TEKS+Genres+Bibliography

=Bibliography of books for TEKS Genres =

Alfred, Lord Tennyson. //The Lady of Shalott.// Tonawanda, New York: Kids Can Press, 2005.

Bingham, Kelly. //Shark Girl.// Cambridge Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2007.

Carrol, Lewis. //Jabberwocky//. Cambridge Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2003.

Creech, Sharon. //Hate That Cat: a novel.// New York: Harper Collins, 2008.

Florczak, Robert. //Yikes!!!// New York: The Blue Sky Press, 2003.

Florian, Douglas. //Insectlopedia.// Orlando, Florida: First Voyager Books, 2002.

Gerstein, Mordicai. //The Absolutely Awful Alphabet.// Hong Kong: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1999.

Grandits, John. //Blue lipstick : concrete poems//. New York: Clarion Books, 2007. - Technically, it's not my fault : concrete poems. New York: Clarion Books, 2004.

Holm, Jennifer, L. //Middle school is worse than meatloaf : a year told through stuff.// New York, NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2007.

Janeczko, Paul. //A poke in the I: a collection of concrete poems.// Cambridge Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2001.

Michelson, Rich. //Anonymous Animals.// New York: Simon and Shuster, 2008.

Myers, Christopher. //Jabberwocky//. New York: Hyperion Books, 2007.

Myers, Walter Dean. //Harlem////.// New York: Scholastic Press, 1997.

Shields, Carol Diggory. //Science : fresh squeezed! : 41 thirst-for-knowledge-quenching poems.// Brooklyn, New York: Handprint Books, 2003.

Sidman, Joyce. //MeowRuff.// Boston, Massachusettes: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006.

Sones, Sonia. //Stop pretending : what happened when my big sister went crazy.// New York: HarperTempest, 1999.

Stockland, Patricia M. //The free and the brave : a collection of poems about the United States.// Minneapolis, Minnesota: Compass Point Books, 2004.

- //Fur, fangs, and footprints : a collection of poems about animals..// Minneapolis, Minnesota: Compass Point Books, 2004.

Taylor, Clark. //The House that Crack Built.// San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1992.

Wong, Janet S. //Knock on wood : poems about superstitions.// New York: Margaret K. McElderberry Books, 2003.

__Informational Procedural Texts__
Botermans, Jack. //Fantastic paper airplanes.// New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2003.

Brown, Bobbie. //Bobbi Brown teenage beauty : everything you need to look pretty, natural, sexy & awesome.// New York: Harper Collins, 2004.

Cano-Murillo, Kathy. //The crafty diva's D.I.Y. stylebook : a grrrl's guide to cool creations you can make, show off, and share.// New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2004.

Diehn, Gwen. //Making books that fly, fold, wrap, hide, pop up, twist, & turn : books for kids to make.// New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1998.

Dosier, Susan. //Civil War Cooking: The Union.// Mankato, Minnesota: Blue Earth Books, 2000.

Dosier, Susan. //Civil War Cooking: The Confederacy.// Mankato, Minnesota: Blue Earth Books, 2000. (There are many other books by this author with the same idea: Colonial cooking, Lewis and Clark Expedition cooking, etc.)

Jeffrie, Sally. //The Girl’s Book of Glamour: A Guide to Being a Goddess.// New York: Scholastic Inc., 2008.

Levine, Shar. //The Ultimate Balloon Book.// New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 2001.

Peterson, Tiffany. //Sea creatures.// Chicago, Illinois: Heinemann Library, 2003.

Presto, Fay. //Magic for Kids.// Boston, Massachusettes: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999.

Schwarz, Renee. //Wind Chimes and Whirligigs.// Tonawanda, New York: Kids Can Press, 2007.

Smith, Soonboke. //Origami for the first time.// New York: Sterling Publishing Company, 2003.

Zenon, Paul. //Cool card tricks : techniques for the advanced magician.// New York: Rosen Publishing, 2008.

__Media Texts__
Broderick, James F. //Consider the source : a critical guide to 100 prominent news and information sites on the web.// Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, Inc., 2007.

Graydon, Shari. //Made you look : how advertising works and why you should know.// Buffalo, New York: Annick Press, 2003.

Horn, Geoffrey M. //Movie makeup, costumes, and sets.// Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2007.

//-// //Movie stunts and special effects.// Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2007.

- //Movie soundtracks and sound effects.// Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2007.

Petley, Julian. //Advertising.// London, England: Smart Apple Media. 2002.

Petley, Julian. //The media : the impact on our lives.// Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001.

David M. Haugen, ed. //How does advertising impact teen behavior?// Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2008. **(NOTE: This books is reviewed for 9th grade and up by SLJ, but could still be a source of good material if placed in the professional collection.)**

David M. Haugen and Susan Musser, eds. //Media violence.// Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2009.

Egendorf, Laura K. //Advertising : opposing viewpoints.// Chicago: Greenhaven Press, 2006.

Monaco, James//. How to read a film : movies, media, and beyond : art, technology, language, history, theory.// New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.

O'Connor, Frances. //Obesity and the media.// New York: Rosen Central, 2009.

Streissguth, Thomas. //Media bias.// Tarrytown, NewYork. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, 2007.

Expository Texts

Buchanan, Andrea J. //The daring book for girls.// New York: Harper Collins, 2007.

Choron, Sandra. //The book of lists for teens.// New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.

DiConsiglio, John. //When birds get flu and cows go mad! : how safe are we?// New York: Scholastic, 2008.

Fleming, Candace. //The Lincolns : a scrapbook look at Abraham and Mary.// New York: Schwartz and Wade Books, 2008.

Goodman, Susan E. //The truth about poop.// New York: Penguin Young Readers Group, 2004.

Hillman, Ben. //How big is it? : a big book all about bigness.// New York: Scholastic Reference, 2007.

Iggulden, Conn. //The dangerous book for boys.// London, England: Harper Collins, 2007.

Joyce, Jaime. //Toe tagged : true stories from the morgue.// New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Keating, Frank. //Theodore.// York, New York: Simon and Schuster books for Young Readers, 2006.

Masoff, Joy. //Oh, yikes! : history's grossest, wackiest moments.// New York: Workman Publishing, 2006.

Myers, Walter Dean. //Malcolm X : a fire burning brightly.// New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

Shaskan, Kathy. //How underwear got under there : a brief history.// New York: Dutton Children’s Books, 2007.

Solheim, James//. It's disgusting--and we ate it! : true food facts from around the world--and throughout history!// York, New York: Simon and Schuster books for Young Readers, 1998.

Thomas, Lyn. //What? what? what? : astounding, weird, wonderful and just plain unbelievable facts.// New York: Firefly Books, 2003.

Tilden, Thomasine E. Lewis. //Help! what's eating my flesh? : runaway staph and strep infections!// New York: Scholastic, 2008.

Informational Texts
Arlon, Penelope. //How people live.// New York: DK Publishing, 2003.

Ferris, Julie, and Steven Carton, eds. //One Million Things: A Visual Encyclopedia.// New York: DK Publishing, 2007.

Grant, Neil. //Everyday life in medieval Europe//. Mankato, Minnesota: Smart Apple.

Gravett, Christopher. //Knight.// New York: DKPublishing, 2004.

Jackson, Ellen B. //The mysterious universe : supernovae, dark energy, and black holes.// Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008.

Kerrod, Robin. //The star guide : learn how to read the night sky star by star//. Hoboken, New Jersey: A Quarto Book, 2005.

Macaulay, David. //The New Way Things Work.// Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1988.

Melton, Keith H. //Ultimate spy.// New York: DK Publishing, 2002.

Menzel, Peter. //What the World Eats.// New York: Tricycle Press, 2009.

Murdoch, David. //North American Indian.// New York: DK Publishing, 1995.

Murrie, Steve. //Every minute on Earth : fun facts that happen every 60 seconds.// New York: Scholastic, 2007.

Smith, Penny and Lorrie Mack. //See How It’s Made.// New York: DK Publishing, 2007.

Walker, Richard. //Dr. Frankenstein's human body book : the monstrous truth about how your body works.// New York: DK Publishing, 2008.

Walker, Richard. //Ouch! : how your body makes it through a very bad day.// New York: DK Publishing, 2007.

Woodford, Chris and Luke Collins. //Cool Stuff and How it Works.// New York: DK Publishing, 2005.

Bruchac, Joseph. //The journal of Jesse Smoke : a Cherokee boy.// New York: Scholastic, 2001.

Cabot, Meg. //The Princess Diaries.// New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

Glassman, Melissa, and Paisley Strellis, eds. //YM the best of (say anything).// New York: Random House, 2004.

Lasky, Kathryn. //Marie Antoinette, Princess of Versailles.// New York: Scholastic, 2000.

Nelson, Kadir. //We are the ship : the story of Negro League baseball.// New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion, 2008.

Paulsen, Gary. //My Life in Dog Years.// New York: Delacorte Press, 1998.

Schiff, William and Rosalie. William and Rosalie: a Holocaust Testimony. Denton, Texas: University of North Texas Press, 2007.

Simmons, Rachel, eds. //Odd girl speaks out : girls write about bullies, cliques, popularity, and jealousy.// San Diego, California: Harcourt, Inc., 2004.

Rennison, Louise. //Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging: Confessions of Georgia Nicolson.// New York: Harper Collins, 1999.

Vander Zee, Ruth. //Erika's story.// Mankato, Minnesota: The Creative Company, 2003.

Walsh, Marissa, eds. //Does This book Make Me Look Fat?// New York: Clarion Books, 2008.

Williams, Marcia. //Archie's war my scrapbook of the first World War, 1914-1918.// Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2007.

Williams, Venus and Serena. //Venus & Serena : serving from the hip : ten rules for living, loving, and winning.// Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

Brucker, Meredith Babeaux. //Anklet for a princess : a Cinderella story from India.// Fremont, California: Shen's Books, 2002.

Climo, Shirley. //The Persian Cinderella.// New York: Harper Collins, 1999. - //The Korean Cinderella.// New York: Harper Collins, 1993. - //The Egyptian Cinderella.// New York: Harper Collins, 1992. - //The Irish Cinderlad.// New York: Harper Collins, 1996.

Coburn, Jewell Reinhart. //Angkat : the Cambodian Cinderella.// Fremont, California: Shen's Books, 1998.

Collins, Sheila. //Cendrillon : a Cajun Cinderella.// Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Co., 1998.

Cooper, Gilly Cameron. //The Trojan horse.// Milwaukee, Wisconsin: World Almanac, 2007.

- Theseus and the Minotaur. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: World Almanac, 2007.

De La Paz, Myrna J. //Abadeha : the Philippine Cinderella.// Shen's Books, 2001.

Hickox, Rebecca. //The golden sandal : a Middle Eastern Cinderella story.// New York: Holiday House, 1998.

Hollenbeck, Kathleen M. //Teaching with Cinderella stories from around the world.// New York: Scholastic, 2003.

Jaffe, Nina. //The way meat loves salt : a Cinderella tale from the Jewish tradition.// New York: Holt and Co., 1998.

Ketteman, Helen. //Bubba the cowboy prince : a fractured Texas tale.// New York: Scholastic Press, 1997.

Lloyd, Kellie. //Internet Quests: Folk Tales and Tall Tales.// Westminster, California: Teacher Created Materials, 2001.

Lowell, Susan. //The three little javelinas.// Flagstaff, Arizona: Rising Moon, 1992. - //Cindy Ellen : a wild western Cinderella.// New York: Harper Collins, 2000.

Lunge-Larsen, Lise. //The adventures of Thor the Thunder God.// Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2007.

Medearis, Angela Shelf. //Seven spools of thread : a Kwanzaa story.// Morton Grove, Illinois: Albert Whitman & Company, 2000.

Oberman, Sheldon. //Soloman and the Ant : and other Jewish folktales.// Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press, 2006.

O'Malley, Kevin. //Once upon a cool motorcycle dude.// New York: Walker Publishing Company, 2005.

Reneaux, J.J. //Cajun Folktales.// Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, Inc., 1992.

San Souci, Robert D. //Cendrillon : a Caribbean Cinderella.// New York: Simon and Shuster, 2002.

Scieszka, Jon. //The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.// New York: Viking, 1989. - //The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales.// New York: Viking, 1992.

Young, Ed. //Lon Po Po : a Red-Riding Hood story from China.// New York: Philomel Books, 1989.

Bland, Joellen. //Playing scenes from classic literature : short dramatizations of the world's most famous literature.// Colorado Springs, Colorado: Meriwether Publishing, 1996.

Bruchac, Joseph. Pushing up the Sky : seven native American plays for children. New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 2000.

Fleischman, Paul. //Zap.// Cambridge, Massachusetts: Candlewick Press, 2005.

Flynn, Rosalind M. //Dramatizing the content with curriculum-based readers theatre, grades 6-12.// Newark, Delaware: International Reading Association, 2007.

Garner, Joan. //Stagings : short scripts for middle and high school students.// Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.

Hansberry, Lorraine. //A Raisin in the Sun.// New York: The Modern Library, 1995.

Krell-Oishi, Mary. //Scenes that happen : dramatized snapshots about the real life of high schoolers.// Colorado Springs, Colorado: Meriwether Publishing, 1991.

Mauro, Robert. //On stage! : short plays for acting students.// Colorado Springs, Colorado: Meriwether Publishing, 1990.

__Plays: The Drama Magazine for Young People.__ Volume 68, Issue Number 6 & 7 (2009). Newton, Massachusetts: Sterling Partners, Inc.

Stevens, Chambers. //Magnificent monologues for teens : "the teens' monologue source for every occasion!"// South Pasadena, California: Sandcastle Publishing, 2002.

Surface, Mary Hall. //Most valuable player : and four other all-star plays for middle and high school audiences.// Manchester, New Hampshire: Smith and Kraus Publishing, 1999. - //Short scenes and monologues for middle school actors.// Lyme, New Hampshire: Smith and Kraus: 1999.

Walker, Lois. //Readers theatre in the middle school and junior high classroom : a take part teacher's guide : springboards to language development through readers theatre, storytelling, writing, and dramatizing!// Colorado Springs, Colorado: Meriwether Publishing, 1996.

Wilder, Thornton. //Our Town.// New York: Harper Collins, 2003.

Egendorf, Laura K., ed. __Chemical dependency : opposing viewpoints.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2003.

Gerdes Louise, ed. __Violence.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2008. - __Child Abuse.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2003.

Haerens Margaret, ed. __Illegal Immigration.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2006.

Hanrahan, Clare, ed. __America____'s prisons.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2006.

Haley,James. ed. __Global Warming.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2002. **(NOTE: There is an updated version of this book that I highly recommend.)**

Haugen David M. and Andrea B. DeMott, eds. __Welfare : opposing viewpoints.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2008.

Nakaya, Andrea C., ed. __Censorship : opposing viewpoints.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2005.

Ojeda, Auriana, ed. __Male/female roles : opposing viewpoints__//.// Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2005.

Tamara Roleff, L. __Pollution : opposing viewpoints.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2002. **(NOTE: There is an updated version of this book that I highly recommend.)**

Williams Mary, E. ed. __Adoption.__ Opposing Viewpoints Series. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2006.

Innes, Brian. __Myths of Ancient Rome.__ Mythic World Series. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002.

Dalal, Anita. __Myths of Pre-Columbian America.__ Mythic World Series. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002.

- __Myths of Oceania.__ Mythic World Series. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2002.

__Myths of the Native Americans.__ Mythic World Series. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck- Vaughn, 2002.

Delacre, Lulu. //Golden Tales : Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Latin America.// New York: Scholastic, 1996.

French, Fiona. //Snow White in New York.// New York: Oxford Press, 1986.

Green, Jen. __Myths of Ancient Greece.__ Mythic World Series. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck- Vaughn, 2002.

__-Myths of China and Japan.__ Mythic World Series. Austin, Texas: Raintree Steck- Vaughn, 2002.

Holt, David. //The exploding toilet : modern urban legends.// Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, 2004.

//-Spiders in the Hairdo.// Little Rock, Arkansas: August House Publishers, 2004.

Innocenti, Roberto. //Rose Blanche.// Mankato, Minnesota: Creative Paperbacks, 1985.

Littlesugar, Amy. //Willy and Max.// New York: Philomel Books, 2006.

Osborne, Mary Pope. //Favorite Greek Myths.// New York: Scholastic Publishing, 1989.

Polacco, Patricia. //Pink and Say.// New York: Philomel Books, 1994.

Macaulay, David. //Rome// //Antics.// Boston: Houghton Mifflin: 1997.

Mochizuki, Ken. //Baseball saved us.// New York: Lee & Low Books, Inc., 1993.

Raven, Margot. //Night Boat to Freedom.// New York: Melanie Kroupa Books, 2009.

Sis, Peter. //The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain.// New York: Frances Foster Books, 2007.

Tan, Shaun. //The Arrival.// New York: A.A. Levine Publishing, 2007.

Trembinski, Donna. //Medieval myths, legends, and songs.// New York: Crabtree Publishing, 2006.

Tsuchiya, Yukio. //Faithful elephants : a true story of animals, people, and war.// New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1994.

Winter, Jeanette. //Follow the Drinking Gourd.// New York: Dragonfly Books, 1988.