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Armadilly Chili by
Helen Ketteman illustrated by Will Terry
In this Texas-style adaptation of a traditional folktale, a tarantula,
mockingbird, and horned toad refuse to help an armadillo prepare a batch
of chili but nevertheless expect to eat it when it's ready. ATOS
Reading Level: 2.9 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 78971
Websites:
North
Carolina Book Award Program (pdf file) see page 23
From the
Texas Library Association:
Make your
own Armadilly Chili.
Tell a different Little Red Hen story with your own twist.
Talk about a time when someone asked you to help them make something.
Southwest Children's
Literature book review, children's voices and lesson plan by Mr.
Hillman and Mr. Christopher- 2nd grade
Armadillo
Online- factual information on Armadillos
Lesson
Plan from Round Rock Independent School District (pdf file)
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A Box of Friends
by Pam Munoz Ryan illustrated by Mary Whyte
A little girl struggling to cope with her move to a new home finds help
from her grandmother, who shows her how to make a memory box. ATOS
Reading Level: 3.7 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 75452
Websites:
Official Pam Munoz Ryan Web site
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Coming on Home Soon
by Jacqueline Woodson illustrated by E. B. Lewis
After Mama takes a job in Chicago during World War II, Ada Ruth stays
with Grandma but misses her mother who loves her more than rain and snow.
ATOS Reading Level: 2.9 Point Value: .5 Interest Level:
LG Quiz: 78570
Websites:
North
Carolina Book Award Program (pdf file) see page 26.
Louisiana
Young Reader Award Program (pdf file)
Questions
to ask before, during and after reading from Family TLC
Jacqueline
Woodson interview from Scholastic Books
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Ella the Elegant
Elephant by Carmela and Steven D'Amico
Ella is nervous about the first day of school in her new town,
but wearing her grandmother's good luck hat makes her feel better--until
the other students tease her and call her names.
ATOS Reading Level: 3.1 Point Value: .5 Interest Level:
LG Quiz: 83273
Websites:
Lesson
Plan from Reading to Kids
Teachers
Guide from Spoken Arts (pdf file)
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Farfallina and Marcel
by Holly Keller
A caterpillar and a young goose become great friends, but as they grow
up they undergo changes which separate them for awhile. ATOS
Reading Level: 3 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 59741
Websites:
Author
Interview- Harper Collins
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Old Cricket by Lisa
Wheeler illustrations by Ponder Goembel
Old Cricket doesn't feel like helping his wife and neighbors to prepare
for winter and so he pretends to have all sorts of ailments that require
the doctor's care, but hungry Old Crow has other ideas. ATOS
Reading Level: 4 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 70113
Websites:
South
Dakota Praire Bud Award Lesson Ideas
Teacher
Guide from Tracie Vaughn Zimmer- includes Bloom's Taxonomy Questions
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Pinduli by Janell
Cannon
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion,
and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival
and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes
about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah. ATOS
Reading Level: 3.6 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 78828
Websites:
North
Carolina Book Award Program (pdf file) see page 42
Lesson
Plan from Reading to Kids
Teacher
Guide from Harcourt
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Something to Tell
the Grandcows by Eileen Spinelli illustrated by Bill Slavin
Hoping to have an adventure to impress her grandcows, Emmadine Cow joins
Admiral Richard E. Byrd on his 1933 expedition to the South Pole. ATOS
Reading Level: 3.2 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 77460
Websites:
Lesson
Plan from Round Rock Independent School District (pdf file)
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Souperchicken by
Mary Jane Auch illustrated by Herm Auch
When Henrietta becomes the first chicken in her coop to learn how to read,
she uses her skills to save her aunties from becoming chicken soup. ATOS
Reading Level: 3 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 67827
Websites:
North
Carolina Book Award Program (pdf file) see page 37.
Golden
Sower Book Award Program (Nebraska) Bloom's Taxonomy Lesson Plans |
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Zen Shorts by John
J. Muth
When Stillwater the bear moves into the neighborhood, the stories he tells
to three siblings teach them to look at the world in new ways. ATOS
Reading Level: 2.9 Point Value: .5 Interest Level: LG Quiz: 86638
Websites:
Book
Review from "As Simple As That"
Book
Talk and Questions from Scholastic |
