1. 2018 Likes & Loves from the Literary Lists
CCIRA Conference Session # 127
February 8, 2018
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2. Professional Books/Bibliographies
Bank Street CBC - On line lists - not all books resourced are 2017
Dream Walkers – Tied to writing Traits – Great Author interviews – Latino Culture
Disrupting Thinking – Adams/Arapahoe Councils class Saturday sessions
Link to the 2017 Edition which can be accessed online for free or print purchased for $10.00

3. LOVE - LIFE 4 min interview/trailer from Penguin on YouTube
2018 Mock Caldecott – each picture tells it’s own total story. Move over “Oh the Places You’ll Go”, Study and write dialogue for the story from each illustration.
Boulder Public Library – sponsored by Boulder Bookstore – Monday 2/12 6:00
why-we-shouldnt-shield-children-from-darkness - Matt De La Pena Time, 1/9/2018

5. Life Link to color door hangers and sheets from Simon and Schuster
My pick for Caldecott - Also love Cynthia Rylant text!

6. Art Carle Museum in Amherst MA
If Picasso painted a snowman – Art teachers will love this one
What’s Your Favorite Color? – Third in series by the Eric Carle Picture Book Museum – drawing or writing mentor
Carle Museum in Amherst MA
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7. Art/Music
Unexpected love story – Alfred is born in a fiddle case belonging to Captain Alfred but a storm at sea forces Alfred to find and save the Captain’s fiddle. Lovely story of how the Captains dog is found and tamed by the beautiful music.

8. Picture Books for New Babies and their Parents/Grandparents
Here We Are – New baby book, as much for parents as for the baby.
Welcome: A Mo Willems Guide for New Arrivals – yes it’s dumb, but brilliant to read during first month or two. Mirror in back is fun.
Official one minute trailer for Here we are on Youtube

9. Read Write Talk Play Sing
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Little Fox – Incrdible endpapers and wordless story of girl who takes her stuffed fox to show and tell. Taken by a real fox at which time the illustrations turn to color.
Singing in the Rain –
Amy Krouse Rosenthal – Passed away in March of 2017

10. Books to look at “case cover” The hardcover under the jackets
Wolf in the Snow – Wordless story of two souls lost in a snowstorm – a baby wolf and a little girl dressed in a Red Riding like hooded coat
All the way to Havana- research the 1950’s cars and why they are still running in Cuba today.
All the Way to Havana Book Trailer in YouTube
Wolf in the Snow 2 min. Book Trailer in YouTubew

12. Favorite Author/Illustrator Team
2 min. trailer for The Wolf, The Duck & The Mouse
Wolf, The Duck & the Mouse - Theme – Importance of the experience over materialism “
Triangle – first in series

13. Favorite author’s and illustrators
Creepy Pair of Underwear! - Kids liked as much as Creepy Carrots
Egg – Pair with the old P.D. Eastman Flap Your Wings!
Teaching books.net Author Pronunciation Kevin Henkes

14. More Favorite Authors and Illustrators
Teaching Books.net Author Pronunciation Guide Julie Fogliano
Little Red Cat trailer in YouTube
Antoinette – Like the message of Antoinette finding what she’s good at – Persistance
Little Red Cat - Have kids narrate this wordless alphabet

15. Friendship and Adventure
Antlered Ship – Great to teach steps to make friends: 1. eat together 2. have adventures 3. ask questions (my addition: listen to the answers)
Baabwaa and Woolian: A Tale of Literacy, Dental Hygiene, and Friendship – Kids need to know wolf in sheeps clothing, Fun and humorous read aloud
Six minute YouTube with Dashka Sleaker "How to Make An Antlered Ship"

16. Humor Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Ttrailer in YouTube
Bob, Not Bob! To Be read as though you have the worst cold ever.
Legend of Rock Paper – Copy of Worksheet -
Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Ttrailer in YouTube
Judy Freeman – Judyreadsbooks.com

19. Important Messages
Message about the importance of using your voice and not being silenced told through what feels like a folktale. Allegorical tales.
Book of mistakes -

20. Informational Picture Books
Octopuses – 2017 Colorado Book Award – Mentor for animal reports
Her Right Foot – Statue of Liberty history with a message
Her Right Foot 2 min. book trailer in YouTube

21. Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon – Geologic history written in travel guide narration- Judy Freeman Superstar – must buy for families and geology study

22. Informational
Can a Seal Squeal? No But it can bark – Other animal’s bark too

23. International Literature

24. Picture Book Biography
Malala’s Magic Pencil Trailer in YouTube
Before She Was Harriet Educator’s Guide from Holiday House

25. Collective Biography Picturebook
Great selection of names to study during woman’s history month.

26. Picture book memoir A Different Pond Trailer in YouTube
Historical fiction with many parallels to immigration stories today. Memoir mentor text, immigration units.
A Different Pond Trailer in YouTube

27. Traditional Literature Fractured
After the Fall – Humpty Dumpty Life begins when you get back up again! “The Egg who got back up and learned how to fly”
Princesa and the Pea – Love how Susan Middleton Elya intersperses Spanish and rhyme in these.
Twinderella: A Fractioned Fairy Tale - Even without the ninja’s this is a fun mathematical rhyming read aloud.
After the Fall Trailer in YouTube

28. Word play 7 Ate 9 Trailer in YouTube (1 min.)
Mouse – Clever fun read aloud where mouse makes friend with a letter M. My love of graphic art is here.
7 Ate 9 – Word play encorporated into a mystery story. Great fun to read aloud to 5th grade.
7 Ate 9 Trailer in YouTube (1 min.)

29. Word study - Grammar
Word Play – Humor to learn parts of speech. Characters are parts of speech
Word collector – Thanks to Dana Plewka for the f&g
2 min. Word Collector Trailer by Peter H. Reynolds
Scholastic Trailer for The Word Collector YouTube

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