At Coosa Books, we design and publish high quality, visual narrative learning panels (customized, bite-sized and fun!) and clever children’s books from our independent family owned studio.
Passionate authors, storytellers and gifted illustrators steeped in the tradition of teaching children through art, music, story, dance and song work right alongside us to produce and create for the kids we all work to serve.
We do not use Artificial Intelligence to write or illustrate our panels, books or our children’s academic resource material.
We adhere to the Authors Guild’s policy on AI
Real art!
Real stories!
Real kids!
Sharing Stories Matters for Teaching
By transforming the learning experience into a place where joy sparks further investigation into real-world phenomena, kids go from passive recipients to active researchers.
When children relate to recognizable characters and familiar storylines, they are more responsive, more thoughtful, and so naturally they begin to self-direct and self-motivate.
This shift positions them to see their educational learning experiences from a different perspective.
Attention spans increase.
New neural pathways are created.
Fluidity and cognitive function thrive.
Empathy grows.
21st Century Skills
At Coosa Books we believe nurturing a growth mindset includes teaching children 21st century skills like empathy, perseverance, collaboration, self control, critical thinking, creativity, adaptability and collaboration.
These fundamental transferable life skills, equip students with the confidence they need to manage complex 21st century situations including college/career/vocation/readiness.
Supplemental and Comprehensive Curriculums/Ready- to-Use Parent/Teacher Guides and Engaging Hands-On Activities!
Kits are available for shipping and as digital downloads.
We design to help kids thrive!
(Start customizing your learning panels here.)
Our Nova Project Sequential Art Panels and Curriculums leverage a fun, flexible, visual narrative approach to design adaptive or customized learning panels with relatable characters in storylines which appeal to the many learning styles of all children!
By merging high-interest, visual storytelling with complex, real-world topics, our customizable panels and curriculums reduce text heavy cognitive load to give children a clear path towards cultivating and navigating life and a love for learning.
Visual learning tools are a proven pedagogical tool designed to bridge the gap between abstract academic standards and practical, everyday life situations.
A WORD ON CLOSING EQUITY GAPS
To close equity gaps, publishers must provide children and all their teachers with adaptive material.
Traditional "one-size-fits-all" approaches often reinforce existing disparities, whereas adaptive materials help level the playing field.
On Standard Alignments
Bringing standards to life outside the classroom, gives students the confidence they need to pursue a wide range of skills and competencies which serve them in their own journey into adulthood and beyond including job and career readiness.
Data Collection/Rubrics Narrative Research and Assessments;Our team of professional educators, developmental coaches, curriculum designers and skilled illustrators, take a strategic approach to designing with research narratives in mind. Collecting data from parents, teachers and students helps us iterate supplemental and comprehensive curriculum and materials that are thoughtfully and intentionally created from a design core emergence.
This iterative data-driven approach ensures The Nova Project Panels adapt easily, remain evidence-based and fully engage children and students to maximize potential and target places where intervention is needed.
We customize panels in order to grow with our clients and the student population we all serve.
We adhere to scaffolding our material using Multi-Tiered Student Support (MTSS) Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Frameworks.
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Buddy Books are fun, multi-sensory books books built to entertain, engage and educate children ages K-12.
At Coosa Books we believe all children should be able to enjoy and explore stories which serve their educational needs regardless of physical challenges, socio-economic realities or unique learning styles.
How do we as publishers go about accomplishing all this?
At Coosa, our good book builders approach means we start with quality writers and illustrators. We do not accept A.I. work of any kind. As a team we look for places we can lay foundations along these four basic sensory pathways:
Auditory
Visual
Tactile
Kinesthetic
We then make or outsource requests for tactile and multi sensory pieces like the following to be made:
high contrast illustrations
textures / raised line drawings
moving parts
pop-ups / envelopes
space markers
music, song, or other soundscapes
braille and large print
and even smells!