Resources for educators
Letters
- Beethoven Lives Upstairs, Barbara Nichol, illus. by Scott Cameron. Lester, 1993 (3+)
- The China Year, Emily Cheney Nevill. HarperCollins, 1990(5-8)
- Dear Annie, Judith Caseley. Greenwillow, 1991 (1-4)
- Dear Daddy…, Philippe DuPasquier. Bradbury, 1985 (1-3)
- Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary. Morrow, 1983 (5-7)
- Dear Mr. Sprouts, Errol Broome. Knopf, 1993 (4-6)
- George Shrinks, William Joyce. Harper & Row, 1985 (1-3)
- The Jolly Postman or Other People’s Letters, Janet & Allan Ahlberg. Little, Brown, 1986 (1+)
- Onion Tears, Diana Kidd, illus. by Lucy Montgomery. Orchard, 1991 (3-6)
- Stringbean’s Trip to the Shining Sea, Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow, 1988 (2+) (postcards)
Diary/Journal
- Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank. Doubleday, 1952 (5+)
- The Burning Questions of Bingo Grown, Betsy Byars. Viking Penguin, 1988 (5-8)
- Catharine Called Birdy, Karen Cushman. Clarion, 1994 (5+)
- Dear Mr. Henshaw, Beverly Cleary. Morrow, 1983 (5-7)
- The Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal 1830-1832, Joan Blos. Scribner’s, 1979 (5+)
- Hey World, Here I Am!, Jean Little, illus. by SueSue Truesdell. Harper & Row, 1989 (4-7)
- My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George. Dutton, 1988 (1959)(4-7)
- An Owl in the House: A Naturalist’s Diary, Bernd Heinrich. adapted by Alice Calaprice, Joy Street, 1990
- Strider, Beverly Cleary. Morrow, 1991 (6+)
- Three Days on a River in a Red Canoe, Vera B. Williams. Greenwillow, 1981 (2-5)
- Z for Zachariah, Robert O’Brien. Atheneum, 1975 (5+)
- Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovic. Viking, 1994 (5+)
Etc.
- Anastasia Krupnik, Lois Lowry. Houghton Mifflin, 1979 (4-6) (lists and poetry)
- Germy Blows the Bugle, Jones. Arcade, 1990 (5-7) (newspaper)
- Hey World, Here I Am!, Jean Little, illus. by SueSue Truesdell. Harper & Row, 1989 (4-7)(poetry)
- Libby on Wednesday, Libby Snyder. Delacorte, 1990 (5+) (writing groups)