Each month in 2026, we’ll feature one of IRW’s Explore More Book Guides (EMBGs). These freely available guides offer everything you need for a deep dive into a book we love. From author/illustrator biographical information to ideas for writing prompts, art projects, further research & text-to-text connections, our embgs have it all.

In keeping with our celebration of Women’s History Month, our March EMBG is for Courage Like Kate, a picture book biography by author Anna Crowley Redding, illustrated by Emily Sutton.

About this book:

“An inspiring and beautifully illustrated picture book biography based on the life of Kate Moore, a twelve-year-old lighthouse keeper in the 19th century who saved the lives of twenty-three sailors.” —Penguin Random House

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What will you find in this Explore More Book Guide?

• Thoughtful, fun discussion questions…
• Learning about onomatopoeia and poetic devices…
• A deep dive into the history behind this book…
• Things to make—lighthouse artwork and an origami boat!

Read the Guide

Standards covered in this Guide:

• SL.1. Prepare for and participate in conversations across a range of topics, types, and forums, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own.
• SL.2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
• SL.3 Present information and supporting evidence appropriate to task, purpose, and audience so listeners can follow the line of reasoning and incorporate multimedia when appropriate.
• R.4. Read various texts closely to determine what each text explicitly says and to make logical inferences; cite specific textual evidence to support conclusions drawn from the texts.
• R.5 Provide an accurate summary of various texts; determine the central idea(s) or theme(s) and analyze its development throughout each text.
• R.6. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
• R.8 Analyze the structure of various texts, including how the features and components relate to each other and the whole.
• R.9. Assess how perspective or purpose shapes the content and style of various texts.