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Burke English 414 19 November 2013 Annotated Bibliography Criteria for Selecting Picture Books: Picture books obviously have to be appealing to the eye. They should also teach children whether it be about colors, shapes, or animals; a child should be able to tell you at least one thing that they have learned after reading a picture book. Criteria for Selecting Non-fiction Books: I tried to choose books that were interesting but that would teach children about the real world. I dont think that we spend enough time teaching about the government. Even some adults dont understand the government system and I believe that it is because we were not taught these things as children and if we were it was brief and never spoken of again. Criteria for Selecting Poetry Books: Poetry collections arent usually hard to find for children. As long as the poems deal with children and the things that they go through or are interested in then a child will like it. Criteria for Selecting Novels: When selecting novels the criteria are a bit stricter. It depends on the grade level, culture, sex, and mental capacity of the children. Some children are better readers than others so one child might be on a 5th grade reading level while another is on a 3rd grade. You must find a way to gage the reading level of your students, what they like and are interested in, and then select books with these things in mind. Picture Books #1 Author: David Kirk Title: Miss Spiders Tea Party Publisher and year: Scholastic, Incorporated, 1994 Type of book: Picture book Reading level: 5th grade Miss Spider is throwing a tea party and tries to invite over the other insects without success. The other insects are afraid of Miss Spider because they think that she wants to eat them when really she just wants to have them over for tea and cakes. She ends up helping one little moth and from then on everyone knows that she didnt mean to harm them. Miss Spider has a full tea party and gets to know every bug.

#2 Author: Linda Sue Park Title: Xanders Panda Party Publisher and year: Clarion Books, 2013 Type of book: Picture book Reading level: 3rd grade Xander wants to throw a panda party but he is the only panda at the zoo. Xander decides to throw a bear party but then other animals hear of the party and want to go. Little by little each animal group gets added to the invitation list and eventually all animals are invited when suddenly a truck appears with a new animal. Another Panda! Now Xander is no longer the only panda and the whole zoo gets to have a party, including the humans. #3 Author: Marc Brown Title: Can you jump like a frog? Publisher and year: Dutton, 1989 Type of book: Picture book Reading Level: 1st grade This pop-up book shows kids how to jump like different animals. Not only are there moving pop-ups of the animals but there are instructive pictures at the bottom of each page. At the end of the book it shows children how to be still after all the jumping around. #4 Author: Laura Vaccaro Seeger Title: green Publisher and year: Roaring Book Press, 2012 Type of book: Picture book Reading level: 1st grade *Caldecott Honor Book This book teaches children about the different shades of the color green and what it means to be green. There are cut outs in each page that change from page-to-page and adds to the content of the book. It shows children things that are and are not associated with the color green. #5 Author: Karen Beaumont Title: I Aint Gonna Paint No More Publisher and year: Harcourt, Incorporated, 2005 Type of book: Picture Book Reading level: 2nd grade This book is about a child who loves to paint but is not allowed. The child starts by just painting their head and then keeps painting until completely covered. By the end the child can no longer paint because they used all of it on themselves.

Non-fiction Books #1 Author: Ingri and Edgar Parin dAulaire Title: Abraham Lincoln Publisher and year: Doubleday & Company, Incorporated, 1939 Type of book: Non-fiction Reading level: 3rd grade *Caldecott Medal This book teaches about the life of Abraham Lincoln in America in the 1800s. Children can follow Abraham Lincoln from his birth up to his presidency and what he did for America. Learn about history through one of our presidents life stories. #2 Author: Judith St. George Title: So You Want to Be President? Publisher and year: Philomel Books, 2000 Type of book: Non-fiction Reading level: 3rd grade *Caldecott Medal This book talks about the past 41 presidents and what they did or did not do. It tells the reader that if they want to become president they should do x, y, and z. You learn about all of the presidents names, sports they liked to play, or of they liked to dance. This book can help children connect with the presidents of the United States of America while still letting them know that the president is just another person. #3 Author: Marilyn Prolman Title: The Story of the Constitution Publisher and year: Childrens Press, 1969 Type of book: Non-fiction Reading level: 5th grade This book is about the making of the Constitution and what it means. It helps children learn about the government. At the end of the book there is a diagram of the three branches of government. #4 Author: Raymond Bial Title: American Community Frontier Settlements Publisher and year: Childrens Press, 2004 Type of book: Non-fiction Reading level: 5th grade

This book teaches about life in early America. How people lived, worked, ate, and spent their time. At the end of the book there is a glossary for the terms that children may not know and a timeline of Americas history from 1734-1869. #5 Author: Sam Fink Title: The Declaration of Independence Publisher and year: Scholastic, Incorporated, 2002 Type of book: Non-fiction Reading level: 5th grade This book teaches children about The Declaration of Independence by cutting it into smaller parts and why the United States wanted to declare independence from Britain. The illustrations make the meaning of the words better understood. Poetry Books #1 Author: Belinda Hollyer Title: Shes All That Publisher and year: Kingfisher, 2006 Type of book: Poetry Reading level: 3rd grade This collection of poems is full of poems about and written for girls. There are empowering poems and everyday poems about the lives and struggles of being girls. #2 Author: Kenneth Koch Title: Rose, where did you get that red? Publisher and year: Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, 1974 Type of book: Poetry Reading level: 5th grade The introduction of this book explains how to teach poetry to children grades 3-6. The poems within the book are the poems that the author thought were appropriate for class and would appeal to children so he taught them to his own classes. The book goes by chapter and calls them lessons so that it is easy for teachers to teach one chapter at a time. #3 Author: Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters Title: Heres a Little Poem Publisher and year: Candlewick Press, 2007 Type of book: Poetry Reading level: 1st grade

This collection of poetry is full of poems meant for children of all ages. The poems range from kids running around and wondering why their mother is having another baby to baby chicks being hatched and hamsters as pets. These poems are just nice poems for children to read and learn about new things. #4 Author: Jan Greenberg Title: Heart to Heart Publisher and year: Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, 2001 Type of book: Poetry Reading level: 3rd grade *Michael L. Printz Honor Book This collection of poems is inspired by twentieth century American art. There is a photo on each page that the poem is written about. In a way the poems tell a story behind the art. This collection is a new creative idea that gets children involved with pieces of art in a new way. #5 Author: Beatrice Schnek de Regniers Title: Sing a Song of Popcorn Publisher and year: Scholastic, Incorporated, 1988 Type of book: Poetry Reading level: 3rd grade This collection of poems covers many different facets of poetry. The sections of poems are; fun with rhymes, mostly weather, spooky poems, story poems, mostly animals, mostly people, mostly nonsense, seeing, feeling, thinking, and in a few words. Novels #1 Author: Gail Carson Levine Title: Ella Enchanted Publisher and year: Harper Collins Publishers, 1997 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 5th grade *Newberry Honor Book This book is about a young girl named Ella who receives a gift of obedience from a fairy that makes her do whatever she is told. Ella goes on a quest to break her curse and encounters many obstacles. Ella has to break her curse or she will betray her kingdom. #2 Author: Roald Dahl Title: Matilda Publisher and year: Puffin Books, 1990 Type of book: Novel

Reading level: 5th grade Matilda is a young girl who has magical powers. Follow her through adventures of love as she tries to right wrongs and learn who she is. By the end of this story Matilda ends up living with her teacher! This story shows children that teachers are people who used to be kids just like them. #3 Author: Jonathan Swift Title: Gullivers Travels Publisher and year: J.M. Dent & Sons LTD, 1952 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 5th grade Follow Lemuel Gulliver through his adventures while traveling. He arrives in Lilliput where there are tiny people and then on to Brobdingnag where people are giants! These are just the beginning of his travels to strange lands. #4 Author: Robert Louise Stevenson Title: Treasure Island Publisher and year: Book Essentials Promotions, Incorporated, 1994 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 5th grade Jim Hawkins is a young man who ends up on a boat with pirates who are trying to get their ship back and gain some treasure as well. After a battle the pirates get the treasure map and go looking. When they find the spot where the treasure is they find that it has already been dug up! Jim is rescued by a few of the non-pirate members of the ship and after another battle only three pirates survive and run into the forest. #5 Author: Roald Dahl Title: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Publisher and year: Puffin Books, 1998 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 3rd grade Charlie is a poor little boy who just wants to win a Golden Ticket to Willy Wonkas Chocolate Factory. Well after his first try he does not find a ticket but he does end up getting one and going to the factory. He takes his grandpa Jo with him since he used to work at the factory. One by one the children are taken away from the tour of the factory until only Charlie remains. At the end of the tour Wonka gives Charlie the surprise that he promised to one of the children. His chocolate factory! #6

Author: James VanOosting Title: Maxies Ghost Publisher and year: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 3rd grade Maxie and his sister live in an orphanage. Maxie hates Halloween because he has to wear a costume. He decides to dress as a ghost and ends up meeting a real ghost due to a brush with death after being struck by lightning. #7 Author: Theresa Tomlinson Title: The Forestwife Publisher and year: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1993 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 5th grade This book is about the time of Robin Hood and Robin Hood's England as told from Maid Marian's perspective. The Forestwife is the female-centered quest narrative of Maid Marian. It is a story in which Mary breaks free of patriarchal constructs and rejects her arranged marriage, thereby discovering her innate heroism and self-definition. #8 Author: Joan Phipson Title: Good Luck to the Rider Publisher and year: Harcourt Brace & World, Incorporated, 1953 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 5th grade This book is about a girl growing up with her horse and the Australian way of life as a farmer. The girl learns to be kind and responsible, traits that every child should know. Nature is the enemy in a relentless fury and it takes responsibility and kindness to deal with the aftermath of the destruction. #9 Author: Sherwood Smith Title: The Emerald Wand of Oz Publisher and year: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 5th grade Sisters Em and Dori are left a snow globe from Dorothy Gale. Em believes that it is magical while Dori Believes that it is nothing but a snow globe. After a tornado the girls find that they arent in Kansas anymore! They are in the Land of Oz and the new wicked witch of the west threatens disaster. The sisters must get the magical wand from Bastinda and reverse the spell to save the people of Oz.

#10 Author: Kin Platt Title: Mystery of the Witch Who Wouldnt Publisher and year: Chilton Book Company, 1969 Type of book: Novel Reading level: 5th grade This book is all about witchcraft. Steve, his bulldog Sinbad, and his friend Minerva Landry, get involved with a little old lady witch, Aurelia Hepburn, who tells Minerva not to let her father open any package tied with string. When the sheriff does open one, it explodes, and he ends up in the hospital. Steve and Minerva investigate, aided, of course, by Aurelia, who's captured by the criminals. She performs a bunch of magic spells to get them out of the situation and save the day.