![It’s Diwali!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/its-diwali.jpeg?itok=YC3mZ0o-)
Count up to ten and back down again to the tune of “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe” while learning about the traditions that make Diwali a fun-filled festival! Celebrated during autumn harvest, Diwali symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and light over darkness. From sweet treats to intricate henna designs to exciting firework displays, young readers will get a vibrant glimpse into the Festival of Lights.
It’s Diwali!
![A Dog Named Haku: A Holiday Story from Nepal](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/dog-named-haku.jpeg?itok=-0sH51KW)
It’s Deepawali, the Festival of Lights in Nepal, and today is the day to honor dogs! Brothers Alu and Bhalu wander the streets of Kathmandu, passing by twirling kites and bamboo swings, looking for a dog to feed. But as night falls, their task begins to feel hopeless, until they spot a small black dog who is in need of a friend. This gentle story told in verse presents an important Hindu holiday (also called Diwali in India) through the eyes of two young boys.
A Dog Named Haku: A Holiday Story from Nepal
![Binny’s Diwali](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/binnys-diwali.jpeg?itok=Sy3ezIO8)
Binny woke up happy but nervous. It was her day to share about Diwali, the Festival of Lights! Binny is excited to talk to her class about her favorite holiday. But she struggles to find the words.Taking a deep breath, she tells her classmates about the fireworks that burst like stars in the night sky, leaving streaks of gold and red and green. She shares with them delicious pedas and jalebis. And she shows them clay lamps, called diyas, which look so pretty all the children ooh and aah.
Binny’s Diwali
![Teaching Reading Sourcebook: Third Edition](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/teaching-reading-sourcebook.jpeg?itok=sRgNYc3B)
This updated edition supports educators in bridging the gap between evidence-based reading research and actionable instructional strategies. Organized according to the elements of explicit instruction (what? why? when? and how?), the Sourcebook includes both a research-informed knowledge base and practical sample lesson models. It teaches the key elements of an effective reading program, based on the science of reading — phonemic awareness, decoding, vocabulary development, fluency, and comprehension — in a practical hands-on teacher’s guide. The third edition also includes a chapter on reading instruction within a MTSS framework.
Teaching Reading Sourcebook: Third Edition
![Literacy Foundations for English Learners](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/literacy-foundations-ells.jpg?itok=AE1L29Ej)
This accessible book will give teachers the knowledge base they need to help English learners develop strong literacy skills and achieve academic success. Aligned with IDA’s Knowledge and Practice Standards, this book prepares current and future educators to teach English learners the key components of language and literacy, as first described in the National Literacy Panel report.
Literacy Foundations for English Learners
![Song in the City](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/song-in-the-city-cover_0.jpg?itok=nzaN_B5L)
A young girl, filled with the sounds of her beloved city, shares a song with her grandmother that changes the two forever. After helping Grandma realize that the city makes music as beautiful as the sounds they hear in church on Sunday morning, the two sit down and take in all the sounds of the city … together.
Song in the City
![Sentence Composing for Elementary School](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/sentence-composing-elementary-school.jpg?itok=D0kf32TT)
Using sentences from more than one hundred popular stories and novels as models, this workbook offers extensive practice in four sentence-manipulating techniques: sentence unscrambling, sentence imitating, sentence combining, and sentence expanding. By playing with hundreds of sentences from selections like Charlotte’s Web and the Harry Potter series, children learn to write their own sentences in more effective and interesting ways. At the same time, they improve their reading skills by discovering the story in the sentence.
Sentence Composing for Elementary School
![Teachers Guide to Effective Sentence Writing](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/9781462506774.jpeg?itok=MdbPkRRW)
This practical book provides explicit instructions for teaching sentence-level skills to students who have difficulties in this area. The author explains the key role of sentence combining in the writing process and presents effective techniques for instruction and assessment. Numerous sample lessons, practice activities, planning tips, and grammatical pointers make it easy for teachers to incorporate sentence combining and construction into the writing curriculum at all grade levels (2-12).
Teachers Guide to Effective Sentence Writing
![This Is a School](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/91na4s5U9fL.jpeg?itok=-dnS-FPE)
A loving celebration of school and all it may signify: work and play, creativity and trust, and a supportive community that extends beyond walls. A school isn’t just a building — it is all the people who work and learn together. It is a place for discovery and asking questions. A place for sharing, for helping, and for community.
This Is a School
![Spy School the Graphic Novel](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/71fOEoP2XkL.jpeg?itok=zxmx0O0-)
Can an undercover nerd become a superstar secret agent? In this graphic novel adaptation of the popular prose books, Ben Ripley is recruited into the CIA’s Academy of Espionage due to his enthusiastic gaming abilities and his exceptional math skills. As Ben tries to adapt to life at his new top-secret school, he unwittingly becomes the target of a deadly assassin. (School Library Journal)
Spy School the Graphic Novel
![Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/81UOgI8qtmL.jpeg?itok=-91vomXp)
In this Wampanoag story told in a Native tradition, two kids from the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe learn the story of Weeâchumun (corn) and the first Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving story that most Americans know celebrates the Pilgrims. But without members of the Wampanoag tribe who already lived on the land where the Pilgrims settled, the Pilgrims would never have made it through their first winter. This picture book honors both the history and tradition that surrounds the story of the first Thanksgiving.
Keepunumuk: Weeâchumun’s Thanksgiving Story
![Your Name Is a Song](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/Your_Name-is-a-Song-Oversized_Jacket-New-Artwork-Sept2019.jpeg?itok=056wkbJA)
A celebration of the beauty, history, and magic behind names. Frustrated by a day full of teachers and classmates mispronouncing her beautiful name, a little girl tells her mother she never wants to come back to school. In response, the girl’s mother teaches her about the musicality of African, Asian, Black-American, Latinx, and Middle Eastern names on their lyrical walk home through the city. Empowered by this newfound understanding, the young girl is ready to return the next day to share her knowledge with her class.
Your Name Is a Song
![Ming Goes to School](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/713pzDZI8qL.jpeg?itok=qPPb5o1b)
A gentle story about the everyday discoveries and accomplishments that school can bring. Ming is curious and playful and ready for adventure, but even she gets scared of new things sometimes. Kids will relate to her desires and fears and will be excited to see Ming at the top of the slide by the story’s end.
Ming Goes to School
![Lola Goes to School](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/91MYrWLecqL.jpeg?itok=db0XZ8DS)
Lola and her family prepare for the first day of preschool the night before, then get up early, take pictures, and head to class. Lola puts her things in her cubby, chooses her activities, reads, plays, and has a snack. Before she knows it, it’s time to sing the good-bye song and rush into Mommy’s arms for a warm reunion.
Lola Goes to School
![I’m New Here](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/91mkfEaRmGL.jpeg?itok=_nCeN2Bn)
Three students are immigrants from Guatemala, Korea, and Somalia and have trouble speaking, writing, and sharing ideas in English in their new American elementary school. Through self-determination and with encouragement from their peers and teachers, the students learn to feel confident and comfortable in their new school without losing a sense of their home country, language, and identity.
I’m New Here
![A New School Year: Stories in Six Voices](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/91WnbPBeB2L.jpeg?itok=xfJorAIN)
Meet a diverse group of six children ranging in age from Kindergarten through fifth grade. With nerves and excitement each child gears up for a new school year by hustling in the morning, meeting new teachers and new classmates during the day, and heading home with homework and relief by day’s end. Simple, bright illustrations focus on each child and their worries, hopes, and successes on the first day of school.
A New School Year: Stories in Six Voices
![Back to School: A Global Journey](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/810eNFYIQmL.jpeg?itok=zxNH0hAw)
Beautiful, joy-filled, color photographs of children studying, learning, exploring, and having fun invites young readers to see other kids just like them from all over the world. Whether they take a school bus, a boat, or a rickshaw to get there, kids around the globe are going to school and growing smarter and more curious every day.
Back to School: A Global Journey
![Danbi Leads the School Parade](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/81ByGq6AIAL.jpeg?itok=eBf36XBo)
Danbi is thrilled to start her new school in America. But a bit nervous too, for when she walks into the classroom, everything goes quiet. Everyone stares. Danbi wants to join in the dances and the games, but she doesn’t know the rules and just can’t get anything right. With a spark of imagination, she makes up a new game and leads her classmates on a parade to remember.
Danbi Leads the School Parade
![I Got the School Spirit](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/91tqkweWKfL.jpeg?itok=axOkQUH6)
Summer is over, and this little girl has got the school spirit! She hears the school spirit in the bus driving up the street — VROOM, VROOM! — and in the bell sounding in the halls — RING-A-DING! She sings the school spirit in class with her friends — ABC, 123!
I Got the School Spirit
![School’s First Day of School](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/9781596439641.jpeg?itok=sYUHEdYd)
It’s the first day of school at Frederick Douglass Elementary and everyone’s just a little bit nervous, especially the school itself. What will the children do once they come? Will they like the school? Will they be nice to him? The school has a rough start, but as the day goes on, he soon recovers when he sees that he’s not the only one going through first-day jitters.
School’s First Day of School
![Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/81tlq%2Bs9ISL.jpeg?itok=KIjfSCEX)
The barbershop is where the magic happens. Boys go in as lumps of clay and, with princely robes draped around their shoulders, a dab of cool shaving cream on their foreheads, and a slow, steady cut, they become royalty. This rhythmic, read-aloud title is an unbridled celebration of the self-esteem, confidence, and swagger boys feel when they leave the barber’s chair. The fresh cuts. That’s where it all begins.
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut
![The King of Kindergarten](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/A1-PVJe8O0L.jpeg?itok=cdsPSAgT)
A confident little boy takes pride in his first day of kindergarten. Starting kindergarten is a big milestone! He’s dressed himself, eaten a pile of pancakes, and can’t wait to be part of a whole new kingdom of kids. And afterward, he can’t wait to tell his proud parents all about his achievements, and then wake up to start another day.
The King of Kindergarten
![Our Class Is a Family](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/71yEL%2BoXg%2BL.jpeg?itok=JwgwqL1c)
Teachers build a sense of community within their classrooms, creating a home away from home where they make their students feel safe, included, and loved. This is a book that will help build and strengthen that class community. Kids learn that their classroom is a place where it’s safe to be themselves, it’s okay to make mistakes, and it’s important to be a friend to others.
Our Class Is a Family
![Our Favorite Day of the Year](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/81LfSTqLmiL.jpeg?itok=-EMA0x-R)
Musa’s feeling nervous about his first day of school. He’s not used to being away from home and he doesn’t know any of the other kids in his class. And when he meets classmates Moisés, Mo, and Kevin, Musa isn’t sure they’ll have much in common. But over the course of the year, the four boys learn more about each other, the holidays they celebrate, their favorite foods, and what they like about school. The more they share with each other, the closer they become, until Musa can’t imagine any better friends.