Teaching Ideas

The Extraordinary Outdoors

Incredible Insects

  • Hide in plain sight with this Camouflaged Moths Activity from Reading Rainbow for Bugs by Joan Richards Wright and Nancy Winslow Parker.

  • Hear the latest buzz about bees from Candace Fleming, author of Honeybee.

  • Create new stories about the fanciful bugs in Du Iz Tak? with the Finger Puppets Activity from Candlewick Press.

Creepy Crawly Nonfiction

Imagine Outdoors

  • Take a hike and build an outdoor collage with inspiration from author Alison Farrell in the Nature Collage Activities video lesson for The Hike.

  • Feel the shivers up and down with this Book Trailer for Scary Stories for Young Foxes.

  • Hold on to summer memories with crafts like the Fishing For Memories Craft in Activity Ideas from MaiStoryBook for A Different Pond.

Refresh Your Reading

  • Relive this night to remember starting with the Book Trailer for I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis.

  • Travel the high seas with Paolo Bacigalupi’s Meet-the-Author Recording for Ship Breaker.

  • Dive deeper and learn more about sharks in this Meet-the-Author Recording for Neighborhood Sharks with Katherine Roy.

  • Catch the wonder of waves with A.J. Dungo in this Author Interview by Nobrow Press for In Waves.