A Field Guide to the Classroom Library B

by Calkins, Lucy McCormick

• ISBN13: 9780325004969
• ISBN10: 032500496X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-03
• Publisher: Heinemann

Summary

Noted teacher/author Lucy Calkins and a team from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Community have created the most comprehensive and accessible leveled lists and guides for nearly 1,200 childrens trade books.

Author Biography

LUCY CALKINS is founding director of the Teachers College Writing Project, a coalition of teachers, teacher-administrators, professors and writers, which provides professional sustenance and hope--roots and wings--to literacy educators across the country. Her celebrated Heinemann publications include: Lessons From a Child (1983),Living Between the Lines (with Shelley Harwayne, 1990), and The Art of Teaching Writing (1986,1994). Ms. Calkins has also developed The Writing Workshop videotape (produced by Shelley Harwayne and Alex Mitchell) and has written The Writing Workshop (with Shelley Harwayne, 1987) to accompany the videotape. Lucy Calkins is an active participant in Heinemann's Professional Development Services through Heinemann Workshops.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: What Is This Field Guide?	xiii
About the Books	xv
Choosing the Library for Your Class	xvi
The Contents of Each Library	xvii
The Levels Within the Libraies	xviii
Building the Libraries	xix
Reading Instruction and the Classroom Library: An Introduction to Workshop Structures	xxi
Library B Contents Description	xxvi
Library B Book List	xxvii
Benchmark Books for Each Text Level	xlvi
Descriptions of Text Levels One Through Seven	xlvii
More Information to Help You Choose the Library That Is Best for Your Readers	lvii
About the Guides	lxi
Teaching One Text Intensely in Order to Learn About Many Texts	lxi
Suggesting Classroom Library Arrangements	lxii
Aiding in Conferring	lxii
Providing a Resource for Curriculum Planning	lxii
Reminding Us, or Teaching Us, About Particular Book Basics	lxiii
Showcasing Literary Intricacies in Order to Suggest a Reader's Thinking	lxiii
Providing a Community of Readers and Teachers	lxiv
A List of the Guides
A Chair For My Mother	1	(2)
Vera B. Williams
A Clean House for Mole and Mouse	3	(2)
Harriet Ziefert
A friend for little with rabbit	5	(2)
Beverley Randell
A Home for Little Teddy	7	(3)
Beverley Randell
A Letter to Amy	10	(2)
Ezra Jack Keats
Abiyoyo	12	(2)
Pete Seeger
Addie's Bad Day	14	(3)
Joan Robins
Airport	17	(2)
Byron Barton
At the Zoo, Beverley Randell	19	(2)
Jenny Giles
Baby Bear Goes Fishing	21	(2)
Beverley Randell
Bailey Goes Camping	23	(2)
Kevin Henkes
Beezy	25	(2)
Megan McDonald
Ben's dad	27	(2)
Beverley Randell
Ben's Teddy Bear	29	(3)
Beverley Randell
Ben's tooth	32	(2)
Beverley Randell
Ben's treasure hunt	34	(2)
Beverley Randell
Bunny Cakes	36	(3)
Rosemary Wells
Buzz Said the Bee	39	(2)
Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Call 911	41	(2)
Rebel Williams
Caps for Sale	43	(3)
Esphyr Slobodkina
Chato's Kitchen	46	(2)
Gary Soto
City Dog	48	(2)
Karla Kuskin
Come On, Rain!	50	(3)
Karen Hesse
Cookie's Week	53	(2)
Cindy Ward
Corduroy	55	(3)
Don Freeman
Daniel's Duck	58	(2)
Clyde Robert Bulla
Danny and the Dinosaur Go to Camp	60	(2)
Syd Hoff
Fishing	62	(2)
Annette Smith
Fun With Hats	64	(2)
Lucy Malka
Good Night, Little Kitten	66	(2)
Nancy Christensen
Good-Night, Little Brother	68	(2)
Jenny Hessell
Growing Colors	70	(2)
Bruce McMillan
Harriet, You'll Drive Me Wild!	72	(2)
Mem Fox
Henry and Mudge in Puddle Trouble	74	(3)
Cynthia Rylant
Hermit Crab	77	(2)
Beverley Randell
Honey for Baby Bear	79	(3)
Beverley Randell
I Love My Family	82	(2)
Joy Cowley
I Shop with My Daddy	84	(2)
Grace Maccarone
I Went Walking	86	(2)
Sue Williams
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories	88	(3)
Alvin Schwartz
In the Woods	91	(3)
Annie-Jo
It Could Still Be A Fish	94	(3)
Allan Fowler
It Could Still Be a Mammal	97	(3)
Allan Fowler
It Didn't Frighten Me	100	(3)
Janet Gross
Jerome Harste
Jamaica's Find	103	(2)
Juanita Havill
Jessica	105	(2)
Kevin Henkes
Just Like Daddy	107	(2)
Frank Asch
Leo the Late Bloomer	109	(2)
Robert Kraus
M and M and The Bad News Babies	111	(2)
Pat Ross
Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales	113	(2)
Ludwig Bemelmans
Making a Memory	115	(2)
Margaret Ballinger
Market Day	117	(2)
Lois Ehlert
Meanies	119	(2)
Joy Cowley
Messy Bessy	121	(3)
Patricia McKissack
Fredrick McKissack
Mine's the Best	124	(2)
Crosby Bonsall
Mouse Soup	126	(2)
Arnold Lobel
Mr. Popper's Penguins	128	(2)
Richard Atwater
Florence Atwater
Mrs. Brice's Mice	130	(2)
Syd Hoff
Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Tub	132	(2)
Joy Cowley
Nicky Upstairs and Down	134	(2)
Harriet Zeifert
Our Skeleton	136	(2)
Brian
Jillian Cutting
Owl Moon	138	(2)
Jane Yolen
Papa's Spaghetti	140	(2)
Joy Cowley
Peter's Chair	142	(3)
Ezra Jack Keats
Polar Express	145	(5)
Chris Van Allsburg
Ramona the Brave	150	(2)
Beverly Cleary
Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf	152	(3)
Lois Ehlert
Rockabye Crocodile: A Folktale from the Philippines	155	(2)
Jose Aruego
Ariane Dewey
Rosie's Walk	157	(2)
Pat Hutchins
Sail Away	159	(2)
Donald Crews
Sally's red bucket	161	(3)
Beverley Randell
Splishy-Sploshy	164	(3)
Joy Cowley
Sunshine, Moonshine	167	(2)
Jennifer Armstrong
Swimmy	169	(2)
Leo Lionni
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble	171	(2)
William Steig
The ``Gotcha'' Box	173	(2)
Joy Cowley
the alphabet tree	175	(3)
Leo Lionni
The Baby Owls	178	(3)
Beverley Randell
The Carrot Seed	181	(3)
Ruth Krauss
The Doorbell Rang	184	(2)
Pat Hutchins
The Important Book	186	(2)
Margaret Wise Brown
The Lighthouse Children	188	(2)
Syd Hoff
The Lion and the Mouse	190	(2)
Beverly Randell
The Napping House	192	(3)
Audrey Wood
The Photo Book	195	(2)
Beverly Randell
The Snowy Day	197	(2)
Ezra Jacks Keats
The Three Bears	199	(2)
Paul Galdone
The Three Little Pigs	201	(3)
Paul Galdone
Tiger, Tiger	204	(3)
Beverley Randell
Tracks	207	(2)
Rebel Williams
Uncle Jed's Barbershop	209	(2)
Margaree King Mitchell
We Make Music	211	(2)
Robyn Connery
What Floats	213	(2)
Rebel Williams
Where The Wild Things Are	215	(3)
Maurice Sendak
Writing Places	218	(2)
Pamela Chanko
Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie	220	(3)
David A. Adler
Index	223