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Books in the library

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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

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