Picture Books for Older Readers 2021

Multimedia resources for new picture book titles that can be used with grades 3-12.

720 Resources including
120 Videos
54 Book Readings
71 Lesson Plans
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Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship

by Jessica Kensky, Patrick Downes, and Scott Magoon

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Oldest Student, The: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

by Rita Lorraine Hubbard and Oge Mora

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Black Is a Rainbow Color

by Angela Joy and Ekua Holmes

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Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built

by Angela Burke Kunkel and Paola Escobar

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Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera

by Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann

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Sharuko: El arqueólogo Peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello

by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri

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Overground Railroad

by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome

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Next President, The: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents

The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents

by Kate Messner and Adam Rex

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Lizzie Demands a Seat!: Elizabeth Jennings Fights for Streetcar Rights

by Beth Anderson and E.B. Lewis

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Nana Akua Goes to School

by Tricia Elam Walker and April Harrison

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Dream Builder: The Story of Architect Philip Freelon

by Kelly Starling Lyons and Laura Freeman

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Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist

by Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki

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Teachers March!, The: How Selma's Teachers Changed History

The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History

by Sandra Neil Wallace, Rich Wallace, and Charly Palmer

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Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth

by Duncan Tonatiuh

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Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity, The: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan

The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan

by Amy Alznauer and Daniel Miyares

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Let the Children March

by Monica Clark-Robinson and Frank Morrison

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Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin

by Tracy Newman and Abigail Halpin

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All the Way to the Top: How One Girl's Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything

by Annette Bay Pimentel and Nabi Ali

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Power of Her Pen, The: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

The Power of Her Pen: The Story of Groundbreaking Journalist Ethel L. Payne

by Lesa Cline-Ransome and John Parra

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Ocean Calls, The: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story

The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story

by Tina Cho and Jess X. Snow

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The Paper Boat: A Refugee Story

by Thao Lam

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All of a Sudden and Forever: Help and Healing After the Oklahoma City Bombing

by Chris Barton and Nicole Xu

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Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker

by Patricia Hruby Powell and R. Gregory Christie

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Ride to Remember, A: A Civil Rights Story

A Ride to Remember: A Civil Rights Story

by Sharon Langley, Amy Nathan, and Floyd Cooper

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Secret Garden of George Washington Carver, The

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

by Gene Barretta and Frank Morrison

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Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family's Daring Escape from East Germany

by Kristen Fulton and Torben Kuhlmann

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A Bowl Full of Peace: A True Story

by Caren Stelson and Akira Kusaka

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Seven and a Half Tons of Steel

by Janet Nolan and Thomas Gonzalez

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Madame Badobedah

by Sophie Dahl and Lauren O'Hara

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Only Woman in the Photo, The: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America

The Only Woman in the Photo: Frances Perkins & Her New Deal for America

by Kathleen Krull and Alexandra Bye

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Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration

by Samara Cole Doyon and Kaylani Juanita

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Fabled Life of Aesop, The: The Extraordinary Journey and Collected Tales of the World's Greatest Storyteller

The Fabled Life of Aesop: The Extraordinary Journey and Collected Tales of the World's Greatest Storyteller

by Ian Lendler and Pamela Zagarenski

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Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson's Journey to the Stars

by Gary Golio and E.B. Lewis

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Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery

by Meeg Pincus and Yas Imamura

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An Ordinary Day

by Elana K. Arnold and Elizabet Vukovic

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Thousand Glass Flowers, A: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead

A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead

by Evan Turk

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You're Invited to a Moth Ball: A Nighttime Insect Celebration

by Loree Griffin Burns and Ellen Harasimowicz

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A Voice Named Aretha

by Katheryn Russell-Brown and Laura Freeman

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On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson

by Jennifer Berne and Becca Stadtlander

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Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children

by Jonah Winter and Nancy Carpenter

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Fly High, John Glenn: The Story of an American Hero

by Kathleen Krull and Maurizio A.C. Quarello

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The Weather's Bet

by Ed Young and Stephen Cowan

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