Suggested “Best Books of 2001” - Peggy Sharp’s Children’s Literature Workshop

“What’s New in Children’s Literature and How to Use It in Your Program” 1/02

Title

Author

Reading

Level

Interest

 Level

 

 

 

 

 

39 Uses For A Friend

Ziefert, Harriet

1.0

K-3

Albert

Napoli, Donna Jo

2.7

K-3

Amazing Math Magic

Ho, Oliver

4.5

3-6

Amber Was Brave: Essie Was Smart

Williams, Vera

5.4

3-6

And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon

Stevens, Janet

2.9

K-3

Awful Ogre’s Awful Day: Poems

Prelutsky, Jack

3.7

K-3

The Bear Came Over To My House

Walton, Rick

1.5

K-3

Betty Doll

Polacco, Patricia

3.6

3-6

Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse

Myers, Walter

4.9

3-6

Clara Caterpillar

Edwards, Pamela

2.5

K-3

D.W. Library Card

Brown, Marc

2.2

K-3

Davy Crockett Saves the World

Schanzer,Rosalyn

3.1

K-3

The Day Eddie Met the Author

Borden, Louise

4.9

3-6

Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices

 

3.3

K-3

Doll Baby

Bunting, Eve

4.6

5-8

Fair Weather: A Novel

Peck, Richard

6.3

5-8

 

Fast Food! Gulp! Gulp!

Waber, Bernard

1.9

K-3

Goin’ Someplace Special

McKissack, Pat

4.2

K-3

The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles

Tang, Greg

4.9

3-6

Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books

Paulsen, Gary

5.4

5-8

If The Shoe Fits

Jackson, Alison

3.3

K-3

If The World Were A Village: A Book About the World’s People

Smith, David

 

3-6

 

Leap Into Poetry: More ABCs of Poetry

Harley, Avis

5.8

3-6

 

Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs: Poems & Paintings

Florian, Douglas

3.9

3-6

 

Lunch Box Mail and Other Poems

Whitehead, Jenny

3.3

K-3

Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Rappaport, Doreen

6.1

3-6

 

Marvin One Too Many

Paterson, Katherine

1.2

K-3

Math Man

Daniels, Teri

3.9

K-3

Mice And Beans

Ryan, Pam

3.2

K-3

Monster Goose

Sierra, Judy

3.4

K-3

More True Lies: 18 Tales For You to Judge

Shannon, George

6.7

3-6

Mouse Mess

Reily, Linnea

1.5

K-3

Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden

Pattou, Edith

2.0

K-3

Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt

Cole, Joanna

3.6

K-3

The Name Jar

Choi, Yangsook

3.1

K-3

Oma’ Quilt

Bourgeois, Paulette

3.3

K-3

Patches: Lost and Found

Kroll, Steven

2.7

K-3

A Poke In the I: A Collect of Concrete Poems

 

2.5

K-3

Riding The Tiger

Bunting, Eve

3.5

K-3

A Single Shard

Park, Linda Sue

6.7

5-8

Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon

Lovell, Patty

2.1

K-3

The Stray Dog

Simont, Marc

1.9

K-3

Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic

Schunur, Steven

1.7

K-3

Take Me Out to the Bathtub And Other Silly Dilly Songs

Katz, Alan

3.2

K-2

Ten Monkey Jamboree

Ochiltree, Dianne

2.1

K-3

This Book Is Called The Burger and the Hot Dog

Aylesworth, Jim

3.7

K-3

The Three Pigs

Wiesner, David

2.3

K-3

Three Sacks of Truth: A Story from France

Kimmel, Eric

5.2

K-3

Touching Spirit Bear

Mikaelsen, Ben

6.7

5-8

True Believer

Wolff, Virginia

5.2

YA

Waiting For Wings

Ehlert, Lois

1.1

K-3

The Web Files

Palatini, Margie

2.5

K-3

Website of the Cracked Cookies

Kimmel, Eric

6.0

3-6

What Do Authors Do?

Christelow, Eileen

4.0

K-3

What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, and Showers

Lauber, Patricia

4.5

K-3

Witness: A Novel

Hesse, Karen

5.1

5-8

You Read To Me; I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together

Hoberman, Mary Ann

2.9

K-3