Curriculum Guides
Here is a sample of the Teacher’s Guides Natalie has created for children’s books. Click the links to view the PDFs.
Picture Books
All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Marla Frazee, Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster), 2009
A Sock Is a Pocket For Your Toes by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser, Harper Collins, 2004
Brothers At Bat by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Steven Salerno, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2012
Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari, illustrated by Bagram Ibatoulline, Roaring Brook Press, 2016
Dog Gone! written and illustrated by Leeza Hernandez, G.P. Putnam’s Son, 2012
Dogs On the Bed by Elizabeth Bluemie, illustrated by Annie Wilsdorf, Candlewick Press, 2008
The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School by Laura Murray, illustrated by Mike Lowery, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2011
The Gingerbread Man Loose on the Firetruck by Laura Murray, illustrated by Mike Lowery, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2013
How Do You Wokka-Wokka? by Elizabeth Bluemle, illustrated by Randy Cecil, Candlewick Press, 2009
Is Your Buffalo Ready for Kindergarten? by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Daniel Jennewein, Balzer & Bray, 2010
The Kid From Diamond Street: The Extraordinary Story of Baseball Legend Edith Houghton by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Steven Salerno, Clarion, 2016
Light Up the Night by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine
My Father the Dog by Elizabeth Bluemle, illustrated by Randy Cecil, Candlewick Press, 2006
Noodle and Lou by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Arthur Howard, Beach Lane Books, 2011
Once Upon a Baby Brother by Sarah Sullivan, illustrated by Tricia Tusa, Melanie Kroupa Books, 2010
Passing the Music Down by Sarah Sullivan, illustrated by Barry Root
Phillis Sings Out Freedom by Ann Malaspina, illustrated by Susan Keeter
She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story by Audrey Vernick, illustrated by Don Tate
Soar, Elinor! by Tami Lewis Brown, illustrated by Francois Roca, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2010
The Tiptoe Guide to Tracking Fairies by Ammi-Joan Paquette, illustrated by Christa Unzner, Tanglewood, 2009
Think Big by Liz Garton Scanlon, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton, Bloomsburg, 2012
These Bees Count! by Alison Ashley Formento, illustrated by Sarah Snow, Albert Whitman & Co., 2012
These Seas Count! by Alison Ashley Formento, illustrated by Sarah Snow, Albert Whitman & Co., 2013
This Tree Counts! by Alison Ashley Formento, illustrated by Sarah Snow, Albert Whitman & Co., 2010
Pup 681: A Sea Otter Rescue Story by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Ashley Crowley, Henry Holt & Co., 2019
Time Out for Monsters by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Robert Neubecker, Disney Hyperion Books, 2012
Too Pickley! by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Genevieve Leloup, Bloomsbury, 2010
Too Princessy! by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Genevieve Leloup, Bloomsbury, 2012
Too Purpley! by Jean Reidy, illustrated by Genevieve Leloup, Bloomsbury, 2010
Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace, illustrated by LeUyen Pham, Disney-Hyperion, 2012
Early Chapter Books
Maybelle In the Soup by Katie Speck, illustrated by Paul Ratz de Tagyos, Henry Holt & Co., 2007
Maybelle Goes to Tea by Katie Speck, illustrated by Paul Ratz de Tagyos, Henry Holt & Co., 2008
Middle Grade Novels
My Very (Un)Fairy Tale Life by Anna Staniszewski, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2011
Operation Yes by Sara Lewis Holmes, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009
Young Adult Novels
Ashfall by Mike Mullen, Tanglewood Press, 2011
Irises by Fransisco X. Stork, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2012
Level 2 by Lenore Appelhans, Simon and Schuster BFYR, 2013
The End of the Line by Angela Cerrito, Holiday House, 2011
The Line by Teri Hall, Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010
The Trouble With a Half Moon by Danette Vigilante, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2011
Non-fiction
We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children’s March by Cynthia Levinson, Peachtree Publishers, 2012
Surviving the Angel of Death: The Story of a Mengele Twin in Auschwitz by Eva Kor and Lisa Rojany Buccieri