I Want my Hat Back, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, is a humorous F story that won a Caldecott award. The book follows a bear on his journey to find his hat. This book would be perfect for a RT or an S. The UDL Principle for this could be 8.3 (foster collaboration and community) because a RT would have the children getting involved an interacting with each other in order to tell a story.

I Survived: The Attacks of September 11, 2001, written by Lauren Tarshis, is a HF book, based off of true stories. The book focuses on a young boy who witnessed the tragedy of 9/11 personally. This chapter book is perfect for IR, because it teaches the student about a real event in history, using characters that they can relate to. This type of book may encourage students to look more into the history of 9/11 on their own outside of school.

If You Give a Pig a Pancake, written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, is a F picture book that is a circular story of what happens when you give a pig a pancake. This book is perfect for an AS of Laura Numeroff, because you can teach the students how she tends to write many books that contain a circular story, thus beginning a lesson on what circular story means. A UDL strategy is 6.2 (support planning and strategy development).

The Day the Crayons Quit, written by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, is a humorous F book that is a #1 New York Times Best Seller as well as a Goodreads Choice Awards Best Picture Book. This book would be perfect for RA. Students will be entertained throughout the entire reading of this story, because they will find the complaints of the crayons to be funny. The teacher can teach students a lesson on character traits by

Click, Clack, Moo, Cows That Type, written by Doreen Cronin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin, is a F book that is a Caldecott award winner. This story is perfect for a RT. It is about animals who are unhappy with their living conditions. They find a typewriter and begin leaving letters for the farmer about changes that should be made. This was my favorite book as a kid. A UDL Strategy is 2.5 (illustrate through multiple media). By doing a RT, the

Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White, is a F, Newbery Award Winner. This book is a classic that would be important for all kids to read through IR. The book is about a pig, who was the runt of the litter, and how he became friends with a very special spider. The story teaches the importance of friendship, as well as a lesson on grief. A UDL strategy for this book is 8.2 (vary demands and resources to optimize challenge.) This strategy is good because

The Fault in Our Stars, written by (my favorite author) John Green, is a RF "Goodreads Choice Awards Best Young Adult Fiction" book and a #1 New York Times Bestseller. This story would be great for LC's for high school aged children. Along with this, each LC could be assigned a different John Green book, seeing as how young adults love his books so much. This story tells a beautiful love story that pulls at the heartstrings and teaches a beautiful

The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, is an amazing SF, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award winner. Not only this, but it is my absolute favorite book (series) of all time. This book would be perfect for IR. In fact, I was assigned to read this book over summer in 7th grade, and I could not put it down. The story line is intriguing and action-filled, and, theres a movie that you can show after students read the book. The UDL

If You Give A Mouse A Cookie, written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, is a clever F story about the spiral of events that happens after you give a mouse a cookie. This book would be so fun to use for a Storytelling. Children love the zany mouse from the story and all of the trouble that he causes. A UDL strategy is 7.3 ( minimize threats and distractions). This can be done by having the students gather at the front of the class,

The Story of the Mayflower Compact, written by Norman Richards and Illustrated by Darrell Wiskur, is NF, IR book, perfect for a classroom library. The book uses real people and events to explain an important event in history. This book would be good to have students read as a part of their homework for history class. UDL Strategy 8.2 (Vary demands and resources to optimize challenge) would be beneficial when reading this book, because the book

A Caldecott award winner, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, written and illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein, is a B that could be used as a RA in the classroom. The book tells the story of a street performer who wants to secretly walk a tightrope between the twin towers. This would be a great book to read to the class, because you can use ELA to incorporate the history of the twin towers. A UDL strategy you can use with this book is 3.2

Oh, the Thinks you can Think, written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss, is a P book that would be perfect for an AS of Dr. Seuss. The book is about the endless possibilities that one can think of when using their imagination. This book has a song based off of it that is in a musical called "Seussical the Musical". The musical contains a lot of Dr. Seuss' main characters the students this musical when doing an AS on Dr. Seuss, would be fun!

Wonder by R.J. Palacio, an #1 New York Times Best Seller, is an amazing RF book that could be used as an LC or IR book! The book focuses on the main character, August Pullman, and the struggles he faces because of his looks. It teaches a great lesson of kindness to people of all ages. In the future, this book would be great to have the students read, and then show the class the movie (which comes out soon).

A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeline L'Engle, is a SF Newbery Award winner, that makes for a good LC read. This book is about a young girl and her adventures in time to save her dad. The novel is great for the classroom because of all the vocabulary terms and symbolism that could be taught. UDL principle 2.1 (clarify vocabulary and symbols) works for this book because of all the intense new vocabulary. ESOL strategy 13 (use preview/review activities)

Junie B. Jones Is a Party Animal, written by Barbra Park and illustrated by Denise Brunkus, is a RF book that'd be good for IR. This chapter book is a fun read for older elementary students because the main character is very relatable. This particular book is about Junie B. Jones, who is going to her her friend's rich Nana's house for a sleepover.

This is Not My Hat, written and illustrated by Jon Klassen, is a cleverly illustrated F 2013 Caldecott award winner, and would make a great DR book. This picture book follows a small fish who stole a bigger fish‘s hat, and thinks he is getting away with it. This book is great for teaching dramatic irony and a DR of this book could be fun for the whole class. UDL Principle 3.2 (highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships)

Pete the cat and his white shoes
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin and illustrated by James Dean is a F picture book that is a great CR and RA book for young students. The book focuses on Pete and his white shoes. On each page he steps in something of a random color, thus changing the color of his shoes. However, it never bothers him, he just keeps singing about his newly colored shoes.

Chrysanthemum written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes is a F ALA Noteable Book award winner and would make a great AS book. This would be a good author study book, because Kevin Henkes has written multiple books that children enjoy. This book teaches children about bullying and self acceptance. UDL Principle 2.5 (Illustrate through multiple media) would be good for this book because not only is it a picture book that can be displayed on a

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick is a beautifully illustrated HF 2008 Caldecott winner. This book would be best used by students in IR. The book is about a young boy with a talent for fixing clocks and machines, who secretly works in the train station all while trying to fix the machine his late father left behind. The author tells the story through words and pictures, as half the novel is only pictures. This story teaches lessons

Rumpelstiltskin, by Paul O. Zelinsky, is a Caldecott award winner. This TL RA book perfect for teaching students about fairytales. In the story, a girl's father tells the King that she has the ability to spin straw into gold. The King locks her in a room with straw each night expecting gold in the morning. Every night, Rumpelstiltskin appears and spins the straw in exchange for something.