Books and Resources for Parents
Available through the Title I Parent Coordinator 

A Closer Look  Writings by Teachers

Coming to Know  Writing to Learn in the Intermediate Grade 
Edited by Nancie Atwell

Kaleidoscope  Writings by Students

Prairie Visions  The Life and Times of Solomon Butcher 
Pam Conrad

Warton and the King of the Skies 
Russell E. Erickson

Build Literacy with Interactive Charts
Kristin G. Schlosser and Vicki L. Phillips

The Shelter of Each Other
Mary Pipher, Ph.D. 

Literacy at the Crossroads  Crucial Talk about Reading, Writing and Other Teaching Dilemmas
Regie Routman

Learning to See  Assessment Through Observation
Mary Jane Drummond

Young Children and Picture Books  Literature from Infancy to Six
Mary Renck Jalongo

Middle Grade Literature  Based Art Activities
Darlene Ritter

Hooked on the Caldecott Award Winners
Marguerite Lewis

Cricket's Cookery
Pauline Watson

Walking Trees Portraits of Teachers and Children in the Culture of Schools
Ralph Fletcher

Nurturing Your Child's Natural Literacy (3 copies)
H. Thompson Fillmer and Bill Cole Cliett 

Ranger Rick's Natural Scope Wild and Crafty

Finger Plays for Home and School
Jeane Cheyney and Arnold Cheyney 

Parents, Learning and Whole Language Classrooms
Gearld R. Oglan

Emerging Literacy and Young Children Learn to Read and Write
Dorothy S. Strickland and Lesley Mandel Morrow, Editors

A Frog in the Throat
Martin Waddell

Hello, My Name is Scrambled Eggs
Jamie Gilson

Parents and Children Together - Stretching Young Minds in the Summertime

Parents and Children Together - Speaking and Listening
 

Parents and Children Together - Folktales for Family Fun

Parents and Children Together - Linking Reading and Writing 5/90

Parents and Children Together -  Motivating Your Children to Learn 9/90

Parents and Children Together - Beginning the New School Year 8/91

Parents and Children Together - Computers and your Child 11/91

Parents and Children Together - Appreciating Poetry 2/92

Parents and Children Together - Using the Library 3/92

Parents and Children Together - Making Writing Meaningful 8/92

1, 2, 3 READ!!! A Step by Step Tutoring Plan for Teachers, Parents and Friends
Judith H. Dettre

The RIF Guide to Encouraging Young Readers
Edited by Ruth Graves

"The Answer is NO" Saying It and Sticking to It
Cynthia Whitham, MSW

Getting the Most From Predictable Book  Strategies and Activities for Teaching With More Than 75 Favorite Childrens Books
Michael F. Opitz

Reading Games  Lots of Play Ideas for Young Children
Usborne

Keeping Kids Reading  How to Raise Avid Readers in the Video Age
Mary Leonhardt

BookTalk  Exciting Literature Experiences for Kids
Michelle O'BrienPalmer

Teaching Spelling Through Writing 
Patricia J. Hagerty

Good Earth Art  Environmental Art for Kids
MaryAnn F. Kohl and Cindy Gainer  (3 copies)

Step by Step Making Kites
David Fisher

Practical Plays
Pamela Marx

Fabulous Fables  Using Fables With Children
Linda K. Garrity

Learn While You Scrub Science in the Tub
James Lewis

Kid's America
Steven Caney  (3 copies)

365 Afterschool Activities
Sheila Ellison and Judith Gray

Great Books for Boys  More Than 600 Books for Boys 214 
Kathleen Odean

The Power of Reading  Insights from the Research
Stephen Krashen

Beginning to Read 
Marilyn Kager Adams

Inventing a Classroom  Life in a Bilinghual, Whole Language Learning Community 
Kathryn F. Whitmore and Caryl G. Crowell

Razzle Dazzle Doodle Art  Creative play for You and Your Young Child
Linda Allison and Martha Weston

Anna Banana 101 Jump Rope Rhymes 
Joanna Cole

Mudworks Creative Clay, Dough and Modeling Experiences 
MaryAnn F. Kohl  (3 copies)

Recycling Activities for the Primary Grades
Jean Stangl

Magazines for Kids and Teens  A Resource for Parents, Teachers, Librarians and Kids!
Editor Donald R. Stoll

Pen in Hand: Children Become Writers 
Editor Bernice E. Cullinan

Butterscotch Dreams
Sonja Dunn

Connect! How to Get Your Kids to Talk to You
Carl B. Smith Ph.D. 

Lotions, Potions, and Slime Mudpies and More
Nancy Blakey

Kids Have All The Write Stuff  Inspiring Your Children to Put Pencil To Paper 
Sharon A. Edwards and Robert W. Maloy

Fostering the Love of Reading: The Affective Domain in Reading Education
Editors Eugene H. Cramer and Marrietta Castle

Seven Ways of Knowing  Teaching Multiple Intelligences 
David Lazear

The Cooperative Think Tank  Practical Techniques to Teach Thinking in the Cooperative Classroom
James Bellanca

Watch Me Read & Write Performance Assessment Grades K2
Andrea Butler and Diana Williams  (2 copies)

Paper Cutting Stories from A to Z
Valerie Marsh

Mystery  Fold: Stories to Tell, Draw and Fold
Valerie Marsh

Beyond the Beanstalk  Interdisciplinary Learning Through Storytelling
Lynn Rubright

Whole Language Across the Curriculum Grades 1, 2, 3
Editor Shirley C. Raines

75 Creative Ways to Publish Students' Writing  Easy, Inexpensive Fun Ways to Celebrate Students' Writing
Cherlyn Sunflower

Confetti  A Crazy, Corny Collection of Choral Reading Activities for the Classroom
Kathryn A. Gangel

The Big Book of Animal Manipulatives K3
Mary Strohl and Susan Schneck

Book Cooks  LiteratureBased Classroom Cooking  35 Recipes for Favorite Books
Janet Bruno

Waiting Games  202 Instant Activities for Turning Time to Spare into Time to Share
Steve and Ruth Bennett

Ready, Set, EXPLORE  60 Playful Science Activities for You and Your Child to Share
Marlene Barron

Raising Readers  Helping Your Child to Literacy
Steven Bialostok

75 Fun Things to Make and Do by Yourself
Karen Gray Ruelle

Win the Whining Wars and Other Skirmishes  A Family Peach Plan
Cynthia Whitham, MSW

Science Arts  Discovering Science Through Art Experiences
MaryAnn Kohl and Jean Potter  (3 copies)

The Kids' Nature book  365 Indoor/Outdoor Activities and Experiences
Susan Milord

On The Road to Reading  101 Creative Activities for Beginning Readers (2 copies)
Beatrice G. Davis, M.S., Ph.D.

Playing Smart  A Parent's Guide to Enriching Offbeat Learning Activities
Susan K. Perry

Kids With Courage  True Stories About Young People Making a Difference
Barbara A. Lewis

Writing Begins At Home  Preparing Children for Writing Before They Go to School
Marie Clay

StepParenting  Everything You Need to Know to Make it Work!
Jeannette Lofas, CSW with Dawn B. Sova

The Parents' Resource Almanac
Beth DeFrancis

Awakening Your Child's Natural Genius (2 copies)
Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.

Hey! Listen To This  Stories to Read Aloud
Edited by Jim Trelease

Home Where Reading and Writing Begin
Mary W. Hill

Invitation to Read  More Children's Literature in the Reading Program
Bernice E. Cullinan, Editor

Starting Out Right  A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success
By the National Research Council

Family Literac y  Connections in Schools and Communities
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Editor

Raising Compassionate, Courageous Children in a Violent World
Dr. Janice Cohn

How to Talk to Your Kids About Really Important Things
Charles E. Schaefer, Ph.D. & Theresa Foy DiGeronimo, M.Ed. 

Families Writing
Peter R. Stillman

Cooking Up U.S. History
Suzanne I. Barchers and Patricia C. Marden

Favorite Scary Stories of American Children
Richard and Judy Dockrey Young

Reading Begins At Home  Preparing Children for Reading Before They Go To School
Dorothy Butler and Marie Clay

Coming to Know Writing to Learn in the Intermediate Grades
Edited by Nancie Atwell

Writing Toward Home  Tales and Lessons to Find Your Way
Georgia Heard

A Survey of Family Literacy In the United States
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Diane H. Tracey and
Catherine Marcone Maxwell, Editors

How to Have Intelligent and Creative Conversations With Your Kids
Jane M. Healy, Ph.D.

Writing With Passion  Life Stories, Multiple Genres
Tom Romano

Dramatic Play in Childhood Rehersal for Life
V. Glasgow Koste

Reading Rainbow Guide to Children's Books. The 1001 Best Titles (3 copies)
Twila C. Liggett, Ph.D. and Cynthia Mager Benfield

Ladders to Literacy A PreSchool Activity Book (2 copies)
Angela NatariSyverson, Rollanda E. O'Connor and 
Patricia F. Vadasy

Parents Who Love Reading, Kids Who Don't How It Happens and What You Can Do About It
Mary Leonhardt

Babybug

How To Make Your Child A Better Listener
Florence Karnofsky and Trudy Weiss

Games For Learning
Peggy Kaye

The Whole Language Evaluation Book
Kenneth Goodman, Yetta M. Goodman and Wendy J. Hood

Teacher Portfolios Literacy Artifacts and Themes
Sheri Everts Rogers and Kathy Everts Danielson

My First Baking Book
Rena Coyle

The New ReadAloud Handbook
Jim Trelease

100's of Free Things for Kids
Editors of Consumer Guide

Telling Your Own Stories
Donald Davis

CookABook A Cookbook of Delicious Reading  Enrichment Activities for PK6
Leslie Cefali

Story Telling Cards The Storytelling Game

The Official Freebies for Kids
Editors of Freebies Magazine

For the Good of the Earth and Sun  Teaching Poetry
Georgia Heard

Becoming a National of Readers

Stories in the Classroom  Storytelling, Reading Aloud and Role Playing with Children
Bob Barton and David Booth

Theme Immersion InquiryBased Curriculum in Elementary and Middle Schools
Mary Ann Manning, Gary Manning and Roberta Long

ReadAloud Handbook
Jim Trelease

Super Fun for One 366 Solo Activities for Kids
Patricia Gordon and Reed C. Snow

Help Your Child Read and Succeed
Carl B. Smith, Ph.D.

How To Make Books With Children, Volume 2
Joy Evans and JoEllen Moore

Teaching Kids To Love the Earth
Marina Lachecki Herman, Joseph F. Passineau, 
Ann L. Schimpf and Paul Treuer

ECOART Earth Friendly Art and Craft Experiences for 39 year Olds
Laurie Carlson

Read for the Fun of It Active Programming With Books for Children
Caroline Feller Bauer

Family Traditions Celebrations for Holidays and Everyday
Elizabeth Berg

The Poetry Corner
Arnold Cheyney

Puppet Plays from Workshop to Performance

Videos

Building Bridges to Kindergarten

Teaching the Whole Child in the Kindergarten

Read to Me

Smart Start for Parents. How Schools are Reaching and Engaging Families

Reading and young Children: A Practical Guide for Childcare Providers

Reading and Study Skills at Home

Reading to Your Children

Scholastic Parent Video:" Giving the Gift of Reading

Literacy Possibilities Presents: What is Reading? Who Needs to Know?

Parents Sharing Books

Books on Tape

Baseball Pals by Matt Christopher (3 copies)

Class Clown by Johanna Hurwitz (3 copies)

The Real Thief by William Steig (3 copies)

Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Dinosaur Bones by David A. Adler (4 copies)

The HitAway Kid by Matt Christopher (3 copies)

Amedlia Bedelia and the Baby by Peggy Parish (3 copies)