Mentor Texts Teaching Allegory Chato's Kitchen
Gary Soto
1997
Oh, the places you'll go!
Dr. Seuss
1993
The Butter Battle Book
Dr. Seuss
1984
The Lorax
Dr. Seuss
1972
The Rabbits
John Marsden
2003
The Lost Thing
Shaun Tan
2010
The Red Tree
Shaun Tan
2010
The Arrival
Shaun Tan
2007
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
1999
Riding the Tiger
Eve Bunting
2001
Gleam and Glow
Eve Bunting
2005
Fox
Margaret Wild
2000
Feathers and Fools
Mem Fox
2000
The Dot
Peter H. Reynolds 2003
Common Ground: The Water, Earth, And Air We Share
Molly Bang
1997
The Squire and the Scroll: A Tale of the Rewards of a Pure Heart
Jennie Bishop
2009
The Missing Piece
Shel Silverstein
1976
The Little Boy Star: An Allegory of the Holocaust
Rachel Hausfater
2006
Yellow and Pink
William Steig
1988