ELA Connections
Adjectives
Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming
Beatrice Doesn’t Want To by Laura Numeroff
The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
The Dot by Peter Reynolds
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
Sheep on a Ship by Nancy Shaw
Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Alliteration
The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss
Animalia by Graeme Base
Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis by Dav Pilkey
Snow by Cynthia Rylant
The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
SuperHero ABC by Bob McLeod
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming
Willy’s Word World by Don Curry
Walter was Worried by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Allusion
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Wild About Books by Judy Sierra
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Locomotive by Brian Floca
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! by David McPhail
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Anne Isaacs
Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg
Beginning, Middle, and End
Beatrice Doesn’t Want To by Laura Numeroff
Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes
Sam and the Tigers by Julius Lester
Dandelions by Eve Bunting
Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Turk and Runt by Lisa Wheeler
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Cause and Effect
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears: A West African Tale by Versa Aardema
The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
David Gets in Trouble by David Shannon
Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale by Mo Willems
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback (DVD)
The Dot by Peter Reynolds
Character
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
“Horrible Harry” series by Suzy Kline
Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto
Rechenka’s Eggs by Patricia Polacco
“Pinky and Rex” series by James Howe
Comparing and Contrasting
The Three Pigs by David Wiesner
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
Goldie and the Three Hares by Margie Palatini
Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
Drawing Conclusions
Leo the Late Bloomer by Robert Krauss
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
Pinkerton, Behave! by Steven Kellogg
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keats
Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard
Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
The Widows Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
Foreshadowing
The Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett
Strega Nona by Tomie DePaola
Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say
Lon Po Po: A Red Riding Hood Story from China by Ed Young
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watts
Comet’s Nine Lives by Jan Brett
How Many Days to America? A Thanksgiving Story by Eve Bunting
The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg
Homonyms/Homophones
Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones by Gene Barretta
A Chocolate Moose for Dinner by Fred Gwynne
How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? by Brian Cleary
More Parts by Tedd Arnold
“Amelia Bedelia” series by Peggy Parrish and Herman Parrish
Hyperbole
Hog-Eye by Susan Meddaugh
If I Were in Charge of the World and Other Worries: Poems for Children and Their Parents by Judith Viorst
John Henry by Julius Lester
Library Lil by Suzanne Williams
Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag
Paul Bunyan: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg
Mike Fink: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg
Pecos Bill: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg
Those Darn Squirrels! by Adam Rubin
Other tall tales
Idioms
“Amelia Bedelia” series by Peggy Parrish and Herman Parrish
More Parts by Tedd Arnold
Even More Parts: Idioms from Head to Toe by Tedd Arnold
Go Fly a Kite! (And Other Sayings We Don’t Really Mean) by Cynthia Fitterer Klingel
My Teacher Likes to Say by Denise Brennan-Nelson
You Let the Cat Out of the Bag! (And Other Crazy Animal Sayings) by Cynthia Fitterer Klingel
You’re Clean as a Whistle! (And Other Silly Sayings) by Cynthia Fitterer Klingel
Imagery
Butterfly House by Eve Bunting
Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse
The Gift by Kristine Franklin
Mirandy and Brother Wind by Pat McKissack
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
A Story for Bear by Dennis Haseley
The Tailypo: A Ghost Story by Joanna Galdone
Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Inference
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza by Philemon Sturges
Mirette On the High Wire by Emily Arnold McCully
No, David! by David Shannon
Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst
The Shivers in the Fridge by Fran Manushkin
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes
Irony
Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds
Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
The Fortune-Tellers by Lloyd Alexander
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
Testing Miss Malarkey by Judy Finchler
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Letter Writing
Small, Medium & Large by Jane Monroe Donovan
The Jolly Postman, or, Other People’s Letters by Janet Ahlberg
Raising Sweetness by Diane Stanley
Yours Truly, Goldilocks by Alma Flor Ada
With Love, Little Red Hen by Alma Flor Ada
Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
LaRue for Mayor : Letters from the Campaign Trail
Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague
Metaphors
Swamp Angel by Anne Isaacs
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin
Like Jake and Me by Mavis Jukes
Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson
The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson
Narrative
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
Thundercake by Patricia Polacco
The Babe & I by David Adler
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
Apples to Oregon by Deborah Hopkinson
Picnic at Mudsock Meadow by Patricia Polacco
Nouns
The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
Truck by Donald Crews
Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
The Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems
Have You Filled A Bucket Today?: A Daily Guide to Happiness for Kids by Carol McCloud
The Mitten by Jan Brett