I am taking Children's Literature this semester and we have to read 75 children's books and do a sample activity with each book. Can you please give me some names of books that you or your class has really enjoyed over the past few years. I will need books that are from the range of Pre-K through the 5th grade. Thanks!
2006-08-24 15:17:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Sorry, I didn't mean to exclude everyone but teachers. If you or your child have read a really good children's book please let me know. Thanks!
2006-08-24 15:22:34 · update #1
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (1st grade)
Amelia Bedelia (1st/ 2nd grade)
Fox on the Job (2nd grade)
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears (2nd grade)
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse (2nd grade)
The Leprechaun's Gold (3rd grade)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (4th grade)
Bud, Not Buddy (4th grade)
Charlotte's Web (4th grade)
George's Marvelous Medicine (4th grade)
James and the Giant Peach (4th/5th grade)
Ella Enchanted (4th/5th grade)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (5th grade)
Number the Stars (5th grade)
2006-08-24 19:32:33 · answer #1 · answered by snow_anh07 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
75 books? Dr. Seuss should just about cover it!!
I always like the theme of survival. I liked "Call It Courage", "My Side of the Mountain", "Island of the Blue Dolphins", "The Cay" and "Hatchet" as a grouping. This is for about 4th to 6th grades.
I just love reading books written for the 4th to 9th grade level. They usually have 100 to 200 pages. I can almost always finish them in a week to ten days. (kidding) The students typically need two weeks to a month to finish a book (not kidding) at 10 to 15 pages a day.
75 books? One semester? Get off the computer and start reading!!! We don't expect to hear from you again until Winter Break. Let us know how it goes.
2006-08-24 15:42:01 · answer #2 · answered by RDW928 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These are older-level books, but appropriate for 5th grade, all proven classics AND on all approved reading lists:
~ Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
~ Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
~ The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
~ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
2006-08-24 16:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by TickledInTenn 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Battle of the Books competition always has a nice compilation each year -- usually some from the classics and some fresh voices.
The list starts at kindergarten level and is sorted by grade level. See link below...
2006-08-24 16:04:53 · answer #4 · answered by Unknown User 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My favorite childrens books are 'Captain Underpants'(it might not be what you are looking for though), Cricket in Times Square, From the Mixed Up files of Ms. Basil E. Frankenwieler(My favorite), and great activity books Frindle and The Landry News(same authors). You can guess the endings on both of thoughs.
I WISH YOU LUCK!!!
2006-08-24 15:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 10th graders loved Scribbleville by Peter Holwitz. (They were going to have to write their own children's books related to prejudice, and this was the favorite example one they saw).
I was also a huge fan of Serendipity books by Stephen Cosgrove. Creole and Leo the Lop were my favorites as a child.
I also just got several international books including the following:
Isla (Picture Puffins)
Day of Ahmed's Secret
The Road to Mumbai
The Singing Man: Adapted from a West African Folktale
The Color of Home
In My Family/En Mi Familia
A Pair of Red Clogs
2006-08-24 16:18:11 · answer #6 · answered by Huerter0 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out the Newberry Award winning titles on the following web page. This award is given to children's literature. It's been in existence since the 1920s. The Caldecott Award is another one that is a good criteria for picking a children's book. It is awarded to picture books
Newberry:
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Caldecott
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
2006-08-24 15:53:57 · answer #7 · answered by Sara 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Phantom Tollbooth
Madelein L'Engle books (Wrinkle in Time, Swiftly Tilting Planet and Wind in the Door)
Pre-K (Cyndy Szeekers books)... Nothing to do Puppy, Frieda Fuzzypaws..... there are more but I can't remember the names
2006-08-24 15:21:28 · answer #8 · answered by grahamma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner, Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park, anything by Beverly Cleary, Goosebumps by R.L. Stein. These were all my daughter's favorites when she was younger.
This website is full of children's books reviews, hope it helps!
http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews/index.asp#s
2006-08-24 15:26:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thing MOUSE PAINT and THE KISSING HAND would be great books and it will be easy to come up with activities to go with these. any books on the Caldecott list or that has won the Coretta Scott King award would be great. Good luck.
2006-08-24 15:54:43 · answer #10 · answered by Beca 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋