Chapter Book and Middle Grade Resources
Fiction
Answers in the Pages by David Levithan | Educators’ Guide
The Bluest Sky by Christina Diaz Gonzalez | Educators’ Guide
The Boxcar Children series Educators’ Guide
Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis | Educators’ Guide
Come See The Fair by Gavriel Savit | Educators’ Guide
Daydreamer by Rob Cameron | Educators’ Guide
Dragons in a Bag Series by Zetta Elliot | Educators’ Guide
Elle McNicoll Author Study with Discussion Questions
The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers | Educators’ Guide
Flying Lessons | Educators’ Guide
The Frindle Files by Andrew Clements | Educators’ Guide
Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School | Educators’ Guide
Holler of the Fireflies by David Barclay Moore | Educators’ Guide
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell | Educators’ Guide
Isabel in Bloom by Mae Respicio | Educators’ Guide
It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango | Educators’ Guide
Jennifer Chan is Not Alone by Tae Keller | Educators’ Guide
Like a Charm by Elle McNicoll | Author Study Guide
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm | Educators’ Guide
The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead | Educators’ Guide
Louis Sachar Author Study Guide
Magic Tree House: Windy Night with Wild Horses by Mary Pope Osborne | Educators’ Guide
Magnificent Makers series | Educators’ Guide
Maizy Chen’s Last Chance by Lisa Yee | Educator’s Guide
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis | Educators’ Guide
Once in a Blue Moon by Sharon G. Flake | Educators’ Guide
Pony by R. J. Palacio | Educators’ Guide
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster; illustrated by Jules Pfeiffer | Educators’ Guide
Step into Reading Educators’ Guide
Something Like Home by Andrea Beatriz Arango | Educators’ Guide
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman by Gennifer Choldenko | Educators’ Guide
The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis | Educators’ Guide
We Are Big Time | Educators’ Guide
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead | Educators’ Guide
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller | Educators’ Guide
White Bird: A Graphic Novel by R. J. Palacio | Educators’ Guide
Nonfiction
Brave. Black. First. by Cheryl Willis Hudson | Activities
Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers by Michelle Obama | Educators’ Guide
History Smashers Series by Kate Messner with various contributors | Educators’ Guide
It’s Not Bragging If It’s True by Zalia Avant-garde | Activities
It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah | Discussion Guide
Overview by Benjamin Grant and Sandra Markle | Educators’ Guide
The Sum of Us (Adapted for Young Readers) by Heather McGee | Educators’ Guide
The Talk edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson | Discussion Guide
This Is Our Constitution by Khizr Khan | Educators’ Guide
When Forests Burn / Albert Marin Author Study Guide
Additional Resources
A Chapter Book for Every Reader
Gripping Middle-Grade Guide: Books for the middle-grade reader who wants to see their experiences reflected in stories
Teach Classic Newbery Winners Educators’ Guide
Unexamined Narratives Brochure: Integrate these titles into your social studies or English curricula for anti-bias reading.
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