Picture Books Across the Curriculum
Picture Books Across the Curriculum
Including Possible Topic Connections
Geography
Chin-Lee, Cynthia. A is for Americas.
¨ Spainsh culture,language
Louie, Ai-Ling. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China.
¨ Chinese culture, lanugage
Pricemen, Marjorie. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World.
¨ mapping skills
Government/Economics
Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.
¨ Labor union, negotiation tactics
Health
Ahlberg, Janet. The Baby’s Catalogue.
¨ family roles
Freymann,Saxton. How are you Peeling? : Foods with moods.
¨ emotions
Home Arts
Ahlberg, Janet. The Baby’s Catalogue.
¨ family roles
Pricemen, Marjorie. How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World.
¨ recipe, ingredients
Language Arts
Atwood, Margaret, 1939-. Princess Prunella and the Purple Peanut.
¨ alliteration
Briggs, Raymond. Snowman
¨ creative writing
Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.
¨ personification
Day, Alexandra. Good Dog, Carl.
¨ creative writing
Howe, James. I Wish I Were a Butterfly.
¨ theme
Innocenti, Roberto. Rose Blanche.
¨ foreshadowing
Martin, Bill. The Ghost-eye Tree.
¨ tone
McKissack, Patricia. Mirandy and Brother Wind.
¨ personification, onomatopoeia
Minters, Frances. Sleepless Beauty.
¨ fractured fairy tale
Pilkey, Dave. Kat Kong: Starring Flash, Rabies, and Dwayne and
Introducing Blueberry as the Monster.
¨ pun, onomatopoeia
Polacco, Patricia. Just Plain Fancy.
¨ pun, foreshadowing
Nickle, John. The Ant Bully.
¨ theme
Ringgold, Faith. The Invisible Princess.
¨ allusion
Rosenberg, Liz. Monster Mama.
¨ theme
Say, Allen. Grandfather’s Journey
¨ simile,methaphor,foreshadowing
Schroeder, Alan. Smoky Mountain Rose: An Appalachian Cinderella.
¨ regional history
Scieszka, Jon. The Stinky Cheese Man.
¨ fractured fairy tale
Scieszka, Jon. The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
¨ point of view
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. A Child’s Garden of Verses.
¨ poetry
Turkle, Brinton. Deep in the Forest.
¨ point of view
Math
Birch, David. The King’s Chessboard.
¨ number patterns
Clement, Rod. Counting on Frank.
¨ metric measurement
Friedman, Aileen. The King’s Commissioners.
¨ Place value
Leedy, Loreen. Fraction Action.
¨ fractions
Mahy, Margaret. 17 Kings and 42 Elephants.
¨ division
Schwartz, David M. G is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book.
¨ math terms
Schwartz, David M. If You Made a Million.
¨ finance
Tompert, Ann. Grandfather Tang’s Story
¨ geometry
Music
Chocolate, Debbi. The Piano Man.
¨ vaudeville music
London, Jonathan. Hip Cat
¨ jazz
Moss, Lloyd. Zin!zin!zin! : A Violin
¨ instruments
Winter, Jeanette. Follow the Drinking Gourd.
¨ song about Underground Railroad
Psychology
Freymann,Saxton. How are you Peeling? : Foods with Moods
¨ emotions
Liersch, Anne. A House is not a Home.
¨ personality disorders ,relationships
Lionni, Leo, 1910-. Swimmy.
¨ relationships, self-esteem
Porter-Gaylord, Laurel. I Love My Daddy Because…
¨ family roles, relationships
Porter-Gaylord, Laurel. I Love My Mommy Because…
¨ family roles, relationships
Ross, Tom. Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg.
¨ relationships, self-esteem
Sendak, Maurice. Where the Wild Things Are.
¨ dreams
Science
Earth Science
Baylor, Byrd. Everybody Needs a Rock.
¨ geology
Kathryn Lasky. Science Fair Bunnies.
¨ scientific method
Tresselt, Alvin R. White Snow, Bright Snow.
¨ weather
Environmental Science
Briggs, Raymond. When the Wind Blows.
¨ nuclear effects
Cherry, Lynne. The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rainforest.
¨ conservation
Life Science
Cherry, Lynne. The Armadillo from Amarillo.
¨ plant,animal life
Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-. Ape in a Cape: An Alphabet of Odd Animals.
¨ zoology,taxonomy
Kathryn Lasky. Science Fair Bunnies.
¨ scientific method
Lionni, Leo, 1910-. Swimmy.
¨ mimicry
Ross, Tom. Eggbert, the Slightly Cracked Egg.
¨ camouflage
Schwartz, David M. If You Hopped Like a Frog.
¨ animal physiology
Physical Science
Briggs, Raymond. When the Wind Blows.
¨ nuclear effects
Kathryn Lasky. Science Fair Bunnies.
¨ scientific method
Spanish
Chin-Lee, Cynthia. A is for Americas.
¨ vocabulary,culture
Technology
Munsch, Robert N. Jonathan Cleaned Up His Room —Then He Heard a Noise.
¨ computer error effects
US History
Eve Bunting. The Wall.
¨ Vietnam Memorial
Innocenti, Roberto. Rose Blanche.
¨ WWII in Germany
Mochizuki, Ken. Baseball Saved Us.
¨ Japanese internment camps
Polacco, Patricia. Just Plain Fancy.
¨ Amish culture
Polacco, Patricia. Pink and Say.
¨ Civil War
Say, Allen. Grandfather’s Journey.
¨ immigration
Seuss, Dr. The Butter Battle Book.
¨ war
Uchida, Yoshiko. The Bracelet
¨ Japanese internment camps
Winter, Jeanette. Follow the Drinking Gourd.
¨ song about Underground Railroad, African-American history
