Discover Magic is a Kids Wings collection of 63 literature guides for Award-Winning Picture Books. The units contain reading guides through activities that build cooperative skill, academic skills, and an understanding of character that builds social skills.  They provide early foundation in test-taking, problem solving, and understanding of fiction and nonfiction.  Fun is built into every unit to be sure kids know that books help them to Discover Magic!   

The books included in these units are:

Abilene Librarians' Mockingbird List:

• Bridget’s Beret by Tom Lichtenheld 
• Capybara: The World’s Largest Rodent Hooway foby Natalie Lunis (Paired with  Wodney Wat)
• Dad and Pop by Kelly Bennett illustrated by Paul Meisel
• Dirt On My Shirt: Selected Poems by Jeff Foxworthy
• Felicity Floo Visits the Zoo by E. S. Redmond
• Garbage Helps Our Garden Grow: A Compost Story by Linda Glaser 
• Goldilocks by Ruth Sanderson 
• Hansel and Gretel by Rachel Isadora (C.S. Lewis Quotes on Fairy Tales)
• Hermit Crab by Carter Goodrich
• Hurry Up and Slow Down by Layn Marlow
• Let’s Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile 
• Middle-Child Blues by Kristyn Crow Illustrated by David Catrow
• Mount Rushmore (Now That's Big!) by Kate Riggs
• Odd Egg by Emily Gravett
• Princess Pigtoria and the Pea by Pamela Duncan Edwards 
• Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler 
• Ten Things I Can Do to Help My World by Melanie Walsh
• Turtle’s Penguin Day by Valeri Gorbachev
• Who Will Plant a Tree? by Jerry Pallotta Illustrated by Tom Leonard
• Whose Shoes? A Shoe For Every Job by Stephen R. Swinburne

Kids' Wings' Award Books

• 2011 Caldecott! Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead, Illustrated by Erin E. Stead
• 2011 Caldecott Honor Book! Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein
• Bear Feels Scared by Karma Wilson
• Bear's New Friend by Karma Wilson
• Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson
• Dirty Laundry Pile: Poems in Different Voices by Paul B. Janeczko (Classic) (Gr. 3-5)
• For the Love of Autumn by Patricia Polacco
• Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
• Guinea Pigs Add Up by Margery Cuyler
• How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
• The Lucky Star by Judy Young
• Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
• My Chincoteague Pony by Susan Jeffers
• Neo Leo, The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci by Gene Barretta
• Owney, The Mail-Pouch Pooch by Mona Kerby
• Two Bobbies, A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival by Larson and Nethery
• Two Little Boys from Twolittle Toys by Vincent X. Kirsch
• Violet the Pilot by Steve Breen
• Winter's Tail, How One Little Dolphin Learned to Swim Again by Juliana Hatkoff---Now is a MOVIE!!

TLA 2x2 Picture Books 2011

• 1+1=5: and Other Unlikely Additions by David LaRochelle, Ages 4-8
• A Balloon for Isabel by Deborah Underwood, Ages 4-8
• A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams. Ages 4-8
• Cat the Cat Who is That? by Mo Willems, Ages 4-8
• Chalk by Bill Thomson. Ages 4-8
• Chicken Big, by Keith Graves. Ages 4-8
• Dancing Feet by Lindsey Craig, Ages 2-5
• Disappearing Desmond by Anna Alter, Ages 4-8
• In the Wild by David Elliott, Illustrated by Holly Meade
• LMNO Peas by Keith Baker, Ages 4-8
• Let’s Save the Animals: A Flip-the-Flap Book by Frances Barry, Ages 4-8
• Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin, Ages 4-8, Easy Chapter Book! 
• One Pup’s Up, Marsha Wilson Chall, Illustrated by Henry Cole
• Pocketful of Posies: A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes, Salley Mayor, Ages 4-8
• Rubia and the Three Osos, by Susan Middleton Elya. Ages 4-8. Spanish-English
• Say Hello, Rachel Isadora, Ages 4-8
• Shark vs. Train, by Chris Barton, Illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld. Ages 4-8
• Swim! Swim! by Lerch. Ages 4-8
• Tuck Me In! Dean Hacohen, Illustrated by Sherry Scharschmidt. Ages 2-5
• Who Said Coo? by Deborah Ruddell, Illustrated by Robin Luebs. Ages 4-8