Books and Resources
FOR TEACHERS & ADULTS:
Unpack Your Impact: How Two Primary Teachers Ditched Problematic Lessons and Built a Culture-Centered Curriculum
by LaNesha Tabb and Naomi O'Brien
Primary educators know that little kids can do big things. So why teach the same old lessons when we can expose students to impactful, interesting, and beautiful ideas about the real world? In an era of heightened political tensions and narrowed curricular focus, superstar educators Naomi O’Brien and LaNesha Tabb have found a surprising way to expose our youngest learners to more perspectives, center culture in the primary classroom, and take the need—and potential—for teaching about citizenship seriously: social studies!
In This Season: Words for the Heart
by Todd Nesloney, LaNesha Tabb, Tanner Olson, Alice Lee
In This Season: Words for the Heart takes the emotions we feel deep within and puts them into words. The pages of this book invites you to reflect and lean in as you continue through season after season.
Extra Credit!: 8 Ways to Turn Your Education Expertise into Passion Projects and Extra Income
by LaNesha Tabb and Naomi O'Brien
Learn to package your professional skill, monetize your interests, and share your teaching gifts with the world.
FOR KIDS & CLASSROOMS:
Alpert
by LaNesha Tabb
Meet Alpert. Alpert loves blank sheets of white paper, or ahem, “snowstorms,” as he calls them. Alpert is living his best life, flying around in a snowstorm until one day, a line shows up on the page. A magic line. Alpert is confused. He is intrigued. What is this line? Who put it there? Why? Join Alpert as he hilariously deals with the growing illustrations that change with every turn of the page. Help him cope with his “snowstorms” that turn into detailed settings!
Alpert & Friends
by LaNesha Tabb
Alpert is back…and this time, he’s brought some friends with him! Alpert is not exactly comfortable with change…at first. In this sequel, follow along as Alpert (who is not thrilled to live in a world where settings grace his pages) learns about another story element: characters. Join Alpert as he hilariously copes with the humans (with necks), animals, and inanimate objects who all talk, think, and have feelings in a book!
Alpert Finds a Problem (and a solution!)
by LaNesha Tabb
Alpert Becomes an Author
by LaNesha Tabb
Yara's Gingerbread Diva: Sweet Escape
by LaNesha Tabb
A Teacher's Top Secret:
Confidential
First Day of School
by LaNesha Tabb
Dear Teacher,
You have been cleared to share this critical and top-secret information with your class. This information is important to share within the first few weeks of school.
Everything that your class needs to know is in the briefing inside this book. Your mission is to simply read it. Good luck.
-Command
A Teacher's Top Secret:
Mission Accomplished
Last Day of School
by LaNesha Tabb
Dear Teacher,
You have been cleared to share this critical and top-secret information with your class. This information is important to share within the last few weeks of school.
Everything that your class needs to know is in the briefing inside this book. Your mission is to simply read it. Good luck.
Book LaNesha for an Author Visit
Book LaNesha for an author visit to share her journey of becoming an author with your students. Her visits generally include:
- A brief but FUN discussion about the writing process
- A read-aloud of her picture book, Alpert
- A follow-up art activity that all students LOVE
- A Q&A session about writing books
I would love to work with you to plan a visit that your students are sure to love. We know that every school is unique, so we try our best to accommodate your needs. Please contact me to get information on dates and booking rates.
