Books To Love: Reading As A Writer

Read Alouds / Minilessons
A Box of Treat
by Kevin Henkes / Small Moments
dialogue
word choice
description (Sheila’s Peppermint Stick)
feelings
character development
Froggie (Series)
Ex: Froggie Goes to the Dr.
by Jonathan London and Frank Remkiewicz / internal thinking
dialogue
Max’s Bedtime (Series)
Ex: I Went To The Beach / repeated patterns
writing that looks like that of student
The Rain Stomper
by Rosemary Wells / small moment
onomatopoeia
bold words
repeated sent. Structure to create feelings
structure (dev. a scene)
Roller Coaster
by Maria Frazee / stretch out small moment (zooming in on 1 part of theme park)
to gather ideas
dialogue
picture dev. (words match pictures)
Night of the Veggie Monster
by George Clements / stretch out small moment (zooming in)
dialogue / speech bubbles
pictures match thought of characters
ellipses
bold words
repeated sent. structure
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
by Kate DiCamillo and Chris Van Dusen / moves back and forth between actions, dialogue, internal thinking
stretch out a small moment
In the meadow
by Yukiko Kato / several small moments stretched out
actions
descriptions (adjectives)
My Map Book!
by Sara Fanelli / different types of maps
generates ideas for small moments
Momma Where Are You From?
by Marie Bradby / generate ideas for writing
description of characters and what they do
poetry
When Sophie Gets Angry… Really, Really Angry….
by Molly Bang
Sometimes I’m Bombaloo
by Rachel Vail / Bold Words
Show not tell
character development
actions/feelings/pictures
onomatopoeia
Big Dog
by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel / Told by perspective of a cat
character development
internal thinking
realistic fiction
Treasure of the Heart
by Alice Ann Miller / small things can be treasures
generates writing ideas
good for oral story telling
David book
by David Shannon / types of sentences
picture development
dialogue
actions/feelings
The Sandwich Swap
by Queen Rania of Jordan Al Abdullah / Argument
Different perspective
About Tolerance
Finklehopper Frog
by Irene Livingston and Brian Lies / internal thinking
actions
rhyming
dialogue to dev. character
feelings (infer)
Author Mo Willems
Knuffle Bunny
Piggy and Gerald books
The Pigeon Books / dialogue
speech bubbles
stretch out small moments
Dear Mr. Blueberry
by Simon James / letters
non fiction
Walk On: A Guide for Babies of All Ages by Maria Frazee
How to Lose All Your Friends by Nancy Carlson
How to Be a Friend: A Guide to Making Friends and Keeping Them by Laurie Brown and Marc Brown
Time to Pee! by Mo Willems / non fiction
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