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If You Give a Dog a Donut Helen Keller: Courage in the Dark Dream, Annie, Dream How Do Bridges Not Fall Down?: A Book about Architecture & Engineering Stem in the Garden Covered in Color: Christo and Jeanne-Claude's Fabrics of Freedom What's Inside a Flower?: And Other Questions about Science & Nature Sam, Bangs & Moonshine: (Caldecott Medal Winner) Cutting-Edge Virtual Reality The Memory Thief Noticing Unsettled How Do Seesaws Go Up and Down?: A Book about Simple Machines Kindness Grows Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time Wonky Donkey's Big Surprise (a Wonky Donkey Book) How Does Soap Clean Your Hands?: The Science Behind Healthy Habits Apple and Magnolia It All Begins with Jelly Beans Trusting True North




















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Resilience & Grit View All
Biographies and true stories of individuals with notable resilience and grit.
By My Brother's Side Dear Benjamin Banneker Boy in Motion: Rick Hansen's Story Of Beetles & Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition): A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80-Foot Seas Aunt Clara Brown: Official Pioneer Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates Jesse Owens Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) Helen Keller Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II Susan B. Anthony: Fighter for Women's Rights (Ready-To-Read Level 3) Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth Vision of Beauty: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker The Story of Harriet Tubman: Conductor of the Underground Railroad Booker T. Washington The Story of Ruby Bridges Ron's Big Mission Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Hank Aaron Brave in Every Way ADA Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine One Giant Leap: The Story of Neil Armstrong Wilma Rudolph Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs Before She Was Harriet The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin Lost on a Mountain in Maine Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps Abe Lincoln Remembers Teammates Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible....on Schindler's List Growing Up Pedro: Candlewick Biographies: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball Benjamin Banneker: Pioneering Scientist Lincoln: A Photobiography Wilma Unlimited: How Wilma Rudolph Became the World's Fastest Woman Rosa: (Caldecott Honor Book) Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Caldecott Honor Book) Bessie Coleman The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Keep On!: The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-Discoverer of the North Pole





















































Recommended Professional Reading View All
These books have influenced our thinking during the development of Clerestory Learning workshops, programs, and training (clerestorylearning.com)
Getting Grit : The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose Creative Habit : Learn It And Use It For Life Grit : The Power of Passion and Perseverance Jossey-Bass Reader on the Brain and Learning Mindset : The New Psychology of Success Five Minds for the Future Teaching for Wisdom, Intelligence, Creativity, and Success Brain Rules : 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School Originals : How Non-Conformists Move the World Peak Performance : Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive With the New Science of Success Architecture of Learning: Designing Instruction for the Learning Brain











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The False Prince (the Ascendance Series, Book 1): Volume 1 About Mammals: A Guide for Children Mostly Monty: First Grader Hello Goodbye Dog Courage for Beginners Comfort The Grudge Keeper When Green Becomes Tomatoes: Poems for All Seasons A Storm Called Katrina This Little Chick About Raptors: A Guide for Children Long Road to Freedom (Ranger in Time #3): Volume 3 Sidewalk Flowers Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues A Crooked Kind of Perfect The Bear Ate Your Sandwich Little Tree About Hummingbirds: A Guide for Children Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner) About Penguins: A Guide for Children City Dog, Country Frog Little Red Writing The Blue House Dog Home Oliver Bella's Fall Coat The Case of the Weird Blue Chicken: The Next Misadventure Last Stop on Market Street Cookiebot! Cat Tale About Parrots: A Guide for Children Rocket Writes a Story The Apple Pie That Papa Baked Planting the Wild Garden Punctuation Takes a Vacation So Few of Me A New Friend for Marmalade Ruby Reinvented Let It Snow Word of Mouse Miss Dorothy and Her Bookmobile Clouds About Habitats: Mountains Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass A Mighty Fine Time Machine When Grandmama Sings What Do You Do with an Idea Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-The-Pooh Sky Color Everything Goes: Henry on Wheels The Storm Whale The Little Duck The Secret Life of Squirrels The Chicken Squad: The First Misadventure Tiger in My Soup Calvin Can't Fly: The Story of a Bookworm Birdie Prairie Chicken Little Book Scavenger What Do You Do with a Problem Tiptoe Joe A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible....on Schindler's List The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator! Before She Was Harriet Trombone Shorty: A Picture Book Biography Bloom



































































Program Support - Writer's Stylus Student Portfolios View All
Writer's Stylus is a Clerestory Learning program that equips teachers to develop skilled writers. Student Portfolios—Emerald, Citrine, Slate, and Coral (designed for Grades 3-6) now available to order.
Writer's Stylus: Coral—Student Portfolio Book 1 & 2 Writer's Stylus: Emerald—Student Portfolio Book 1 & 2 Writer's Stylus: Slate—Student Portfolio Book 1 & 2 Writer's Stylus: Citrine—Student Portfolio Book 1 & 2




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History's Stories View All
Read through history chronologically!
The Golden Bull: A Mesopotamian Adventure The Great Pyramid: The Story of the Farmers, the God-King and the Most Astonding Structure Ever Built Who Was Princess Diana? The Golden Goblet Ancient Egypt (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3) Mara: Daughter of the Nile The Librarian Who Measured the Earth A Sparrow Alone The Bronze Bow: A Newbery Award Winner Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile What Was Pompeii? The Eagle of the Ninth The Silver Branch The Lantern Bearers A Single Shard: A Newbery Award Winner The Apple and the Arrow Who Was Marco Polo? Pippo the Fool Joan of Arc The Kite Fighters Sent Sent The Perfect Sword Sabotaged Blood on the River: James Town, 1607 Torn Science on the Mayflower I, Juan de Pareja: The Story of a Great Painter and the Slave He Helped Become a Great Artist Three Young Pilgrims Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diaries: Book One: Our Strange New Land Night Journeys The Courage of Sarah Noble Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares Ben Franklin's Fame Ben Franklin's Fame, 6 Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin Seesaw Girl The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre The Light in the Forest George Washington and the General's Dog George Washington's First Victory George Washington's Teeth Dear Benjamin Banneker Washington's War Johnny Tremain: A Newbery Award Winner What Was the Boston Tea Party? George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides Sybil Ludington's Midnight Ride George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution George Washington George Washington's Socks George Washington's Spy Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery That Baffled All of France Mr. Revere and I: Being an Account of Certain Episodes in the Career of Paul Revere, Esq. as Revealed by His Horse Paul Revere and the Bell Ringers When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots Storyteller A Ride Into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick The Scarlet Stockings Spy Toliver's Secret John Adams Speaks for Freedom The Revolutionary John Adams Who Was Benedict Arnold? A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution What Is the Constitution? The Next President: The Unexpected Beginnings and Unwritten Future of America's Presidents (Presidents Book for Kids; History of United St Midnight Rider Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation Eliza Hamilton: Founding Mother The Louisiana Purchase: Asking Tough Questions The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon Johnny Appleseed: My Story Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth Seed by Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John Appleseed Chapman Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs An American Army of Two Washington Is Burning Francis Scott Key's Star-Spangled Banner The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal Fever 1793 The Sign of the Beaver: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille My Brother Abe: Sally Lincoln's Story A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832 Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton Abe Lincoln's Hat Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books Lincoln's Legacy Lincoln: A Photobiography What Was the Great Chicago Fire? Only the Names Remain: The Cherokees and the Trail of Tears ADA Byron Lovelace & the Thinking Machine Who Was P. T. Barnum? Trouble for Lucy Chasing Lincoln's Killer: The Search for John Wilkes Booth Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and C Frederick's Journey: The Life of Frederick Douglass The Flight of the Union The Giant Rat of Sumatra Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 Lincoln and His Boys Mr. Tucket By the Great Hornspoon! Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom (Caldecott Honor Book) Bronco Charlie and the Pony Express Friend on Freedom River Rifles for Watie Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail: Letters from the Overland Trail Only Passing Through: The Story of Sojourner Truth Snowshoe Thompson: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender Bandit's Moon The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel The Journey of Little Charlie (Scholastic Gold) The Brooklyn Bridge: The Story of the World's Most Famous Bridge and the Remarkable Family That Built It The Detective's Assistant Abraham Lincoln (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2) They're Off!: The Story of the Pony Express Across Five Aprils Mr. Lincoln's Drummer A Ballad of the Civil War Billy and the Rebel: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-To-Read Level 3) From Slave to Soldier: Based on a True Civil War Story (Ready-To-Read Level 3) Gabriel's Horses Pink and Say The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale Turn Homeward, Hannalee Sing Down the Moon: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Vinnie and Abraham Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Annie Oakley Saves the Day: Ready-To-Read Level 2 Locomotive Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery Incident at Hawk's Hill The Great Fire Forty Acres and Maybe a Mule Keeping Corner Bound for Oregon Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty Sugar Bell's Breakthrough Bell's Breakthrough: Volume 3 Who Was Nikola Tesla? Who Was Nellie Bly? Fair Weather Casey at the Bat: A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888 The Snow Walker Theodore What Makes a Blizzard? Pappy's Handkerchief The Big Balloon Race If Your Name Was Changed at Ellis Island Who Was Ida B. Wells? Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage First Flight: The Story of Tom Tate and the Wright Brothers Balloons Over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade Before She Was Harriet Hoop Genius: How a Desperate Teacher and a Rowdy Gym Class Invented Basketball Immigrant Kids Kids at Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade Against Child Labor Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog What Was the Hindenburg? Mudball The Invention of Hugo Cabret Caught Helen's Big World: The Life of Helen Keller Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race Shoeless Joe & Black Betsy The Story of the Wright Brothers: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation The Matchbox Diary Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906 Keep On!: The Story of Matthew Henson, Co-Discoverer of the North Pole Vision of Beauty: Candlewick Biographies: The Story of Sarah Breedlove Walker A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams Breaker Boy Breaker Boy Fire at the Triangle Factory Laura Ingalls Wilder Titanic (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3) Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear (Caldecott Medal Winner) Science on Shackleton's Expedition Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and the Endurance Winnie: The True Story of the Bear Who Inspired Winnie-The-Pooh Blizzard of Glass Harlem Hellfighters Rags: Hero Dog of WWI: A True Story Risked The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion & the Fall of Imperial Russia The Radium Girls: Young Readers' Edition: The Scary But True Story of the Poison That Made People Glow in the Dark A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin Great Escapes #4: Survival in the Wilderness Survival in the Wilderness Babe Ruth Saves Baseball! What Were the Roaring Twenties? Listening for Lions The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt Orphan Train Rider: One Boy's True Story Disney's Dream, 2 Dust for Dinner Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold) The Great Migration: Journey to the North What Were the Negro Leagues? Empire State Building: When New York Reached for the Skies Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Leaving Gee's Bend Revealed Rudy Rides the Rails: A Depression Era Story Who Was Amelia Earhart? Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride Unbeatable Betty: Betty Robinson, the First Female Olympic Track & Field Gold Medalist The Everlasting Now Journey to America Behind the Bedroom Wall Music for Tigers Shadow of His Hand: A Story Based on the Life of the Young Holocaust Survivor Anita Dittman The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible....on Schindler's List The Harmonica The Magic in Changing Your Stars The Night Spies Gordon Parks: How the Photographer Captured Black and White America The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II Air Raid--Pearl Harbor!: The Story of December 7, 1941 All the Way Home Eli Remembers I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived #4): Volume 4 The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia The Greatest Skating Race: A World War II Story from the Netherlands Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen? A Father's Promise Across the Blue Pacific: A World War II Story Aleutian Sparrow Daniel's Story Jacob's Rescue Lily's Crossing No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II Parallel Journeys Pearl Harbor Is Burning!: A Story of World War II Pigeon Hero! Remember Me: A Search for Refuge in Wartime Britain Rose Blanche Snow Treasure Soul Lanterns Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps Taffy of Torpedo Junction The Cay The Klipfish Code The Lily Cupboard The Little Riders Thin Wood Walls Twenty and Ten Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive Butterfly, the PB Call Across the Sea Number the Stars: A Newbery Award Winner Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story The Yellow Star: The Legend of King Christian X of Denmark Erika's Story Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel Rebekkah's Journey: A World War II Refugee Story What Was D-Day? Willow Run Dad, Jackie, and Me Dad, Jackie, and Me Journey Home Stealing Home: The Story of Jackie Robinson What Was the Bombing of Hiroshima? When the Soldiers Were Gone Comfort Finding Langston My Brother, My Sister, and I Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes The Night Diary The Night Diary Candy Bomber: The Story of the Berlin Airlift's Chocolate Pilot King's Courage Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains Junko Tabei Masters the Mountains Tippy Lemmey The Finest Hours (Young Readers Edition): The True Story of a Heroic Sea Rescue Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott Let Them Play Mackinac Bridge: The Story of the Five Mile Poem Who Was Pel ? Rosa: (Caldecott Honor Book) Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau (Jacques Cousteau Book for Kids, Children's Ocean Book, Underwater Picture Book for Kids) Roberto Clemente: Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates The Story of Ruby Bridges A Night Divided (Scholastic Gold) Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement What Was the Vietnam War? Countdown Countdown: Volume 1 Birmingham, 1963 Birmingham, 1963 Coretta Scott The President Has Been Shot!: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy We've Got a Job: The 1963 Birmingham Children's March All the Broken Pieces Chasing King's Killer: The Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin Hello, Neighbor!: The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers The Story of Neil Armstrong: An Inspiring Biography for Young Readers The Man Who Walked Between the Towers: (Caldecott Medal Winner) Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens Trombone Shorty: A Picture Book Biography A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story Patricia's Vision: The Doctor Who Saved Sight Volume 7 We Dream of Space: A Newbery Honor Award Winner By My Brother's Side She Persisted: Florence Griffith Joyner Growing Up Pedro: How the Martinez Brothers Made It from the Dominican Republic All the Way to the Major Leagues City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male The Day Gogo Went to Vote The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Young Readers Edition 14 Cows for America 14 Cows for America A Storm Called Katrina What Was Hurricane Katrina? A Storm Too Soon (Young Readers Edition): A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80-Foot Seas The President Sang Amazing Grace









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Folklore View All
Enjoy these stories from fairy tales, folktales, myths, and legends.
All Stuck Up The Adventures of Robin Hood Dear Peter Rabbit Brigid's Cloak Cinder Edna The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom Beauty and the Beast The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War The Three Bears Breadcrumbs King Midas and the Golden Touch The King's Equal The Tale of Three Trees The Princess and the Goblin Paul Bunyan The Grasshopper & the Ants Rabbit and Turtle Go to School The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs The Mitten Jackalope The Tortoise & the Hare Tops & Bottoms Little Red Writing Snowshoe Thompson: Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson The Dragon's Scales The Empty Pot Fiona's Luck Prairie Chicken Little Dona Flor: A Tall Tale about a Giant Woman with a Great Big Heart Bloom John Henry Rumpelstiltskin The Princess and the Pea The Grudge Keeper The Lion & the Mouse (Caldecott Medal Winner) Town Mouse, Country Mouse Goldilocks Returns





































Recommended for Early Childhood View All
Simple stories that tickle imagination, celebrate making good choices, and entertain with delightful words.
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach Loose Tooth Otis Gives Thanks If You Wish Three Hens and a Peacock Whose Nest? Giraffes Can't Dance Tacky the Penguin The Spiffiest Giant in Town Maddi's Fridge Sheep in a Jeep I Broke My Trunk!-An Elephant and Piggie Book Sky Color The Patch Huff and Puff Tough Boris Rain Brings Frogs: A Little Book of Hope How to Heal a Broken Wing Hello Goodbye Dog A Splendid Friend, Indeed We're Going on a Bear Hunt What Do You Do with a Problem Waiting Is Not Easy!-An Elephant and Piggie Book If You Plant a Seed: An Easter and Springtime Book for Kids Last Stop on Market Street I Knew Two Who Said Moo: A Counting and Rhyming Book I Wish You More My Friend Is Sad-An Elephant and Piggie Book Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon Don't Push the Button! Sid and Sam Lola at the Library Pedro's Burro Mr. George Baker Whose Hat Is It? Mango, Abuela, and Me Farfallina & Marcel: A Springtime Book for Kids Good Thing You're Not an Octopus! Spring Is Here: A Bear and Mole Story Rattletrap Car The Great Fuzz Frenzy One Good Deed The Story of Diva and Flea Tough Trucks Courage A Nest Full of Eggs The Bear Ate Your Sandwich Little Tree How Full Is Your Bucket? for Kids Three Hens and a Peacock


















































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