Here is an awesome list of books that you can use for writing trait, Ideas, selection. Teaching the six traits of writing is a very good way for young authors to get the see the big picture of what it takes to produce a great piece. There is no better place to start than with a great Idea. Enjoy this book list. Also, if you have books that you think should be added to list let us know.
A
“Aesop’s Fables” by Aesop
“ A Bad Case of Stripes ” by David Shannon
“A Day’s Work ” by Eve Bunting
“A Fine, Fine School” by Sharon Creech
“A Quiet Place” by Douglas Wood
“A. Lincoln and Me ” by Louise Barden
“Aaron’s Hair” by Robert Munsch
“All the Places to Love” by Patricia MacLachlan
“Anno’s Mysterious Multiplying Jar” by Masaichiro and Mitsumasa Anno
“Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems” by Judy Sierra
“Alphabet Under Construction” by Denise Fleming
“Amelia Bedelia” by Peggy Parish
“Annie and the Old One” by Miska Miles
B
“Be Good to Eddie Lee” by Virginia Fleming
“Before I Was Your Mother” by Kathryn Lasky
“Bikes for Rent!” by Isaac Olaleye
“Bubba, The Cowboy Prince” by Helen Kettlerman
C
“Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes
D
“Diary of A Worm” by Doreen Cronin
“Dogs Don’t Wear Sneakers” by Laura Numeroff
E
“Enemy Pie” by Derek Munson
“Everybody Needs A Rock” by Byrd Baylor
F
“Fables” by Arnold Lobel
“Faraway Home” by Jane Kurtz
“Fox” by Margaret Wild
“ Fireflies” by Julie Brinckloe
G
“Goldilocks Returns” by Lisa Campbell
“Grandpa’s Teeth” by Rod Clement
H
“Harry and the Terrible Whatzit” by Dick Gackenbach
“Harry Potter” by J. K. Rowling
“Home to Medicine Mountain” by Chiori Santiago
“How I Spent My Summer Vacation” by Mark Teague
I
“I Stink” by Jim & Kate McMullan (onomatopoeia by Support trait: word choice)
“If I Were in Charge of the World” by Judith Viorst
“I Spy: Extreme Challenger!” by Jean Marzollo
“I’m in Charge of Celebrations” by Byrd Baylor
“Imagine a Day” by Sarah L. Thomson
J
“Julius, Baby of the World” by Kevin Henkes
L
“Lilly’s Big Day” by Kevin Henkes
“Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse” by Kevin Henkes
M
“Magic School Bus at the Waterworks” by Joanna Cole
“Mama Played Baseball” by David A. Adler
“Monster Walter” by Dean Myers
N
“Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street” by Roni Schotter
O
“Owl Moon” by Jane Yolen
“Q is for Duck” by Michael Folsom
“Old Turtle” by Douglas Wood
“Out of the Ocean” by Debra Frasier
“Owen” by Kevin Henkes
R
“Reptiles Are My Life” by Megan McDonald
“Roller Coaster ” by Marla Frazee
“Rose’s Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression” by Marissa Moss
“Rotten Teeth” by Laura Simms
S
“Seven Blind Mice” by Ed Young
“Snowflake Bentley” by Jacqueline Martin
“So Far From the Sea” by Eve Bunting
“Stellaluna” by Janell Cannon (Science integration)
“ So Far From The Sea” by Eve Bunting
“Stone Soup” by Jon Muth
T
“Ted” by Tony DiTerlizzi
“The Disappearing Alphabet” by Richard Wilbur
“The Important Book” by Margaret Wise Brown
“The Navy Alphabet Book” by Sammie Garnett & Jerry Paltto
“The Relatives Came” by Cynthia Rylant
“The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups” by David Wisniewski
“The Squiggle” by Carole Lexa Schafer
“Trouble on the T-Ball Team” by Eve Bunting
“Thank you, Mr. Falker” by Patricia Polacco
“The Days of Summer” by Eve Bunting
“The Hickory Chair ” by Lisa Rowe
“The Honest-to-Goodness Truth” by Patricia McKissack
“The Mysteries of Harris Burdick” by Chris Van Allsburg
“The Polar Express” by Chris Van Allsburg
“The Secret Knowledge of Grown-ups” by David Wisniewski
“The Three Questions” by Jon Muth
“Through the Cracks” by Carolyn Sollman
U
V
“Visiting Day” by Jacqueline Woodson
W
“When Sophie Gets Angry…Really Angry” by Molly Bang
“Where the Wild Things Are” by Maurce Sendak (Support Trait: Organization)
“Weslandia” by Paul Fleischman
“Whoever You are” by Mem Fox
“Wilfrid Gordon MacDonald Partridge” by Mem Fox
“Wings” by Christopher Myers
Y
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