The Polar Express, a great Fantasy book, Caldecott Award, TS's include RA, S, IR, GR&PR. The book emphasizes the belief in Santa, and begins with boy who listened for the sound of Santa's bells, but rather heard the sound of a train. The conductor told the boy this was the Polar Express, and would take them to the North Pole. This book has the best artwork from a book, which really captured the trip to the North Pole, and of the North Pole itself.

A fantasy book, by the famous Dr. Seuss, TS's include RA, S, AS, IR and GR. This is my favorite Christmas book as it has a shows a greater meaning than just presents. The story is about the Grinch who hates Christmas, and devises a plan to ruin Christmas for all the Who's in Who-ville. The book would be excellent during the holidays, or during Read Across America.

A fun Animal Fantasy book, TS's include S, AS, RT, GR and CR. The book goes through the day of Pete's adventure of figuring out who keeps stealing the cupcakes for the cupcake party. With clues of who keeps stealing the cupcakes, Pete will eventually discover the culprit behind this. This story is great for younger children, and has some counting elements to it.

This is a Historical Fiction of the true story of Henry Brown, and his story of his early childhood in slavery, Caldecott award, TS's include RA, LC, IR, SR, and GR. This story hits on all the points of slavery that children will have a reaction to, and really shows the emotions that these people went through. This story does an excellent job showcasing the horrors of slavery. I highly recommend this book!

A relaxing Realistic Tale, Caldecott award, TS's include RA, S, SR, GR and CR, is about a girl who is convinced she is not sleepy. The parents smoothly ease the girl into where, where she'll inevitably go-to bed. The artwork is very interesting and gravitating as each character has their own crown which is symbolic to the status within the household. This book also explores a bit into animals sleeping that can cooperate with a science lesson plan.

A fun Realistic Fiction, TS's include LC, S, IR, SR and PR. A story about a boy, S.A.M., who has a wild "adventure" while going shopping for shoes and his journey home with K. This boy has a wild imagination, but excellent artwork, especially with the pages a dark blue and light blue really has excellent contrast. The writing for S.A.M.'s imagination does make him feel like a secret agent.

This book is great for Halloween, and feels like a poem with excellent flow almost songlike, TS's include RA, S, RT, GR, and CR. I would read this to younger children with it being read nice and slow. With excellent pictures, bringing the scarecrow to life just like in the story. This book is very fun for children, with normally haunting things in Halloween being fun while they are enjoying their one night of the year.

A great story for Halloween, a Historical Fiction, TS's include RA, S, IR, GR, and PR .Set in the 1700's where a man, John Leep, was going evict a widow from one of his rental houses. While on his horse to evict that Widow, a strange presence is felt following him to his destination. This story has a great meaning of morality and greed behind it, and is a great read aloud book for Halloween.

A Historical Fiction, Caldecott award, TS's include IR, SR, GR, CR and PR; the book uses art work from the authors art work and quilts. This is a great story that includes African-American folk of "flying" for freedom, and is told in a way that really shows the viewpoint of a little girl in a world with not equal opportunities, and can be very relatable for some girls, and can also allow for some students to better understand that time period.

An early reader Realistic Fiction book, Caldecott award, TS's include PR, RA, RT, GR and CR. A simple book about 2 different people meet, where it shows a shy kid meeting a more outgoing person on the street. Very quickly, it's noticeable they have had different life experiences and came from different backgrounds. The books simple wording relays a nice message to coincide with the books images.

This Nonfiction book, TS's include IR, SR, GR, PR & LC; would be useful in some classroom activities, and also informative for some children who are super interested in certain animals. This book has a load of information that can easily be incorporated into a lesson, and goes into a variety of animals that can camouflage into their environment. A very simple and easy read, for younger children especially.

This is my favorite book of the last decade and a great realistic fiction, Coretta Scott King Award, TS's include IR, LC, AS, GR, and SR. It's incredibly designed, and has a very unique writing style that comes from the point of view, Josh, and his journey through school dramas. He and his twin brother, Jordan, are a dynamic duo with basketball, but the story goes deeper than that with great family values and a terrific morale behind the story.

One of my favorite books growing up, Modern Fantasy, was a NYT Bestseller, TS's include IR, RA, LC, AS and PR. With no spoilers, this book did a great job capturing my imagination on turning Clay Dragons to life with something called the Fire. This book began with a normal college boy becoming a Tennant for Elizabeth and younger daughter, Lucy, and made a Clay Dragon, Gadzooks. This dragon ends up coming to life and written so it could be reality.

A Biography about the great Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King winner, TS's include RA, LC, IR, SR, and PR. The book did a great job on showing his early life, and all of the work he did for Civil Rights. It also had some of his quotes throughout the book, showing his compassion and to "fight with words, not fists". This again would be great for a Read Aloud. This book was a Caldecott Honor and Coretta Scott King award.

A Fable, Caldecott winner, TS's include RA, LC, S, GR, and PR. This book has a little girl who is almost like a horse whisperer, where during a thunderstorm gets taken on a wild ride with horses to meet the great Spotted Stallion. That is where the story takes off, and you don't know what she'll consider her true home, either with her new friend the Spotted Stallion, or her family.