This F book by Drew Daywalt is a humorous story created after looking at a box of crayons. One day, Duncan opens his box of crayons, only to find a series of letter written by each crayon. Some are tired, some want to be used, and some are even arguing. In the end, Duncan finds a way to make it better. This is a wonderful and fun story to use for a RA!

This F book is a classic for any early reader. It starts with a brown bear and what he sees. From then on, all of those different animals see other things. The book uses color and rhyming that will get any young reader interested in finding out what they will see next! This is a great book to use for SR, especially with younger students! It is easy to follow along with and can get the students to read with the teacher. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This HF book is the winner of the Pura Belpré award. It is a story of Esperanza Ortega who loves in Mexico with her well-off family. After her father is murdered, her ad her mother flee to California during the Great Depression. After a dust storm, her mother soon becomes ill and it is up to Esperanza to find a way to work hard, despite the hardships she faces along the way. This book is best used for LC because of the discussion to be had.

This RF book is a National Book award finalist that deals with loss and separation. It is a story of Raymie Clarke so wishes to compete in the Little Miss Central Florida 1975 pageant, in hopes of gaining her run away fathers attentions. Through baton twirling, she meets Louisiana and Beverly and they go through many nerve wracking adventures together. This is the true story of friendship. This would be great to use for an AS of Kate DiCamillo!

This NF book is a Pura Belpre honor book, and the Sibert award winner. It is a story about Sylvia, who‘s family immigrated from Mexico to the USA for a better life. When they go to enroll in school, they‘re told they must go to the “Mexican school”, and never given a reason why. Her father fights with all his might and in the end, he wins so students of all races can go to whatever school they want. This is a powerful message to be shared in a RA.

Madeline‘s Rescue is a RF Caldecott award winning book that has been loved through out the years. Madeline is a young French girl who goes on a trip with Miss Clavel and 11 other young girls. She slips and falls into water, only to be saved by a brave dog Genevieve. One day, inspectors say Genevieve must go, and Miss Clavel and the girls go out to find her. They fight over Genevieve, but in the end, there‘s enough love for all of them!

Creepy Carrots! is a Caldecott Honor F book that is a great book to read around Halloween. The story is about Jasper Rabbit who takes carrots from Crackenhopper Field. One day, he starts to think the carrots are following him. He checks the shed. He checks under his bed. But finally, he creates a plan to stop those creepy carrots from following him. Creepy Carrors would be fun to try as for S, and the teacher can even dress up at Jasper Rabbit!

Wonder is a RF book that you won‘t be able to put down! It‘s about a young boy, Auggie, who looks different than other children. He is going to school for the first time and is faced with bullies, making friends, and all the troubles that come with 5th grade. This book is great for LC! It allows opportunities for the teacher to create HOT questions to facilitate a successful LC! #UCFLAE3414SP20

Fry Bread is the 2020 Sibert Award winning NF book about culture and food. This is a story about Native Americans and what fry bread meant to them. It begins with sharing how fry bread is made and what it means to Native American tribes of all kind (how it is art, history, everything). This is a great book to share for a RA while learning about Native Americans and their culture. Then, the class could have a culture celebration with fry bread.

This Caldecott Honor book is a TL classic about an old lady who continues to swallow things until... well I will let you find out for yourself! This is a book I remember reading as a young child and used to love! This is great to use for S because students will find it enjoyable to see fun images and is easy for the teacher to remember based on the tools they decide to use. #UCFLAE3414SP20

This P book is great for a classroom, or at home! This book has 12 poems, each about different colors. It incorporates what the colors feel like and use real life items to bring the poems to life. This would be fun to do DR and give students different colors to reenact! They could share it in a showcase with other students and parents as well! #UCFLAE3414SP20

This SF book is a great book to share with young readers! The story is about a boy and a bot who meet in the woods. Through a series of events, they end up taking care of each other as they would take care of a bot or a boy! In the end, they create a beautiful friendship. This would be a fun RA book, and would be a great book to use when teaching students about fluency!#UCFLAE3414SP20

This New York Times Best Seller RF book is a beautiful story of two girls from different background who think the others lunch is yucky, but they end up finding out just how beautiful their different friendship is, and how delicious the others sandwich is. This is a great story to use for RA and use to teach children about different cultures and connect it into social studies! #UCFLAE3414SP20

The F book, Wishtree, is a story of Red who has seen a neighborhood grow. Every year, they place wishes on his tree and this hear, though his life is in danger, he is determined to help a little girl named Samar get her wish. This would be a great book to use for LC, and could be used when teaching students about the different types of F within the genre!

This RF book is a story with a message that all children should hear. It is about a little girl named Grace who wants to be Peter Pan in her schools play. But the other girls and boys say she can‘t because she‘s a girl and she‘s black. In the end, it doesn‘t stop her from becoming the role of her dreams. This is a great book to share to teach children about diversity and inclusion, and would be a great book for R.A.!

This Coretta Scott King honor book is a wonderful B to share with students about strong, smart, and courageous African American women! It shows the lives of 4 women and what they faced to become big successful engineers with NASA. This would be fun to use for AS during Black History Month, or any time during the year! This would be a great book to during social studies to incorporate reading across multiple areas of study.

This RF book is great for teaching students about themes authors use to write. This book is about Sassy, a young girl who dreams of dancing on the big stage. But she has big feet and many struggles along the way. This book is great for a RA, and while teaching students the purpose and themes that authors write about to send a message to the reader.

This Caldecott award winning RF book is perfect for young readers! The theme of this book is about a little girl, Madeline, who lived with a bunch of girls in Paris. One day, she falls ill and needed her appendix out. All of the other girls miss her so much, that they visit little Madeline, who fearlessly shows them her scar. This book would be great for IR, and students could read more books in the series after reading this one for IR!

This RF book is a fun and eventful book packed with lots of adventure! The theme of this book is about two squirrels, Cyril and Bruce, who go on a wild chase after the last pine cone to have food for the winter but ultimately realize they were being selfish. This book would be fun for S, and getting the students find important events with the arts!

This RF book packed with big words will be a great book for elementary students to get excited about learning new words! The theme of this book is all about big words children hear and what they mean, containing words like celebrate and consequence. This book is great for R.A., and would be great help to a teacher when finding vocabulary for a concept sort!