Recommended Literature
The State of California has a really great website devoted to outstanding literature for Kindergarten through grade 12.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/index.asp
“Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve is a collection of outstanding literature for children and adolescents. The recommended titles reflect the quality and the complexity of the types of material students should be reading at school and outside of class.”
It is a robust website where you can even search by simple subjecst like “frogs, English”
And this is a partial list of what is generated.
Titles with more than one author are listed under each author’s name.
# Author Title
1
Davis, Katie
Who Hops?
2
George, Kristine O’Connell
Great Frog Race and Other Poems, The
3
Gollub, Matthew (translator)
Cool Melons Turn to Frogs: The Life and Poems of Issa
4
Heo, Yumi (reteller)
Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale, The
And you can search by category: Author, Title, Genre, culture, language, grade level span, keyword, and curriculum connections.
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/rl/ll/litrlsearchcat.asp
In addition, there is a large section of the website devoted to the connection of literature to their state standards, which is an excellent resource for teachers. Enjoy!–Donna