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Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy Words: From Accessories to Zany

Jane O'Connor

Illustrator:

Robin Glasser

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Fiction

Lemons Are Not Red

Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Age Level:

6-9

Extreme Animals

Nicola Davies

Age Level:

6-9

Sheep in a Jeep

Nancy Shaw

Age Level:

3-6

Genre:

Fiction

Jamberry

Bruce Degen

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Fiction

Giraffes Can’t Dance

Giles Andreae

Age Level:

3-6

Genre:

Fiction

Questions, Questions

Marcus Pfister

Age Level:

6-9

Ike, a likeable mutt, is sent to obedience school from which he writes letters that don’t match the actions depicted in the illustration. Rewrite Ike’s letters but from a neutral point of view such as that of an unbiased reporter. Ike LaRue returns in LaRue Across America: Postcards From the Vacation (opens in a new window) (Scholastic) among others, each of which involves writing from different points of view.

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School

Age Level:

6-9

Boy Wonders

Calef Brown

Age Level:

6-9

Looking for Miza

Craig Hatkoff

Age Level:

9-12

Genre:

Nonfiction

Otto Runs for President

Rosemary Wells

Age Level:

3-6

Two boys meet and develop a friendship. Readers will gain meaning and be able to read expressively from the animated presentation (in typeface and color as well as placement) of simple words which are ideal to read aloud in tandem. (Children can describe not only plot but attributes - characteristics and characterization - of the 2 boys. A discussion of language and how we greet our friends as well could take this into a social skills direction.)

Grapes of Math

Greg Tang

Illustrator:

Harry Briggs

Age Level:

9-12

Genre:

Nonfiction

Two boys meet and develop a friendship. Readers will gain meaning and be able to read expressively from the animated presentation (in typeface and color as well as placement) of simple words which are ideal to read aloud in tandem. (Children can describe not only plot but attributes — characteristics and characterization — of the 2 boys. A discussion of language and how we greet our friends as well could take this into a social skills direction.)