Using Picture Books 
to Teach 
the 6 Traits of Writing

 

Inspiring Ideas

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number

Allard

Miss Nelson is Back

E A

Baylor

Everybody Needs a Rock

552 BAY

Brown

The Important Book

E B

Cooney

Miss Rumphius

E C

Fox

Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge

E F

Henkes

Lily's Purple Plastic Purse

E H

Lobel

Frog and Toad are friends

E L

McKissack

Mirandy and Brother Wind

E M

McLerran

Roxaboxen

E M

Polacco

Thank You Mr. Falker

E P

Rylant

The Relatives Came

E R

Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are

E S

Steig

Doctor De Soto

E S

Steig

Pete's a Pizza

E S

Teague

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

E T

Van Allsburg

Jumanji

F VAN

Cole

Magic School Bus at the Waterworks

628.1 COL

Wisniewski

The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups

818 WIS

Martin

Snowflake Bentley

B BEN

Expanding Word Choice

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number

Cronin

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type

E C

Fox

Koala Lou

E F

Henkes

Chrysanthemum

E H

Henkes

Lily's Purple Plastic Purse

E H

Keller

The Scrambled States of America

E K

McPhail

Edward and the Pirates

E M

Palatini

Piggie Pie!

E P

Parish

Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia

E P

Pilkey

Hallo-Wiener

PB

Polacco

Pink and Say

E P

Salley

Epossumondas

E S

Scieszka

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

E S

Sendak

Where the Wild Things Are

E S

Steig

Brave Irene

E S

Van Allsburg

The Alphabet Theatre Proudly Presents the Z was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts

E V

Yolen

Owl Moon

E Y

Garland

The Lotus Seed

F GAR

Snicket

A Series of Unfortunate Events

F SNI

Cleary

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary

428.2 CLE

Cleary

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating rink

428.2 CLE

Cleary

To Root, to toot, to parachute

428.2 CLE

Heller

A Cache of Jewels

428 HEL

Heller

Many Luscious Lollipops

421 HEL

Hort

The Seals on the bus

792.4216 HOR

Florian

Insectlopedia

811 FLO

Pinkney

Duke Ellington

B ELL

Krull

Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman

B RUD

Developing Sentence Fluency

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number

Allard

Miss Nelson is Missing

E A

Aylesworth

Old Black Fly

E A

Brown

The Important Book

E B

Martin

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

E M

Palatini

The Web Files

E P

Peet

Wump World

E P

Seuss

Hooray for Diffendoofer Day

E S

Steptoe

Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters

E S

Viorst

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

E V

Wood

King Bidgood's In the Bathtub

E W

Le Guin

Catwings

F LEG

Locker

Water Dance

F LOC

Lester

John Henry by Julies Lester

398.21 LES

Wick

A Drop of Water

546 WIC

Fleischman

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

811 FLE

Shaping Organization

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number

Bang

When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry
(problem/solution scenarios)

E B

Brett

The Mitten

E B

Bunting

The Wednesday Surprise

E B

Burton

The Little House

E B

Cherry

The Great Kapok Tree

E C

Cronin

Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (letters back and forth)

E C

Noble

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

E N

Numeroff

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

E N

Polacco

Pink and Say

E P

Schulevitz

Snow

E S

Steig

Amos & Boris

E S

Stewart

The Money Tree

E S

Teague

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School (dog's point of view, letter format)

E T

Van Allsburg

Two Bad Ants

E V

Viorst

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

E V

Wiesner

Tuesday

E W

Wiesner

June 29th, 1999

E W

Williams

A Chair for My Mother

E W

Wood

The Napping House

E W

Peck

A Long Way from Chicago

F PEC

Sachar

Holes

F SAC

Forest

The Baker’s Dozen: a Colonial American tale

394.2 FOR

DePaola

The Legend of the Blue Bonnet

398.2 DEP

Stevens

Tops and Bottoms

398.2 STE

Zemach

It Could Always Be Worse

398.2 ZEM

Doubilet

Under the Sea from A to Z

591.92 DOU

Gibbons

The Milk Makers

637 GIB

Ryan

The Flag We Love

929.9 RYA

Bridges

Through My Eyes (uses a variety of source materials to convey information)

B BRI

Pinkney

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra

B ELL

Sis

Starry Messenger

B GAL

 

Sparking Voice

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number

Bunting

Dandelions

E B

Bunting

The Wall

E B

Bunting

The Wednesday Surprise

PB

Cooney

Miss Rumphius

E C

Cronin

Diary of a Worm

E C

Henkes

Chrysanthemum

E H

Hoffman

Amazing Grace

E H

McPhail

Edward and the Pirates

E M

Palatini

Piggie Pie!

E P

Polacco

Mrs. Katz and Tush

E P

Polacco

Thank You, Mr. Falker

E P

Ringold

Tar Beach

E R

Rylant

When I Was Young and in the Mountains

E R

Scieszka

The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales

E S

Scieszka

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

E S

Shannon

David Goes to School

E S

Shannon

No David

E S

Steig

Amos and Boris

E S

Steig

Brave Irene

E S

Van Allsburg

Two Bad Ants

E V

Viorst

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

E V

Bauer

On My Honor

F BAU

Hesse

Out of the Dust

F HES

Sciezska

Math Curse

F SCI

Williams

The Velveteen Rabbit

F WIL

Louie

Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story China

398.2 LOU

Martin

Rough-Face Girl

398.2 MAR

Trivizas

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig

398.24 TRI

Golenbock

Teammates

B ROB

Coerr

Sadako and the thousand paper cranes

B SAS


Strengthening Conventions

Author

Title

NSE Library Call Number

Pulver

Punctuation Takes a Vacation

E P

Cushman

Catherine, called Birdy

F CUS

Moss

Amelia Hits the Road

F MOS

Truss

Eats, Shoots, and Leaves

428.2 TRU

 

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