Developmental Book List

Pre K/ K
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberly
This book is good for children because it helps them get over fears
Lesson Plan: https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teachingcontent/go-away-big-green-monster-lesson-plan/
Emberley, Ed. Go Away, Big Green Monster! Boston: Little, Brown, 1992.
Print.

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb by Dr Sus

This book helps kids learn where their hands fingers and thumbs are while
having fun singing a catchy song
Seuss. Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb. NY: Random House, 1969. Print.

A is for Angry: An Animal and Adjective Alphabet by Sandra Boynton

This book is great for children because its not teaching the alphabet but also
teaching adjectives at a young age and expanding vocabulary.
Boynton, Sandra. A Is for Angry: An Animal and Adjective Alphabet. New
York: Workman, 2016. Print.

Are you my Mother? by P.D Eastman this helps the child connect
vocabulary and pictures
Eastman, P. D. Are You My Mother? NY, NY: Beginner, 1988. Print.

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. This book is good for

children because it helps them develop into a comfortable night's
sleep.
Lesson Plan: http://kaedeshomepage.weebly.com/goodnight-moon-unitplan.html
Brown, Margaret Wise, and Clement Hurd. Goodnight Moon. New York: Harper
Collins, 2005. Print.

Grades 1/2
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
This book is great for a childs imangination
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are. New York: Harper & Row, 1963.
Print.

Days with Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel

Lobel, Arnold. Days with Frog and Toad. New York: Harper & Row, 1979. Print.

 Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Lesson Plan: https://www.education.com/lesson-plan/the-rainbow-fish/
Pfister, Marcus, and J. Alison. James. The Rainbow Fish. New York: NorthSouth, 1992. Print.

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

Lesson Plan: http://lessonplanspage.com/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs/
Barrett, Judi, and Ron Barrett. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. New York:
Atheneum for Young Readers, 1978. Print.

Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

McCloskey, Robert. Make Way for Ducklings. New York: Viking, 1941. Print.

3rd/4th Grade Books

Charloettes Web by E.B White

White, E. B., and Garth Williams. Charlotte's Web. New York: Harper &
Brothers, 1952. Print.
Lesson Plan: https://www.walden.com/wpcontent/uploads/2006/12/CW_EdGuide.pdf

The Tale of Despereaux by Katie DiCamillo

DiCamillo, Kate, and Timothy B. Ering. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the
Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread. Cambridge,
MA: Candlewick, 2003. Print.
Lesson Plan: http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763617229.btg.1.pdf

Because of Winn-Dixie by Katie DiCamillo

DiCamillo, Kate. Because of Winn-Dixie. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick, 2000.
Print.

James and the Giant Peach by Ronald Dalh

Dahl, Roald, and Nancy Ekholm Burkert. James and the Giant Peach: A
Children's Story. New York: A.A. Knopf, 1961. Print.

 Jumanji by Chris Allsburg

Allsburg, Chris Van. Jumanji. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1981. Print.

Books for 5th/6th graders

Holes by Louis Sacher
Sachar, Louis. Holes. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998. Print.
http://lessonplanspage.com/laholesbylouissachar2teacherpageseachchapter36.htm/

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The Giver by Lowry Louis
Lowry, Lois. The Giver. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1993. Print.
Lesson Plan:
https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/teachers/activities/migrated-files-inbody/the-giver-bookfile.pdf

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Louis

Lewis, C. S., and Pauline Baynes. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. New
York: HarperCollins, 1994. Print.

Smile by Raina Telfemeier

Telgemeier, Raina, and Stephanie Yue. Smile. NY, NY: Graphix, 2010. Print.
Bridge To Terabithia by Katherine Peaterson
Paterson, Katherine, Donna Diamond, and Amy Hill. Bridge to Terabithia. New
York, NY: T.Y. Crowell, 1977. Print.