Educator Resources
Growing Reader
Tween
Women in Congress: 14 Political Pioneers to Introduce to Kids
Share this brief history of trailblazing women in politics with your kids, or students, this election season.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
22 Books That Celebrate Lesser-Known African Americans and Their Contributions to History
These stories help celebrate just a few of the countless individuals who, without fanfare, played key roles in history.
Teen
Surefire YA Scares: 18 of the Best Teen Horror Books
As other book trends come and go, horror is one genre that holds up over time. These scary books for teens are sure to haunt readers in all the right ways.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Teachers, Here’s How to Set Your Classroom Library Up for Success
Setting up a classroom library with an appealing and user-friendly collection of books goes a long way towards helping kids enjoy reading. These tips can help set you up for success.
All Ages
Kids Like Me: 18 Books With Diverse Main Characters
It’s important for kids to read engaging stories with main characters that are relatable to their lives. Not just to their humanity, but also to their appearance and culture.
Pre-K
Now Hear This: 10 Engaging Audiobooks for Preschoolers
While not a replacement for reading a book aloud, audiobooks provide many benefits of their own, helping kids to expand their imagination and strengthen their listening, pronunciation, and comprehension skills.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Books To Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality
These books can serve as resources to help us move beyond tokens and icons to a deeper understanding of our history and its legacy.
All Ages
Educational Resources & Activities
With a national emphasis on curbing the coronavirus’ effects on learning, there’s plenty parents and caregivers can do at home to mitigate learning loss and help kids keep core skills sharp.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Books That Help Kids Learn a New Language
We know the many benefits of speaking more than one language, so how can we support kids with learning a new language or reinforcing more than one language at home? One way is with bilingual children’s books.
All Ages
Ain’t Nothing But a Family Thing: Books About All Kinds of Families
From adoption to divorce to same-sex families, kids and parents can find books that explain how all sorts of families are formed in all sorts of ways.
Tips & Advice
How to Get Kids Into a Learning Mindset at Home
This fall, it may help to think of distance learning as the epitome of growth mindset in action. Let’s set our students up for learning success with a growth mindset perspective, good organization, plenty of technology practice, and, most of all, empathy.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
Books To Help Kids Understand What It’s Like To Be a Refugee
Stories can facilitate dialogue and promote healthy communication around this difficult topic, and help to foster empathy and understanding.
