A House for Hermit Crab

Eric Carle

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Words for Said

A Quiet Place

Douglas Wood

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Description of a Child’s Imagination

An Egg is Quiet

Dianna Aston

Expository

Use as “Side by Side” with Eggbert

Barn Dance

Bill Martin Jr.

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail

Bear Snores On

Karma Wilson

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs

Bear Wants More

Karma Wilson

Character/Problem/
Solution

Sequel to Bear Snores On
Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs

Bedhead

Margie Palatini

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Feelings

Big Al

Andrew Clements

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Descriptive Words for Fish/Ocean

Big Chicken

Leslie Helakoski

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Effective Questioning
Ending-Hope, Decision

Brave Irene

William Steig

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Feelings
Beginning-Close to Main Event
Extended Ending

Broom Mates

Margie Palatini

Character/Problem/
Solution

Vivid Vocabulary
Words for Said
Wordplay/Onomatopoeia

By The Dawns Early Light

Karen Akerman

Personal Experience

Effective Beginnings-Action

Carla’s Sandwich

Debbie Herman

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail

Carnival of the Animals

John Lithgow

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Wordplay
Vivid Verbs

Casey at The Bat

Patricia Polacco

Character/Problem/
Solution

Effective Beginning-Questions

Cloud Dance

Thomas Locker

Expository

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs

Crickwing

Janell Cannon

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Words for Said

Dear Fish

Chris Gail

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs-Onomatopoeia
Beginning-Descriptive
Ending-Promotes Another Version of the Story

Don’t Mention Pirates

Sarah McConnell

Personal Experience

Great Pirate “lingo”
Entertaining Adventure in a Personal Experience

Eggbert and the Slightly Cracked Egg

Tom Ross

Character/Problem/
Solution

Effective Beginning-Starts close to Main Event
Problem Gets Worse in Main Event

Friend Frog

Alma Flor Ada

Character/Problem/
Solution

Suspense
Red Flag Phrases

Giraffes Can’t Dance

Giles Adrede and Guy Parker-Rees

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Words for Said

How Are You Peeling?

Saxton Freymann

Feelings

How I Became A Pirate

Melinda Long/David Shannon

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Feelings
Good for Pirate Ship and Descriptions

I’m Gonna Like Me

Jamie Lee Curtis

Personal Experience

Feelings

In the Small Small Pond

Denise Fleming

Personal Experience

Vivid Verbs

Micawber

John Lithgow

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail

Jungle Drums

John Lithgow

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs

Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook

Michael Garland

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail

My Great Aunt Arizona

Gloria Houston

Personal Experience

Beginning-Character Description

Night Noises

Mem Fox

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Similes-Sound Words

One Pizza, One Penny

K.T.Kao

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Similes

Owl Moon

Jane Yolan

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs and Descriptions

Piggie Pie

Margie Palatini

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs

Pinduli

Janell Cannon

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Words for Said

Roger The Jolly Pirate

Brett Helquist

Character/Problem/
Solution

Significant Main Event
Problem gets Worse

Scarecrow

Cynthia Rylant

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Great Illustrations for Describing a Scarecrow

Shoo, Scat

Lois G. Grambling

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail

Snow

Uri Shulevitz

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs

Stellaluna

Janell Cannon

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Words for Said

The Adventure

Susan Yost-Filgate

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Words for Said

The Bee Tree

Patricia Polacco

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Sound Effects
Words for Said

The Bugliest Bug

Carol Diggory Shields

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs and Adjectives

The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash

Trinka Noble

Character/Problem/
Solution

Effective Beginning-Flashback
Main Event-Highlights Single Event

The Dinosaur Stomp

Paul Strickland

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs

The Egg

M.P. Robertson

Character/Problem/
Solution

Effective Beginning-Wonder
Suspense

The Ghost-Eye Tree

Bill Martin Jr.

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Suspense

The Last Basselope

Berkeley Breathed

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Great Describing Words for Animals and Habitats
Vivid Verbs
Words for Said

The Listening Walk

David Kirk

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail

The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs and Adjectives

The Seashore Book

Charlotte Zolotow

Personal Experience

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Great for Ocean Descriptions

The Snow Bear

Miriam Moss

Character/Problem/
Solution

Elaborative Detail
Vivid Verbs
Raised Pictures

The Way I Feel

Janan Cain

Personal Experience

Feelings
Great Illustrations to Describe

Today I Feel Silly

Jamie Lee Curtis

Personal Experience

Feelings
Great Illustrations for Describe