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Includes home language titles as well as those below
Stella Tells Her Story
by
Janiel M. Wagstaff
Call Number: JNF 808 WAG
ISBN: 9781338264753
Publication Date: 2018-06-01
Goes through the process of a narrative writing project
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
by
Judi Barrett; Ron Barrett (Illustrator)
Call Number: P BAR
ISBN: 9780689707490
Publication Date: 1982-04-01
Characters, traits, settings, events, problem & solution
A Thousand White Butterflies
by
Jessica Betancourt-Perez; Karen Lynn Williams; Gina Maldonado (Illustrator)
Call Number: P BET
ISBN: 9781580895774
Publication Date: 2021-01-19
Model writing precise sentences and show how a character's emotions change through the story.
A Bike Like Sergio's
by
Maribeth Boelts; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
Call Number: P BOE
ISBN: 9780763666491
Publication Date: 2016-10-04
Those Shoes
by
Maribeth Boelts; Noah Z. Jones (Illustrator)
Call Number: P BOE
ISBN: 0763642843
Publication Date: 2009-06-09
Story elements (plot, setting, characters, conflict)
Fireflies
by
Julie Brinckloe (Illustrator)
Call Number: P BRI
ISBN: 9780689710551
Publication Date: 1986-05-31
First person narrative; explains what the main character does, says, feels, and thinks; clear beginning, middle and end
Fly Away Home
by
Eve Bunting; James Cross Giblin (Editor); Ronald Himler (Illustrator)
Call Number: P BUN
ISBN: 0395559626
Publication Date: 1991-03-18
sensory details; questioning, inferring, predicting, answering, and text evidence
Jabari Jumps
by
Gaia Cornwall (Illustrator)
Call Number: P COR
ISBN: 9780763678388
Publication Date: 2017-05-09
questioning, inferring, predicting, answering, and text evidence
Shortcut
by
Donald Crews (Illustrator)
Call Number: P CRE
ISBN: 9780688135768
Publication Date: 1996-09-20
story elements, onomatopoeia
One Day, the End
by
Rebecca Kai Dotlich; Fred Koehler (Illustrator)
Call Number: P DOT
ISBN: 9781620914519
Publication Date: 2015-10-06
reading illustrations; story elements
A Space for Me
by
Cathryn Falwell
Call Number: P FAL
ISBN: 9781620149638
Publication Date: 2020-02-25
story elements
Lailah's Lunchbox
by
Reem Faruqi; Lea Lyon (Illustrator)
Call Number: P FAR
ISBN: 9780884484318
Publication Date: 2015-05-01
story elements; showing character's emotional state
Roller Coaster
by
Marla FRAZEE
Call Number: P FRA
ISBN: 0152057447
Publication Date: 2006-06-01
Onomatopoeia; plot; small moments
Any Questions?
by
Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)
Call Number: P GAY
ISBN: 9781554983827
Publication Date: 2014-08-11
story elements; writing ideas
Let's Get a Pup! Said Kate
by
Bob Graham (Illustrator)
Call Number: P GRA
ISBN: 0763621935
Publication Date: 2003-07-14
emotional investment
Ralph Tells a Story
by
Abby Hanlon (Illustrator)
Call Number: P HAN
ISBN: 0761461809
Publication Date: 2012-09-18
Adding details; stories happen to all of us
Shh! We Have a Plan
by
Chris Haughton (Illustrator)
Call Number: P HAU
ISBN: 0763672939
Publication Date: 2014-09-09
using illustrations to help tell a story
Tight Times
by
Barbara Shook Hazen
Call Number: P HAZ
ISBN: 9780140504422
Publication Date: 1983-07-11
The most powerful emotions are often conveyed through what is not said directly.
Rocket Writes a Story
by
Tad Hills (Illustrator)
Call Number: P HIL
ISBN: 9780375870866
Publication Date: 2012-07-24
story elements
Jacob's New Dress
by
Sarah Hoffman; Ian Hoffman; Chris Case (Illustrator)
Call Number: P HOF
ISBN: 9780807563731
Publication Date: 2014-03-01
story elements
The Snowy Day
by
Ezra Jack Keats
Call Number: P KEA
ISBN: 9780670867332
Publication Date: 1996-01-01
story elements
Saturdays and Teacakes
by
Lester L. Laminack; Chris Soentpiet (Illustrator)
Call Number: P LAM
ISBN: 9781561453030
Publication Date: 2004-03-02
story elements
The Camping Trip
by
Jennifer K. Mann (Illustrator)
Call Number: P MAN
ISBN: 9781536207361
Publication Date: 2020-04-14
Speech bubbles; page layouts
Night of the Veggie Monster
by
George McClements (Illustrator)
Call Number: P MCC
ISBN: 1599900610
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
descriptive language and actions; figurative language; plot development; character change
Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away
by
Meg Medina; Sonia Sánchez (Illustrator)
Call Number: P MED
ISBN: 9781536207040
Publication Date: 2020-09-08
story elements
Baseball Saved Us
by
Ken Mochizuki; Dom Lee (Illustrator)
Call Number: P MOC
ISBN: 1880000016
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
point of view; story elements
Enemy Pie
by
Derek Munson
Call Number: P MUN
ISBN: 9780811827782
Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Voice
If You Give a Pig a Pancake
by
Laura Numeroff; Felicia Bond (Illustrator)
Call Number: P NUM
ISBN: 0060266864
Publication Date: 1998-04-11
story elements
Once upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude
by
Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator); Carol Heyer (Illustrator)
Call Number: P O'M
ISBN: 9780802789471
Publication Date: 2005-04-01
story elements
The Kissing Hand
by
Audrey Penn; Ruth Harper (Illustrator)
Call Number: P PEN
ISBN: 1933718005
Publication Date: 1993-10-15
story elements
Ruby Finds a Worry
by
Tom Percival
Call Number: P PER
ISBN: 9781547602377
Publication Date: 2019-09-03
story elements
The Watermelon Seed
by
Greg Pizzoli (Illustrator)
Call Number: P PIZ
ISBN: 1423171012
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
small moments
Thank You, Mr. Falker
by
Patricia Polacco
Call Number: P POL
ISBN: 9780399231667
Publication Date: 1998-05-04
story elements; overcoming obstacles
The Sandwich Swap
by
Kelly DiPucchio; Tricia Tusa (Illustrator)
Call Number: P RAN
ISBN: 1423124847
Publication Date: 2010-04-20
Open-minded; diversity; differences; story elements
New Shoes
by
Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
Call Number: P RAS
ISBN: 9780062657527
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
small moments
The Word Collector
by
Peter H. Reynolds (Illustrator)
Call Number: P REY
ISBN: 9780545865029
Publication Date: 2018-01-30
vocabulary;
Hiking Day
by
Anne Rockwell; Lizzy Rockwell (Illustrator)
Call Number: P ROC
ISBN: 9781481427371
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
adding details & descriptions
Creak! Said the Bed
by
Phyllis Root; Regan Dunnick (Illustrator)
Call Number: P ROO
ISBN: 0763620041
Publication Date: 2010-04-13
comprehension; retell
Memoirs of a Goldfish
by
Devin Scillian; Tim Bowers (Illustrator); Michael Gillick (Narrated by)
Call Number: P SCI
ISBN: 9781585365074
Publication Date: 2010-04-01
story elements; comprehension
Where the Wild Things Are
by
Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)
Call Number: P SEN
ISBN: 9780060254926
Publication Date: 2012-12-26
story elements; retelling
The Lorax
by
Seuss, Dr.
Call Number: P SEU
ISBN: 9780007173112
Publication Date: 1999
story elements
The Best Story
by
Eileen Spinelli; Anne Wilsdorf (Illustrator)
Call Number: P SPI
ISBN: 9780803730557
Publication Date: 2008-05-29
adding details
Interrupting Chicken
by
David Ezra Stein (Illustrator)
Call Number: P STE
ISBN: 9780763641689
Publication Date: 2010-08-10
story elements
Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise
by
David Ezra Stein (Illustrator)
Call Number: P STE
ISBN: 9780763688424
Publication Date: 2018-09-11
story elements
When Lola Visits
by
Michelle Sterling; Aaron Asis (Illustrator)
Call Number: P STE
ISBN: 9780062972859
Publication Date: 2021-05-18
adding details
Watercress
by
Andrea Wang; Jason Chin (Illustrator)
Call Number: P WAN
ISBN: 9780823446247
Publication Date: 2021-03-30
adding details
A Chair for My Mother
by
Vera B. Williams (Illustrator)
Call Number: P WIL
ISBN: 0688040748
Publication Date: 2007-01-23
small moments; descriptive writing
Books in EPIC
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs - audiobook
The Kissing Hand
Lailah's lunchbox: a Ramadan story
Memoirs of a Goldfish - Read to me
Owl Moon - Audiobook
The Snowy Day - Audiobook
Watercress
Where the Wild Things Are - Audiobook
The Word Collector - Audiobook
Books from Tumblebooks
A Bike Like Sergio's
Enemy Pie
A Thousand White Butterflies
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