Six Trait Writing Books


Books to read to help with IDEAS
Big Moon Tortilla by Joy Cowley
I Heard a Bluebird Sing by Bernice Cullen
Mrs. Piccolo's Easy Chair by Jean Jackson
Guts by Gary Paulsen
Rotten Teeth by Laura Simms
Through the Crack by Carolyn Sollman
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Carl's Birthday by Alexandra Day
Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaola
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg

Books to read to help with ORGANIZATION
No More Dead Dogs by Gordon Korman
Animals Nobody Loves by Seymour Simon
Book! Book! Book! by Deborah Bruss
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey by Maira Kalman
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
On Call Back Mountain by Eve Bunting
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
But I Waannt It! by Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Books to read to help with VOICE
Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Uncovered! by Paul Jennings
The Dot and the Line by Norton Juster
The Big Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Kevin and His Dad by Irene Smalls

Books to read to help with WORD CHOICE
A Cold Snap! by Audrey B. Baird
More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradley
A Mink, A Fink, A Skating Rink: What Is A Noun?
Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What Is An Adverb?
Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is An Adjective?
To Root, To Toot, To Parachute: What Is A Verb?
Under, Over, By the Clover: What Is A Preposition?
----the above 5 by Brian P. Cleary
Donavan's Word Jar by Monalisa DeGross
Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier
A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne
Gullywasher Gulch by Marianne Mitchell

Books to read to help with SENTENCE FLUENCY
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Girls A to Z by Eve Bunting
Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
Winnie the Witch by Korky Paul and Valerie Thomas
Spaghetti Eddie by Ryan SanAngelo