Back-to-School is coming! On this page we’ll share the latest Educator Guides/Activity Kits and read-alouds by our Full Circle authors and illustrators. Feel free to use and share with your family, school, and online community! If posting your own online read-aloud, please see publisher websites which have extended complimentary usage to December 31, 2021. Or check out the publisher guidelines gathered on Kate Messner’s “Read, Wonder, Learn” website.
New Educator Guides Now Available!
Author Theresa Howell on Female Leaders Past and Present
Theresa Howell, co-author of Leading the Way: Women in Power, shares some thoughts about finding inspiration in the courage and resilience of female leaders from the past and present, and an idea to extend research and exploration.
Hora de cuentos con Monica Brown
AZUCAR Monica Brown reads her first picture book, My Name Is Celia: The Story of Celia Cruz /Me llama Celia: la vida de Celia Cruz illus by Rafael López in English and Spanish! TITO PUENTE Video and Book Discussion Guide coming soon!
Enjoy a read-aloud in English and Spanish of MARISOL MCDONALD DOESN’T MATCH/MARISOL MCDONALD NO COMBINA by author Monica Brown! After reading MARISOL MCDONALD, enjoy this fun Activity Kit and Discussion Guide.
More bilingual activities and resources!
Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator Fahmida Azim’s NOTHING BAD HAS HAPPENED YET, about a woolly bear caterpillar and June beetle who help each other through the fears and worries of existing in a bird-eat-worm world, to Joanna Cardenas at Kokila, in an exclusive submission, for publication spring 2026, by Lilly Ghahremani.
Award Winner