Miss Nelson is Missing! PREVIEW BUY ON AMAZON By Harry Allard Spanish available? Yes Grades: Kindergarten 1st, 2nd Summary: Miss Nelson’s class always acts up—especially when their teacher is absent from school! But after a week with their strict substitute, Viola Swamp, the kids can’t wait for Miss Nelson to come back. MEMBERS-ONLY TEACHING RESOURCES TEACHING RESOURCES Lesson Plan and… Read More

Thunder Boy Jr. PREVIEW BUY ON AMAZON By Sherman Alexie Spanish available? No Grades: Kindergarten 1st, 2nd, 3rd Summary: Thunder Boy Jr. wants a normal name…one that’s all his own. Dad is known as big Thunder, but little thunder doesn’t want to share a name. He wants a name that celebrates something cool he’s done like Touch the Clouds, Not… Read More

The Undefeated PREVIEW BUY ON AMAZON By Kwame Alexander Spanish available? No Grades: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Summary: Originally performed for ESPN’s The Undefeated, this poem is a love letter to black life in the United States. It highlights the unspeakable trauma of slavery, the faith and fire of the civil rights movement, and the grit, passion, and perseverance of some… Read More

Out of Wonder PREVIEW BUY ON AMAZON By Kwame Alexander Spanish available? No Grades: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Summary: Kwame Alexander, along with Chris Colderley and Marjory Wentworth, present original poems that pay homage to twenty famed poets who have made the authors’ hearts sing and their minds wonder. MEMBERS-ONLY TEACHING RESOURCES TEACHING RESOURCES Lesson Plan and Google Activities KWL… Read More

How To Read A Book PREVIEW BUY ON AMAZON By Kwame Alexander Spanish available? No Grades: Kindergarten 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th Summary: Find a tree—o black tupelo or dawn redwood will do—and plant yourself. (It’s okay if you prefer a stoop, like Langston Hughes.) With these words, an adventure begins. Kwame Alexander’s evocative poetry and Melissa Sweet’s lush artwork… Read More

Mae Among the Stars PREVIEW BUY ON AMAZON By Roda Ahmed Spanish available? No Grades: Kindergarten 1st, 2nd, 3rd Summary: Little Mae’s curiosity, intelligence, and determination, matched with her parents’ encouraging words, paved the way for her incredible success at NASA as the first African American woman to travel in space.  A biography of Mae Jemison.   MEMBERS-ONLY TEACHING RESOURCES… Read More