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Banks, Kate (2002) Close Your Eyes, ill by Georg Hallensleben. NY Frances Foster Books.

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Teaching Resource: We All Need Sleep

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Bridges, Shirin Yim (2002) Ruby’s Wish, ill by Sophie Blackall. NY Chronicle Books.

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Teaching Resource: Chinese Writing

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Buehner, Caralyn (2004) Superdog: The Heart of a Hero, ill by Mark Buehner. NY HarperCollins.

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Teaching Resource: Superheroes

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Cooper, Floyd. (2004) Jump! From the life of Michael Jordan. NY Philomel Penguin.

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Teaching Resource: Look Mom, No Wings!

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Corey, Shana (2003) Players in Pigtails.  Ill by  Rebecca Gibbon. NY Scholastic.

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Strong Girls Bibliography
Teaching Resource: American Baseball

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Helquist, Brett (2004) Roger the Jolly Pirate. NY HarperCollins.

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Teaching Resource: Pirates

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Kimmel, Eric (2003). Three Samurai Cats, ill by Mordecai Gerstein. NY Holiday House.

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Teaching Resource: Three Samurai Cats

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Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie (2005) Nora’s Ark. Ill by  Emily Arnold McCully. NY: HarperCollins.

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Teaching Resource: Masters of Disaster

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Kuskin, Karla (2005) So, what’s it like to be a Cat? ill by Betsy Lewin. NY Atheneum.

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Teaching Resources: Cats

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Lillegard, Dee (2002) Tiger, Tiger, ill by Susan Guevara. NY  G.P. Putnam’s Sons.

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Teaching Resource: Tiger, Tiger

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McKissack, Patricia C. and Onawumi Jean Moss (2005) Precious and the Boo Hag.  ill by Kyrsteb Brooker. New York: Atheneum.

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Teaching Resource: Precious and the Boo Hag

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Markel, Michelle (2004) Dreamer from the Village, ill by Emily Lisker. NY Henry Holt.

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Teaching Resource: Biographies in the Classroom

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Rosenbluth, Roz (2005) Getting to Know Ruben Plotnick, ill by Maurie J. Manning. NY Flashlight press.

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Teaching Resource: Getting to Know Each Other

 

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Ryan, Pam Munoz (2005) Nacho and Lolita, ill by Claudia Rueda. NY Scholastic Press.

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Teaching Resource: Nacho and Lolita

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San Souci, Robert (2002) The Twins and the Bird of Darkness, A Hero tale from the Caribbean, ill by Terry Widener. NY Simon & Schuster.

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Teaching Resource: Geography of the Caribbean

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Shannon, David (2004) Alice the Fairy.  NY:   The Blue Sky Press.

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Teaching Resource: Creative Writing

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Sierra, Judy (2004) Wild About Books.  ill by Marc Brown.  NY:  Alfred A. Knopf.

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Teaching Resource: Wild About Haiku

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Taulbert, Clifton (2002) Little Cliff and the Cold Place, ill by E.B. Lewis. NY Dial Books.

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Teaching Resource: Arctic Tundra

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Woodson, J (2005) Show way, ill by Hudson Talbot. NY Putnam Juvenile

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Teaching Resource: Show Way

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Zarin, Cynthia (2004) Albert, the Dog Who Liked to Ride in Taxis, ill by Pierre Pratt. NY Atheneum (Simon & Schuster)

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Teaching Resource: Albert, the Dog Who Liked to Ride in Taxis

 

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Hartfield, Carol (2002) Me and Uncle Romie, ill by Jerome Lagarrigue. NY Dial Books.

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Teaching Resource: Romare Bearden Lesson

 

 

 

 

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