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Baa Baa Black Sheep by Iza Trapani
A sheep teaches her barnyard companions a lesson about kindness and sharing.
  • Teaching Plan includes recalling information about the story sequence and engaging in a discussion to understand the meaning of the story. Scholastic

 

Baba Yaga 
Baba Yaga is a traditional Russian character who appears in many stories. The story is located in many folklore anthologies and picture books.
  • Lesson Plan comparing different versions of a folktale and comparing characters. List of various books provided.  AskERIC

 

Babar Learns to Cook by Laurent De Brunhoff
After Babar and Celeste watch him on television, Truffles, the most famous chef in Celesteville, comes to the palace to give cooking lessons.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Babar's Little Circus Star by Laurent De Brunhoff
Unhappy because she is the smallest in the family, Isabelle discovers that being little has its advantages when she is asked to perform in the circus.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

The Babe and I by David Adler
While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth. 

 

Babe and Me by Dan Gutman
With their ability to travel through time using vintage baseball cards, Joe and his father have the opportunity to find out whether Babe Ruth really did call his shot when he hit that home run in the third game of the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
  • Discussion Guide includes a book talk, discussion questions and activities. Nutmeg Children's Book Award
  • Quiz North-Forks, ND, Public Schools

 

Babe Didrikson, Athlete of the Century by R. R. Knudson
A biography, emphasizing the early years, of Babe Didrikson, who broke records in golf, track and field, and other sports, at a time when there were few opportunities for female athletes.

 

Babe Ruth Ballet School by Tim Shortt
Babe Ruth, the greatest batter in baseball history, takes some lessons from Issy Archer, a nine-year-old girl whose spitball is unhittable, but whose real love is dancing.
  • Activities include creating a web of athletes. TeacherViews

 

Babe: The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith
A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.

 

Baboon by Kate Banks
A young baboon's view of the world changes as his mother shows him various parts of his environment.

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  • Lesson Plan features literacy and cross-curricular activities. Central Falls (Rhode Island) School District

 

The Baboon King by Anton Quintana
Son of a Kikuyu mother and a Masai herdsman father, Morengaru the hunter lives on the edges of tribal society until an actual banishment forces him to make a life for himself among a troop of baboons.

 

Baboushka & the Three Kings by Ruth Robbins 
An old woman who was too busy to travel with the Wise Men to find the Child now searches endlessly for Him each Christmas season.
  • Activities include making a book and studying the illustrations. TeacherViews

 

Babu's Song by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
In Tanzania, Bernardi's mute grandfather makes him a wonderful music box and then helps him realize his dream of owning a soccer ball and going to school.

 

Babushka Baba Yaga by Patricia Polacco
The villagers are afraid of her, so the legendary Baba Yaga disguises herself as an old woman in order to know the joys of being a grandmother.
  • Activities Scroll down the page. Reading Lady
  • Activities include reading and writing questions and cross-curricular ideas. Scroll down the page. Penguin Putnam
  • Lesson Ideas include discussion questions, bookmark, online postcard, quiz, puzzle, coloring sheets, and more. Patricia Polacco

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco
A little girl gets a doll that turns out to be twice as rambunctious as she is.
  • Activities include ideas for guidance, writing, and author study. TeacherViews
  • Activities Scroll down the page. Reading Lady

 

Baby by Patricia MacLachlan
Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home, caring for her and teaching her games and new words. They come to love this baby as their own, all the while knowing that eventually Sophie's mother will return one day to take her from them.
  • Book Discussion Guide includes summary, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

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Baby Alicia Is Dying by Lurlene McDaniel
When Jessica is diagnosed as having kidney failure her only hope is a kidney transplant but her boyfriend Jeremy must find the strength to defy his parents in order to be the donor and save Jessica's life.

 

Baby Animals Learn by Pamela Chanko
Shows various kinds of baby animals learning to do such things as run, climb, groom, and hunt.
  • Lesson Plan for guided reading includes comprehension , oral, and vocabulary strategies, writing activities, and more. Scholastic

 

The Baby BeeBee Bird by Diane Redfield Massie
The zoo animals find a way to keep the baby beebee bird awake during the day so that they can get some sleep at night.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Baby Bilby, Where Do You Sleep? by Narelle Oliver
Describes the native Australian animals of the desert and the habitats in which they live.

 

Baby Bird by Joyce Dunbar
A bird falls out of his nest while trying to fly and has encounters with several animals before he finds success. 

 

Baby Dance by Ann Taylor
An illustrated version of the 19th century poem.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Baby Duck’s New Friend by Frank Asch and Devin Asch
Baby Duck’s new friend has led him far away from home—how will he get back?

 

Baby Face by Abigail Tabby
Large round interactive faces accompany simple rhymes that urge toddlers to pull tabs in order to expose a "toothy grin" and to watch a little girl's "mop of hair [fly] out everywhere."
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Baby Grizzly by Beth Spanjian
A mother grizzly takes care of her twin cubs.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink
Twelve-year-old Mary Wallace and her ten-year-old sister Jean survive the wreck of an ocean liner on its way to Australia and manage to make it to a seemingly deserted island in a lifeboat with four babies.

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  • Chapter Challenges includes a summary and discussion questions by chapter. Five in a Row

 

Baby Love by Hope Vestergaard
Contains poems that celebrate the love family members have for their babies.
  • Activity Guide includes cross-curricular ideas. Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

 

Baby Mickey's Book of Shapes by Western Publishing
Baby tries to find his favorite toy.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Baby Tamer by Mark Teague
The noisy and clever Eggmont kids, otherwise known as a baby-sitter's worst nightmare, meet their match in Amanda Smeedy, baby tamer.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Baby Whales Drink Milk by Barbara Juster Esbensen
Describes the behavior of the humpback whale, with an emphasis on the fact that it is a mammal and shares the characteristics of other mammals.
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. TeacherViews

 

Baby Wolf by Mary Batten
Describes how a wolf pup grows through its first year with its siblings and other members of its pack.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Back from the Dead by Carol Gorman
When a practical joke on the class outcast goes awry and leaves the boy dead, the jokesters are remorseful. Soon, however, all of the "in" group teens begin receiving threatening notes from the dead boy.

 

Back Soon by Diana Hendry
A kitten doesn't like it when his mother leaves him alone.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Back to Paul Revere! (Travelers Through Time series) by Beatrice Gormley 
Matt and Emily’s grandfather has invented a way to travel back in time to Lexington in the year 1775. 

·         Extension Activity includes communication and life in colonial times. Scholastic

 

Back to the Day Lincoln Was Shot! (Travelers Through Time series) by Beatrice Gormley
Matt and Emily’s grandfather has invented a way to travel back in time to the night Lincoln was shot. 

·         Extension Activity for a reader's theater. Scholastic

 

Back Yard Angel by Judy Delton
Although ten-year-old Angel loves her little brother Rags dearly, the constant responsibility of taking care of him weighs heavily on her young shoulders.

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Backward Bird Dog by Bill Wallace
After having his nose scratched by a cat, pecked by a bird, bitten by a dog, and stung by a bee, J.C. the bird dog develops his own method for pointing quail that protects his delicate sniffer.

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Backwards Day by Joan Holub
Everything is backwards at school.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Backwater by Joan Bauer
While compiling a genealogy of her family of successful attorneys, sixteen-year-old history buff Ivy Breedlove treks into the mountain wilderness to interview a reclusive aunt with whom she identifies and who in turn helps her to truly know herself and her family.
  • Lesson Plan includes information about the author, book, related titles, activities, puzzles and worksheets, and weblinks for further study. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
  • Book Discussion Guide  includes summary, book talk, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)
  • Reading Guide with discussion questions. Penguin Putnam

 

Backyard Insects by Millicent Selsam
Text and photographs discuss common garden insects and their protective appearance which includes camouflage, warning colors, copycat characteristics, and scary characteristics.

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction of text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities, and word study. Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

 

Bad, Bad Bunnies (Pee Wee Scout series) by Judy Delton
The Pee Wee Scouts are anxious to see who will be the lucky winners in the Easter egg hunt, and hope to receive their fire safety badges.

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A Bad, Bad Day by Kirsten Hall
A young boy's day starts badly, but his mood improves when his teacher gives him a good mark on his paper.

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·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events series) by Lemony Snicket 
After the sudden death of their parents, the three Baudelaire children must depend on each other and their wits when it turns out that the distant relative who is appointed their guardian is determined to use any means necessary to get their fortune.

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·         Book Test Arcadia Valley Elementary School, MO-Ruth Petsel

·         Book Test 2 Arcadia Valley Elementary School, MO-Ruth Petsel

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Discussion Questions Hawaii Association of School Librarians

  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

Bad Boy by Walter Dean Myers
Author Walter Dean Myers describes his childhood in Harlem in the 1940s and 1950s, discussing his loving stepmother, his problems in school, his reasons for leaving home, and his beginnings as a writer.

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Bad Boys by Margie Palatini
Two hungry wolves in disguise attempt to raid a sheep farm.

 

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
In order to ensure her popularity, Camilla Cream always does what is expected, until the day arrives when she no longer recognizes herself.
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. TeacherViews
  • Activities include ideas for language arts, science, and social studies. Page 17. North Carolina Children's Book Awards
  • Activity about uniqueness. Education World

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·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

  • Literary Activities demonstrating the moral of a story.
  • Lesson Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Kansas City Public Schools

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

·         Lesson Plan uses technology. Scroll down the page. Irving, TX, Independent School District

 

Bad Day at Riverbend by Chris Van Allsburg
When Sheriff Hardy investigates the source of a brilliant light and shiny slime afflicting Riverbend, he finds that the village is becoming part of a child's coloring book streaked with greasy crayons.
  • Activities include predicting and listening. TeacherViews

 

Bad Hair Day by Susan Hood
On the way to get a hair cut, a child sees others with not-so-perfect hair.

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Badger’s New House by Robin Muller
After moving into a grand new house and fixing up his old one for Grandmother Mouse, Badger realizes that he misses his former home.
  • Activity about adjectives. Colorado Blue Spruce Award
  • Activity about adjectives and adverbs. Colorado Blue Spruce Award
  • Activity about problem solving. Colorado Blue Spruce Award
  • Activity for dramatics. Colorado Blue Spruce Award
  • Reading Strategies include a summary, activities, an author profile, and related books. Page 2. Colorado Blue Spruce Award

 

Badger's Parting Gifts by Susan Varley
Badger's friends are sad when he dies, but they treasure the legacies he left them.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by Shirley Neitzel 
In cumulative verses and rebuses a young boy and his mother have different views on how to pack a bag for a trip to Grandma's.
  • Activities feature choral reading and rhyming words. TeacherViews

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Bagels from Benny by Aubry Davis
When Grandpa explains to Benny that God, not him, should be thanked for the wonderful bagels, Benny sets out to do just that.

 

Bailey Goes Camping by Kevin Henkes
Bailey is too young to go camping with the Bunny Scouts, but his parents take him on a special camping trip--in the house.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Bald Eagles by James Gerholdt
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and habits of the bird which is the national symbol for the United States and which is often used on flags and other official banners.

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The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman 
In 1849, twelve-year-old California Morning Whipple, who renames herself Lucy, is distraught when her mother moves the family from Massachusetts to a rough California mining town.
  • Activities focus on frontier and pioneer life. Includes Internet connections. Annette Lamb
  • Activities include learning about the Gold Rush. TeacherViews
  • Activities include exploring literary elements and cross curricular connections. TeacherViews

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·         Book Test Arcadia Valley Elementary School, MO-Ruth Petsel

  • Literature Circle Lesson Appalachian State University
  • Teaching Guide from the publisher includes general discussion questions and suggestions for reaching across the curriculum.
  • Teaching Guide with curriculum activities related to frontier and pioneer life. Children's Literature Association of Utah

 

A Ballad of the Civil War by Mary Stolz
Weary of the war, a Union lieutenant recalls his life with his twin brother on their family's Virginia plantation and the events that led them to fight on different sides in the Civil War.
  • Activities include vocabulary and a character chart. TeacherViews

 

The Balloon Tree by Phoebe Gilman
Princess Leora sets out on a desperate quest to find one unbroken balloon before the sun rises.

·         Activities focus on the study of Medieval times. TeacherViews 

·         Activities from the author. Scroll down the page. Phoebe Gilman

·         Activities for after reading. Scroll down the page. Saskatchewan Teacher's Federation

 

Baloney (Henry P.) by Jon Scieszka
A transmission received from outer space in a combination of different Earth languages tells of an alien schoolboy's fantastic excuse for being late to school again.

 

Balook by Anthony Piers
A friendly prehistoric rhinoceros is genetically recreated in the near future.

·         Booktalk Booktalking Colorado

 

Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome by Margaret Davidson
NARRATIVE NONFICTION -- a story that tells about real people or real events.

·         Games Quia

·         Quiz Harcourt Reading Skills Rocket - Word Relationships

·         Quiz Test Tutor – Word Relationships

·         Spelling & Vocabulary Word List

·         Memorial Statue & History

·         Author – About the author

·         North Pole Web Cam

·         Artic Pictures

·         Slide Show of Dog Sled Race

·         Legend of Balto

·         Balto Character Quiz

·         Alaska’s Iditarod Race

 

Bamboozled by David Legge
A young girl on her weekly visit to her grandad feels that there is something out of the ordinary but can't figure out what it is.
  • Activities include recognizing story details. TeacherViews

 

Bananas-From Manolo to Margie by George Ancona
This story follows a crop of bananas from a plantation in Honduras to the breakfast table of a child in the United States. Along the way the bananas are handled by many workers and carried on different forms of transportation. 
  • Lesson Plan designed to help students explain how the exchange of goods and services connects Virginia with the world.  Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools

 

A Band of Angels by Deborah Hopkinson
The daughter of a slave forms a gospel singing group and goes on tour to raise money to save Fisk University.
  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, and web links. South Carolina Association of School Librarians
  • Booktalk Washburn University

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

  • Projects and Themes from the author for using this book in the classroom with websites to related information.

 

Bandit's Moon by Sid Fleischman
Twelve-year-old Annyrose relates her adventures with Joaquín Murieta and his band of outlaws in the California gold-mining region during the mid-1800s.

  • Activities include curriculum connections for social studies, language arts, and math. South Carolina Association of School Librarians
  • Booktalk Washburn University

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Discussion Guide includes elements of the novel and discussion questions. Scholastic

  • Lesson Plan includes a synopsis, general review; discussion questions and activity suggestions. Scroll down the page. South Central Kansas Library System
  • Lesson Plan includes information about the author, book, related titles, activities, puzzles and worksheets, and weblinks for further study. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
  • Lesson Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Kansas City Public Schools

 

Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman
When his father dies while trying to climb Switzerland's greatest mountain--the Citadel,  young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself.

  • Activities for independent study including research. Story House
  • Activity for pre-reading incorporates Internet research.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare by Diane Stanley
A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright, using only historically correct information.

·         Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries

 

Barefoot: Escape on the Underground Railroad by Pamela Duncan Edwards
In the forest, a group of animals help a runaway slave escape his pursuers.

  • Lesson Plan based on the necessities needed for the journey.
  • Teacher's Guide includes reading skills and strategies, discussion questions, and vocabulary skills. Harper
  • Teaching Guide includes general discussion questions and suggestions for reaching across the curriculum. Harper

 

A Bargain For Frances by Russell Hoban
Frances foils Thelma's plot to trick her out of a new china set.

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Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
A dog can't seem to bark right; but for some unknown reason, he makes all sorts of other animal sounds. 

  • Activities include cross-curricular book extensions. Page 14. North Carolina Children's Book Awards

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

The Barn by Avi
In an effort to fulfill their dying father's last request, nine-year-old Ben and his brother and sister construct a barn on their land in the Oregon Territory.

  • Book Discussion Guide  includes summary, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

·         Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

·         Literature Unit includes introductory activities, vocabulary, study guide questions, extension activities, writing assignments, and discussion questions.

 

Barn Cat: a Counting Book by Carol P. Saul 
Because she's looking for something special, the great barn cat notices but shows no interest in the activities of the animals which can be counted around her.

 

Barn Dance! by Bill Martin and John Archambault
Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

  • Activities  features alliteration. TeacherViews

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
All the farm animals are where they should be, clucking and mucking, mewing and cooing, except for the missing goose.

  • Activities include a coloring page and animal paper plate crafts. Denise Fleming
  • Fun Sheet with activities, games, and crafts about animals and a list of theme-related books. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the skills of blending and sound isolation. Liverpool, NY, School District

 

Barnyard Song by Rhonda Gowler Greene
When the barnyard animals catch the flu, the farmer takes care of them until their usual voices return.

  • Activities include songs, recipes, and related books and links from the author. Rhonda Gowler Greene

 

Barry, the Bravest Saint Bernard by Lynn Hall
Relates the feats of Barry, the St. Bernard dog whose name, to this day,
honors the best dog at the St. Bernard Monastery.

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Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss
The King, tired of rain, snow, sun, and fog, commands his magicians to make something else come down from the sky, but when oobleck falls, in sticky greenish droplets, Bartholomew Cubbins shames the King and saves the kingdom.

  • Activities include reading comprehension and science. TeacherViews
  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities related to words, a Venn diagram, and weather ideas. TeacherVision
  • Lesson Plan focuses on language arts, math, and technology. Sabine Parish, LA, School District
  • Word Bank for matching a word  with the correct sentence. TeacherVision
  • Word Search Puzzle TeacherVision

 

Baseball Ballerina by Kathryn Cristaldi
A baseball-loving girl worries that the ballet class her mother forces her
to take will ruin her reputation with the other members of her baseball team.

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Baseball Brothers by Jean Marzollo
Timmy is distracted while playing right field on his tee ball team, but when he comes up to bat he hits a home run.

 

Baseball Flyhawk by Matt Christopher
Chico Romez, playing left field for the Royals, has to come up a way of dealing with first-baseman String Becker's sarcasms and of proving that he is an asset to the team

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Baseball in April and Other Stories by Gary Soto
A collection of stories that offers a different cultural perspective about feelings common to all teenagers.

  • Activity for discussing what it means to be a teenager in society. McGraw-Hill
  • Book Quiz for the short story "La Bamba." Charleston County, SC, School District
  • Curricular Connections include creating a reader's theater and related websites. Audio Book Shelf
  • CyberGuide  includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education 
  • Novel Guide includes background information, chapter summaries, and post-reading activities. Holt, Rinehart and Winston
  • Teacher's Guide includes a synopsis, discussion questions and activities for before, during and after reading, and cross-curricular activities. Harcourt

 

Baseball Saved Us by Ken Mochizuki
A Japanese American boy learns to play baseball when he and his family are forced to live in an internment camp during World War II, and his ability to play helps him after the war is over.

·         Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC
  • Teacher's Guide includes background, reading questions, and interdisciplinary activities. Lee & Low Books
  • Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Baseball's Best: Five True Stories by Andrew Gutelle
Examines the accomplishments of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Roberto Clemente, and Hank Aaron, all of whom were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

  • Activities include writing a biography. TeacherViews

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  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

Bashi, The Baby Elephant by Theresa Radcliffe
Bashi, a newborn elephant, becomes the target of a trio of lionesses when he becomes stuck in the mud at the watering hole, but his mother and other members of the herd move in quickly to keep him safe.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Basket Moon by Mary Lynn Ray
After hearing some men call his father and him hillbillies on his first trip into the nearby town of Hudson, a young boy is not so sure he still wants to become a basket maker.

  • Activities include graphing and learning about basket making. TeacherViews
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Basketball's Greatest Players by S. A. Kramer
Describes how and why such men as Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird became great basketball players.

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The Bat Boy & His Violin by Gavin Curtis
Reginald is more interested in practicing his violin than in his father's job managing the worst team in the Negro Leagues, but when Papa makes him the bat boy and his music begins to lead the team to victory, Papa realizes the value of his son's passion.

  • Activities include creating a story map and summarizing. TeacherViews
  • Activities include talking about Jackie Robinson and baseball. Scroll down the page. Georgia Children's Literature Book Awards
  • Activities include ideas for music. Scholastic
  • Activities include making a musical instrument. Trumpet
  • Booktalk Nancy Keene
  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary study, characters, and questions for discussion. University of Iowa
  • Reading Guide includes a summary, vocabulary activities, and discussion questions. Page 9. Drake University
  • Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Bat Jamboree by Kathi Appelt
At an abandoned outdoor movie theater, fifty-five bats perform in a toe-tapping, wing-flapping revue--and await the grand finale.

 

Bat Loves the Night by Nicola Davies
Bat wakes up, flies into the night, uses the echoes of her voice to navigate, hunts for her supper, and returns to her roost to feed her baby.

  • Activity Card for parent and child. Microsoft Word document. Texas 2X2 Reading List

 

Bat 6 by Virginia Euwer Wolff
In small town, post-World War Oregon, 21 sixth-grade girls recount the story of an annual softball game, during which one girl’s bigotry comes to the surface.

  • Book Discussion Guide includes summary, book talk, discussion questions, and related books and websites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Bathtime for Biscuit by Alyssa Capucilli
Biscuit the puppy runs away from his bath with his puppy friend, Puddles.

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Bathwater Gang by Jerry Spinelli
Bertie's all-girl gang becomes involved in a harmless but heartfelt war with an all-boy gang, until Bertie's grandmother steps in with a perfect solution.

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Bats by Gail Gibbons
Describes different kinds of bats, their physical characteristics, habits and behavior, and efforts to protect them.

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Bats, Creatures of the Night by Joyce Milton
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitats of different kinds of bats.
  • Activity for measuring and comparing wingspans of different bats. Scroll down the page.
  • Book Test

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·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction of text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities, and word study. Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

 

Bats on Parade by Kathi Appelt
On a midsummer's night the Marching Bat Band makes a rare appearance, its members grouped in formations that demonstrate multiplication from two times two up to ten times ten. 
  • Classroom Ideas includes interdisciplinary activities. Kathi Appelt
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the math concept of algebraic patterns. Kansas State University
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the math concept of polynomials using algebra tiles. Kansas State University
  • Lesson Plan focuses on patterns. Kansas State University
  • Lesson Plan focuses on algebraic patterns. Kansas State University

 

Battle Dress by Amy Efaw
As a newly arrived freshman at West Point, seventeen-year-old Andi finds herself gaining both confidence and self esteem as she struggles to get through the grueling six weeks of new cadet training known as the Beast.
  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, booktalk, and weblinks. South Carolina Association of School Librarians
  • Book Discussion Guide  includes summary, book talk, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

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The Battle for the Castle by Elizabeth Winthrop
Twelve-year-old William uses the magic token to return, through the toy castle in his attic, to the medieval land of Sir Simon, which is now menaced by a skeleton ship bearing a plague of ravenous rats.
  • Teacher’s Guide includes activities, thematic and curriculum connections, and vocabulary. Random House

 

Battle of Jericho by Sharon Draper
A high school junior and his cousin suffer the ramifications of joining what seems to be a "reputable" school club.
  • Study Guide includes discussion questions, activities and research, and writing activities. Sharon Draper

The Battlefield Ghost by Margery Cuyler
When fourth grader John and his sister Lisa move into an old house in Princeton, New Jersey, they find it haunted by the ghost of a Hessian soldier from the Revolutionary War and try to reunite him with the ghost of his beloved horse.

·         Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, related weblinks, and a booktalk. Click on 2002-2003 Activities (in Word format) South Carolina Association of School Librarians

 

Bayou Lullaby by Kathi Appelt
Images of a soft and sleepy bayou are combined with rhythmic verses and depict drifting alligators, dozing herons, and a chorus of tree frogs that sings, fais dodo, fais dodo, in a gentle representation of a Cajun lullaby.

 

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes
Milo, tired of problems with his sister, parents and classmates finds a book in the library that promises to make him perfect in just three days.

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  • Mini Unit with a summary, vocabulary, and suggested discussion questions and activities. Easy Fun School
  • Simple Questions using yes/no and true/false answers for various chapters. Taking Grades Publishing Company

 

Be Good to Eddie Lee  by Virginia Fleming
Although Christy considered him a pest, when Eddie Lee, a boy with Down's Syndrome, follows her into the woods, he shares several special discoveries with her.
  • Activities include creating a Venn diagram. TeacherViews
  • Lesson Plan to teach tolerance for people with disabilities. Teacher Link

 

Bea and Mr. Jones by Amy Schwartz
Bea dislikes school and Mr. Jones is frustrated by his job as an advertising executive. Parent and child swap places--with very surprising results

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

  • Activity to introduce before reading. Ball State University

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Beach Ball by Peter Sis
A beach day becomes a wonderful game for young children as they search through intricate drawings to find things at the beach.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

The Beach Book by Neil Dawe
Discusses many of the creatures to be ssen at the seashore and suggests projects to enhance one's experience at the beach.
  • Teacher's Guide includes an introduction, curriculum activities, and resources. Workman Publishing

 

Beachmont Letters by Cathleen Twomey
Scarred by a fire that killed her father, a seventeen-year-old girl begins a correspondence with a young soldier in 1944.

 

Beacons of Light: Lighthouses by Gail Gibbons
A survey of lighthouses and how they work in simple text and pictures.

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Bean by Anna Grossnickle Hines
A curious cat named Bean leaps, creeps, and snuggles its way in and out of household adventures

 

The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver
Taylor, a poor Kentuckian, makes her way west with an abandoned baby girl and stops in Tucson. There she finds friends and discovers resources in apparently empty places.

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Beany and the Dreaded Wedding by Susan Wojciechowski
Beany loves her cousin Amy but is worried about something going wrong if she agrees to be the flower girl in Amy's wedding.
  • Lesson Plan includes activities and discussion or writing topics for each chapter. Susan Wojcieckowski

 

Beany Goes to Camp by Susan Wojciechowski
Beany definitely does not want to spend her summer vacation at camp, but she endures bugs and a bossy cabin-mate, finds a new friend, and has an okay time after all.
  • Lesson Plan includes activities and discussion or writing topics for each chapter. Susan Wojcieckowski

 

Beany (Not Beanhead) and the Magic Crystals by Susan Wojciechowski
Beany has a magic wishing crystal, but since it will grant only one wish, she holds it in reserve waiting for the perfect moment to use it.
  • Lesson Plan includes activities and discussion or writing topics for each chapter. Susan Wojcieckowski

 

Beany Wakes Up for Christmas by Lisa Bassett
Scamp Squirrel gets everything ready for Christmas to surprise Beany Bear when he wakes up for the occasion.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

The Bear by Raymond Briggs
Tilly has an exhausting day when an enormous white bear, which no-one else can see, comes to live with her.

·         Activities include interdisciplinary ideas and a game about bears. TeacherViews

 

A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond
A very small bear found by Mr. and Mrs. Brown at Paddington station becomes one of the family.

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  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries
  • Study Guide includes activities, related web links, vocabulary, and comprehension questions by chapter.
  • Website for Paddington includes links to coloring pages, postcards, and puzzles.

 

The Bear Family by Dieter Betz 
Describes the lives of grizzly bears living on a game reserve on the McNeil River in Alaska.

·         Activities include creating a chart about bears. TeacherViews

  • Activity for discovering facts about bears from reading the book. CanTeach

 

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone
Fun-filled tour of squares, stars, triangles, and many more simple shapes.

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The Bear Says North: Tales for Northern Lands by Bob Barton
Presents illustrated retellings of ten folk and fairy tales from northern hemisphere countries that border on or contain frozen tundra, snowy mountains, dense wilderness, and ice fields.

 

Bear Shadow by Frank Asch
Bear tries everything he can think of to get rid of his shadow. 
  • Activity Card about shadows. University of Virginia Curry School of Education

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Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson 
On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun.
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. Page 18. North Carolina Children's Book Award
  • Activities Scroll down to page 2. Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
  • Activity Guide includes masks, puppets, and more. Karma Wilson
  • Activity Kit Simon & Schuster
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Bear Tales by by Vlasta van Kampen
Includes three fairy tales about bears from Europe and America.
  • Activities for before, during, and after reading. Annick Press

 

The Bear That Heard Crying by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
A fictionalized retelling of the true story of three-year-old Sarah Whitcher, who, in 1783, became lost in the woods of New Hampshire and was protected by a bear until her rescue four days later.

 

Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends.

 

Bear's Bargain by Frank Asch
Bear and Little Bird try to help each other achieve impossible ambitions.

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Bear's Toothache by David McPhail
When he discovers a bear with a toothache outside his window, a little boy tries to think of ways of removing the tooth.
  • Activities include writing and discussion questions. TeacherViews

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Beardance by Will Hobbs
While accompanying an elderly rancher on a trip into the San Juan Mountains, Cloyd, a Ute Indian boy, tries to help two orphaned grizzly cubs survive the winter and, at the same time, completes his spirit mission.
  • Activities Will Hobbs
  • Book Project features learning about the Continental Divide. A Read Across America Project featuring Colorado. University of Virginia Curry School of Education

 

Bearhide and Crow by Paul Brett Johnson
After Sam tricks Amos into swapping a prize-winning gourd for a smelly old bearhide, Amos decides to give Sam a taste of his own medicine by negotiating an even more worthless trade.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the economic concept of trade and money. KidEconBooks

 

Bears in the Forest by Karen Wallace 
A beautifully illustrated study of bear behavior follows a mother bear and her two cubs from the birth of the youngsters, through two summers and two winters, providing a host of facts about bear biology. 
  • Lesson Plan includes knowledge, comprehension, and application after hearing the story. 

 

The Bears' Christmas by Jan and Stan Berenstain
Daddy Bear tries to show his son how to use the sled, skates, and skis Santa brought for Christmas.

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The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh
When Jonathan's mother sent him over Hemlock Mountain to borrow a large iron pot from Aunt Emma, he wasn't quite sure he liked the idea of going alone because their might be bears.

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Bears on Wheels by Stan Berenstain
An acrobatic act begins with one bear on a unicycle and ends with twenty-one bears and sixteen wheels flying through the air.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads 

 

Bearstone by Will Hobbs
A troubled Indian boy goes to live with an elderly rancher whose caring ways help the boy become a man.

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·         Lesson Plan for an online scavenger hunt to be used before, during, and after reading. Florien High School-Sabine Parish, LA, School District

  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries

·         Literature Unit includes chapter-by-chapter activities, character maps, puzzles and games, worksheets, and other resources. Jennifer Jensen-University of Colorado

  • Novel Guide includes background information, chapter summaries, and post-reading activities. Holt, Rinehart and Winston
  • Study Guide includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities, graphic organizers, assessment instruments, related media links and readings, and reproducible worksheets. Glencoe Literature Library

 

Beast by Susan Meddaugh
Anna's family plans to destroy a big, furry beast that comes out of the forest, but Anna is not convinced it's dangerous.

 

Beast by Donna Jo Napoli
Elaborates on the tale of "Beauty and the Beast," told from the point of view of the beast and set in Persia.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

The Beast by R. L. Stine
James and his cousin Ashley are transported back in time, after a midnight ride on The Beast, the legendary roller coaster at Paramount Park's King's Island. 

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  • Teaching Guide includes discussion topics, activities, and research ideas. Simon & Schuster

 

Beast and the Halloween Horror (Kids of the Polk Street School series) by Patricia Reilly Giff
Assigned to write to the author of a book he neglected to read for class, Beast invites the writer to his school's Halloween Horror and is shocked when he actually shows up for the event. 

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The Beast in Ms. Rooney's Room by Patricia Reilly Giff
Held back for a year in second grade, Richard can't seem to help getting into trouble, until he gets really interested in reading and helps his class in a special way.

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Beast Who Was Afraid (Kids of the Polk Street School series) by Patricia Reilly Giff
With the help of the meanest substitute teacher in the whole school, Richard "Beast" Best learns a lesson about fear. 

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The Beast with a Thousand Teeth by Terry Jones
The small son of a pastry cook finds a way to keep a hungry beast from
terrorizing the land.

  • Lesson Plan includes comprehension questions and drawing. All Souls School-UK

 

The Beastly Arms by Patrick Jennings
Eleven-year-old Nickel, a boy with a great affinity for both animals and photography, moves into an apartment building run by the strange and mysterious Mr. Beastly and discovers a secret about the other tenants.

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Beastly Feast by Bruce Goldstone
All sorts of animals bring a variety of foods to share at a picnic: bears bring pears, parrots bring carrots, mosquitoes bring burritos, mice bring rice, and so on.

  • Lesson Plan focuses on the skills of rhyming. Liverpool, NY, School District

 

A Beautiful Feast for a Big King Cat by John Archambault
A little mouse who habitually teases a cat must use his wits to avoid being eaten.

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Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun’s Kung Fu by Emily Arnold McCully
Tells the story of two unlikely kung fu masters and how their skill in martial arts saves them both.

  • Activities include cross-curricular book extensions. Page 34. North Carolina Children's Book Awards

 

Beauty by Robin McKinley
Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.

·         Curriculum Guide includes synopsis, author information, discussion questions, and activities. William Allen White Children's Book Award

·         Unit includes activities, strategies, and worksheets. Novelinks-Brigham Young University

 

Beauty and the Beast by Marianna Mayer
Through her great capacity to love, a kind and beautiful maid releases a handsome prince from the spell which has made him an ugly beast.

  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary activities, discussion questions and extension activities. Merced County, California, Public Schools

 

Beauty, Her Basket by Sandra Belton
While visiting her grandmother in the Sea Islands, a young girl hears about her African heritage and learns to weave a sea grass basket.

 

Because of Anya by Margaret Peterson Haddix
While ten-year-old Anya faces the difficulties of losing her hair to alopecia, her classmate Keely learns how to stand up for what she knows is right.

  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related web sites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Young Adult Book Awards

 

Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate Dicamillo
India Opal, a motherless preacher's daughter, is lonely in her new Florida home until a scraggly, smiling, stray mutt enters her life and together they win over the town.
  • Activities include discussion and writing. TeacherViews
  • Activities include writing about someone who has changed their lives. Trumpet
  • Activities include ideas for language arts, science, math, social studies, music, and art. Page 42. North Carolina Children's Book Awards

·         Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins,  and a booktalk. Click on 2002-2003 Activities (in Word format) South Carolina Association of School Librarians

  • Activities include a summary and curriculum connections. Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award