Do you have a favorite book you could read over and over again? If you are like me, when you find a great book you just have to share. Today, I want to share with you some of my favorites and hope you will pass them along to your students. Enjoy your reading feast!
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Magic Pot
by Pleasant DeSpain (author), Tom Wrenn (illustrator) © 2007 ISBN: 9780874838275
This is one of my favorite folktales. You could definitely use this in a math lesson as well. In this story from China, when a woodcutter finds a magic pot that makes two of everything that he puts inside of it, he thinks all of his troubles have disappeared! Or have his troubles merely doubled?
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I’m Allergic to School!
by Robert Pottle (author), Mike & Carl Gordon (illustrator) © 2007 ISBN: 9781416929475
I love poetry and humor! I’m Allergic to School! is the first solo project by Giggle Poet Robert Pottle, and it depicts everyday events only a former teacher could capture. It contains 18 hilarious poems and songs about the funnier-than-fiction misadventures that occur at school. The 4-color illustrations are equally entertaining and giggle-packed.
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How & Why Stories
by Martha; Weiss Hamilton (author) © 1999 ISBN: 9780874835618
This collection of delightful tales from around the world and through the ages explains why an animal, plant, or natural object looks or acts the way it does.
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Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens (author) © 2011 ISBN: 9781602918221
Oliver Twist is a penniless orphan. What chance has he got on the dangerous streets of 19th century London? Before long, he’s taken in by a gang of thieves. The boy’s future looks grim indeed, until a few kindly souls enter the picture.
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by Bruce Lansky (author) © 1998 ISBN: 9780671577049 ISBN: 9780689822117
Newfangled Fairy Tales is a critically acclaimed series containing collections of ten contemporary fairy tales in each book, they put a delightful, new spin on classic stories and themes.
- Michelle Koszlowski desperately wants to be a princess until her wish comes true and she discovers what a pain royal life can be.
- The Little Tailor brags to everyone about his bravery until a giant comes along and teaches him a lesson.
- Rapunzel is held captive in a high-rise apartment by an urban witch who owns a pizza parlor.
- King Midas is a workaholic banker who’d rather play with his money than attend his son’s Little League baseball games.
- The Big Bad Wolf is running a successful scam on Little Red’s grandma until Little Red catches him in the act.
- The Three Bears invade Goldy’s house because their forest home is being stripped to build a superhighway.
