Books for Practicing and Modeling Comprehension Strategies
Book Title	Author	Comments
Drawing Inferences:
The Aminal	Lorna Balian
A Bag Full of Pups	Dick Gackenbach
A Fairy Went A-Marketing	Rose Fyleman	superb
Abby	Jeannette Franklin Caines
Alexander Who Use To Be Rich Last Sunday	Judith Viorst
Anna Banana and Me	Erik Lenore Blegvad	solving problems
Big Al	Andrew Clements
Boy Who Didn't Believe in Spring	Lucille Clifton
Charlie Anderson	Barbara Abercrombie
Corduroy	Don Freeman
Dear Mr. Henshaw	Beverly Cleary
Dreamcatcher	Audrey Osofsky
Duckat	Gaelyn Gordon
Harry and the Terrible Whatzit	Dick Gackenbach
Hattie and The Fox	Mem Fox
Hedgehog for Breakfast, The	Ann Tuner
Hot Air Henry	Mary Calhoun
I Wish I Had a Pirate Suit	Pamela Allen
In A Small, Small Pond	Denise Fleming
In the Tall, Tall Grass	Denise Fleming
Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau, The	Jon Agee	mystery
Jim and the Beanstalk	Raymond Briggs
Loop the Loop	Barbara Dugan
Lunch	Denise Fleming
May I Bring A Friend?	Beatrice Schenk deRegniers
Miss Rumprits	Barbara Cooney
No Moon, No Milk!	Chris Baccock	making connections
No Peas for Nellie	Chris L. Demarest
Noisy Book, The	Margaret Wise Brown
Noisy Nora	Rosemary Wells
Once Upon Macdonald's Farm	Stephen Gammell	especially good
Owen	Kevin Henkes
Rainbow Fish	Marcus Pfister
Seven Blind Mice	Ed Young
Snowy Day, The	Ezra Jack keats
Spinky Sulks	William Steig
Story of Jumping Mouse, The	John Steptoe
Stranger, The	Chris Van Allsburg
Swimmy	Leo Lionni
Teammates	Peter Golenbock
Third Story Cat, The	Leslie Baker
This is the Key to the Kingdom	Diane Worfolk Allison	especially good
Time for Bed	Mem Fox
Wall, The	Eve Bunting
Watch Out for the Chicken Feet in Your Soup	Tomie DePaola
Determing What's Important in Text:
Airplanes and Flying Machines	First Discovery Books	Illus.-Donald Grant
Amaze
Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad	Faith Ringgold
Beware of Boy	Tony Blundell
Flight	Robert Burleigh
Great Grey Owl, The	(big book)
Just a Mess	Merceer Mayer
Letting Swift River Go	Jane Yolen
Magic Schoolbus Books	Joanna Cole
Milk Makers, The	Gail Gibbons
Owl Moon	Jane Yolen
Owl Who Became The Moon, The	Jonathan London
Pancakes, Pancakes	Eric Carle
Somewhere Today	Bert Kitchen
Spiders	Gail Gibbons
There's MoreÖMuch More	Sue Alexander
What Comes in 2's, 3's, 4's?	Suzanne Aker
Schema/Background Knowledge:
A Beach Day	Douglas Florian
A Chair for My Mother	Vera Williams
A Country Far Away	Nigel Gray
A River Dream	Allen Say
All the Secrets of the World	Jane Yolen
Anna Banana and Me	Erik Lenore Belgvad	solving problems
Bear and Mrs. Duck	Elizabeth Winthrop
Before I Was Born	Harret Ziefert
Best Town in the World	Byrd Baylor
Country Road	Daniel San Souci
Dawn	Uri Shulevitz
Dinner At Aunt Connie's House	Faith Ringgold
Emma Bear	Jean Van Leeuwen
Fireflies	Julie Brinkloe
Frank and Ernest	A. Day
Galimoto	Karen Lynn Williams
Good-bye Book, The	Judith Viorst
House on the Hill, The	Christin Couture	Eileen Dunlop
Hurricane	David Wiesner
I Am Eyes	Leila Ward
I Know A Lady	Charlotte Zolotow
I Like To Be Little	Charlotte Zolotow
I Love You As Much	Laura Krauss Melmed
In the Middle of the Night	Kathy Hederson
Ira Sleeps Over	Bernard Wader
Island Boy	Barbara Cooney
It's A Good Thing There Are Insects	Rookie Reader
Jafta's Father	Hugh Lewin
Leo the Late Bloomer	Robert Kraus
My Great Aunt Arizona	Gloria Jouston
Our Granny	Margaret Wild
Owen	Kevin Henkes
Pain and The Great One , The	Judy Blume
Rain and The Great One, The	Judy Blume
Relatives Came, The	Cynthia Rylant
Rose Blanche	Roberto Innocenti
Roxa Boxer	Alice McLearran
Snake Hunt	Jill Kastner
Storm, The	W. Nikola-Lisa
Teammates	Peter Golenbock
Ten Little Rabbits	Virginia Grossman
Third Story Cat, The	Leslie Baker
Thundercake	Patricia Polacco
Tight Times	Barbara Shook Hazen
Trip, The	Ezra Jack Keats
Wall, The	Eve Bunting
War Boy	Michael Foreman
We Are Best Friends	Aliki
Wednesday Surprise, The	Eve Bunting
When I Was A Young in the Mountains	Cynthia Rylart
When I Was Little	Jamie Lee Curtis
When Will I Read?	Miriam Coran
Whispering in the Park	Fred Burstein
Questioning:
Big Al	Andrew Clements
Day of Ahmed's Secret, The	Florence Parry Heide
Galimoto	Karen Lynn Williams
George and Martha	James Marshall
Hurricane	David Wiesner
Little Mouse's Painting	Diane Wolkstein
May I Bring A Friend?	Beatrice Schenk deRegniers
Newf	Marie Killiea
Rose Blanche	Roberto Innocenti
Salt Hands	Arragon
So Far From the Sea	Eve Bunting
Story of Jumping Mouse, The	John Steptoe
Stranger, The	Chris Van Allsburg
Monitoring Comprehension:
Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday	Judith Viorst
Brown Bear, Brown Bear	Bill Martin
Day of Ahmed's Secret, The	Florence Perry Heide
Galimoto	Karen Lynn Williams
Grandfather Twilight	Barbara Berger
Lotus Seed	Sherry Garland
Magic School Bus books	Joanna Cole
Polar Bear, Polar Bear	Bill Martin
The Stranger	Chris Van Allsburg
The Trip	Ezra Jack Keats
Synthesis:
A Rainbow of My Own	Don Freeman
Annie and the Wild Animals	Jan Brett
Araminta's Paintbox	Karen Ackerman
Broody Hen, The	Olivier Dunrea
Cat in the Hat, The	Dr. Suess
Charles T. McBiddle	Andrew Glass
Charlie Needs a Cloak	Tomie DePaola
Dead Bird, The	Margaret Wise Brown
Don't Tell the Whole World	Joanna Cole
For Every Child, a Better World	Louise Gikow
Goodbye House	Frank Asch
Hard Times	C. Dickens
Jim and the Beanstalk	Raymond Briggs
Learning About Unicorns	Laura Alden
Leo the Late Bloomer	Robert Kraus
Little Blue and Little Yellow	Leo Lionni
Lotus Seed, The	Sherry Garland
Mag the Magnificent	Dick Gackenbach
Magic Fish, The	Freya Littledale
Magic Schoolbus Books	Joanna Cole
Maybe Garden, The	Kimberly Burke-Weiner
Mitten, The	Jan Brett
My Mom Travels a Lot	Caroline Feller Bauer
Nadia the Willful	Sue Alexander
No Moon, No Milk!	Chris Babcock	making connections
No More Baths	Brock Cole	out of print
Peter's Chair	Ezra Jack Keats
Quicksand Book, The	Tomie DePaola
Rainbow Fish, The	Marcus Pfister
Regards to the Man in the Moon	Ezra Jack Keats
Sleeping Ugly	Jane Yolen
Story of Jumping Mouse, The	John Steptoe
Terrible Thing That Happened At our House, The	Marge Blaine
Trouble with Trolls, The	Jan Brett
Wednesday Surprise, The	Eve Bunting
When the Sun Rose	Barbara Berger
Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Anna	Nancy White Carlstrom
World Famous Muriel and the Magic Mystery	Sue Alexander
Using Sensory (Visualizing) and Emotional Images:
Appalachia	Cynthia Rylant
Baby Animals
Barn Dance	Bill Martin
Country Road	Daniel San Souci
Fireflies	Julie Brinkloe
Frederick	Leo Lionni
Ghost-Eye Tree, The	Bill Martin and John Archambault
Girl Who Danced With Dolphins, The	Frank deSaix
Goosebumps
Grandfather Twilight	Barbara Berger
I Love You As Much	Laura Krauss Melmed
Little Mouse's Painting	Diane Wolkstein
Lotus Seed, The	Sherry Garland
Newf	Marie Killilea
Night in the Country	Cynthia Rylant
Night of the Twisters
Owl Moon	Jane Yolen
People	Peter Spier
Seven Blind Mice	Ed Young
Sheep in a Jeep	Nancy Shaw
Sheep in a Shop	Nancy Shaw
Sheep Out to Eat	Nancy Shaw
Storm, The	W. Nikola-Lisa
Tar Beach	Faith Ringgold (anything by her)
Time for Bed	Mem Fox
Train Song	Diane Siebert
Trip, The	Erza Jack Keats
Two Bad Ants	Chris Van Allsburg
Whisper Form the Woods	Victoria Wirth	illustration by A. Scott Barfill
Woodsong	Gary Paulsen (anything by him)
Monitoring for Meaning
Alexander Who Used To Be Rich Last Sunday	Judith Viorst
Brown Bear, Brown Bear	Bill Martin
Day of Ahmed's Secret, The	Florence Parry Keide
Galimoto	Karen Lynn Williams
Grandfather Twlight	Barbara Berger
Lotus Seed, The	Sherry Garland
Magic Schoolbus Books	Joanna Cole
Polar Bear, Polar Brown	Bill Martin
Stranger, The	Chris Van Allsburg
Trip, The	Ezra Jack Keats
Home Place	Crescent Dragonwagon
Hinter and His Dog, The	Brain Wildsmith
Hurricane	David Wiesner
Just Like Max	Ken Ackerman
My Grandmother's Journey	John Cech
My Great Aunt Arizona	Gloria Houston
Newf	Marie Killilea
Prince William	Gloria Rand
Regina's Big Mistake	Marissa Moss
Rose Blanche	Roberto Innocenti
Sachiko Means Happiness	Kimiko Sakai
Secrets of a Small Brother	Richard Mrgolis	poetry
Somewhere Today	Bert Kicthen
Tales of a Gambling Grandma	Dayal K. Khalsa
Tar Beach	Faith Ringgold
Books for Practicing and Modeling Comprehension Strategies
This Year's Garden	Cynthia Rylant
Two Bad Ants	Chris Ban Allsburg
Uncle Jed's Barbershop	Margaree K. Mitchell
Waiting for Noah	Shumlamith L. Oppenheim
Waiting to Waltz a Childhood	Cynthia Rylant	poetry
Winter Fox	Jennifer Brutschy
Wolf, The	Barbalet
A River Ran Wild	Lynne Cherry
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky	Chief Seattle
Just a Dream	Chris Van Allsburg
The Other Way to Listen	Byrd Baylor
Fly Away Home	Eve Bunting
Sadako	Eleanor Coerr
Teammates	Peter Golenbock
Tight Times	Barbara Shook Hazen
A Memory for Tina	Leo Buscaglia
Abuela	Arthur Dorros
Annie and the Old One	Miska Miles
Christmas Cup, The	Nancy R. Patterson
Girl Who Danced with Dolphins, The	Frank deSaix
Grandfather's Journey	Allen Say
Grandpappy	Nancy White Carlstrom
How Does It Feel To Be Old?	Norma Farber
Knots On A Counting Rope	Bill Martin
Love You Forever	Robert Munsch
Money Tree, The	Sarah Stewart
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs	Tomie dePacia
Now One Foot, Now the Other	Tomie dePacia
Song and Dance Man	Karen Ackerman
Super Grandpa	David Schwartz
Watch Out For The Chicken Feet In Your Soup	Tomie DePaola
Wildflower Tea	Ethel Pock
Additional books for Practicing and Modeling Comprehension Strategies
Dark Thirty, The	Pat McKissack
Mississippi Bridge	Mildred D. Taylor
Books for Practicing and Modeling Comprehension Strategies
Nettie's Trip South	Ann Turner
Night John	Gary Paulsen
Now Let Me Fly, The	Delores Johnson
People Could Fly, The	Virginia Van der Veer Hamilton
Teammates	Peter Golenbock
Baseball Saved Us	Ken Mochizuki
Bicycle Man, The	Allen Say
Book of Peace	Catherine DeVinck
Let the Celebration Begin!	Margaret Wild and Julie Vivas
Remember Not to Forget	Norman H. Finkelstein
Rose Blanche	Roberto Innocenti
All Those Secrets of the World	Jane Yolen
Dinner At Aunt Connie's House	Faith Ringglod
Matthew's Meadow	Corinne Demas Bliss
My Great Aunt Arizona	Gloria Houston
Talking Walls	Margy Burns Knight
The Rainbabies	Luara Krauss Melmed
The Relatives Came	Cynthia Rylant
When I Was Little	Jamie Lee Curtis
Call of the Wolves	Jim Murphy
Dog Team	Gary Fauiser
Eyes of the Gray Wolf, The	Jonathan London
Wild Horse Winter	Tetsuya Honda