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We Are Water Protectors: Vocabulary Guide

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

Jane of the Apes

Written by Storytime and Illustrated by Annada Menon

The true adventures of a little girl who loves animals of all kinds!

You can read this book for free...

2nd - 3rd

We Are Water Protectors: Guide for Families (en Español)

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

We Are Water Protectors: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

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

We Are Water Protectors: Guide For Families

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

Jane Goodall (Little People, BIG DREAMS)

Written by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Illustrated by Beatrice Cerocchi

When Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. This inspired her lifelong...

Pre-K - 2nd

First Day Jitters

Written by Julie Danneberg and Illustrated by Judy Love

Sarah Jane Hartwell has that sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach—she's nervous and doesn't...

K - 3rd

Conservation with Jane Goodall (Big Ideas for Little Environmentalists)

Written by Maureen McQuerry and Illustrated by Robin Rosenthal

Discover Jane Goodall's big ideas about conserving habitats and ways even the youngest kids can help...

Pre-K - Pre-K

I Am the Book

Written by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Illustrated by Yayo

Readers will unlock a treasure trove of poems in this exuberant celebration of reading. A book is a...

1st - 3rd

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

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

This book tells the story of Lewis Michaux Sr. and his Harlem bookstore, a gathering place where people like Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, and Muhammad Ali came together to share ideas and inspire change.

2nd - 5th

We Are Water Protectors: After Reading Activity

This printable activity provides suggestions for activating student thinking after reading We Are Water Protectors.

We Are Water Protectors: Discussion Guide

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

We Are Water Protectors: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

Letting Swift River Go

Written by Jane Yolen and Illustrated by Barbara Cooney

This book relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.

3rd - 7th

Not All Princesses Dress in Pink

Written by Jane Yolen & Heidi E. Y. Stemple and Illustrated by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin

Not all princesses dress in pink. Some play in bright red socks that stink, blue team jerseys that...

Pre-K - 3rd

We Are Water Protectors

Written by Carole Lindstrom and Illustrated by Michaela Goade

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2020. Water gives life to people, animals, and the land. In this story, a young Indigenous girl learns that water must be protected. When a danger called the "black snake" threatens the water, she takes a stand. She speaks up for her people and for the Earth. She calls on everyone to help keep the water clean and safe.

K - 3rd

How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You?

Written by Jane Yolen and Illustrated by Mark Teague

America's favorite dinosaurs are giving families a funny book, perfect for bedtime, story time...

Pre-K - 1st

Fancy Nancy

Written by Jane O'Connor and Illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2005. Meet Nancy, who believes that more is ALWAYS better when it comes to being fancy. She loves to wear fancy clothes, play with fancy toys, and most of all, use fancy words!

Pre-K - 3rd