Connections to Harcourt Trophies Reading/Language Arts Program

• Story: The Gardener, written by Sarah Stewart, pictures by David Small
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Themes: Rooftops, children solving problems, families
• Story: Donavan’s Word Jar, written by Monalisa DeGross, illustrated by Cheryl Hanna
  Art Concept: Art museums
  Common Theme: Collecting
• Story: My Name Is María Isabel, written by Alma Flor Ada, illustrated by K. Dyble Thompson, translated from the Spanish by Ana M. Cerro
  Image Resource: Jerusalem Stabile by Alexander Calder
  Common Theme: Jerusalem
• Story: Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, written by Pam Muñoz Ryan, pictures by Brian Selznick
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Theme: Flying at night

• Story: The Baker’s Neighbor, adapted by Adele Thane
  Image Resource: Ceremonial Teahouse: Sunkaraku by Ōgi Rodō
  Common Theme: Enjoyment of simple things
• Story: The Emperor and the Kite, written by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Ed Young
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Themes: Families, children solving problems
• Story: Nights of the Pufflings, written and photo-illustrated by Bruce McMillan
  Image Resource: Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer
  Common Theme: Animals
• Story: The Garden of Happiness, written by Erika Tamar, illustrated by Barbara Lambase
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Themes: Urban neighborhood, children solving problems
• Story: How to Babysit an Orangutan, story and photographs by Tara Darling and Kathy Darling
  Image Resource: Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer
  Common Theme: Animals

• Story: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
  Image Resource: Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer
  Common Themes: Maine, seasons
• Story: Stealing Home by Mary Stolz
  Image Resource: Ceremonial Teahouse: Sunkaraku by Ōgi Rodō
  Common Themes: Changes, old and new
• Story: The Cricket in Times Square, written by George Selden, illustrated by Garth Williams
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Theme: Urban neighborhoods
• Story: Two Lands, One Heart: An American Boy’s Journey to His Mother’s Vietnam by Jeremy Schmidt and Ted Wood, photographs by Ted Wood
  Image Resource: Seated Riffian by Henri Matisse
  Common Theme: Learning about another culture
• Story: Look to the North: A Wolf Pup Diary, written by Jean Craighead George, illustrated by Lucia Washburn
  Image Resource: Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer
  Common Themes: Animals, seasons

• Story: The Kids’ Invention Book by Arlene Erlbach
  Image Resource: Jerusalem Stabile by Alexander Calder
  Common Theme: Inventions
• Story: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo’s Nose, written by Donald J. Sobol, illustrated by Eric Velazquez
  Image Resource: Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer
  Common Theme: Solving a mystery
• Story: In the Days of King Adobe by Joe Hayes
  Image Resource: Seated Riffian by Henri Matisse
  Common Theme: Meeting strangers
• Story: Red Writing Hood by Jane Tesh
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Theme: Stories
• Story: One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale by Demi
  Image Resource: Jerusalem Stabile by Alexander Calder
  Common Theme: Multiplication

• Story: Fire!, written by Joy Masoff, principal photography by Jack Resnicki and Barry D. Smith
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Theme: Community
• Story: A Very Important Day, written by Maggie Rugg Herold, illustrated by Catherine Stock
  Image Resource: Seated Riffian by Henri Matisse
  Common Theme: Learning about other cultures
• Story: Saguaro Cactus by Paul and Shirley Berquist
  Image Resource: Ceremonial Teahouse: Sunkaraku by Ōgi Rodō
  Common Theme: Nature and architecture
• Story: Blue Willow, written by Doris Gates, illustrated by Paul Lantz
  Image Resource: Jerusalem Stabile by Alexander Calder
  Common Theme: Fantastic creatures
• Story: In My Family, paintings and stories by Carmen Lomas Garza
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Themes: Family, food

• Story: The Gold Rush by Bobbie Kalman
  Image Resource: Seated Riffian by Henri Matisse
  Common Theme: Life in mountains
• Story: I Have Heard of a Land, written by Joyce Carol Thomas, illustrated by Floyd Cooper
  Image Resource: Tar Beach 2 by Faith Ringgold
  Common Theme: Power of dreams
• Story: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, from the book Larger than Life: The Adventures of American Legendary Heroes, written by Robert D. San Souci, illustrated by Andrew Glass
  Image Resource: Jerusalem Stabile by Alexander Calder
  Common Themes: Size, scale, fantasy, fact and opinion
• Story: Fly Traps! Plants That Bite Back, written by Martin Jenkins, illustrated by David Parkins
  Image Resource: Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer
  Common Theme: Hunting to survive
• Story: The Down and Up Fall, written by Johanna Hurwitz, illustrated by Gail Owens
  Image Resource: Fox Hunt by Winslow Homer
  Common Theme: Habitat