MaryBeth Chrustowski

Traditional

1. Taback, Simms. (1999). Joseph Had a Little Overcoat. New York: Viking.
2. Mora, Pat. (2005). Dona Flor. Illus. Raul Colon. New York: Random House Children’s
Books.
3. Scieszka, Jon. (1996). The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Illus. Lane Smith. New
York: Penguin Group.
4. Kipling, Rudyard. (1989). How The Leopard Got His Spots. Illus. Lori Lohstocter. New
York: Simon & Schuster.

Fantasy

1. Lowry, Lois. (1993). The Giver. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

2. Collins, Suzanne. (2008). The Hunger Games. New York: Scholastic Press

Contemporary Realistic Fiction

1. Juster, Norton. (2005). The Hello Goodbye Window. Illus. Chris Raschka. New York:
Hyperion.
2. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2010). Pecan Pie Baby. Illus. Sophie Blackall. New York:
Penguin Group.
3. Woodson, Jacqueline. (1997). We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past. Illus. Diane
Greenseid. New York: Hyperion Books.
4. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2003). Locomotion. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
5. Woodson, Jacqueline. (2007). Feathers. New York: The Penguin Group.
6. Woodson, Jacqueline. (1998). If You Come Softly. New York: The Penguin Group.

Informational

1. Jenkins, Steve. (2004). Actual Size. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

2. Hill, Leban Carrick. (2010). Dave the Potter: artist, poet, slave. Illus. Bryan Collier. New
York: Little Brown.
3. Bodden, Valerie. (2009). Amazing Animals Koalas. Illus. Rita Marshall. Minnesota:
Creative Education.
4. Cowley, Joy. (2005). Chameleon, Chameleon. Illus. Nic Bishop. New York: Scholastic
Press.
5. Freedman, Russell. (2005). Children of the Great Depression. New York: Clarion Books.
6. Newman, Mark. (2010). Polar Bears. New York: H. Holt.
7. Wick, Walter. (1997). A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. New York:
Scholastic Press.

Historical Fiction
1. Hesse, Karen. (1997). Out of the Dust. New York: Scholastic Press.
2. Curtis, Christopher Paul. (1999). Bud, not Buddy. New York: Delacorte Press.
3. McKissack, Patricia C. (2001). Goin’ Someplace Special. Illus. Jerry Pinkney. New
York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Biography (Nonfiction)

1. Rappaport, Doreen. (2001). Martin’s Big Words The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Illus. Bryan Collier. New York: Hyperion.
2. Freedman, Russell. (2004). A Voice That Challenged a Nation. New York: Clarion
Books.
3. Pinkney, Andrea Davis. (2000). Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters.
Illus. Stephen Alcorn. San Diego: Harcourt.
4. Jones, Victoria. (2009). Amelia Earhart A Life in Flight. New York: Sterling.

Poetry

1. Steptoe, Javaka. (1997). In Daddy’s Arms I am Tall. New York: Lee & Low Books.
2. Shange, Ntozake. (1994).I Live In Music. Illus. Romare Bearden. New York: Welcome
Enterprises.
3. Dakos, Kalli. (1990). If You’re Not Here, Please Raise Your Hand: Poems About School.
Illus. G. Brian Karas. New York: Four Winds Press.
4. Winter, Jeanetter. (2005). The Library of Basra: A True Story from Iraq. New York:
Houghton Mifflin.
5. Adoff, Arnold. (2002). Black is Brown is Tan. Illus. Emily Arnold McCully. New York:
Harper Collins.
6. Nye, Namoi Shihab. (1998). The Space Between Our Footsteps: Poems & Paintings from
the Middle East. New York: Simon & Schuster.
7. Bruchac, Joseph. (1995). The Earth Under Sky Bear’s Feet: Native American Poems of
the Land. Illus. Thomas Locker. New York: Philomel.
8. Giovanni, Nikki. (2008). Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry With A
Beat. Illus. Kristen Balouch, Michele Noiset, Jeremy Tugeau, Alicia Vergel de Dios, and
Dammian Ward. Illinois: Sourcebooks.