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Circle Book Sets from Chapter 4, Getting Started with Literature Circles by Katherine L. Schlick Noe and Nancy J. Johnson © 1999 Christopher-Gordon Publishers, Inc. Reprinted by permission |
Here are lists of books that teachers
have used in literature circles in grades 1 - 8. Click on a grade
level below to see the entire list for that grade. For books within
a theme, click on the theme within a grade level.
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to Good Books for Literature Circles Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco Emperor Penguin's New Clothes by Janet Perlman Cinder Edna by Ellen Jackson Cinderella Penguin by Janet Perlman The True Story of the Three Pigs by Jon Scieszka Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Return to top
North City Elementary Shoreline, Washington Caring for the Environment Picture Books Where Once There was a Wood by Denise Fleming The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry A River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry There's an Owl in the Shower by Jean Craighead George One Day in the Woods by Jean Craighead George Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner Return to top
John Hay Elementary Seattle, Washington Challenges Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson The Chalk Box Kid by Clyde Robert Bulla The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner Freckle Juice by Judy Blume Henry and Mudge by Cynthia Rylant The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catling Nate the Great by Marjorie Sharmat Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe Yummers Too! Three Up a Tree Charlotte's Web Trumpet of the Swan Return to top
North City Elementary Shoreline, Washington Taking Action to Care for Others Picture Books Prince William by Ted and Gloria Rand Uncle Jed's Barbershop by Margaree King Mitchell Journey to Jo'burg by Beverly Naidoo Randall's Wall by Carol Fenner Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman? by Patricia and Fredrick McKissack The Story of Jackie Robinson: The Bravest Man in Baseball by Margaret Davidson Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark by Johanna Hurwitz Return to top
Columbia Elementary Mukilteo, Washington Revolutionary War: Facing Hard Times with Courage George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes The Fighting Ground by Avi Sarah Bishop by Scott O'Dell Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli The Pickle Song by Barthe DeClements There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom by Louis Sachar Return to top
Brighton School Lynnwood, Washington Homeless Children Picture Book Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt Monkey Island by Paula Fox Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli A Place to Call Home by Jackie French Koller When the Road Ends by Jean Thesman The Internment of Japanese Americans during WWII Picture Book Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston The Invisible Thread by Yoshiko Uchida The Moved-Outers by Florence Crannell Means Journey to Topaz by Yoshiko Uchida Author Study: Walter Dean Myers Somewhere in the Darkness The Glory Field Slam! Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary |
Literature Circles Resource Center © 2004 Katherine L. Schlick Noe College of Education Seattle University kschlnoe@seattleu.edu |