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Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie: Read Aloud Guide for Families

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Billy Brown and...

Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading the book, Billy Brown and the Belly...

Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book, Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie.

Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge with the book, Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie.
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Scariest Stories Ever Told

Scariest Stories Ever Told

Written by Roberta Simpson Brown
In Scariest Stories Ever Told, celebrated author Roberta Simpson Brown delivers over 13 bone-chilling tales designed to give readers the ultimate thrill.
4th - 6th
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Scared in School

Scared In School

Written by Roberta Simpson Brown
This spine-chilling collection features terrifying tales where computers take "delete" keys literally and unruly students are turned into chalk dust. Perfect for middle-schoolers who love a good scare, these stories prove that high school can be much more frightening than just exams and homework.
6th - 9th
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Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie

Billy Brown and the Belly Button Beastie

Written by Bobby & Sherry Norfolk and Illustrated by Baird Hoffmire
In this humorous adaptation of a Japanese folktale, a young boy discovers the legendary Belly Button Beastie is real after ignoring his mother’s warnings about kicking off his blankets at night.
Pre-K - 2nd

Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension projects using materials found at home. Families can use this guide to direct student thinking before, during, and after reading.

Marisol McDonald Doesn’t Match: Guide for Families (en Español)

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension projects using materials found at home. Families can use this guide to direct student thinking before, during, and after reading.

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match: Guide for Educators

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking before, during, and after reading.

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match: Guide for Families

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension projects using materials found at home. Families can use this guide to direct student thinking before, during, and after reading.
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Freewater

Written by Amina Luqman-Dawson

Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister...

5th - 9th
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My Name Is Gabito/Me llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/La vida de Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by Raul Colon

An introduction to the life and work of the Nobel prize-winning Colombian author describes his...

1st - 4th
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Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos

Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by John Parra

Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, written by Monica Brown and illustrated by John Parra, is based on...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Maya's Blanket: La manta de Maya

Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by David Diaz

Little Maya has a special blanket that Grandma stitched with her own two hands. As Maya grows, her...

K - 4th

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading.

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book.

Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.
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Marisol McDonald Doesn't Match/Marisol McDonald no combina

Written by Monica Brown and Illustrated by Sara Palacios
Marisol McDonald has flaming red hair and nut-brown skin. Polka dots and stripes are her favorite combination. She prefers peanut butter and jelly burritos in her lunch box. To Marisol, these seemingly mismatched things make perfect sense together.
Pre-K - 2nd
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I Love My Hair!

Written by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley and Illustrated by E. B. Lewis

In this imaginative, evocative story, a girl named Keyana discovers the beauty and magic of her...

Pre-K - 3rd
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The Wild Robot

Written by Peter Brown
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2024. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a wild, remote island, with no idea how she got there or what her purpose is. As she slowly learns to survive among the island's animals, she takes on the most unexpected role of all. Can a robot learn to survive, and maybe even truly belong, in the wilderness?
3rd - 7th
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Sarai and the Around the World Fair

Written by Sarai Gonzalez & Monica Brown

When Sarai outgrows her bike, she worries she'll never get to travel anywhere. But, when Martin...

2nd - 5th
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The Curious Garden

Written by Peter Brown

One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.

While out exploring one day, a little...

Pre-K - 1st
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Jackie Ormes Draws the Future: The Remarkable Life of a Pioneering Cartoonist

Written and Illustrated by Liz Montague

A stirring picture-book biography about Jackie Ormes, the first Black female cartoonist in America...

Pre-K - 3rd

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