This is one of my favorites! Currently my daughter is obsessed with this book and I love the story it tells. The Pout Pout Fish is definitely a frowny fellow, who encounters many fish in the sea whom encourage him to turn his frown upside down. He clearly finds himself as dreary and will not change until he meets a certain Kiss Kiss Fish. She plants a kiss on his pout and he finally sees that he is more than a pout pout fish. In the end, he plants a kiss on all those he pouted toward and has a change of heart. This story teaches students that it's all about perspective. You could use this book at the beginning of the year to encourage your students to have a positive attitude in the classroom. It would be ideal to have cheery faced student everyday but some days that will not happen. You could refer back to this book, and remind the class that all it takes is one compliment, smile, or nice gesture to turn a friends frown upside down. This text is leveled at a O according to Scholastic's guided reading scale. 

Who doesn't love Pete the Cat? I would use this fun sing song book on the first day of school of course! Shaking off those new school jitters will be so important for those new kiddos. I would use this for lower elementary school, Kindergarten through 2nd grade! Let's rock out the first day!! 

PERSPECTIVE!! Its all about perspective! This book is so much fun to teach perspective. So many times we think what we see is the only way to see it! I think its so important to teach students about other people's perspectives and teach them to learn to value other people's opinions! I would use this in ANY and ALL elementary classrooms! Even adults need this book! 

Decisions, decisions! Should I Share My Ice Cream? tells the story of a great big dilemma. I love this book because the text is so learner friendly and who doesn't like ice cream? I would use this book in my lower elementary K and 1st grade classroom about the importance of doing the right thing and taking time to reason out decisions! Will he or will he not? Guess you'll have to read it for yourself to find out!

Boy, oh, boy!! This boy means business!! I also found this book in my placement and boy is Alexander serious! I would use this book for not only talking about stubbornness and keeping an open mind, but also for character analysis! Alexander does a lot of changing in this book and there is a lot of good traits to introduce through this book. I would use this in a 3rd or 4th grade class! He really does mean it by the way!