Since 2002, Children’s Book Press has proudly offered free Teacher’s Guides for many of our titles. Developed by classroom educators, our cross-curricular guides encourage literacy and critical thinking. Every Teacher’s Guide contains four sections:

What’s It All About? A description of the book, thematic units of study, and author and artist biographies.

Reading Activities Reading comprehension and critical thinking activities about the book’s themes.

Cross Curricular Activities Making connections between the book and Language Arts, Social Studies, Visual Art, Math, and Science. These activities correspond to California state standards, which are easily adaptable to the standards of other states.

Resources Books, websites, and other resources related to the book’s themes.

We currently offer guides for the following titles:

• Antonio's Card  - Download the guide
• Angels Ride Bikes*
• Bears Make Rock Soup  - Download the guide
• Chachaji's Cup  - Download the guide
• Cooper's Lesson  - Download the guide
• Featherless  - Download the guide
• From the Bellybutton of the Moon *
• Grandma and Me at the Flea  - Download the guide
• i see the rhythm  - Download the guide
• Iguanas in the Snow *
• Just Like Me  - Download the guide
• Lakas and the Manilatown Fish  - Download the guide
• Laughing Tomatoes*
• Moony Luna  - Download the guide
• My Diary from Here to There  - Download the guide
• My First Book of Proverbs  - Download the guide
• A Place Where Sunflowers Grow  - Download the guide
• Quinito's Neighborhood  - Download the guide
• A Shelter in Our Car  - Download the guide
• Xochitl and the Flowers  - Download the guide

[*] We have developed one Teacher’s Guide that includes activities for all four seasonal poetry books. Download the guide

Teachers, we want to hear from you! If you are a teacher who has developed lesson plans based on our books, or used our Guides and found them to be helpful, we’d love to hear from you. Email your lesson plans and feedback to: educators@childrensbookpress.org.