Where’s the Baboon? by Michael Escoffier

Escoffier, Michael. Where’s the Baboon? Brooklyn: Enchanted Lion Books, 2015.

This is a fun book that’s filled with questions that students can answer by finding hidden words! It will help your students learn to read and spell certain words while they laugh at the many funny pictures of fictional animals doing human activities!

Teachers can use this book to help kids find consonants and vowels, and to help them sound out words. Your students will really like it! 

By guest bloggers Natalia and Sydney, 4 Chaddock

Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! by Todd Tarpley

Tarpley, Todd. Beep! Beep! Go to Sleep! Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

This book is about a boy who has three robots who won't go to sleep. Why won’t they go to sleep? What will the boy do?

This is a good book for teaching students how to read rhyming words and how to read with expression. It is also great for teaching that it’s important to get sleep. Your students will love this funny story!

By guest bloggers Lucas and Abdullah, 4 Chaddock

An “A” from Miss Keller by Patricia Polacco

Polacco, Patricia. An “A” from Miss Keller. New York: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2015.

This is a great book about a girl named Trisha who is nervous about having one of the most strict teachers. Her teacher, Miss Keller, has never given any of her students A’s. Trisha is desperately trying her best on all of her assignments and is still not getting the best grades! Trisha faces a tragedy in her neighborhood during her troubles of getting an A. Will she ever get an A?  

This book will get an A from your students! It is perfect for teaching kids to be persistent. It is also a great book for teaching kids how to include more detail in their writing.  

By guest bloggers Kirsten and Naiya, 4 Chaddock

That’s (Not) Mine by Anna Kang

Kang, Anna. That’s (Not) Mine. New York: Two Lions, 2015. 32p.

In this book, two animals are fighting over a couple of things like a big chair and a swivel chair. These animals are funny and have a way of doing something that they agree on, then disagreeing all over again. Finally... Read to find out!

We recommend this book for kindergartners and first graders. They will love the story because it will make them laugh. Teachers can use this book to help their students learn how to share and cooperate.

By: Guest bloggers Sarah and Noah, 4 Chaddock

Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

Otoshi, Kathryn. Zero. Novato: Ko Kids Books, 2010. 32p.

This fun, playful book is about the number zero. He has a big hole right in the center of him! He is sad, and he feels left out because he thinks he has no value. He tries twisting and turning into other numbers, but it does not work. He has to watch the numbers count every day and it makes him feel even more depressed. Will he find his own value, or will he stay the same?!

This book would be good for kindergarten through first grade. It teaches kids math and place value in a fun way! It also teaches kids character education and shows that everybody matters, even if you feel you are different. The creative rhyming in this book will teach kids how to write poetry. 

                                                   

By guest bloggers Olivia and Katrina, 4 Chaddock

If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! by Elise Parsley

Parsley, Elise. If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t! New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

This funny book is about a girl, Magnolia, who brings an alligator to school for show and tell and lots of things do not go as planned. The alligator draws pictures of himself eating a kid and shows it to someone. He makes lots of origami too. Magnolia learns a valuable lesson that day!

This is a perfect book for teaching your students how to read with expression! You could use it to teach them how to write with proper punctuation too. It would be great for persuasive writing! This book would never get old to use during your animal units! 

By guest bloggers Jake and Parker, 4 Chaddock

Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs by Meghan McCarthy

McCarthy, Meghan. Earmuffs for Everyone!: How Chester Greenwood Became Known as the Inventor of Earmuffs. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. 48p.

This interesting book is all about how earmuffs were made. It includes a lot of diagrams of different earmuffs throughout history. Readers will learn that Chester Greenwood did not invent earmuffs, but that he made them way better! 

This is a great book for nonfiction units and for learning about inventions in science. Students will also learn about patents and how important they are!  

By guest bloggers Harrison and Mohamed, 4 Chaddock