Teaching Resources

The inspiring story of a courageous individual, a double amputee,  whose indomitable spirit led him to become a sports hero, successful physician, and internationally acclaimed singer with the 3 Irish Tenors.

by Todd Parr.  40 cards with feelings kids experience to use in role-play, story-telling, discussion starters.

Ruby helps kids explore ways to identify, express, and move through their feelings.

When Jewish and Palestinian grade schoolers meet in a ballroom dance class in Jaffa, Israel, sparks fly. Pierre Dulaine is challenged to teach not just dance but the arts of communication and teamwork.

by Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees. "we can all dance, when we find music that we love".

by Goldie Millar & Lisa A. Berger, illus. by Hazel Mitchell. 

by Todd Parr

A Pop-up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas.

A project of the Children's Kindness Network, this also introduces the instruments of the orchestra.

In the book by Jeanne Lee, a young Cambodian girl, who cannot hear or speak, is invited to become a dancer in the king's court. She finds a way to communicate through the beauty of movement and dance. 

In the book by Petra Mathers a shy mouse teaches herself to dance.  From mambo to hip-hop, host LeVar Burton does some fancy footwork, then he takes us on a tour of dance around the world.