Independent Reading Suggested Books for Embracing Difference: The Hundred Dresses and Garvey's Choice
See our Independent Reading for Elementary Students Teacher Tool for guidance on how to use the suggested texts below.
Additional Texts by the Author
- Make Way for Dyamonde Daniel by Nikki Grimes (590-630L) *
- The Curious Adventures of Jimmy McGee by Eleanor Estes (780L) **
- The Moffats (series) by Eleanor Estes (700-800L) **
- The Pyes (series) by Eleanor Estes (890-990L)
- Words with Wings by Nikki Grimes (850L)
Informational Texts to Build Content Knowledge
- Speak Up and Get Along! by Scott Cooper (790L)
- Stand Up for Yourself & Your Friends: Dealing with Bullies & Bossiness and Finding a Better Way by Patti Kelley Criswell, Angela Martini (670L)
- Stand Up: Bullying Prevention (series) by Addy Ferguson
- The No More Bullying Book for Kids: Become Strong, Happy, and Bully-Proof by Vanessa Green Allen
Texts with Connecting Topics and Themes
Accepting ourselves and others
- Blubber by Judy Blume (610L)
- Confessions of a Former Bully by Trudy Ludwig (810L)
- Drita, My Homegirl by Jenny Lombard (630L)
- EllRay Jakes the Dragon Slayer! by Sally Warner (760L) *
- Jake Drake, Bully Buster by Andrew Clements (650L)
- Justin Case: Rules, Tools, and Maybe a Bully by Rachel Vail (780L)
- Knights of the Lunch Table (series) by Frank Cammuso (250L)
- My Secret Bully by Trudy Ludwig (630L)
- Pottymouth and Stoopid by Chris Grabenstein, James Patterson (690L) **
- The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams (650L) **
- Upstanders to the Rescue! (series) by Phyllis Kaufman Goodstein (780L)
- Wonder by R.J. Palacio (790L)
* lower Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
** higher Lexile or qualitative measures than core text.
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