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Books for Young Readers

• Aunt Isabel Tells a Good One and Aunt Isabel Makes Trouble by Kate Duke (Guide by author)
• Babushka Baba Yaga, Boat Ride with Lillian Two Blossom, Pink & Say, Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco (Guide by author)
• Bartleby of the Mighty Mississippi by Stephanie Badulak and Jacqueline Abott
• NEW! The Brook Book by Jim Arnosky
• Can You Make A Piggy Giggle by Linda Ashman (Guide by author)
• Dawdle Duckling by Toni Buzzeo (Guide by author)
• Desmond & The Naughtybugs by Linda Ashman (Guide by author)
• Floridius Bloom and the Planet of Gloom- Readers Theater by Lorijo Metz
• NEW! Gingerbread Friends by Jan Brett
• Goldilocks and the Three Hares by Heidi Petach (Guide by author & consultant Joan Farabee)
• NEW! Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again by Dave Horowitz (Guide by author)
• Jack of all Tails by Kim E. Norman (Guide by author)
• Knick-Knack Paddywhack! by Paul O. Zelinsky
• NEW! Ladybug Girl by Jacky Davis and David Soman
• Mad Libs and Mad Libs, Jr. For Grades 1-6 (Guide by Merrily P. Hansen & Arlene Block)
• Mr. Men & Little Miss by Roger Hargreaves (Guide by Joyce Friedland & Rikki Kessler)
• Perfect Timing by Patsi B. Trollinger
• Poke & Look Learning Books
• Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky (Guide by Deborah Hallen)
• The Sea Chest by Toni Buzzeo (Guide by author)
• Smack Dab in the Middle by Anita Riggio (Guide by author)
• So You Want to Be President by Judith St. George (Guide by author)
• A Teacher's Guide to the World of Keiko Kasza (Guide by Junko Yokota)
• A Teacher's Guide to the World of Rosemary Wells (Guide by Sue Ornstein)
• A Teacher's Guide to the books written by Nancy Carlson (Guide by Peggy Sharp)
• The Truth About Poop by Susan E. Goodman (Guide by author)
• NEW! Twenty-Odd Ducks by Lynne Truss
• Using Miss Bindergarten in Your Kindergarten: Classroom Activities
• What Could Be Better Than This by Linda Ashman (Guide by author)

Novels for Middle-Grade and Tween Readers

• NEW! Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
• NEW! Blood on the River by Elisa Carbone
• The Books of Amy Goldman Koss
• The Books of Donna Jo Napoli
• The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter (Guide by Susan Vreeland, Cheryl Ritter and Patty Ladd)
• Cam Jansen Myseries by David A. Adler (Guide by Donna L. Knoell)
• NEW! Chicken Feathers by Joy Cowley
• Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman (Guide by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer)
• NEW! Dolphin Song by Lauren St. John
• Double Helix by Nancy Werlin (Guide by Dr. Joni Richards Bodard and Nancy Werlin)
• NEW! Eleven; Twelve; Thirteen (a trilogy) by Lauren Myracle
• NEW! Feathers by Jackie Woodson
• Food Rules! by Bill Haduch (Guide by author)
• Forging Freedom by Hudson Talbott (Guide by author)
• The Freddy Pig Series by Walter R. Brooks (Guide by Michael Cart)
• The Grossology Series by Sylvia Branzei (Guide by author)
• I'm Still Scared by Tomie dePaola (Guide by Kay Weisman)
• The Land and other books by Mildred D. Taylor (Guide by Chris Crowe)
• Lowthar's Blade Teacher's Guide by R.L. LaFevers
• NEW! Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick
• The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques (Guide by Carol Otis Hurst)
• Safe by Susan Shaw
• NEW! Savvy by Ingrid Law
• A Teacher's Guide to Judy Blume's Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and the rest of the Fudge series!
• A Teacher's Guide to Larger-Than-Life Lara (Guide by Dandi Daley Mackall)
• A Teacher's Guide to Roald Dahl
• A Teacher's Guide to the books written by John H. Ritter
• NEW! Up Close: Jane Goodall by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
• NEW! Up Close: Thurgood Marshall by by Chris Crowe
• We Beat the Street Discussion Guide
• NEW! White Sands, Red Menace by Ellen Klages

Reader's Companions for Young Adult Readers

• NEW! Antsy Does Time by Neal Shusterman
• NEW! Artichoke's Heart by Suzanne Supplee
• The Books of Eva Ibbotson (Guide by Connie C. Rockman)
• The Books of Jacqueline Woodson (Guide by Deborah Taylor)
• NEW! The Books of Joan Bauer
• Bowery Girl by Kim Taylor
• NEW! Climbing The Stairs by Padma Venkatraman
• Dreamland by Sarah Dessen (Guide by Patty Campbell)
• NEW! Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi
• NEW! Impossible by Nancy Werlin
• NEW! Jerk, California by Jonathan Friesen
• NEW! Looks by Madeleine George
• The Lost Years of Merlin Epic by T. A. Barron (Guide by Sally Estes)
• NEW! March Toward the Thunderby Joseph Bruchac
• NEW! The Midnight Twins by Jacquelyn Mitchard
• NEW! Paper Towns by John Green
• NEW! Quaking by Kathryn Erskine
• The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin (Guide by Dr. Joni Richards Bodart & Nancy Werlin)
• NEW! Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar
• A Study Guide to Stand Tall by Joan Bauer (Guide by Catherine Hart Weber, PH.D. with Christine Blair and Joan Bauer)
• A Teacher's Guide to An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
• NEW! Things That Are by Andrew Clements
• NEW! Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
• A Year Down Yonder & A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck (Guide by Pat Scales)
• Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Subject/Theme Based

• NEW! African American Heritage and Culture
• American History
• American History Books by Jean Fritz (Guide by author)
• Around the World
• NEW! Asian-American Heritage
• Cool Math
• Firebird Classroom Guide: Discussions on Fantasy and Science Fiction.
• Friendship According to Humphrey by Betty Birney (Guide by author)
• NEW! Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning Literature Guide
• Hispanic Heritage
• Holocaust Teacher's Guide
• Native American Heritage
• Native American History Books by Judith St. George (Guide by author)
• Nonfiction and Informational Titles for All Ages
• Pajama Event Activities
• A Teacher's Guide to Discussing Civil and Human Rights
• Well Versed Tried and true techniques to bring poetry into the lives of young people.
• Who Moved My Cheese Provided by the Family Education Network
• Women's History
• The World According to Humphrey by Betty Birney (Guide by author)