This book  Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages — from nursery school to medical school — and gives them the get-up-and-go to move mountains with the unrivaled exuberance and charm. This book is full of imagination and creativity.  The book can be used in a classroom as an introduction to a writing activity about future career or on career day. The book introduces creativity and motivation to the students. It also inspires them and reassure that they are capable of anything. 

Fiction 

Prek-2 Grade

Level P

First Day Jitters is a book about a teacher who is scared to go to school on the first day of school. She misses her old school and plays all of the scenarios that could happen on her first day of class. She worries whether she will like this new school. The book provides a good laugh and children may find it reassuring that they are not alone in their anxieties about new situations. This book could be used in the classroom as a first day of class read. The book could also be used as an introduction to a writing activity  where the students get to write about their fears on the first day of school.  

Fiction

PreK-2

Level L

Shiloh is about a young boy who discovers a beagle dog who is being mistreated and abused. He goes beyond and does the right thing by protecting Shiloh and taking care of him. He becomes Shiloh's voice and guardian angel. This book can be used in a classroom by using it to discuss the importance of doing the right thing even when it is not the easiest route. The text could also lead to an assignment where the students get to research about their community and what organizations help around their community. 

Fiction

Grade: 3-8

Fountas and Pinnell: Level R

Grandfather's Journey is a book about a young boy who retells his grandfather's journey coming from Japan to America. The text illustrates all of the obstacles and hardships his grandfather had to overcome while inhabiting a new country. This text can be used in a 3-5th grade classroom during a lesson regarding immigration and migration. This book could lead to an activity where the students get to research their family's origin and where their great great grandparents immigrated from.     

Fiction

3-5th Grade

Fountas and Pinnell: Level P

Amazing Grace is a book about a little girl who loves stories. She is always listening and acting out stories. The text displays how Grace overcomes the obstacle of wanting to play peter pan's role in a play. She knows exactly who she wants to be and shows everyone else how confident, unique and beautiful she is. This text could be used in a prek-5th grade classroom to start a discussion on what makes all of us unique and beautiful. The students could even send each other letters and tell friends what makes them beautiful and unique. This book could also lead to a discussion on what students wants to be when they grow up. 

Fiction

PreK-5th grade

Fountas and Pinnell: Level L