Books to Support Reading Workshop

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Book Title Author Teacher's Room
A Quiet Place Dan Andresean Kathy & Charlyne
And to Think We Thought We'd Never be Friends Mary Ann Hoberman Antonette
Because of Winn Dixie    
Bubba the Cowboy Prince Helen Ketteman Charlyne, Kathy
Butterfly House Eve Bunting Allyson C.
The Cay (Dialect) Level V Theodore Taylor  
Come On, Rain Karen Hesse Charlyne
The Colorful Clownfish (non-fiction) Smithsonian Linda K.
The Desert is Theirs Byrd Baylor Charlyne
Dawn Uri Shulevitz Norma
Dogzilla Dav Pilkey Antonette
Elbert's Bad Word Audrey & Don Wood Leigh
The Elephant's Child Rudyard Kipling Ann
Encounter Level T  Jane Yolen Linda K.
Feathertop Robert D. San Sorici Charlyne
Frida Maria Deborah Lattimore Charlyne
Gone Again Level T Ptarmigan Smithsonian Linda K, Charlyne
Harriet Deborah Inkpen Charlyne
Hey, Al Arthur Yorinks  
Hide and Snake Keith Baker Antonette
I Love My Hair Natasha Anastasiq Tarpey Norma
The Little Old Lady Who was not Afraid of Anything Linda Williams Antonette
Lucky Jack and the Giant Janet Johnson Antonette
Nobody Owns the Sky Reeve Lindbergh Rita
One Hundred Hungry Ants Elinor J. Pinczes Antonette
One Tiny Turtle Levels for grades 1 - 6 Read Aloud Davies Kathy
Outside the Lines Brad Burg & Rebecca Gibbon Sylvia
Owl Moon DRA O/34 Jane Yolen Charlyne
Peach and Blue Sarah S. Kilborne Kathy
Pecos Bill (Exaggeration, hyperbole) Stephen Kellogg Charlyne
Pet Poems John Foster and Korky Paul Sara C.
Red Fox Running Eve Bunting Peggy
Sign of the Seahorse Graeme Base Carole
Stella - Star Marie Louise Gay Barb H.
Stranger in the Mirror Allen Say Charlyne
Swimmy Leo Lionni Kathy
The Table Where Rich People Sit Byrd Baylor Charlyne
Talking Like the Rain X.J. Kennedy Sylvia
Tuck Everlasting Level U  Natalie Babbitt Suzanne H.
Tulip Sees America Cynthia Rylant Antonette
The Whales Cynthia Rylant Charlyne, Kathy
The Whales' Song Dyan Sheldon Charlyne
Water Dance Thomas Locker Sandy, Lisa C.
The Way I Feel Jordan Cane Lisa C.
When Pigasso Met Moutisse Nina Laden Leigh
Where the Red Fern Grows Rawls  
Where the Wild Things Are DRA J/18 Maurice Sendak Charlyne
The Z was Zapped Chris Van Allsburg Charlyne

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