This is a chapter book about a little boy that has a facial deformity. The book goes through his struggle to fit and go to school with other children. In the end he ends up making many friends at school and comfortable being there. This could be a good book for middle school students to read to teach them about friendship and acceptance. This could also be used in a younger grade classroom as a daily shared reading.

This is a good book to teach about dinosaurs. It is a simple book but not too simple. It follows fly guy as he goes to the museum to learn about dinosaurs. This book could work as a guided reading or shared reading. This would be a good shared reading for students interested about dinosaurs. It would also be a good guided reading book because it is short and does not use as advanced vocabulary as other dinosaur books.

This is a good shared reading to teach a science lesson with. This Magic School bus book goes through the solar system and planets. This word is also best for shared reading because it does have some difficult vocabulary about the solar system. When teaching this book it would be best to review and discuss the vocabulary before reading the book.

This is a book about a pigeon and all the pigeon wants is a puppy. This is a good shared reading book because the pigeon is talking right to you. By having a character speaking to the audience you can teach through this book different types of narrators and voice that can appear in writing.

This is a picture book about a fish that sees a bigger fish wearing a hat and then takes the hat and swims away. This book is a good book for shared reading because it demonstrates what an unreliable narrator is in a story.

This is a book about a young girl named Naomi. She lives with her great grandmother and younger brother in a trailer in California. Her mother, Skyla comes back for her which causes problems for her family. Naomi, her great grandmother and brother, Owen must travel to Mexico to find their father and to resolve the issues her mother is causing. The book follows Naomi on her journey of meeting her mother and father as well as learning more about herself and where she comes from.

This is a book about the process in which a caterpillar goes through in order to become a butterfly. This book has many pictures and diagrams that help explain the process. This science text would be best for a short shared or guided reading because although the words and sentences are not difficult you may have to stop and explain what is happening.

This is a good shared or guided reading for students beginning to read. This book is short book that goes through what to do to make a mud pie. This book is a good book for guided reading because the pictures allow for the students to understand the page without reading the words.

This is a cause and effect book about a mouse who is given a cookie. The book progresses because after he wants a cookie he then wants milk and continues to progress. This book could be used for guided reading because the students could make predictions and use clues to figure out what the mouse will want next.

This is a picture book about two mice who live in very different places. The two go back and forth of where they would rather be and whether or not they like the city or country more. This book could be used well for guided reading because there are many good pictures that could help the students about what is happening in the story.

This is a book similar to the story of the three little pigs. The book has many similarities and differences from the story. This is a good shared reading for younger children to help teach setting and character. This would also be a good guided reading book for students if they are familiar with the story of the three little pigs.

This is a picture book about rockets and spaceships and briefly tells about what they do and how they work. The back of this book also gives a glossary of words that students may not know that could be useful to read to the student before reading the book. Depending on the students reading level this book would be good for a shared reading or guided reading.

This is a short book for students beginning to read. The book goes through measuring and the different things they can measure with pictures of the tools they measure. One side of the book is more difficult and one side is shorter, simpler sentences. This is a good guided reading book because if the student does not know a word the picture cues are very useful for figuring out the word or a word similar.

Esperanza Rising is a book about a young girl from Mexico, Esperanza. She comes from a wealthy family and lives on a large farm with her mother, father, grandmother and many workers. Esperanza's father is then murdered in the beginning of the book. Shortly after her father goes missing and is found to be killed her home is burned down. Her uncle then proposes to her mother. Her mother then makes a plan with other workers to flee to America so that her and her daughter would not be separated. The book goes through Esperanza coming of age through her experiences of coming to American and being an immigrant.

This is a picture book about a little girl named Ada who is very curious and likes to explore. The book goes on to follow Ada and her different experiment and wonders. In the end of the book her parents encourage her and her curiosity. This is a good shared reading book for younger students but is also a good book to share with students because she is a woman of color who is interested in science.

This is a simple book about various signs we see outside. This is a short book and is good for students who are beginning to read. Most of the sentences start the same but with the different type of sign. This is a good book for those students beginning to read because they can use the picture cues in the book to help them figure out the words.

A picture book about a little kitten who thinks that the moon is a bowl of milk. The story follows the kitten trying to get to the moon because it thinks its milk. Throughout the book the kitten goes through all this different places outside to try to get to the moon. In the end the kitten comes home and finds a bowl of milk on the porch waiting. This would be a good book to introduce setting to younger or struggling students because the kitten goes through many familiar settings that children could draw or act out.

This is a picture book about a mouse and a whale. Although it is a picture book it is quite long and each page does consist of many sentences. The story goes through the mouse and the whale who become friends by helping each other. The two end up both helping each other in the end as well as learning about each other. This is a good book for more advanced readers who can comprehend more complex stories but who also enjoy picture books.

This is a picture book about a little chameleon. In the book he realizes that other animals have a color but he does not because he is always changing. Throughout the book he goes through different places to find a color. In the end of the book he finds he wants to be red with white polka dots. This is a good book that not only teaches colors but also has simple sentences (with the exception of a few).

This is a book very similar to the Three Little Pigs. This story has a twist and instead of pigs it is javelinas and is set in the Southwest United States. The story follows the basic premise of the three little pigs as they go to different places. This is a good book to teach setting because it takes a familiar story but puts it into a different place.

This is a book about Unhei, a young girl who comes to America from Korea. When she comes to America and comes to school she wants a new name so that she will fit in with her new classmates. She tries out new names and eventually her classmates decided to compose a jar of names for her to chose from. One day she comes back to school to find that the jar is missing. She later discovers that one of her classmates took the jar because he thinks she should keep her real name because it is apart of her and makes her unique. This is a good book about acceptance as well as friendship.

This is a picture book about a lion. He finds a bird one day and helps bring the bird back to health. They then spend time together and through the seasons the lion takes care of the bird. The bird then has to leave when it is time to be back with his flock and he feels better. The lion feels deeply sad that his new friend leaves. In the end of the book the bird ends up coming back to spend time with the lion.
*this is a cute and sweet book about friendship- would be better received with older students

A short alphabet book with rhyming. Good for children who are beginning to learn their letters.

This is a short, predictable picture book. The book has short sentences that discuss numbers.

The Circuit is a book about a boy, Francisco, and his family from Mexico. Their family travels to the United States to find work at various farms through California. Each time they travel to a new farm the boy has to go to a new school. The book describes the struggle that the family has to find work in new places as well as the struggle of Francisco changing schools frequently.

This is a picture book about a little girl named Patricia. She wants is an African American girl who wants to become a scientist. She notices she sees her African American patients more than her other patients. She wants to help her patients and ends up making an invention. This is a shared reading nonfiction book.

This is a picture book about a little girl named Cece. She is learning about science through asking questions similar to ones she thinks scientists would ask. Throughout the book she is trying to think and do what scientists would do like experiment and reevaluate their findings.

Sector 7 is a wordless picture book about a little boy who goes on a field trip but then ends up in the clouds. He watches how the clouds are made and eventually helps them make new and different shaped clouds for when he returns back with his class.

This is a picture book about a little girl who has crazy hair. The book goes through the wild things she finds in her hair, such as zoo animals. At the end of the book Natalie realizes she has to fix her hair.

This picture book is a pattern book. The book goes through asking the question "Where is Max?" and the questions are answered by simple directions.