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Professional Books

	Bishop, Rudine Sims, editor Kaleidoscope: A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8
	Cunningham, Patricia M.and Richard L. Allington Classrooms that Work - They can ALL Read and Write
	Delpit, Lisa Other People's Children - Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
	Eggen, Paul D., and Donald P. Kauchak Strategies For Teachers: Teaching Content and Thinking Skills
	Faber, Adele, and Elaine Mazlish How to Talk so Kids Can Learn At Home and in School
	Gambrell, Linda B., Lesley M. Morrow, Susan B. Neuman, and Michael Pressley, editors Best Practices in Literacy Instruction
	Harris, Violet J., editor Teaching Multicultural Literature in Grades K-8
	Keene, Ellen Oliver, and Susan Zimmermann Mosaic for Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop
	Kriete, Roxann The Morning Meeting Book
	McGuinness, Diane Why Our Children Can't Read and What We Can Learn to Do About It
	Pressley, Michael Reading Instruction that Works - The Case for Balanced Teaching
	Ungerleider, Dorothy Funk Reading, Writing and Rage

Personal Selections

	Becker, Suzy The All Better Book (asks children how they would solve some of the world's most pressing problems; the answers and insights are humorous)
	Canfield, Jack Chicken Soup for a Woman's Soul
	Flake, Sharon The Skin I'm In (self-acceptance)
	Gardner, Howard Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership, and others.
	Hayden, Torey One Child, and others (a child is lost until a brilliant young teacher reached out)
	Johnson, Spencer, MD The Precious Present
	Lucado, Max In the Grip of Grace
	Pelzer, Dave A Child Called It
	Pelzer, Dave A Man Named Dave (a survivor of child abuse)
	Ruiz, Don Miguel The Four Agreements (essential steps to personal freedom)
	Stewart, Alison Worship Team Handbook
	Tenny, Tommy The God Chasers
	Young, Andrea Life Lessons My Mother Taught Me

Children's Books

	Carlson, Nancy I Like Me! Viking Press.
	Brett, Jan The Mitten New York: Scholastic
	Bulla, Clyde Shoeshine Girl New York: Harper Trophy
	Cameron, Ann The Stories Julian Tells New York: Random House
	Carle, Eric The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and others New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Christopher, Matt The Hit-Away Kid New York: Scholastic
	Cole, Joanna The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth New York: Scholastic
	Ehlert, Lois Growing Vegetable Soup New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Feldman, Davis Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise
	Freeman, Don Corduroy, and others New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Gelman, Rita More Spaghetti, I Say New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Hanson, Warren The Next Place (a book to comfort during a loss)
	Havill, Juanita Jamaica's Find New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Hoff, Syd Danny and the Dinosaur New York: Harper Collins
	Hoff, Syd Who Will Be My Friends? New York: Harper Collins
	Hurwitz, Johanna Class Clown New York: Scholastic
	Krauss, Ruth The Carrot Seed New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Lionni, Leo Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse, and others New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Lobel, Arnold Frog and Toad are Friends New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Martin, Bill Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? New York: Henry Holt and Company
	Mosel, Arlene Tikki Tikki Tembo New York: Scholastic
	Park, Barbara Junie B. Jones and her Big Fat Mouth New York: Random House
	Rowling, J.K. The Harry Potter series
	Rylant, Cynthia Henry and Mudge under the Yellow Moon New York: Simon and Schuster
	Slobodkina, E. Caps for Sale New York: Scholastic, Inc.
	Williams, Sue I Went Walking New York: Harcourt Brace and Company
	Wiseman, B Morris the Moose New York: Harper Collins
	Ziefert, Harriet Jason's Bus Ride New York: Puffin Books
	Ziefert, Harriet Later Rover New York: Puffin Books

Mentor Texts

	Eve Bunting Flower Garden
	Willie Perdomo Visiting Langston
	Natasha Anastasia Tarpley I Love My Hair
	Donald Crews Shortcut
	Sharon Jennings Into My Mother's Arms
	Lenny Hort How Many Stars in the Sky
	Irene Smalls Jonathan and His Mommy
	Thomas Locker Cloud Dance
	Karen Hesse Come On, Rain!
	Johnathan London Puddles
	Eloise Greenfield Honey, I Love and other love poems
	Sheila Homonaka All the Colors of the Earth
	Eloise Greenfield Nathaniel Talking
	Bill Martin. Jr. and Michael Sampson Swish
	George Levinson Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden
	Donald Crews Bigmama's
	Jim Arnosky A Manatee Morning
	James Stevenson Sweet Corn Poems
	Judy Allen and Tudor Humphries Are You a Spider?
	Jack Knowlton Geography from A to Z, A Picture Glossary
	Seymour Simon Sharks
	Joy Cowley Red-Eyed Tree Frog
	Gail Gibbons Weather Words and What They Mean
	Tomie de Paola The Cloud Book
	Jim Arnosky All About Owls
	Gail Gibbons Bats
	Margie Burton, Cathy French, and Tammy Jones Animals' Eyes and Ears