Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans


Click the links below to learn more about the books, find lesson plans for all levels, and enjoy the storytelling videos we've created to accompany each book. Please contact Mary Nolin, Program Manager - Connections, at mnolin@nhhumanities.org if you have any questions.

Baseball Saved Us
by Ken Mochizuki, illustrated by Dom Lee
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
by Rob Sanders, illustrated by Steven Salerno
A Different Pond
by Bao Phi, illustrated by Thi Bui
For a Girl Becoming
by Joy Harjo, illustrated by Mercedes McDonald
The Undefeated
by Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Martin's Big Words
by Dorreen Rappaport, illustrated by Bryan Collier
Whoever You Are
by Mem Fox
Heart on Fire
by Ann Malaspina, illustrated by Steve James
Miss Rumphius
by Barbara Cooney
One Plastic Bag
by Miranda Paul, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon
A River Ran Wild
by Lynne Cherry
Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass
by Doreen Rappaport, illustrated by London Ladd
You Hold Me Up
by Monique Gray Smith and Danielle Daniel