Picture Books for Comparisons and Making Connections
Scroll your way through multiple lists of suggested companion picture books for making connections and comparing & contrasting.
Picture Books for Making Connections
Comparing and contrasting books and making connections with them are both important comprehension skills. Expecting your students to develop these skills will prompt them to engage with what they are reading and use their prior knowledge and experiences to make sense of the text. Comparing and contrasting is an important skill for organising increasingly complex information and remembering important information
Text to Self
- Determination
- Friendships
- Growth Mindset
- Identity
- Overcoming Fears
- Relationship Skills
- School
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Management
Text to Text
- Cinderella
- Goldilocks and the Three Bears
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Three Little Pigs
Text to World
- Climate Change
- Environment Responsibility
- Immigration
- LGBTIA
- Poverty
- Racism
- Rights & Activism
Picture Book Series
- Big Bright Feelings by Tom Percival
- Click Clack Moo books by Doreen Cronin
- David series by David Shannon
- Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
- Mouse books by Kevin Henkes
- Questioneers Series by Andrea Beaty
Authors & Illustrators
- Aaron Blabey
- Akiko Miyakoshi
- Amy Krouse Rosenthal
- Anthony Browne
- Chris Van Allsburg
- Christan Robinson
- Danny Parker
- David Wiesner
- Ed Young
- Emily Gravett
- Eve Bunting
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Jeannie Baker
- Jonah Winter
- Kyo Maclear
- Mac Barnett
- Mem Fox
- Michael Hall
- Mo Willems
- Nicola Davies
- Nikki Grimes
- Oliver Jeffers
- Peter Brown
- Rafael López
- Todd Parr
- Vashti Harrison
- Yuyi Morales
TEXT TO SELF
Determination
Related: Determination Book List & Resources
Friendships
Growth Mindset
Identity
Overcoming Fears
Relationship Skills
School
Related: 32 Reassuring Back to School Books
Self-Esteem
Self-Management
TEXT TO TEXT
Cinderella
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Little Red Riding Hood
The Three Little Pigs
TEXT TO WORLD
Climate Change
Environment Responsibility
Immigration
LGBTQIA
Poverty
