I remember reading this book in fifth grade and becoming so fascinated with this time in history. I will definitely want to implement this in my future classroom

“The world is not as it should be. It is a place of chaos and fear.”

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson is an historical fiction novel that shows the hardship the yellow fever caused for people. This book focuses on a young girl named Mattie and how the disease affects her, the people she loves, and her dreams for her future. This book allows children to see the real impacts yellow fever had on society and can relate them to their own experiences and knowledge of the COVID Pandemic.

“It's such a good feeling... a very good feeling.. the feeling you know that we're friends.“

I think that this book would be wonderful to use for the younger grades. It does a great job telling a hart warming, beautiful, fun story. It also has many valuable lessons tied into the book. It also does a really god job highlighting the importance of illustrations. The beautiful drawing allow for students to see the beautiful pictures along with the beautiful message that is being portrayed.

Hello, Neighbor! Inspired by Mister Rogers was published in 2018. Won the Caldecott, Boston-Globe award, Kirk‘s award, and New York Times best illustrations award. This book captures the warming and loving nature that Fred Rogers left. Follows along the wonderful legacy that he left, embodying how love and kindness can transform lives. This book also does a great job embodying the lessons that he taught through his television show.

bigger,better world

Through vibrant artwork and lyrical storytelling, Maclear celebrates Fujikawa‘s legacy and her commitment to representing children of all races, encouraging young readers to embrace their creativity and the power of diversity

The book offers an insightful glimpse into Fujikawa‘s life, her creative process, and her contributions to children's literature, particularly her role in breaking racial barriers in illustrations. The narrative beautifully traces her journey from childhood to becoming one of the first illustrators to depict children of all races as equally important and lovable in her books.

This book would be a great book to use with young readers because there is vocabulary embedded that they are able to tap out to help them learn about bugs and their different body parts. It would be awesome to use this in a unit about insects because there is also a glossary in the back along with an activity for the student to do! I would definitely use this with younger grace levels!

“Below our head, we have shoulders and a chest. An insect‘s chest is called a thorax. Let‘s add a thorax.”

Non-Fiction: The book breaks down how an insect is build piece by piece and comparing it to a human and our bodies along the way. The book uses vocabulary words that help the reader learn about parts of bugs and also talks about the different types of bugs that there are. There is comparison built into the story about how bugs and humans are alike, but also different!

“I‘m a flamingo!”

I really enjoyed reading this book! I think that this book does a great job at providing children with a framework on what makes up an animal. This book would be very engaging for children because it includes many in depth pictures to describe each animal. I think that this book would be great to use for young children, because it allows them to guess throughout the book and to make connections.

Who Am I? Was published in 2017. This book provides a thrilling and fun outline highlighting important facts on animals. Each page starts with facts on what features the animal has, before defining what animal it really is. The book provides multiple different animals, no matter the species or the habitat they live in.

“The scents of huckleberries, pine, and cedar imprint on the cubs. While their eyes come to know the mountains, their noses explore miles beyond what they can see.”

This book would be useful for the older grades. This book does a great job with its illustrations that allow children to stay focused and attentive throughout. This book also does a great job at vocabulary. Throughout the book there are blurbs explaining the word, so it would allow for a great vocabulary lesson.

The Grizzly Mother was published in 2019. Won the award for animal behavior society‘s children‘s book award. Also won an award for design and illustration. Highlights the importance of the Gitxsan people of British Columbia. Focuses on how together they share the land and the forest and how the grizzly bear is an important aspect of their landscape. Focuses on how the bear teachers their cubs to live on their own.

“What do you hope to accomplish?”

This would be a great book for the older kids, such as third through fifth grade. This would be a great book to use to introduce the civil right movement. It can highlight separate ideas that might not always be talked about in the history books. I think that the images used were really empowering and would be beneficial for children to see.

Published in 2020. Has won many awards. Biography about Ella Baker. Ella Baker was an activist fighting for freedom for black people. Throughout the storyline, it talks about the way she grew up hearing the inequality she was faced to live with. She fought with major known people, like Martin Luther King. She worked from the bottom to the top to find people to support and join her in fighting for freedom.

This book pays great attention to detail in the illustrations, and teaches children about an important period in time in a kid friendly way.

“Nicky was the guest on a television show. He didn‘t know it, but the old friends he had been invited to meet were some of the children. Vera was one of them. She sat next to Nicky. When the host told her story, she stood up.”

Published in 2021. At the end of 1938, when the Germans invaded the border region of Czechoslovakia, a young Englishman named Nicky arranged for the transport of 669 children from there to England. The author weaves Nicky‘s story with Vera‘s, a Czech child who was one of those Nicky saved. This is a story told with a powerful combination of words and pictures to engage both those who know some history of the Holocaust and those new to the topic.

"Eventually Frida decided to show everyone her work. Her pictures caused a great stir in New York City."

This book would be great for the older grades. When the books start to become more informational and in depth, I think that it would be beneficial for the older grades. This would be a great book to highlight the importance of women. It can be entertaining, but also seen as controversial, so take caution while reading through it with children. It is an easy book for children to identify the characters.

Biography: Frida Kahlo by Isabel Sanchez Vegara. Published in 2015.
Biography of Frida Kahlo. This book follows the life of Frida Kahlo from her as a child to the impacts she made through her paintings as an adult. It doesn't stray away from the hardships she went through and how she overcame them.
The illustrations are vibrant like her paintings a tell a beautiful story.

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures about Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca was published in 2017. This biography was also turned into a movie. This book is about Temple Grandin, a girl who had autism, and how she conquered the world! This book has a riming flow and the illustrations are drawn in a childlike way.

“Be KIND to our creatures. They have FEELINGS!‘ She knew it.”

This book is very child friendly and covers topics that may be hard to talk in the classroom about like disabilities. I think this book can be used to start that conversation in the classroom and share what autism is and what people who have autism may go through. This also helps to begin the conversation about never judging people based on our differences which is a very important topic at school especially starting in younger grades.

"Temple has made a lasting impact to the way that livestock are treated."

This book does a great job with its illustrations. It provides an easy journey for children to learn about Temple's life.
The way that the text is spread out makes it easy for children to read. This would be great for any grade level as a read aloud. This would be a great book to do a flip chart activity with.

Biography: Women In Science Temple Grandin was written by Ruby Cardona. Published in 2019. There are currently no awards.
Based On Temple Grandin who was involved in progressing science and technology. She invented farm technology that has changed the way live stock was treated all over the world. Along side of changing the way live stock is treated, Temple also has autism. She supports autism awareness, she has impacted that community immensely.

“The scents of huckleberries, pine, and cedar imprint on the cubs. While their eyes come to know the mountains, their noses explore miles beyond what they can see.”

This book would be useful for the older grades. This book does a great job with its illustrations that allow children to stay focused and attentive throughout. This book also does a great job at vocabulary. Throughout the book there are blurbs explaining the word, so it would allow for a great vocabulary lesson.

The Grizzly Mother was published in 2019. Won the award for animal behavior society‘s children‘s book award. Also won an award for design and illustration. Highlights the importance of the Gitxsan people of British Columbia. Focuses on how together they share the land and the forest and how the grizzly bear is an important aspect of their landscape. Focuses on how the bear teachers their cubs to live on their own.

“Below our head, we have shoulders and a chest. An insect‘s chest is called a thorax. Let‘s add a thorax.”

his book would be a great book to use with young readers because there is vocabulary embedded that they are able to tap out to help them learn about bugs and their different body parts. It would be awesome to use this in a unit about insects because there is also a glossary in the back along with an activity for the student to do! I would definitely use this with younger grace levels!

Non-Fiction: The book breaks down how an insect is built piece by piece and comparing it to a human and our bodies along the way. The book uses vocabulary words that help the reader learn about parts of bugs and also talks about the different types of bugs that there are. There is comparison built into the story about how bugs and humans are alike, but also different!

“If sharks disappeared…the ocean would no longer be balanced. Although different species have different diets, most sharks typically eat sick, slow, or weak prey, leaving the healthy animals to reproduce.”

This book is beautifully illustrated and written to describe the world if sharks suddenly disappeared. If students were expressing their fear of sharks, then this is a beautiful book to tell about the wonders of how they disappeared.

Nonfiction- If Sharks Disappeared, written by Lily Williams. This book is a beautiful book with bright illustrations that describe sharks. This book discusses the environment, how long they have been on Earth, the predators they are, and what would happen if they were extinct. This book is beautifully illustrated and written and helps explain to students in a friendly manner.

This book is appropriate for older elementary grades, and middle school grades. It tells accurate and true stories from the war in a kid friendly way, but also captures the seriousness of the war.

“President Johnson agonized every time he had to send more men to fight in Vietnam…”

Boots on the Ground: America‘s War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partridge explores personal true stories of eight people in the Vietnam War. The stories include six soldiers, one military nurse, and a refugee. This book also includes stories from what was happening back in America as the war was fought. This book captures the intensity, hardships, and impacts of the Vietnam War.

Cricket in the Thicket by Carol Murray contains a poem for every bug you can think of! It uses cute and inviting illustrations and fun poems that use fun rhymes that children will love. I would recommend this for the ages of 3-7.

This book would be great for younger readers as it uses rhyme and alliteration

“Im very, very smart and rather lucky, I would say”

“Are you there God? It‘s me, Margaret.”

I read this book as a middle schooler and I remember it making me feel seen! It was a great read and I loved reading it again. There are more older child topics (preteen) older grades would love it.