The first few lines of Tami Lewis Brown’s incredible non-fiction picture book Soar, Elinor! read: “In 1917, some girls dressed their dolls. They played house and hopscotch, jump rope and jacks. But one little little girl wanted more. Elinor Smith wanted to soar.” And soar, she did. As a result of Tami Lewis Brown’s masterful… Read more »
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Splurch Academy for Disruptive Boys: The Rat Brain Fiasco, by Julie Berry
Got a pair of dice? If so, download the plot point reading comprehension board game attached below. Slither and stalk through the ghoulish corridors of the world’s creepiest school for boys ever founded. At Splurch Academy, there are monsters at every turn. Monsters? Or teachers? Hard to tell… Here’s a big ReaderKidZ warning for you. Watch out for the Rebellio-Rodent… Read more »
Skeleton Man, by Joseph Bruchac
Bruchac’s Skeleton Man is the epitome of Halloween terror at its tasteful best! Just read the following chilling line: …and in the moon that shone so gently on me is stark and hard in the way it lights up the creature that looms there above me. He is taller than a tall man…He has no… Read more »
The Boy Who Painted Dragons – Make a Dragon’s Lair
Make Ping’s artistic experience come to life by creating your very own Dragon’s Lair Diorama. You will need to have a sizable picture of a dragon’s face. To make a dragon you can either trace one of Ping’s drawings or draw one of your very own. For step-by-step .pdf featuring pictorial instructions, download the A Dragon’s Lair:… Read more »
HOLLER LOUDLY
Author Cynthia Leitich Smith has made it darn-tootin’ easy for her charming tall tale, HOLLER LOUDLY, to be assimilated in Pre-K through Grade 2 classrooms anywhere in the USA. Why, she’s gone and had some larger-than-life cross-curricular classroom guides made that are packed with age-appropriate reading comprehension, vocabulary building, grammar, mathematics, spatial awareness, science, social studies, music,… Read more »
AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY
Tameka Fryer Brown’s AROUND OUR WAY ON NEIGHBORS’ DAY is a vibrant, poetic celebration of a diverse community of friendly people enjoying life together. The Teacher Activity Guide posted below has been designed to compliment the text and illustrations in an artistic, creative, and sensorial way. Around Our Way on Neighbors’ Day Teacher Activity Guide
AFTERNOON OF THE ELVES Theater
This classic story written by Janet Taylor Lisle investigates three primary questions – What is true? What is real? What is rumor? To explore the ways information can become distorted and lead to rumors, as well as some of the consequences of misinformation and rumors click HERE for a lesson adapted from the A World of Difference Institute’s… Read more »
