100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli by David LaRochelle, 2023

Lex AD600L Interest level K-2

Teaching Resources:

Authors website with teaching materials

Teaching Books resources

Teachers Pay Teachers Activity Packet ($)

Subjects: counting, dragons

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 Are You a Cheeseburger? by Monica Arnaldo, 2021 

Lex AD540L Interest level K-3

Teaching Resources:
Teachers Pay Teachers Activities (free)
Teaching Books Resources
Blue Spruce Award Resources (scroll down a bit for a great list of activities to go with the book)

Subjects: cheeseburgers, friendship, racoons, seeds 

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Lex AD530L Interest level K-3

Teaching Resources:

Activity Kit from Publisher

Teachers Pay Teachers (one free one $)
Resources from the Washington Library Association

Subjects: animals cats friendship

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Awards: Kirkus Reviews starred

Knight Owl by Christopher Denise, 2022
Reading Level 2.6 Interest Level K-3

Teaching Resources:
Teachers Pay Teachers ($)
Teaching with Jodi Durgin resources
Teaching Books Resources
JOYcabulary Lesson Plan

Subjects: Birds, Knights and Knighthood (fiction)

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Lala's Words by Gracey Zhang, 2021

Lex AD520L interest level K-3

Teaching Resources:

Teachers Pay Teachers ($)

Authors Website

Subjects: human-plant relationships, kindness

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Publisher’s Weekly starred

Mr. Watson's Chickens by Jarrett Dapier, 2021

Lexile AD530L Interest level K-3

Teaching Resources:
Teachers Pay Teachers ($)
Activity Kit from Publisher

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A New Day by Brad Meltzer, 2021

Lex AD550L Interest level K-2

Subjects: humor, kindness

Teaching Resources:
Educator Resources from Publisher
Teachers Pay Teachers (free and $)
Teaching Books Resources

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Interest level K-2

Teaching Resources:
Teaching Books Resources
Learning About Animal Poop
Tracks, Scats, and Animal Facts

Subjects: forest animals

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Bureau of the Center for Children’s Books starred review

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Lex AD540L interest level K-3

Teaching Resources:

Novel Effect Activities ($)
Teachers Pay Teachers ($)
Lisa King Counselor.com Lessons
Staying Cool in the Library Lesson ($)

Author reading the book with drawing at the end (YouTube)

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Interest level K-3

Subjects: fantasy, magic

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Teaching Books Resources

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