Wonder by R.J. Palacio is a realistic fiction novel I will use for a read aloud in my classroom. This is an uplifting story about Auggie Pullman and his new journey of starting school in the fifth grade. I had the chance to see this movie in theaters and there were some changes. They left out Summer‘s part as I was truly looking forward to her story. They left out the part of Julian turning the whole school against Jack Will.

Raven a Trickster Tale is a Caldecott Award winner traditional picture book I will use for guided reading. This is a story about a Raven who turns into a little boy when the whole entire world goes dark. The raven becomes a boy to find the sun again. I will use UDL 7.2 optimize relevance, value, and authenticity. I will also use ESOL 6 monitor students comprehension.

Sharks by Gina Cline and Joi Washington is a nonfiction picture book I will use for readers theater. This book compares and contrasts sharks to each other as it doesn‘t specifically name the scientific names of each shark it still gives an idea of how not all sharks are the same, and that sharks aren‘t scary animals.

It Never, Ever Snows in Florida by Amy Sweezey is a science fiction picture book I will use for a read aloud in my classroom. This is a story about AJ and how he wants nothing more than to build a snowman but he lives and Florida and believes that it never snows in Florida. How ever has it ever snowed in Florida? This will be perfect to use before a lesson about climate especially focusing on Flordia‘s climate.

Independence Cake by Deborah Hopkinson is a historical fiction picture book I will use for guided reading as the story is lengthy and tricky. This is a story based off of a true story about a little girl who is making a cake for her president to come and eat with her.

A Pocket for Corduroy is a fantasy picture book I will use for a dramatic reenactment. This story is all about Corduroy and his search for a pocket to sew onto his overalls. Corduroy wonders off and gets trapped inside the laundry mat over night. Will Corduroy get out of the laundry mat? Will he ever get his pocket?

Skippy Jon Jones by Judy Schachner won the EB White read aloud award, it is a fantasy picture book I will use in my classroom for a read aloud. A Siamese cat causes havoc in his household as he is the only boy of the family. Skippyjon goes into his closet and is off into another world, this time it was to Mexico where he meets with Chihuahuas who are battling a huge bumblebee. Will Skippyjon Jones be able to help the Chihuahuas?

Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski won the Caldecott Award I would use this in my classroom for a read aloud. This a story about colors throughout the year. It goes through all the seasons and tells you how the colors change throughout the year. Like how the green leaves change to brown and so on.

Jun onia by Kevin Henkes is a realistic novel I can have in my classroom for independent reading. This is a story about a girl who goes on a beach vacation with her parents. The week they go, Alice turns the 10 years old, and this is a big deal! She wants nothing more than to have the best birthday and to find a junonia shell.

She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton is a biography picture book I will use for a read aloud. This book tells you about 13 girls who did not have an easy task or life, and they did all what they could to become the greatest. This is an empowering book that will give students a role model as well as open them up to different professions. I will use UDL 2.1 clarify vocabulary and symbols as there are a couple tricky words and phrases.

One More Acorn by Don Freeman and his son Roy Freeman is a fantasy picture book I will use for guided reading. This is a story was started by Don Freeman, and after he passed away his son decided to finish the writing and to publish this story for his father 30 years later. This is a story about a squirrel gathering nuts before he hibernates for the winter, he is specifically looking for one last acorn.

Oh the Places You‘ll Go by Dr. Suess is a poetry picture book I can use in my classroom for choral reading as it would be fun! This is an inspirational story that is supposed to be about the reader and how amazing of a journey life is. This semester was my first time reading this book and I cannot wait to use it in my future classroom at the end of the school year, this website

Caldecott Winner of 1958 is Fly High, Fly Low by Don Freeman, it is a fantasy picture book I will use for shared reading. This is a story about two birds who are new parents to some baby birds, but what happens when their home gets destroyed?

Pete the Cats Groovy Guide to Life by Kimberly and James Dean is a fantasy picture book I would have in my classroom library for independent reading. This book has a bunch of famous quotes on life and how to live an easy one. And there are blurbs that are Pete explaining the quotes even better.

Stone Soup by Marcia Brown is a traditional literature picture book that is a Caldecott award winner I would use for storytelling. This is a story about 3 soldiers that come to a strange town they have never seen before. They look for a place to sleep and food, but the villagers have no food or a place to sleep for the soldiers. So the soldiers come up with an idea to cook Stone Soup for the whole town.

Young Readers Choice Award winner, Corduroy by Don Freeman is a fantasy picture book I would use for author studies. It‘s about a bear who lives in a department store, and he loses his button on his overalls. One night corduroy goes on a search to find his button, so he can hopefully be taken home one day to be played with.

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein is a poetry picture book I would use for storytelling. It is about a boy who grew up playing on a tree. As the boy gets older he comes back to visit the tree when times are tough, and the tree does all that it can to help the boy until there was nothing left.

My Pet Human by Surovec Yasmine is a modern fantasy novel that is a Sunshine State Young Readers Award Winner in 2016-2017, I would use it in my classroom for partner reading. It is a funny story about a cat named Oliver who doesn‘t have a home and prefers it that way, until a freckled-face girl moves into his neighborhood and adopts him and changes his independent kitty ways.

Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick Illustrated by Sophie Blackall, is a Caldecott Award winner in 2016, this is a historical fiction picture book I would use in my classroom for a read aloud. This story is based on the true story of the real Winnie the Pooh. It is about a soldier that found a bear, in which he brought with him through all his adventures of the war.

Is a novel, that won both the Newbery and Coretta Scott King award winner in 2011. It‘s a realistic fiction story about three girls who go and spend a summer with their estranged mother who left them while they were young. I would use this book for literature circles. Teachingsbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&tid=17070 has lesson plans and other information about the author.

The One and Only Ivan written by Katherine Applegate is an amazing fantasy novel it is a Newbery Award winner. I could not put this book down, the story captures your heart and pulls at every string possible. The story about Ivan, a silverback gorilla who spent his whole life in his domain, at the Big Top Mall in Washington. Ivan and his friends perform a show three times a day. But when the mall closes, what happens to Ivan and his friends?