2024-2025 RESOURCES

Eagle Drums

Travel Alaska: Inupiat: https://www.travelalaska.com/Things-To-Do/Alaska-Native-Culture/Cultures/Inupiat

Four Eyes

Teaching Books: https://www.teachingbooks.org/tb.cgi?tid=88000

YouTube Author/Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyp7cxTADH8

Discussion Questions developed for CU Boulder’s Children Book Festival 2023: https://www.colorado.edu/event/bookfest/sites/default/files/attached-files/four_eyes_discussion_guide.pdf

Global

National Geographic Kids: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/general-geography/what-is-climate-change/

American Museum of Natural History: https://www.amnh.org/explore/ology/climate-change

NASA Climate Kids: https://climatekids.nasa.gov/kids-guide-to-climate-change/

The Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall’s Life, Leadership, and Legacy

Teaching Books: The Highest Tribute: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?a=1&tid=74858

YouTube Read Aloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZSA6EKBwXo

Facts about Thurgood Marshall that follow the book powerpoint: https://youtu.be/cpP7B-ivL14?si=bKuzTj0ijIUMlc2B

How to Catch A Polar Bear

Food Network: Frozen Custard vs. Ice Cream: https://www.foodnetwork.com/how-to/packages/food-network-essentials/frozen-custard-vs-ice-cream

Reading Guide from Simon &Schuster:

https://www.simonandschuster.net/books/How-to-Catch-a-Polar-Bear/Stacy-DeKeyser/Washington-Park-Stories/9781665925617?ss_sid=116003692&utm_source=email&utm_medium=sands_email&utm_campaign=20240605_KidsLibrarian_NL&lctg=116003692#reading-group-guide

The Improbable Tales of Baskerville Hall

Author Site: https://www.alistandish.com/

The Conan Doyle Estate: https://conandoyleestate.com/

The Conan Doyle Encyclopedia https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Main_Page

It's Boba Time for Pearl Li

Teaching Books: It’s Boba Time for Pearl Li: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=87165

Leeva at Last

Teaching Books: Leeva at Last: 

https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=86757

Lei and the Fire Goddess

Author Site: https://www.maliamaunakea.com/

The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine

History.com: https://www.history.com/news/ukrainian-famine-stalin

Britannica: Holodomor: https://www.britannica.com/event/Holodomor

Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All

Teaching Books Page: https://share.teachingbooks.net/QLBYHKY

The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

NPR: The Theft That Made the “Mona Lisa” A Masterpiece: https://www.npr.org/2011/07/30/138800110/the-theft-that-made-the-mona-lisa-a-masterpiece

Library of Congress Theft of Mona Lisa Research Guide: https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-theft-mona-lisa

Mysterious Glowing Mammals: An Unexpected Discovery Sparks A Scientific Investigation

Nature.org: When Mammals Glow in the Dark: https://blog.nature.org/2021/04/05/when-mammals-glow-in-the-dark/

Smithsonian Magazine: More Mammals Can Glow in the DarkThan Previously Thought: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-mammals-can-glow-in-the-dark-than-previously-thought-180983028/#:~:text=Areas%20of%20pale%20and%20white,lit%20up%20under%20UV%20rays.

Not an Easy Win

Authors website: https://www.chrystaldgiles.com/

Author reads the first chapter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf3a3t7qKYI

Wikipedia entry on Chess: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess

Revolutionary Prudence Wright: Leading the Minute Women in the Fight for Independence

American Battlefield Trust: Prudence Wright: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/prudence-wright

History of American Women: Prudence Wright: https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2009/05/prudence-cummings-wright.html

The Rhythm of Time

Slugfest

Author Site: https://gordonkorman.com/

They Hold the Line: Wildfires, Wildlands, and the Firefighters who Brave Them

National Park Service: Fire Basics for Kids: https://www.nps.gov/subjects/fire/fire-basics-for-kids.htm

National Park Service: Wildland FIre: Junior Ranger Program: https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/wildland-fire-junior-ranger-program.htm

U.S. Fire Administration: Fire Safety for Children: https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/home-fires/at-risk-audiences/children/

Tumble

A Work In Progress

Author’s Educator Guide: https://jarrettlerner.com/A-work-in-progress-educators-guide.pdf