Children's+Literature

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There are online stories that can be very useful in the elementary classroom especially if you have a projector or SMARTboard in your classroom. Here are some links to some sites that have literature accessible online: [|Magic Keys Stories] [|Story Line Online] [|Online Talking Stories] [|Bab Books] [|Speakaboos] [|Storynory] [|Ziggityzoom] [|Learning English Kids] [|Kids Stories Online] [|Stories Online]

Literacy is a key component of education. Here is a list of great Children's Literature that could be used in an Elementary classroom. All of the books are listed under topics and you can use them in a unit or as an individual lesson.

Parents
 * "Love You Forever" by Robert Munsch.
 * "A Pocket Full of Kisses" by Audrey Penn.
 * "Are We There Yet?" by Dandi Daley Mackall.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Carry Me, Mama" by Monica Devine.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too?" by Eric Carle.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Harriet, You’ll Drive Me Wild!" by Mem Fox.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"I Love You with All My Heart" by Norris Kern.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Let Me Hold You Longer" by Karen Kingsbury.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Mommy, I Love You" by Quentin Gréban.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Mommy in My Pocket" by Carol Hunt Senderak.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Mommy’s Best Kisses" by Margaret Anastas.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Mommy Works, Daddy Works" by Marika Pedersen and Mikele Hall.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Night Shift Daddy" by Eileen Spinelli.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"On a Wintry Morning" by Dori Chaconas.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Pictures From Our Vacation" by Lynne Rae Perkins.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"The Adventures of Tom Thumb" by Marianna Mayer.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"The Mole’s Daughter" by Julia Gukova.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"What Dads Can’t Do" by Douglas Wood.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"With a Little Help From Daddy" byDan Andreasen.

<span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Siblings
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Me Too!" by Mercer Mayer.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Good Morning Sam" by Marie-Louise Gay.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Hunter’s Big Sister" by Laura Malone Elliott.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Ian’s Walk" by Laurie Lears.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"My Beastly Brother" by Laura Leuck.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Oh, Brother" by Kathy Mallat.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Sky Sisters" by Jan Bourdeau Waboose.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Snow Tunnel Sisters" by Leah Dorion.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Tikki Tikki Tembo" by Arlene Mosel.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Under the Prairie Sky" by Anne Laurel Carter.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry" by Molly Bang.

<span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Grandparents
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Good Night, Sleep Tight" by Claire Freedman.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Heaven Is Having You" by Giles Andreae.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"My Hippie Grandmother" by Reeve Lindbergh.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"What Grandma’s Can’t Do" by Douglas Wood.

<span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Culture/Diversity in Families
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"All Families Are Special" by Norma Simon.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"As Long as the Rivers Flow" by Larry Loyie with Constance Brissenden.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"From Far and Wide" by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Jingle Dancer" by Cynthia Leitich Smith.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"My Family" by Penny Condon.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Suki’s Kimono" by Chieri Uegaki.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"The Song Within My Heart" by David Bouchard.

<span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Non-Traditional Families
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Felicia’s Favorite Story" by Leslea Newman.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"I Love You Like Crazy Cakes" by Rose Lewis.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Love Is A Family " by Roma Downey.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Mom and Mum are Getting Married" by Ken Setterington.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"My Family Is Forever" by Nancy Carlson.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"My Mom’s Wedding" by Eve Bunting.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"My Family’s Changing" by Pat Thomas.
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">"Two Homes" by Claire Masurel.

<span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** __ Arguments/Betrayal  __ **

<span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** __ Best Friends  __ ** <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** __ Helping  __ ** <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** __ Losing Friends  __ ** <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** __ Caring for Others  __ ** <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">** __ All Types of Friends  __ **
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Heart of Friendship
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> 11 Birthdays
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Friendship
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Snow Queen
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Big Talk
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Brian & Bob
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Best of Friends
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Can We Be Friends?
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Very Best (almost) Friends
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> A friend called anne
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> My Friend Mei Jing
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Crossing Bok Chitto
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Owen & Mzee
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Butterfly
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Lion and The Mouse
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Damon, Pythias, and the Test of Friendship
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Say Something
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Solomon’s Tree
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> What Will I Do Without You
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Saying Goodbye to… A Friend
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Sledding Hill
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The year of goodbyes
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Gathering Tree
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> The Mermaid’s Muse
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Ling Cho and His Three Friends
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Celandine
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Bread and Roses, Too
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Carry Me, Mama
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> My Mom’s Having a Baby!
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Sky Sisters
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Weird Friends
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> All Kinds of Friends, Even Green!
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> My Best Friend On Wheels
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Do You Know What I’ll Do
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%; line-height: 115%;"> Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Dinosaur Hideout
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Dinosaur Breakout
 * <span style="color: #6c50aa; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Why Does Izzy Cover Her Ears?