Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow

Title: Jimi: Sounds Like A Rainbow
Author: Gary Golio
Illustrator: Javaka Steptoe
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Clarion Books
Date of Publications: 2010
Award: Coretta Scott King
Theme: Being creativity and Music
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Jimmi Hendrix/
Summary: Jimmi Hendrix is a great known guitar player, but before he was a great guitar player he was a young boy. This book tells about the life of Jimi Hendrix when he was a kid. It talks about how he had an extremely creative mind and loved anything to do with music. He also loved to paint and draw, In fact he loved to do anything that involved creativity. When Jimmi was a boy he continuously wondered if a person could paint a picture with sound.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with students to see how fun being creative can be. It can also be used to start an activity based on creativity where the students use their creatives sides for the activity. This book could also be used in a music class as way to look at the childhood of Jimmi Hendrix.

Kiss Me, I'm Perfect

Title: Kiss Me, I'm Perfect
Author: Robert Munsch
Illustrator: Michael Martchenko
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 2006
Theme: Everything is not what it seems
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Lacey/ Mom, Grandma, Cat, Dog, Eagle, Teacher, Johnny, and Bear
Summary: Lacey has no clean clothes to wear anywhere, so she runs downstairs and asks her mom for a clean shirt, but the only one she has is the one Grandma gave Lacey. This shirt has the phrase Kiss Me I'm Perfect on it and Lacey did not want to wear it, but she did any way. On her way to school a cat saw Lacey's shirt and gave her a kitty kiss. Then Lacey saw a dog, eagle, and moose and got kisses from all of them. She thought it was really neat so she ran into class and told her teacher. Once Lacey sat down she got a surprise kiss from Johnny which she thought was gross, but then she went outside and received a bear kiss. It turn out Lacey's shirt was cool and everyone wanted one.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with students to help them see things are not always what they seem. In this book Lacey did not want to wear Grandmas shirt because she thought she would be made fun of, but everyone loved it. Students will be able to see that somethings are not as bad as they think they are from reading this book.

Buzz Said the Bee

Title: Buzz Said the Bee
Author: Wendy Lewison
Illustrator: Hans Wilhelm
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 1992
Theme: Sounds of animals
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Bee/ Duck, Hen, Pig, Cow, and Sheep
Summary: A bee sat on a duck. The duck quacked and then sat on a hen. The hen clucked and did a jig then sat on a pig. The pig oinked, bowed, and sat on a cow. The cow then mooed, began to weep, and sat on a sheep, who was asleep. Then the cow mooed, the pig oinked, the hen clucked, the duck quacked, and the bee buzzed. Then the sheep woke up and that is that.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with students as a fun way for them to learn what noises certain animals make. Throughout the book there are different animals and the noises they all make. This book is a fun way for students to learn animal sounds.

Just Going to the Dentist

Title: Just Going to the Dentist
Author: Mercer Mayer
Illustrator: Mercer Mayer
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 1990
Theme: Going to the Dentist
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Narrator/ Mom, Nurse, and Dentist
Summary: The Narrator has to go to the dentist to get a check-up so his mom took him. When they got there they had to wait for his turn. It was his turn so the nurse came and got him and took him back to the room where he sat in a funny chair. The nurse then cleaned his teeth and took some x-rays. Then the dentist came in
to look in his mouth. Next the dentist, narrator, and his mom looked at the x-rays and realized he had a cavity. The dentist put the narrator back in the chair and fixed his cavity. Afterwards he got a treat and went home.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with the students to help them learn about going to the dentist and what happens when going to the dentist. The students can see the different thing that happen when they go to the dentist so maybe they will not be so scared. The students can also see how important it is to brush their teeth so they do not get a cavity.

The Magic School Bus Comes to Its Senses

Title: The Magic School Bus Comes to Its Senses
Author: Kristin Earhart
Illustrator: Carolyn Bracken
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 2009
Theme: Learning about the five senses
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Ms. Frizzle/ Arnold, Ralphie, Keesha, Phoebe, Carlos, Tim, Wanda, and Dorothy Ann
Summary: Ms. Frizzles Class is learning all about the senses so she takes the kids on a field trip to learn more. The class goes to the apple orchard where a family is having a picnic and then the bus shrinks. The students then learn about the five senses; hearing, seeing, feeling, tasting, and smelling, as the travel through the body. When they are all done they get back on the bus and head back to the school for a picnic.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with students as a way for them to learn all about the senses. As Ms. Frizzle and the kids travel through the body looking at the senses students can learn about the senses. The students can also test their knowledge on the senses when Ms. Frizzle ask questions throughout the book.

Curious George Vists the Library

Title: Curious George Vists the Library
Author: Margret and H.A. Reys
Illustrator: H.A. Rey and Martha Weston
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Date of Publication: 2003
Theme: A trip to the Library
Primary/ Secondary Characters: George/ Man with the yellow hat, librarian, children, and library volunteer
Summary: George and the man with the yellow hat went to the library. At the library George went to story time to listen to stories, but he started to get impatient when he saw a dinosaur book sitting on the table. George then went to go get the book and made a scene in story time. Now that George has the dinosaur book he went to find the man with the yellow hat and on the way he found more books he wanted. He then found a library cart and started to roll through the library collecting books when all of a sudden the cart crashed and books went everywhere. George and the kids then helped the library volunteer put all the books back. After all the books were up the library volunteer helped George get a library card and check out his books.
Summary of how to use with the students: This book could be used with students as a way to show them how fun the library can be. The students can also see that in the library you need to be quiet. Students can see from reading this book that a library is a fun place where you can find all kinds of books.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Title: Chichka Chicka Boom Boom
Author: Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Illustrator: Lois Ehlert
Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Date of Publication: 1989
Theme: Learning the Alphabet
Primary/ Secondary Characters: Letters A-Z/ Mamas, Papas, Aunts, and Uncles
Summary: All of the letters are racing to the top of the coconut tree, but will there be enough room. Once all the letters make it to the top of the tree they all fall out. Mamas, Papas, Aunts, and Uncles then run to the coconut tree to help their loved ones. Finally everyone was back with their loved ones and then letter A was out of bed and went back up the coconut tree.
Summary of how to use with students: This book could be used with the students as a way to help them learn the letters of the alphabet. Throughout the book all the letters are mentioned in the text as well as shown in the illustrations. This way the students can learn the letters of the alphabet and what they look like.