LibGuides: Booklists for Teachers: Personal & Imagined Narratives

Personal Narratives

A Day's Work by Eve Bunting; Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Bun

ISBN: 0395673216

Publication Date: 1994-09-19

Suggested uses: Honesty; Mexican Americans; Work ethic
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson; Tara Calahan King (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Mun

ISBN: 081182778X

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

Suggested uses: Problem Solving; Predictions: Friendship
Goal! by Mina Javaherbin; A. G. Ford (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Jav

ISBN: 0763645710

Publication Date: 2010-04-13

Suggested uses: Soccer; Bullying
In My Momma's Kitchen by Jerdine Nolen (Illustrator); Colin Bootman (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Nol

ISBN: 0064437868

Publication Date: 2001-04-10

Suggested uses: Sense of place; Family
The Longest Wait by Marie Braby; Peter Catalanotto (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Bra

ISBN: 0531068714

Publication Date: 1995-03-01

Suggested uses: Rural setting; Rich language
Mr. Lincoln's Whiskers by Karen B. Winnick (Illustrator); Boyds Mills Press Staff
Call Number: E Win

ISBN: 9781563978050

Publication Date: 1999-09-01

Suggested uses: Letter writing; Voice; Slavery; Suffrage
Night Tree by Eve Bunting; Ted Rand (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Bun

ISBN: 0152574255

Publication Date: 1991-09-15

Suggested uses: Winter; Nature: Family tradiions; Rich language
One Lucky Girl by George Ella Lyon; Irene Trivas (Illustrator); Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff
Call Number: E Lyo

ISBN: 0789426137

Publication Date: 2000-02-15

Suggested uses: Rich language; Tornadoes
Peter Spit a Seed at Sue by Jackie French Koller; John Manders (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Kol

ISBN: 0670063096

Publication Date: 2008-06-12

Suggested uses: Rhyme; Rhythm; Summer; Rich language
Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Tud

ISBN: 0689828462

Publication Date: 2000-09-01

Suggested uses: Pumpkins; Harvest; Rural setting; Rich language
Smoky Night by Eve Bunting; David Diaz (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Bun

ISBN: 0152699546

Publication Date: 1994-03-31

Suggested uses: Race relations; Community; Mixed media art
Think Cool Thoughts by Elizabeth Perry; Linda Bronson (Illustrator); Elizabeth Goodwin Perry
Call Number: E Per

ISBN: 0618234934

Publication Date: 2005-06-27

Suggested uses: Summer; Rich language
Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Pol

ISBN: 0698115813

Publication Date: 1997-08-25

Suggested uses: Voice; Onomatopoeia; Rural setting: Fears
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto; Ed Martinez (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Sot

ISBN: 0399221468

Publication Date: 1993-09-15

Suggested uses: Honesty; Mexican Americans

Imagined Narratives

The Bear Who Shared by Catherine Rayner
Call Number: E Ray

ISBN: 9780803735767

Publication Date: 2011-03-17

Suggested uses: Friendship; Rich language; Sharing
Holler Loudly by Cynthia Leitich Smith; Barry Gott (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Smi

ISBN: 0525422560

Publication Date: 2010-11-11

Suggested uses: Voice; Rich language; Tall tales; Tornadoes
The Little Red Pen by Janet Stevens (Illustrator); Susan Stevens Crummel
Call Number: E Ste

ISBN: 015206432X

Publication Date: 2011-04-18

Suggested uses: Personification; Problem solving; Folklore
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
Call Number: E Ste

ISBN: 1596434023

Publication Date: 2010-05-25

Suggested uses: Friendship; Zoos; Rich language
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
Call Number: E Van

ISBN: 0395486688

Publication Date: 1988-10-24

Suggested uses: Cause/Effect; Rich language