Reading and Literature Resources

ABC Site from Yellowstone National Park
A is for arachnid, B is for bison, C is for coyote. . .

The Author Page
This is where you can learn about some of your favorite authors, plus read their answers to questions that kids have asked.

Author Studies
Meet your favorite authors and discover new ones with live interviews, classroom activities, and author profiles.

Author Web Sites
Click on an author to go to his or her web site.

Book Adventure
This site contains some helpful information about selected book titles, inclucing material helpful for a novel study with Shades of Gray, by Carolyn Reeder.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.

Children's Books Central
A PLACE TO START: for the writers, readers, collectors, illustrators, librarians, teachers, parents, publishers, printers, storytellers and kids.

The Children's Literature Web Guide
Internet resources related to books for children and young adults

A Compact for Reading and School-Home Links
A Compact for Reading is a written agreement among families, teachers, principals, and students to work together to help improve the reading skills of kindergarten through third grade children. Our publications, A Compact for Reading Guide and the School-Home Links Reading Kit, are designed to help Compact partners set reading goals, and provide lessons and activities that allow children to accomplish these goals.

CyberGuides: Grades K-3
Extensive, high-quality lessons and units for popular Children's Books. Use the links on the left to choose the grade level you need.

Dinotopia
If you're a fan of the Dinotopia books series, or even just a dinosaur lover, you should take a look at this site. Information about author James Gurney, a map of Dinotopia, puzzles, trivia, and more!

Grade 3 and 4 Reading List
This comes from the site edu4kids.

A GUIDE FOR PARENTS How Do I Know a Good Early Reading Program When I See One?
A list for parents to use to assess a school's reading program

HarperChildrens.com
Free printable teachers' guides to HarperCollins books. Includes discussion questions and suggestions for integrating the curriculum.

KidsRead.com
Join Booker T. Worm in learning about books for kids. You can join the reading club, too.

KidReach: The Online Reading Center
This site features anticipation guides and lesson plans for books by grade level.

Kids' Place
There's lots to do at this web site! Tackle brain teasers alone or with a group of friends or classmates. Play games such as GeoNEt, FakeOut!, Wacky Web Tales, and Web Word Find. Go on a scanvenger hunt! Read new books on-line and talk to other kids about the books you've read!

Language Phonics Lessons and Resources
Activities and lessons from edhelper.com

Language Reading Lessons
Activities and lessons from edhelper.com

Linda's Links to Literature
This website provides links to activities and lesson plans for children's and young adult literature. Developed by Linda J. Bendall, Coordinator, Library Media Services, Richmond Public Schools Richmond, Virginia.

The Lion and the Mouse
An beautiful, interactive site on the fable "The Lion and the Mouse."

The Magic School Bus
Lots of fun activities await you here.

McGraw-Hill Resources
Click the book cover for activities.

Novel Guide: Shades of Gray
Full lesson plan, Adobe Acrobat Reader guide, web site links from Omaha Public Schools.

Phonics Cards to Print
Phonics flash cards for 3- and 4-letter words.

Reader's Theater Editions
Reader's Theater Editions are scripts adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others -- mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with most scripts aimed between grades 3 and 9. The scripts may be freely copied, shared, and performed for any educational, noncommercial purpose.

Reading Comprehension
Featuring free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents to copy for their kids. They include original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper elementary through middle school years.

The Reading Corner
Our purpose is to write book reviews for readers in grades 2-8 that give a little more information than what you find in the library catalog.

Reading Level Estimator
A simple list of what to look for is followed by sample reading selections by grade level.

Reading Zone: Myths and Fables
Links to myths and fables from the Internet Public Library

Reading Zone: Picture Books
Links to picture books from the Internet Public Library

Resources, Lesson Plans and Activities for KINDERGARTENS
An Internet Hotlist on Kindergarten

Seussville
The Cat in the Hat, Sam-I-Am,Horton and the Whos, and the rest of the Seuss characters welcome you to Seussville, Dr. Seuss's playground in cyberspace. You can play games, chat with the Cat in the Hat, win prizes, find out about new Dr. Seuss books and CD-ROMs, and much, much more!

Sight Words
This teacher has created word lists, PowerPoint flashcards, and other resources that can be used to teach words from the basal reading series, Harcourt Trophies.

Story Hour
Stories from the Internet Public Library

Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics, Puppetry & Readers Theater for Children & Young Adults
Links to storytelling, drama, creative dramatics, puppetry, readers theater, and public speaking

Tampa Reads
This is an amazing resource for teaching reading, developed by a reading resource teacher in Tampa, Florida. You MUST see this site!

Time for Kids
The folks at Time Magazine offer this dynamic web site that helps kids and teachers explore the wide world of nonfiction, something that many students just don't get enough of. Contains games, homework tools, news, discussion areas, and much more!

Words and Pictures
These games and activities from BBC Education will make learning phonics fun.