ENGAGE YOUNG READERS IN CONVERSATION
Activity Sheets and Discussion Guides for Our Children's Books
How do you help a child believe in their own unique talents? Or find the confidence to try something new? Or face fears with resilience and courage? Children’s books can be a wonderful entry point to consider life’s big questions and start meaningful discussions.
To help you explore important topics with a child in your life, we’ve created a collection of discussion guides and activity sheets from our bestselling children's books. Featuring themes such as navigating failure, embracing your ideas, and developing a growth mindset, we hope these activity sheets can be resources for thoughtful conversation and connection.
Maybe: A Story about the Endless Potential in All of Us
Discover and Utilize Your Unique Gifts
Download the Maybe activity sheet.
What’s something only you can do? Maybe is a celebration of all the possibilities we hold inside us. It’s a magical tale about a young girl who discovers she can make the world a better place simply by being herself.
What Do You Do With an Idea?
Nurture Wonderfully Wild Ideas
Download the What Do You Do With an Idea? activity sheet.
How do you find the courage to embrace a big idea? What Do You Do With an Idea? follows a young boy who has an idea but doesn’t know what to do with it. Along the way, he discovers that becoming friends with his idea can lead to amazing things.
What Do You Do With a Problem?
Learn how Problems Help Us Grow
Download the What Do You Do With a Problem? activity sheet.
How do you face a problem? What Do You Do With a Problem? is a story of a boy and a problem that seems to follow him around. Its presence makes him worry, until he learns all the good things it has to offer him.
What Do You Do With a Chance?
Overcome Fear and Take Exciting Chances
Download the What Do You Do With a Chance? activity sheet.
What can you do to make yourself feel brave? Sometimes that is what’s needed when we have the opportunity to take a chance. In What Do You Do With a Chance? we explore what it looks like to let go of fear to see where new experiences may lead us.
Trying and Noticing
Inspire a Growth Mindset
TRYING
Download the Trying activity sheet.
What would you tell someone who is afraid to fail? Trying is a story about the power of failure and how much it can teach us. Following an aspiring sculptor and his teacher, Trying takes us through the emotional journey of learning something new.
NOTICING
Download the Noticing activity sheet.
Look closely. There is so much to love and appreciate. There is so much to discover. Noticing is about the excitement of what happens when we look closely at the world around us. Readers will learn that there is greatness to discover in many places… and most importantly, in themselves.
The Storyteller's Handbook
Discover the Importance of Your Own Unique Stories
Download the The Storyteller's Handbook activity sheet.
A fantastical storybook with no words, The Storyteller's Handbook inspires readers to use their imaginations and let their creativity lead them to new possibilities. Each page offers an opportunity to explore meaning and ask questions. Readers will feel encouraged to create their own stories and to express their own personal viewpoints.
The Candy Dish
Reflect on the Power of Gratitude
Download the The Candy Dish activity sheet.
What happens when something truly miraculous shows up in your life? Do you recognize it? Do you appreciate it? Do you see it for what it really is? The Candy Dish celebrates the beauty and joy we can find when we choose to recognize all that we already have and see each day as an exciting, unique experience.