Running Head: ANNOTATED BOOK LIST

Annotated Book List

Maria Dunn
Ivy Tech Community College

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Annotated Book List

1. Spookley the Square Pumpkin
Written by Joe Troiano
Bullying
This book has to deal with Spookley, a square pumpkin. He is not accepted by the

other pumpkins in the pumpkin patch because he is square and not round.
I think this book is a good choice, because it teachers children about bullying and

that bullying is wrong.

2. Everybody Loves Rice
Written by Norah Dooley
Diverse Families
This book talks about how different families cook different things, but one thing
they all have in common is they all cook rice, different kinds of rice, but they do.
That just goes to show just because you are different then someone else, you still

have things in common.

I think this book is a good choice, because it deals with helping children and

diverse families. Children need to know about that.

3. I am Jazz
Written by Jessica Herthell and Jazz Jennings
Transgender
This book is about a child being born a certain gender, but not wanting to be that

gender.
I think this book is a good book to share with students, because this is starting to
happen more and more and if we do not get children informed about it, they are

not going to know not to make fun of them.

4. Knock Knock
This book is written by Daniel Beaty
This book is about a father going to jail.
This book is about a father knocking on his childs door every night and one night

he doesnt, because his dad went to jail.

This book is good to have in a classroom, because some children do have to deal
with a parent going to jail.

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5. I Speak English for My Mom

This book is by Muriel Stanek
Diverse families
This book is about a child whose mother cant speak English so she translates for

her mother.
This book is needed in the classroom, because this is happening more and more in

the classroom.
6. All the Families
This book is by Margaret Wise
Diverse Families
This book is about animals having a different amounts of people in their family,
this could show kids that all families have different amounts of people in their

families.
I think this is a good book because it shows children that all children have

different amounts of people in their families

7. Moving Day
This book is by Leone Castell Anderson
New children
This book is about a child who moves away from her school and her best friend.
I think this book is good, because it helps children about new children so they will
make them feel welcome into the classroom.
8. Mommy and Me by Ourselves Again
This book is about Judith Vigna
Diverse Families
This book is about a child who is used to her mothers boyfriend being around. He
meant the world to her. He promised her a charm for her charm bracelet every

year and even though they broke up, he is still there for that little girl.
I think this is good, because there are going to be some parents who have a

boyfriend or girlfriend that is going to be in and out of their lives.

9. Andy and his Yellow Frisbee
This book is my Mary Thompson
Autism
This book is about a little boy who plays by himself on the playground all of the
time and a child wonder why he does that.

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I think this book is good, because it helps children know that children with autism

are not bad.

10. A Very Special Friend
This book is by Dorothy Hoffman Levi
Hearing Impaired
This book is about a little girl who is deaf and she makes a new friend when

another deaf girl moves in right next to her.

I think this book is good, because children are going to encounter deaf children

and they are going to need to know how to react and what to do.
11. Big Brother Dustin
This book is by Alden R. Carter
Down Syndrome and new children in the family
This book is about a little boy who learns that his parents are expecting a new

child in the family. This little boy also has down syndrome
I think this book is a good choice, because children are going to see people and
other children with down syndrome and if they know about it now, the chances of

them making fun of them grow less.

12. Cats Got Your Tongue
This book is by Charles E. Schaefer
Communication disability
This book is about a child who has a communication disorder. She has been

diagnosed as an electively mute child.

I think this book is good, because children may start running into this type of

thing more often and they need to at least know about it.
13. Clovers Secret
This book is by Christine M. Winn and David Walsh
Child Abuse
This book is about a child trying to hide family violence. She ends up telling the

teacher and she gets help.

I think this book is good because children are going to see family violence and
abuse and they need to know about it so when they do see a case of it, they are not

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going to say hey! What is that mark on you? Not to say the children still would
not do that.
14. Happy Birthday Jason
This book is by C. Jean Cutbill and Diane Rawsthorn
Dyslexia
This book is about a child who has dyslexia. It explains how even though this

child has something different than other children, he is still the same as them.
I think this book is good because like I stated in the last paragraph, it shows that

children with a dyslexia or a disease are just like other children.

15. Knots on a Counting Rope
This book is by Bill Martin and John Archambault
Blindness
This book is about a grandfather reading the story of a blind child to his grandson
This book is good because children do need to know what being blind means.
16. Luke Has Asthma, Too
This book is by Alison Rogers
Asthma
This book is about a child who has asthma and so does the older cousin. The older

cousin teachers Luke things about asthma.

I think this would be a good book to have in a classroom, because if children have
to take an inhaler or has problems breathing, then the other children should know

not to make fun of them.

17. Silent Observer
This book is by Christy MacKinnon
Hearing Impaired
This book is about a child who became deaf after having whooping cough
I think this is a good book, because if children hear the cough or have to see
someone have it and then have something drastic happen to them, they should
know about it.
18. Lets Talk about Living with a Single Parent
This book is by Elizabeth Weitzman
Single parent
This book is about a child who lives with just one parent.

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This book is a good thing to have in the classroom, because children are going to
meet children with just one parent and they should know about it before it

happens.
19. You Can Call Me Willy
This book is by Joan C. Verniero
AIDS
This book is about an 8 year old girl who has HIV.
I think this is a good book to have in the classroom, because they need to know
about that just in case it happens. Other students should not know about it if a
child has it, but the word will get out.
20. Theres a Little Bit of Me in Jamey
This book is by Diana M. Amadeo
Leukemia
This book is about a child who struggles with the fact that his brother has a

leukemia and submits to a bone marrow test, which leads to a transplant

I think this book is good to have in the classroom, because it helps children know
and learn more about cancer, so if they meet someone with cancer they already
know about it.