Picture Books
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Growing Reader
Brightly Storytime: Llama Llama Loves to Read
Follow along with Llama Llama Loves to Read and watch as everyone’s favorite little llama and his classmates learn their ABCs, identify sight words, and read stories!
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Growing Reader
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Teen
The Best Children's and YA Books of August 2018
From playful picture books to diverse YA reads, there’s plenty of reading fun to be had this month. Here are some of the kids’ titles we’ve been most excited about.
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Growing Reader
How to Be a Lion Is a Lovely Lesson in Being True to Yourself
With its multifaced protagonist and real-world themes, Ed Vere’s How to Be a Lion is the perfect elixir to counter inside-the-box thinking.
Growing Reader
Mentor Texts To Teach Children Personal Narrative Writing
Studying fantastic mentor texts exposes students to examples that elevate their personal narrative writing. To expand your classroom’s collection of personal narrative mentor texts, consider these picture books.
Pre-K
Brightly Storytime: My Little Golden Book About Sharks
Get ready for Shark Week by reading along with My Little Golden Book About Sharks, a picture book full of fascinating facts for little shark-lovers to sink their teeth into.
Pre-K
The Froggy Series Is Full of Big Lessons and Everyday Humor for Kids
Since the first Froggy book appeared in 1992, Froggy has been enthusiastically embraced by teachers, librarians, parents, and, most importantly, children.
Pre-K
Bookshelf Must-Have: Llama Llama Loves to Read
With fun-to-read rhymes and colorful illustrations, this book from beloved author Anna Dewdney will delight little ones learning to read and all fans of the Llama Llama series.
Growing Reader
Tween
10 Imaginative Scenes for Teaching Children to Visualize as They Read
Whether students naturally imagine as they read or need to be taught to do so, they can all benefit from structured practice creating mental images with books like these.
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Growing Reader
My Go-To Picture Books for Reading as a Family
Elyssa Friedland shares the five books that successfully entertain her three children, who span the ages of four to ten.
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Growing Reader
A Printable Educator’s Guide to R Is for Rocket: An ABC Book
Explore Common Core Language Arts Anchor Standards with these accessible and engaging R Is for Rocket lesson plans.
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Growing Reader
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Teen
The Best Children's and YA Books of July 2018
We’ve rounded up the most exciting new books for kids of all ages, including historical fiction, hands-on reads, teen thrillers, a fairy tale retelling, and more!
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Growing Reader
All Aboard! The Best Books for Kids Who Love Trains
From classics starring beloved characters like Thomas the Tank Engine to new picture books, these stories are perfect for young readers obsessed with trains.
