The Organized Teacher's Guide to Children's Literature

The books that will help you integrate Common Core Standards into your lesson plans

Compiled by an author who is a college professor with a doctorate in multicultural instruction and literature, The Organized Teacher's Guide to Children's Literature gives you a quick reference to quality children’s literature, both fiction and nonfiction, with academic curriculum tie-ins meeting the Common Core Standards. You'll find title suggestions for social studies, math, and science, as well as detailed reading strategies and instructions for implementing them into mandated curriculum.
This all-in-one children’s literature resource includes Lexile levels--a code that evaluates text complexity and comprehension levels of books--that will help you see how a particular book fits into the Common Core Standards.

Kimberly Persiani, EdD, is an associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles in the area of Curriculum and Instruction. She presents at local and international conferences for bilingual education, children’s literature, gender equity and moral and character education.
Steve Springer is a fulltime classroom teacher with a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University, with a special focus on the arts throughout the subject areas and the incorporation of technology into the curriculum. He also presents at bilingual conferences, new teacher conferences and regularly attends children’s literature conferences. He has also illustrated six McGraw-Hill titles.