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Themes
Acceptance | Adoption | Be Happy with What You Have | Be Yourself
Change, Moving, Remembrance, Westward Movement | Doing Your Best/Perseverance
Education is Important | Family | Friendship | Friendship/Loneliness
Finding Beauty in Hard Situations | Fitting In |
Healing |
Humility |
Justice |
Loneliness
Moving | Multicultural | Prejudice |Respect for Nature | Sibling Rivalry
Self-awareness | Survival Trust | Unconditional Love | Wisdom & Sacrifice|
| Book Title (Themes) | Author | Teacher's Room |
| Arroz Con Leche | Lulu Delacre | Kimberly G. |
| Butterfly House | Eve Bunting | Allyson C. |
| Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House | Faith Ringgold | Norma |
| The Hundred Dresses Level O | Eleanor Estes | Garner, Charlyne |
| (Acceptance) | ||
| Brother Eagle, Sister Sky | Chief Seattle | Charlyne |
| Dear Oklahoma City Get Well Soon | Jim Ross/Paul Meyers | Suzanne |
| Different Just Like Me | Lori Mitchell | Peggy |
| Every Living Thing Level R (short stories with various themes, including acceptance, dealing with fear) | Cynthia Rylant | Diane, Charlyne |
| Mr. Lincoln’s Way, Acceptance, understanding; Teachers/students relationship. | Patricia Polacco | Charlyne |
| (Adoption) | ||
| I Love You Like Crazy Cakes | Rose Lewis | Charlyne |
| Legend of the Indian Paintbrush DRA 38/P | Tomie dePaola | Julie R. |
| (Be Happy with What You Have) | ||
| A Screaming Kind of Day | Gilmore | Kathy |
| See the Ocean | Estelle Condra | Kathy |
| Something Beautiful | Sharon Dennis | Suzanne |
| Teammates | Peter Golenbock | Diane G. |
| (Be Yourself) | ||
| The Big Box | Toni Morrison | Lisa H, Charlyne |
| The Bird, the Frog, and the Light | Avi | Charlyne |
| (Change, Moving, Remembrance, Westward Movement) | ||
| Wilma Unlimited | Kathleen Krull | Joy |
| (Doing your best, perseverance) | ||
| The Yellow Star | Carmen Agra Deedy | Charlyne |
| (Education is Important) | ||
| Toll Bridge Troll | Patricia Rag Wolff | Carole |
| (Family) | ||
| Get Out of Bed (family relationships) Level K | Robert Munch | Michelle |
| (Friendship) | ||
| George and Martha DRA 24/L | James Marshall | Kathy |
| Goose | Molly Bang | Michelle |
| Letter to Amy DRA 20/K | Ezra Jack Keats | Kimberly G. |
| Mrs. Katz and Tush | Patricia Polacco | Rochelle, Charlyne |
| Nine for California | Sonia Levitin | Kathy |
| The Old Woman Who Named Things | Cynthia Rylant | Charlyne |
| Penguin Pete, Ahoy! | Marcus Pfister | Kathy |
| Rainbow Rhino | Peter Sis | Charlyne |
| (Friendship/Loneliness) | ||
| I Can Hear the Sun | Patricia Polacco | Charlyne, Kathy |
| (Finding Beauty in Hard Situations) | ||
| Swimmy | Leo Lionni | Kathy |
| Sylvester and the Magic Pebble DRA 24/L | William Steig | Charlyne |
| (Fitting In) | ||
| Bridge to Terebethia Level S, Theme: Fitting in; being yourself | Kathryn Patterson | uzanne H. |
| (Healing) | ||
| The Empty Pot | Demi | Kathy |
| A Flag for Our Country | Eve Spencer | Deb W. |
| Freddy's Train Ride DRA 22/K | Rick Leslie | Antonette |
| Frog Girl | Paul Owen Lewis | Charlyne |
| (Humility) | ||
| The Blue Hill | Meadows | Antonette |
| The Brand New Kid | Katie Couric | Kathy |
| (Individuality) | ||
| Three Cheers for Tacky | Helen Lester | Kathy |
| (Justice) | ||
| For Every Child (All children have rights) | UNICEF | Suzanne H. |
| Mandela | Floyd Cooper | Suzanne H. |
| (Loneliness) | ||
| An Angel for Solomon Singer | Cynthia Rylant | Diane, Charlyne |
| The Pain and the Great One DRA 20/K | Judy Blume | Charlyne |
| (Moving) | ||
| Alexander, Who’s Not… (Moving to a new home) Level L | Judith Viorst | Michelle |
| (Multicultural) | ||
| A Bad Case of Stripes | David Shannon | Charlyne |
| (Prejudice, Acceptance) | ||
| Tea With Milk | Allen Say | Carole |
| (Respect for Nature) | ||
| Chrysanthemum DRA 38/P | Kevin Henckes | Kathy |
| (Sibling Rivalry) | ||
| (Self-awareness) | ||
| Parts | Tedd Arnold | Charlyne |
| Peach and Blue | Sarah Kilborne | Maryann, Kathy |
| (Survival) | ||
| Hatchett Level R | Gary Paulsen | Suzanne H. |
| (Trust) | ||
| The Mare on the Hill | Thomas Locker | |
| Me and Mr. Mah | Spalding & Wilson | Kathy |
| (Unconditional Love) | ||
| Love You Forever | Robert Munsch | Charlyne |
| (Wisdom & Sacrifice) | ||
| The Wave | Margaret Hodges | Charlyne |
| What You Know First | Patricia Maclachlan | Charlyne |
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