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Educator's Guides

13 STORIES ABOUT HARRIS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions


A Walk in the Woods Educator's Guide

27 MAGIC WORDS
An Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards

8 CLASS PETS + 1 SQUIRREL ÷ 1 DOG = CHAOS
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

A FEW BICYCLES MORE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

A FLAG FOR JUNETEENTH Educator’s Guide
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

A GUIDE TO READING WORDLESS PICTURE BOOKS WITH CHILDREN
Extensive Educator's Guide for FIELD TRIP TO THE MOON, FIELD TRIP TO THE OCEAN DEEP, and FIELD TRIP TO VOLCANO ISLAND with Discussion Questions and Activities

A GUIDE TO USING GRAPHIC NOVELS IN THE CLASSROOM
Extensive Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities Featuring Holiday House and Pixel+Ink Books

A HISTORY OF ME
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

A PARADE FOR GEORGE WASHINGTON
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

A PLACE TO HANG THE MOON
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

A PLACE TO LAND Educator’s Guide
Educator's Guide with discussion questions.

A PLACE TO LAND: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech that Inspired a Nation
Extensive Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

A QUIETER STORY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

A SLIP OF A GIRL
Extensive Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

AFTER-SCHOOL SUPERSTARS SERIES
Extensive Series Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

AFTER THE ASHES
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

AFTER THE WORST THING HAPPENS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

ALL THE BEATING HEARTS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

AMAZING PLANT POWERS: How Plants Fly, Fight, Hide, Hunt, and Change the World
Educator’s Guide featuring plant projects and a vocabulary activity sheet

ANIMALS WORK & Ted Lewin Informational Books
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities for Ted Lewin’s I Like to Read® books: LOOK!, WHAT AM I? WHERE AM I?, CAN YOU SEE ME?, and ANIMALS WORK. Includes Common Core State Standards.

APRIL FOOL, PHYLLIS!
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

AUNT ANT LEAVES THROUGH THE LEAVES
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

BEAR OUTSIDE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

BECAUSE THEY MARCHED: The People’s Campaign for Voting Rights That Changed America
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion aligned with CCSS, connections to the movie Selma and suggestions for further exploration.

BECOMING BEN FRANKLIN: How a Candle-Maker’s Son Helped Light the Flame of Liberty
Educator's Guide with Questions for Classroom Discussion, Curriculum Connections, and Common Core State Standards

BEFORE SHE WAS HARRIET
Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards

BENNY GOODMAN AND TEDDY WILSON: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History
Educators’ Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

BIG RED
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

BIG RIVER’S DAUGHTER
Educator’s Guide with Classroom Activities and Discussion Questions

BIG TREE DOWN!
Activity and Discussion Guide

BIRDS MAKE NESTS
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

BLUE DAISY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

BODY ACTIONS
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

BOOKER THE BAT
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

BOSTON TEA PARTY, THE
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

BREAKING WAVES
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

BRIGHT STAR
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

BROTHER’S KEEPER
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

BROWN V. BOARD: A FIGHT FOR SIMPLE JUSTICE
Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards.

BURIED LIVES
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Instructional Standards.

CANARY IN THE COAL MINE
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

CARMEN LEARNS ENGLISH
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

CAT WITH THE YELLOW STAR, THE
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

A CHILD’S CALENDAR
Using Poetry in the classroom, plus Classroom Activities connecting to the Common Core State Standards and a downloadable activity sheet

CINCO DE MOUSE-O!
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration, as well as how to plan your own Cinco de Mayo celebration!

Clayton Stone Series
Discussion guide featuring questions for discussion and classroom extensions plus connections to the Instructional Standards for CLAYTON STONE, AT YOUR SERVICE and CLAYTON STONE, FACING OFF.

Climbing the Volcano Educator’s Guide

CUBS IN THE TUB: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo’s First Woman Zookeeper
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

DAISY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

DAUGHTER OF THE WHITE ROSE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

DAY OF THE DEAD / EL DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further reading, plus how to plan your own Día de Los Muertos party!

DEAR BEAST
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

DEAR BEAST SERIES
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

DREAMERS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

EDGAR ALLAN’S OFFICIAL CRIME INVESTIGATION NOTEBOOK Interdisciplinary Exploration Unit
A full unit with language arts and science activities, including discussion questions and poetry writing, with links to author videos about the writing process.

DAVID A. ADLER PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES
An American History Bookshelf from 1492 Through the Twentieth Century

ELEANOR, ALICE, AND THE ROOSEVELT GHOSTS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

ELIZA BING IS (NOT) A BIG, FAT QUITTER
Educator's Guide featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

END OF THE LINE, THE
In-depth curriculum guide

ENEMY CHILD: The Story of Norman Mineta, a Boy Imprisoned in a Japanese American Internment Camp During World War II
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

EVEN AN OCTOPUS NEEDS A HOME
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

EVERY DOG IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

EVERYWHERE BLUE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

FAMILIES
Educator’s Guide that features questions for classroom discussion aligned with CCSS and an activity sheet for young readers.

FEARLESS WORLD TRAVELER
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

FINDING LANGSTON TRILOGY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

FIREBOY TO THE RESCUE! A Fire Safety Book
Educator’s guide featuring classroom resources and activities for Fire Safety, Prevention, and much more!

FISH FOR JIMMY: Inspired by One Family’s Experience in a Japanese American Internment Camp
Educator’s guide featuring activities connecting the Common Core State Standards to Literature/Language Arts, Art, Research. Extensive online resources included.

FREAKY FAST FRANKIE JOE
Educators’ Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

FREEDOM SUMMER
Educator's Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion

FREEDOM WALKERS: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Poster to accompany Educator's guide

FREEDOM WALKERS: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Extensive Educator’s Guide with classroom and curriculum connections

FROM SEED TO PLANT
Educator’s guide with instructional standards and classroom activities

FUN WITH ROMAN NUMERALS
Educator's Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration

GENEVIEVE’S WAR
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

Gibbons: A Year with Gail Gibbons
Activity Planning Guide Interior Pages

Gibbons: Explore the World of Science with Gail Gibbons
A BRAND NEW guide showcasing Gail’s newest science books! Features reproducible activities to use pre, during, and post-reading, and a culminating activity that can be applied to all of her books. Also included are a comprehensive booklist, and a certificate of membership for the “Gail Gibbons Science Team.”

GIRLS OF GETTYSBURG, THE
Educators’ Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

GIVE US THE VOTE!: Over Two Hundred Years of Fighting for the Ballot
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

GRAND MOSQUE OF PARIS: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust
Extensive Educators’ Guide with discussion questions and curriculum connections

HAPPY ENDINGS: A Story About Suffixes
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

HELLO, NEIGHBOR! The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers
Extensive Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

HELLO SPRING!
Lesson plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

HERE IN HARLEM
Educator's Guide featuring Discussion Questions, Classroom Activities, and Suggestions for Further Reading

HIDDEN
Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards.

HOME IS A WINDOW
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

HOUDINI AND ME
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

HOW TO SAVE A SUPERHERO
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

HUNTER MORAN Series Educator’s Guide
Educator’s Guide for the three book series featuring Common Core State Standards and questions for classroom discussion.

I AM HERMES: Mischief-Making Messenger of the Gods
Educator's Guide Featuring Activity Prompts

I HEARD A SOUND
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

I TALK LIKE A RIVER
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

ICE! POEMS ABOUT POLAR LIFE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

IMMORTAL MAX
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration

IN MY GARDEN
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

In the Night Garden Educator’s Guide

ISLAND WAR
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Instructional Standards.

ITCH
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

JADIE IN FIVE DIMENSIONS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

JUMP Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO: The Story of Louis Armstrong
Discussion and Activity Guide explores this joyful tribute to the virtuoso musician and buoyant personality who introduced much of the world to jazz.

JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO FLY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

KATE’S LIGHT
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

KIKI AND JACQUES
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

LAFAYETTE AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION and WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE Combo Guide
Educators’ Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions and links for further reading. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

Language Arts Educators’ Guide
Teach Language Arts: Picture Books for the Classroom

LET ME FIX YOU A PLATE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

LET’S BE FRIENDS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

LET’S ESTIMATE: A BOOK ABOUT ESTIMATING AND ROUNDING NUMBERS
Lesson plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

LIGHT WAVES Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

LION AND THE MICE, THE: An I Like to Read® Book
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

LITTLE PUPPY AND THE BIG GREEN MONSTER
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

LOOK! An I Like to Read® Book, Level D
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

LOOK AND BE GRATEFUL
Downloadable poster and activity sheet with Common Core State Standards.

LUCAS SERIES GUIDE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

LUCERO
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

Lucy McGee Series
Educator's Guide with Activity Prompts and Discussion Questions

LULI AND THE LANGUAGE OF TEA
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

MAGNETS PUSH, MAGNETS PULL
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

Mary Amato Author 360
Get the 360 on Mary Amato with this Bio, Discussion Guides for her books, and an author Q&A!

MASTERPIECE MIX
Lesson Plan

MAYFLOWER, THE
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

ME FIRST! Prefixes Lead the Way
This Discussion and Activity Guide will “REview,” “ENlighten,” and “UNleash” the knowledge of “PREfixes”!

MENDING HORSES
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

MENDING HORSES and A DIFFICULT BOY Combo Guide
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BITES SERIES GUIDE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

MIN MAKES A MACHINE Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

MITZI AND THE BIG BAD NOSY WOLF
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

MONEY MADNESS
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

MONSTER HEALTH BOOK: A Guide To Eating Healthy, Being Active & Feeling Great For Monsters & Kids
Educator’s Activity Guide

MOOSE, GOOSE, AND MOUSE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

MS. SPELL
Lesson plan aligned with Common Core State Standards.

MUDDY AS A DUCK PUDDLE AND OTHER AMERICAN SIMILES
Educator’s guide featuring Language Arts classroom activities—and art and geography, too.

MUSIC FOR MISTER MOON
Educator's Guide

MY AWESOME SUMMER BY P. MANTIS
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

MY BABA’ S GARDEN
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

MY FRIEND, MI AMIGO
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

MY TREE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

MYSTERIES ON ZOO LANE Series
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

NANNY X Series
Discussion guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and connections to the Common Core State Standards for NANNY X and NANNY X RETURNS.

NEXT DOOR TO HAPPY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

NEW SHOES
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

News from Me, Lucy McGee

NO FAIR SCIENCE FAIR
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

NO KIMCHI FOR ME! Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

NO ORDINARY THING
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

OCTOPUS STEW
Educator's Guide with Classroom Activities

OF WALDEN POND
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

OHANA MEANS FAMILY
Lesson plan for a tale from a diverse culture featuring the Hawaiian luau

OLLIE’S CLASS TRIP
Lesson plan aligned with Common Core State Standards

ONCE UPON A WINTER DAY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

ONE GOOD THING ABOUT AMERICA
Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards.

ONE IS A FEAST FOR MOUSE
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities, online resources, and suggestions for further reading.

ONE MILLION TREES
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities for art, mathematics, language arts, science, and literature.

ONLY IF YOU DARE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

ORPHAN AND THE MOUSE, THE
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

OUR TEACHER IS A VAMPIRE AND OTHER (NOT) TRUE STORIES
An Educator’s Guide filled with classroom activities and online resources.

OUT IN LEFT FIELD
Educators’ Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

OUT THE DOOR
Extensive Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

OVERGROUND RAILROAD
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

PAINTING THE RAINBOW
Educators’ Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

PEEPER AND ZEEP: An I Like to Read® Book, Level E
Lesson plan featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards.

PERIMETER, AREA, AND VOLUME
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

PETER’S WAR: A Boy’s True Story of Survival in World War II Europe
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

PICTURE BOOK OF DANIEL BOONE, A
Discussion questions and interdisciplinary connections with Common Core State Standards.

PICTURE BOOK OF DOLLEY AND JAMES MADISON, A
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

PICTURE BOOK OF HARRY HOUDINI, A
Educators’ guide featuring classroom activities and tips for doing your own magic tricks.

A PICTURE BOOK OF SAM HOUSTON
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

PIG AND CAT ARE PALS Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

PINE ISLAND HOME
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

PIP SITS: An I Like to Read® Book, Level D
Lesson plan featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards.

PLAYING TO WIN
Educator's Guide

PLOT CHICKENS, THE
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

POLAR BEAR
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

POLKA DOTS FOR POPPY Guide & Poster
Poster and discussion guide aligned to Instructional Standards.

RADIO GIRL
Discussion questions and interdisciplinary connections with Common Core State Standards.

REACH FOR THE MOON, LITTLE LION
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

RED
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

RESIST! Peaceful Acts that Changed Our World
Extensive Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

REVENGE OF THE STAR SURVIVORS
Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards.

RIP TO THE RESCUE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

ROLLER DERBY RIVALS
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Predators and Prey in the African Savanna
Lesson plan featuring new vocabulary words and discussion questions centered around the African savanna and predator & prey relationships.

SAFEST LIE, THE
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

SCOOT
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

SEE ME DIG Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

SEE ME RUN Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

SEEKING CASSANDRA
Educator’s Guide filled with classroom activities, questions for discussion and more.

Sesame Seade Series Educator’s Guide/Activity Sheet
Includes an educator’s guide with Common Core State Standards and, for kids, “Sesame Seade’s Stellar Guide to Becoming a Supersleuth!”

SHADES OF PEOPLE & ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities for language arts and art, as well as suggestions for further exploration.

SHADOW COLLECTOR’S APPRENTICE, THE
Educators’ Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

SHEEP WON’T SLEEP
Lesson Plan

THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT ENERGY
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities, suggestions for further reading, and more!

SIX FEET BELOW ZERO
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

SMALL IN THE CITY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

SMILE, BREATHE, AND GO SLOWLY: Slumby the Sloth Goes to School
Lesson Plan with Activities

SNOW DAY FOR MOUSE
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

SONG FOR JIMI
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

SPYGLASS SISTERHOOD
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

Star Striker #1: Game On!
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

STAY-AT-HOME SAMMY AND THE RUNAWAY SPOT
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

STITCH BY STITCH
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

STRUDEL’S FOREVER HOME
Educator’s guide that is aligned with instructional standards featuring classroom activities and questions for discussion.

SUNDAY FUNDAY IN KOREATOWN
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

SURPRISE LILY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

SURPRISING SPIES: Unexpected Heroes of World War II
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

SUSAN MARCUS BENDS THE RULES
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration.

SWING SISTERS: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Common Core State Standards.

TAKING OFF: AIRBORNE WITH MARY WILKINS ELLIS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE ADVENTURES OF A GIRL CALLED BICYCLE
Extensive Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

THE BEAR HOUSE #1
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE BLIND COLT
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE COLOSSUS OF ROADS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE FRUITS WE EAT / THE VEGETABLES WE EAT
Features questions for classroom discussion aligned with CCSS and activity sheets for both books.

THE GREAT PEACH EXPERIMENT
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE HISTORY OF WESTERN ART IN COMICS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE LITTLE HOUSE OF HOPE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE LITTLE WOODEN ROBOT AND THE LOG PRINCESS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE LITTLEST VOYAGEUR
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and Activities

THE LONGEST JOURNEY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE LOST LANGUAGE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE MOST PERFECT THING IN THE UNIVERSE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE NOODLEHEADS SERIES
Extensive Educator's Guide for the Series with Discussion Questions and Activities

THE PLACES WE SLEEP
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE RECESS GENIUS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE SLEEPING GYPSY Poster and Educator’s Guide
Downloadable poster and educator’s guide

THE STAR THAT ALWAYS STAYS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE STORY OF A SAXOPHONE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE SUN IS LATE AND SO IS THE FARMER
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THE UNIVERSE IN YOU
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THERE’S A FROG IN MY THROAT
Language Arts Curriculum Connections and Questions for the Classroom

THIS IS TAP
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

THREE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

TOASTY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

TRANSPORTATION! How People Get Around
Lesson plan featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards.

TRUDY’S BIG SWIM: HOW GERTRUDE EDERLE SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND TOOK THE WORLD BY STORM
Lesson Plan featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

TUESDAY IS DADDY’S DAY
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

TWIG AND TURTLE
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions and an Author Study

TWO BROTHERS, FOUR HANDS
Educator's Guide with Classroom Discussion Questions

UNCLE JOHN’S CITY GARDEN
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

¡VÁMONOS! LET’S GO!: An adaptation of “The Wheels on the Bus” in English and Spanish
Lesson plan featuring questions for classroom discussion, connections to the Common Core State Standards and sheet music for “The Wheels on the Bus.”

VERY RICH
Educator’s Guide featuring questions for classroom discussion and suggestions for further exploration. Includes connections to the Instructional Standards.

VIETNAM: A HISTORY OF THE WAR
Educator’s Guide featuring Instructional Standards.

WATERCRESS
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

WE WILL LIVE IN THIS FOREST AGAIN
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

WHAT A TREASURE!
Lesson plan featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards.

WHAT AM I? WHERE AM I? & Ted Lewin Informational Books
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities for Ted Lewin’s I Like to Read® books: LOOK!, WHAT AM I? WHERE AM I?, CAN YOU SEE ME?, and ANIMALS WORK. Includes Instructional Standards.

WHAT ISABELLA WANTED
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

WHEN GRANDFATHER FLEW
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

WHEN THE COUSINS CAME Lesson Plan
Featuring before, during, and after activities aligned to Instructional Standards

WHEN THE SERGEANT CAME MARCHING HOME
Educator’s Guide featuring classroom activities and suggestions for further exploration.

WHISTLE IN THE DARK
Discussion questions and interdisciplinary connections with Common Core State Standards.

WHOSE EYE AM I?
Lesson plan featuring discussion questions centered around how different animals use their sense of sight and classroom activities.

WING WING BROTHERS CARNIVAL DE MATH, The
Educator’s Guide featuring interdisciplinary classroom activities aligned with the Common Core State Standards.

WORSER
Educator's Guide with Discussion Questions

WRITING WITH ROSE: YOU CAN WRITE A STORY TOO
Educator’s Guide aligned with Instructional Standards.

YOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
Lesson Plan

YOU’RE PULLING MY LEG! 400 Human-Body Sayings from Head to Toe
Educator’s Guide. Hip, hip hooray! Street and Brace have put their heads together and come up with a book about idioms that hits the topic right on the nose for elementary school students and English language learners.

YUMMY!
Educator’s guide featuring classroom activities with connections to the Common Core State Standards.