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For Teachers and Librarians

Other books written and illustrated by David Shannon

No, David!             

David Goes to School

The Rain Came Down        

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 For Students

Trouble, Trouble, They All Had Trouble

Alexander, Martha G. We're in Big Trouble, Blackboard Bear. Candlewick Press, 2001 (-E-) RL 2.6  Anthony's bear learns a hard lesson about leaving other people's possessions alone.

Levy, Elizabeth. The Cool Ghoul Mystery.  Aladdin, 2003. (-Fic-) RL 3.1 Fletcher, a basset hound, and his flea sidekick, Jasper, decide to investigate when it appears that a cool ghoul is haunting Raccoon Lodge and causing trouble for their timid raccoon friend, Rocky.Clements, Andrew.

De Paola, Tomie. Big Anthony and the Magic Ring. Harcourt, c1979. (-E-) RL 3.9  When Big Anthony borrows Strega Nona's magic ring to turn himself into a handsome man, he gets more trouble than fun.

Esbaum, Jill. Stink Soup. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2004. (-E-) RL 3.4 When Annabelle and her brother go to stay with their grandmother, Annabelle tries to keep him out of trouble, struggles to avoid eating the tomatoes she hates, and has an encounter with a skunk.

Graves, Bonnie B. Taking Care of Trouble. Dutton Children's Books, c2002. (-Fic-) RL 3.3  Fifth-grader Joel is the only kid in the Junior Adventurers who hasn't passed the Emergency Preparedness test, so when his best friend's older sister begs him to help take care of a troublesome toddler, Joel figures the experience will help him pass the test.

Most, Bernard. Z-Z-Zoink! Harcourt Brace, c1999. (-E-) RL 1.5  A pig has trouble finding a place to sleep because she snores so loudly and wakes up the entire barnyard.

Rey, H. A. (Hans Augusto). Curious George.  Houghton Mifflin, c1969. (-E-) RL 2.4  The curiosity of a newly-captured monkey gets him into continuous trouble, but he is saved by his friend, the man in the yellow hat.

Taylor, Livingston. Can I be Good? Harcourt Brace, 1997. (-E-) RL 1.7  Although he wants to be good, a big dog keeps doing things that get him into trouble.

Ward, Lynd. The Biggest Bear. Houghton Mifflin, 1988, c1952. (-E-) RL 3.7  Johnny goes hunting for a bearskin to hang on his family's barn and returns with a small bundle of trouble.