curricular topics for young learners – fall

curricular topics for young learners – fall

CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
BOOKS AT THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE LIBRARY
Young Learners 1 (Ages 6–8)
* Making Friends
Adventures of Frog and Toad / Arnold Lobel. --- New York: Barnes & Noble, cop. 1970.
Amos & Boris / William Steig. --- New York: Puffin Books, cop. 1971.
Arthur's new puppy / Marc Brown. --- New York: Scholastic, cop. 1993.
Benny and Penny in just pretend / by Geoffrey Hayes. --- New York: Raw Junior, 2008.
Benny and Penny in the toy breaker / by Geoffrey Hayes. --- New York: Raw Junior, 2010.
Best friends in fairyland / by Daisy Meadows. --- New York: Scholastic Inc, 2010
Best friends wear pink tutus / by Sheri Brownrigg ; illustrated by Meredith Johnson. --- New York: Scholastic, 1993.
Biscuit finds a friend / Alyssa Satin Capucilli; pictures by Pat Schories. --- New York: Scholastic, 2004.
Biscuit wants to play / story by Alyssa Satin Capucilli; pictures by Pat Schories. --- New York: Scholastic Inc, 2007.
Frog and toad are friends / story and pictures by Arnold Lobel. --- New York: Scholastic, [1970].
Chick & Chickie: play all day! / by Claude Ponti. --- New York: Toon Books, 2012.
Dexter Bexley and the big blue beastie / Joel Stewart. --- London: Picture Corgi, 2007
A friend for dragon / Dav Pilkey. --- New York: Scholastic, 2007.
Fuzzytail friends: lift-and-look animal book / illustrated by Lisa McCue. --- New York: Random House, 1997.
George and Martha / written and illustrated by James Marshall. --- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, cop. 2000.
Gus was a friendly ghost / by Jane Thayer ; Illustrated by Seymour Fleishman. --- New York: William Morrow, 1962.
Henry and Mudge : the first book / Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Suçie Stevenson. --- New York: Scholastic, 1987.
(15 books more from the same book series).
Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books
CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
Making Friends
How do the dinosaurs play with their friends? / Jane Yolen & Mark Teague. --- New York: Blue Sky Press, 2006.
The little red hen / retold by Heather Forest ; illustrated by Susan Gaber. --- Little Rock: August House, 2006.
My friends / by Taro Gomi. --- San Francisco: Chronicle Books, cop. 1990 LBY GOM MYF
One of each / by Mary Ann Hoberman ; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. --- New York: Little Brown and Co., 2000.
Poppleton and friends / Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Mark Teague. --- New York: Scholastic, [1997].
Pumpkin soup / Helen Cooper. --- London: Picture Corgi Books, 1999.
Swimmy / by Leo Lionni. --- New York: Alfred A. Knopf, cop. 1991.
Tacky the penguin / Helen Lester; illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. --- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, [2008].
Whistle for Willie / Ezra Jack Keats. --- New York: Puffin Books, 1977.
* Fall Fun
Apples and pumpkins / by Anne Rockwell ; pictures by Lizzy Rockwell. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 1991.
A child's calendar / poems by John Updike ; illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman. --- New York: Holiday House, 1999.
From seed to pumpkin / by Wendy Pfeffer ; James Graham Hale. --- New York: Harper Collins, cop. 2004.
In november / Cynthia Rylant ; illustrated by Jill Kastner. --- 1st. ed. --- [S.l.]: Voyager Books, 2008.
It's Pumpkin time! / by Zoe Hall ; illustrated by Shari Halpern. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic Inc, cop. 1994.
The fall festival / by Mercer Mayer. --- New York: Scholastic, 2009.
Red leaf, yellow leaf / Lois Ehlert. --- Orlando: Harcourt Inc, [1991].
The seasons / edited by John N. Serio ; illustrations by Robert Crockett. --- New York: Scholastic, cop. 2005.
Welcome Fall / Nancy Davis; Jill Ackerman; Pamela Notarantonio. --- New York: Scholastic, 2009.
We're going on a leaf hunt / by Steve Metzger; illustrated by Miki Sakamoto. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 2005.
Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books
CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
YL 2 (Ages 8–10)
* City Living
Amulet vol. 1, 2, 3 / Kazu Kibuishi. --- New York: Scholastic, 2008.
City of spies / Susan Kim; Laurence Klavan; Pascal Dizin; Hilary Sycamore. --- New York: First Second, 2010.
(+) From the mixed-op files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler / by E. L. Konigsburg. --- New York: Aladdin, 2002.
(+) Harriet, the spy / written and illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh. --- [New York]: Dell Yearling, 2002.
Luke on the loose / by Harry Bliss. --- New York: Raw Junior, 2009.
Madlenka / Peter Sis. --- 1st. ed. --- New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, [2010].
Meanwhile / Jason Shiga. --- New York: Amulet books, cop. 2010.
The man who walked between the towers / Mordicai Gerstein. --- New York: Roaring brook press, 2005.
(+) New York / Vicky Shipton. --- Essex: Pearson Education, 2008.
The Phantom of the subway / Geronimo Stilton. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic Inc, cop. 2000.
(+) San Francisco story / John Scott. --- Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2011.
A street through time / Steve Noon; Anne Millard. --- London: Dorling Kindersley, 1998.
* Best Friends
(+) The adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain; retold by Jacqueline Kehl. --- Essex: Pearson Education, 2008.
(+) Bad girls / Jacqueline Wilson; illustrated by Nick Sharratt. --- London: Corgi Books, 2006.
(+) The best school year ever / Barbara Robinson. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 1996.
(+) Brain camp / Susan Kim; Laurence Klavan; Faith Erin Hicks ; Hilary Sycamore. --- New York: Firts Second, 2010.
Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books
CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
Best Friends
(+) Bridge to Terabithia / Katherine Paterson; Donna Diamond. --- New York : Scholastic, [1977].
(+) Calvin and Hobbes / by Bill Watterson . --- Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1987.
(+) Charlotte's web / by E.B. White ; pictures by Garth Williams. --- New York: Harper & Row, [1980].
Copper / by Kazu Kibuishi. --- 1st. ed. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 2010.
(+) A faraway world / Maria Luisa Banfi. --- Recanati: ELI Readers, 2009.
Knights of the lunch table: the dogball chronicles / by Frank Cammuso. --- New York: Scholastic, 2008.
Marley & me / John Grogan ; retold by Anne Collins. --- Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2012.
(+) Mr Stink / David Walliams ; illustrated by Quentin Blake. --- London: HarperCollins Children´s Books, 2009.
(+) Ozma of Oz / L. Frank Baum ; illustrated by John R. Neill. --- New York: Dover, [1985].
(+) Shiloh / by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 2003.
(+) The view from Saturday / E.L. Konigsburg. --- [1st. ed.]. --- New York: Scholastic, 1998.
(10-13) White fang / Jack London ; retold by Brigit Viney. --- Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008.
YL 3 (Ages 10–12)
* Maps
Atlas of the world. --- 7th. ed. --- Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, cop. 1999.
(+) Atlas of contemporary America: portrait of a nation / Rodger Doyle. --- New York: Facts on File, cop. 1994.
First encyclopedia of our world / Felicity Brooks ; David Hancock ; Susannah Owen. --- London: Usborne, 2010.
(+)Map art lab: 52 exciting art explorations in map making, imagination, and travel / Jill K. Berry & Linden McNeilly. -- Beverly, MA: Quarry Books, cop. 2014.
Maps / Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinska. --- 1st. ed. --- Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2013.
Me on the map / by Joan Sweeney; illustrated by Annette Cable. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 1997.
(+)National Geographic kids world atlas. --- Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, cop. 2013.
National Geographic Kids United States atlas. --- Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, cop. 2012.
The once upon a time map book: come on a tour of six magical once upon a time lands / B.G. Hennessy ; Peter
Joyce. --- Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press, 2010.
The seven continents / by Wil Mara. --- New York: Children's Press, cop. 2005.
A trip around the world / written by Leland Graham and Traci Brandon. --- Greensboro: Carson-Dellosa, cop. 2006.
Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books
CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
Telling time
(+) About time: a first look at time and clocks / by Bruce Koscelniak. --- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, cop. 2004.
Just a second: a different way to look at time / Steve Jenkins. --- Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2011.
(+)Math curse / Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith. --- New York: Viking, 1995.
(+) So you created a wormhole/ Phil Hornshaw & Nick Hurwitch. --- New York: Berkley Books, 2012.
(+) Time: a traveler's guide / Clifford A. Pickover. --- New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Telling time / Jules Older ; Megan Halsey. --- Watertown: Charlesbridge, 2000.
Telling time with the Judy clock / by Cindy Barden ; Becky Radtke. --- Greensboro: Judy/Instructo, cop. 1995.
(+) The Usborne time traveler / Judy Hindley ... [et al.] ; edited by Philippa Wingate. --- London: Usborne, 1998.
What time is it? a book of math riddles / Sheila Keenan ; K.A. Jacobs . --- New York: Scholastic 1999.
What time is it, Mr. Crocodile? / Judy Sierra ; illustrated by Doug Cushman. --- Orlando: Voyager Books, 2007.
* Nationalities
Celebrations / by Anabel Kindersley; Barnabas Kindersley . --- New York: DK, 1997.
Children just like me / by Barnabas & Anabel Kindersley. --- 1st. ed. --- New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
If the world were a village/ written by David J. Smith; illustrated by Shelagh Armstrong. --- NY: Kids Can Press, 2011.
India: the culture / a Bobbie Kalman book. --- New York: Crabtree Publishing, 2001.
Japan: the culture / a Bobbie Kalman book. --- New York: Crabtree Publishing, 2001.
China: the culture / a Bobbie Kalman book. --- New York: Crabtree Publishing, 2001.
Brazil / Annabel Savery. --- London: Franklin Watts, 2013.
(+) Material world / Peter Menzel ; Charles C. Mann . --- San Francisco: Sierra Club, cop. 1995.
A school like mine/ Penny Smith and Zahavit Shalev. --- New York: DK, 2007.
(+) What the world eats / photographed by Peter Menzel ; Faith D'Aluisio. --- Berkeley: Tricyle Press, 2008.
Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books
CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
* Animals
The Amazon rain forest / Bernard Smith. --- Harlow: Pearson Education Limited, 2008.
Animal tales / [Kipling ... et al.]; retold by James Butler and Claudia Fiocco. --- Barcelona: Black Cat, 2007.
Aquarium on wheels. --- London: Heinle, cop. 2009.
Bats / Elizabeth Carney. --- Washington: National Geographic, cop. 2010.
Bats / Megan Cullis ; Helen Edmonds ; Sam Chandler ; Connie McLennan; Sue King. --- London: Usborne, 2009.
Bees! / by the editors of Time for kids with Elizabeth Winchester. --- New York: HarperCollins, cop. 2005.
Birds in paradise. --- London: Heinle, cop. 2008.
Butterflies! / by the editors of Time for kids with David Bjerklie. --- 1st ed. --- New York: HarperCollins Publishers,
cop. 2006.
Bears!/ by the editors of Time for kids with Nicole Iorio. --- 1st ed. --- New York: HarperCollins, 2005.
Bears / Sarah Courtauld; illustrated by Masumi Furukawa. --- London: Usborne, 2010.
(+) Beasts in my belfry / Gerald Durrell; drawings by Edward Mortelmans. --- Glasgow: Fontana/Collins, 1981.
Caterpillars and butterflies / Stephanie Turnbull; Nelupa Hussain; Rosanne Guille. --- London: Usborne, 2006.
Animals
Chipmunks / by Melvin and Gilda Berger. --- New York: Scholastic, 2010.
Farley the red panda. --- London: Heinle, cop. 2009.
Frogs! / by the editors of Time for kids with Kathryn Hoffman Satterfield. --- New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
(+) Hachiko waits / Lesléa Newman ; illustrated by Machiyo Kodaira. --- New York: Scholastic, 2004.
Planet earth: animals of Africa / by Lisa L. Ryan-Herndon. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, cop. 1998.
Planet earth: animals and their prey / by Tracey West. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 2008.
Shelter dogs: amazing stories of adopted strays / Peg Kehret ; Greg Farrar. --- New York : Scholastic, 2005.
Snakes! / by the editors of time for kids with Lisa Jo Rudy. --- New York: Harper Collins, 2005.
Sting! : a book about dangerous animals / Melvin & Gilda Berger. --- New York: Scholastic, 2006.
Tadpoles and frogs / Anna Milbourne ; Nicola Butler ; Patrizia Donaera; Zöe Wray. --- London: Usborne, 2006.
Wild animal town. --- London: Heinle, cop. 2009.
YL 1, 2, 3 (ALL GROUPS)
Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books
CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
*Halloween
Funnybones / Janet and Allan Ahlberg. --- Nueva York: Puffin Books, 2000.
Halloween: costumes, parties, activities, recipes / Susie Johns. --- London: MQ Publications, cop. 2008.
Halloween / by Gail Gibbons. --- New York: Holiday House, 1984.
Halloween horror / Gina D.B. Clemen; illustrated by Mario Benvenuto. --- Canterbury: Black Cat, 1999.
A Halloween party / Ruth Hobart; illustrations Alberto Stefani. --- Barcelona: Vicens Vives, 1999.
Horrible Harry at Halloween / by Suzy Kline; pictures by Frank Remkiewicz. --- New York: Scholastic, 2002.
How spider saved Halloween / by Robert Kraus. --- New York: Scholastic Inc, cop. 1973.
It's Halloween, you 'fraidy mouse! / Geronimo Stilton. --- 1st. ed. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 2004.
Halloween: fun and food / Sara Lewis. --- London: Hamlyn, 2002.
Minnie and Moo and the night of the living bed / Denys Cazet. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 2004.
The night before Halloween / by Natasha Wing; Cynthia Fisher. --- New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1999.
The little old lady who was not afraid of anything / Linda Williams; Megan Lloyd. --- New York: Harper Collins, 1986.
(+) A witch's Halloween / Gerina Dunwich. --- London: Hamlyn, cop. 2007.
*Thanksgiving
(+) 1621: a new look at thanksgiving. --- Washington, DC: National Geographic, cop. 2004.
Ankle soup / written by Maureen Sullivan; illustrated by Alison Josephs. --- New York: Mojo Inworks, cop. 2008.
Giving thanks: a native American good morning message / Chief Jake Swamp; Erwin Printup, Jr. --- New York: Lee &
Low Books, cop. 2011.
Happy Thanksgiving / written by Margaret McNamara; illustrated by Mike Gordon. --- 1st. ed. --- New York [etc.]:
Scholastic, 2005.
It's Thanksgiving / by Jack Prelutsky; pictures by Marylin Hafner. --- New York: Scholastic, cop. 1982.
Minnie and Moo and the Thanksgiving Tree / Denys Cazet. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 2003.
Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books
CURRICULAR TOPICS FOR YOUNG LEARNERS – FALL
Molly's pilgrim / by Barbara Cohen; illustration by Daniel Mark Duffy. --- New York [etc.]: Scholastic, 1999.
The story of the pilgrims / by Katherine Ross ; illustrated by Carolyn Croll. --- New York: Random House, 1995.
The night before Thanksgiving / Natasha Wing ; Tammie Lyon. --- New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2001.
The pilgrims´ first Thanksgiving / by Ann McGovern ; illustrated by Elroy Freem. --- [1st. ed.]. --- New York:
Scholastic, 1993.
This is the turkey / written by Abby Levine ; illustrated by Paige Billin-Frye. --- New York: Scholastic, 2005.
Thanks & giving: all year long / by Marlo Thomas and Christopher Cerf. --- New York: Simon & Schuster Books for
Young Readers, 2004.
Thanksgiving Day at our house: Thanksgiving poems for the very young / written by Nancy White Carlstrom ;
illustrated by R.W. Alley. --- New York: Aladdin Paperbooks, 2002.
Thanksgiving is for giving thanks / Margaret Sutherland; Sonja Lamut. --- New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 2000.
Thanksgiving is here! / by Diane Goode. --- New York: Scholastic, 2004.
Thanksgiving is-- / by Louise Borden illustrated by Steve Björkman. --- New York: Scholastic, 1997.
Thanksgiving recipes / by Ronnie Rooney. --- Mancato: Picture Window Book, cop. 2011.
The thanksgiving story / Alice Dalgliesh; Helen Sewell. --- New York: Aladdin Paperbacks, [200?].
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Alphabetical order by title. // Please note that the ages given are for guidance only // (+) symbol for higher level books