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Team Small and Tall book cover

Team Small and Tall

Written by Chris James and Illustrated by Serena Lombardo
Being the smallest or the tallest kid in school has its advantages. Find out why!
Pre-K - 1st

The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog: Read Aloud Guide for Families

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog, with your child.

The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading the book, The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog.

The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book, The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog.

The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge with the book, The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog.
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Farm On Nippersink Creek

Farm On Nippersink Creek: Stories from a Midwestern Childhood

Written by Jim May
Discover a heartwarming collection of stories about growing up in the rural Midwest during the 1950s.
3rd - 10th
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Big Doc's Girl

Big Doc's Girl

Written by Mary Medearis
Big Doc's Girl is a classic coming-of-age story set in rural Arkansas, following a young woman named Mary as she balances her dreams of becoming a concert pianist with her family responsibilities.
3rd - 6th
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Great Smelly Slobbery Dog

The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog

Written by Margaret Read MacDonald and Illustrated by Julie Paschkis
This fun retelling of Beauty and the Beast shows that being kind is more important than how someone looks.
Pre-K - 3rd

The Doctor With an Eye for Eyes: Guide for Families (en Español)

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

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

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

Harlem Grown: Guide for Families (en Español)

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

Harlem Grown: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

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

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Guide For Families

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

Harlem Grown: Guide For Families

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

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The Wonder of Us

Written by Kim Culbertson

Riya and Abby are best friends. Complete opposites. Living on different continents. Currently mad at...

7th - 9th
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Ecosystems with Rachel Carson (Big Ideas for Little Environmentalists)

Written by Maureen McQuerry and Illustrated by Robin Rosenthal

Discover Rachel Carson's big ideas about protecting ecosystems and ways even the youngest kids can...

Pre-K - Pre-K

The Memory Coat: Extension Activities for Educators

The Memory Coat printable extension activities for educators provides interdisciplinary-themed...

In Our Mothers' House: Extension Activities for Educators

In Our Mothers' House printable extension activities for educators provides interdisciplinary-themed...

Follow Chester: Extension Activities for Educators

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

The Book Itch: Extension Activities for Educators

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

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Discussion Guide

Discussion guide for using before, during and after reading.

The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

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The Doctor with an Eye for Eyes: The Story of Dr. Patricia Bath

Written by Julia Finley Mosca and Illustrated by Daniel Rieley
Meet Dr. Bath―the scientist who never lost sight of her dreams!
Pre-K - 4th
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Birdsong

Written and Illustrated by Julie Flett

When Katherena and her mother move to a small town, Katherena feels lonely and out of place. But...

Pre-K - 3rd

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