Comprehension Strategy Booklist compiled from Strategies that Work
and Proficient Readers
MAKING CONNECTIONS (Text to Self, Text to Text and Text to World)
A Country Farm Away Nigel Gray and Philippe Dupasquier
Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman
Amos and Boris William Steig
Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes
Dog Breath Dav Pilkey
Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant
Fireflies Julie Brinkloe
Going Home Eve Bunting
Hazel’s Amazing Mother Rosemary Wells
Hey World, Here I Am Jean Little
How Many Days to America Eve Bunting
I Hate English Ellen Levine
I Have a Dream Mike Francen
I Know a Lady Charlotte Zolotow
Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber
Jamaica’s Find
Julius, the Baby of the World Kevin Henkes
Koala Lou Mem Fox
Lifetimes Bryan Mellonie
Mirette On the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully
Miss Maggie Cynthia Rylant
My Great Aunt Arizona Gloria Houston
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs Tomie DePaola
Near the Window Tree/Poems & Notes Karla Kuskin
Now One Foot, Now the Other Tomie dePaola
Oliver Button Is a Sissy Tomie dePaola
Owen Kevin Henkes
Rondo in C Paul Fleischman
Roxaboxen Alice McLerran
Sheila the Brave Kevin Henkes
Smoky Night Eve Bunting
Snippets Charlotte Zolotow
Sol a Sol Lori Marie Carlson
Tar Beach Faith Ringold
The Art Lesson Tomie dePaolo
The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland
The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume
The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney Judith Viorst
The Two of Them Aliki
Three Brave Women CLG Martin
Up North at the Cabin Marshall Chall
When I was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox
William’s Doll Charlotte Zolotow
ASKING QUESTIONS
A Country Far Away Nigel Gray and Philippe Dupasquier
A Day’s Work Eve Bunting
All I See Cynthia Rylant
Ameilia’s Road Linda Jacobs Altman
An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant
Baseball, The American Epic Charlie Anderson Barbara Abercrombie
DREAMS” – poem Langston Hughes
Elizabeth Clarie Nivola
Fly Away Home Eve Bunting
Grandfather Twilight Barbara Berger
How Come Kathy Wollard
How Many Days to America Eve Bunting
Monarch Butterfly Gail Gibbons
Picture Books about Space – various authors
Pink and Say Patricia Polacco
Smoky Night Eve Bunting
Something Permanent Cynthia Rylant
Storm Boy Paul Own Lewis
The Best Town in the World Byrd Baylor
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret Florence Parry Heide
The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
The Important Book Margaret Wise Brown
The Librarian Who Measured Earth Kathryn Lasky
The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland
The Potato Man Megan McDonald
The Stranger Chris Van Allsburg (most books by this
author provoke questions)
The Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White
The Wall Eve Bunting
The Wise Woman and Her Secret Eve Merrian
UFO Diary Satoshi Kitamura
The Van Gogh Café Cynthia Rylant
Why is the Sky Blue? Sally Grindley
Yanni Rubbish Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
Visualizing
Abuela Arthur Dorros
A Lucky Thing Alice Schertle
All the Small Poems Valerie Worth
Bad Day at Riverbend Chris Van Allsburg
Charlotte’s Web E.B. White
Close Your Eyes Jean Marzollo
Color Me A Rhyme Jane Yolen
Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky Gergia Heard
Ever Heard of an Aardwolf M adeline Moser
Festival in my Heart: Poems by Japanese Children Bruno Navasky
Fireflies Julie Brinkloe
Footprints and Shadows Anne Wescott Dodd
Good Dog Carl Alexandra Day
Goodnight to Annie Eve Merrian
Greyling Jane Yolen
I’m In Charge of Celebrations Byrd Baylor
I am the Ocean Suzanne Marshak
Marianthe’s Story Aliki
Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant
Painted Worlds/Spoken Memories Putting the World to Sleep Shelley Moore Thomas
Quiet, Please Eve Merrian
Sailboat Lost Leonard Everett
Say Something Mary Stoltz
See the Ocean Estelle Condra
Shadow Ball: The History of the Negro Leagues Geoffry Ward
The Napping House Audrey Wood
The Rag Coat Lauren Mills
The Sailor Dog Margaret Wise Brown
The Seashore Book Charlotte Zolotow
The Zoo at Night Martha Robinson
Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher
What Does the Rain Play Nancy White Carlsstrom
When I’m Sleepy Jane R. Howard
Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Jane R. Howard
Determining Importance (deciding what is most important to know or understand)
Any Social Studies/Science textbook or nonfiction book – various authors
Bull Run Paul Fleischman
Exploring the Titanic Robert Ballard
Hungry, Hungry Sharks Joanna Cole
The Unhuggables National Wildlife Federation
Inferring
Brave Irene William Steig
Bull Run Paul Fleischman
Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky Georgia Heard
Dandelion Eve Bunting
Dateline Paul Fleischman
Encounter Jane Yolen
Fables Arnold Lobel
Fireflies Julie Brinkloe
Fly Away Home Eve Bunting
Freefall David Wiesner
For the Good of the Earth and Sun Eve Bunting
Grandfather Twilight Barbara Berger
How Many Days to America Eve Bunting
If You Listen Charlotte Zolotow
June 29, 1999 David Wiesner
Miss Maggie Cynthia Rylant
Mother Earth, Father Sky Jane Yolen
Oliver Button is a Sissy Tomie DePaola
Rose Blance Roberto Innocenti
See the Ocean Estelle Condra
Something Beautiful Sharon Dennis Nyeth
Teammates Peter Golenbock
The Rag Coat Lauren Mills
The Royal Bee Frances Park
The Table Where Rich People Sit Byrd Baylor
Tight Times Barbara Shook Hazen
Where Are You Going, Mayoni Catherine Stock
Winter Fox Catherine Stock
Synthesizing (Summarizing or breaking something down into its parts)
Any Science/Social Studies textbook – various authors
Any cake recipe’s list of ingredients
A Boy Called Slow Joseph Bruchac
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant
Cindy Ellen A Wild West Cinderella Susan Lowell
Cinderella Skeleton Robert D. San Souci
For Every Child a Better World L. Gikow
Messages of Hope and compassion Nick Del Calzo
The Devil’s Arithmetic Jane Yolen
The Rough Faced Girl Rafe Martin
The Triumphant Spirit: Portraits and Stories of Holocaust Survivors, Their Messages of Hope and compassion Nick Del Calzo
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Stinky Cheese Man
Yeh Shen A Cinderella Story from China Ai-Ling Louie
A Country Farm Away Nigel Gray and Philippe Dupasquier
Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman
Amos and Boris William Steig
Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes
Dog Breath Dav Pilkey
Every Living Thing Cynthia Rylant
Fireflies Julie Brinkloe
Going Home Eve Bunting
Hazel’s Amazing Mother Rosemary Wells
Hey World, Here I Am Jean Little
How Many Days to America Eve Bunting
I Hate English Ellen Levine
I Have a Dream Mike Francen
I Know a Lady Charlotte Zolotow
Ira Sleeps Over Bernard Waber
Jamaica’s Find
Julius, the Baby of the World Kevin Henkes
Koala Lou Mem Fox
Lifetimes Bryan Mellonie
Mirette On the High Wire Emily Arnold McCully
Miss Maggie Cynthia Rylant
My Great Aunt Arizona Gloria Houston
Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs Tomie DePaola
Near the Window Tree/Poems & Notes Karla Kuskin
Now One Foot, Now the Other Tomie dePaola
Oliver Button Is a Sissy Tomie dePaola
Owen Kevin Henkes
Rondo in C Paul Fleischman
Roxaboxen Alice McLerran
Sheila the Brave Kevin Henkes
Smoky Night Eve Bunting
Snippets Charlotte Zolotow
Sol a Sol Lori Marie Carlson
Tar Beach Faith Ringold
The Art Lesson Tomie dePaolo
The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland
The Pain and the Great One Judy Blume
The Relatives Came Cynthia Rylant
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney Judith Viorst
The Two of Them Aliki
Three Brave Women CLG Martin
Up North at the Cabin Marshall Chall
When I was Young in the Mountains Cynthia Rylant
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge Mem Fox
William’s Doll Charlotte Zolotow
ASKING QUESTIONS
A Country Far Away Nigel Gray and Philippe Dupasquier
A Day’s Work Eve Bunting
All I See Cynthia Rylant
Ameilia’s Road Linda Jacobs Altman
An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant
Baseball, The American Epic Charlie Anderson Barbara Abercrombie
DREAMS” – poem Langston Hughes
Elizabeth Clarie Nivola
Fly Away Home Eve Bunting
Grandfather Twilight Barbara Berger
How Come Kathy Wollard
How Many Days to America Eve Bunting
Monarch Butterfly Gail Gibbons
Picture Books about Space – various authors
Pink and Say Patricia Polacco
Smoky Night Eve Bunting
Something Permanent Cynthia Rylant
Storm Boy Paul Own Lewis
The Best Town in the World Byrd Baylor
The Day of Ahmed’s Secret Florence Parry Heide
The God of Small Things Arundhati Roy
The Important Book Margaret Wise Brown
The Librarian Who Measured Earth Kathryn Lasky
The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland
The Potato Man Megan McDonald
The Stranger Chris Van Allsburg (most books by this
author provoke questions)
The Trumpet of the Swan E.B. White
The Wall Eve Bunting
The Wise Woman and Her Secret Eve Merrian
UFO Diary Satoshi Kitamura
The Van Gogh Café Cynthia Rylant
Why is the Sky Blue? Sally Grindley
Yanni Rubbish Shulamith Levey Oppenheim
Visualizing
Abuela Arthur Dorros
A Lucky Thing Alice Schertle
All the Small Poems Valerie Worth
Bad Day at Riverbend Chris Van Allsburg
Charlotte’s Web E.B. White
Close Your Eyes Jean Marzollo
Color Me A Rhyme Jane Yolen
Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky Gergia Heard
Ever Heard of an Aardwolf M adeline Moser
Festival in my Heart: Poems by Japanese Children Bruno Navasky
Fireflies Julie Brinkloe
Footprints and Shadows Anne Wescott Dodd
Good Dog Carl Alexandra Day
Goodnight to Annie Eve Merrian
Greyling Jane Yolen
I’m In Charge of Celebrations Byrd Baylor
I am the Ocean Suzanne Marshak
Marianthe’s Story Aliki
Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant
Painted Worlds/Spoken Memories Putting the World to Sleep Shelley Moore Thomas
Quiet, Please Eve Merrian
Sailboat Lost Leonard Everett
Say Something Mary Stoltz
See the Ocean Estelle Condra
Shadow Ball: The History of the Negro Leagues Geoffry Ward
The Napping House Audrey Wood
The Rag Coat Lauren Mills
The Sailor Dog Margaret Wise Brown
The Seashore Book Charlotte Zolotow
The Zoo at Night Martha Robinson
Twilight Comes Twice Ralph Fletcher
What Does the Rain Play Nancy White Carlsstrom
When I’m Sleepy Jane R. Howard
Wild, Wild Sunflower Child Jane R. Howard
Determining Importance (deciding what is most important to know or understand)
Any Social Studies/Science textbook or nonfiction book – various authors
Bull Run Paul Fleischman
Exploring the Titanic Robert Ballard
Hungry, Hungry Sharks Joanna Cole
The Unhuggables National Wildlife Federation
Inferring
Brave Irene William Steig
Bull Run Paul Fleischman
Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky Georgia Heard
Dandelion Eve Bunting
Dateline Paul Fleischman
Encounter Jane Yolen
Fables Arnold Lobel
Fireflies Julie Brinkloe
Fly Away Home Eve Bunting
Freefall David Wiesner
For the Good of the Earth and Sun Eve Bunting
Grandfather Twilight Barbara Berger
How Many Days to America Eve Bunting
If You Listen Charlotte Zolotow
June 29, 1999 David Wiesner
Miss Maggie Cynthia Rylant
Mother Earth, Father Sky Jane Yolen
Oliver Button is a Sissy Tomie DePaola
Rose Blance Roberto Innocenti
See the Ocean Estelle Condra
Something Beautiful Sharon Dennis Nyeth
Teammates Peter Golenbock
The Rag Coat Lauren Mills
The Royal Bee Frances Park
The Table Where Rich People Sit Byrd Baylor
Tight Times Barbara Shook Hazen
Where Are You Going, Mayoni Catherine Stock
Winter Fox Catherine Stock
Synthesizing (Summarizing or breaking something down into its parts)
Any Science/Social Studies textbook – various authors
Any cake recipe’s list of ingredients
A Boy Called Slow Joseph Bruchac
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant
Cindy Ellen A Wild West Cinderella Susan Lowell
Cinderella Skeleton Robert D. San Souci
For Every Child a Better World L. Gikow
Messages of Hope and compassion Nick Del Calzo
The Devil’s Arithmetic Jane Yolen
The Rough Faced Girl Rafe Martin
The Triumphant Spirit: Portraits and Stories of Holocaust Survivors, Their Messages of Hope and compassion Nick Del Calzo
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Stinky Cheese Man
Yeh Shen A Cinderella Story from China Ai-Ling Louie