If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 written by Ann McGovern is a great historical fiction book. Although the book is lengthy, it gives great description and goes into depth about the Mayflower ship itself and the story behind it. This book provides great description of the boat itself labeled and even touches on what a Pilgrim is at the beginning of the story! Very informative! http://www.annmcgovern.com #UCFLAE3414sp17

Pax written by Sara Pennypacker is a heartthrob! Pax is about the bond of a child named Peter and his pet fox named Pax. This story takes you on the journey of how they were separated due to Peters dad having to leave for War, Peter being told he has to leave Pax behind and the road they took to being reunited at last! This is a fanatic book that will give you all different kinds of emotions! http://www.sarapennypacker.com #UCFLAE3414sp17

The Very Hungry Caterpillar written by Eric Carle is a classic! This book has been around for 45 years so it is very successful! It describes the life of a caterpillar in a sense. It takes you through the stages of eating to prepare himself for being in a cocoon until he becomes a butterfly. This story would be a great way to introduce a lesson about a butterfly's life cycle! http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html #UCFLAE3414sp17

Actual Size written by Steve Jenkins is a book that I loved doing my TeachLive on! This book describes specific animals in detail and the picture are all in ACTUAL SIZE! This is a great book for students to read if they are interested in animals and are curious about their size (height, length, weight)! Than at the end of the story there is a description of every animal spoke about in more depth! http://www.stevejenkinsbooks.com #UCFLAE3414sp17

The Magic School Bus Presents: Planet Earth written by Tom Jackson is a great way for children to be exposed on all aspects that make up their living arrangements. It describes how powerful water is and talkie about minerals, crystals and rock experts. This book is also a way for students to make connects with what is being discussed in their science classrooms. http://gws.ala.org/content/magic-school-bus-page#.WOq29jz3aaM #UCFLAE3414sp17

The Scrambled States of America written by Laurie Keller is a phenomenal book! It is a perfect way to teach all fifty states to your students. It also teaches students what states are next to one another by the visuals that are shown throughout the story. It incorporates a sense of humor and the illustrations within the book match the context of the words on the page! https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&tid=5988 #UCFLAE3414sp17

The Magic School Bus Presents: The Rainforest written by Tom Jackson is a great book that you can read to students to open with when discussing about Rainforests. This book is filled with the importance of Rainforests and what make up one. It has facts from how plants survive to all the different types of animals and creatures that are able to live in a rainforest! https://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/ #UCFLAE3414sp17

I am Jackie Robinson by Brad Meltzer is a story that gives great insight! It explains interesting facts like his middle name being Roosevelt based off of President Teddy Roosevelt. For anyone that looks up to Jackie Robinson or has interest in baseball this would be a great read! Also it has amazing illustrations that will grab any readers attention! http://bradmeltzer.com/TV-Kids-and-More/I-Am-Jackie-Robinson #UCFLAE3414sp17

We the Kids by David Catrow was a favorite book of mine that I picked up at Barnes and Noble. This book is about The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States. I found this book very interesting simply because it breaks it down in a way that younger children will be able to understand the specifics of what it all entails. It is written in a way that children would be interested and intrigued! http://www.catrow.com #UCFLAE3414sp17

Who Was Helen Keller? Written by Gare Thompson was an eye opening book! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it since she was someone who always came up in conversation as I grew up.The book tells the story of how she still succeeded at life with the struggles she faced being blind & deaf. Great way for students to see that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to! http://www.perkins.org/history/people/helen-keller #UCFLAE3414sp17

The Sneetches and Other Stories written by Dr. Seuss had a great storyline! There are Sneetches that have stars on their bellies and Sneetches that do not have stars on their bellies. One day they started giving and taking the stars away until everyone couldn't remember who started out with exactly what. It showed in the end that no one should be looked down upon no matter what your are like on the outside. http://m.seussville.com #UCFLAE3414sp17

Ellie written by Mike Wu had a really creative and cute cover so I had to read it! This book is about how a zoo keeper makes an announcement that it is about close down. All of the animals want to keep it open so they decided to "spruce" it up! As each zoo animal helps with their strength(gorilla) or height(giraffe) Ellie(an elephant) is trying to find her niche on how she can help keep the zoo open. http://www.theartofmikewu.com #UCFLAE3414sp17