If you’re looking to boost your lesson plans with great reads and important classroom discourse, we have a selection of guides to help! This list of teacher’s guides for every occasion can help you plan for the year! From well-loved canon to important historical moments, you’ll find pre-reading questions, discussion topics, and common core ties that are evergreen conversation starters.
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Picture Books: Fiction
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- Be the Acorn by Jason Douglas Griffin
- A House in My Barrio by Paola Santos; illustrated by Olivia Sua
- Vampurr by Justin Colón; illustrated by Lenny Wen
- How to be a Proper Ogre by Kelly DiPucchio; illustrated by Janie Bynum
- I Am Murphy and I Am Waiting Dan Yaccarino
- Bartleby by Matt Phelan,
- Together, A Forest by Roz MacLean
- Odder: An Otter’s Story by Katherine Applegate
- A Snow Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead; illustrated by Erin E. Stead
- The Princess and the Grain of Rice by Tina Cho; illustrated by Honee Jang
- Bread is Love by Pooja Makhijani; illustrated by Lavanya Naidu
- Beware the Sock Monkeys! by Jonathan Stutzman; illustrated by Heather Fox
- Abuelo, the Sea, and Me by Ismée Williams; illustrated by Tatiana Gardel
- Ánh’s New Word by Hanh Bui; illustrated by Bao Luu
- I Wish You Knew by Jackie Azúa Kramer; illustrated by Magdalena Mora
- Why? A Conversation About Race by Taye Diggs; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
Picture Books: Non-Fiction
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- How a Bear Became a Book by Annette Bay Pimentel; illustrated by Faith Pray
- Alberto Salas Plays paka paka con la papa by Sara Andrea Fajardo; illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
- Do You Know the Dark? by Roz MacLean
- Choosing Brave by Angela Joy; illustrated by Janelle Washington
- Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth by Michelle Duster; illustrations by Laura Freeman
Middle Grade: Fiction
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- A Lake with No Bottom by H. D. Hunter
- Trunk No. 3: A Story About a Life-Changing Correspondence by the Author of Olivetti Allie Millington
- Shook by Julian Randall
- The Lions’ Run by Sara Pennypacker
- A Sea of Lemon Trees by María Dolores Águila
- The Unlikely Tale of Chase and Finnegan by Jasmine Warga
- Spark by Chris Baron, Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate
- Let it Glow by Marissa Meyer and Joanne Levy
- Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel by K. Woodman-Maynard
- the novels of Amber McBride
- Busted by Dan Gemeinhart
- Dream by Barbara O’Connor
- A Method for Magic & Misfortune by Craig Kofi Farmer
- The Experiment by Rebecca Stead
- A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
- Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- Odder by Katherine Applegate
- The Rema by Dan Gemeinhart
- The Song of Orphan’s Garden by Nicole M. Hewitt
- Greta by J. S. Lemon
- Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega; illustrated by Rose Bousamra
- Farther than the Moon by Lindsay Lackey
- The Gray by Chris Baron
- Eagle Drums by Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson
- The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh
- The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton; illustrated by Khadijah Khatib
- In the Key of Us by Mariama J. Lockington
- Pilar Ramirez and the Escape from Zafa by Julian Randall
- Cuba in my Pocket by Adrianna Cuevas.
Middle Grade: Non-Fiction
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- Mind vs. Machine by Maurice Ashley and Steve Sheinkin; illustrated by Thien Pham
- Reading the Bones by Marc Aronson and John S. Mead
- Double Crossed by Rebecca E.F. Barone
- Diamond Fever by Steve Sheinkin; with comics and art by Jon Chad
- Sole Survivor by Norman Ollestad and Brendan Kiely
- Malcolm Lives! by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Graphic Novel Memoirs by various authors
- Three Summers by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess with Laura L. Sullivan
- The Girl Who Sang by Estelle Nadel with Bethany Strout; illustrated by Sammy Savos
- Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz, with Renee Watson
- My Selma by Willie Mae Brown
- Torpedoed by Deborah Heiligman
- Power to The Parasites by Chelsea L. Wood
- Latinitas by Juliet Menéndez
Young Adult: Fiction
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- Together We See by Ari Tison
- One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram
- Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford
- Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson; illustrated by E.M. Carroll
- the novels of Amber McBride
- Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley
- The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, adapted by Salva Rubio and illustrated by Loreto Aroca; translated by Lilit Thwaites
- Under the Same Stars by Libba Bray
- Thirsty: A Novel by Jas Hammonds
- Saints of the Household by Ari Tison
- Warrior Girl Unearthed by Angeline Boulley
- Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
- Himawari House by Harmony Becker
- Cinder by Marissa Meyer
- The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta
- So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow
- Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
- A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
- Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angelline Boulley
Young Adult: Non-Fiction
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- Palestine: A Primer by Rashid Khalidi
- White Lies by Ann Bausum
- King: A Life (Young Adult Edition) by Jonathan Eig; adapted for young adults by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long
- Loudmouth by Deb Heiligman
- The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
- Accountable by Dashka Slater
- Impossible Escape by Steve Sheinkin
- The Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton with Lara Love Hardin and Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
- Don’t Look Back by Achut Deng and Keely Hutton
- Call Him Jack by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long
- Duet by Phillip Hoose
- Jane Against The World by Karen Blumenthal
- Rise Up! by Crystal Marie Fleming
- Fallout by Steve Sheinkin
- Strongman by Kenneth C. Davis
- Whose Right Is It? The Second Amendment and the Fight Over Guns by Hana Bajramovic
- True or False by Cindy L. Otis
