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Follow Chester: Vocabulary Scaffold

Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History printable vocabulary...

The Book Itch: Guide for Educators

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable guide for educators provides...

The Book Itch: Guide for Families

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable guide for families provides...

The Book Itch: Extension Activities for Educators

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable extension activities for...

The Book Itch: Vocabulary Scaffold

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore printable vocabulary scaffold guide...

Windmills: Discussion Guide

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading.

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W. E. B. Du Bois

Written by Jeni Wittrock

Explore the life and achievements of W.E.B. Du Bois, a scholar, civil rights activist, and cofounder...

Pre-K - 3rd

Thank You, Omu!: Guide for Educators

Thank You, Omu! printable guide for educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking...

Thank You, Omu!: Guide for Families

Thank You, Omu! printable guide for families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension...

Thank You, Omu!: Extension Activities for Educators

Thank You, Omu! printable extension activities for educators provides interdisciplinary-themed...

Thank You, Omu!: Vocabulary Scaffold

Thank You, Omu! printable vocabulary scaffold guide pairs 10 challenge words from the story with...

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The Banana-Leaf Ball: How Play Can Change the World

Written and Illustrated by Katie Smith Milway

Separated from his family when they were forced to flee their home, a young East African boy named...

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Mardi Gras Almost Didn't Come This Year

Written by Kathy Z. Price and Illustrated by Carl Joe Williams

That zany beat in our feet is ‘cause of Pop-Pop, our pa. He sure loved himself some Mardi Gras! “It...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Follow Chester!: A College Football Team Fights Racism and Makes History

Written by Gloria Respress-Churchwell and Illustrated by Laura Freeman

In 1947, no African American player can play at a southern school; in return, the opposing team...

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The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore

Written by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

In the 1930s, Lewis's dad, Lewis Michaux Sr., had an itch he needed to scratch―a book itch. How to...

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The Memory Coat

Written by Elvira Woodruff and Illustrated by Michael Dooling

This moving story of a Jewish family's immigration to America from Russia may be jeopardized by a...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Aunt Pearl

Written by Monica Kulling and Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

Aunt Pearl arrives one day pushing a shopping cart full of her worldly goods. Her sister Rose has...

Pre-K - 2nd
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AAALLIGATOR!

Written by Judith Henderson and Illustrated by Andrea Stegmaier

When a hungry alligator moves to their town, the residents want him out . . . until they get to know...

Pre-K - 2nd

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson's Super Soaking Stream of Inventions: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

All the Water in the World: Guide for Families (en Español)

All the Water in the World printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for...

Rosie Revere, Engineer: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

Pierre the Penguin: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

Lubaya's Quiet Roar: Guide for Families (en Español)

Lubaya's Quiet Roar printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for...

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Discussion Guide before, during, and after reading with your child.

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