A Field Guide to the Classroom Library C

by Calkins, Lucy McCormick

• ISBN13: 9780325004976
• ISBN10: 0325004978
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-03
• Publisher: Greenwood-Heineman

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 Libraries	xviii
Building the Libraries	xix
Reading Instruction and the Classroom Library: An Introduction to Workshop Structures	xxi
Library Contents Description	xxvii
Library Book List	xxix
Benchmark Books for Each Text Level	li
Descriptions of Text Levels One Through Seven	liii
More Information to Help You Choose the Library That Is Best for Your Readers	lxiii
About the Guides	lxvii
Teaching One Text Intensely in Order to Learn About Many Texts	lxvii
Suggesting Classroom Library Arrangements	lxviii
Aiding in Conferring	lxviii
Providing a Resource for Curriculum Planning	lxviii
Reminding Us, or Teaching Us, About Particular Book Basuics	lxix
Showcasing Literary Intricacies in Order to Suggest a Reader's Thinking	lxix
Providing a Community of Readers and Teachers	lxx
A List of the Guides
26 Fairmount Avenue	1	(3)
Tomie dePaola
A Kiss For Little Bear	4	(2)
Else Holmelund Minarik
Able's Moon	6	(2)
Shirley Hughes
Abuela	8	(2)
Arthur Dorros
All About You	10	(2)
Catherine Anholt
Laurence Anholt
All Along the River	12	(3)
Allan Fowler
Amelia Bedelia Helps Out	15	(3)
Peggy Parish
An Angel for Solomon Singer	18	(6)
Cynthia Rylant
And I Mean It, Stanley
Crosby Bonsall	22	(2)
Ant Cities	24	(2)
Arthur Dorros
Arthur's Birthday Party	26	(2)
Lillian Hoban
Arthur's Halloween Costume	28	(2)
Lillian Hoban
Arthur's Honey Bear	30	(2)
Lillian Hoban
Baby Hippo	32	(3)
Beverly Randell
Beaver at Long Pond	35	(2)
William T. George
Linsay Barrett George
Blackberries	37	(3)
Beverly Randell
Blueberries for Sal	40	(6)
Robert McCloskey
Bread, Bread, Bread
Ann Morris	43	(3)
Buffy's Tricks	46	(3)
Lucy Lawrence
Captain Cat	49	(2)
Syd Hoff
Commander Toad and the Big Black Hole	51	(2)
Jane Yolen
Days with Frog and Toad	53	(2)
Arnold Lobel
Dear Zoo	55	(2)
Rod Campbell
Don't Forget to Write	57	(2)
Martina Selway
Fish Is Fish	59	(2)
Leo Lionni
Flies	61	(2)
Cheryl Coughlan
Footprints in the Sand	63	(2)
Cynthia Benjamin
Fox Be Nimble	65	(2)
Edward Marshall
Frog and Toad Are Friends	67	(3)
Arnold Lobel
Frog and Toad Together	70	(3)
Arnold Lobel
Good Work, Amelia Bedelia	73	(2)
Peggy Parish
Hairs/Pelitos	75	(2)
Sandra Cisneros
Hattie and the Fox	77	(4)
Mem Fox
Henry and Mudge and the Best Day of All	81	(3)
Cynthia Rylant
Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins	84	(2)
Eric Kimmel
Honey, I Love	86	(2)
Eloise Greenfield
How a House Is Built	88	(2)
Gail Gibbons
How Is a Crayon Made?	90	(2)
Charles Oz
I See, You Saw	92	(2)
Nurit Karlin
I'm in Charge of Celebrations	94	(2)
Byrd Baylor
Jamaica's Find	96	(2)
Juanita Havill
Jessica	98	(2)
Kevin Henkes
Julius	100	(2)
Angela Johnson
Little Bear's Visit	102	(2)
Else Holmelund Minarik
Little Penguin's Tale	104	(2)
Audrey Wood
Machines at Work	106	(2)
Byron Barton
Madeline	108	(2)
Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales	110	(2)
Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline's Rescue	112	(2)
Ludwig Bemelmans
Martha the Movie Mouse	114	(2)
Arnold Lobel
Messy Bessy	116	(3)
Patricia McKissack
Fredrick McKissack
Miss Nelson is Missing!	119	(2)
Harry Allard
Miss Rumphius	121	(2)
Barbara Cooney
Monkey See, Monkey Do	123	(2)
Marc Gave
Mouse Soup	125	(2)
Arnold Lobel
Mr. Popper's Penguins	127	(2)
Richard Atwater
Florence Atwater
Mrs. Wishy-Washy	129	(3)
Joy Cowley
Nicky Upstairs and Down	132	(2)
Harriet Zeifert
Oliver	134	(2)
Syd Hoff
``Pardon?'' said the Giraffe	136	(2)
Colin West
Peter's Chair	138	(3)
Ezra Jack Keats
Pippi Longstocking	141	(2)
Astrid Lindgren
Poppleton	143	(3)
Cynthia Rylant
Poppleton in Spring	146	(4)
Cynthia Rylant
Ramona and Her Mother	150	(2)
Beverly Cleary
Rosie and Tortoise	152	(2)
Margaret Wild
Rosie's Walk	154	(2)
Pat Hutchins
Roxaboxen	156	(2)
Alice McLerran
Running	158	(2)
G. Porter
P. Teft Cousin
C. Mitchell
Sail Away	160	(2)
Donald Crews
Sammy the Seal	162	(2)
Syd Hoff
Snowflake Bentley	164	(2)
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Swimmy	166	(2)
Leo Lionni
The Amazing Bone	168	(3)
William Steig
The Artist	171	(2)
Lois Podoshen
The Bumper Cars	173	(3)
Beverly Randell
The Carrot Seed	176	(3)
Ruth Krauss
The Chick and the Duckling	179	(2)
Mirra Ginsburg
The Doorbell Rang	181	(2)
Pat Hutchins
The Gardener	183	(2)
Sarah Stewart
The Horrible Thing with Hairy Feet	185	(2)
Joy Cowley
The Hundred Dresses	187	(3)
Eleanor Estes
The Iron Giant	190	(2)
Ted Hughes
The Leaving Morning	192	(2)
Angela Johnson
The Legend of the Poinsettia	194	(2)
Tomie dePaola
The Lion and the Mouse	196	(2)
Beverly Randell
The Little Yellow Chicken	198	(2)
Joy Cowley
The Photo Book	200	(2)
Beverly Randell
The Remembering Box	202	(3)
Eth Clifford
The Snail's Spell	205	(2)
Joanne Ryder
The Storm	207	(2)
Joy Cowley
The Three Billy Goats Gruff	209	(3)
Paul Galdone
The Tiny Seed	212	(2)
Eric Carle
The Tortilla Factory	214	(2)
Gary Paulsen
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs	216	(2)
Jon Scieszka
The Very Hungry Caterpillar	218	(2)
Eric Carle
The Well-Fed Bear	220	(2)
Tui Simpson
This Quiet Lady	222	(2)
Charlotte Zolotow
Thunder Cake	224	(2)
Patricia Polacco
Titch	226	(2)
Pat Hutchins
Tulip Sees America	228	(3)
Cynthia Rylant
Vegetables, Vegetables!	231	(2)
Fay Robinson
What You Know First	233	(3)
Patricia MacLachlan
Who Lays Eggs?	236	(2)
Sally Kneidel
Who Took the Farmer's Hat?	238	(2)
Joan L. Nodset
Work	240	(2)
Ann Morris
You'll Soon Grow Into Them, Titch	242	(2)
Pat Hutchins
Young Cam Jansen and the Ice Skate Mystery	244	(3)
David A. Adler
Index	247