Teacher Resources
Common Core Aligned Follow-up Activities, Lesson Plans, and Book Recommendations
Welcome Teachers!!! Scroll through these valuable resources to continue our mission of humane education beyond class visits. Whether you have had multiple Pawfessor visits, a single visit or no visits at all - these resources will help enhance your character education in your classroom.
Common Core Aligned Lesson Plans/Follow up Activities - Divided into 7 character Education themed units. Click on the specific Unit to go right to those materials
Book Lists - Suggested reading and MUST HAVE character building books for every classroom library
Virtual Visit - Classroom visits are our FAVORITE thing to do, but if we face obstacles getting in to your class, we can create a slideshow with links to videos, photos, and meaningful discussion prompts to help guide a virtual visit. We can also Zoom into your classroom. Contact us to set up a visit.
Book Lists
Suggested Book List for each Unit
Unit 1
- Brody the Pit Bull – By Jeanine Saint Clare
- The One & Only Wolfgang - By Steve Greig & Mary Rand Hess
- A Tale of Two Pitties - By Dianne Scott
- Are You Ready For Me? - By Claire Buchwald
- Love Me Gently - By Lisa Wiehebrink
- Hobbes Goes Home - By Tami Crupi Zeman and Bruce Zeman Jr.
- PEP! Squad: The 5 Steps to a Happy and Healthy Pet - By Erika Callais Falbaum
- Tight Times - By Barbara Shook Hazen
Unit 2
- May I Pet Your Dog? - By Stephanie Calmenson
- Tails Are Not for Pulling - By Elizabeth Verdick
- Don't Lick the Dog - By Wendy Wahman
Unit 3
- Before You Were Mine - By Maribeth Boelts
- Belly Rubbins for Bubbins - By Jason Kraus
- Lulu is a Rhinoceros - By Jason Flom with Allison Flom
- Jessie – By Annette De Pasquale
- Danny Dog: A Rescue Dog Finds His Forever Home - By Sid Shapira
- Sashi and the Puppy Mill Girl - By Linda Greiner
- The Invisible Boy - By Trudy Ludwig
- Something Else - By Kathryn Cave & Chris Ridell
- Hug Me - By Simona Ciraolo
Unit 4
Unit 5
- Ivy the Very Determined Dog - By Chris & Maureen Harrington
- A Different Little Doggy - By Heather Whittaker
- Tabitha Fink The Cat With One Eye - By Rick Felty
- All Kinds of Children - By Norma Simon
- All Kinds of Friends, Even Green! - By Ellen B. Senisi
- Be a Friend - By Salina Yoon
- Casper - By Brenda Armstrong
- Erica's Tripod - By Cynthia Fabian
- Gray Whiskers - By Lisa Wiehebrink
- Have You Filled a Bucket Today? - By Carol McCloud
- It's Okay to Be Different - By Todd Parr
- Not Like the Others: Harley's Story - By Denise Gruzensky
- Unlovable - By Dan Yaccarino
Unit 6
- Belle and the Hot Dog Man - By Steffen Baldwin
- Buddy Unchained - By Daisy Bix
- Maggie's Second Chance - By Nancy Furstinger
- The Forgotten Rabbit - By Nancy Furstinger
- Have You Filled a Bucket Today? - By Carol McCloud
- Words Are Not for Hurting - By Elizabeth Verdick
Unit 7
- Make Way for Ducklings By Robert McCloskey
- Be Kind - By Rachel A. DiNunzio
- How to Heal a Broken Wing - By Bob Graham
- Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya- By Wangari Maathai
- Me...Jane - By Patrick McDonnell
- One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia - by Miranda Paul and Elizabeth Zunon
- The Promise - By Nicola Davies
