Title

Author

Literary
Device

Teacher
Resource

Teacher
Copy  

Library
Copy

1

Giants Have Feelings Too

Granowski, Alvin

Point of View

yes

2

Twilight Comes Twice

Fletcher, Ralph

Snap Shots/Setting

yes

3

Jelly Belly

R.K. Smith

Character Description Leads

yes

4

The Adventures of the Buried Treasure

Nancy McArthur

Action Leads

5

Charlotte's Web

E.B. White

Talking Leads

yes

6

Chocolate Fever

Robert Kimmel Smith

Question Leads

yes

yes

7

Maurice's Room

Paula Fox

Setting Leads

yes

8

Smart Alec Kill

Raymond Chandler

Snapshot Leads

9

The Bridge to Teribithia  

Katherine Patterson

Sound Leads

Keck

yes

10

The Color of Water

James McBride

Thinking Leads

yes

11

If you decide to go to the Moon

Leads

12

The Five People you Meet in Heaven

Leads / Time

Keck

yes

13

14

My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother

Patricia Polacco

Memoir

yes

yes

15

Mr. Falker

Patricia Polacco

Memoir

Keck

yes

16

Owl Moon

Jane Yolen

Memoir

Keck

yes

17

The Song and Dance Man

Susan Ackerman

Memoir

Keck

18

When I Was young in the Mountains

Cynthia Rylant

Memoir

yes

yes

19

Looking Back

Lois Lowry

Memoir

yes

yes

20

Maus

Maury Spiegel

Memoir

yes

yes

21

Glass Castle

Jeanette Walls

Memoir

yes

22

A Million Little Pieces

James Frey

Memoir

Keck

23

Miss Spider's Tea Party

Theme

Keck

24

Bonsey and Isabella

Setting

25

Monkey business

Idioms

yes

26

Amelia Bedelia books

Idioms

yes

27

I have Lived a Thousand years

Livia Bitton Jackson

Time

yes

28

Driving by Moonlight

Time

yes

29

The Green Mamba

Time

yes

30

Christmas Day in the Morning

Time

Yes

31

The Circuit

Time

Yes

32

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Time

Keck

yes

33

Joey Smith's Basketball memoir

Time

Keck