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Book List

We’ve carefully curated book lists to go with each lesson.


Eva and Sadie and the Best Classroom Ever! cover

Be Prepared

Eva and Sadie and the Best Classroom Ever!

By Jeff CohenHarperCollinsPublishers

Sadie, who is about to start second grade, decides it is up to her to make sure her little sister, Eva, is ready for kindergarten.

Every Night Is Pizza Night cover

Be Healthy

Every Night Is Pizza Night

By Kenji Lopez-AltKenji Lopez-Alt

Convinced that pizza is the best food, Pipo will eat nothing else until her fed-up parents send her on a quest to prove that no dishes in their multicultural neighborhood are better.

Everyone Can Learn To Ride a Bicycle cover

Be Persistent, Be Safe

Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle

By Chris RaschkaSchwartz & Wade Books

A father teaches his daughter all about riding a bicycle, from selecting equipment to trying again after a fall.

Everything You Need for a Treehouse cover

Be Creative

Everything You Need for a Treehouse

By Carter HigginsChronicle Books

A tree, timber, tools, a rope of twisted twine are all things you need to build a treehouse–but most of all you need time and imagination.

Eyes That Kiss in the Corners cover

Be Yourself

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

By Joanna HoHarper an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

A self-confident and strong young girl recounts how she shares her eyes–and so much more–with her mother, her amah and her little sister.

Fire Drill cover

Be Safe

Fire Drill

By Paul DuBois JacobsHenry Holt Books for Young Readers

In a story told in brief rhyming text, the students in a kindergarten class follow the proper procedures, step by step, during a fire drill.

Fire! Fuego! Brave Bomberos cover

Be Safe

Fire! ¡Fuego! Brave Bomberos

By Susan Middleton ElyaBloomsbury Children's Books

A brave group of firefighters set off to battle a blaze at a townhouse. Spanish words interspersed in the rhyming text are defined in a glossary.

First Snow cover

Be a Neighbor

First Snow

By Peter McCartyBalzer + Bray

When Pedro comes from far away to visit his cousins, who are eager to introduce him to snow, all Pedro can think about at first is how much he dislikes cold.

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