Many of the children’s book publishers with whom we work create resources to extend the use and engagement of their titles with kids and care providers. This page offers you trusted places to find these resources.
Publishers Who Provide Free Resource Materials
Resources provided by these publishers range widely from author and illustrator interviews to discussion guides linked to specific books.
Barefoot Books provides regular updates to its Story Behind the Story featuring discussion guides, interviews with authors and illustrators, incorporating memory into picture books and more.
Beaming Books Resources gives quick access to book-based activities, guides for teachers and for parents, and more.
Berbay Books‘ Teacher Notes are organized alphabetically by book title, each presenting information about the creators and a discussion guide.
Blue Dot Kids Press points to collected Educator Resources with each coded as Teacher’s Guide, Video by Creator, Science Resource and/or Art Activity.
Cicada Books provides sample activities on its site for each of its Activity Books.
Creston Books features a Curriculum Guide for each of its titles on the title’s featured page.
Flowerpot Press points to Resources from which one can choose Parent/Teacher Guides, Story Stretchers, Activities, and more.
Gecko Press offers Teaching Notes and Activity Sheets under the Schools tab on its site.
Lantana Publishing provides title specific Resources that range from coloring sheets to discussion guides all searchable by age range and title.
Little Island‘s For Teachers goes beyond the Catalogues listed at the top of that page down to Book Guides each of which provides creator information, a discussion, guide, and suggested extension activities.
Nosy Crow offers Educator and Librarian Resources that range from coloring sheets to discussion guides to author interviews; each type of resource receives its own subpage even where multiple resources are available for a single title.
Pajama Press‘ Teaching Guides are deep, each presenting detailed information about the title’s back story, discussion materials, and activities.
Post Wave presents Resources, searchable by age range and type–for fun or for curriculum support–in PDFs that must be downloaded to be consulted.
Red Comet Press supports access to Free Resource Guides & Activity Kits each of which is extensive and addresses pre-reading suggestions, discussion questions, curricular connections, and more.
Ruby Tuesday Books offers a variety of types of Free Resources, some simple title-specific quizzes and others offering a suite of vetted links in support of themes shared across titles.
What On Earth! offers Activity Sheets that include quizzes, word search puzzles, crafts, and more.
