Children's literature in the curriculum and at home
Books used with younger readers. Imagine the impossible with Cows Can't Fly. Check and chart weird and real weather with Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Study a whale of a tale with Katie K. Whale. Open the door to sharing with The Doorbell Rang. Explode into literacy with The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top. Serve as a sleuth with Bunnicula. Establish a classroom community with Miss Nelson Is Missing
Books used with middle readers. Write tall with American Tall Tales. Develop sensitivity to environmental needs with A River Ran Wild. Appreciate animals with The Humane Societies: A Voice For The Animals. Play with poetry with The Book of Pigericks
Three Cinderella stories. Vasilissa the Beautiful: A Russian Folktale. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story From China. Cinderella (Fay's Fairy Tales)
Books used with older readers. Think through relationships with Philip Hall Likes Me, I Reckon Maybe. Grow with Seedfolks. Study opposites with Tops and Bottoms. Dare to dream with Dragonwings
Use Jean Fritz books to enhance a unit on the American Revolution and Colonial America. Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? Will You Sign Here, John Hancock? What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? George Washington's Mother
