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As of Fall 2004 the Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project has been discontinued. This website will be maintained for a time on a limited basis for informational purposes and so that you are able to access the resources provided. All the best to you in your teaching.
Summer Institute 2003
Literature "Picks"
Featured Author Website:
Robert Munsch
Alice Nizzy Nazzy: The Witch of Santa Fe
Author: Tony Johnston, Tomie dePaola
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
ISBN: 069811650X
Reading Level: Ages 4-8All the Places to Love
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Illustrator: Michael Wimmer
ISBN: 0060210982
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents
Author: Terry Pratchett
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0060012358
Reading Level: Young AdultFlecha al sol / Arrow to the Sun
Author: Gerald McDermott
Illustrator: Gerald McDermott
ISBN: 0140543643
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Bark, George
Author: Jules Feiffer
Illustrator: Jules Feiffer
ISBN: 0062051857
Reading Level: Baby/Preschool/KindergartenBein' With You This Way
Author: W. Nikola-Lisa
Illustrator: Michael Bryant
ISBN: 1-8800000-26-1
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Best of Roald Dahl (Includes "The Way Up to Heaven," "Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Landlady," and "The Hitchhiker")
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0679729917
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultBig Al
Author: Andrew Clements
Illustrator: Yoshi Kogo
ISBN: 0689817223
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Bless Me, Ultima
Author: Rudolfo A. Anaya
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0446600253
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultBoy
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0435123009
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultBrave Potatoes
Author: Toby Speed
Illustrator: Barry Root
ISBN: 0-399-23158-7
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Bubba the Cowboy Prince: A Fractured Texas Tale
Author: Helen Ketteman
Illustrator: James Warhola
ISBN: 0590255061
Reading Level: Ages 4-8La Mariposa / Butterfly
Author: Francisco Jiménez, Simón Silva
Illustrator: Simón Silva
ISBN: 0618073175
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Captain Abdul's Pirate School
Author: Colin McNaughton
Illustrator: Colin McNaughton
ISBN: 1-56402-843-7
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Chalk Box Kid
Author: Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrator: Thomas B. Allen
ISBN: 0394891023
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Includes "Harlem Sweeties")
Author: Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad (Editor), David Roessel (Editor)
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0679764089
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultCommitted to Memory: 100 Best Poems to Memorize
Author: John Hollander (Editor), Eavan Boland (Editor)
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 1573226467
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake (Includes "A Poison Tree")
Author: William Blake, David V. Erdman (Editor), Harold Bloom, William Golding, (Editor)
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0385152132
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Complete Stories (Includes "The Life You Save May Be Your Own")
Author: Flannery O'Connor
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0374515360
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultComplete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Includes "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," "The Mystery of Marie Roget," and "The Purloined Letter")
Author: Edgar Allen Poe
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0385074077
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Contender
Author: Robert Lipsyte
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0064470393
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Crossing
Author: Gary Paulsen
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0440205824
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultDancing Drum: A Cherokee Legend
Author: Terri Cohlene
Illustrator: Charles Reasoner
ISBN: 0833563661
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Dancing in the Wings
Author: Debbie Allen
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
ISBN: 0803725019
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Devil's Arithmetic
Author: Jane Yolen
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0140345353
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Author: Anne Tyler
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0449911594
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultEarth Song, Sky Spirit: Short Stories of the Contemporary Native American Experience
Author: Clifford E. Trafzer (Editor)
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0385469608
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Egyptian Cinderella
Author: Shirley Climo
Illustrator: Ruth Heller
ISBN: 0064432793
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Cuadros de familia / Family Pictures
Author: Carmen Lomas Garza, Rosalma Zubizarreta (Translator)
Illustrator: Carmen Lomas Garza
ISBN: 0892391081
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Fibblestax
Author: Devin Scillian
Illustrator: Kathryn Darnnell
ISBN: 1-886947-90-2
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Fish is Fish
Author: Leo Lionni
Illustrator: Leo Lionni
ISBN: 0394827996
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Flute Player / La Flautista
Author: Robyn Eversole
Illustrator: G. Brian Karas
ISBN: 0531094693
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Freak the Mighty
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0439286069
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel
Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0684863324
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Giver
Author: Lois Lowry
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0440237688
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Golden Flower
Author: Retold by Janet Palazzo-Craig (Author)
Illustrator: Janet Palazzo-Craig, Charles Reasoner
ISBN: 0816739900
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Good Night, Mr. Tom
Author: Michelle Magorian
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 006440174X
Reading Level: Young AdultThe Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0684801523
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Gullywasher / El chaparrón torrencial
Author: Joyce Rossi, Patricia Hinton Davison
Illustrator: Joyce Rossi
ISBN: 0873587286
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Hailstones and Halibut Bones: Adventures in Color
Author: Mary Le Duc O'Neill, Mary O'Neil
Illustrator: John Wallner
ISBN: 0385244843
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Happy Birthday, Moon
Author: Frank Asch
Illustrator: Frank Asch
ISBN: 0689835442
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The HBJ Anthology of Literature (Includes "A&P" by John Updike)
Author: John C. Scott
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: Unknown
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Heartsong of Charging Elk
Author: James Welch
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0385496753
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultHello, Ocean!
Author: Pam Munoz Ryan
Illustrator: Mark Astrella
ISBN: 0881069884
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The House on Mango Street
Author: Sandra Cisneros
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0679734775
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe House on Maple Street
Author: Bonnie Pryor
Illustrator: Beth Peck
ISBN: 0688120318
Reading Level: Ages 4-8How the Brain Learns
Author: David A. Sousa
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0761977651
Reading Level: TeachingThe Hundred Dresses
Author: Eleanor Estes
Illustrator: Louis Slobodkin
ISBN: 0156423502
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Hurricane: The Miraculous Journey of Rubin Carter
Author: James S. Hirsch
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0395979854
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultI Am a Man: Ode to Martin Luther King Jr.
Author: Eve Merriam
Illustrator:
ISBN: ASIN: 0385087012
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultI Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944
Author: Hana Volavkova (Editor)
Illustrator: Children
ISBN: 0805210156
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultIshmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Author: Daniel Quinn
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0553375407
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Jazz Fly
Author: Matthew Gollub
Illustrator: Karen Hanke
ISBN: 1889910171
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Jolly Postman
Author: Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0316126446
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Joy Luck Club
Author: Amy Tan
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0804106304
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultJoyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
Author: Paul Fleischman
Illustrator: Eric Beddows
ISBN: 0064460932
Reading Level: Ages 9-12The Kissing Hand
Author: Audrey Penn
Illustrator: Ruth E. Harper, Nancy M. Leak
ISBN: 0878685855
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Letter from the Birmingham Jail
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr., Bernice A. King
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: ASIN: 0062509551
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultLittle Blue, Little Yellow
Author: Leo Lionni
Illustrator: Leo Lionni
ISBN: 0688132855
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year
Author: Kate Waters, Madeline Slovenz-Low
Illustrator: Martha Cooper (Photographer)
ISBN: 0590430475
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
Author: Sherman Alexie
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0060976241
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Lonely Wizard
Author: Helmut Kollars
Illustrator: Helmut Kollars
ISBN: 1-56711-804-6
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Lord of the Flies: A Novel
Author: William Gerald Golding
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0399501487
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultMadlenka
Author: Peter Sís
Illustrator: Peter Sís
ISBN: 0374399697
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Make Way for Ducklings
Author: Robert McCloskey
Illustrator: Robert McCloskey
ISBN: 0670451495
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Mama's Perfect Present
Author: Diane Goode
Illustrator: Diane Goode
ISBN: ASIN: 0525454934
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Marianthe's Story: Painted Words and Marianthe's Story: Spoken Memories
Author: Aliki
Illustrator: Aliki
ISBN: 0688156614
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Meet Josefina, An American Girl
Author: Valerie Tripp
Illustrator: Jean-Paul Tibbles, Susan McAliley
ISBN: 1-56247-515-0
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror
Author: Steve Alten
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 055357910X
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Memory String
Author: Eve Bunting
Illustrator: Ted Rand
ISBN: 0395861462
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot
Author: Margot Theis Raven
Illustrator: Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen
ISBN: 1-58536-069-4
Reading Level: Ages 9-12The Mitten: A Ukrainian Folktale
Author: Jan Brett
Illustrator: Jan Brett
ISBN: 0399231099
Reading Level: Baby/Preschool/KindergartenMuch Ado About Nothing
Author: William Shakespeare
Illustrator: Folger Library Collections
ISBN: 0671722808
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Mud Pony
Author: Re-told by Caron Lee Cohen
Illustrator: Shonto Begay
ISBN: 0590415263
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Nothing But The Truth: A Documentary Novel
Author: Avi
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 038071907X
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Olivia
Author: Ian Falconer
Illustrator: Ian Falconer
ISBN: 0689829531
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Olivia Saves the Circus
Author: Ian Falconer
Illustrator: Ian Falconer
ISBN: 068982954X
Reading Level: Ages 4-8One Tiny Turtle
Author: Nicola Davies
Illustrator: Jane Chapman
ISBN: 0763615498
Reading Level: Baby/Preschool/KindergartenOwl Babies
Author: Martin Waddell
Illustrator: Patrick Benson
ISBN: 1564029654
Reading Level: Baby/Preschool/KindergartenPaper Bag Princess
Author: Robert N. Munsch
Illustrator: Michael Martchenko
ISBN: 0920236162
Reading Level: Ages4-8The Pearl
Author: John Steinbeck
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 014017737X
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultPieces: A Year in Poems & Quilts
Author: Anna Grossnickle Hines
Illustrator: Anna Grossnickle Hines
ISBN: 0688169635
Reading Level: Ages 4-8The Professor's House
Author: Willa Cather
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0679731806
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultRomeo and Juliet
Author: William Shakespeare
Illustrator: Folger Library Collections
ISBN: 0671722859
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Rough-Face Girl
Author: Re-told by Rafe Martin
Illustrator: David Shannon
ISBN: 0698116267
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Ruby's Wish
Author: Shirin Yim Bridges
Illustrator: Sophie Blackall
ISBN: 0811834905
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Salt in His Shoes
Author: Kadir Nelson, Deloris Jordan, Roslyn M. Jordan
Illustrator: Kadir Nelson
ISBN: 0689833717
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Six is So Much Less Than Seven
Author: Ronald Himler
Illustrator: Ronald Himler
ISBN: 1887734910
Reading Level: Ages 4-8"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth
Author: Jane Goodall, Eric Carle
Illustrator: Jane Goodall, Eric Carle
ISBN: 0-399-23954-5
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head
Author: Carla Hannaford
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0915556278
Reading Level: TeacherThe Sneetches and Other Stories
Author: Dr. Seuss
Illustrator: Dr. Seuss
ISBN: 0394800893
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Stone Soup
Author: Ann McGovern
Illustrator: Winslow Pinney Pels
ISBN: 0590416022
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Stonewords: A Ghost Story
Author: Pam Conrad
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0064403548
Reading Level: Ages 9-12The Summer of Black Widows
Author: Sherman Alexie
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 1882413342
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultThe Talking Cloth
Author: Rhonda Mitchell
Illustrator: Rhonda Mitchell
ISBN: 0-531-07182-0
Reading Level: Ages 4-8A Telling of the Tales: Five Stories
Author: William J. Brooke
Illustrator: Richard Egielski
ISBN: ASIN: 0060206896
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Los tres cerdos / The Three Pigs: Nacho, Tito y Miguel
Author: Bobbi Salinas, Marcos Guerrero (Translator), Amapola Franzen (Translator)
Illustrator: Bobbi Salinas
ISBN: 0-934925-05-4
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Thumbelina
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator:
ISBN: ASIN: 0831787775
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultTibet: Through the Red Box
Author: Peter Sís
Illustrator: Peter Sís
ISBN: 0374375526
Reading Level: Ages 9-12The Tortilla Curtain
Author: T. Coraghessan Boyle
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 014023828X
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultTortillas and Lullabies, Tortillas y cancioncitas
Author: Lynn Reiser
Illustrator: Valientes Corazones
ISBN: 0688146287
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Touching Spirit Bear
Author: Ben Mikaelsen
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 038080560X
Reading Level: Ages 9-12Tree of Cranes
Author: Allen Say
Illustrator: Allen Say
ISBN: 039552024X
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Ultimate Spider-Man, Vol. I
Author: Brian Michael Bendis, Bill Jemas
Illustrator: Mark Bagley
ISBN: 078510898X
Reading Level: Young AdultVoices of the Heart
Author: Ed Young
Illustrator: Ed Young
ISBN: ASIN: 0590501992
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming
Author: Jez Alborough
Illustrator: Jez Alborough
ISBN: 0613104889
Reading Level: Ages 4-8Where's My Teddy?
Author: Jez Alborough
Illustrator: Jez Alborough
ISBN: 1564022803
Reading Level: Baby/Preschool/KindergartenA Yellow Raft in Blue Water
Author: Michael Dorris
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0312421850
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultYellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit
Author: Leslie Marmon Silko
Illustrator: NA
ISBN: 0684827077
Reading Level: Young Adult/AdultYo! Yes?
Author: Chris Raschka
Illustrator: Chris Raschka
ISBN: 0531071081
Reading Level: Baby/Preschool/KindergartenZooBooks Series
Author: NA
Illustrator: Varies
ISBN: NA
Reading Level: Allupdated: March 30, 2005
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