This F book would be a perfect read aloud on a difficult day. This books shows a little boy as Crankenstein and how miserable he is until he encounters another Crankenstein and they learn that they can make it go away with some laughter. Students will really connect with the story and want to read on.

I could not find “Never Let a Unicorn Scribble!“ so I selected this one to show the author Diane Alber. This book is a modern fantasy about a little girl who has a unicorn and she breaks the rules and allows the unicorn to color. The unicorn ends up filling her room with sparkly scribbles. At the end, the mother finds the unique art work on a canvas not all over the room.

This F story is about a dinosaur named Penelope who goes to school for the first time. She finds out her classmates are children and she immediately starts eating them. Penelope learns at the end that in order to make friends she has to treat them the way she would like to get treated. Students can read this with their teacher and see different point of views of the text.

This F story would be a great storytelling for young readers. It is about a spoon and how he compares himself to his other friends like fork and knife. Little does he know they admire him for what he does. He learns at the end all of they things he should be grateful for. The UDL Principle I would choose for this book is (3.2) highlight patterns, critical features, big ideas, and relationships. This will help students through the story.

This book is F and it's about a girl named Ruby and she has a worry. She sees this worry as a yellow circle that follows her around. She becomes more worried about having it around and the worry becomes bigger. Ruby learns how to overcome her worry and she talks to a friend about how she is feeling. Shocking enough the worry begins to fade away. This is a great lesson for students to learn.

I loved this book! This F story is about a little monkey who is told he looks grumpy over and over by his friends and then he suddenly becomes grumpy and feels bad about feeling down. He finds another friend who is also Grumpy and he tells him that it is a great day to be grumpy and they both start feeling better.

This F book is so sweet. It is about dragons and how much they love tacos but it is important to not give them any spicy salsa. If the dragons have any spicy salsa they shoot sparkles and smoke comes out of their ears. I think this book would be a great reenactment within the class for students to demonstrate. This book won the Young Readers Choice Award.

This F book was super cute to read. It was about a little mouse and what happens when he has a cookie. It talks about a variety of different tasks he completes and it leads him back to another glass of milk and of course another cookie. This book one the Georgia Children‘s Picture Storybook Award. Children will love this book as a read aloud in a circle on the carpet.

This RF picture book is about a brother and a sister over packing because they are unsure if the bus will bring them home from school. They make plans to bring everything they may need in case the bus doesn‘t show up. The UDL Principle (8.1) heighten salience of goals and objectives would work great for students to understand how Mark and Melanie planned their goals throughout the story.

This NF picture book is about how plants move without having feet or wings. It demonstrates different ways a plant moves whether it's by growing from the ground or moving through the wind. Regardless, plants cannot sit still. Students can read with a partner and learn about plants. This book won the Riverby award.

This F picture book is a great RA for students. It‘s about a good egg who begins to crack due to an overwhelming feeling he has trying to make the people around him good like him. He learns that he doesn‘t need to worry so much and to focus on himself. The UDL principle (9.1), promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation.

This New York Times Bestseller F novel is a great RA or IR. It is about a gorilla who is in a mall and he made a promise to help a friend. The gorilla, Ivan delivers a promise he made to that friend and stays true to himself. I believe students will enjoy this story! The UDL principle I would use is (7.3) minimize threats and distractions, this will allow students to connect and engage with the novel.

This SF picture book is about a bunny who‘s a scientist. She feels as though she doesn‘t have space to do her work and builds a rocket. She travels to outer space away from her family but misses them. She returns home to finish her experiment and learns she just needs her owns space and is still able to be with her family.

This B book is about Julia Child who was a cook, author, and she had her own t.v show. In the story we learn about her life and what caused her to have an interest in cooking. It also talks about all the places she was able to travel to and how it played a role in her cooking. This book won the Amelia Bloomer Book List.

This HF book is about a little girl who is supposed to immigrate with her mother to the U.S. Before they board her mother is told she isn‘t allowed to travel due to her being ill. Gittel travels alone and meets up with a family member and is able to reunite with her mother later on. In the story it demonstrates bravery and courage which students would love during IR. The award given to this picture book was the Sydney Taylor Medal.

I used to be scared of this story growing up😂 The book is about a boy who is told to go to his room for behaving like a “wild thing”. While in his room he suddenly enters to a land filled with wild things. He then becomes the king of all wild things. This fantasy book has a Caldecott medal and would be a great IR. The UDL principle I would use is (9.1), promote expectations and beliefs that optimize motivation.

This children‘s book has 12 different poems following a family and their Halloween experience! My favorite poem was “I‘m a Monster!”, it was about a little boy dressed as a monster and when he looked in the mirror he did not like what he saw. The teaching strategy that could be used is SR, and UDL Principle used is clarifying syntax and structure (2.2).

I remember hearing this story growing up! This book is TL and is lovely book for S. In the story you learn about Goldilocks and how easy it was for her to break the rules. This book won a Caldecott Award. The UDL Principle used is (9.3) self assessment and reflection, student can reflect on how this story is different from the Goldilocks story they heard growing up.

This RF book is a strong read for LC. Which is why I needed my reading buddy with me(: Throughout the story you learn about an 11 year old girl battling to show the world that she herself is like everyone else. Except she is not able to talk or walk. This book won the Josette Frank Award.

This wonderful RF children‘s literature is a great asset to any teachers classroom library. The theme touches on value and how to be a good person. The UDL Principles used is (7.2). This books has won the Newbery and Caldecott Medal! EL 14, slowing down speech would be beneficial in this story.
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