Teacher's Guides

Extensive Teacher's Guides are now available for many Sleeping Bear Press books. They are wonderful resources for the classroom as well as for library, school and bookstore events!

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Click here for Discovering America State by State Series guides.

The Fat Boy Chronicles

The Fat Boy Chronicles [pdf, 636 KB]

I, Q Series

I, Q: Independence Hall
Student Pack [pdf, 291 KB]
Multiple Intelligence Survey [xls, 15 KB]
Group Dynamic Rubric [doc, 22 KB]
Additional educator only materials can be requested via email to IQ@cengage.com. Please include your name, school and school address.
I, Q: The White House
Student Dossier [pdf, 110 KB]
Group Dynamic Rubric [pdf, 33 KB]
Additional educator only materials can be requested via email to IQ@cengage.com. Please include your name, school and school address.

Alphabet Books

A is for Abraham: A Jewish Family Alphabet [pdf, 2.2 MB]
A is for Airplane: An Aviation Alphabet [pdf, 1.4 MB]
A is for Algonquin: An Ontario Alphabet
Teacher's guide, created by Lovenia Gorman [pdf, 68 KB]
Guide, created by Patricia Pierce [pdf, 608 KB]
A is for America: An American Alphabet [pdf, 702 KB]
A is for Anaconda: A Rainforest Alphabet [pdf, 923 KB]
A isn't for Fox: An Isn't Alphabet [pdf, 428 KB]
B is for Bagpipes: A Scotland Alphabet [pdf, 209 KB]
B is for Battle Cry: A Civil War Alphabet [pdf, 839 KB]
B is for Big Ben: An England Alphabet [pdf, 668 KB]
B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet [pdf, 687 KB]
B is for Bookworm: A Library Alphabet [pdf, 552 KB]
C is for Chinook: An Alberta Alphabet [pdf, 472 KB]
C is for Ciao: An Italy Alphabet [pdf, 796 KB]
D is for Dancing Dragon: A China Alphabet [pdf, 951 KB]
D is for Democracy: A Citizens Alphabet [pdf, 887 KB]
D is for Dinosaur: A Prehistoric Alphabet [pdf, 638 KB]
D is for Down Under: An Australia Alphabet [pdf, 575 KB]
D is for Drinking Gourd: An African-American Alphabet [pdf, 943 KB]
D is for Drum: A Native American Alphabet [pdf, 777 KB]
F is for Fiddlehead: A New Brunswick Alphabet [pdf, 2.74 MB]
G is for Galaxy: An Out of this World Alphabet [pdf, 640 KB]
G is for Gladiator: An Ancient Rome Alphabet [pdf, 265 KB]
G is for Golden Boy: A Manitoba Alphabet [pdf, 632 KB]
H is for Honor: A Military Family Alphabet [pdf, 1.3 MB]
I is for Idea: An Inventions Alphabet [pdf, 1.2 MB]
J is for Jack-O'-Lantern: A Halloween Alphabet [pdf, 610 KB]
J is for Jack-O'-Lantern - Coloring Page 1 [pdf, 92 KB]
J is for Jack-O'-Lantern - Coloring Page 2 [pdf, 82 KB]
K is for Kabuki: A Japan Alphabet [pdf, 795 KB]
M is for Maple: A Canadian Alphabet [pdf, 337 KB]
M is for Masterpiece: An Art Alphabet [pdf, 732 KB]
M is for Melody: A Music Alphabet [pdf, 488 KB]
M is for Meow: A Cat Alphabet [pdf, 717 KB]
M is for Mom: A Child's Alphabet coloring page [pdf, 110 KB]
M is for Mountie: An RCMP Alphabet [pdf, 713 KB]
N is for our Nation's Capital: A Washington, DC Alphabet [pdf, 1.43 MB]
P is for Passport: A World Alphabet [pdf, 800 KB]
P is for Pilgrim: A Thanksgiving Alphabet [pdf, 696 KB]
P is for Piñata: A Mexico Alphabet [pdf, 496 KB]
P is for Puffin: A Newfoundland and Labrador Alphabet [pdf, 1.4 MB]
R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet [pdf, 618 KB]
S is for Save the Planet: A How-to-Be Green Alphabet [pdf, 786 KB]
S is for Scientists: A Discovery Alphabet [pdf, 450 KB]
S is for Shamrock: A Ireland Alphabet [pdf, 582 KB]
S is for S'mores: A Camping Alphabet [pdf, 1.6 MB]
S is for Smithsonian: America's Museum Alphabet [pdf, 1.2 MB]
S is for Spirit Bear: A British Columbia Alphabet [pdf, 1.3 MB]
S is for Story: A Writer's Alphabet [pdf, 1.04 MB]
T is for Teacher: A School Alphabet [pdf, 656 KB]
V is for Venus Flytrap: A Plant Alphabet [pdf, 1.66 MB]
W is for Waves: An Ocean Alphabet [pdf, 1.12 MB]
W is for Wind: A Weather Alphabet [pdf, 970 KB]
W is for Windy City: A Chicago Alphabet [pdf, 352 KB]
W is for Woof: A Dog Alphabet [pdf, 634 KB]
Z is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet [pdf, 245 KB]
Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet [pdf, 629 KB]
Z is for Zookeeper: A Zoo alphabet [pdf, 568 KB]

Number Books

Cardinal Numbers: A Ohio Number Book [pdf, 639 KB]
Count on Us: A Tennessee Number Book [pdf, 412 KB]
Desert Digits: An Arizona Number Book [pdf, 612 KB]
Fishing for Numbers: A Maine Number Book [pdf, 398 KB]
Four Wheels West: A Wyoming Number Book [pdf, 835 KB]
Golden Numbers: A California Number Book [pdf, 694 KB]
Husker Numbers: A Nebraska Number Book [pdf, 735 KB]
Loonies and Toonies: A Canadian Number Book [pdf, 563 KB]
The Michigan Counting Book [pdf, 475 KB]
Natural Numbers: An Arkansas Number Book [pdf, 842 KB]
Net Numbers: A South Carolina Number Book [pdf, 482 KB]
North Star Numbers: A Minnesota Number Book [pdf, 319 KB]
Numbers in a Row: An Iowa Number Book [pdf, 586 KB]
One If By Land: A Massachusetts Number Book [pdf, 776 KB]
One for All: A Pennsylvania Number Book [pdf, 325 KB]
One Kansas Farmer: A Kansas Number Book [pdf, 641 KB]
1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi: A Mississippi Number Book [pdf, 751 KB]
A Peck of Peaches: A Georgia Number Book [pdf, 469 KB]
Prairie Numbers: An Illinois Number Book [pdf, 606 KB]
Primary Numbers: A New Hampshire Number Book [pdf, 645 KB]
Round Up: A Texas Number Book [pdf, 588 KB]
Show Me the Number: A Missouri Number Book [pdf, 436 KB]
Sunny Numbers: A Florida Number Book [pdf, 460 KB]
Times Square: A New York State Number Book [pdf, 580 KB]
Wright Numbers: A North Carolina Number Book [pdf, 410 KB]
Yankee Doodle Numbers: A Connecticut Number Book [pdf, 410 KB]

Other Sleeping Bear Press Books

A Girl Named Dan [pdf, 785 KB]
Alfred Nobel – The Man Behind the Peace Prize [pdf, 660 KB]
The American Reader [pdf, 1.6 MB]
A Wish To Be A Christmas Tree [pdf, 683 KB]
Buzzy the Bumblebee [pdf, 3 MB]
The Boy and the Moon – Art of Collage and Storytelling [pdf, 192 KB]
Finn McCool and the Great Fish [pdf, 196 KB]
First Dog [pdf, 381 KB]
First Dog - Coloring Page [pdf, 184 KB]
Friend on Freedom River [pdf, 256 KB]
Gift of the Inuksuk, The [pdf, 363 KB]
Goliath, Hero of the Great Baltimore Fire [pdf, 600 KB]
Goodnight Baby Bear – coloring page [pdf, 77 KB]
Grady the Goose [pdf, 1.1 MB]
Handkerchief Quilt, The [pdf, 380 KB]
The Happy Prince [pdf, 716 KB]
Hazel Ridge Farm Series [pdf, 564 KB]
The Hidden Bestiary of Marvelous, Mysterious,
and (Maybe Even) Magical Creatures [pdf, 1.2 MB]
Junk Man's Daughter [pdf, 699 KB]
The Last Brother: A Civil War Tale [pdf, 741 KB]
Lazy Days of Summer [pdf, 1.34 MB]
Likes to Say Series [pdf, 1.12 MB]
Lily's Victory Garden [pdf, 450 KB]
The Listeners [pdf, 606 KB]
The Lucky Star [pdf, 465 KB]
Mackinac Bridge [pdf, 669 KB]
Memoirs of a Gold Fish – coloring page [pdf, 138 KB]
Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot [pdf, 857 KB]
The Michigan Reader [pdf, 944 KB]
Minnow and Rose: An Oregon Trail Story [pdf, 536 KB]
Missouri Reader, The [pdf, 937 KB]
Moose on the Loose - Coloring Page [pdf, 100 KB]
My Piggy Bank game [pdf, 547 KB]
The New Jersey Reader [pdf, 936 KB]
The New York Reader [pdf, 740 KB]
The Ohio Reader [pdf, 1.7 MB]
The Orange Shoes [pdf, 625 KB]
Pappy’s Handkerchief [pdf, 1.88 MB]
Paul Bunyan's Sweatheart [pdf, 631 KB]
The Pennsylvania Reader [pdf, 1.65 MB]
Penny: The Forgotten Coin [pdf, 735 KB]
Pierre the Penguin [pdf, 411 KB]
Rebekkahs Journey [pdf, 610 KB]
Riding to Washington [pdf, 737 KB]
Rudy Rides the Rails [pdf, 967 KB]
Say Daddy! Coloring Pages - English [pdf, 967 KB]
Say Daddy! Coloring Pages - Spanish [pdf, 967 KB]
Scare a Bear – coloring page [pdf, 111 KB]
Scarlet Stockings Spy, The [pdf, 1.9 MB]
Someday Is Not A Day of the Week [pdf, 380 KB]
The Tsunami Quilt [pdf, 707 KB]
Waiting for the Owl's Call [pdf, 894 KB]
Who Will Plant a Tree [pdf, 224 KB]
Whole-y Cow! Fractions Are Fun [pdf, 412 KB]
Willow [pdf, 1.3 MB]
Willow - Sea Creatures Activity Sheet [pdf, 455 KB]
Willow - Something Huge Sits Next to Willow Activity Sheet [pdf, 415 KB]
Yatandou [pdf, 895 KB]
Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers [pdf, 608 KB]
Zero, Zilch, Nada Counting to None [pdf, 399 KB]