Mentor Texts
Alborough, Jez (2003). Some dogs do. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press.
Barrett, Judi (1978). Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. New York, NY: Aladdin
Books.
Black, Michael Ian (2012). I’m bored. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster Books
for Young Readers.
Bottner, Barbara (2010). Miss Brooks loves books (and I don’t). New York, NY:
Alfred A. Knopf.
Calmenson, Stephanie (1989). The principal’s new clothes. New York, NY:
Scholastic.
Cherry, Lynne (1990). The great kapok tree. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich.
Child, Lauren (2004). I am too absolutely small for school. Cambridge, MA:
Candlewick.
Cronin, Doreen (2000). Click, clack, moo: Cows that type. New York, NY: Little
Simon.
Cooper, Helen (1997). The boy who wouldn’t go to bed. New York, NY: Dial Books
for Young Readers.
Cronin, Doreen (2004). Duck for president. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster
Books for Young Readers.
Grahame, Kenneth (2004). The reluctant dragon. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick
Press.
Greene, Stephanie (2006). Sophie Hartley, on strike. New York, NY: Clarion Books.
Hoose, Philip M. (1998). Hey little ant. Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press.
James, Simon (1991). Dear Mr. Blueberry. New York, NY: M. K. McElderry Books.
Kasza, Keiko (2003). My lucky day. New York, NY: Putnam’s Son.
Kasza, Keiko (1988). The pig’s picnic. New York, NY: Putnam.
Kellog, Steven (1971). Can I keep him? New York, NY: Dial Press.
Mazer, Anne (1991). The salamander room. New York, NY: Random House.
McElligott, Matthew (2004). Absolutely not. New York, NY: Walker.
McKissak, Pat (1986). Flossie and the fox. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young
Readers.
Morrison, Cathy (2012). I want a pet! Wilton, CT: Tiger Tales.
Numeroff, Laura (2004). Beatrice doesn’t want to. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick
Press.
Orloff, Karen Kaufman (2004). I wanna iguana. New York, NY: Putnam.
O’Connor, Jane (2003). The perfect puppy for me. New York, NY: Viking.
Scieszka, Jon (1996). The true story of the three little pigs. New York, NY: Puffin.
Silverstein, Shel (1983). Who wants a cheap rhinoceros? New York, NY:
Macmillan
Soltis, Sue (2011). Nothing like a puffin. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press.
Stoeke, Janet Morgan (2012). Pip’s trip. New York, NY: Dial Books for Young
Readers.
Teague, Mark (2002). Dear Mrs. Larue: Letters from obedience school. New York,
NY: Scholastic Press.
Van Allsburg, Chris (1991). The wretched stone. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Viorst, Judith (2009). Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
New York, NY: Antheneum.
Viorst, Judith (1995). Alexander, who’s not (do you hear me? I mean it!) going to
move. New York, NY: Atheneum.
Viorst, Judith (1990). Earrings. New York, NY: Atheneum.
Willems, Mo. (2003). Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus. New York, NY: Hyperion
Books for Children.
Willems, Mo. (2006). Edwina, the dinosaur who didn’t know she was extinct. New
York, NY: Hyperion.
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