Books & Materials
We Got This: Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be
Cornelius Minor
2018
We Got This.
In We Got This Cornelius Minor describes how this conversation moved him toward realizing that listening to children is one of the most powerful things a teacher can do. By listening carefully, Cornelius discovered something that kids find themselves having to communicate far too often. That “my lessons were not, at all, linked to that student’s reality.”
Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools
Kass Minor
2023
Find your fierce.
Teaching Fiercely: Spreading Joy and Justice in Our Schools offers educators important, practical antidotes to remedy injustices experienced by kids, teachers, and families in schools everywhere, every day, all the time. It also offers a treatment plan immersed in care and community, and poses that connectedness as a sustainable way to move forward.
Educator Guides & Curriculum
Swing Curriculum
Written by Cornelius Minor in collaboration with Newbery Medal Winning, Emmy Award recipient Kwame Alexander. The guide is multi-faceted, and includes nine different sections aligned to ELA standards, grades 7-12
Remember Us Curriculum
Written by Cornelius Minor in collaboration with National Book Award Winner and MacArthur Genius Grantee Jacqueline Woodson. This curriculum includes class discussion questions, character study ideas, and thematic overviews. Perfect for grades 6-12.
Outside, Inside Curriculum
Written by Kass Minor in collaboration with author-illustrator LeUyen Pham, Caldecott Honor recipient. The guide includes rich conversation and multimodal activities to help caregivers and educators develop a foundational landscape for engaging kids in authentic conversation and reflective practice grounded in life’s hard moments. Perfect for Grade PK-6.
Grow Your Family’s Reading Life: An Intergenerational Author Study Featuring Meg Medina
A 40-page guide, co-created by Kass Minor and the Newbery Medalist, NY Times best-selling author Meg Medina. Kass and Meg worked together to create robust and joyful literacy resources, free, for teachers, kids, and most of all-families. Perfect for grades PK-8.
Cuéntame!: Let’s talk books
Kass co-created this guide with former National Ambassador for Young People’s literature and National Book Award Winner, Meg Medina. Cuéntame! is a phrase Spanish-speaking friends and families use to catch up with one another. Cuéntame!: Let’s talk books encourages connection amongst families, classrooms, libraries, and communities by talking about books—both those books that reflect the readers’ lived experiences and those books that expose readers to new perspectives.