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2011 Teacher's Choices-Primary Readers (Grade K-2)

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Since 1989,  the International Reading Association started the Teachers' Choices project  that will encourage young people to read. These are books that kids will enjoy—and that contribute to learning across the curriculum. Teachers and parents will  find exceptional for curriculum use or reading aloud uses.

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The Tooth Fairy Meets El Raton Perez

by: Rene Colato Lainez
The Tooth Fairy Meets El Raton Perez
When Miguel loses a tooth, two legendary characters come to claim it--one who is responsible for collecting teeth in the United States and one who has collected the teeth of the boy's parents and grandparents.

Seed, Soil, Sun

by: Cris Peterson
Seed, Soil, Sun
Introduces children to the subject of agriculture, showing not only how plants germinate, grow and produce food, but also about the composition of soil and the creatures who live in it.

My Brother Charlie

by: Holly Robinson Peete
release date: Mar 16, 2010
My Brother Charlie
A girl tells what it is like living with her twin brother who has autism and sometimes finds it hard to communicate with words, but who, in most ways, is just like any other boy. Includes authors' note about autism.

Miss Brooks Loves Books (And I Don't)

by: Barbara Bottner
Miss Brooks Loves Books (And I Don't)
A first-grade girl who does not like to read stubbornly resists her school librarian's efforts to convince her to love books until she finds one that might change her mind.

Lily's Victory Garden

by: Helen Wilbur
release date: Feb 17, 2010
Lily's Victory Garden
Lily gets permission to plant a Victory Garden at the house next door, where the Bishops' son has died in the war, and slowly the garden helps Mrs. Bishop recover from her grief.

How Rocket Learned to Read

by: Tad Hills
How Rocket Learned to Read
A little yellow bird teaches Rocket the dog how to read by first introducing him to the "wondrous, mighty, gorgeous alphabet."

The Falling Raindrop

by: Joel Chin
The Falling Raindrop
A newborn raindrop falls happily from the sky, until he begins to worry about what might happen next.

Chalk

by: Bill Thomson
release date: Mar 01, 2010
Chalk
Three children discover a magical bag of chalk on a rainy day

The Brothers Kennedy: John, Robert, Edward

by: Kathleen Krull
The Brothers Kennedy: John, Robert, Edward
An inspiring picture book about John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy, by acclaimed author Kathy Krull and New York Times bestselling artist Amy Bates.

Back of the Bus

by: Aaron Reynolds
release date: Jan 07, 2010
Back of the Bus
From the back of the bus, an African American child watches the arrest of Rosa Parks.
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