Genre Identification

We All Scream for Ice Cream by Sidney Gerber  
Sidney shares some of her favorite ice cream recipes in this specialty cookbook.  Learn how to make such flavors as double chocolate fudge slide, triple lemon freeze, and vanilla.  Never made ice cream before?  Don't worry.  Sidney's got you covered.  This text gives readers specific instructions and photographs of the process.  A must have for ice cream aficionados and casual enthusiasts alike.

• Procedural
• Fantasy
• Poetry
• Fable

Intermediate Math Problems for Students by M. Colwell 
This workbook text explains how to perform basic mathematical operations, like double-digit addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It also explains fractions and decimals.

• Informational text
• Biography
• Fable
• Tall tale

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.1

"If a Tree Falls" adapted by Stan Tanner 
This is the very short story of a buck that was admiring his horns in the water's reflection and feeling bad about his skinny legs. When a hunter tries to kill him, his big horns get stuck in some tree branches, but his skinny legs manage to pull him free. The moral is that what is truly valuable is often unappreciated.

• Fable
• Tall Tale
• Myth
• Legend

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

 The Tinfoil Key by Rob Burnside 
When young Ian Bradley accidently switches suitcases with an intergalactic space explorer at a coffee shop, he ends up going on the trip of a lifetime. Now that he's left holding the bag, Ian must deliver it to the light scientists on Gamma Outpost 9 in time, and every life-form in the galaxy is unknowingly depending on the success of his efforts. 

• Science fiction
• Fable
• Tall tale
• Realistic fiction

Bronze Star by Irwin Keene 
World War II has been hard for Mama Conner. Her husband and three sons have been away at war and Mama Conner was left to keep the house together, raise money, and provide for Baby Maple. The mood in the town darkens suddenly when her neighbor Betsy loses one of her loved ones in battle. At Mama Conner's ladies club, several upstanding ladies of the town are on edge after hearing a garbled news report announcing that a man from their town was lost in battle, but as the man's name went unheard, the women are left to speculate as to whom will be the most affected. This novel ends in a surprising twist. 

• Biography
• Historical fiction
• Realistic fiction
• Science fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

"Rapunzel" adapted by Craig Hooper 
Once upon a time a young girl named Rapunzel was running an errand for her mother when an evil witch caught her and imprisoned her in the tower of a castle. After years in the tower, Rapunzel grew long, beautiful hair. Having seen nobody but the evil witch her whole life, Rapunzel is very lonely until one day a prince wanders by and climbs up her hair. The witch doesn't like this and action ensues, but eventually the prince and Rapunzel live happily every after.

• Fairytale
• Legend
• Fantasy
• Science Fiction

No Way In by Patty Slate
High school student Darren Banks is sick of being a viewed as a nerd. Darren enlists the help of his older cousin Tyrone to help him learn to dress, walk, and talk. With Tyrone's help, Darren soon climbs to the peak of high school popularity, but in his quest to become someone else, will Darren forget who he was? Find out in this exciting novel. 

• Realistic fiction
• Biography
• Historical fiction
• Fable

Paul Bunyan and the Seven Wonders of the World retold by Patrick Schuster
This text contains a handful of different stories about the world's largest lumberjack, Paul Bunyan, who is so big that he wrings out a handful of maple trees to make syrup for his giant waffles. He is so big that he made the Great Lakes when he couldn't find his spittoon. Read about how he met his giant blue ox, Babe, and how they became best friends and inseparable companions. Also read about how he dug the Grand Canyon by dragging his axe behind himself after a long day of work.

• Tall Tale
• Fable
• Fantasy
• Biography

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

The Hard Way Out by Terry Vaughn 
In this novel, Brian struggles with living at his Aunt's house and sharing a room with his cousin while dealing with the grief of having lost both of his parents in a tragic car accident. Basketball is his only escape, but after geting benched for low progress report grades, Brian' world shatters. Does he have it in him to turn around his grades? Will Brian come to peace with his emotions? Can anyone help him?

• Science fiction
• Realistic fiction
• Biography
• Historical fiction

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.7.9

No More Seat Belt Laws by Chris Kelley In this five paragraph essay, Chris argues that seatbelt laws are unconstitutional and he tries to convince the reader to go to a website and sign a petition against these laws.

• Realistic Fiction
• Informational
• Procedural
• Persuasive