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Our Every Book’s A Curriculum Library. Best Read Alouds, Teacher Guides, Classroom & PaceWriting Activities.

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K–12

Grade Range

Learning Units

516+

Curated Books

516

Teacher Guides

516

Lessons

1441

Activities

The Stacks

The Library where Every Book's a Curriculum. Browse the shelves by call number, by category, by author. Enjoy!

K-2

Teacher's Guide

Finding a book that connects with our interests can help us discover the joy of reading. Readers have different tastes, and listening to one another helps us recommend stories that feel just right.

P ALL THE BOOKS

Picture Book·K-2·Imagination & Creativity

A Book for Everyone

Hayley Rocco

K-2

Teacher's Guide

Books connect us to ideas, adventures, and one another. Finding a book that fits our interests—and helping someone else find theirs—makes reading a shared joy.

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Picture Book·K-2·Imagination & Creativity

All the Books

Hayley Rocco

PreK-2

Teacher's Guide

All feelings are okay, and we can use healthy strategies to navigate them when they feel too big.

P ALL WELCOME

Picture Book·PreK-2·Acceptance & Belonging

Big Feelings

Alexandra Penfold

PreK-2

Teacher's Guide

We build strong communities by helping our neighbors and taking care of the places we share.

P ALL WELCOME

Picture Book·PreK-2·Acceptance & Belonging

All Are Neighbors

Alexandra Penfold

PreK-2

Teacher's Guide

Every child brings unique gifts to the classroom, and our diversity makes our school community stronger.

P ALL WELCOME

Picture Book·PreK-2·Acceptance & Belonging

All Are Welcome

Alexandra Penfold

PreK-2

Teacher's Guide

Our classroom is a shared space where we follow kind rules to ensure everyone learns and grows safely.

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Picture Book·PreK-2·Acceptance & Belonging

Welcome to Our Classroom!

Alexandra Penfold

Cover of Pencil and Eraser : Lost and Frown!

K-5

Teacher's Guide

Characters can experience the same problem differently, and those differences can shape both humor and problem-solving. Writers control how readers experience a story through words, illustrations, pauses, and page turns.

P ALVARADO

Picture Book·K-5

Pencil and Eraser : Lost and Frown!

Jenny Alvarado

PreK-2

Teacher's Guide

Dogs give us loyalty, comfort, and joy — and the everyday heroes in our lives deserve to be celebrated.

P ASHMAN

Picture Book·PreK-2·Friendship & Kindness

Wonder Dogs!

Linda Ashman

From the Librarian's Desk

A few favorites, each with a downloadable teacher's guide.

K-3

Teacher's Guide

Size doesn't determine your worth — courage and kindness make you grow in ways that matter.

Picture Book·K-3·Personal Growth

Gigantic

Rob Biddulph

Cover of Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso

2-6

Teacher's Guide

Even a sea without a shore teems with life — every ecosystem is connected.

Real Story·2-6·Ecosystems & Wonder

Sea Without a Shore: Life in the Sargasso

Barb Rosenstock

PreK-2

Teacher's Guide

All feelings are okay, and we can use healthy strategies to navigate them when they feel too big.

Picture Book·PreK-2·Acceptance & Belonging

Big Feelings

Alexandra Penfold

K-3

Teacher's Guide

Even the least glamorous creatures play a vital role in nature — decomposers like dung beetles keep ecosystems healthy.

Picture Book·K-3·Science & Ecosystems

More Dung! A Beetle Tale

Frank Weber

K-3

Teacher's Guide

We're all connected to the deep past, and curiosity about where we come from leads to amazing discoveries.

Picture Book·K-3·Family History & Science

My Grandparents Were Dinosaurs

Anne and Steve Brusatte

2-6

Teacher's Guide

Even miserable moments can bring us together — and laughter is the best medicine when things are tough.

Graphic Novel·2-6·Resilience & Courage

Chicken Pox

Remy Lai

K-3

Teacher's Guide

When life brings the unexpected, working together turns a problem into something wonderful.

Picture Book·K-3·Surprise & Adaptation

Whale That Was Unexpected

Casey Lyall

7-12

Teacher's Guide

Readers can investigate how a narrative controls the speed of discovery through scene, summary, language, and pauses. The title’s relationship between a moth, seeing, and brightness offers an initial interpretive question—not an established theme—to test against the novel.

Young Adult·7-12

This Moth Saw Brightness

A. A. Vacharat

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Curated by Theme

Featured Collections

Thematic book stacks to help you find the right read-aloud fast — each hand-picked for classroom impact.

Bravery & Courage

Stories of bold hearts, big leaps, and everyday acts of courage.

The Trouble with Heroes

Jabari Jumps

Browse all Bravery & Courage

Graphic Novel Favorites

Visual storytelling that hooks reluctant readers and rewards voracious ones.

Chicken Pox

The League of Littles

Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt

Mind vs. Machine

New Kid

Browse all Graphic Novel Favorites

Friendship & Kindness

Big-hearted tales about empathy, belonging, and the friends who shape us.

The Baby-Sitters Club: Super Special: Baby-Sitters on Board!

Camp Monster

Sophie's Squash

Sidekicks: Thick as Thieves

Katie the Catsitter: Villain Con

Browse all Friendship & Kindness

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The Mastery Manual

Pace-Write-Read

The Trifecta of Pacing

A writer's handbook of 38 craft tools covering plot, pacing, and prosody — every technique you need to pace your story with power and purpose. Read the first 6 tools free.

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