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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 |
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Author |
Reading Level |
Interest Level |
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39 Uses For A Friend |
Ziefert, Harriet |
1.0 |
K-3 |
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Albert |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
2.7 |
K-3 |
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Amazing Math Magic |
Ho, Oliver |
4.5 |
3-6 |
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Amber Was Brave: Essie Was Smart |
Williams, Vera |
5.4 |
3-6 |
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And The Dish Ran Away With The Spoon |
Stevens, Janet |
2.9 |
K-3 |
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Awful Ogre’s Awful Day: Poems |
Prelutsky, Jack |
3.7 |
K-3 |
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The Bear Came Over To My House |
Walton, Rick |
1.5 |
K-3 |
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Betty Doll |
Polacco, Patricia |
3.6 |
3-6 |
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Brown Angels: An Album of Pictures and Verse |
Myers, Walter |
4.9 |
3-6 |
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Clara Caterpillar |
Edwards, Pamela |
2.5 |
K-3 |
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D.W. Library Card |
Brown, Marc |
2.2 |
K-3 |
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Davy Crockett Saves the World |
Schanzer,Rosalyn |
3.1 |
K-3 |
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The Day Eddie Met the Author |
Borden, Louise |
4.9 |
3-6 |
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Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices |
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3.3 |
K-3 |
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Doll Baby |
Bunting, Eve |
4.6 |
5-8 |
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Fair Weather: A Novel |
Peck, Richard |
6.3 |
5-8 |
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Fast Food! Gulp! Gulp! |
Waber, Bernard |
1.9 |
K-3 |
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Goin’ Someplace Special |
McKissack, Pat |
4.2 |
K-3 |
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The Grapes of Math: Mind Stretching Math Riddles |
Tang, Greg |
4.9 |
3-6 |
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Guts: The True Stories Behind Hatchet and the Brian Books |
Paulsen, Gary |
5.4 |
5-8 |
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If The Shoe Fits |
Jackson, Alison |
3.3 |
K-3 |
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If The World Were A Village: A Book About the World’s People |
Smith, David |
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3-6 |
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Leap Into Poetry: More ABCs of Poetry |
Harley, Avis |
5.8 |
3-6 |
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Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs: Poems & Paintings |
Florian, Douglas |
3.9 |
3-6 |
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Lunch Box Mail and Other Poems |
Whitehead, Jenny |
3.3 |
K-3 |
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Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Rappaport, Doreen |
6.1 |
3-6 |
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Marvin One Too Many |
Paterson, Katherine |
1.2 |
K-3 |
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Math Man |
Daniels, Teri |
3.9 |
K-3 |
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Mice And Beans |
Ryan, Pam |
3.2 |
K-3 |
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Monster Goose |
Sierra, Judy |
3.4 |
K-3 |
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More True Lies: 18 Tales For You to Judge |
Shannon, George |
6.7 |
3-6 |
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Mouse Mess |
Reily, Linnea |
1.5 |
K-3 |
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Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden |
Pattou, Edith |
2.0 |
K-3 |
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Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt |
Cole, Joanna |
3.6 |
K-3 |
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The Name Jar |
Choi, Yangsook |
3.1 |
K-3 |
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Oma’ Quilt |
Bourgeois, Paulette |
3.3 |
K-3 |
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Patches: Lost and Found |
Kroll, Steven |
2.7 |
K-3 |
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A Poke In the I: A Collect of Concrete Poems |
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2.5 |
K-3 |
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Riding The Tiger |
Bunting, Eve |
3.5 |
K-3 |
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A Single Shard |
Park, Linda Sue |
6.7 |
5-8 |
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Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon |
Lovell, Patty |
2.1 |
K-3 |
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The Stray Dog |
Simont, Marc |
1.9 |
K-3 |
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Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic |
Schunur, Steven |
1.7 |
K-3 |
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Take Me Out to the Bathtub And Other Silly Dilly Songs |
Katz, Alan |
3.2 |
K-2 |
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Ten Monkey Jamboree |
Ochiltree, Dianne |
2.1 |
K-3 |
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This Book Is Called The Burger and the Hot Dog |
Aylesworth, Jim |
3.7 |
K-3 |
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The Three Pigs |
Wiesner, David |
2.3 |
K-3 |
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Three Sacks of Truth: A Story from France |
Kimmel, Eric |
5.2 |
K-3 |
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Touching Spirit Bear |
Mikaelsen, Ben |
6.7 |
5-8 |
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True Believer |
Wolff, Virginia |
5.2 |
YA |
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Waiting For Wings |
Ehlert, Lois |
1.1 |
K-3 |
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The Web Files |
Palatini, Margie |
2.5 |
K-3 |
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Website of the Cracked Cookies |
Kimmel, Eric |
6.0 |
3-6 |
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What Do Authors Do? |
Christelow, Eileen |
4.0 |
K-3 |
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What You Never Knew About Tubs, Toilets, and Showers |
Lauber, Patricia |
4.5 |
K-3 |
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Witness: A Novel |
Hesse, Karen |
5.1 |
5-8 |
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You Read To Me; I’ll Read to You: Very Short Stories to Read Together |
Hoberman, Mary Ann |
2.9 |
K-3 |
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