Research Guides: Teaching Reading: Inferring

A Sampling of Books to Use for Inferring

Through the strategy of inferring, students interpret literal information, combine it with their own knowledge, and create meaning from reading. Inferring is sometimes referred to as "reading between the lines."

Brave Irene by William Steig (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0374309477

Publication Date: 1986-10-01
Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0803725019

Publication Date: 2000-09-01
Doctor de Soto by William Steig (Illustrator); William Stein
ISBN: 0374318034

Publication Date: 1982-11-01
Fables by Arnold Lobel (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0060239735

Publication Date: 1980-08-06
Grandfather Twilight by Barbara Helen Berger (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0399209964

Publication Date: 1984-11-05
Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
ISBN: 0811837580

Publication Date: 2003-09-01
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0670479586

Publication Date: 1982-11-08
My Lucky Day by Keiko Kasza (Illustrator)
ISBN: 014240456X

Publication Date: 2005-09-08
No, David! by David Shannon (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0590930028

Publication Date: 1998-09-01
Oliver Button Is a Sissy by Tomie dePaola
ISBN: 0152578528

Publication Date: 1979-05-30
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0399222618

Publication Date: 1992-04-29
Shortcut by David MacAulay (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0395524369

Publication Date: 1995-09-25
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
ISBN: 0152802177

Publication Date: 1993-04-30
The Stray Dog by Marc Simont (Illustrator); Reiko Sassa (Based on a story by)
ISBN: 0060289333

Publication Date: 2001-01-09
The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg
ISBN: 0395673461

Publication Date: 1993-10-25
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763655990

Publication Date: 2012-10-09
Tuesday by David Wiesner (Illustrator); Dorothy Briley (Editor)
ISBN: 0395551137

Publication Date: 1991-04-22
Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0531054691

Publication Date: 1993-03-01

Teaching Resources

Strategies That Work by Stephanie Harvey; Anne Goudvis
ISBN: 157110481X

Publication Date: 2007-01-01

EBOOK
Reading with Meaning by Debbie S. Miller
ISBN: 1571103074

Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Using Art to Teach Reading Comprehension Strategies by Klein/Stuart; Jennifer Klein; Elizabeth Stuart
ISBN: 147580153X

Publication Date: 2012-12-14