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I Remember My Breath: Mindful Breathing for All My Feelings

Written by Lynn Rummel and Illustrated by Karen Bunting

Visualization and mindful breathing for kids helps children recognize and manage their feelings.

Youn...

Pre-K - 3rd

When Pencil Met Eraser: Word Search

After reading When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen Kilpatrick & Luis O. Ramos, Jr., use this printable...

When Pencil Met Eraser: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive crisscross puzzle aligns with When Pencil Met Eraser by Karen...

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When Pencil Met Eraser

Written by Karen Kilpatrick & Luis O. Ramos, Jr. and Illustrated by German Blanco

When Pencil draws on the pages of this book, Eraser erases parts of Pencil’s work, and the book...

Pre-K - 2nd

I Like Myself!: Word Search

After reading I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont use this printable and interactive Word Search puzzle...

I Like Myself!: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive criss cross puzzle aligns with I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont.

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Bark Park

Written and Illustrated by Karen Gray Ruelle

Welcome to Bark Park, where dogs of every shape, size, and personality romp and roam.

Young readers...

Pre-K - 1st
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Night Job

Written by Karen Hesse and Illustrated by G. Brian Karas

When the sun sets, Dad’s job as a school custodian is just beginning. What is it like to work on a...

Pre-K - 2nd

Nature Did It First: Word Search

After reading Nature Did It First: Engineering Through Biomimicry by Karen Ansberry use this...

Nature Did It First: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle aligns with Nature Did It First: Engineering...

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Come On, Rain!

Written by Karen Hesse

"Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless...

Pre-K - 3rd
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Nature Did It First: Engineering Through Biomimicry

Written by Karen Ansberry and Illustrated by Jennifer DiRubbio

Nature does it best...and did it first! Explore the ways we have looked to nature for brilliant new...

K - 5th
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What Do You Love?

Written by Jonathan London and Illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt
In this rollicking and warm picture book, rhyming couplets catalog things that a puppy-person and...
Pre-K - 1st
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I Like Myself!

Written by Karen Beaumont

High on energy and imagination, this ode to self-esteem encourages kids to appreciate everything...

Pre-K - 2nd
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Animal Action ABC

Written by Karen Pandell and Illustrated by Art Wolfe & Nancy Sheehan (Photographers)
An innovative alphabet book invites small children to imitate twenty-six different animals as they box, leap, and stretch their way from A to Z, and each spread features an animal and children in imitating poses.
Pre-K - 1st
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Two Crazy Pigs (Hello Reader Level 2)

Written by Karen Berman Nagel
Vocabulary and sentences for beginning readers.
K - 2nd
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The Gingerbread Man

Written by Karen Schmidt
This hearty retelling of an old favorite is distinguished by rhythmic text and lively illustrations...
K - 1st
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The Blind Men and the Elephant (Hello Reader! Level 3)

Written by Karen Backstein and Illustrated by Annie Mitra
A retelling of a fable from India about six blind men who learn what an elephant is by feeling it...
Pre-K - 3rd
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Beauty and the Beast (Troll's Best-Loved Classics)

Written by Karen Milone
This story recounts how a young maid's love was so great that it released a prince from a wicked...
Pre-K - 4th
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Crybaby

Written by Beaumont and Karen and Illustrated by Yelchin
Hush, hush! Rush, rush! When Baby cries, her family and neighbors try to stop her tears and help her...
Pre-K - 1st
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Grandmother Fish A Child's First Book of Evolution

Written by Jonathan Tweet and Illustrated by Karen Lewis
Where did we come from? Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific...
Pre-K - 1st

KidLit TV Holiday Book Reviews

Celebrate the Holidays with KidLit TV this season! Watch this episode with StoryMakers host Rocco...

Song and Dance Man: Word Search

After reading Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman use this printable and interactive Word Search...
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Song and Dance Man

Written by Karen Ackerman and Illustrated by Stephen Gammell
This sweet story depicts a grandfather as he reminisces with his grandchildren about his youth as a...
Pre-K - 2nd

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