Ox Cart Man

Caldecott

Author: -Donald Hall

Title: -Ox Cart Man
Illustrator: -Barbara Cooney
Publisher: -Penguin Group
Year: -1983


Format: -Hard Cover
Genre: -Picture
Reading Level: -Emergent Reader
Interest Level: -Early Elementary


Topics: -Selling goods and also buying things you need. Working together with the family to make a living.


Summary: - The dad, mom, brother, and sister all help papa pack up the wagon with all of last years goods. Papa travels into town and sells everything he went in with even his ox and cart. Once he sells everything he goes and buys new things for his family that they can use while preparing the new things they will make for next year. When he gets home he hands out the new gifts and they start working on the things for next year. Papa makes a new cart for the young ox, brother makes brooms, sister make clothing, and mama cooks on her new pot. They all work together to make next years goods they will be selling or trading.

Extension Activities: -Have the children show something they made have made at home with their parents.

Have them draw a picture of something they would like to know how to make.

Tell the class what they do with their parents that are fun to them.

Song and Dance Man

Caldecott
Author: - Karen Ackerman

Title: -Song and Dance Man
Illustrator: -Stephen Gammell
Publisher: -Alfred A. Knope, INC.
Year: - 1988


Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Picture Book
Reading Level: -Emergent Reader
Interest Level: -Early Elementary


Topics: - Fun at Grandma and Grandpa's and the way they love you. Getting dressed up. Types of dancing. Types of things you see at a circus.




Summary: - Three little kids go over to their grandma and grandpas house. Grandpa has a good idea while they are waiting for supper instead of watching t.v. They go up stairs into the attic where their grandpa keeps his old dancing things. He puts them on himself and also his grandchildren. They watch him as he puts on a show for all of them. The absolutely love and and with they would have seen him dance in the good old days. He gives them a hug once they get down stairs and turns off the light. The children then wonder how much he misses when he danced on the vaudeville stage.

Extension Activities: -Make a box guitar with empty paper towel roles, a shoe box, and rubber bands.
At a younger age such as preschool you could get a C.D that tells the students to act out what the music says.

Goodnight Moon

Picture Storybooks
Author: -Margaret Wise Brown

Title: - Good Night Moon
Illustrator: - Clement Hurd
Publisher: - Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc.
Year: -1947


Format: -Hardcover
Genre: - Picture Book
Reading Level: -Assistant Reading
Interest Level: -Early Elementary


Topics: -Bedtime for the world. Quiet world. Settling down. Listing things found in a room.




Summary: - The book starts off by saying all of the objects in the great green room such as a telephone, red balloon, and a picture of the cow jumping over the moon and the three little bears. It goes on talking about the objects. Then its time to say goodnight to everything. It goes through all of the objects they listed before and says goodnight to them. As the book goes on the lights in the room in the pictures get dimmer.

Extension Activities: - Have to students list all of the things in their room they can think of.
Have them draw a picture of their favorite thing in their room.
Have them write a story of them going to bed and all of the things they say goodnight to.

Hey, Al

Author: -Arthur Yorinks

Title: -Hey, Al

Illustrator: -Richard Egielski

Publisher: -Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Year: -1986





Format: -Hardcover

Genre: -Picture Book

Reading Level: -Assisted Reader

Interest Level: -Primary, Preschool

Topics: -Caldecott, birds, paradise


Summary:
-In the story, Al lives a very ordinary life. He is best friends with his dog, who is constantly criticizing his lifestyle. One moringng, Al met a large bird who told him that he needed a change, that he should come with him. Al did as he was told and the bird appeared the next morning carrying him off to a beautiful paradise. They got fresh fruit and were friends with all the animals and said, "we could live like this forever." Until they started turning into birds, and they found out that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

Extension Activities:
-Draw a picture of your paradise.
-If you could not have a job and just relax all the time, would you?
-What kind of bird would you want to be?

The Glorious Flight

Author: -Alice and Martin Provensen

Title: -The Glorious Flight

Illustrator: -Alice and Martin Provensen

Publisher: -Puffin Books

Year: -1983







Format: -Hardcover Book

Genre: -Informational Picture book

Reading Level: -Assisted, Intermediate Reader

Interest Level: -Preschool, Primary

Topics: -Caldecott, Airplaines, France, England


Summary:
-The story tells of Louis Blériot, whose self-built plane takes him from the coast of France out over the English Channel. About a half an hour later, he lands in England, making history as the first person to cross water by air.

Extension Activities:
-If you could fly anywhere, where would you go?

White Snow Bright Snow

Author: -Alvin Tresselt

Title: -White Snow Bright Snow

Illustrator: -Roger Duvoisin

Publisher: -Lothrop

Year: -1947












Format: -Hardcover

Genre: -Contemporary Realistic Fiction

Reading Level: -Assisted Reader

Interest Level: -Primary, Elementary

Topics: -Caldecott, Snow, activities


Summary:
-After the first snowfall of the year, the adults don't seem phased and go about their normal routines. While the children are filled with wonder.

Extension Activities:
-What do you do on the first snowfall of the year?
-What's your favorite winter activity?

Tuesday

Author: -David Wiesner

Title: -Tuesday

Illustrator: -David Wiesner

Publisher: -Clarion Books

Year: -1991








Format: -Hardcover

Genre: -Fantasy Childrens Books

Reading Level: -Assisted

Interest Level: -Preschool, Intermediate, Elementary

Topics: -Caldecott, Frogs, Fantasy, Pigs


Summary:
-In this story there are ridiculous events occurring at night, and by day no one can explain them. Whether it's pigs flying, or frogs on lily pads soaring across the night sky, nothing is impossible.

Extension Activities:

-Draw a picture of the most ridiculous thing that you think could happen.
-What's your favorite animal? Draw a picture of that animal flying through the night sky.
-How would you explain the crazy events that happened on Tuesday?

Mirette on the High Wire

Author: -Emily Arnold McCully

Title: -Mirette on the High Wire

Illustrator: -Emily Arnold McCully

Publisher: -G.P. Putnam's Sons

Year: -1992












Format: -Hardcover

Genre: -Picture Book

Reading Level: -Assisted

Interest Level: -Elementary School


Topics: -Caldecott, high wire, Mirette, Bellini

Summary:
-In the story, a little girl named Mirette sees Bellini walking on a wire outside of her home. She wants to learn, but he will not teach her. Mirette decides to learn on her own and before you know it she is on the high wire walking and doing tricks. By never giving up, Mirette teaches herself to do what not many were able.

Extension Activities:
-Write down an instance of when you succeded at something all because you didn't give up.

Roar of a Snore

Author: - Marsha Diane Arnold

Title: - Roar of a Snore

Illustrator: - Pierre Pratt

Publisher: -Dial Books for Young Readers

Year: - 2006


Format: - Hardcover

Genre: - Picture Storybook

Reading Level: - Assisted, Emergent

Interest Level: - Preschool, Early Elementary

Topics: - Snoring, sleeping, mystery, rhyming


Summary: - Young Jack Huffle is awakened in the middle of the night by a ferocious snore! He investigates to find out who the snore is coming from, waking up various members of his family in the process. The Illustrations used acrylic paints and sharp color contrasts to convey mood and texture.

Extension Activities: -
--Have students come up with mysteries for other students to try to solve.
--This would be a fun book for students to act out and/or create a puppet show for.

Song and Dance Man

Author: - Karen Ackerman

Title: -Song and Dance Man
Illustrator: -Stephen Gammell
Publisher: -Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Year: -1988


Format: -Hardcover
Genre: -Picture Storybook
Reading Level: -Assisted
Interest Level: -Early Elementary


Topics: - Caldecott award, grandparents, vaudeville, dress up, memories


Summary: -
The story focuses on three children who, when they visit their grandparents, get to learn about their grandpa's days on the Vaudeville stage. The story nostalgically describes the show that the grandfather puts on for his grandchildren in the attic, using his old costumes and old routines. Illustrations use colored pencils to show texture, mood, and motion.

Extension Activities: -
--Have the students put together a Vaudeville-style show of their own. For older classrooms, students could combine this with some level of research about the Vaudeville era.
--Compare and contrast the forms of entertainment that students enjoy and that students' grandparents and parents enjoyed when they were younger.

Green Eggs and Ham

Author: - Dr. Seuss

Title: - Green Eggs and Ham

Illustrator: - Dr. Seuss

Publisher: - Beginner Books, A Division of Random House, Inc.

Year: - 1960






Format: - Hardcover

Genre: - Picture Book

Reading Level: - Emergent

Interest Level: - Preschool, early Elementary


Topics: - Trying new things, rhyming, repetition


Summary: -

Sam-I-Am goes to extreme measures to get the unnamed character to try green eggs and ham. The unnamed character flat out refuses until he finally gets tired of Sam-I-Am and gives in. When he finally tries the green eggs and ham, the unnamed character discovers that he likes them and is appreciative of Sam-I-Am's persistence. This book uses simple, bold colors and lines in its illustrations.

Extension Activities: -
-Make a classroom version of a green eggs and ham dish.
-Have students discuss and brainstorm new things that they have been afraid to try in the past. Encourage them to try one of their "new things" sometime during the week, then follow up with what the students tried later in the week.