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Gr 2 Unit 5 Text Suggestions that support //identifying character traits, motives, changes, stereotypes... ://
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Suggestions from Lafayette Elementary:
__The Little Red Hen__ by Linda Dockey Graves __Swimmy__ by Leo Lionni __Mr. Lincoln's Way__ by Patricia Polacco __Mirette on the High Wire__ by Emily Arnold McCully __Miss Rumphius__ by Barbara Cooney __Verdi__ by Janell Cannon __The Old Woman Who Name Things__ by Cynthia Rylant __I Can Hear the Sun__ by Patricia Polacco __Rainbow Fish__ by Marcus Pfister __Hortan Hears A Who!__ by Dr. Seuss __Frog and Toad are Friends__ (and other books from the Frog and Toad series) __Chrysanthemum__ by Kevin Henkes

Suggestions from Field Elementary:
__Julius Baby of the World__ by Kevin Henkes __My Rotten Red-Headed Older Brother__ by Patricia Polacco __Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters__ by John Steptoe

Suggestions from Hawthorne Elementary:
__Strega Nona__ by Tomie de Paola __Big Anthony and the Magic Ring__ by Tomie de Paola __Big Anthony His Story__ by Tomie de Paola __Strega Nona Her Story__ by Tomie de Paola __Strega Nona Meets Her Match__ by Tomie de Paola

Suggestions from Alcott, Bay Park, Cadman and Toler Elementary:
__Brave Irene__ by Kevin Henkes __Stand Tall, Molly Lou Mellon__ by Patty Lovell and David Catrow __Amazing Grace__ by Danielle Steele __The Pain and the Great One__ by Judy Blume __The Summer My Father was Ten__ by Pat Brisson and Andrea Shine

Suggestions from Curie and Doyle Elementary: __Gator Prey__ by Todd Strasser __Poppy__ by Avi __An Angel for Soloman Singer__ by Cynthia Rylant and Peter Catalanotto __Gloria Who Might Be My Best Friend__ (from The Stories Julian Tells) __The War with Grandpa__ by Robert Kimmel Smith __Rotten Richie and the Ultimate Dare__ by Patricia Polacco __Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch__ by Eileen Spinelli and Paul Yalowitz __The Summer My Father Was Ten__ by Pat Brisson and Andrea Shine __Granddaddy's Gift__ by Margaree King Mitchell __Eleanor__ by Barbara Cooney __Young Eleanor Roosevelt__ by Sabin __The Good Little Girl__ by Lawrence David and Clement Oubrerie __Tacky the Penguin__ by Helen Lester and Lynn M. Munsinger __First One Foot, Then the Other__

Compare grandma characters in: Compare: Compare animals in: Characters following stereotypical patterns: Characters expand/challenge perceptions of character types: Henry's mom in __Henry and Mudge.__Henry and Mudge. Henry's mom is the one who knows how to camp, not the dad.
 * __Thunder Cake__ by Patricia Polacco
 * __China Town__ by Willian Low
 * __Jamaica Louise James__ by Amy Hest
 * Ramona from the __Ramona__ series by Beverly Cleary and Tracy Duckray
 * Henry from the __Henry and Mudge__Henry and Mudge series by Cynthia Rylant and Sucie Stevenson.
 * Julius by Angela Jonson
 * __Mrs. Brown Goes to Town__Mrs. Brown Goes to Town by Wong Herbert Yee
 * or use what we learned about Maya to understand Mrs. Brown.
 * Ricky in __Big Bushy Mustache__Big Bushy Mustache by Gary Soto and Joe Cepeda. Since he is a boy, Ricky is embarrased went people comment on how much he looks like his mom.

[|Various series to analyze/compare characters]



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