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Stone Soup: Read Aloud Guide for Families

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Stone Soup by Heather Forest, with your child.

Stone Soup: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading the book, Stone Soup by Heather Forest.

Stone Soup: Vocabulary Guide

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

Stone Soup: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge with the book, Stone Soup.

Pickin' Peas: Read Aloud Guide for Families

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Pickin' Peas, with your child.

Pickin' Peas: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading the book, Pickin' Peas.

Pickin' Peas: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book, Pickin' Peas.

Pickin' Peas: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge with the book, Pickin' Peas.

Cool Cats Counting: Read Aloud Guide for Families

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Cool Cats Counting, with your child.

Cool Cats Counting: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading the book, Cool Cats Counting.

Cool Cats Counting: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge with the book, Cool Cats Counting.

Cool Cats Counting: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book, Cool Cats Counting.

Conejito: Read Aloud Guide for Families

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Conejito: A Folktale from Panama, with your child.

Conejito: Read Aloud Guide

Use this Read Aloud Guide before, during, and after reading the book, Conejito: A Folktale from Panama.

Conejito: Vocabulary Guide

Use this Vocabulary Guide to identify Tier 2 vocabulary words in the book, Conejito: A Folktale from Panama.

Conejito: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge with the book, Conejito: A Folktale from Panama.

Taking a Walk / Caminando: Guide for Families (en Español)

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Taking a Walk / Caminando, with your child.

Taking a Walk / Caminando: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Taking a Walk / Caminando, with your child.

Taking a Walk / Caminando: Read Aloud Guide for Families

Use this Read Aloud Guide for Families before, during, and after reading the book, Taking a Walk / Caminando, with your child.
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Chooch Helped

Chooch Helped

Written by Andrea L. Rogers and Illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz
Chooch Helped is a picture book that explores the universal frustrations and tender bonds of sibling life within a contemporary Cherokee family.
Pre-K - 3rd
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Stone Soup

Stone Soup

Written by Heather Forest and Illustrated by Susan Gaber
When two hungry travelers use a "magic" stone to start a soup, they inspire a stingy village to come together and contribute their own ingredients.
Pre-K - 2nd
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Bear's All Night Party

Bear's All-Night Party

Written by Bill Harley and Illustrated by Melissa Ferreira
Bear's All-Night Party is a heartwarming children's picture book that follows a joyful bear determined to celebrate the full moon, even when his friends are too tired to join.
Pre-K - 2nd
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The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies

The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies

Written by Heather Forest
The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies is a charming Scottish folktale about a clever baker woman who is kidnapped by cake-loving fairies.
Pre-K - 2nd
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Why Koala Has Stumpy Tail

Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail

Written by Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss and Illustrated by Tom Wrenn
Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail is an entertaining Australian folktale that explains how the Koala lost its long, furry tail during a great drought.
Pre-K - 3rd

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