. HarperCollins,
1996. (Gr 2-4)
- A slug takes an
alliterative journey into the mouth of a
toad. Try alliterative animal names:
Terrible tiger etc.
- Flor Ada. Alma. Gathering
the Sun. Lothrop, 1997 All
ages
- An Hispanic alphabet book
that rejoices the land and the culture.
Create an ABC book about your community.
- Ginsburg. Mira. Clay
Boy. Greenwillow, 1997. (Gr
Pre K-2)
- Clay Boy eats everything
in sight including his Grandma and
Grandpa. Compare with Polette's The
Little Old Woman and the Hungry Cat.
Greenwillow, 1989.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Hand
in Hand. Simon &
Schuster, 1994. U.S. History in Poetry.
(Gr 3-6)
- Many poems suitable for
choral reading for all eras of U.S.
history.
- Hutchins, Pat. Shrinking
Mouse. Greenwillow, 1997.
(Gr K-2)
- As owl flies off, his
friends watch him getting smaller. Will
he disappear altogether? Examine a
variety of illustrations. Where are the
smaller things on the page? The larger
things?
- Lester, Alison. Yikes.
Houghton Mifflin, 1995. (Gr 3-6)
- Introduce geographic
regions with wild adventures in which the
reader takes part.
- Lund, Julian. Way
Out West Lives a Coyote Named Frank.
Dutton, 1993 (Gr 1-4)
- An excellent pattern for
reporting on an animal.
- Maestro, Gulio. Riddle
City U.S.A. HarperCollins,
1995. (Gr 3-6)
- What state do cars visit ?
Rhode Island.
- Martin, Jr. Bill. A
Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat.
HarperCollins, 1994. (Gr Pre K-2)
- A small mouse learns it
isn't wise to tease a big cat. Good
repeating patterns.
- McBratney, Sam. The
Dark at the Top of the Stairs.
Candlewick, 1996 (Gr Pre K-2)
- Seeing a shadow at the top
of the stairs is scary but
________________ is REALLY scary!
- Novak, Matt. Mouse
TV. Orchard, 1994. (Gr 1-3)
- Each page can be a starter
for a writing project as a mouse family
tries to live without TV.
- Polette, Nancy. The
Hole by the Apple Tree.
Greenwillow, 1992. An ABC Adventure. (Gr
K-3)
- Can Harold and his friends
save Snow White from the wicked Queen?
- Roth, Susan. My
Love for You. Dial, 1997.
- 'Is bigger than one bear,
taller than two _________'
- Shannon, George. Tomorrow's
Alphabet. Greenwillow, 1996.
(Gr K-3)
- Q is for scraps,
tomorrow's quilt.
Create a tomorrow's alphabet book about
your school.
- Ex: D is for chalk,
tomorrow's dust.
- Shannon, George. True
Lies. Greenwillow, 1997.
- Students are asked to
guess the solution to eighteen tricky
tales.
- Shles, Larry. Nose
Drops. Squib Publications
(1996). 1264 Moncoeur, St. Louis, MO.
63146. (8.00 inc post.) Gr 4-8
- A small nose wants to
achieve greatness like Julius Sneezer. A
book filled with puns.
- Smith, Lane.The
Happy Hockey Family. Viking,
1993. (Gr 4-6)
- A parody of the Dick and
Jane readers.
- Stanley, Diane. Rumplestiltskin's
Daughter. Morrow, 1997. (Gr
1-4)
- The greedy king learns a
lesson from this young miss! Brainstorm:
What other new characters could arise
from familiar tales?
- Walton, Rick. What
to do When a Bug Climbs in Your Mouth.
Lothrop, 1996. (Gr 2-4)
- Gross poems about insects
that kids will love.
- Wegman, William. William
Wegman's Mother Goose.
Hyperion, 1996. (Gr K-4)
- Mother Goose characters
portrayed by dogs.
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