4th+Quarter+Literature

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willem || When a bus driver goes on break, he asks the audience to keep an eye on his vehicle and the daft, bug-eyed pigeon who desperately wants to drive it.
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You tube video of Earl interviewing Mo Willem:

[] || Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late
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by Mo Willem || When a bus driver goes on break, he asks the audience to keep an eye on his vehicle and the daft, bug-eyed pigeon who desperately wants to drive it. || There's a Bird on your Head! by Mo Willem || Elephant Gerald learns there's something worse than one bird on the head: TWO birds! Can Piggie help him? || I Love My New Toy by Mo Willem || When Elephant accidentally breaks Piggie's new toy, they both experience intense feelings before coming to realize how important their friendship is. || Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willem || Pigeon learns about sharing when a curious duckling keeps asking questions about the hot dog Pigeon has found. || Today I WIll Fly! by Mo Willem || While Piggie is determined to fly, Elephant is skeptical, but when Piggie gets a little help from others, amazing things happen. || Can I Play Too? by Mo Willem ||  Elephant and Piggie learn to play catch with their new friend Snake.
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You tube video of 2nd graders reading this book:

[] || The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle || Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a large quantity of food (right through the pages) then wraps a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. || The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle || A braggart becomes a better behaved bug as it learns something about getting along with others. || The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle || In a story that can be seen and felt, a spider will not be diverted from her work by other animals in the farmyard || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A lonely firefly goes out into the night searching for things that glow in the dark - all powered by a replaceable battery. || Crickwing by Janell Cannon || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf-cutter ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them. || by Patricia Polacco || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Grandfather's advice is that reading is like finding a bee tree--a rollicking adventure with a sweet reward at the end. || Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Gerald the giraffe is too clumsy to dance with all the other animals at the Jungle Dance, until he finds the right music. || Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">On a cold winter night many animals gather to party in the cave of a sleeping bear, who then awakes and protests that he has missed the food and the fun. || Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends. || Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">When spring comes, Bear wakes up very hungry and is treated to great food by his friends. || In the Tall Tall Grass by Denise Fleming || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Rhymed text (crunch, munch, caterpillars lunch) presents a toddler's view of creatures found in the grass from lunchtime till nightfall, such as bees, ants, and moles. || Bugs by Nancy Winslow Parker || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Includes general information, jokes, and brief descriptions of the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of a variety of common insects. || Animals, Animals by Eric Carla || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">An illustrated collection of poems by a variety of authors describing the peculiarities of pets and wild and domestic animals. || Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Rhyming text and illustrations follow a mischievous old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be. || One Hundred Hungry Ants by Eleanor Pinczes || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Kids will learn the art of division as a group of enterprising ants divides and subdivides in search of a picnic. || Down by the Bay by Raffi || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Depicts wonderfully amusing creatures such as a bear combing his hair, a goose kissing a moose, and a whale with a polka-dot tale. || Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley || =====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Tired of being washed by Mrs. Wishy-Washy, a cow, pig, and duck leave her farm and head for the city. ===== || Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Rhymed text and illustrations introduce the many different animals that live in the big red barn. || Have You Seen My Duckling? by Nancy Tafuri || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling. || The Chick and the Duckling by Miro Ginsburg || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Hatched at the same time, the chick is successful at imitating the duck until the latter goes for a swim. || Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The story of a chicken in a farmyard who unwittingly outmaneuvers a sly fox. || Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A newly illustrated edition of the classic fable of the hen who is forced to do all the work of baking bread and of the animals who learn a bitter lesson from it.
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Any version of the Little Red Hen may be used. || Across the Stream by Mirra Ginsburg || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> A duck and her three ducklings carry a hen and her three chicks across a wide, deep stream to safety. || In the Small, Small, Pond by Denise Fleming || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A rhyming text describes the seasonal changes in a frog's little pond. || It's Mine! by Leo Lionni || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Three selfish frogs quarrel over who owns their pond and island, until a storm makes them value the benefits of sharing. || Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Betsy the frog discovers dancing. || Tuesday by David Weisner || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Frogs rise on their lily pads, float through the air, and explore the nearby houses while their inhabitants sleep. || Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> A minnow wants to follow his tadpole friend--who becomes a frog--onto land. || Swimmy by Leo Lionni || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">A little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a way of protecting them all from their natural enemies. || The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Deisen || <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise. ||
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 * Off We Go by Jane Yolen - out of print || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">One by one, baby woodland creatures leave home and take off for Grandma's house--be it nest or web or bog or tree. ||
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