Childrens Literature homework reading list

Created by Andrew Geller, Fall 2016

Assignment 1 Komako, Sakai (2013). Hannahs Night. Wellington, New Zealand: Gecko Press.
Engle, M. (2010). Summer Birds: The Butterflies of Maria Merian. Henry Holt.
Assignment 2 Award winning Picture Books
Brown, M. (2007). My Name is /Me llamo Gabito. Flagstaff, AZ: Luna Rising.
Wiesner, D. (2013). Mr. Wuffles!. Houghton Mifflin.
Assignment 3 Barnett, M. & Klassen, J. (2012). Extra Yarn. HarperCollins.
Stewart, S. & Small, D. (1997). The Gardener. Farrar Straus Giroux.
Assignment 4 - Poetry
Shange, N. & Nelson, K. (2004). Ellington Was Not A Street. Simon & Schuster.
Sidman, J. & Krommes, B. (2006). Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow.
Assignment 5 Traditional Literature
Bryan, A. (2003). Beautiful Blackbird. Simon & Schuster.
Taback, Simms (2005). Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me. Penguin.
Assignment 6 Modern Fantasy
LEngle, M. (1962). A Wrinkle in Time. Harrisonburg, VA: RR Donnelley & Sons.
DuPrau, J. (2003). The City of Ember. Random House.
Assignment 7 Realistic Fiction
Park, L. (2010). A Long Walk to Water. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing.
Hiassen, C. (2002). Hoot. Random House.
Assignment 8 Historical Fiction / Biography
Hesse, K. and Watson, W. (2004). The Cats in Krasinski Square. Scholastic.
Golio, G. and Steptoe, J. (2010). Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow. Clarion Books.
Assignment 9 Informational
Wick, W. (1997). A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. Scholastic Press.
Campbell, S., Campbell, R. (2010). Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature.
Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.

Childrens Literature homework reading list

Created by Andrew Geller, Fall 2016

Assignment 10 Multicultural
Kadohata, C., (2006). Weedflower. Simon & Schuster
McKissak, P., Carrilha, A., (2006). Porch Lies: Tales of Slicksters, Tricksters, and other
Wily Characters. Random House.