Book Recommendations

On her blog www.allaboutcomprehension.blogspot.com, Heinemann author Sharon Taberski has listed some recommended books for different instructional purposes and reader interests, here they are as of today, but check back there as she adds to the lists often:

Short and Sweet Chapter Books: Older Elementary-Grade Readers

• Joey Pigza series by Jack Gantos
• The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
• The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
• Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
• Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo

Picture Books to Help Kids Infer

• The Goat Lady by Jane Bregoli
• The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
• Charlie Anderson by Barbara Ambercrombie
• The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
• Elephant and Piggy books by Mo Willems
• Hurricane by David Weisner
• Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts
• Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen

Books to Help Kids Visualize

• The Eyes of Gray Wolf by Jonathan London
• Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman
• A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood
• Atlantic by G. Brian Karas
• In November by Cynthia Rylant
• Twilight Comes Twice by Ralph Fletcher
• Hurricane! by Jonathan London
• The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County by Patricia Harrington
• Saturdays and Teacakes by Lester Laminack
• The Five-Dog Night by Eileen Christelow
• Down the Road by Alice Schertle
• Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill
• Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
• I'm in Charge of Celebrations by Byrd Baylor

Books That Give Kids Something to Think and Talk About

• The Goat Lady by Jane Bregoli
• Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne
• Martina the Beautiful Cockroach by Carmen Agra Deedy
• The Yellow Star by Carmen Agra Deedy
• 14 Cow for America by Carmen Agra Deedy
• How to Heal a Broken Wing by Bob Graham
• Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
• The Three Questions by Jon Muth