Teacher path
Classroom resources
Series paths, discussion uses, classroom-friendly shelves, and books that support guided reading without turning every title into a lesson plan.
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These pages keep the language practical: age range, classroom use, reading readiness, library discovery, family reading, and discussion value.
Reader readiness
Age guide
Simple age and grade guidance for Bugville Critters, Stranger Truths, Magic Lands, older YA/crossover, and adult genre shelves.
Library path
Libraries
Reader-friendly shelves for school libraries, public libraries, family discovery, classroom support, and collection development.
Core young-reader shelves
Three series families for classroom and library discovery.
The educator area points back to the same source catalog used across the books, children, and series sections, so recommendations remain consistent as the catalog grows.
R. Stanek
representative dataBugville Critters
Stories, early learning, character lessons, and classroom-friendly reading for young children.
A large children's and classroom-friendly series connected to life lessons, family, the natural world, early learning, schools, libraries, and homes.
- Genre
- Children's stories / early learning / classroom reading
- Readers
- Children, families, teachers, librarians, schools, and early learning classrooms.
- Books
- 3
- Robert Staneks Bugville Critters Storybook Treasury Volume 1
- Every Day Is Different
- Catching A Cup Of Sunshine
R. Stanek
activeStranger Truths
The public record tells what happened. The Second Record tells what mattered.
Children's mystery adventure about hidden history, secret records, travel, family, clues, and forgotten truths.
- Genre
- Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
- Readers
- Ages 7-11 / Grades 2-6; classroom-friendly readers, families, teachers, and librarians.
- Books
- 5
- The Floating City Secret
- The Blue Bay Drums
- The Clockmaker Of Fez
- The Typhoon Lantern
- The Stepwell Whisper
R. Stanek
activeMagic Lands
A living land. A forbidden vision. A bond freely chosen.
Clean fantasy adventure about living lands, creature bonds, hidden magic, friendship, and freedom versus control.
- Genre
- Clean fantasy adventure / early YA fantasy
- Readers
- Ages 11-16 / Grades 6-10; families, teachers, librarians, and early YA fantasy readers.
- Books
- 3
- Journey Beyond The Beyond
- Into The Stone Lands
- The Wizards Stronghold
Featured classroom-friendly books
A practical first shelf for educators and libraries.
These books come from the R. Stanek children and classroom records. Use the series pages for deeper paths and the age guide for reader readiness.
Clean fantasy adventure / early YA fantasy
LatestJourney Beyond the Beyond
A Doamanse Fantasy Adventure
Ray was sent into the living wetlands to become a man. He was not sent to find the wizard.
Clean fantasy adventure / early YA fantasy
LatestInto the Stone Lands
A Doamanse Fantasy Adventure of Stone Roads, Tree Singing, and Hidden Magic
The living bonds of the Inlands have crossed into a world that knows how to break them.
Clean fantasy adventure / early YA fantasy
LatestThe Wizard's Stronghold
A Doamanse Fantasy Adventure of Wizards, Bonds, and Freedom
The land remembers. The roots are waking. And no one is the wizard's key.
Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
LatestThe Floating City Secret
The Second Record Adventures Book 1
A floating garden. An impossible record. A secret beneath the city.
Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
LatestThe Blue Bay Drums
The Second Record Adventures Book 2
The water glows. The drums remember. The message still matters.
Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
LatestThe Clockmaker of Fez
The Second Record Adventures Book 3
A vanished clock. A hidden chamber. A name left out of history.
Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
LatestThe Typhoon Lantern
The Second Record Adventures Book 4
A storm is coming. A lantern remembers the way.
Children's mystery adventure / light fantasy travel adventure
LatestThe Stepwell Whisper
The Second Record Adventures Book 5
A vanished song. A carved stairway. A whisper under stone.
Children's stories / early learning
Robert Stanek's Bugville Critters Storybook Treasury, Volume 1
A Bugville Critters Treasury
Instructive, entertaining stories from the Bugville Critters world.
Verified review record
Children’s and classroom praise kept close to the source record.
Quotes and references are maintained in the Press & Facts data so they can be reused consistently by educators, librarians, booksellers, and press readers.
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Instructive and entertaining.
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Bugville Critters helps children sort out real lessons about life, family and the natural world.
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Recommended series.
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