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English Language Arts Resource Guide INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS A Guide to Selecting Instructional Materials .................................2 Selected Titles ................................................7
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A Guide to Selecting Instructional Materials
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ow and where can teachers find information to help them select instructional materials that meet the learning needs of all their students? All teachers need to be familiar with lists of resources that: ✔ are published by a recognized authority ✔ are compiled according to established criteria ✔ include materials in a variety of formats (print, nonprint, electronic media, etc.).
Many lists of print and nonprint resources are available, including some that can be accessed via the Internet. The most useful are annotated with information such as grade or reading level, recommended or not recommended for purchase, curriculum connections, specific audience needs, etc. The school library media specialist will have some of these selection tools available in the library media center; others can be borrowed through interlibrary loan from the School Library System of which the school is a member. Teachers will be seeking materials which are: • written/produced by people with in-depth knowledge of the subject • available in languages other than English, as needed • designed to help students create their own new information • designed to help students develop new learning strategies • relevant • current • age-appropriate • authentic. Working with other teachers and collaborating with library media specialists who are skilled in locating and selecting resources will result in assembling a collection of classroom instructional materials that assures students access to the variety of resources necessary to meet their needs.
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Suggested Resources for Selecting Instructional Materials • AAAS Science Books and Films American Association for the Advancement of Science • Adventuring with Books: ABooklist for PreK-Grade 6 National Council of Teachers of English • Books for You: An Annotated Booklist for Senior High Students National Council of Teachers of English • Horn Book Guide to Children’s and Young Adult Books Horn Books • Multi Media Schools: Technological Resources K-12 Online, Inc. • Beyond Picture Books: AGuide to First Readers Bowker Publishing Company • Book Links American Library Association • Children’s Books: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing New York Public Library • Books for the Teenaged New York Public Library • Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies National Council for the Social Studies • Outstanding Science Trade Books Children’s Book Council • Teachers’ Choices International Reading Association • Outstanding Books for the College Bound National Council of Teachers of English • Your Reading: An Annotated Booklist for Middle School and Junior High School National Council of Teachers of English • Technology and Learning CD ROM Product Software • Best Videos for Children and Young Adults: a Core Collection for Libraries ABC-CLIO • Magazines for Young People: AChildren’s Magazine Guide Companion Volume. 2nd Ed. Katz, Bill and Linda Sternberg • Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults University of Wisconsin • Portraying Persons with Disabilities: An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction for Children and Teenagers
Bowker Publishing Company
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Selected Internet Sites Related to Education
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[email protected] Educational Journals gopher://info.asu.edu: 70/11/asc-cwis/education/journals K-12 Internet Resources informns.k12.mn.us National Aeronautics and Space Administration spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov Classroom Connect http://www.classroom.net Cyberkids (magazine) http://www.mtlake.com/cyberkids Gifted and Talented Homepage http://www.eskimo.com/~user/kids.html Internet in the Classroom http://www.schnet.edu.au National Reading Conference http://www.iusb.edu/webacts/edud/EleEd/nrc/nrcindex.html • US Department of Education (ED)/Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) http://www.ed.gov/
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Journals That Review Instructional Materials
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Arithmetic Teacher Childhood Education Children’s Software Review Educational Leadership Instructor Language Arts Media and Methods Parents’Choice Phi Delta Kappa Primary Voices Reading Teacher Science and Children Social Studies and the Young Learner Teaching Exceptional Children Teaching K-8 Young Children
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Literature Suggestions The list of book titles that follows was compiled from the results of an informal survey conducted by the Department and distributed by the New York State English Council and the New York State Reading Association. Teachers were asked to suggest books they felt were “appropriate and successful with readers in the K-12 curriculum.” These titles represent a sample of those submitted. The list is not inclusive, nor is it intended as a recommended reading list; rather, it is a list of books that English Language Arts teachers in New York State suggest have literary merit, are representative of the genres, and are being read by students in today’s classrooms. Some are appropriate for all students, some for advanced readers. Titles include folklore, fantasy, science fiction, fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Selected magazine titles are included in recognition of the importance of using magazines to meet informational and recreational needs. Following the New York State English Language Arts teacher selections are two lists— “Notable Children’s Books, 1995” and “Best Books for Young Adults, 1995”—published by the American Library Association and representative of the many distinguished published lists of books that teachers rely on as they help students select reading material. The concluding example of reading selections is provided by the New Standards Project “Performance Standards: English Language Arts.” The three lists suggest acceptable titles for student readers at elementary, middle, and high school levels.
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Selected Titles:
New York State Teachers
Fiction and Nonfiction Title Author Fossils Tell of Long Ago ...........................................................................Aliki
The Ugly Duckling ..................................................................................Andersen, Hans Christian
Tree of Life ................................................................................................Bash, Barbara
The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale ...........................................................Brett, Jan
An Arthur Adventure..............................................................................Brown, Marc
Goodnight Moon......................................................................................Brown, Margaret Wise
How Many Days to America?.................................................................Bunting, Eve
Cross Country Cat...................................................................................Calhoun, Mary
The Very Hungry Caterpillar ..................................................................Carle, Eric
Ten Little Monkeys ..................................................................................Christelow, Eileen
Muggie Maggie........................................................................................Cleary, Beverly
The Josefina Story Quilt ..........................................................................Coerr, Eleanor
Miss Rumphius........................................................................................Cooney, Barbara
Now One Foot, Now the Other................................................................de Paola, Tomie
Shaka: King of the Zulus ........................................................................Diane, Stanley and Venna, Peter
Q is for Duck............................................................................................Elting, Mary
Ask Mr. Bear............................................................................................Flack, Marjorie
Corduroy..................................................................................................Freeman, Don
The Gingerbread Man..............................................................................Galdone, Jean
Honey I Love ............................................................................................Greenfield, Eloise
Grandpa’s Face.........................................................................................Greenfield, Eloise
Dinotopia .................................................................................................Gurney, James
Ox-Cart Man ...........................................................................................Hall, Donald
Arthur’s Honey Bee .................................................................................Hoban, Lillian
Amazing Grace ........................................................................................Hoffman, Mary
The Doorbell Rang...................................................................................Hutchins, Pat
Bently and Egg ........................................................................................Joyce, William
Snowy Day...............................................................................................Keats, Ezra Jack
Frederick...................................................................................................Lionni, Leo
Sarah Plain and Tall.................................................................................MacLachlan, Patricia
The Discovery of America........................................................................Maestro, Betsy
Seven Chinese Brothers............................................................................Mahy, Margaret
Knots on a Counting Rope.......................................................................Martin Jr., Bill
Blueberries for Sal....................................................................................McCloskey, Robert
Stone Soup ...............................................................................................McGovern, Ann
Winnie the Pooh.......................................................................................Milne, A. A.
Kindergarten – Grade 2
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Kindergarten – Grade 2
The Paperbag Princess .............................................................................Munsch, Robert
Amelia Bedelia .........................................................................................Parish, Peggy
Koko’s Story .............................................................................................Patterson, Francine
The Keeping Quilt ...................................................................................Polacco, Patricia
Do Animals Dream?................................................................................Pope, Joyce
The Tale of Peter Rabbit ...........................................................................Potter, Beatrix
New Kid on the Block...............................................................................Prelutsky, Jack
Henry and Mudge....................................................................................Rylant, Cynthia
Grandfather’s Journey .............................................................................Say, Allen
The Giving Tree........................................................................................Silverstein, Shel
Snakes ......................................................................................................Simon, Seymour
Caps for Sale ............................................................................................Slobodkina, Esphyr
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble ...............................................................Steig, William
Humphrey the Lost Whale .......................................................................Tukuda, Wendy and Hall, Richard
Polar Express ...........................................................................................Van Allsburg, Chris
Tales of Amanda Pig ................................................................................Van Leuwen, Jean
Ira Sleeps Over.........................................................................................Waber, Bernard
Charlotte’s Web........................................................................................White, E. B.
Cherries and Cherry Pits .........................................................................Williams, Vera B.
Sleeping Ugly ..........................................................................................Yolen, Jane
Folklore Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears .................................................Aardema, Verna
Charlie Needs a Cloak ..............................................................................de Paola, Tomie
The Three Billy Goats Gruff ....................................................................Galdone, Paul
The Golden Goose ....................................................................................Grimm, Wilhelm and Jacob
The Day the Goose Got Loose ..................................................................Lindbergh, Reeve
The Rough Faced Girl ..............................................................................Martin, Rafe
The Turnip ...............................................................................................Morgan, Pierr
The Enormous Watermelon .....................................................................Parkes and Smith
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.................................................................Steptoe, John
Fantasy and Science Fiction The Wizard of Oz.....................................................................................Baum, L. Frank
AHouse for Hermit Crab ........................................................................Carle, Eric
Big Old Bones ..........................................................................................Carrick, Carol
Mouse on the Motorcycle.........................................................................Cleary, Beverly
Magic School Bus Series ..........................................................................Cole, Joanna and Egen, Bruce
James and the Giant Peach.......................................................................Dahl, Roald
Hattie and the Fox ...................................................................................Fox, Mem
Catwing....................................................................................................Le Guin, Ursula
On Market Street.....................................................................................Lobel, Arnold
Dinosaur Dream ......................................................................................Nolan, Dennis
The Little Engine That Could ..................................................................Piper, Watty
Knights of the Kitchen Table....................................................................Scieszka, Jon
Where the Wild Things Are.....................................................................Sendak, Maurice
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble ...............................................................Steig, William
Polar Express ...........................................................................................Van Allsburg, Chris
Commander Toad.....................................................................................Yolen, Jane
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Poetry Each Peach, Pear Plum ............................................................................Ahlberg, Janet and Allan The Eensy Weensy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhymes................................................................................Calmenson, Stephanie and
Cole, Joanna
A Treasury of Best Loved Rhymes ...........................................................Mother Goose
Chicken Soup with Rice ...........................................................................Sendak, Maurice
Where the Sidewalk Ends.........................................................................Silverstein, Shel
AChild’s Garden of Verses ......................................................................Stevenson, Robert Louis
The Ballad of the Pirate Queens...............................................................Yolen, Jane
Owl Moon................................................................................................Yolen, Jane
Kindergarten – Grade 2
Publications Highlights News Pilot Ranger Rick World Magazine
Fiction and Nonfiction Title Author Cam Janson ..............................................................................................Adler, David
True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle........................................................Avi
Tuck Everlasting......................................................................................Babbitt, Natalie
Wizard of Oz............................................................................................Baum, L. Frank
Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing ...................................................................Blume, Judy
Freckle Juice .............................................................................................Blume, Judy
The Secret Garden....................................................................................Burnett, Frances Hodgson
The Pinballs .............................................................................................Byars, Betsy
Stories Julian Tells ...................................................................................Cameron, Ann
The Family Under the Bridge ..................................................................Carlson, Natalie Savage
Ramona Forever .......................................................................................Cleary, Beverly
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes..................................................Coerr, Eleanor
Magic School Bus Series ..........................................................................Cole, Joanna
Weasel ......................................................................................................DeFelice, Cynthia
The Matchlock Gun .................................................................................Edmonds, Walter
Hundred Dresses......................................................................................Estes, Eleanor
Walking to the Road of Freedom..............................................................Ferris, Eleanor
Harriet the Spy ........................................................................................Fitzhugh, Louise
The Whipping Boy ...................................................................................Fleischman, Sid
Lincoln, APhotobiography ......................................................................Freedman, Russell
Stone Fox .................................................................................................Gardiner, John Reynolds
Polk Street................................................................................................Giff, Patricia Reilly
Misty of Chincoteague .............................................................................Henry, Marguerite
Pagoo........................................................................................................Holling, Hollis
Class Clown .............................................................................................Hurwitz, Johanna
Grades 3 – 5
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Grades 3 – 5
Rip Van Winkle........................................................................................Irving, Washington
Helen Keller .............................................................................................Keller, Helen
Wump Ward ............................................................................................Kellogg, Steven
The Fledgling ...........................................................................................Langton, Jean
Ben and Me ..............................................................................................Lawson, Robert
Jelly Belly .................................................................................................Lee, Dennis
Pippi Longstocking ..................................................................................Lindgren, Astrid
Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution......................................................Little, Jean
The Call of the Wild .................................................................................London, Jack
The Hudson River....................................................................................Lourie, Peter
Number the Stars.....................................................................................Lowry, Lois
Sarah, Plain and Tall................................................................................MacLachlan, Patricia
Baby .........................................................................................................McLachlan, Patricia
Daisy Rothschild......................................................................................Melville, Leslie
Shiloh .......................................................................................................Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Orphan Train Quartet.............................................................................Nixon, Joan Lowery
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH .........................................................O’Brien, Robert C.
The Great Gilly Hopkins..........................................................................Paterson, Katherine
Bridge to Terabithia..................................................................................Paterson, Katherine
Soup .........................................................................................................Peck, Robert Newton
Where the Red Fern Grows......................................................................Rawls, William
Shades of Gray .........................................................................................Reeder, Carolyn
Indian in the Cupboard............................................................................Reid-Banks, Lynn
Best Christmas Pageant Ever ..................................................................Robinson, Barbara
Appalachia: Voices of the Sleeping Birds.................................................Rylant, Cynthia
Wayside School ........................................................................................Sacher, Louis
Knights of the Kitchen Table ....................................................................Scieszka, Jon
Time Warp Trio Series .............................................................................Scieszka, Jon
The Nate the Great Series ........................................................................Sharmat, Marjorie
Mostly Michael ........................................................................................Smith, Robert Kimmel
Sign of the Beaver ....................................................................................Speare, Elizabeth George
Maniac Magic ..........................................................................................Spinelli, Jerry
Abel’s Island.............................................................................................Steig, William
The Widow’s Broom.................................................................................Van Allsburg, Chris
Charlotte’s Web........................................................................................White, E. B.
Stuart Little .............................................................................................White, E. B.
Little House on the Prairie.......................................................................Wilder, Laura Ingalls
Little House in the Big Woods .................................................................Wilder, Laura Ingalls
The Velveteen Rabbit................................................................................Williams, Marjorie
Folklore ATelling of the Tales................................................................................Brooke, William J.
The First Strawberries .............................................................................Bruchac, Joseph
Molly’s Pilgrim........................................................................................Cohen, Barbara
From Sea to Shining Sea..........................................................................Cohn, Amy T.
Three Perfect Peaches...............................................................................DeFelice, Cynthia
The People Could Fly ...............................................................................Hamilton, Virginia
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ...................................................................Irving, Washington
John Henry...............................................................................................Keats, Ezra Jack
Paul Bunyan ............................................................................................Kellogg, Steven
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Rough Faced Girl .....................................................................................Martin, Rafe
The Talking Eggs......................................................................................San Souci, Robert D.
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters.................................................................Steptoe, John
Lon PoPo: A Red Riding Hood Story from China...................................Young, Ed
Grades 3 – 5
Fantasy and Science Fiction Poppy .......................................................................................................Avi
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs .........................................................Barrett, Jan
Alice in Wonderland................................................................................Carroll, Lewis
The White Mountains..............................................................................Christopher, John
Monster’s Ring ........................................................................................Coville, Bruce
James and the Giant Peach.......................................................................Dahl, Roald
This Place Has No Atmosphere ...............................................................Danziger, Paula
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.................................................................Farmer, Nancy
Wait Till Helen Comes.............................................................................Hahn, Mary
AWrinkle in Time ...................................................................................L’Engle, Madeleine
The Fledgling ..........................................................................................Langton, Jean
Cat Wings ................................................................................................Le Guin, Ursula
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe....................................................Lewis, C.S.
The Giver .................................................................................................Lowry, Lois
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH .........................................................O’Brien, Robert C.
Gooseberry Park.......................................................................................Rylant, Cynthia
Journey to the Center of the Earth ...........................................................Verne, Jules
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.................................................................Verne, Jules
Time Machine ..........................................................................................Wells, H.G.
Poetry From Sea to Shining Sea..........................................................................Cohn, Amy T.
Sing a Song of Popcorn............................................................................de Regnier, Beatrice Schenk
Joyful Noise—Poems for Two Voices .......................................................Fleischman, Paul
In a River Valley......................................................................................Frank, Josette
Nathaniel’s Talking ..................................................................................Greenfield, Eloise
An American History Through Poetry....................................................Hopkins, Lee Bennett
Bringing Me News ..................................................................................O’Neill, Mary
The New Kid on the Block........................................................................Prelutsky, Jack
Pierre........................................................................................................Sendak, Maurice
Where the Sidewalk Ends.........................................................................Silverstein, Shel
Bird Watch...............................................................................................Yolen, Jane
Publications Cobblestone Cricket Highlights Kids Discover Odyssey Sports Illustrated for Kids World Magazine
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Fiction and Nonfiction
Grades 6 – 8
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Title Author Watership Down......................................................................................Adams, Richard
Little Women ...........................................................................................Alcott, Louisa May
Sounder ....................................................................................................Armstrong, William
Tuck Everlasting ......................................................................................Babbitt, Natalie
Stories of Gods & Heroes .........................................................................Benson, Sally
Cross Sections ..........................................................................................Biesty, Stephen
Tiger Eyes ................................................................................................Blume, Judy
Histories of Immigrant Teens...................................................................Bode, Janet
The Moves Make the Man .......................................................................Brooks, Bruce
The Secret Garden....................................................................................Burnett, Frances H.
Summer of the Swans ..............................................................................Byars, Betsy
White Mountains.....................................................................................Christopher, John
House on Mango Street ...........................................................................Cisneros, Sandra
AGirl from Yamhill .................................................................................Cleary, Beverly
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes..................................................Coerr, Eleanor
My Brother Sam is Dead .........................................................................Collier, James and Christopher
Face on the Milk Carton ..........................................................................Cooney, Caroline
Catherine, Called Birdie...........................................................................Cushman, Karen
D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths .............................................................D’Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar
The Courage of Sara Noble ......................................................................Dalgliesh, Alice
Great Expectations...................................................................................Dickens, Charles
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass .............................................Douglass, Frederick
April Morning .........................................................................................Fast, Howard
Zlata’s Diary............................................................................................Filipovic, Zlata
Biography of a Young Girl .......................................................................Frank, Anne
Johnny Tremain........................................................................................Forbes, Elizabeth
The Wright Brothers ................................................................................Freedman, Russell
Eleanor Roosevelt : ALife of Discovery...................................................Freedman, Russell
Photobiography of Abraham Lincoln.......................................................Freedman, Russell
My Side of the Mountain.........................................................................George, Jean Craighead
Summer of My German Soldier...............................................................Greene, Bette
Phoebe and the General............................................................................Griffin, Judith
M. C. Higgins the Great ..........................................................................Hamilton, Virginia
The Trouble With Lemons........................................................................Hayes, Daniel
Eye of the Beholder...................................................................................Hayes, Daniel
The Old Man and the Sea ........................................................................Hemingway, Ernest
Hiroshima ................................................................................................Hersey, John
The Outsiders...........................................................................................Hinton, S. E.
Thank You, Ma’am...................................................................................Hughes, Langston
Charles .....................................................................................................Jackson, Shirley
Phantom Tollbooth...................................................................................Juster, Norton
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil Frankweiler...............................Konigsburg, E.L.
21 Great Stories .......................................................................................Lass, Abraham
To Kill a Mockingbird..............................................................................Lee, Harper
The Call of the Wild .................................................................................London, Jack
Number the Stars.....................................................................................Lowry, Lois
Skylark .....................................................................................................MacLachlan, Patricia
Anne of Green Gables ..............................................................................Montgomery, Lucy Maud
Owls in the Family ..................................................................................Mowat, Farley
Scopes Trial ..............................................................................................Murphy, Jim
Fallen Angels ...........................................................................................Myers, Walter Dean
Shiloh .......................................................................................................Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds
Island of the Blue Dolphins......................................................................O’Dell, Scott
Animal Farm............................................................................................Orwell, George
Lyddie.......................................................................................................Paterson, Katherine
Hatchet.....................................................................................................Paulsen, Gary
The Foxman .............................................................................................Paulsen, Gary
The Giver .................................................................................................Paulsen, Gary
Woodsong.................................................................................................Paulsen, Gary
Westing Game..........................................................................................Raskin, Ellen
Where the Red Fern Grows......................................................................Rawls, Wilson
The Upstairs Room ..................................................................................Reiss, Johanna
Upstairs Room Journey Home .................................................................Reiss, Johanna
Killer Angels ............................................................................................Shaara, Michael
Call It Courage.........................................................................................Sperry, Armstrong
Maniac Magee..........................................................................................Spinelli, Jerry
The Pearl ..................................................................................................Steinbeck, John
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry ................................................................Taylor, Mildred
The Cay ....................................................................................................Taylor, Theodore
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ...............................................................Twain, Mark
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ......................................................Twain, Mark
The Homecoming .....................................................................................Voight, Cynthia
So Far from the Bamboo Grove ................................................................Watkins, Yoko Kawashima
Myths and Legends..................................................................................White, Terry Ann
Night........................................................................................................Wiesel, Eli
Dragonwings ...........................................................................................Yep, Laurence
The Pigman..............................................................................................Zindel, Paul
Grades 6 – 8
Folklore The Crest and the Hide and Other African Stories .................................Cowlander, Harold
The People Could Fly ..............................................................................Hamilton, Virginia
Three Strong Women ...............................................................................Stamm, Claus
Favorite Folktales from Around the World..............................................Yolen, Jane
Fantasy and Science Fiction Book of Three............................................................................................Alexander, Lloyd
I. Robot.....................................................................................................Asimov, Isaac
The Foundation Series .............................................................................Asimov, Isaac
Fahrenheit 451 .........................................................................................Bradbury, Ray
Martian Chronicles..................................................................................Bradbury, Ray
Moss Flower.............................................................................................Brian, Jacques
Monster’s Ring ........................................................................................Coville, Bruce
George’s Marvelous Medicine..................................................................Dahl, Roald
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm.................................................................Farmer, Nancy
Mythical Monsters ..................................................................................Gould, Charles
Phantom Tollbooth...................................................................................Juster, Norton
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Grades 6 – 8
Swiftly Tilting Planet..............................................................................L’Engle, Madeleine
The Giver .................................................................................................Lowry, Lois
Dragonquest.............................................................................................McCaffrey, Anne
The Hobbit ...............................................................................................Tolkien, J. R. R.
War of the Worlds....................................................................................Wells, H. G.
Great Grandfather’s Dragons Tale...........................................................Yolen, Jane
Poetry The Sun is On..........................................................................................Barron, Linda Michelle
Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle .............................................Dunning, Stephen
Joyful Noise..............................................................................................Fleischman, Paul
You Come Too...........................................................................................Frost, Robert
Inner Chimes............................................................................................Goldstein, Bobbi
Dreams.....................................................................................................Hughes, Langston
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere ..........................................................Longfellow, William
Wadsworth The Highwayman.....................................................................................Noyes, Alfred
Drama The Story Machine...................................................................................Asimov, Isaac
The Hitchhiker .........................................................................................Fletcher, Lucille
The Diary of a Young Girl ......................................................................Frank, Anne
The Miracle Worker .................................................................................Gibson, William
Inherit the Wind ......................................................................................Lawrence and Lee
Julius Caesar ............................................................................................Shakespeare, William
AMidsummer Night’s Dream.................................................................Shakespeare, William
I Remember Mama...................................................................................Van Druten, John
Our Town.................................................................................................Wilder, Thornton
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the Moon Marigolds..................Zindel, Paul
Publications Cobblestone Magazine National Geographic New Moon READ
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Fiction and Nonfiction
Title Author Things Fall Apart ....................................................................................Achebe, Chinua
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings..........................................................Angelou, Maya
Days of Grace...........................................................................................Ashe, Arthur
Pride and Prejudice..................................................................................Austen, Jane
Growing Up .............................................................................................Baker, Russell
Forbidden City .........................................................................................Bell, William
Wuthering Heights ..................................................................................Bronte, Charlotte
My Antonia .............................................................................................Cather, Willa
Shogun .....................................................................................................Clavell, James
Heart of Darkness ....................................................................................Conrad, Joseph
Prince of Tides..........................................................................................Conroy, Pat
After the First Death................................................................................Cormier, Robert
Maggie: Girl of the Streets.......................................................................Crane, Stephen
The Red Badge of Courage .......................................................................Crane, Stephen
Tale of Two Cities .....................................................................................Dickens, Charles
Crime and Punishment............................................................................Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass...............................................Douglass, Frederick
Silas Marner ............................................................................................Elliott, George
The Invisible Man....................................................................................Ellison, Ralph
The Portable Emerson ..............................................................................Emerson, Ralph Waldo
As I Lay Dying ........................................................................................Faulkner, William
The Great Gatsby .....................................................................................Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Lord of the Flies........................................................................................Golding, William
Waiting for the Rain ................................................................................Gordon, Sheila
Black Like Me...........................................................................................Griffin, John Howard
Roots ........................................................................................................Haley, Alex
ARaisin in the Sun .................................................................................Hansberry, Lorraine
Tess of the D’Urbervilles..........................................................................Hardy, Thomas
The Scarlet Letter.....................................................................................Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Pentimento...............................................................................................Hellman, Lillian
AFarewell to Arms ..................................................................................Hemingway, Ernest
The Snows of Kilimanjaro........................................................................Hemingway, Ernest
Lés Miserables..........................................................................................Hugo, Victor
Dust Tracks on a Road.............................................................................Hurston, Zora Neale
Their Eyes Were Watching God...............................................................Hurston, Zora Neale
A Time to Speak .......................................................................................Jackson, Jesse
The Lottery...............................................................................................Jackson, Shirley
APortrait of the Artist As a Young Man ................................................Joyce, James
Profiles in Courage ..................................................................................Kennedy, John F.
Ironweed...................................................................................................Kennedy, William
Stride Toward Freedom ............................................................................King, Martin Luther
ASeparate Peace ......................................................................................Knowles, John
Dark Child ...............................................................................................Laye, Camara
To Kill a Mockingbird..............................................................................Lee, Harper
Call of the Wild ........................................................................................London, Jack
Ninety-Five Theses ..................................................................................Luther, Martin
The Prince ................................................................................................Machiavelli, Niccolo
ADeath in Venice ....................................................................................Mann, Thomas
Grades 9 – 12
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Grades 9 – 12
Nicholas and Alexandra...........................................................................Massie, Robert
Color of Water..........................................................................................McBride, James
All the Pretty Horses ...............................................................................McCarthy, Cormac
Moby Dick ...............................................................................................Melville, Herman
Blue Highways.........................................................................................Moon, William Least Heat
Song of Solomon ......................................................................................Morrison, Toni
Beloved .....................................................................................................Morrison, Toni
The Power of Myth ..................................................................................Moyers, Bill
1984..........................................................................................................Orwell, George
Cry the Beloved Country .........................................................................Paton, Alan
ADay No Pigs Would Die ......................................................................Peck, Robert Newton
All Quiet on the Western Front...............................................................Remarque, Erich Maria
My Day....................................................................................................Roosevelt, Eleanor
Catcher in the Rye....................................................................................Salinger, J. D.
ATree Grows in Brooklyn........................................................................Smith, Betty
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch .................................................Solzhenitsyn, Alexandr
Of Mice and Men.....................................................................................Steinbeck, John
Grapes of Wrath.......................................................................................Steinbeck, John
The Joy Luck Club....................................................................................Tan, Amy
Hard Times...............................................................................................Terkel, Studs
Walden .....................................................................................................Thoreau, Henry David
The Guns of August.................................................................................Tuchman, Barbara W.
Fathers and Sons......................................................................................Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ......................................................Twain, Mark
Rabbit, Run..............................................................................................Updike, John
Exodus......................................................................................................Uris, Leon
Slaughterhouse Five.................................................................................Vonnegut, Kurt
The Color Purple......................................................................................Walker, Alice
Black Boy..................................................................................................Wright, Richard
Briar Rose.................................................................................................Yolen, Jane
We ............................................................................................................Zarnation, Eugene
Folklore Aesop’s Fables ..........................................................................................Aesop
Andersen’s Fairy Tales.............................................................................Andersen, Hans Christian
Johnny Appleseed.....................................................................................Benet, Rosemary
Trickster Stories .......................................................................................Edmonds, I. G.
Greek Mythology .....................................................................................Hamilton, Edith
Mules and Men........................................................................................Hurston, Zora Neale
Tales of King Arthur................................................................................Malory, Sir Thomas
Paul Bunyan ............................................................................................Sandburg, Carl
Fantasy and Science Fiction Watership Down......................................................................................Adams, Richard
The Handmaid’s Tale................................................................................Atwood, Margaret
I. Robot ....................................................................................................Azimov, Isaac
The Illustrated Man .................................................................................Bradbury, Ray
Jurassic Park ............................................................................................Crichton, Michael
The Princess Bride ...................................................................................Goldman, William
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Stranger in a Strange Land .....................................................................Heinlein, Robert A.
Brave New World ....................................................................................Huxley, Aldous
1984..........................................................................................................Orwell, George
AConnecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court.......................................Twain, Mark
Sirens of the Titan....................................................................................Vonnegut, Kurt
The Time Machine ...................................................................................Wells, H.G.
Grades 9 – 12
Poetry And Still I Rise ........................................................................................Angelou, Maya
Collected Poems .......................................................................................Auden, W. Hugh
Cry ...........................................................................................................Baca, Jimmy Santiago
Tiger, Tiger...............................................................................................Blake, William
Thanatopsis ..............................................................................................Bryant, William C.
The Canterbury Tales...............................................................................Chaucer, Geoffrey
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson................................................Dickinson, Emily
Collected Poems .......................................................................................Eliot, Thomas S.
Endless Life ..............................................................................................Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
The Poetry of Robert Frost.......................................................................Frost, Robert
My House.................................................................................................Giovanni, Nikki
Selected Poems of Langston Hughes........................................................Hughes, Langston
The Iliad ...................................................................................................Homer
The Odyssey.............................................................................................Homer
Poetical Works .........................................................................................Keats, John
Spoon River Anthology............................................................................Masters, Edgar Lee
Poems of Pablo Neruda (bilingual)..........................................................Neruda, Pablo
The Collected Poems ................................................................................Plath, Sylvia
The Raven ................................................................................................Poe, Edgar Allan
Richard Cory............................................................................................Robinson, Edwin A.
Sonnets.....................................................................................................Shakespeare, William
The Poetical Works ..................................................................................Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Leaves of Grass.........................................................................................Whitman, Walt
Drama Becket .......................................................................................................Anouilh, Jean
Antigone ..................................................................................................Anoulih, Jean
Waiting for Godot....................................................................................Beckett, Samuel
The Stranger ............................................................................................Camus, Albert
Medea.......................................................................................................Euripides
Julia ..........................................................................................................Hellman, Lillian
ADoll’s House .........................................................................................Ibsen, Henry
Inherit the Wind ......................................................................................Lawrence, Jerome
Death of a Salesman.................................................................................Miller, Arthur
The Crucible.............................................................................................Miller, Arthur
Long Day’s Journey Into Night...............................................................O’Neill, Eugene
Twelve Angry Men..................................................................................Rose, Reginald
Cyrano de Bergerac..................................................................................Rostand, Edmond
As You Like It...........................................................................................Shakespeare, William
Hamlet......................................................................................................Shakespeare, William
Macbeth....................................................................................................Shakespeare, William
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Grades 9 – 12
Richard II .................................................................................................Shakespeare, William
Romeo and Juliet ......................................................................................Shakespeare, William
Pygmalion................................................................................................Shaw, George Bernard
Oedipus Rex.............................................................................................Sophocles
Tartuffe.....................................................................................................Moliere, Jean Baptiste Poquelin
The Heidi Chronicles ...............................................................................Wasserman, Wendy
AStreetcar Named Desire .......................................................................Williams, Tennessee
Fences.......................................................................................................Wilson, August
Publications Literary Cavalcade Merlyn’s Pen The New Yorker New York Times Magazine Newsweek Poets and Writers Sports Illustrated Time
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Suggested Reading from the American Library Association Notable Children’s Books, 1995 Acommittee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), compiled this list of Notable Children’s Books for 1995.
Byars, Betsy. The Golly Sisters Ride Again. Illus. by Sue Truesdell. HarperCollins. Energetic, expressive cartoon-style illustrations humorously convey the joys, fears, and squabbles of two wacky sisters as they sing and dance their way through the Old West in this easy reader.
Young Readers
Fleming, Denise. Barnyard Banter. Henry Holt. The barnyard is alive with activity, but where is goose? An exuberant rhyming text and vibrant illustrations add to the delight of this hide-and-seek game. Fox, Mem. Tough Boris. Illus. by Kathryn Brown. Harcourt Brace. No pirate is tougher than Boris; “but when his parrot died, he cried and cried.” Mahy, Margaret. The Rattlebang Picnic. Illus. by Steven Kellogg. Dial. Granny McTavish’s homemade pizza is always too tough to eat, but it saves the day when a family outing turns into a race to escape an erupting volcano. Nolen, Jerdine. Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm. Illus. by Mark Buehner. Lothrop Lee & Shepard. Achild finds Harvey growing balloons in the middle of the night in this magical fantasy. Bold and bright illustrations seem to glow with a life of their own. Priceman, Marjorie. How to make an apple pie and see the world. Illus. Knopf. Baking an apple pie is easy unless the grocery store is closed. In that case you only need to travel around the world to collect the ingredients. Alighthearted proof that food doesn’t grow on shelves. Rathmann, Peggy. Good Night, Gorilla. Illus. Putnam’s. Mr. Zookeeper tucks all the animals in, but the reader will find he is much sleepier than they are! Ahilarious bedtime read-aloud. Reiser, Lynn. The Surprise Family. Illus. Greenwillow. Chicks and ducks wander among and beyond the vibrant illustrations in this sensitive telling of a baby chick’s acceptance of a loving surrogate mother. Schertle, Alice. How Now, Brown Cow? Illus. by Amanda Schaffer. Browndeer/Harcourt. Here is a super mix of irreverent, tender, humorous explanatory and matter-of-fact poems about beautiful bovines. Strong, bold, full-page illustrations with a broad stroke reflect the fanciful text. Scott, Ann. Herbert Hi! Illus. by Glo Coalson. Philomel/Putnam. Glowing watercolors capture the toddler’s perspective as Margarita persistently attempts to greet everyone standing in line at the post office. Silverman, Erica. Don’t Fidget a Feather! Illus. by S.D. Schindler. Macmillan. Duck and gander are determined combatants in a “freeze” contest that almost has fatal results in this humorous tale. Stoeke, Janet Morgan. A Hat for Minerva Louise. Illus. Dutton. Minerva Louise, an enterprising chicken, searches for a hat to keep herself warm, but instead finds a pair of mittens fitting both tail and head.
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Turnbull, Ann. Too Tired. Illus. by Emma Chichester Clark. Gulliver/Harcourt Brace. In this humorous adaptation of the Flood story, Noah and the rest of the animals manage to rescue the sloths, who are “too tired” to climb aboard themselves. Wild, Margaret. Going Home. Illus. by Wayne Harris. Scholastic. Ayoung patient learns how to magically escape the hospital without leaving his bed as nearby zoo noises launch him on a series of journeys. Clear, spacious illustrations celebrate the power of imagination. Wild, Margaret. Our Granny. Illus. by Julie Vivas. Ticknor & Field. Two young children talk about their beloved granny, comparing her to other grannies, all delightfully different.
Middle Readers
Aardema, Verna. Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa. Illus. by Reynold Ruffins. Apple Soup/Knopf. Arenowned storyteller retells fables and folktales, gathered from many regions of Africa. Presented in a colorful, inviting format. Cooper, Floyd. Coming Home: From the Life of Langston Hughes. Illus. Philomel/Putnam. Thoughtful paintings in warm golds and browns complement this perceptive portrait of a youth who dreamed of having a home. Dalakoy, Vedat. Sister Shako and Kolo the Goat: Memories of my Childhood in Turkey. Translated by Guner Ener. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard. 1995 Mildred Batchelder Honor Book. Facklam, Margery. The Big Bug Book. Illus. by Paul Facklam. Little Brown. Giant insects—depicted life-size—crawl, flutter, or swim across common household items in this lively portrait gallery. Florian, Douglas. Beast Peast. Harcourt, Brace. Droll colorful illustrations and wildly inventive poetry combine for a hilarious visit to the animal world. Grimes, Nikki. Meet Danitra Brown. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. Lothrop. Meet “the most splendiferous girl in town” in this celebration of friendship in poetry and warmly colored art. Hughes, Langston. Sweet and Sour Animal Book. Illus. by students from the Harlem School of the Arts. Oxford Univ. Press. Acollection of 27 previously unpublished poems chronicles this animal alphabet. The brief verse is decorated with paper, board, and clay sculptures created by children. Kendall, Ruas. Russian Girl: Life in an Old Russian Town. Scholastic. Strikingly clear color photographs follow the life of nine-year-old Olga Surikova and her family in an old Russian town—from home and school, through town, chores, and play. Kimmel, Eric A., reteller. The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East. Illus. by Leonard Everett Fisher. Holiday House. Luminous acrylic paintings illustrate this story of a princess who sends three cousins on a yearlong quest to win her hand. King-Smith, Dick. Three Terrible Twins. Illus. by Mark Teague. Crown. Three young mice brothers take charge of a farmhouse ruled too long by cats. Readaloud, laugh-aloud fun! Lasky, Kathryn. The Librarian Who Measured the Earth. Illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Little Brown. Colorful acrylic paintings enhance this picture biography of the Greek
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geographer/librarian Eratosthenes, who accurately calculated the circumference of the Earth 2,000 years ago. Lester, Julius. John Henry. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial. The strength, dignity, and courage of this African-American hero have never been expressed with greater power. An outstanding match of art and text. 1995 Caldecott Honor Book. Lester, Julius. The Last Tales of Uncle Remus. Illus. by Jerry Pinkney. Dial. The escapades and antics of Brer Rabbit, Brer Bear, Brer Possum, and their friends are revisited in the storytelling language of Uncle Remus. The special voice of Lester is blended with the soft watercolor and line illustrations of Pinkney. Maguire, Gregory. Seven Spiders Spinning. Clarion. High heroic humor pervades in this farcical tale of seven gruesome snow spiders closing in on a small Vermont town. Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Birds. Photos. Bradbury. Fascinating details of bird anatomy, from internal organs to feathers and flight, are shared in this inviting photo essay. Mayne, William. Hob and the Goblins. Illus. by Norman Messenger. Dorling-Kindersley. Ahouse sprite adopts a new family and struggles to save them from the impending threat of goblins in a humorous blend of fantasy and reality. McDermott, Gerald. Coyote: A Trickster Tale from the American Southwest. Illus. Harcourt Brace. Exquisitely detailed graphic designs and vibrant colors reflect the settings and rich telling of the misfortune that befalls Coyote when vanity intrudes. Polacco, Patricia. My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother. Illus. Simon & Schuster. Awish on a falling star helps a young girl catch her brother’s attention—and a glimpse of his not-so-rotten other side. Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say. Illus. Philomel. Aformer slave saves the life of a young white soldier and pays for it with his life in this poignant civil war episode of friendship and caring. Stanley, Diane and Peter Vennema. Cleopatra. Illus. by Diane Stanley. Morrow. Mosaic designed paintings beautifully illustrate this well-researched biography of Cleopatra.
Best Books for Young Adults, 1995 Young Adults Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies: A Novel. Algonquin, Fiction. Bachrach, Susan D. Tell Them We Remember: The Story of the Holocaust. Little Brown, Nonfiction.
Bauer, Marion Dane, (ed.). Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence. HarperCollins, Fiction.
Beake, Lesley. Song of Be. Henry Holt/Edge, Fiction.
Bennett, James. Dakota Dream. Scholastic, Fiction.
Bode, Janet and Mack, Stan. Heartbreak and Roses Real-Life Stories of Troubled Love. Delacorte,
Nonfiction.
Bonner, Cindy. Looking After Lily: A Novel. Algonquin, Fiction
Bosse, Malcolm. The Examination. Farrar Straus Giroux, Fiction.
Brooks, Martha. Traveling on into the Light: And Other Stories. Orchard/Melanie Kroupa, Fiction.
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Brown, Mary. Pigs Don’t Fly. Baen, Fiction.
Bull, Emma. Finder: ANovel of the Borderlands. Tor, Fiction.
Butler, Octavia E. Parable of the Sower. Four Walls Eight Windows, Fiction.
Carlson, Lori M., ed. Cool Salsa. Henry Holt/Edge, Nonfiction.
Cooney, Caroline B. Driver’s. Delacorte, Fiction.
Coville, Bruce. Oddly Enough. Harcourt Brace/Jane Yolen, Fiction.
Cushman, Karen. Catherine, Called Birdy. Clarion, Fiction.
Farmer, Nancy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm. Orchard/Richard Jackson, Fiction.
Fletcher, Susan. Flight of the Dragon Kyn. Atheneum/Jean Karl, Fiction.
Freedman, Russell. Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor. Clarion,
Nonfiction
French, Albert. Billy. Viking, Fiction.
Hambly, Barbara. Stranger at the Wedding. Del Rey, Fiction.
Hayes, Daniel. No Effect. David R. Godine, Fiction.
Hesse, Karen. Phoenix Rising. Henry Holt, Fiction.
Hite, Sid. It’s Nothing to a Mountain. Henry Holt, Fiction.
Jones, Maurice K. Say it Loud! The Story of Rap Music. Millbrook, Nonfiction.
Jordan, Sherryl. Wolf-Woman. Houghton Mifflin, Fiction.
Kerr, M. E. Deliver Us From Evie. HarperCollins, Fiction.
Kindl, Patrice. Owl in Love. Houghton Mifflin, Fiction.
King, Laurie R. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice. St. Martin’s, Fiction.
Koebner, Linda. Zoo Book: The Evolution of Wildlife Conservation Centers. Forge, Nonfiction. Koertge, Ron. Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright. Orchard/Melanie Kroupa, Fiction. Krisher, Trudy. Spite Fences. Delacorte, Fiction. Kuklin, Susan. After a Suicide: Young People Speak Up. Putnam, Nonfiction. Lasky, Kathryn. Beyond the Burning Time. Scholastic/Blue Sky, Fiction. Lawlor, Laurie. Shadow Catcher: The Life & Work of Edward Curtis. Walker, Nonfiction. Levitin, Sonia. Escape From Egypt. Little Brown, Fiction. Lynch, Chris. Gypsy Davey. HarperCollins, Fiction. Lynch, Chris. Iceman. HarperCollins, Fiction. Marrin, Albert. Unconditional Surrender: U.S. Grant and the Civil War. Atheneum. Nonfiction. Marsden, John. Letters from the Inside. Houghton Mifflin, Fiction. McCall, Nathan. Makes Me Wanna Holler. Random House, Nonfiction. Myers, Walter Dean. The Glory Field. Scholastic, Fiction. Naythons, Matthew. Sarajevo: APortrait of the Siege. Warner, Nonfiction. Nelson, Theresa. Earthshine: A Novel. Orchard/Richard Jackson, Fiction. Nichols, Michael. The Great Apes: Between Two Worlds. National Geographic, Nonfiction. O’Donohoe, Nick. The Magic and the Healing. Ace, Fiction. Panzer, Nora, ed. Celebrate America: In Poetry and Art. Hyperion, Nonfiction. Paulsen, Gary. Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod. Harcourt Brace, Nonfiction. Porte, Barbara Ann. Something Terrible Happened: ANovel . Orchard/Richard Jackson, Fiction. Power, Susan. The Grass Dancer. Putnam, Fiction. Qualey, Marsha. Come In From the Cold. Houghton Mifflin, Fiction. Rapp, Adam. Missing the Piano. Viking, Fiction.
Reuter, Bjarne. The Boys From St. Petri. Dutton, Fiction.
Reynolds, Marilyn. Too Soon for Jeff. Morning Glory, Fiction.
Rivers, Glenn and Brooks, Bruce. Those Who Love the Game: Glenn “Doc” Rivers on Life in the NBA
and Elsewhere. Henry Holt, Nonfiction.
Rodowsky, Colby. Hannah In Between. Farrar Straus Giroux, Fiction.
Ross, Stewart. Shakespeare & Macbeth: The Story Behind the Play. Viking, Nonfiction.
Roybal, Laura. Billy. Houghton Mifflin, Fiction.
Rylant, Cynthia and Evans, Walker. Something Permanent. Harcourt Brace, Nonfiction.
Salisbury, Graham. Under the Blood-Red Sun. Delacorte, Fiction.
Schulman, Audrey. The Cage. Algonquin, Fiction.
Shoup, Barbara. Wish You Were Here. Hyperion, Fiction.
Sinclair, April. Coffee Will Make You Black. Hyperion, Fiction.
Springer, Nancy. Toughing It. Harcourt Brace, Fiction.
Stolz, Mary. Cezanne Pinto. Knopf/Borzoi, Fiction.
Sutton, Roger. Hearing Us Out: Voices from the Gay & Lesbian Community. Little Brown,
Nonfiction.
Sweeney, Joyce. Shadow: A Novel. Delacorte, Fiction.
Temple, Frances. The Ramsay Scallop. Orchard/Richard Jackson, Fiction.
Voigt, Cynthia. When She Hollers. Scholastic, Fiction.
Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. My Brother, My Sister, and I. Bradbury, Fiction.
Wilson, Robert Charles. Mysterium. Bantam/Spectra, Fiction.
Wolf, Sylvia. Focus: Five Women Photographers. Albert Whitman, Nonfiction.
Woodson, Jacqueline. I Hadn’t Meant to Tell You This. Delacorte, Fiction.
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New Standards Project—Sample Reading List
Fiction Elementary
Brink, Caddie Woodlawn Cleary, Ramona and Her Father Coerr, The Josefina Story Quilt Cohen, Fat Jack De Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince Hamilton, Zeely Hanson, The Gift-Giver Lord, In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Mendez and Byard, The Black Snowman Naidoo, Journey to Jo’Burg O’Dell, Zia Ringgold, Tar Beach Speare, The Sign of the Beaver Yep, Child of the Owl
Nonfiction Aliki, Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians Baylor, The Way to Start a Day Cherry, The Great Kapok Tree Epstein, History of Women in Science for Young People Greenfield, Childtimes: A Three-Generation Memoir Godkin, Wolf Island Hamilton, Anthony Burns: The Defeat and Triumph of a Fugitive Slave McKissack, Frederick Douglass: The Black Lion Politi, Song of The Swallows Sattler, Dinosaurs of North America Fritz, And Then What Happened, Paul Revere? McGovern, The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson
Poetry Ahlberg, Heard It in the Playground Blishen and Wildsmith, Oxford Book of Poetry for Children De Regniers, Moore, White, and Carr, eds., Sing a Song of Popcorn Giovanni, Ego-Tripping and Other Poems for Young People Greenfield, Honey I Love and Other Love Poems Heard, For the Good of the Earth and Sun Janeczko, Strings: AGathering of Family Poems Koch and Farrell, eds., Talking to the Sun Lobel, ed., The Random House Book of Mother Goose Manguel, ed., Seasons Mathis, Red Dog, Blue Fly: Football Poems Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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Folklore Griego y Maecstas, Cuentos: Tales From the Hispanic Southwest French, Snow White in New York Huck and Lobel, Princess Furball Louie and Young, Yeh-Shen: ACinderella Story From China Luenn, The Dragon Kite Goble, Buffalo Woman Steptoe, Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters Steptoe, The Story of Jumping Mouse Kipling, The Elephant’s Child Lee, Legend of the Milky Way
Elementary
Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction Andersen, The Ugly Duckling Bond, ABear Called Paddington Dahl, James and the Giant Peach Grahame, The Wind in the Willows Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Norton, The Borrowers Van Allsburg, Jumanji White, Charlotte’s Web
Children’s Magazines Weekly Reader
Creative Classroom
Social Studies for the Young Learner
World (National Geographic)
News (Scholastic)
Action (Scholastic)
Other Newspapers, manuals appropriate for elementary school children, e.g., video game instructions, computer manuals.
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Fiction
Middle School
Anaya, Bless Me, Ultima Armstrong, Sounder Bonham, Durango Street Cohen, Tell Us Your Secret Collier, My Brother Sam Is Dead Cormier, l Am the Cheese Danziger, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit Fast, April Morning Gaines, AGathering of Old Men Goldman, The Princess Bride Greene, Summer of My German Soldier Hansen, Which Way Freedom Hinton, The Outsiders Holman, Slakes Limbo London, The Call of the Wild Mathis, Listen for the Fig Tree Mohr, Nilda Neufeld, Lisa, Bright and Dark O’Brien, Z for Zachariah Reiss, The Upstairs Room Schaefer, Shane Stevenson, Treasure Island Voigt, Dicey’s Song Walker, To Hell With Dying Walter, Because We Are Zindel, The Pigman
Nonfiction Amory, The Cat Who Came for Christmas Berck, No Place to Be: Voices of Homeless Children Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl George, The Talking Earth Gilbreth, Cheaper by the Dozen Haskins, Outward Dreams Hautzig, Endless Steppe: A Girl in Exile Herriott, All Creatures Great and Small Lester, To Be a Slave Meyers, Pearson, a Harbor Seal Pup Soto, Living Up the Street White, Ryan White: My Own Story Yates, Amos Fortune, Free Man Poetry: Adams, Poetry of Earth and Sky Eliot, Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats Frost, You Come Too Greenfield, Night on Neighborhood Street Livingston, Cat Poems
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Drama Blinn, Brian’s Song Davis, Escape to Freedom Gibson, The Miracle Worker Lawrence and Lee, Inherit the Wind Osborn, On Borrowed Time Shakespeare, AMidsummer Night’s Dream Stone, Metamora, or, the Last of the Wampanoags
Middle School
Folklore/Mythology Blair, Tall Tale America Bruchac, The First Strawberries: ACherokee Story Bryan, Beat the Story-Drum, Pum-Pum D’Aulaire, Norse Gods and Giants Gallico, The Snow Goose Lee, Toad Is the Uncle of Heaven: AVietnamese Folk Tale Pyle, Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction Bradbury, Dandelion Wine Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting Cooper, The Grey King Hamilton, The Magical Adventures of Pretty Pearl L’Engle, A Wrinkle in Time Tolkien, The Hobbit Yep, Dragon of the Lost Sea
Magazines/Periodicals Scope (Scholastic)
World(National Geographic)
Junior Scholastic (Scholastic)
Science World(Scholastic)
Cobblestone (American history)
Calliope (world history)
Faces (anthropology)
Odyssey (science)
Other Computer manuals, instructions, contracts. See also the reading lists included in award books corresponding to reading provided by the Girl Scouts of America and the Boy Scouts of America.
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Fiction High School
Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Cisneros, The House on Mango Street Clark, The Ox-Bow Incident Golding, Lord of the Flies Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls Hentoff, The Day They Came to Arrest the Book Hilton, Goodbye, Mr. Chips Kinsella, Shoeless Joe Knowles, A Separate Peace Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Orwell, 1984 Paulsen, Canyons Portis, True Grit Potok, Davita’s Harp Stoker, Dracula Wartski, ABoat to Nowhere Welty, The Golden Apples
Nonfiction Angell, Late Innings Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Ashe, Days of Grace Beal, “I Will Fight No More Forever”: Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce War Bishop, The Day Lincoln Was Shot Bloom, The Closing of the American Mind Campbell, The Power of Myth Covey, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Galarza, Barrio Boy Hawking, A Brief History of Time Houston, Farewell to Manzanar Kennedy, Profiles in Courage Kingsley and Levitz, Count Us In: Growing Up With Down Syndrome Kingston, Woman Warrior Mazer, ed., Going Where I’m Coming From Momaday, The Way to Rainy Mountain Rodriquez, Hunger of Memory Sternberg, User’s Guide to the Internet Wright, Black Boy
Poetry Angelou, I Shall Not be Moved Bly, ed., News of the Universe Cummings, Collected Poems Dickinson, Complete Poems Randall, ed., The Black Poets Carruth, ed., The Voice That Is Great Within Us Hughes, Selected Poems Knudson and Swenson, eds., American Sports Poems Longfellow, Evangeline Wilbur, Things of This World
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Drama High School
Christie, And Then There Were None Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun McCullers, The Member of the Wedding Pomerance, The Elephant Man Rose, Twelve Angry Men Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet; Julius Caesar Van Druten, I Remember Mama Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth Wilson, The Piano Lesson
Folklore/Mythology Evslin, Adventures of Ulysses Pinsent, Greek Mythology Stewart, The Crystal Cave Burland, North American Indian Mythology White, The Once and Future King
Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction Adams, Watership Down Asimov, Foundation Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey Clarke, Childhood’s End Frank, Alas, Babylon Herbert, Dune Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet McCaffrey, Dragonflight Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Verne, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Magazines and Newspapers Omni Sports lllustrated Literary Cavalcade (Scholastic) National Geographic Smithsonian Newsweek
Other Computer manuals, instructions, contracts, technical materials.
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