Teachers as Readers

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Teachers as Readers Viewing March 6, 2010 September 25, 2009

NYSRA members attending the March Assembly of Delegates Meeting brought along 84 titles and ideas of good books that coordinated with our Conference Theme: On Track to Literacy. At the Assembly of Delegates meeting in September 2010, our theme will be books where children solve school related problems. At the 2011 Conference, the theme will be puzzling mysteries. Send us your ideas.

Iditarod

Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright		Age
Bright Star, Black Dog	Scott O’Dell	Houghton Mifflin	2008	9-12
Dog Tracks	Ruby Slipperjack	Fifth House Books	2009	YA
Winterdance	Gary Paulsen	Harcourt	1994	12 +
DogTeam	Gary Paulsen	Dragonfly books	1995	4-8
Dogsong	Gary Paulsen	Simon & Shuster	1985	10+
Puppies, Dogs and Blue Northers; Reflections on being Raised by a Pack of Sled Dogs	Gary Paulsen	Bt Bound	2007	YA
Woodsong	Gary Paulsen	Puffin	1990	10+
Backstage Iditarod	June Price	Sunhusky Productions	2007	YA
Call of the Wild	Jack Londen	Wildside Press	2007	12 +
Race Across Alaska: First Woman to Win the Iditarod	Libby Riddles and Tim Jones	Stackpole Books	1988	YA
The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail	Debbie Miller and Jon Van Zyle (illus.)	Walker & Company	2006	9 - 12

Togo	Robert J. Blake	Philomel	2002	Early Elem
Akiak: A Tale From the Iditarod	Robert J. Blake	Puffin	2004	Early Elem
Balto, the Untold Story of Alaska’s Famous Iditarod Sled Dog	Pat Chargot	Publication Consultants	2006	9-12
Iditarod Dreams: A Year in the Life of Alaskan Sled Dog Racer DeeDee Jonrowe	Lew Freedman And DeeDee Janrowe	Epicenter Press	2005	YA
Kiana’s Iditarod	Shelley Gill	Sasquatch Books	1984	Early Elem.
Cold Hands, Warm Heart	Jeff King	Husky Homestead Press	2008	YA
Stone Fox	John Reynolds Gardiner	Houghton Mifflin School	1997	9-12
Storm Run: Story of the First Woman to win the Iditarod	Libby Riddles	Sasquatch Books	2001	9-12

Animal Tracks

Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright	Age
Big Tracks, Little Tracks	Millicent E. Selsam and Marlene Hill Donnelly	Harper Collins	1995	4-8
Tracks, Scats and Signs	Leslie A. Dendy	Gareth Stevens Publishing	1996	9-12
Tracks in the Wild	Betsy Bowen	Little Brown and Co.	1993
Animal Tracks and Signs: Track Over 400 Animals From Big Cats to Backyard Birds	Jinny Johnson and John A. Burton	National Geographic Children's Books	2008	9-12
Wild Tracks!: A guide to Nature’s Footprints	Jim Arnosky	Sterling	2008	8-12
Who’s Been Here? A Tale in Tracks	Fran Hodgkins	Down East Books	2008	4-8
Dinosaur Tracks	Susan Heinrichs Gray	Children's Press(CT)	2008	4-8
Who Pooped in the Park? (Series about tracks in various National Parks)	Gary Robson and others	Farcountry Press	2004 - 2009	4-8
Off the Track	Betsy S. Lee	Infinity Publishing	2008	9-12
Animal Tracks	Arthur Dorrow	Scholastic	1991	Early Elem
Crinkleroot’s Guide to Animal Tracking (Series)	Jim Arnosky	Simon & Schuster	1989	8 – 10
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter	Sally M.Walker	Carolrhoda	2001	4-8
Making Tracks	Stephen Savage	Lodestar Books	1992	4-8

Runners

Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright	Age
Track Events in Action	John Crossingham, Bobbie Kalman and Bonna Rouse	Crabtree Publishing Company	2004	9-12
Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Track Star	Engfer, Lee	Capstone Press	2006	9-12
Relay	Edward R. Koch	Dog Ear Publishing, LLC	2009	9-12
Sprints, Hurdles and Other Track Events	Jason Page	Crabtree Publishing Company	2008	9-12
Maniac Magee	Jerry Spinelli	Little Brown	1999	9-12
A Picture Book of Jesse Owens	David Adler	Holiday House	1993	4-8

Trains

Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright	Age
Rudy Rides the Rails	D.D. Mackall	Sleeping Bear Press	2007	12 +
Train to Somewhere	Eve Bunting	Clarion Books	2000	9-12
Bud Not Buddy	Christopher Paul Curtis	Laurel Leaf	2004	9-12
Hitch	Jeanette Ingold	Harcourt	2006	YA
Steam Smoke and Steel; Back in Time with Trains	Patrick O’Brien	Charlesbridge Publishing	2000	4-8
Little Engine that Could	Watty Piper	Grosset & Dunlap	2008	4-8
Freight Train	Donald Crews	Scholastic	1989	4-8
Polar Express	Chris Van Allsburg	Houghton Mifflin	1985	7-10
John Henry	Ezra Jack Keats	Dragonfly Books	1987	4-8
Freight Train Trip	Suzanna Leonard Hill	Little Simon	2009	4-8
Boxcar Children (Series)	Gertrude Chandler Warner	Albert Whitman and Company	1991	9-12
The Orphan Train	Aurand Harris	Anchorage Press	1998	9-12
The Transcontinental Railroad: Tracks Across America	JilFine	Scholastic Library	2005	9 -12


Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright	Age


Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her people to Freedom	Carol Boston Nelson	Jump at the Sun	2006	4-8
Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt	Deborah Hopkinson	Random House Children’s Books	1995	4-8
Show Way	Jacqueline Woodson	Putnam Juvenile	2005	K-5
Elijah of Buxton	Christopher Paul Curtis	Scholastic	2009	9-12
Henry’s Freedom Box	Ellen LeVine	Scholastic	2007	4 - 8
Follow the Drinking Gourd	Jeanette Winter	Dragonfly Books	1992	4-8
Aunt Harriet’s Underground Railroad in the Sky	Faith Ringgold	Dragonfly Books	1995	4-8
Elm Creek Quilts Series (Sugar Camp Quilt; The Lost Quilter)	Jennifer Chaiverini	Simon and Schuster	2006 2009	YA and Adult
I thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly: the Diary of Patsy, A Freed Girl (Dear America Series)	Joyce Hansen	Scholastic	1997	8-12
Minty: A Story of a Young Harriet Tubman	Alan Schroeder	Puffin	2000	4-8

Race Cars and Motorcycles

Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright	Age
Jeff Gordon	Matt Doeden	Capstone Press	2009	9-12
Fast Families: Racing Together Through Life	Ted Brock	Tradition Publishing	2003	9-12
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	Matt Doeden	Capstone Press	2009	9-12
St. Dale	Sharyn McCrumb	Kensington Press	2006	YA and Adult
On the Track with Jeff Gordon	Matt Christopher	Little Brown	2001	9-12
Famous NASCAR Tracks	Jim Gigliotti	Crabtree Publishing	2008	9-12
NASCAR Safety on the Track	Mark Stewart and Mike Kennedy	Learner Classroom	2007	9 -12 & up
Indy 500: The Inside Track	Nancy Roe Pimm	Darby Creek Publishing	2004	9-12
Flat Track	Jim Mezzanotte	Gareth Stevens Publishing	2005	9-12
Dirt Track Racing	Ed Youngblood	Capstone Press	2000	9 - 12
Grand National	Joe Scalzo	Motorbooks	2004	YA

Snow Tracks

Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright	Age
Tracks in the Snow	Wong Herbert Yee	Square Fish	2007	4-8
First Tracks	Johnny Boyd	PTO Press	2008	4-8
Moose Tracks	Karma Wilson	Margaret K. McElderry	2006	4-8
Curious George in the Snow	Margaret Rey	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt	1998	4-8

Humorous Books

Title	Author	Publisher	Copyright	Age
Tracks	David Galef & Tedd Arnold	Harper Collins	1996	4-8
I saw an Ant on the Railroad Tracks	Joshua Prince	Sterling	2006	4-8
Go Track A Yak	Tony Johnston	Simon & Schuster	2003	4-8
Zak’s Tracks	Juliana Morgan	Lulu.com	2007	9-12
Mogwogs on the March	Olivier Dunrea	Holiday House	1985	Early Elem
Finklehopper Frog	Irene Livingston	Tricycle Press	2003	Early Elem