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Going Places: Guide for Educators

Going Places printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking before, during, and after reading.

Raindrops to Rainbow: Guide for Families

Raindrops to Rainbow printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for...

Bearplane!: Guide for Families

Bearplane! printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension...

Bearplane!: Guide for Educators

Bearplane! printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking before...

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Freestyle

Written by Gale Galligan
RIF Summer Camp: Artistic Avenues Badge. Cory's dance crew is counting on him for one last big competition before everyone heads off to different high schools, but everything starts falling apart when strict parents, failing grades, and a surprising new friendship pull him in every direction.
3rd - 7th

Families: Guide for Families

Families printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension projects...

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Bearplane!

Written by Deborah Underwood and Illustrated by Sam Wedelich

Here’s the shuttle—climb inside.
Time for your first bearplane ride!

Follow a bear cub, their grownup...

Pre-K - K

Raindrops to Rainbow: Guide for Educators

Raindrops to Rainbow printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student...

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Raindrops to Rainbow

Written by John Micklos, Jr. and Illustrated by Charlene Chua

Raindrops are falling outside, but there's still a world of color to experience! Delightful rhymes...

Pre-K - 1st

Families: Guide for Educators

Families printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating student thinking before...

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Families

Written by Shelley Rotner & Sheila M. Kelly and Illustrated by Shelley Rotner

Some families have one parent, and some have two; some have aunts and uncles and grandparents living...

Pre-K - 1st

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?: Guide for Families

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas...

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?: Guide for Families (Español)

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas...

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?: Guide for Families (አማርኛ)

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas...

Gentle Hands and other Sing-Along Songs for Social-Emotional Learning: Anticipation Guide

Use this Anticipation Guide before reading to activate students’ prior knowledge, build curiosity...

Gentle Hands and other Sing-Along Songs for Social-Emotional Learning: Frayer Model

Use this graphic organizer to deepen vocabulary knowledge.

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Gentle Hands and other Sing-Along Songs for Social-Emotional Learning

Written by Amadee Ricketts and Illustrated by Ashley Barron

La, la, la! Shake up your story time with these twelve sing-along songs based on classic tunes kids...

Pre-K - K

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon?: Guide for Educators

How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? printable Guide for Educators provides suggestions for activating...

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Bathe the Cat

Written by Alice B. McGinty and Illustrated by David Roberts

It's cleaning day, but the family cat will do anything to avoid getting a bath. So instead of...

Pre-K - K
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Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do

Written by Kathryn Heling and Deborah Hembrook and Illustrated by Andy Robert Davies

Who wears what to work? The clues in each lively verse can be spotted hanging from the clotheslines...

Pre-K - 2nd

Water Can Be...: Guide for Families (en Español)

Water Can Be... printable Guide for Families provides hands-on activities and ideas for extension...

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Dreamers

Written by Yuyi Morales

We are resilience. We are hope. We are dreamers.

Yuyi Morales brought her hopes, her passion, her...

Pre-K - 3rd
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The Hike

Written by Alison Farrell
RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. Three best friends grab their notebooks, sketchbooks, and their dog Bean and head straight into the woods for the biggest adventure in their backyard! They spot deer tracks, draw cool animals, and even get a little lost. Good thing they brought a map! Will they make it to the end of the trail? Lace up your boots and find out!
Pre-K - 1st
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C is for Country

Written by Lil Nas X and Illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
A is for Adventure. Every day is a brand-new start!

B is for Boots—whether they’re big or small...

Pre-K - 2nd

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