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Read! Read! Read! Browse through a list of
Media Specialist recommended books. Look at other recommended book lists and
check out award winners. There are also lists of questions to think about
while reading and activities to do after reading.
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The Pumpkin Patch
(King)
Pumpkin Harvest
Fall Leaves Fall
(Hall)
The Apple Pie Tree
(Hall)
Leaves! Leaves! Leaves!
(Wallace)
Pumpkin Day! (Wallace)
Autumn Leaves
(Robbins)
Three Young Pilgrims
(Harness)
Giving Thanks: The 1621 Harvest Feast
(Waters)
Oh What a Thanksgiving!
(Kroll)
The First Thanksgiving
(George)
Sarah Morton's Day
(Waters)
Tapenum's Day
(Waters)
Thanksgiving Stories and Poems
(Bauer)
Squanto's Journey
(Bruchac)
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Check out these lists for other great books.
100
Picture Books Everyone Should Know
Caldecott/Newbery
Medal Homepage
IRA
Children's Choices
Nutmeg Book Award
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Reading Activities
Here are some questions to ask yourself about your
reading.
1. Describe one of the characters.
2. Who is your favorite character and why?
3. What is your favorite part of the story?
4. How do you feel about the ending of the story?
5. Is this story like another story that you've read? How?
6. What is the probelm in the story and how is it solved?
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Here are some fun activities you can do with
books.
1. Design a new book jacket for the book.
2. Make a mobile about the book.
3. Create a diorama of a scene from the book.
4. Make a timeline of the important events in the story.
5. Write a different beginning or ending for the story.
6. Write a letter to one of the characters, or to the
author of the story.
7. Take a picture walk: make predictions about the story
based on the illustrations.
8. Make a puppet of one of the characters and use it to
retell the story.