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2013-2014 SISD Book of the Month Booklist August One
by Kathryn Otoshi
Author Read-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TGaDSMAS1E
Noah Websterby Jeri Chase Ferris
Book Trailer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8NegSLNxlk
Short Bio- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEekZ4bQmn4
More than Anything Elseby Marie Bradby
Scholastic Leveled Books Library
Shared Reading- http://www.soentpiet.com/more.htm
Book Trailer- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsDW4E0jiKo
Mom’s Choice AwardBlue is a quiet color. Red’s a hothead who likes to pick on Blue. Yellow, Orange, Green, and Purple don’t like what they see, but what can they do? When no one speaks up, things get out of hand — until One comes along and shows all the colors how to stand up, stand together, and count. As budding young readers learn about numbers, counting, and primary and secondary colors, they also learn about accepting each other's differences and how it sometimes just takes one voice to make everyone count.
Golden Kite Award for NonfictionWebster’s American Dictionary is the second most popular book ever printed in English. But who was that Webster? Noah Webster (1758–1843) was a bookish Connecticut farm boy who became obsessed with uniting America through language. He spent twenty years writing two thousand pages to accomplish that, and the first 100 percent American dictionary was published in 1828 when he was seventy years old. This clever, hilariously illustrated account shines a light on early American history and the life of a man who could not rest until he’d achieved his dream.
Set is 1865 in West Virginia, Booker, 9, is consumed by a desire to read. There is no one who works in the salt mines who can read. Only his mother understands his dream. One day he hears a newspaperman reading aloud and for the first time he knows "hope" and says, "It is brown like me." This story packs a powerful wallop through the simplicity and eloquence of the text and the drama of the lantern lit paintings which cast a golden hue on each scene. This is based on the life of the famous African American educator Booker T. Washington.
September Unite or Dieby Jacqueline Jules
Tumble Books
Class Play- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss8LDxgz_-c
Memorable for the contrast between the melodramatic title and Czekaj's funny cartoon scenes of popeyed children putting on a low-budget stage play, this account of our Constitutional Convention should leave even less attentive readers with some idea of what the resultant document is all about. The curtain rises on players in state-shaped costumes running around shouting "Hooray! Freedom!" In subsequent scenes they fall to squabbling ("I know what's best for me") under the weak Articles of Confederation, recognize the need for change and gather (all but Rhode Island,
World on a Stringby Larry Phifer
that is) in sweltering Philadelphia for long, secret negotiations-nearly failing to reach consensus until Connecticut proposes the Great Compromise over the nature of the two legislative houses. "Who will be the first to sign? George Washington, of course!" A lively way to kick off discussions of how the Constitution works and why it's still a living document.
When his best friend, a big red balloon, comes untied in a thunderstorm, Charlie is overcome with sadness. However, inspired by the happy memories of his best friend, Charlie is able to shift his perspective and, ultimately, he imagines his balloon on an amazing journey into the starry night.
October Isabella and The Hungry Coyoteby Keith Polette
TumbleBooks Library
Creepy Carrotsby Aaron Reynolds
Illustrator gives an inside look-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag0LPVYpIu4
Author talks about his books-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UujsWA7G618
A little girl on her way to Grandma's house. A basket of goodies. A lurking scoundrel. Sound familiar? Yes, but this time, the Chihuahua Desert of the American southwest is the setting for a spiced-up retelling of the classic Little Red Riding Hood story. Spunky Isabel outwits the cunning coyote with self-reliance and daring. Fiery tamales and chili sauce are the villain's downfall.
Caldecott HonorThe Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home.Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they?
Me and My Catby Satoshi Kitamura
Storyline On Line-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDzISc6o_Xs
As read by Matt Glover-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn4GbModgMw
Smarties Silver AwardLate one night, an old lady in a pointed hat climbs through the window into Nicholas' bedroom. She brandishes her broom, fires out some words, and then leaves as abruptly as she came. It's puzzling at the time, but not nearly as puzzling as what happens the next day!A young boy spends an unusual day after awakening to find that he and his cat have switched bodies.
November Giving Thanks: a Native American Good Morning Message
by Chief Jake Swamp
Discovery Education-http://app.discoveryeducation.com/search?Ntt=giving+thanks
Dear Peter Rabbitby Alma Flor Ada
TumbleBook Library
Read Aloud by child-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7VqLhl5F3w
Mohawk parents have traditionally taught their children to start each day by giving thanks to Mother Earth. "To be a human being is an honor, and we offer thanksgiving for all the gifts of life," begins the Thanksgiving Address. This Native American good morning message is based on the belief that the natural world is a precious and rare gift. The whole universe–from the moon and the stars to the tiniest blade of grass–is addressed as one great family It is a celebration of the beauty of Mother Earth, which Chief Jake Swamp of the Mohawk Nation, who is also a founder of the Tree of Peace Society, has adapted especially for readers of all ages.
One of the Three Little Pigs is hosting a housewarming and some very famous friends have been invited, including Peter Rabbit, who has a cold and can’t attend. What’s worse, the festivities could be ruined by the Big Bad Wolf who’s loose in the forest and creating havoc for everyone! All is conveyed through letters exchanged among these beloved characters.
December Christmas Tapestryby Patricia Polacco
Patricia Polacco tells tales of her childhood-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II8Qq_QYT9Y
When a bad leak ruins the sacristy wall in his father’s church, Jonathan Jefferson Weeks thinks his family’s first Christmas Eve service in Detroit will be ruined, too. But then he and his father find a beautiful tapestry for sale in a secondhand shop. Just the thing to cover the damaged wall and give the church a festive look! But then, amazingly, an old Jewish woman who is visiting the church recognizes the beautiful cloth. It is her discovery that leads to a real miracle on Christmas Eve.This timely tale of love and generosity between people of different religious faiths is a wonderful showcase for Polacco’s art. It features snowy holiday
The Gift of the Magiby O. Henri
As read by Mrs. P-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CakoHznB0jw
Audio Book-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf0gM-fSqqc
scenes and a colorful tapestry that is almost a character in itself. A tapestry that is being used to cover a hole in a church wall at Christmas brings together an elderly couple who were separated during World War II.
Young couple prepares for Christmas Day. But with no money, how can either Della or Jim buy a proper gift for the other? The young couple possesses only two items of value: Jim’s gold watch and Della’s wondrous hair. Yet as Christmas Day nears, through blind generosity and love, Della and Jim become the wisest of gift givers. This inspired adaptation breathes new life into the beloved and classic tale by prolific American writer O. Henry.
January Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America
By Andrea Pinkney
Author explains why she wrote book-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zw2rJL2YaPw
I Wanna IguanaBy Karen Orloff
Scholastic Leveled Books Library
Read Aloud-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ethKslAQvo4
I Wanna New Roomby Karen Orloff
Read Aloud-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV-X_ypjWQI
Book Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImpYQdWL-2s
Stories of ten men from different eras in American history, organized chronologically to provide a scope from slavery to the modern day. The stories are accessible, fully-drawn narratives offering the subjects’ childhood influences, the time and place in which they lived, their accomplishments and motivations, and the legacies they left for future generations as links in the “freedom chain. Backmatter includes a civil rights timeline, sources, and further reading.
Alex just has to convince his mom to let him have an iguana, so he puts his arguments in writing. He promises that she won’t have to feed it or clean its cage or even see it if she doesn’t want to. Of course Mom imagines life with a six-foot-long iguana eating them out of house and home. Alex’s reassurances: It takes fifteen years for an iguana to get that big. I’ll be married by then and probably living in my own house; and his mom’s replies: How are you going to get a girl to marry you when you own a giant reptile? Alex and his mother write notes back and forth in which Alex tries to persuade her to let him have a baby iguana for a pet.
Ever since their baby sister came along, Alex has been forced to share a room with his little brother, Ethan, and it’s a nightmare. Ethan always breaks stuff, snores like a walrus, and sticks crayons up his nose. No hardworking, well-behaved, practically grown-up boy like Alex should have to put up with that!
Writing letters to his mom convinced her to let him get his pet iguana, so Alex puts pencil to paper again, this time determined to get his own room. Though all of his powers of persuasion can’t get his dad to expand the house, he does come through with a fun alternative-a tree house!
February If a Bus Could Talkby Faith Ringold
Video Summary-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfkQspEdtig
The Patchwork Path: A Quilt Map to Freedomby Bettye Stroud
Tumblebooks Library
A biography of the African American woman and Civil Rights worker, whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus led to a boycott, which lasted more than a year in Montgomery, Alabama. Written in the perspective of the bus.
The images stitched into Hannah’s patchwork quilt lead to secret signposts on the Underground Railroad as she and her father take flight from slavery on a perilous path to freedom. The wagon wheel. The bear’s paw. The flying geese. These are some of the squares in the quilt Hannah’s mama helped her to sew — before Hannah’s sister was sold to another plantation and before Mama died of a broken heart. Now that Hannah’s papa has decided to make the run for freedom, this patchwork quilt is not just a precious memento of Mama — it’s a series of hidden clues that will guide them along the Underground Railroad to Canada, where they’ll finally be free. A fictionalized account of a fascinating oral history about a brave father and his young daughter, two of thousands who escaped a life of slavery and made the dangerous journey to freedom — a story of courage, determination, and hope.
March Testing Miss Malarkeyby Judy Finchler
Read Aloud-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgnuaYaIFrQ
Book Review-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DlmC2j2hdU
Flossie and the Foxby Patricia McKissack
Discovery Education- Downloaded video in folder
Taking standardized tests starts in early elementary these days. Judy Finchler provides a humorous take on the sometimes nerve-wracking process in Testing Miss Malarkey. Kevin O'Malley's expressive illustrations capture the commotion as adults help students prepare. The gym teacher offers stress-reducing yoga, parents give pop quizzes about bedtime stories, and the school cafeteria dishes up "brain food." The lesson here—try not to take it all so seriously.
Plucky Flossie Finley asks a clever fox to prove that he is a fox before she will be frightened of him on her way to deliver a basket of eggs.
April Monkey: A Trickster Tale from Indiaby Gerald McDermott
Book Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfyvIpVY8pw
Temple Grandin:How the Girl who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World (3 rd +)
By Sy Montgomery
Author speaks about book-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8P1CPvg2a8
Author reads a passage from book-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRT48F29S2o
Treasure on Gold StreetBy: Lee Merrill Byrd
The Fantastic Flying Books of Morris LessmoreBy: William Joyce
Silent movie-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VljJIQuPDSE
Book Trailer-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o2Dwzea54M
Read Aloud by a child-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HB0c6x0Af8
Read Aloud by an adult-
Monkey is hungry for the delicious mangoes on the island in the river, but he can't swim! How will he get there? Crocodile offers to carry Monkey across the water on his back, so Monkey hops aboard. Trouble is, Crocodile is hungry, too—for Monkey! Will clever Monkey come up with a way to get the mangoes and escape Crocodile's sharp teeth?
When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. While Temple’s doctor recommended a hospital, her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a scientist and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her world-changing career revolutionized the livestock industry. As an advocate for autism, Temple uses her experience as an example of the unique contributions that autistic people can make. This compelling biography complete with Temple’s personal photos takes us inside her extraordinary mind and opens the door to a broader understanding of autism.
Hannah discovers that her neighborhood's real treasure is a mentally retarded woman named Isabel. Denise describes her neighbors on Gold Street, especially Isabel, who is an adult but still plays with the young children and holds her mother's hand to cross the street, just as she has since Denise's mother was small.
The book that inspired the Academy Award–winning short film, from New York Times bestselling author and beloved visionary William Joyce.Morris Lessmore loved words. He loved stories. He loved books. But every story has its upsets. Everything in Morris Lessmore’s life, including his own story, is scattered to the winds. But the power of story will save the day. Stunningly brought to life by William Joyce, one of the preeminent creators in children’s literature, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a modern
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gozGB5xyAu0
Interview with Author-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FacOqWgd3o
Teachingbooks.org (teacher’s guide)
masterpiece, showing that in today’s world of traditional books, eBooks, and apps, it’s a story that we truly celebrate—and this story, no matter how you tell it, begs to be read again and again.
May Helen’s Big World: The Life of Helen Kellerby Doreen Rappaport
Animals in Camouflageby Phillis Limbacher
Tumblebooks Library
This picture book biography is an excellent and accessible introduction for young readers to learn about one of the world's most influential luminaries. With her signature style of prose laced with stirring quotes, Doreen Rappaport brings to life Helen Keller's poignant narrative. Acclaimed illustrator Matt Tavares beautifully captures the dynamism and verve of Helen Keller's life and legacy, making Helen's Big World an unforgettable portrait of a woman whose vision for innovation and progress changed America-and the world-forever.
I blend with the snow as I roam the ice floes of the Arctic….What am I? A simple text introduces young readers to seven animals whose ability to blend in with their surroundings helps them hide from predators and prey. The bold illustrations show the animals first in camouflage, then unveiled on the following double page spread. Additional notes are provided at the end of the book.
