About WritingFix: The WritingFix Bibliography
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At many of the schools where we directly work in Northern Nevada, the librarians have repeatedly asked for us to build this page. Librarians understand the value of having lots of books to help show students what good writing looks and sounds like. Librarians also appreciate that our website features free-to-use quality lessons that showcase some of the best picture and chapter books out there. And...Librarians understand the value of a bibliography. So...in 2008, we built this on-line bibliography.
From this page, you can study the list of books and authors we feature in this site's lessons and prompts. You can also access the lessons and prompts directly by clicking on the lesson link in parantheses.
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Picture Books Lessons/Prompts at WritingFix
(alphabetical by title)
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Picture Books Lessons/Prompts at WritingFix
(alphabetical by author)
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- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst (lesson link)
- All the Places to Love by Particia MacLachlan (lesson link)
- Bad Case of Stripes, A by David Shannon (lesson link)
- Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! by Rosetta Stone (aka Dr. Seuss) (lesson link)
- Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race, The by Stan and Jan Berenstain (lesson link)
- Big Al by Andrew Clements (lesson link)
- Brave Irene by William Steig (lesson link)
- Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure by Robert De San Souci (lesson link)
- Bubba, The Cowboy Prince by Helen Ketteman (lesson link)
- Caves by Stephen Kramer (lesson link)
- Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella by Susan Lowell (lesson link)
- Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards (lesson link)
- Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin (lesson link)
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi and Ron Barrett (lesson link)
- Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails by Verla Kay (lesson link)
- Daisy Comes Home by Jan Brett (lesson link)
- Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen (lesson link)
- Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters From Obedience School by Mark Teague (lesson link)
- Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin (lesson link)
- Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey (lesson link)
- Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey (lesson link)
- Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll by Karin Ireland (lesson link)
- Duck on a Bike by David Shannon (lesson link)
- Enemy Pie by Derek Munson (lesson link)
- Fairytale News by Colin and Jacqui Hawkins (lesson link)
- Family Reunion by Mary Quattlebaum (lesson link)
- Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems by Mary Ann Hoberman (lesson link)
- Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping by Eileen Christelow (lesson link)
- Flight
by Robert Burleigh (lesson link)
- Fox by Margaret Wild (lesson link)
- Good Boy, Fergus! by David Shannon (lesson link)
- Grandpa's Teeth by Rod Clement (lesson link)
- Harry and the Terrible Whatzit by Dick Gackenbach (lesson link)
- Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim (lesson link)
- Henry & The Kite Dragon by Bruce Edward Hall (lesson link)
- Hoops by Robert Burleigh (lesson link)
- Hooway for Wodney Wat by Helen Lester (lesson link)
- How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long (lesson link)
- I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (lesson link)
- I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall (lesson link)
- If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss (lesson link)
- If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss (lesson link)
- If Not for the Cat by Jack Prelutsky (lesson link)
- If Pigs Could Fly... and Other Deep Thoughts by Bruce Lansky (lesson link)
- Important Book, The by Margaret Wise Brown (lesson link)
- insectlopedia by Douglas Florian (lesson link)
- I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff (lesson link)
- Kite Flying by Grace Lin (lesson link)
- Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. (lesson link)
- Look Who Lives in the Desert!: Bouncing and Pouncing, Hiding and Gliding, Sleeping and Creeping by Brooke Bessesen (lesson link)
- Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster by Debra Frasier (lesson link)
- Miss Nelson Is Missing! by Harry Allard (lesson link)
- My Brother Dan's Delicious by Stephen L. Layne (lesson link)
- My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss (lesson link)
- My Tour Of Europe: By Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 by Ellen Jackson (lesson link)
- No, David! by David Shannon (lesson link)
- Nothing Ever Happens On 90th Street by Roni Schotter (lesson link)
- Oh the Things You Can Think by Dr. Seuss (lesson link)
- Other Side, The by Jacqueline Woodson (lesson link)
- Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (lesson link)
- Perilous Journey of the Donner Party, The by Marian Calabro (lesson link)
- Punctuation Takes a Vacation by Robin Pulver (lesson link)
- Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood (lesson link)
- Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root (lesson link)
- Science Verse by Jon Scieszka (lesson link)
- Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, The by Gail Gibbons (lesson link)
- Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups, The by David Wisniewski (lesson link)
- Silver Seeds by Paul Paolilli (lesson link)
- Six-Dinner Sid by Inga Moore (lesson link)
- Sneetches and Other Stories, The by Dr. Seuss (lesson link)
- Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic by Steven Schnur (lesson link)
- Story Of Ruby Bridges, The by Robert Coles (lesson link)
- Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs by Alan Katz (lesson link)
- Ted by Tony DiTerlizzi (lesson link)
- Theodore by Frank Keating (lesson link)
- There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer (lesson link)
- Toad by Ruth Brown (lesson link)
- Tough Boris by Mem Fox (lesson link)
- Train of States, The by Peter Sis (lesson link)
- True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf, The by Jon Scieszka (lesson link)
- Tub-boo-boo by Margie Palatini (lesson link)
- Tuesday by David Wiesner (lesson link)
- Washoe Seasons of Life: A Native American Story by Karen Wallis (lesson link)
- We Are Bears by Molly Grooms (lesson link)
- We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States by David Catrow (lesson link)
- Web Files, The by Margie Palatini (lesson link)
- Welcome to the Greenhouse by Jane Yolen (lesson link)
- What If... by Regina J. Williams (lesson link)
- When I Go Camping With Grandma by Marion Dane Bauer (lesson link)
- When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant (lesson link)
- When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang (lesson link)
- Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox (lesson link)
- Wolf Who Cried Boy, The by Bob Hartman (lesson link)
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- Allard, Harry: Miss Nelson Is Missing! (lesson link)
- Allen, Debbie: Dancing in the Wings (lesson link)
- Bang, Molly: When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry... (lesson link)
- Barrett, Judi and Ron: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (lesson link)
- Bauer, Marion Dane: When I Go Camping With Grandma (lesson link)
- Beaumont, Karen: I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! (lesson link)
- Berenstain, Stan and Jan: The Berenstain Bears and the Big Road Race (lesson link)
- Bessesen, Brooke: Look Who Lives in the Desert!: Bouncing and Pouncing, Hiding and Gliding, Sleeping and Creeping (lesson link)
- Brett, Jan: Daisy Comes Home (lesson link)
- Brown, Margaret Wise: The Important Book (lesson link)
- Brown, Ruth Toad (lesson link)
- Burleigh, Robert: Flight
(lesson link) and Hoops (lesson link)
- Calabro, Marian: The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party (lesson link)
- Catrow, David: We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States (lesson link)
- Christelow, Eileen: Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping (lesson link)
- Clement, Rod: Grandpa's Teeth (lesson link)
- Clements, Andrew: Big Al (lesson link)
- Coles, Robert: The Story Of Ruby Bridges (lesson link)
- Cronin, Doreen: Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type (lesson link) and Diary of a Worm (lesson link)
- De San Souci, Robert: Brave Margaret: An Irish Adventure (lesson link)
- DiTerlizzi, Tony: Ted (lesson link)
- Edwards, Pamela Duncan: Clara Caterpillar (lesson link)
- Florian, Douglas: insectlopedia (lesson link)
- Frasier, Debra: Miss Alaineus: A Vocabulary Disaster (lesson link)
- Fox, Mem: Tough Boris (lesson link) and Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge (lesson link)
- Gackenbach, Dick: Harry and the Terrible Whatzit (lesson link)
- Gibbons, Gail: The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree (lesson link)
- Grooms, Molly: We Are Bears (lesson link)
- Hall, Bruce Edward: Henry & The Kite Dragon (lesson link)
- Hall, Donald: I Am the Dog I Am the Cat (lesson link)
- Hartman, Bob: The Wolf Who Cried Boy (lesson link)
- Hawkins, Colin and Jacqui: Fairytale News (lesson link)
- Hoberman, Mary Ann: Fathers, Mothers, Sisters, Brothers: A Collection of Family Poems (lesson link)
- Ireland, Karin: Don't Take Your Snake for a Stroll (lesson link)
- Jackson, Ellen: My Tour Of Europe: By Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 (lesson link)
- Katz, Alan: Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs (lesson link)
- Kay, Verla: Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails (lesson link)
- Keating, Frank: Theodore (lesson link)
- Ketteman, Helen: Bubba, The Cowboy Prince (lesson link)
- Kramer, Steven: Caves (lesson link)
- Layne, Stephen L.: My Brother Dan's Delicious (lesson link)
- Lansky, Bruce: If Pigs Could Fly... and Other Deep Thoughts (lesson link)
- Lester, Helen: Hooway for Wodney Wat (lesson link)
- Lin, Grace: Kite Flying (lesson link)
- Long, Melinda: How I Became a Pirate (lesson link)
- Lowell, Susan: Cindy Ellen: A Wild Western Cinderella (lesson link)
- MacLachlan, Patricia: All the Places to Love (lesson link)
- Martin, Bill (Jr.): Listen to the Rain (lesson link)
- Mayer, Mercer: There's a Nightmare in My Closet (lesson link)
- Moore, Inga: Six-Dinner Sid (lesson link)
- Munson, Derek: Enemy Pie (lesson link)
- Oppenheim, Joanne: Have You Seen Trees? (lesson link)
- Orloff, Karen Kaufman: I Wanna Iguana (lesson link)
- Palatini, Margie: Tub-boo-boo (lesson link) and The Web Files (lesson link)
- Paolilli, Paul: Silver Seeds (lesson link)
- Pilkey, Dav: Dog Breath (lesson link) and Dogzilla (lesson link)
- Prelustky, Jack: If Not for the Cat (lesson link)
- Pulver, Robin: Punctuation Takes a Vacation (lesson link)
- Quattlebaum, Mary: Family Reunion (lesson link)
- Root, Phyllis: Rattletrap Car (lesson link)
- Rylant, Cynthia: When I Was Young in the Mountains (lesson link)
- Schnur, Steven: Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic (lesson link)
- Schotter, Roni: Nothing Ever Happens On 90th Street (lesson link)
- Scieszka, Jon: Science Verse (lesson link) and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf (lesson link)
- Seuss, Dr.: Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! (lesson link) and If I Ran the Circus (lesson link) and If I Ran the Zoo (lesson link) and My Many Colored Days (lesson link) and Oh the Things You Can Think (lesson link) and The Sneetches and Other Stories (lesson link)
- Shannon, David: A Bad Case of Stripes (lesson link) and Duck on a Bike (lesson link) and Good Boy, Fergus! (lesson link) and No, David! (lesson link)
- Sis, Peter: The Train of States (lesson link)
- Steig, William: Brave Irene (lesson link)
- Teague, Mark: Dear Mrs. La Rue: Letters From Obedience School (lesson link)
- Viorst, Judith: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (lesson link)
- Wallis, Karen: Washoe Seasons of Life: A Native American Story (lesson link)
- Wiesner, David: Tuesday (lesson link)
- Wild, Margaret: Fox (lesson link)
- Williams, Regina J.: What If... (lesson link)
- Wisniewski, David: The Secret Knowledge of Grown-Ups (lesson link)
- Wood, Audrey: Quick as a Cricket (lesson link)
- Woodson, Jacqueline: The Other Side (lesson link)
- Yolen, Jane: Owl Moon (lesson link) and Welcome to the Greenhouse (lesson link)
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Chapter Book Lessons/Prompts at WritingFix
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Chapter Book Lessons/Prompts at WritingFix
(alphabetical by author) |
- Abominable Snowman, The (Choose Your Own Adventure #1) by R. A. Montgomery (lesson link)
- Adventures Of Ulysses, The by Bernard Evslin (lesson link)
- Afterlife, The by Gary Soto (lesson link)
- Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (lesson link)
- Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson (lesson link)
- Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (lesson link)
- Call of the Wild, The by Jack London (lesson link)
- Cannery Row by John Steinbeck (lesson link)
- Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett (lesson link)
- Crispin: the Cross of Lead by Avi (lesson link)
- Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary (lesson link)
- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson (lesson link)
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (lesson link)
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (lesson link)
- Frindle by Andrew Clements (lesson link)
- George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff (lesson link)
- Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (lesson link)
- Glory Field, The by Walter Dean Myers (lesson link)
- Grapes of Wrath, The by John Steinbeck (lesson link)
- Great Gatsby, The by F. Scott Fitzgerald (lesson link)
- Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen (lesson link)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling (lesson link)
- Hatchet by Gary Paulsen (lesson link)
- Holes by Louis Sachar (lesson link)
- Homer Price by Robert McCLoskey (lesson link)
- House on Mango Street, The by Sandra Cisneros (lesson link)
- James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (lesson link)
- Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher by Bruce Coville (lesson link)
- Lightning Thief, The by Rick Riordan (lesson link)
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding (lesson #1 link) (lesson #2 link)
- Love That Dog by Sharon Creech (lesson link)
- Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli (lesson link)
- Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli (lesson link)
- Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (lesson link)
- Pearl, The by John Steinbeck (lesson link)
- Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad (lesson link)
- Phantom Tollbooth, The by Norton Juster (lesson link)
- Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff (lesson link)
- Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan (lesson link)
- Single Shard, A by Linda Sue Park (lesson link)
- Skin I'm in, The by Sharon G. Flake (lesson link)
- Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar (lesson link)
- Snow Walker, The by Farley Mowat (lesson link)
- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (lesson link)
- Subtle Knife, The by Philip Pullman (lesson link)
- Tale of Two Cities, A by Charles Dickens (lesson link)
- Time Machine, The by H. G. Wells (lesson link)
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (lesson #1 link) (lesson #2 link)
- Tom Swift And His Flying Lab by Victor Appleton II (lesson link)
- Twits, The by Roald Dahl (lesson link)
- Unusual Suspects, The (The Sisters Grimm, Book 2) by Michael Buckley and Peter Ferguson (lesson link)
- Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech (lesson link)
- Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963, The by Christopher Paul Curtis (lesson link)
- Westing Game, The by Ellen Raskin (lesson link)
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls (lesson link)
- Woodsong by Gary Paulsen (lesson link)
- Wringer by Jerry Spinelli (lesson link)
- Wrinkle in Time, A by Madeleine L'Engle (lesson link)
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- Appleton, Victor: Tom Swift And His Flying Lab (lesson link)
- Avi: Crispin: the Cross of Lead (lesson link)
- Balliet, Blue: Chasing Vermeer (lesson link)
- Bradbury, Ray: Fahrenheit 451 (lesson link)
- Buckley, Michael: The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, Book 2) (lesson link)
- Chevalier, Tracy: Girl with a Pearl Earring (lesson link)
- Cisneros, Sandra: The House on Mango Street (lesson link)
- Cleary, Beverly: Dear Mr. Henshaw (lesson link)
- Clements, Andrew: Frindle (lesson link)
- Conrad, Pam: Pedro's Journal (lesson link)
- Coville, Bruce: Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (lesson link)
- Creech, Sharon: Love That Dog (lesson link) and Walk Two Moons (lesson link)
- Curtis, Christopher Paul: Bud, Not Buddy (lesson link) and The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 (lesson link)
- Dahl, Roald: James and the Giant Peach (lesson link) and The Twits (lesson link)
- DiCamillo, Kate: Because of Winn-Dixie (lesson link)
- Dickens, Charles: A Tale of Two Cities (lesson link)
- Evslin, Bernard: The Adventures Of Ulysses (lesson link)
- Ferguson, Peter: The Unusual Suspects (The Sisters Grimm, Book 2) (lesson link)
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott: The Great Gatsby (lesson link)
- Flake, Sharon
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