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Reading Journal for INSC 577: Picture Books Across the Curriculum


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180 // Oh, No! / Candace Fleming (Author), Eric Rohmann (Illustrator)
Oh, No! / Candace Fleming  (Author), Eric Rohmann (Illustrator) Shwartz and Wade 2012 Young children will delight in repeating the...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


179 // Nuts to You! / Lois Ehlert (Author)
Nuts to You! / Lois Ehlert  (Author) Harcourt 1993 It’s summer in the city, and a rascally squirrel is up to all sorts of tricks. He digs...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


178 // The Little Island / Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator)
The Little Island  /  Margaret Wise Brown  (Author), Leonard Weisgard (Illustrator) Doubleday 1946 Winner of the 1947 Caldecott Medal,...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


177 // Jazz / Walter Dean Myers (Author), Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
Jazz /  Walter Dean Myers  (Author), Christopher Myers (Illustrator) Holiday House 2006 Fifteen poems, infused with the rhythm and...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


176 // Wings / Christopher Myers
Wings / Christopher Myers Scholastic 2000 Are you brave enough to be your true self? Ikarus Jackson is, but it isn't always easy. The...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


175 // Drawn Together / Minh Lê (Author), Dan Santat (Illustrator, Cover Art)
Drawn Together / Minh Lê  (Author), Dan Santat  (Illustrator, Cover Art) Disney/Hyperion 2018 When a young boy visits his grandfather,...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


174 // Pool / Jihyeon Lee (Author)
Pool / Jihyeon Lee  (Author) Chronicle 2013 What happens when two shy children meet at a very crowded pool? Dive in to find out!...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


173 // Fables / Arnold Lobel (Author, Illustrator)
Fables /  Arnold Lobel  (Author, Illustrator) Harper and Row 1980 A pig flying through marshmallow clouds? A camel pirouetting through...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


172 // My Friend Rabbit / Eric Rohmann (Author, Illustrator)
My Friend Rabbit / Eric Rohmann  (Author, Illustrator) Roaring Brook Press 2002 When Mouse lets his best friend, Rabbit, play with his...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


171 // What James Likes Best / Amy Schwartz (Author, Illustrator)
What James Likes Best / Amy Schwartz  (Author, Illustrator) Atheneum 2003 James, an urban-dwelling preschooler, goes on various short...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


170 // The Dead Bird / Margaret Wise Brown (Author), Christian Robinson (Illustrator)
The Dead Bird / Margaret Wise Brown  (Author), Christian Robinson  (Illustrator) Harper Collins 2016 One day, the children find a bird...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


169 // Papa's Backpack/ James Christopher Carroll (Author, Illustrator)
Papa's Backpack/ James Christopher Carroll (Author, Illustrator) Sleeping Bear Press 2015 When a soldier has to leave his or her family...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


168 // Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type / Doreen Cronin (Author), Betsy Lewin (Illustrator)
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type / Doreen Cronin  (Author), Betsy Lewin (Illustrator) Simon and Schuster 2000 Farmer Brown has a problem....
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


167 // Big Red Lollipop / Rukhsana Khan (Author), Sophie Blackall (Illustrator)
Big Red Lollipop /  Rukhsana Khan  (Author), Sophie Blackall (Illustrator) Viking 2010 Rubina has been invited to her first birthday...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


166 // Water Sings Blue / Kate Coombs (Author), Meilo So (Illustrator)
Water Sings Blue / Kate Coombs  (Author), Meilo So (Illustrator) Chronicle 2012 Come down to the shore with this rich and vivid...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


165 // Big Mooncake for little Star / Grace Lin
Big Mooncake for little Star / Grace Lin Little Brown and Co. 2018 Little Star loves the delicious Mooncake that she bakes with her mama....
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


164 // A Different Pond / Bao Phi (Author), Thi Bui (Illustrator)
A Different Pond / Bao Phi  (Author), Thi Bui  (Illustrator) Picture Window Books 2017 As a young boy, Bao and his father awoke early,...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


163 // The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors/ Drew Daywalt (Author), Adam Rex (Illustrator)
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors/  Drew Daywalt  (Author), Adam Rex (Illustrator) Balzer + Bray 2017 From acclaimed, bestselling...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


162 // Farfallina & Marcel / Holly Keller (Author, Illustrator)
Farfallina & Marcel / Holly Keller  (Author, Illustrator) Greenwillow 2002 Once there was a caterpillar named Farfallina, whose best...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 


161 // The Happy Day / Ruth Krauss (Author), Marc Simont (Illustrator)
The Happy Day / Ruth Krauss (Author), Marc Simont (Illustrator) Harper Collins 1949 Snow is falling. All the animals are fast asleep in...
Sarah Peden
Jul 26, 20211 min read
 
 
 
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