Favorite books at Atwell's school by grade-level:

http://www.c-t-l.org/kids_recommend.html

Writing prompts: 

kindergarten mentor texts

first grade mentor texts

second grade mentor texts

third grade mentor texts

fourth grade mentor texts

fifth grade mentor texts

• Culturally Responsive Literature (all grade levels)
• Diverse Families (first grade content standard)
• Everyday Math  Literature Resources (K-5)
• Harvest of the Month literature links (K-5)
• Immigration (2nd, 4th, 5th content standard - I think!) 
• Urban Fiction (6th grades and up - list from Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki, taken from Vanessa J. Irvin Morris' website)
• Welcoming Schools
• Kids' Indie Next List, Fall '08 - Winter 08/09 -

See also Award book lists and/or Library review sources