DK Ryland - Picture Book Author/Illustrator

Teacher Guide Directory

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ACTIVISM

ENOUGH! 20 Protestors Who Changed America

Author: Emily Easton

Illustrator: Ziyue Chen

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-3

PRIDE The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

Author: Rob Sanders

Illustrator: Steven Salerno

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-3

Sometimes People March


Author/Illustrator: Tessa Allen

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-3

What Can a Citizen Do?

Author: Dave Eggers

Illustrator: Shawn Harris

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K-12

Marvelous Cornelius

Author: Phil Bildner

Illustrator: John Parra

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K - 5

 

AMERICAN HISTORY

How Women Won the Vote

Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Illustrator: Ziyue Chen

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: 3-7

Her Right Foot

Author: Dave Eggers

Illustrator: Shawn Harris

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K-3

We Are Still Here!

Author: Traci Sorell

Illustrator: Frane Lessac

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: 2-5

 

ANIMALS

Contrary Creatures

Author/Illustrator: James Weinberg

Guide Type: Activity Kit

Grades: K-3

EAT YOUR ROCKS, CROC!

Author: Jess Keating

Illustrator: Pete Oswald

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-3

The world of weird animals series

Author: Jess Keating

Illustrator: David DeGrand

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-3

A Strange Place to Call Home (Poetry)

Author: Marilyn Singer

Illustrator: Ed Young

Guide Type: Language Arts

Grades: K - 3

Hidden Dangers

Author: Lola M. Schaefer

Illustrator: Tymn Armstrong

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K - 3

 

ATHLETES

Swan

Author: Laurel Snyder

Illustrator: Julie Morstad

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K - 3

B

BIOGRAPHIES

With Great Power

Author: Annie Hunter Eriksen

Illustrator: Lee Gatlin

Guide Type: Activities and Art

Grades: K - 3

Jonas Hanway’s Umbrella

Author: Josh Crute

Illustrator: Eileen Ryan Ewen

Guide Type: History and Language Arts

Grades: 2-5

 

BIRDS

Bird Count

Author: Susan Edwards Richmond

Illustrator: Stephanie Fizer Coleman

Guide Type: Multi-subject Teaching Guide

Bird Show

Author/Illustrator: Susan Stockdale

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Counting Birds

Author: Heidi Stemple

Illustrator: Clover Robin

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

An Egg is Quiet

Author: Dianna Aston

Illustrator: Sylvia Long

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K - 5

 

BUGS

The Big Book of Bugs

Author/Illustrator: Yuval Zommer

Guide Type: Art Activity

Carl and the meaning of life

Author/Illustrator: Deborah Freedman

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist

Author: Christine Evans

Illustrator: Yasmin Imamura

Guide Type: Various Activities

A Beetle is Shy (Non-Fiction)

Author: Dianna Hutts Aston

Illustrator: Sylvia Long

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K-4

Du Iz Tak? (Fiction)

Author/Illustrator: Carson Ellis

Guide Type: Craft Activity

Grades: K-2

 

C

CREATIVITY

Nola’s Scribbles Save the Day (Fiction)

Author/Illustrator: Cristina Lalli

Guide Type: Art

Grades: K - 3

Flibbertigibbety Words

Author: Donna Guthrie

Illustrator: Asa Gilland

Guide Type: Language Arts and Activities

Grades: K - 3

 

E

ENGINEERING

Princesses Can Fix It (Fiction)

Author: Tracy Marchini

Illustrator: Julia Christians

Guide Type: Science and Activities

Grades: K - 3

 

ENVIRONMENTALISM

One Plastic Bag

Author: Miranda Paul

Illustrator: Elizabeth Zunon

Guide Type: Various Activities

Follow the Moon Home

Authors: Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson

Illustrator: Meilo So

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-3

Seeds of Change

Author: Jen Cullerton Johnson

Illustrator: Sonia Lynn Sadler

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teacher Guide

The Fox and the Forest Fire

Author/Illustrator: Danny Popovici

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-12

We Are Water Protectors

Author: Carole Linstrom

Illustrator: Michaela Goade

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

A Stone Sat Still (Non-Fiction)

Author/Illustrator: Brendan Wenzel

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades K - 3

 

E

ECOLOGY

Because of an Acorn

Author: Lola M. Schaefer

Illustrator: Adam Schaefer

Guide Type: Language Arts and Science

Grades: K - 3

 

F

FAMILY

Saturdays are for StellA (Fiction)

Author: Candy Wellins

Illustrator: Charlie Eve Ryan

Guide Type: Multi-Subject

Grades: K - 3

 

FLOWERS

 

FRIENDSHIP

The Ninja Club Sleepover (Fiction)

Author: Laura Gehl

Illustrator: Mackenzie Haley

Guide Type: Writing Prompts and Activites

Grades: K - 3

 

FUNGI

 

G

GEOGRAPHY

This is How We Do It

Author/Illustrator: Matt Lamothe

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K-3

I am the Wind

Author: Michael Karg

Illustrator: Sophie Diao

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K - 3

HUMOR

Hornswoggled! (Fiction)

Author: Josh Crute

Illustrator: Jenn Harney

Guide Type: Vocabulary/Language Arts

Grades: K - 3

 

K

KINDNESS

The Best Kind of Mooncake

Author/Illustrator: Pearl Auyeung

Guide Type: Language Arts

Grades: K - 3

 

L

LANGUAGE ARTS

The Owl Who Asks Why (fiction)

Author: Michelle Garcia Andersen

Illustrator: Ayesha L. Rubio

Guide Type: Language Arts

Grades: K - 3

 

M

MATH

A Penny’s Worth (FICTION)

Author: Kimberly Wilson

Illustrator: Mark Hoffmann

Guide Type: Math and Activities

Grades: K - 1

 

MULTICULTERALISM

So Not Ghoul

Author: Karen Yin

Illustrator: Bonnie Lui

Guide Type: Activites, Language, SEL

Grades: K - 3

 

MUSIC

Guitar Genius

Author: Kim Tomsic

Illustrator: Brett Helquist

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K - 5

Libba

Author: Laura Veirs

Illustrator: Tatyana Fazlaizadeh

Guide Type: Language Arts

Grades: K - 5

Mister Rogers’ Gift of Music

Author: Donna Cangelosi

Illustrator: Amanda Calatzis

Guide Type: Music, SEL, and Acitivites

Grades: K - 3

 

O

OUTER SPACE

Hello, Opportunity

Author: Shaelyn McDaniel

Illustrator: Cornelia Li

Guide Type: Activities and Science

Grades: K - 3

Mending the Moon (Fiction)

Author: Emma Pearl

Illustrator: Sara Ugolotti

Guide Type: Language Arts/Storytelling

Grades: K - 3

 

S

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING (SEL)

Black Girl Rising (Poetry)

Author: Brynne Barnes

Illustrator: Tatyana Fazlaizadeh

Guide Type: Language Arts, SEL

Grades: K-3

Meena’s Mindful Moment

Author: Tina Athaide

Illustrator: Asa Gilland

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: K - 3

 

T

TREES

 

W

WOMEN

Planting Stories

Author: Anika Aldamuy Denise

Illustrator: Paola Escobar

Guide Type: Discussion and Activities

Grades: K-3

Lights! Camera! Alice!

Author: Mara Rockliff

Illustrator: Simona Ciraolo

Guide Type: Multi-Subject Teaching Guide

Grades: 3 - 8