Robot Zombie Frankenstein!

by Annette Simon

Activities
Collage – Art Project
http://paintbrushrocket.blogspot.com/2015/04/kindergarten-robot-zombie-frankenstein.html

Flannel Board
http://loonsandquines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/flannel-friday-get-in-shape.html

Mix and Match Robot
http://www.serving-pink-lemonade.com/2011/03/mix-and-match-robot.html
Using cardboard pieces and velcro, mix and match to make different robots

Robot Zombie Frankenstein – Activity Kit
http://annettesimon.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/RZFkit3.pdf

Books about Robots
E DYC Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman
E KIR Nova’s Ark by David Kirk
E SCI Robot Zot by Jon Scieszka
ER BEL Rabbit & Robot: The Sleepover by Cece Bell

Video
Book Trailer – Robot Zombie Frankenstein

Annette Simon
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkbpMYFYVFH0j2HRU7eJO5wwZ-6iRC7TO

Websites
Annette Simon
http://annettesimon.net

Robot Zombie Frankenstein! | Annette Simon
http://annettesimon.net/more-robot-zombie-frankenstein/
Author’s website includes book trailer and activity kit

Watch. Connect. Read: Robot Zombie Frankenstein by Annette Simon
http://mrschureads.blogspot.com/2012/04/robot-zombie-frankenstein-by-annette.html
Interview with author Annette Simon about how she came up with the ideas to write her book

Friends: True Stories of Extraordinary Friendships

by Catherine Thimmesh

Books about remarkable animal friendships
Koko’s Kitten by Francine Patterson
Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a remarkable friendship by Isabella Hatkoff
Tarra & Bella: the elephant and dog who became best friends by Carol Buckley

Video
Animal Odd Couples – Kate and Pip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRs_oLMjIAA
A deer and a great dane

Unlikely Animal Friends – National Geographic
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/unlikely-animal-friends/

Website
Catherine Thimmesh – Friends
http://catherinethimmesh.com/books/friends.html
Video with photos, poems from the book

10 Unbelievable Animal Friendships
http://www.impactlab.net/2010/06/24/10-unbelievable-animal-friendships/
Macaque and pigeon picture and description

Harnas African Wildlife Rescue – Home
http://harnasusa.org/home
Home to Brad (lion) and Wilber (pig)

Meet the odd couples – PBS NATURE
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/animal-odd-couples/meet-the-odd-couples/8025/

Your morning adorable: Giraffe and ostrich are best friends
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2009/08/giraffe-ostrich-best-friends-busch-gardens.html

Mitchell’s License

Hallie Durand, illustrated by Tony Fucile
Nominated for the Buckeye Children’s Book Award
Activities
Curious George – Race Cars – Printables
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/printables/racecars.html

Car Mobile
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/transportation/mcarmobile.html
Make a hanging mobile for your room with car and race flags

Dictionary Race
http://www.kayedstudio.com/dictionary-games-and-activities.html
Printable racetrack for dictionary games but could be used for a variety of other games

Books about Race Cars
629.228 REX My Race Car by Michael Rex
E FLO Racecar Alphabet/ Brian Floca
E PIZ Number One Sam/ Greg Pizzoli

Books by Tony Fucile
Let’s Do Nothing!
Mitchell Goes Bowling
Bink and Goalie (series) by Kate Dicamillo
Poor Louie

Website
Read to Us Story Hour Kit
http://www.catherinefriend.com/Downloads/ReadToUsStoryHourKit_S11.pdf
http://www.candlewick.com/book_files/0763624306.kit.1.pdf
Includes activities for the books Mitchell’s License and others

This is Not My Hat

by Jon Klassen

Awards – Caldecott Medal Award 2013, Buckeye Children’s Book Nominee 2013

Activities
This is not my hat – Word Search

Video
This is not my hat – Booktrailer

Websites
Books Kids Will Sit Still For Handout (2012-13)
This is not my hat p.18-19

Candlewick – Storyhour Kit
Checkout the ideas p.2, plus the printables on p. 6-7

Candlewick – Hat Trilogy

Candlewick – Jon Klassen Activity Kit

Literary Fusions – This is not my hat!

Luckeyfrog’s Lilypad: The Perfect Book to Teach Asking Questions!

This is Not My Hat – Classroom Bookshelf

This is Not My Hat | Teaching Children Philosopy

This is Not My Hat | Teaching Ideas

The Dark

by Lemony Snicket, Illustrated by Jon Klassen

Activities
Play Flashlight games
http://www.thecampingfamily.com/flashlight-tag.html

Watch how to make Shadow Puppets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz8wP2RYy64

Audio
The Dark by Lemony Snicket (Audio Book)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt2cFIg65Gk
The complete reading of the book (pictures not included)

The Dark by Lemony Snicket
http://www.teachingbooks.net/book_reading.cgi?id=9561&a=1
Introduction by Lemony Snicket and short reading of a portion of the book by him.

Videos
The Dark by Lemony Snicket – Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGva3mF5Ojk

Websites
Interview: Lemony Snicket, Author Of ‘The Dark’| where Dead-Pan Humor and Childhood Fears Collide: NPR
http://www.npr.org/2013/06/19/193501924/dead-pan-humor-and-childhood-fears-collide-in-the-dark
Read about the writing process of author Lemony Snicket for his picture book “The Dark”.

Lemony Snicket’s “The Dark” Takes 2014 Charlotte Zolotow Award | School Library Journal
http://www.slj.com/2014/01/awards/lemony-snickets-the-dark-takes-2014-charlotte-zolotow-award/#_

Lemony Snicket Talks About “The Dark” | Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/lemony-snicket-talks-about-the-dark

Perfect Picture Book Friday! The Dark by Lemony Snicket
http://thiskidreviewsbooks.com/2013/05/31/perfect-picture-book-friday-the-dark-by-lemony-snicket/
Suggested activity is making a silhouette.

Mr. Wuffles!

by David Wiesner

Activity
FREE Printables from MakeBeliefsComix.com!
https://www.makebeliefscomix.com/printables/what-do-martians-think/
Print the Alien Comic and add words to this wordless comic

Videos
Mr. Wuffles by David Wiesner – Book Demo with music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBCA3iX3bKc&feature=youtu.be

Mr. Wuffles! by David Wiesner – Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5Z5JIl7u68

Mr. Wuffles (video trailer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmLMQWcemGA

Three -time Caldecott winner David Wiesner introduces Mr. Wuffles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjNSxn3MVaM

Websites
David Wiesner – Creative Process
http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/wuffles-process.html

A Discussion Guide – David Wiesner
http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/wiesner_dg.pdf

Teach-A-Roo: Close Reading with Wordless Books
http://teach-a-roo.blogspot.com/2014/06/close-reading-with-wordless-books.html
Uses this book for techniques for looking closely at wordless books.

Tiger in My Soup

By Kashmira Sheth, Jeffery Ebbeler (Illustrator)

Activity
Tiger – Coloring Page
http://www.hellokids.com/c_21560/coloring-pages/animal-coloring-pages/wild-animal-coloring-pages/jungle-animals-coloring-pages/tiger-picture
Color online and print

Book
Available online from Reading Rainbow App

Discussion
What is the boy wearing on his head? What kitchen utensils does he use later in the book? Is the tiger real or imagined?
Show the end papers. Discuss that they look similar to Andy Warhol’s painting Soup Cans. Show them a picture (See Andy Warhol)

Video
Animal Crackers in My Soup – Shirley Temple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cntYIkuthYg

Websites about the book
Author Site of Kashmira Sheth | Tiger in My Soup
http://kashmirasheth.com/books/picture/tiger_in_my_soup.php

Illustrator’s Website – Jeffrey Ebbeler – Tiger
http://www.jeffillustration.com/tiger.html
Take a look at the Illustrations by Jeffrey from the book Tiger in My Soup

Tiger in My Soup – Books – Peachtree Publishers
http://peachtree-online.com/portfolio-items/tiger-in-my-soup/
Links to the author and illustrators website

Tiger in My Soup – 1st Grade Reading
http://1stgradereading.net/blog/2013/11/06/tiger-in-my-soup/
Description and link about Madhubani painting

Tiger in My Soup – Kid Lit Reviews
http://kid-lit-reviews.com/2013/03/26/review-tiger-in-my-soup-by-kashmira-sheth/
Points out some details of the book that you might have missed.

Websites about Tigers
Tigers – Columbus Zoo, Ohio
https://www.columbuszoo.org/guide/animal.html?id=ca57d14b-1c0b-4864-89d3-2f5ad2c70eb2

Tigers – Enchanted Learning
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/mammals/tiger/

Tigers – National Geographic Kids
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/tiger/#

See Buckeye Award

Fourteenth Goldfish

by Jennifer Holm

Nominated for the Buckeye Children’s Book Award, 2015 and 2016, Grades 3-5

Video
Book Trailer

Websites
Fourteenth Goldfish – Activity Guide
https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_image/9780375870644_3349.pdf

Fourteenth Goldfish – edhelper
https://www.edhelper.com/books/The_Fourteenth_Goldfish.htm

Fourteenth Goldfish – Indiana Library Federation
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.ilfonline.org/resource/resmgr/2016-17_Intermediate_Book_Resources/The14thGoldfish_final.pdf

Fourteenth Goldfish – Novel Studies
https://www.novelstudies.org/downloads/The_Fourteenth_Goldfish_Novel_Study_Preview.pdf

Fourteenth Goldfish – STEM Guide
https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_image/9780375870644_4281.pdf

Fourteenth Goldfish – Reader’s Guide from Sunshine State Young Readers Award

Fourteenth Goldfish – Unleashing Readers
http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=12417

Journey By Aaron Becker

Videos
Aaron Becker answers a fifth graders class questions about “Journey” on Vimeo
https://vimeo.com/74464059
Questions about the book, but includes message which will inspire students as well

Journey – Candlewick

Book Trailer

Making of “Journey”
https://vimeo.com/48536711

Websites
Gurney journey
http://gurneyjourney.blogspot.com/2013/09/aaron-beckers-journey.html
Discusses the creative process of this book

Librarian’s Quest – Journey
http://librariansquest.blogspot.com/2013/08/with-single-step.html

Lines and Color – Journey
http://linesandcolors.com/2013/12/18/journey-aaron-becker/

Read, Write, Reflect: Wordless Picture Books for Mini-lessons
http://readwriteandreflect.blogspot.com/2013/11/wordless-picture-books-for-mini-lessons.html

School Library Journal Blog – Journey by Becker
http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2014/01/01/review-of-the-day-journey-by-aaron-becker/#_

Unleash the Reader – Journey by Aaron Becker
http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=1765

Walker Books Classroom Ideas
http://classroom.walkerbooks.com.au/home/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Journey-and-Quest-Reading-Guide.pdf
Reading Guide by the Author

See Wordless Books

Rump

by Liesl Shurtliff

A Fractured Fairy Tale based on Rumplestiltskin
Nominated for the Ohio Buckeye Award 2015

Activities
Rump Personality Quiz – Are you a Hero or a Donkey
http://lieslshurtliff.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Rump-Personality-Quiz.pdf

Rump Trivia
http://lieslshurtliff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Rump-Game-Show-Questions.pdf

Audio
AUD GAL Rumpelstiltskin by Paul Galdone (Book + Cassette)

Book
398.2 ZEL Rumplestiltskin by Paul Zelinsky

Video
Book Trailer – Rump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpqaOP3UdQ8

VID Rumpelstiltskin (VHS) Rabbit Ear Productions
VID Rumpelstiltskin (VHS) Happily Ever After Series

Website
Author’s Websites – Liesl Shurtliff
http://lieslshurtliff.com

Author – Rump Readers Guide
http://lieslshurtliff.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Rump-Readers-Guide.pdf

Louisiana Young Reader’s Award – Resources
http://www.state.lib.la.us/literacy-and-reading/louisiana-young-readers-choice/2016-lyrc-3-5-study-guides-and-additional-resources

Rump – Discussion Questions
http://lieslshurtliff.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Rump-Readers-Guide.pdf