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Kindness is something that we talk about all year. So many books invite conversations about what it means to Choose Kind. And for young children, building understanding across time is key. I have always used books such as Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson to invite conversations about the importance of kindness. This book is a powerful one that we read and reread several times during the year. But I want my students to see kindness play out in many ways. I want them to see kindness played out in a variety of situations. And I want them to see that it is always a choice. So I am keeping a list of books in which the characters Choose Kind (or not) in different ways. Some are more obvious than others but I think this list of books will be a great list to visit and revisit during the year. Some of the titles focus on being kind to family and friend,s while others focus on choosing to be kind to strangers. Some are big acts of kindness while others are small everyday situations. Some are new books and some are older titles. These are the first 10 books on my list and I hope to grow it as the year goes on.
First, a huge shout-out to Cathy Mere (@CathyMere, Reflect and Refine: Building a Learning Community) and Mandy Robek (@MandyRobek, Enjoy and Embrace Learning) for creating this 10 for 10 event FIVE years ago! Their blog names say it all, don't they? These two ladies are a force for good in the world.
On to my ten picture books for this year...
As you are getting your classroom library ready for the new school year, take a close look at your poetry shelves and see if you might need one or more of these 2015 poetry books to fill out your collection.
MOTHER GOOSE
Over the Hills and Far Away This is a collection of Mother Goose/Nursery rhymes from around the world that will stand the test of time. It is fun to study each spread and think about the way the collector chose and grouped the rhymes. The illustrations are gorgeous.
A Pirate's Mother Goose A very fun collection of parodies of traditional rhymes, pirate style! Great mentor text for writing your own version of a well-known rhyme.
Monster Goose Nursery Rhymes While we're doing this Mother Goose thing, let's have another collection of parodies, this time using monsters and beasts as the characters. Another great mentor text.
ANTHOLOGIES
The Death of the Hat: A Brief History of Poetry in 50 Objects This collection is incredible. Paul Janeczko has chosen 50 poems, from the Early Middle Ages to Contemporary, each featuring an object, and each very accessible to children. Great introduction to famous poets (and some famous poems) throughout the ages.
National Geographic Book of Nature Poetry J. Patrick Lewis and National Geographic have done it again! Another anthology with spectacular photography that will draw children in and invite them to see the image through new eyes by reading the poems.
CONTENT AREA CONNECTIONS
Presidential Misadventures Come for the presidential facts, stay for the clerihews (a mentor text if you want to try to write some).
Random Body Parts Puzzles in verse with factual sidebars and a glossary of science terms and poetry forms in the backmatter.
STORY IN RHYME
There Was an Old Dragon Who Swallowed a Knight A fresh new take on an old rhyme. I have a whole collection of "I Know an Old ____ Who Swallowed a ____" books, and this will be a fun addition!
SINGLE POEM PICTURE BOOK
Sweep Up the Sun This is an exceptional example of metaphorical writing. On the surface it is a book about birds. Read it again and again and look for more. This might be your go-to book for graduation gifts this coming spring! I used it for repeated/close reading with my fifth graders. Each time they found more and more levels of meaning.
BILINGUAL
Flutter and Hum Gorgeously illustrated book of poems in both Spanish and English. Fascinating afterword that tells about Julie Paschkis' writing process. Word lovers will pore over the illustrations and soak up new words in both English and Spanish.
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I can't believe it is already time for #pb10for10! Thanks to Cathy (@cathymere) at Reflect and Refine and Mandy (@mandyrobek) at Enjoy and Embrace Learning for creating this great day of learning and books. It always turns out to be expensive for me as I always discover so many great books that didn't know about. It's one of my favorite blog holidays:-)
I decided this year that I'd share 10 books I'll use to kick off Genius Hour. I want my kids to understand what Genius Hour can be and each of these books give a message I want them to carry into Genius Hour. I doubt I'll really get through all of these books early in the year but these ten will start conversations that will help us have a vision for what Genius Hour can be. Whether you do Genius Hour or not, they all have a great message about learning.
Going Places by Peter Reynolds is a great story about thinking outside of the box and how thinking together is often better than thinking alone! I like the collaboration theme in this one.
Someday by Eileen Spinelli is a great book that invites conversation around working toward goals, trying new things, etc.
The OK Book is a simple book that reminds us that it is okay to not be great at everything--to try things and to just have fun with giving things a try, learning, and having fun.
Rosie Revere, Engineer is a fun book about mistakes, not quitting and finding joy in the journey of discovery.
Bella & Bean is one of my favorites. I love that it is the story of two friends and that one has a passion for poetry. Letting friends explore their passions and celebrating those with them is something I hope this book invites conversation around.
Beautiful Oops! is a fun colorful picture book that reminds us that some of our best ideas come from mistakes!
Imagine a Day (Byron Preiss Book) will invite conversations about imagining a perfect day at school. What would that mean for you? I want them to know they have ownership of their learning time.
In Rupert Can Dance, Rupert keeps his love of dancing a secret for a while. We'll use this to talk about those things you always wanted to learn about or try.
Thank you to Cathy (@cathymere) at Reflect and Refine and Mandy (@mandyrobek) at Enjoy and Embrace Learning for inventing and now hosting the FIFTH annual Picture Book 10 for 10 event. It's always fun to see what books everyone chooses and how much we all spend!!
I've shared my beginning of the year favorite read-alouds for community building with so many teachers that it's time to find a new group of books to use! Thank you #pb10for10 for helping me find 10 titles that will get my students and me thinking about issues of fairness. I'm excited to have a mixture of contemporary fiction, historical fiction, folktales, music, and nonfiction. I'll supplement these books with poetry on the same theme.
I found this image without attribution on another blog. This will be our first "text" to "read" and discuss as we think about fairness and justice.
With this book, we'll begin to connect fairness and Civil Rights. I'm hoping to read aloud the Kindle edition of Wiles' Revolution (The Sixties Trilogy)
I'm a new fan of Duncan Tonatiuh after hearing him speak at the CLA Monday Workshop last year. This book will broaden students' understanding of desegregation to include the struggles of Hispanic families.
The story of this classic Civil Rights song will give us the "So What Now?" in this picture book unit. What will we do to work towards more fairness in our classroom, our building, our community, and our world?
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I've used the same set of picture books (including these books about names) to start the school year for several years now. It's not a bad set, in fact, it's a GREAT set, but I challenged myself to pick 10 different picture books to start this new year in a new position, and to think about what I'll be saying to my students (through these books) about my hopes for them, and for our year together.
7. Be persistent. Believe in yourself. Follow your dreams. Learning to Fly by Sebastian Meschenmoser
8. Know yourself. Be yourself. Follow your dreams. (And a special note to myself: make sure your "dance academy" has room for everyone.) Brontorina by James Howe
9. Make memories, because memories make stories. Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
10. The world around us is amazing, awe-inspiring, and diverse. It is there for us to notice, learn about, and appreciate. The Beetle Book by Steve Jenkins
Wow, Mary Lee! Thanks for pointing me at these lists, and now of course I have to start making my own (which won't be too hard, since I've featured many of them already on my blog). But you're right, it's probably time to refresh my list of necessaries. Most of all I love how you've condensed what you hope children will take away from each picture book experience. I look forward to checking all these out, literally!
P.S. What's your new position? P.P.S. I'm here at school this week trying to finish moving into my grand new K classroom before official preservice...and this morning, after setting up furniture and laying out rugs, I came in to find that during a heavy rainstorm, my floor-level air conditioning unit has served as an overflow gutter and poured water--I mean INCHES of water all over the floor. Rugs are soaked, furniture is back in a disorganized clump and I might as well post. *sigh*
I am familiar with about half, Mary Lee, so onto my list go the others. What a lovely introduction to the world for your students. Picture books can help us share so many good conversations. I will look up Little Bird especially! Thank you!
Thank you for your great list, Mary Lee. I too love the way you summed up each book with an important message or lesson to learn. Always grateful for your blog! ~ Theresa
Great list and yes I will be borrowing the idea for most of them. Great connections with 5th grade issues but most of all amazing conversations for the beginning of the year.
Paul Hankins gave Little Bird 5 stars on Goodreads, and he either doesn't use the stars, or never gives 5 stars...whichever the case, he agrees that it's an incredibly noteworthy book. It won the equivalent of the Caldecott in France in 2011.
What a wonderful list - both the book list and your hopes for your students. I'll be adding some of those to my list for my younger students. I posted about one book I'll be introducing to my older students. It is fabulous, (the book I mean). Your post has inspired me to go work on my classroom. Thank you.
This is a wonderful list! The only one I haven't read is Little Bird which sitting on the 'new book' cart. I'll toddle on over to take a gander, shall I? Thanks for the list. Tammy Apples with Many Seeds
What a beautiful list (and I love the thoughts that go with each book). Thanks for sharing--makes me wish (a little bit, anyway) that I was in the classroom, preparing for a new year.
Wow! I just love your little messages that you shared about each book. You have definitely gave me a few new books to check out and reminded me of a few I had forgot about. Thanks.
I love your simple advice for each. It's really not that simple and big issues for a community to consider as they come together. I think I need Little Bird to start my year. Thanks for joining us.
Uh-oh! I definitely need to back away from the credit card when I read this list! There are at least four that I know I NEED to own! YIKES! I also love, loved, loved seeing the thoughtful and deliberate way you pulled together your first read alouds! I think there are lots of teachers who don't understand how important that is!
We love August 10--one of our favorite book holidays. Thanks to Cathy (Reflect and Refine) and Mandy (Enjoy and Embrace Learning) for organizing 10 for 10 Picture Books. Visit their sites to see everyone's lists!
Many of you may remember the ongoing conversation that many of us had around the brilliant book I Want My Hat Back (E. B. White Read-Aloud Award. Picture Books) by Jon Klassen. (SPOILER ALERT but I can't imagine we have any readers who haven't read this book...) There seemed to be some controversy and unhappiness around the bear eating the rabbit. There were also some issue around whether the bear actually ate the rabbit. I was one of the first #TeamBear members. I was #teambear from the first reading and I never waivered. I was so much #teambear that I was shocked that a #teamrabbit even existed. A few readers (you know who you are...) seemed to think it was just too mean of the bear to eat the rabbit. So, I decided to use this opportunity to further prove that readers have no reason to be upset with the bear for eating the rabbit. After all, the rabbit did steal his hat.
Here's the thing. I DO think that the bear in I WANT MY HAT BACK ate the rabbit. AND I think it was justified. AND I think it was no big deal. I don't think eating something in a picture book is the same as killing it off. I think it is just a temporary swallowing thing to make a point. (And if you've read EXTRA YARN by Jon Klassen, you know that the rabbit is alive and well after the eating!) Through this #hatback experience, I realized that books in which the characters get eaten make me laugh. That is the point. No need to feel badly for the characters.
So, today's list is 10 of my favorite books in which a character gets eaten. And mostly things are okay. It is even actually funny. Eating characters is just a thing that happens in books sometimes. I am sharing it in hopes that this list will convince a few of you #teamrabbit members to join #teambear instead:-) We always welcome new members.
(I Want My Hat Back is clearly my #1 on this list!)
Arnie, the Doughnut by Laurie Keller is one of my favorite books in which the characters get eaten. Actually, Arnie does not get eaten but is shocked to find that many of his friends in the donut shop know they are going to be eaten and are OK with that! They are happy to be donuts that will be eaten an enjoyed by someone.
And then there is Beware of the Frogby William Bee. There is some eating in this book because the Mrs. Collywobble's guard frog eats anything that causes danger to the old lady. How can a guard frog that eats giants not be funny? If anything tries to get into the house, the frog just eats him up. There is some other eating going on in the book but all of it is justified, and quite amusing.
And there are so many versions There Was an Old Lady (Classic Books With Holes) in which the things eaten are just fine at the end. Depending on the version you read, the lady at the end explodes or hiccups or something. It is then that we find out that everything she swallows is just fine!
I'm The Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry is a new favorite with our younger readers. This one is more reality-based, but still quite fun:-)
Let's not forget Little Red Riding Hood: By the Brothers Grimm in which the wolf eats Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother (and in some versions, he also eats Little Red Riding Hood). But the woodsman frees them both with one swing of his ax:-)
Do you see how no-big-dealish eating Pierre was? How he actually emerged a better person? How the lion actually HELPED him by eating him? (just as I am sure the rabbit emerged better after being eaten by the bear....)
If you remember, there is some eating going on in Pinocchio (Little Golden Book)">. When Gepetto goes off to find Pinocchio, he is eaten by a whale. Later, when Pinocchio goes off to find Gepetto, he too is eaten and the two are reunited in the whale's stomach. They are quite clever in making the whale sneeze so they can escape and live happily ever after.
I remember reading The Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale by Jack Kent when I was little. I loved this book and the way that the cat grew and grew. This one is a classic and the illustrations make it pretty amusing. This cat goes around eating everyone. He is just really hungry. But not to worry, someone releases them and after a few large bandages for the cat, it seems that everyone is okay after the ordeal.
And my new VERY favorite may be a new one that Mary Lee shared with me. It is called Bear Despair (Stories Without Words) by Gaeten Doremus (isn't that the best title ever?). It is a wordless book (even more to love about it) and I am excited about adding it to my collection of wordless books. This is the story of a bear whose teddy bear is stolen. And the bear has to get it back--so there is some eating going on. The illustrations in this one are great and I am sure kids will love it.
(And I am not saying whether there is any eating going on or not , but Jon Klassen has a new picture book coming soon called This Is Not My Hat . Really, how can it not be great???)
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It never occurred to me that the bear didn't eat the rabbit. That's what bears do, especially when angry. This is what is known as an argument with much support, a mentor text for all those students learning about persuasive essays, Franki. Thanks for a good laugh at the end of my day!
Franki, Franki, Franki...just when I felt happy with the whole #hatback situation, you have to bring it up again! I have to shake my head because this book does not fail to amaze me. Is it seriously possible that it is still pushing us to think more and further and differently?
I've read so many books with interesting endings since reading I Want My Hat Back. I should have started a list on GoodReads! Most recently, I read Frog and Fly by Jeff Mack. It's a graphic novel with SIX stories. You can imagine my joy at reading these stories.
One of my favorite books that has a #hatback ending is Gabby and Gator by James Burks. I adore the book and even love the ending. I think I love the ending because the reader gets to see that the eaten one really is still alive and it's just for pretend.
I'm an optimistic person. I remember reading the Harry Potter when Sirius Black gets sucked into that time crystal ball thing and thinking without a doubt that he would be back, that he wasn't really gone, that they would somehow figure out how to get him out of there. I still feel like there has to be some chance that he'll come back to us. I'll remember that mindset as I come across characters being eaten in books.
I do just have to say...in real life, if you are eaten there's a good chance that's the end for you. It rubs me the wrong way to teach kids that you can get eaten but you won't reeeeeally be eaten. Ah! I have to stop because I could go on and on...and so can you apparently!
Thank you for sharing these! I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of This Is Not My Hat!!!! xoxo
Beware of the Frog looks adorable. Will have to get that one.
We're big bear book readers in our house. Bears are Isabelle's "thing" if a young toddler can actually have a thing. She loves her big teddy bear and kisses it whenever she greets him after being away from him for awhile. It's too cute. Thus, we're going to have to pick up Bear Despair. I look forward to the story we'll create together since it doesn't have words.
Franki! Thanks for sharing your list...I want to read I want my hat back! I don't know it and look for to reading it since there is so much drama around the hat being eaten! I will weigh in on which team after reading it! Amy
What an interesting theme to create a top 10 list for! I'm going to track down Bear Despair just for the title alone. Thanks. Tammy Apples with Many Seeds
Thanks for joining us! You do win the most creative collection, I think. For someone who has worked so hard at fitness it cracks me up you chose books about eating.
A couple more you might want to check out: Emily Gravett's WOLVES (which has an ended along the lines of I WANT MY HAT BACK) and Mini Grey's JIM WHO RAN AWAY FROM HIS NURSE AND WAS EATEN BY A LION.
LOVED this list, Franki! #TeamRabbit never crossed my mind either until the Twitter conversation started. I'll second Katherine's idea of Chloe and the Lion being a good addition to this list!
First of all, can I just say how much I love the number TEN? I love it almost as much as I love the magical numbers THREE and SEVEN!!
SOOOoooo...for this year's 10 for 10 Picture Books event at Reflect & Refine and Enjoy and Embrace Learning, I have chosen 10 Favorite Folk and Fairy Tale Variants -- TEN books that might feature the magical numbers of THREE or SEVEN (3+7 does = 10, after all!!).
These first two are
Yummy: Eight Favorite Fairy Tales by Lucy Cousins This one's the anchor for the set -- 8 familiar fairy tales, told in short form, with big, bold illustrations. Good for reference, good for students who've gotten to 4th grade without knowing some basic fairy tales, good for ELL students and other readers who need that picture support. A big, thick picture book.
I liked how you focussed your list on fairy tales. A couple of new titles for me. The Secret Lives of Princesses looked interesting. Thanks for the recommendations. Tammy Apples with Many Seeds
Love the theme of Folk and Fairy Tale variants. My boys love the three bears so we'll have to check those out. Also, I loved Fairly Fairy Tales. It reminded me of the sesame street song... one of these things doesn't belong here! So many great literacy lessons could happen from that book.
It was NOT hard to find books I've loved using in my classroom for 10 years (or more).
It WAS hard to choose only 10.
I could have picked the books of 10 visiting authors from all those years ago (oh the memories): Jean Craighead George, Cynthia Rylant, Moredcai Gerstein, Ron Hirschi, J. Patrick Lewis, Robert D. San Souci, Seymour Simon...
But here's what I wound up with -- 2 poetry, 3 nonfiction and 5 picture books. Remember, it was really hard to pick only 10!!
Funny poetry that wasn't Shel Silverstein! Revolutionary!
Lovely! I wanted to participate, but was overwhelmed at the thought of trying to pick ten --- especially since I'm not home and can't browse my shelves, a library's, or a bookstores.
Monica, I never would have been able to do this if I hadn't been able to sit in front of my shelves in my classroom! Do yours late -- whenever you get the chance -- would love to see what you pick!
Hi Mary Lee! Love your choices! I am finally back after a long time away from blogging, but I can't figure out how to post comments correctly. I think I may have posted at least five times on Cathy Mere's blog by accident!
That was tough, Mary Lee. I love Kristine O'Connell George and can't wait to find this Mary Pope Osborne title. Byrd Baylor...I just want to kiss her. Thank you! Off to find WINDOW! A.
Okay, Mary Lee, this was just too hard. I forgot to add The Table Where Rich People Sit... but you can see my list at http://all-en-a-days-work.blogspot.com
Thanks for sharing! I will have to check out the Mem Fox title and I am in Charge of Celebrations. I look forward to adding a lot of great titles to my list.
Love your list! I actually should have given credit to you for some of the books on my list. They have been with me all the way back to our teaching days at DR. :)
I agree with you that looking at all the lists has been great.
I love the idea that Cathy and Mandy had for today's picture book celebration--choose 10 picture books that you couldn't live without in your classroom. As I started my list, I realized that I could NEVER narrow it down to 10 so I decided to focus my list a bit. Today, as part of August 10 for 10, I am sharing 10 picture books that I have recently discovered-those that I can't live without. They are not the only 10, but they are 10 newer ones that I have fallen in love with.
CITY DOG, COUNTRY FROG is my favorite book of the year. At first, I wasn't too thrilled to see that Mo was writing about characters other than Pigeon, Piggie, and Elephant. But this book is amazingly powerful for so many reasons. I have read it to children and adults and love it more and more each time I read it.
OTIS by Loren Long is another that is already well-loved in the library. This is a story of Otis, a tractor who is so happy with life until the new big shiny tractor comes to the farm. This is really a story of friendship and loyalty. You will LOVE the characters.
KATIE LOVES THE KITTENS by John Himmelman is a great story for dog lovers. Katie is a dog who gets new kittens at her house. She LOVES the kittens but they don't love her right away.
BELLA AND BEAN by Rebecca Kai Dotlich is a book that I carried around with me for weeks after I discovered it. These two girls are two of my favorite characters of all time and the fact that these girls are poets just adds to the fun.
I think Bella and Bean is amazing, such a fabulous story that speaks to a writer's heart and art that kind of sneaks up on you, and I adore Otis, too, I wish every kid in the world could have a copy. This was a really outstanding list. Great taste! Thanks for sharing!
Oh goody! Another wonderful list from you. So many of these are favorites of mine. Bob Graham is tremendous in art and word, and Rebecca's BELLA AND BEAN is enchanting. I'm off to find the ones I've yet to learn. Thank you! A.
Thank you so much for sharing these! I was subbing last year so I have not been keeping up on newer titles. I think I need them all! I always enjoy hearing what you have to say about books. I have read your blog for quite some time. I really would like to get the one about Bella and Bean because my nickname was Bean when I was younger.
- I 
by Peter Reynolds is a great story about thinking outside of the box and how thinking together is often better than thinking alone! I like the collaboration theme in this one.
by Eileen Spinelli is a great book that invites conversation around working toward goals, trying new things, etc.
is a simple book that reminds us that it is okay to not be great at everything--to try things and to just have fun with giving things a try, learning, and having fun.
is a fun book about mistakes, not quitting and finding joy in the journey of discovery.
is one of my favorites. I love that it is the story of two friends and that one has a passion for poetry. Letting friends explore their passions and celebrating those with them is something I hope this book invites conversation around.
is a fun colorful picture book that reminds us that some of our best ideas come from mistakes!
will invite conversations about imagining a perfect day at school. What would that mean for you? I want them to know they have ownership of their learning time.
, Rupert keeps his love of dancing a secret for a while. We'll use this to talk about those things you always wanted to learn about or try.
will remind us that it's okay to step out of your comfort zone and try something new.
by Germano Zullo
by Derek Munson
by Loren Long
by Oliver Jeffers
by Mélanie Watt
by Mo Willems
by Sebastian Meschenmoser
by James Howe
by Alice McLerran
by Steve Jenkins
by Jon Klassen. (SPOILER ALERT but I can't imagine we have any readers who haven't read this book...) There seemed to be some controversy and unhappiness around the bear eating the rabbit. There were also some issue around whether the bear actually ate the rabbit. I was one of the first #TeamBear members. I was #teambear from the first reading and I never waivered. I was so much #teambear that I was shocked that a #teamrabbit even existed. A few readers (you know who you are...) seemed to think it was just too mean of the bear to eat the rabbit. So, I decided to use this opportunity to further prove that readers have no reason to be upset with the bear for eating the rabbit. After all, the rabbit did steal his hat.
by Laurie Keller is one of my favorite books in which the characters get eaten. Actually, Arnie does not get eaten but is shocked to find that many of his friends in the donut shop know they are going to be eaten and are OK with that! They are happy to be donuts that will be eaten an enjoyed by someone.
by William Bee. There is some eating in this book because the Mrs. Collywobble's guard frog eats anything that causes danger to the old lady. How can a guard frog that eats giants not be funny? If anything tries to get into the house, the frog just eats him up. There is some other eating going on in the book but all of it is justified, and quite amusing.
in which the things eaten are just fine at the end. Depending on the version you read, the lady at the end explodes or hiccups or something. It is then that we find out that everything she swallows is just fine!
by Kevin Sherry is a new favorite with our younger readers. This one is more reality-based, but still quite fun:-) 
in which the wolf eats Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother (and in some versions, he also eats Little Red Riding Hood). But the woodsman frees them both with one swing of his ax:-)
by Maurice Sendak is possibly my absolute favorite book in which people get eaten. The book is only a favorite when the words are sung by Carol King.
">. When Gepetto goes off to find Pinocchio, he is eaten by a whale. Later, when Pinocchio goes off to find Gepetto, he too is eaten and the two are reunited in the whale's stomach. They are quite clever in making the whale sneeze so they can escape and live happily ever after.
by Jack Kent when I was little. I loved this book and the way that the cat grew and grew. This one is a classic and the illustrations make it pretty amusing. This cat goes around eating everyone. He is just really hungry. But not to worry, someone releases them and after a few large bandages for the cat, it seems that everyone is okay after the ordeal.
by Gaeten Doremus (isn't that the best title ever?). It is a wordless book (even more to love about it) and I am excited about adding it to my collection of wordless books. This is the story of a bear whose teddy bear is stolen. And the bear has to get it back--so there is some eating going on. The illustrations in this one are great and I am sure kids will love it.
. Really, how can it not be great???)
by Lucy Cousins
by Esmé Raji Codell
Thanks for the list. As I unpacked my boxes this week I started pulling my books for the first week. Looks like I may need to add some.
Great list!
Wow, Mary Lee! Thanks for pointing me at these lists, and now of course I have to start making my own (which won't be too hard, since I've featured many of them already on my blog). But you're right, it's probably time to refresh my list of necessaries. Most of all I love how you've condensed what you hope children will take away from each picture book experience. I look forward to checking all these out, literally!
P.S. What's your new position?
P.P.S. I'm here at school this week trying to finish moving into my grand new K classroom before official preservice...and this morning, after setting up furniture and laying out rugs, I came in to find that during a heavy rainstorm, my floor-level air conditioning unit has served as an overflow gutter and poured water--I mean INCHES of water all over the floor. Rugs are soaked, furniture is back in a disorganized clump and I might as well post. *sigh*
What a great list, MaryLee! Books that serve well at the beginning of the year, and get into theme as well. Love it!!
I am familiar with about half, Mary Lee, so onto my list go the others. What a lovely introduction to the world for your students. Picture books can help us share so many good conversations. I will look up Little Bird especially! Thank you!
Thank you for your great list, Mary Lee. I too love the way you summed up each book with an important message or lesson to learn. Always grateful for your blog! ~ Theresa
Great list and yes I will be borrowing the idea for most of them. Great connections with 5th grade issues but most of all amazing conversations for the beginning of the year.
I am so excited to share your list with the teachers at my school!! I love that you included a concept for each book. Thank you so much for sharing!!
Mary lee,
Thanks for this great list! I will be checking these books out for sure! I love how you also shared how/why you use them.
Amy
re: PS -- I moved from 4th grade self-contained to 5th grade Language Arts (reading, writing, word study).
re: PPS -- Oh, my! Oh, UGH! Oh, the time you spent, only to be right back where you started...and then some, what with the wet!!
Paul Hankins gave Little Bird 5 stars on Goodreads, and he either doesn't use the stars, or never gives 5 stars...whichever the case, he agrees that it's an incredibly noteworthy book. It won the equivalent of the Caldecott in France in 2011.
What a wonderful list - both the book list and your hopes for your students. I'll be adding some of those to my list for my younger students. I posted about one book I'll be introducing to my older students. It is fabulous, (the book I mean). Your post has inspired me to go work on my classroom. Thank you.
This is a wonderful list! The only one I haven't read is Little Bird which sitting on the 'new book' cart. I'll toddle on over to take a gander, shall I?
Thanks for the list.
Tammy
Apples with Many Seeds
Fabulous list! I adore The Beetle Book and Little Bird. Stuck also made my list. My students adored it!
What a beautiful list (and I love the thoughts that go with each book). Thanks for sharing--makes me wish (a little bit, anyway) that I was in the classroom, preparing for a new year.
Lovely list, so many fabulous books. I can't wait to look for Little Bird. Thanks :)
Wow! I just love your little messages that you shared about each book. You have definitely gave me a few new books to check out and reminded me of a few I had forgot about. Thanks.
I love your simple advice for each. It's really not that simple and big issues for a community to consider as they come together. I think I need Little Bird to start my year. Thanks for joining us.
What a rich way to start the school year! Thanks for sharing!
What a wonderful wonderful list, Mary Lee! I shall definitely share this with my teacher students on Monday. :)
A few of your quotes are truly motivational and inspirational. I may add them in my articles for my sample paper website. Keep Sharing. Thank You.
Uh-oh! I definitely need to back away from the credit card when I read this list! There are at least four that I know I NEED to own! YIKES! I also love, loved, loved seeing the thoughtful and deliberate way you pulled together your first read alouds! I think there are lots of teachers who don't understand how important that is!
I love your list and the reasons why you're sharing each one with your class. There are several I know, but some new ones too. Thanks for sharing!
This is a super list! I know lots of teachers who will benefit from having this list!