What Should I Read Next is a website where you enter the title of a book you like, and the site will analyze a database of favorite books to provide recommendations for what to read next. If you liked....then you might like.....
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Book Adventure
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Wattpad
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This is a 3-page Bibliography for Talented Readers with AR levels from 1st through 8th grade levels. Book Adventure
Book Adventure is an amazing website that offers a free Quiz-o-Matic on many children's books. These are similar to Renaissance Learning's AR tests, but they are FREE!
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Wattpad
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You'll need to download the Google World App, but I'm telling you, this is cool! There are books available for K-5 for right now, but as funding increases, they'll expand their library.
Blogging Helps Students Learn Key Literary Skills and More - a teacher created this wikispace to give teachers tips, resources, and information for blogging and how to incorporate blogging into your classroom.
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Ann Robinson,
Director
Center for Gifted
Education
University of
Arkansas at Little Rock
http://ualr.edu/gifted
Person
|
Title
|
Author
|
Publisher
|
AR Level
|
Louisa May Alcott
|
Louisa May & Mr. Thoreau’s Flute
|
Julie Dunlap & Marybeth Lorbiecki
|
Dial Books
|
3.9
|
Marian Anderson
|
The Voice That
Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
|
Russell Freedman
|
Clarion Books
|
8.2
|
Marian Anderson
|
When Marian Sang
|
Pam Ryan & Brian Selznick
|
Scholastic Press
|
5.2
|
Mary Anning
|
Stone Girl, Bone Girl
|
Laurence Anholt & Sheila Moxley
|
Orchard Books
|
4.5
|
Mary Anning
|
Rare Treasure: Mary
Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries
|
Don Brown
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
5.4
|
Mary Anning
|
Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon
|
Jeannine Atkins
|
Farrar Straus Giroux
|
4.6
|
Fred and Adele Astaire
|
Footwork: The Story of Fred and Adele Astaire
|
Roxane Orgill
|
Candlewick Press
|
(ages 4 to 8)
|
John James Audubon
|
The Boy Who Drew Birds
|
Jacqueline Davies
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
4.4
|
John James Audubon
|
Into the Woods: John James Audubon Lives His Dream
|
Robert Burleigh
|
Simon & Schuster
|
4.7
|
Ann Bancroft &
Liv Arnesen
|
Ann and Liv Cross Antarctica: A Dream Come True!
|
Zoe Alderfer Ryan & Nicholas Reti
|
Da Capo Press
|
(ages 7
to 12)
|
Benjamin Banneker
|
Benjamin Banneker
|
Kevin Conley
|
Chelsea House
|
(grades 6
to 12)
|
John Bardsley
|
Sparrow Jack
|
Mordicai Gerstein
|
Farrar Straus Giroux
|
3.7
|
Ibn Battuta
|
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta 1325-1354
|
James Rumford
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
4.0
|
Wilson A. Bentley
|
My Brother Loved Snowflakes
|
Mary Bahr & Laura Jacobsen
|
Boyd Mills Press
|
3.4
|
Wilson A. Bentley
|
Snowflake Bentley
|
Jacqueline Briggs Martin & Mary Azarian
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
4.1
|
Stephen Bishop
|
Journey to the Bottomless Pit
|
Elizabeth Mitchell
|
Viking
|
5.3
|
Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Bronte
|
The Brontes: Scenes from the Childhood of Charlotte,
Branwell, Emily, and Anne
|
Catherine Brighton
|
Frances Lincoln
|
(ages 4 to 8)
|
Clara Brown
|
One More Valley, One More Hill
|
Linda Lowery
|
Landmark
|
7.2
|
George Washington
Carver
|
A Weed is a Flower
|
ALIKI
|
Aladdin Paperbacks
|
(ages 4-8)
|
George Washington Carver
|
Carver: A Life in Poems
|
Marilyn Nelson
|
Front Street
|
5.9
|
George Washington
Carver
|
George Washington Carver
|
Tanya Bolden
|
Abrams Books for Young Readers
|
(ages 9 to 12)
|
Calamity Jane
|
Calamity Jane: Her Life and Legend
|
Doris Faber
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
(ages 9
to 12)
|
Willa Cather
|
Writer of the Plains: A Story about Willa Cather
|
Tom Streissguth & Karen Ritz
|
Carolrhoda
|
5.4
|
Jean-Francois Chompollion
|
Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian
Hieroglyphs
|
James Rumford
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
4.1
|
Columcille
|
Across a Dark and Wild Sea
|
Don Brown
|
Roaring Brook Press
|
5.1
|
Confucius
|
Confucius: The Gold Rule
|
Russell Freedman & Frederick Clement
|
Arthur A. Levine: Scholastic Books
|
7.6
|
Marie Curie
|
Marie Curie: A Brilliant Life
|
Elizabeth MacLeod
|
Kids Can
|
6.8
|
Alexandra David-Neel
|
Far Beyond the Garden Gate: Journey to Lhasa
|
Don Brown
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
5.4
|
Charles Dickens
|
Mr. Dickens Hits Town
|
Jan Mark & Regolo Ricci
|
Tundra Books
|
5.4
|
Thomas Edison
|
Young Thomas Edison
|
Michael Dooling
|
Holiday House
|
|
Albert Einstein
|
Odd Boy Out: Young
Albert Einstein
|
Don Brown
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
|
George Elliot
|
Toward a High Attic: The Early Life of George Elliot
|
Elfrida Vipont
|
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
|
(level not available)
|
James Earle Fraser
|
The Buffalo Nickel
|
Taylor Morrison
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
6.0
|
Galileo
|
Starry Messenger
|
Peter Sis
|
Sunburst
|
4.8
|
Woody Guthrie
|
Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People
|
Bonnie Christensen
|
Alfred A. Knopf
|
5.5
|
George Handel
|
Handel and the Famous Sword Swallower of Halle
|
Bryna Stevens
|
Philomel
|
(level not available)
|
George Handel
|
Handel Who Knew What He Liked
|
M.T. Anderson and Kevin Hawkes
|
Candlewick Press
|
4.8
|
John Harrison
|
The Man Who Made Time Travel
|
Kathryn Lasky
|
Melanie Kroupa Books
|
6.4
|
John Harrison
|
Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude
|
Louise Borden and Erik Blegvad
|
McElderry Books
|
5.5
|
Hatshepsut
|
Hatshepsut, His Majesty, Herself
|
Catherine Andronik & Joseph Daniel Fiedler
|
Atheneum Books
|
7.7
|
Mamie “Peanut” Johnson
|
A Strong Right Arm
|
Michelle Y. Green
|
Puffin
|
5.1
|
Waterhouse Hawkins
|
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
|
Barbara Kerley & Brian Selznick
|
Scholastic Books
|
5.0
|
Mary Kingsley
|
Uncommon Traveler:
Mary Kingsley in Africa
|
Don Brown
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
4.6
|
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
|
The Chemist Who Lost His Head: The Story of Antoine
Laurent Lavoisier
|
Vivian Grey
|
Coward-McCann
|
(ages 9 to 12)
|
Jacob Lawrence
|
I See You: I See Myself: The Young Life of Jacob Lawrence
|
Debra Foxley Leach
|
Phillips Collection
|
(ages 9
to 12)
|
Jacob Lawrence
|
Story Painter: The Life of Jacob Lawrence
|
John Dugglesby
|
Chronicle Books
|
(ages 9
to 12)
|
Ada Lovelace
|
Ada Lovelace: The
Computer Wizard of Victorian England
|
Lucy Lethbridge
|
Short Books
|
(level not
available)
|
Gregor Mendel
|
Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
|
Cheryl Bardoe
|
Abrams Books for Young Readers
|
(ages 4 to 8)
|
Moondyne Joe
|
The Legend of Moondyne Joe
|
Mark Greenwood & Frane Lessac
|
Cygnet Books
|
5.3
|
Esther Morris
|
When Esther Morris Headed West: Women, Wyoming and the
Right to Vote
|
Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge & Jacqueline Rogers
|
Holiday House
|
5.1
|
Nat Love
|
The Story of Nat Love
|
Robert Miller
|
Silver Press
|
3.2
|
Florence Nightingale
|
Who was . . . ? Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the
Lamp
|
Charlotte Moore
|
Short Books
|
(level not available)
|
Florence Nightingale
|
Heart and Soul: The Story of Florence Nightingale
|
Gena K. Gorrell
|
Tundra Books
|
8.4
|
Annie Oakley
|
Bull’s-Eye: A Photobiography of Annie Oakley
|
Sue Macy
|
National Geographic Society
|
6.9
|
Marco Polo
|
The Adventures of Marco Polo
|
Russell Freedman
|
Arthur A. Levine Books
|
(ages 9 to 12)
|
Beatrix Potter
|
Beatrix
|
Jeanette Winter
|
Frances Foster Books
|
(ages 4
to 8)
|
John Wesley Powell
|
In Search of the Grand Canyon: Down the Colorado River
with John Wesley Powell
|
Mary Ann Fraser
|
Redfeather Books
|
(ages 7
to 10)
|
Elvis Presley
|
Shake Rag: From the Life of Elvis Presley
|
Amy Littlesugar
|
Philomel
|
4.3
|
Wilma Rudolph
|
Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s
Fastest Woman
|
Kathleen Krull & David Diaz
|
Voyager Books
|
5.1
|
Charlie Russell
|
Charlie’s Trail: The Life and Art of C.M. Russell
|
Gayle C. Shirley
|
TwoDot Books
|
(ages 9 to 12)
|
Saladin
|
Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam
|
Diane Stanley
|
HarperCollins Publishers
|
7.0
|
Clara Schumann
|
Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso
|
Susanna Reich
|
Clarion Books
|
7.6
|
Mary Seacole
|
Mary Seacole: The Charismatic Black Nurse Who Became a
Heroine of the Crimea
|
Jane Robinson
|
Constable & Robinson Ltd.
|
(level not available)
|
Alexander Selkirk
|
Alexander Selkirk: The Real Robinson Crusoe
|
Amanda Mitchison
|
Short Books
|
6.6
|
Sequoyah
|
Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing
|
James Rumford
|
Houghton Mifflin
|
3.7
|
Ernest Shackleton
|
Ice Trap! Shackleton’s Incredible Expedition
|
Meredith Hooper & M.P. Robertson
|
Frances Lincoln
|
(level not available)
|
Alexis Soyer
|
The Adventurous Chef: Alexis Soyer
|
Ann Arnold
|
Farrar Straus Giroux
|
5.6
|
John Stetson
|
Boss of the Plains:
The Hat that Won the West
|
Laurie Carolson
& Gregory Christie
|
Dell Dragonfly Books
|
4.9
|
Henry David Thoreau
|
Walking with Henry: Based on the Life and Works of Henry
David Thoreau
|
Thomas Locker
|
Fulcrum Publishing
|
4.3
|
Sojourner Truth
|
Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth
|
Ann Rockwell
|
Dell Dragonfly Books
|
5.2
|
Vincent van Gogh & Paul Gauguin
|
The Yellow House: Vincent van Gogh & Paul Gauguin Side
by Side
|
Susan Goldman Rubin & Jos. A. Smith
|
Harry N. Abrams
|
(grades 2 to 5)
|
Vincent van Gogh
|
Vincent van Gogh:
Portrait of an Artist
|
Jan Greenberg and
Sandra Jordan
|
Dell Yearling
|
7.6
|
George Washington
|
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied
the British and Won the Revolutionary War
|
Thomas B. Allen
|
National Geographic
|
(ages 9 to 12)
|
Phillis Wheatley
|
A Voice of Her Own: The Story of Phillis Wheatley, Slave
Poet
|
Paul Lee
|
Candlewick Press
|
5.9
|
Walt Whitman
|
Words for America
|
Barbara Kerley
|
Scholastic Press
|
5.4
|
Grant Wood
|
Artist in Overalls: The Life of Grant Wood
|
John Duggleby
|
Chronicle Books
|
4.5
|
Orville, Wilbur,
& Katharine Wright
|
My Brothers’ Flying
Machine
|
Jane Yolen
|
Little, Brown Young
Readers
|
4.5
|
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