A huge thank you to Mandy Robek from Enjoy and Embrace Learning and Cathy Mere from Reflect and Refine: Building a Learning Community for hosting the Picture Book 10 for 10 event on August 10th!
2103 has been an amazing year for picture books! I can’t wait to share these 10 great titles from 2013 with my second grade students this school year!
Tea Rex by Molly Idle is a hilarious picture book that my second graders will love! I plan to use it as a mentor text to teach about writing friendly letters.
Crankee Doodle by Tom Angleberger and Illustrations by Cece Bell
I plan on sharing the song Yankee Doodle and a picture book with the same title. Then we are going to compare and contrast the original song with this very funny book!
Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos and Illustrations by Joy Ang
I can’t wait to pair Mustache Baby with Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger this year. The students love our mustache party after we finish Fake Mustache! This funny book will add to the fun!
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
This will be a great book to share with my students when we talk about friendship and getting along with others. Plus this book had me at “Hello”…. I mean “Unicorn”.
My New Teacher and Me by Al Yankovic and illustrations by Wes Hargis
I am going to share this book at the beginning of the year. I think it will make a great mentor text for storytelling and personal narratives. I also plan to pair it with Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry.
Penguin on Vacation by Salina Yoon
A great book to share at the beginning or end of the year to talk about summer vacation. I love the illustrations in this book. Adorable!
Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenheld
A great book to share on being yourself and self-esteem. I will also use it to teach about punctuation. An awesome read aloud book.
The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and illustrations by Oliver Jeffers
Such a fun book. Great mentor text for persuasive or friendly letter writing. I’m going to have my students make their case for their favorite crayon color. Personally, I plan to make the case for the color green. Support the crayons!
Doug Unplugged by Dan Yaccarino
Doug Unplugged will go great with my robot theme. I will pair it with other awesome robot books such as Boy + Bot by Ame Dyckman and Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover by Cece Bell. Doug Unplugged makes you want to unplug and discover the world.
Ribbit! by Rodrigo Folgueira and illustrated by Poly Bernatene
I also plan to share this book at the beginning of the year. Great story to share about making friends, fitting in and accepting everyone.
So what 2013 picture books are you looking forward to sharing this school year? I look forward to hearing from you in the comments section.
Great list to share with other primary teachers. I just shared Cranky Doodle with my nearly 1st grader and she thought is was hilarious. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Rachel! I know! I can’t wait to read Crankee Doodle to my 2nd graders! 🙂
We just read TeaRex today. This list nicely sums up the books I have to get my hands on. Thanks!
Thanks Elizabeth! I think your students will enjoy all of them! 🙂 I read Tea Rex to my 2nd graders last school year and they loved it!
what a marvelous post! I haven’t had a chance to read through your blog yet, but I have a feeling that I am going to love it. I will definitely be checking out the titles here that we haven’t read yet!
Thanks Michelle! 🙂 ❤
What fun! Your students are going to love this stack of picture books.
Thanks Alyson! 🙂 I really enjoyed coming up with the list and can’t wait to share the books with my students this year!
Great list Niki! I thought Ribbit was a lot of fun. I think I will enjoy book talking Doll Bones and reading Tea Rex and The Boy Who Loved Math.
Thanks Crystal! I really liked The Boy Who Loved Math and Doll Bones also. I can’t wait to read aloud Rump! That is going to be a hoot!
I love how you paired so many of your books…can’t wait to try a few of your ideas! I don’t know Ribbit – planning on checking it out for the beginning of the year. Thanks!
Thanks Linda! I think your students will love Ribbit! 🙂 A really fun book.
Niki,
So glad you joined the event. You have so many great titles here. I still haven’t read Dan Yaccarino’s Doug Unplugged. I’m going to request it right now.
Looking forward to seeing you next August (and hopefully in February for the nonfiction version of this event).
Cathy
Thank you Cathy! I loved it and I plan to participate often in the future! Thanks for all your hard work putting it together. 🙂
Niki – Your joy for the humour and fun in these books comes through clearly. I can just picture your students listening to you read with big smiles everywhere. And hurray for Gooney Bird!
Thank you Carrie! 🙂