There‘s a Frog in my Throat by Loren Leedy and Pat Street is a great book for learning about different poetry techniques such as simile, metaphor, idiom, proverb, etc. Would have great use when creating poetry. #ucflae3414f17

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain is written by Verna Aardema and pictures are by Beatriz Vidal. This story is a tale based in Kenya in a village that went through a severe drought. It‘s about how it came about and what they did to save it. This story is great for talking about cultures. #ucflae3414f17

Franklin‘s Valentines by Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark is a great read for Valentines Day. Franklin was preparing well for Valentine‘s Day but on his way to school the cards must have dropped out because his mother found them in a puddle. Franklin realized that his friends will still like him if he doesn‘t give them a card so he wasn‘t too upset. He decided to make next years Valentine‘s Day super special. #ucflae3414f17

The First Thanksgiving by Linda Howard Illustrated by James Watling is a great story for Thanksgiving. This book is all about how Thanksgiving came about and when it was established a holiday. #ucflae3414f17

There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Bat by Lucille Colandro Illustrated by Jared Lee is about an old lady who swallowed a bat, no one is sure why she did but she swallowed more things to calm the other. She ended up swallowing a wizard and she yelled “Trick or Treat” and burped and they all came out. This story is cute for around Halloween time. #ucflae3414f17

Pete the Car: The First Thanksgiving by Kimberly and James Dean is about Pete the cat starting in a Thanksgiving play. He is nervous about remembering his lines, which he does. Also, Pete learns about the Pilgrims back then. He realizes that he is so thankful for what they did for all of us. In the end it asks “What are you thankful for?”

The Magic School Bus: Inside a Hurricane by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen is about a class that takes trips based off what they are learning about in school. In this book, the are learning about weather so they took the magic school bus into the eye of a hurricane to learn more about it. After that, they went to the weather station and they leaned more about hurricane and taught what they leaned about hurricanes as well. #ucflae3414f17

Quackery by Liz Wong is about a cat who thinks he is a duck. The moral of the story is be who you want to be. #ucflae3414f17

Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes is about students making fun of Chrysanthemum for her 13-letter name. In the end she was able to learn to love her name and it makes her who she is. Which is true for all students. Your name is what makes you who you are. #ucflae3414f17

The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin written by Joe Troiano Illustrated by Susan Banta is about a square pumpkin who just wants to fit in. He ends up saving many of the pumpkins lives. The moral of the story is that you can‘t judge a book by its cover. #ucflae3414f17

Perfect Pumpkins by Jeff Bauer is a book all about pumpkins- it‘s a great read for Halloween or Thanksgiving before “pumpkin day” activities. #ucflae3414f17

Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano, Illustrated by Lee Harper is about a turkey hat wanted to impersonate other animals because he didn‘t want to be eaten for Thanksgiving. #ucflae3414f17

Froggy‘s First Kiss by Johnathan London, Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz is about Froggy who made it seem like he liked Frogalina- turns out that he made a Valentines Day card on it that said “I️ Love You” and it was for his mom. We figured that out in the story after Frogalina got the wrong impression and kissed Froggy at lunch one day. Good read for Valentines Day.

Sign it, Say it, written by Elaine Epstein, Illustrated by Mary O‘Keefe Young is about a girl, Sonya, who is deaf being able to communicate with a little boy, Todd who says what she signs. This books shows/ demonstrated signs throughout the book. #ucflae3414f17

The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn, Illustrations by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak is about a baby raccoon that doesn‘t want to leave his mom to go to school but she kisses his hand and tells him that she will always be with him wherever he goes. This story shows that you have to do things that you don‘t always want to do. Also, it shows that love stays with you.

The Pout-Pout Fish Goes to School by Deborah Diesen, pictures by Dan Hanna is about a fish who gets motivation. It‘s all about you CAN do it. The Pout-Pout fish was negative but became more confident. Moral of the story is that you can‘t be great at everything especially if you haven‘t ever tried it before.

How full is your bucket? For Kids written by Tom Rath and Mary Reckmeyer, Illustrated by Maurice J. Manning is about a boy who in the end understands that everyone has bad days and we can change each others days by doing something nice and helping each other out.

Dear Dear by Gene Barrera is a great story of homophones. This story is all about a dear writing to an ant about his ‘neighbors‘ at the zoo. It‘s all about the types of animals and homophones that go with each of them.

If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff, Illustrated by Felicia Bond is about a greedy mouse that states all the things that he does when you take him to school. This book would be a great storytelling book.

Hey, Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose, Illustrated by Debbie Tilley is about a boy who wants to squash an ant but doesn‘t know if he should. It‘s all about making your own decisions. A good activity for this would be to ask the students whether or not they would squash the ant or leave them alone. Have them write about it.