This educator guide is filled with social/psychological experiments, creative writing, poetry slams and more and will keep your students moving, analyzing, creating and smiling as they finagle their way in and out of conflicts along with Billy and his crazy character crew!

This National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and Newbery Medal winning author knows how to connect to young readers.  This author study dives deep into his Marvin Redpost series, his stand-alone chapter books and his middle-grade novels.  There is something for all ages!  Our guide aids students in comparing and contrasting the author’s writing techniques from book to book and genre to genre while also exploring Sachar’s use of humor and highly relatable characters and themes.

Titles are clustered in groups of picture books, early readers, chapter books and informational books to suit the specific needs of your classroom.  With multimedia links, suggestions for books to use while teaching math and science and activities that help young people explore fiction and nonfiction – this guide is brimming with fun and challenging activities that will inspire your students to read, read and read!

In grades 3-6 young people are beginning to understand more complex themes and concepts.  Help your students explore how authors use point of view, details and other techniques as tools to say something that is important to them.  Help your students learn to use their own writing and their own voices to say something big!

Full of magic, greed, power struggles and mystery.  By burrowing into these books and activities your students will examine relatable topics – whom to trust, what path to follow, why do certain groups hold the power in their worlds?  These stories lend themselves to natural comparisons to traditional fairytales and a myriad of cultures.  Step into the woods…if you dare.