Recommended+Picture+books

=Picture Books=

__**Picture Books for Primary**__ **__(title, author, comments)__**
 * __Autumn Bear__
 * __The Blabber Report__
 * __A Splendid Friend Indeed__
 * __Orange Pear Apple Bear, Emily Gravett,__
 * __Ribbit!, Bender and Bender__, Flip and see who froggy can be
 * __White Owl, Barn Owl,__ Nicola Davies, Combination of fiction/non-fiction.
 * __Tracks of a Panda,__ Nick Dowson, Combination of fiction/non-fiction. Great for teaching word choice.
 * __Two Frogs,__ Chris Wormelli, A funny fable featuring a hapless pair of frogs fighting for survival against the odds
 * __Chester,__ Melanie Watt, Great for teaching voice in writing, Chester the cat takes over the story and wants to re-write the story
 * __Starting Life Crocodile,__ Claire Llewellyn, The life cycle of a crocodile.
 * __17 Things I'm not allowed to do anymore,__ Jenny Offill and Nancy Carpenter, Good for teaching voice.
 * __Yo! Yes?,__Chris Raschka, Rhythmic read-aloud that celebrates the differences.
 * __Wolves__, Emily Gravett
 * __Cock-a-Moo-Moo__, Julliet Dallas-Conte
 * __The Big Sneeze__, Ruth Brown
 * __Twenty Four Robbers__, Audrey Wood
 * __Look Kindergarten Here I Come__, Nancy Carlson
 * __Draw and Tell - Reading Writing Listening Speaking Viewing Shaping__ - Richard Thompson

__**Picture Books for Intermediate**__ **__(title, author, comments)__**

SD71 Bibliography of picture books to use for building background knowledge on discrimination/prejudice/civil rights SD71 Bibliography of picture books to use for building background knowledge on Immigration issues SD71 Bibliography of picure books to build background knowledge about war/conflict/civil rights/prejudice SD71 Bibliography of picture books to use for strategies and background knowledge on biographies: famous Canadians, famous people, overcoming adversity SD71 Bibliography of picture books to build background knowledge on connections to self-esteem/bullying/race
 * __The Elders are Watching,__ by David Bouchard. Environmental message over paintings by Roy Henry Vickers. This book is stunning.
 * __Secret of the Dance,__ by Andrea Spalding and Alfred Scow. //"Many years ago, when the world and I were younger, my family defied the government."// In 1935, a nine-year-old boy's family held a forbidden Potlatch in faraway Kingcome Inlet. Watl'kina slipped from his bed to bear witness. In the Big House masked figures danced by firelight to the beat of the drum. And there, he saw a figure he knew. Kwakwa'wakw elder Alfred Scow and award-winning author Andrea Spalding collaborate to tell the story, to tell the secret of the dance. - //from Orca Book website// [|//http://www.orcabook.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=7//]
 * __As Long as the River Flows__, Larry Loylie - A First Nation child's memoir of one summer's experiences with family, history and adventures learned to pass on a cultural heritage. This memoir is filled with tradition and family experience in Alberta. At the end of the summer the children are taken from their homes to residential school.
 * __The Lady in the Box__, Ann McGovern
 * __The Faithful Elephants,__ Ykio Tsuchiya - During the WWII the animals in the Tokyo zoo were commanded by the army to be killed because if wild animals escaped during a bombing raid it would be terrible! It is the story of 3 performing elephants at the Ueno zoo whose turn it was to die.
 * __Lord of the Forest__, Caroline Pitcher & Jackie Morris - Rich language and illustrations of a young tiger's quest to find out who is the lord of the forest?
 * __So Cool__, Dennis Lee. Described as a "follicking ride down a bumpy hgihway" with Denis Lee's poetry ricocheting between self-doubt and swagger, hush and high spirits. Consider the hopes fears and drams of adolescents.
 * [[file:Bibdiscrimination1 2.pdf]]
 * [[file:bibimmigration 2.pdf]]
 * [[file:bibwar 2.pdf]]
 * [[file:biography 2.pdf]]
 * [[file:bullying 2.pdf]]

> > > > > > > > > > > **__Picture Books for Middle/Sec.__** **(title, author, comments)**.
 * __A Coyote Columbus Story,__ by Thomas King. A Cherokee author tells the story of Columbus's arrival in the Americas from the point of view of the trickster Coyote. The story is hilarious, yet raises important issues.
 * Refer to SD71 bibliographies of picture books in intermediate list (books are suggested for use with grades 4-9)
 * __Previously__, Allan Ahlberg, Good for teaching organization using the format of telling backwards