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Reading Journal for INSC 577: Picture Books Across the Curriculum


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80 // Horrible Bear / Ame Dyckman, Ill. Zachariah OHora
Horrible Bear / Ame Dyckman, Ill. Zachariah OHora Little Brown and Co. 2016 When Bear breaks a little girls kite, she thinks he's a...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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79 // The Baby on the Way / Karen English, Ill. Sean Qualls
The Baby on the Way / Karen English, Ill. Sean Qualls Farrar, Strauss, Giroux 2005 A young boy asks his grandmother if she was ever a...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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78 // Hot Day on Abbott Avenue / Karen English, Ill. Javaka Steptoe
Hot Day on Abbott Avenue / Karen English, Ill. Javaka Steptoe Clarion Books 2004 After having a fight, two friends spend the day ignoring...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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77 // Drummer Hoff / adapt. Barbara Emberley, Ill. Ed Emberley
Drummer Hoff / adapt. Barbara Emberley, Ill. Ed Emberley Aladdin 1967 A cumulative folk song in which seven soldiers build a magnificent...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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76 // Just Ducks / Nicola Davies, Ill. Salvatore Rubbino
Just Ducks / Nicola Davies, Ill. Salvatore Rubbino Candlewick Press 2012 A young girl shares her observations about the mallards near her...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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75 // The Day the Crayons Quit / Drew Daywalt, Ill. Oliver Jeffers
The Day the Crayons Quit / Drew Daywalt, Ill. Oliver Jeffers Philomel 2013 Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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74 // May I Bring A Friend / Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Ill. Beni Montresor
May I Bring A Friend / Beatrice Schenk de Regniers, Ill. Beni Montresor Atheneum 1964 One day, a small boy receives a very special...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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73 // Islandborn / Junot Diaz, Ill. Leo Espinosa
Islandborn / Junot Diaz, Ill. Leo Espinosa Dial Books for Young Readers 2018 So when Lola's teacher asks the students to draw a picture...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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72 // Nobody likes a Goblin / Ben Hatke
Nobody likes a Goblin / Ben Hatke First Second 2016 Goblin, a cheerful little homebody, lives in a cosy, rat-infested dungeon, with his...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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71 // Hello Lighthouse / Sophie Blackall
Hello Lighthouse / Sophie Blackall Little Brown and Co. 2018 Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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70 // The Adventures of Beekle / Dan Santat
The Adventures of Beekle / Dan Santat Little Brown and Co. 2014 This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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69 // A Chair for My Mother / Vera B. Williams
A Chair for My Mother / Vera B. Williams Greenwillow 1982 After their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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68 // Owen / Kevin Henkes
Owen / Kevin Henkes Greenwillow 1993 Owen’s fuzzy yellow blanket is his favorite possession. Everywhere Owen goes, his blanket goes with...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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67 // Kitten's First Full Moon / Kevin Henkes
Kitten's First Full Moon / Kevin Henkes Greenwillow 2004 It is Kitten's first full moon, and when she sees it she thinks it is a bowl of...
Sarah Peden
Jun 25, 20211 min read
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66 // Chalk / Bill Thomson
Chalk / Bill Thomson Marshall Cavendish Children's Books 201o Three kids find a bag of magic chalk on the playground - adventure and...
Sarah Peden
Jun 23, 20211 min read
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65 // Paper Bag Princess / Robert Munsch, Ill. Michael Martchenko
Paper Bag Princess / Robert Munsch, Ill. Michael Martchenko Annick Press 1980 When the fiercest dragon in the whole world smashes...
Sarah Peden
Jun 23, 20211 min read
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64 // Roxaboxen / Alice McLerran, Ill. Barbara Cooney
Roxaboxen / Alice McLerran, Ill. Barbara Cooney Scholastic 1991 Marian called it Roxaboxen. There across the road, it looked like any...
Sarah Peden
Jun 23, 20211 min read
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63 // The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree / Gloria Houston, Ill. Barbara Cooney
The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree / Gloria Houston, Ill. Barbara Cooney Puffin 1996 It's Ruthie's family's year to pick the...
Sarah Peden
Jun 23, 20211 min read
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62 // Wolfie the Bunny / Ame Dyckman, Ill. Zachariah OHora
Wolfie the Bunny / Ame Dyckman, Ill. Zachariah OHora Little Brown and Co. 2015 When her parents find a baby wolf on their doorsteps and...
Sarah Peden
Jun 22, 20211 min read
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61 // Flotsam / David Wiesner
Flotsam / David Wiesner Clarion Books 2006 When a boy finds a camera while beachcombing, he discovers the exciting undersea life the...
Sarah Peden
Jun 22, 20211 min read
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