Empowering Picture Books for All Ages
Empower your Students with our
Innovative Literacy Kits
and Engaging Books
As an educator, you know the importance of fostering a love for reading and providing your students with diverse, engaging learning materials. Our Literacy Kits and Book of the Month Club are designed to support you in creating a classroom environment that sparks curiosity, creativity, and a passion for learning.
Developed by experienced educators and featuring our captivating Grateful Giraffes series, our Literacy Kits include lesson plans, interactive videos, and hands-on activities that align with curriculum standards. These resources will save you valuable planning time while providing your students with a rich, multi-sensory learning experience.
Our books cover a wide range of topics, from social-emotional learning to writing workshops, ensuring that you have a versatile collection to meet the needs of your diverse learners. With vibrant illustrations, relatable characters, and thought-provoking stories, these books will captivate your students' attention and inspire a lifelong love for reading.
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Our picture books give you the right words to express yourself and make others feel understood. No more struggling to find the perfect words.
Our books create empathy and connection by helping readers understand different perspectives and emotions. They promote a sense of belonging and understanding.
Spark Social Press picture books ignite creativity and imagination in both children and adults. They encourage thinking outside the box and embracing one's unique ideas.
We offer a collection of lighthearted and empowering picture books for children with activity and coloring pages. Our books provide the right words to express oneself and make others feel seen and understood. With charming illustrations and inspiring poems, our picture books foster creativity, empathy, and connection.
BILINGUAL
Each book is available in English and in Spanish.
INCLUSIVITY
Each book is inclusive. We only feature animals and whimsical characters. No humans are depicted so any group of students will not feel left out.
For Second Graders
The Grateful Giraffes series follow three friends who love to express their appreciation for everything in their lives. Gift, Gail, and Gilbert, the Grateful Giraffes show children how to find the good in every day, from simple things to bigger things like family and friends.
Captivate your students with engaging videos. The author speaks to the students in short teaching videos.
There are three types of videos:
Book Read Along
Book Club Prompts and Activities for the group and individually
Writing Workshop
Flexible plans.
Choose any book of any month.
Eric Rodriguez
My Mother Louisa was so happy when she read Glorious Mom at the hospital after her knee surgery, she cried with joy.
Abigail Scott
The Anniversary book is my favorite! My hubby and I will read it each year.
Bella Miller
I love reading and coloring The Grateful Giraffes with my niece and nephews. The Valentine's book about friendship is the cutest.
Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Our picture books are designed to be enjoyed by both children and adults, fostering creativity and connection across all ages.
• The Grateful Giraffes are for kids 0-7 years of age and designed to be read with grown-ups to discuss gratitude.
• The Romantic Collection is for grown-up and include Intimacy: A Poem of Adoration, Happy Anniversary: Poem of Affection & Be My Valentine: A Poem of Love.