Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy

1.     Author: Barbara Park

2.     Title: Junie B. Jones Is a Beauty Shop Guy

3.     Illustrator: Denise Brunkus

4.     Genre: Chapter Book

5.     Sub-genre: Entertainment

6.     Theme: Jobs

7.     Characters: Junie B. Mother, Daddy, Grace, Aunt Lola, Tickle, Grampa, Maxine

8.     Date of publication: 1998

9.      Publishing company: Random House

10.   Brief summary: Junie B. Jones decides that she is going to be a "beauty shop guy" when she grows up. But, she needs a little practice and a few volunteers like her bunny slippers, her dog and herself.

11. Use with Children: Junie B. Jones books are a great fun read to get children into reading. These books are what it took to convince me to want to read chapter books because they were so funny.

Here Come the Brownines: Sarah's Incredible Idea

1.     Author: Jane O'Connor

2.     Title: Here Come the Brownies: Sarah's Incredible Idea

3.     Illustrator: Laurie Struck Long

4.     Genre: Chapter Book

5.     Sub-genre: Overcoming Fears

6.     Theme: Community Service

7.    Characters: Sarah, Mr. Feldman, Sarah's Dad, Sarah's Mom, Mrs. Q, Krissy S.

8.     Date of publication: 1993

9.      Publishing company: Grosset & Dunlap

10.   Brief summary: Sarah is a shy girl who finds it difficult to speak up at meetings. She has an idea for a community service project-to bring pets to a nursing home for the residents to visit. She eventually speaks her mind and the troop is able to do this project successfully.

11. Use with Children: This could teach the children to overcome their fears and stand up for something they want in their community.

Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine

1.     Author: Barbara Park

2.     Title: Junie B. Jones and the Mushy Gushy Valentine

3.     Illustrator: Denise Brunkus

4.     Genre: Chapter Book

5.     Sub-genre: Valentines

6.     Theme: Valentines Day

7.     Characters: Junie B. Jones, Grace, Lucille, Jim, Paulie, "Mrs."

8.     Date of publication: 1999

9.      Publishing company: First Scholastic

10.   Brief summary:  "Valentimes Day", as Junie B. Jones calls it, is just around the corner. Junie B. can't wait to see all the "Valentimes" she will get. But she never expected a big, mushy card from a secret admirer! Junie B. is determined to find out who it is.

11. Use with Children: This is a fun read for children. This is a cute way to start out your Valentines Day in the classroom.

Here Come the Brownies: Lauren and the New Baby

1.     Author: Jane O'Connor

2.     Title:Here come the Brownies: Lauren and the New Baby

3.     Illustrator:Laurie Struck Long

4.     Genre: Chapter Book

5.     Sub-genre: Siblings

6.     Theme: Becoming a Older sister

7.     Characters: Lauren, Marsha, Mrs. Q., Lauren's Mom

8.     Date of publication: 1994

9.      Publishing company: Grosset & Dunlap

10.   Brief summary: Lauren's mom is going to have a baby. Lauren's best friend Marsha does not think that it is a big deal. But then Marsha has never been an only child. For Lauren, this is the most exciting thing to happen in her whole entire life.

11. Use with Students: Have the students discuss how they have been anxious for something to happen just like Lauren was? Did you have any friends that were not as excited as you were?

Leaves

1. Author: David Ezra Stein

2. Title: Leaves

3. Illustrator: G.P. Putnam Sons

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Informational

6. Theme: Seasons

7. Characters: Bear

8. Date of Publication: 2007

9. Publishing Company: Penguin Group

10. Summary: A curious bear observes how leaves change throughout the season. 
11. Use with Children: This would be good to introduce seasons to a K-2 age group.

It's you, Daddy

 1. Author: John Wallace

2. Title: It's you, Daddy

3. Illustrator: N/A

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Family- Parents

6. Theme: Loving Parents

7. Characters: Little One, Daddy

8. Date of Publication: 2005

9. Publishing Company: Hyperion Books for Children

10. Summary: A "little one" describes a their favorite person to their Dad and all the clues are facts about her dad. 
11: Use with Children: Descriptive words are used frequently in the book. After reading the book with the class they could write a similar story about their loved one.

Brave Bitsy and the Bear

1. Author: Angela McAllister

2. Title: Brave Bitsy and the Bear

3. Illustrator: Tiphanie Beeke

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Junior Book

6. Theme: Caring

7. Characters: Bitsy and Bear

8. Date of Publication: 2004

9. Publishing Company: Clarion Books

10. Summary: Bitsy was dropped and could not find her way home. So, Bear found her and took her home on his back before his long winter nap. 
11. Use with Children: This book show a great character trait of Caring. So, it would be great to use this to introduce a trait that all children should have.

Your Kind of Mommy

1. Author: Majorie Blain Parker

2. Title: Your Kind of Mommy

3. Illustrator: Cyd Moore

4. Genre: Picture Books for Children

5. Sub-Genre: Fiction

6. Theme: Motherhood

7. Characters: Mother and Daughter

8. Date of Publication: 2007

9. Publishing Company: Penguin Group

10. Summary: A Mother tells her daughter about how animals act as mothers and they things they do that are equal to what she does as a mother to her child. 
11. Use with children: This is a way to show how different mothers care for their children. This shows how we are all different but we all know our mothers love us in different ways. 

Thanksgiving Mice

1. Author: Bethany Roberts

2. Title: Thanksgiving Mice

3. Illustrator: Doug Cushman

4. Genre: Picture Books

5. Sub-Genre: Holiday

6. Theme: Thanksgiving

7. Characters: Mice

8. Date of Publication: 2001

9. Publishing Company: Clarion Books

10. Summary: A group of mice have some problems when they put on a play to commemorate the first Thanksgiving, but everything works all right in the end. 
11. Use with children: This would be a good book to start off a unit about Thanksgiving.

Chicken Bedtime is Really Early

1. Author: Erica S. Perl

2. Title: Chicken Bedtime is Really Early

3. Illustrator: George Bates

4. Genre: Picture Book for children

5. Sub-Genre: Animals

6. Theme: Bedtime

7. Characters: Domestic Animals

8. Date of Publication: 2005

9. Publishing Company: Harry Abrams Inc.

10. Summary: This story explains different times that all of the farm animals go to bed. Then, in the same sequence they wake up.
11. Use with Children: This would be a good book to use with younger students to introduce different animals and the way each of them live.

Hunter's Big Sister

1. Author: Laura Malone

2. Title: Hunter's Big Sister

3. Illustrator: Lynn Munsinger

4. Genre: Picture Book

5. Sub-Genre: Manners

6. Theme: Siblings

7. Characters: Hunter, Glenna, Mother

8. Date of Publication: 2007

9. Publishing Company: Katherine Tegen Books

10. Summary: Hunter and Glenna always argued because Hunter wanted to be just like his older sister Glenna. So, when Glenna feel out of their tree house Hunter ran for help. Then Glenna was thankful for her little brother and apologized to him for being mean. 

11. Use with Children: After reading this book with the children they can go and reflect on how they treat their sibling or how they might treat their sibling. Would it be like Glenna?

Mr. Mac's Bad Rabbits

1.     Author: Simon Puttok

2.     Title: Mr. Mac's Bad Rabbits

3.     Illustrator: Judith Drews

4.     Genre: Picture Books

5.     Subgenre: Manners

6.     Theme: Sometimes it is better to accept people the way they are

7.     Characters: Mr Mac and his Rabbits.

8.     Date of publication: 2008

9.      Publishing company: Boxer Books

10.   Brief summary: Mr. Mac's rabbits have many bad habits. So, he sent them to lessons to be perfect. After the lessons they wrote him a letter saying that they were leaving. Once they left Mr. Mac heard a knock at the door and it was Mice and they had the same bad habit. But he did not want to make them perfect because he was glad to have them there so he was not alone.
11. Use with Children: This would be a good book for the students to reflect on talk about how they would try to control the rabbits and would they have invited the mice in at the end?