Book Suggestions
Setting in another Country:
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Stptoe
Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki
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Book Made into a Movie
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
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Book of Poetry
Why Otters Don't Wear Socks by Roger Stevens
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Lemonade and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word by Bob Raczka
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Biography
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin by Jennifer Fisher Bryant
The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos by Deborah Heiligman
Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors? The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell by Tanya Lee Stone
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Science Fiction
Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner
Cosmos and the Robot by Brian Pinkney
Boy & Bot by Ame Dyckman
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Aesop Fable
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Ant and the Grasshopper
The Farmer and His Sons
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Art
Matisse the King of Color by Laurence Anholt
The Dot by Peter Reynolds
Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty
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Fairy Tale
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
Rumpelstilstskin by Pau Zelinsky
Goatilocks and the Three Bears by Erica S. Pearl
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Historical Fiction
The Knight and His Dragon by Tomie de Paola
The Wall by Eve Bunting
My Best Friend, Abe Lincoln: A Tale of Two Boys from Indiana By Robert L. Bloch
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Historical Non Fiction
Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade by Melissa Sweet
How Things Work in the Yard by Lisa Campbell Ernst
Bone: Skeletons and How They Work by Steve Jenkins
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Asian American Author
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say
Ruby Lu, Brave and True by Lenore Look
Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat by Amy Tan
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Folk Tale
El Gallo de Bodas: A Traditional Cuban Folktale by Lucia Gonzalez
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales by Virginia Hamilton
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema
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Autobiography
Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar by Keith Richards
Mo'Ne Davis: Remember My Name by Mo'Ne Davis and Hilary Beartd
The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sis
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Math
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Even Steven and Odd Todd by Kathryn Cristaldi
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