The Giant Postman #40 (chpater)

Title: The Giant Postman
Author: Sally Grindley
Illustration: Wendy Smith
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre:
Theme: friendship, mail
Primary character Postman
Publication 2000
Published by Kingfisher

Francine the Superstar #39 (chapter)

Title: Francine the Superstar
Author: Stephen Krensky
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre:
Theme:
Primary character
Publication 2000
Published by Little, Brown and Company

The Lady in the Hat #38 (chapter)

Title: The Lady with the Hat
Author: Uri Orlev
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre:
Theme:
Primary character
Publication 1990
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company

Slam! #37 (chapter)

Title: Slam! Author: Walter Dean Myers
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Realistic Fiction
Theme:
Primary character
Publication 1996
Published by Scholastic Press

The Mouse and the Motorcycle #36 (chapter)

Title: The Mouse and the Motorcycle
Author: Beverly Cleary
Illustrator: Louis Darling
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Animal
Theme:
Primary character
Publication 1965
Published by Avon Books

Al Capone Does My Shirts #35 (chapter)

Title: Al Capone Does My Shirts
Author: Gennifer Coldenko
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Realistic Fiction
Theme: autism, family, friends
Primary character Moose Secondary Nat, Cam, Mom, Piper
Award Newbery Honor Book
Publication 2004
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons

Al Capone Does My Shirts is about a young boy who had to move to a new place. While he is dealing with a new place, he also has a sister with autism. Unfortunately, at the time this book is set in no one knows what or how to deal with autism. He has to choose what is right and wrong as he makes new friends and deals with his sister.

This book would be great to use in the classroom. It shows how people deal with children with autism. It also shows how hard it was during the great depression and how people did what they could to provide for their family.

Alexander, Who's Not Going to Move #34 (picture)

Title: Alexander, Who’s Not (Do you hear me? I meant it!) Going to Move
Author: Judith Viorst
Illustrator: Robin Preiss Glasser
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre:
Theme:
Primary character Alexander Secondary Mom, Dad, Nick,
Publication 1995
Published by Atheneum books for Young Readers