This site contains links to lesson plans and resources for children's literature (grades K-6). Since there is considerable overlap between authors and titles for children and adolescents, go to my site for adolescent literature if you do not find what you need on this page. Last updated October 7, 2011.

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Index: Sources for Many Children's Literature Lesson Plans; Multicultural Children's Literature Lesson Plans; Children's Literature Resources; Folk & Fairy Tales; Specific Children's Books  (Listed Alphabetically by Title: A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - XYZ); Lesson Plans for Drama, Mythology, and Poetry; Rubrics for the Language Arts; Return to Educational Resources and Lesson Plans; Go to the International Reading Association

 

Can Teach: Specific Novel & Picture Book Activities
Another collection of activities for many specific children's books.

Harper Collins Teaching Resources
Teaching and reading guides for many children's books.

Children's Literature
Many lesson plans from Mr. Donn organized alphabetically.

Children's Literature and U.S. History
Good source for lesson plans and children's books integrating literature and history.

Online Elementary Economics Lessons
Many lesson plans integrating children's literature and economics.

The Civil War
An upper-elementary or middle grade unit using trade books to integrate history and literature.

World War II as Seen Through the Eyes of Children's Literature
An elaborate unit.

American Children's Literature
A collection of 12 units (including the one immediately above) from the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute.

Children's Literature in the Classroom
Ten more units from the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute.



Multicultural Children's Literature Lesson Plans
Discussing Immigration Through Literature
A unit on Asian-American immigrants using the following books: Coming to America , Betsy Maestro; The Lotus Seed, Sherry Garland; and Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say.  

Changing Borders
Similar to the above, but examining emigration form Europe as well as Asia, this unit uses Coming to America by Betsy Maestro, How Many Days To America by Eve Bunting, and The Long Way To A New Land by Joan Sandin.

Reading Across the Cultures
Ten units from the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute.

Examining African-American Culture Through the Use of Children’s Literature
A 3rd-grade unit plan.

Literature and art Through Our Eyes: The African American Children
An elementary unit from the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute.  

Teaching Responsibility to Children in Different Cultures through Film and Literature Stories
An elementary unit from the Yale-New Haven Teacher's Institute.  

An Integrated Unit on Friendship Implementing Asian-American Children's Literature
A unit integrating Asian-American children's literature and the theme of friendship.

Understanding Hispanic/Latino Culture and History Through Children’s Literature
An elaborate unit plan with three sample lesson plans and a bibliography.

Expanding Fifth Grade Ethnic Awareness Through Literature
A unit on Native American and Latino literature from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.

Rainbow Reading: Gay and Lesbian Characters and Themes in Children's Books
An annotated bibliography. See also Books for and About Gay/Lesbian Teens and Youth and Resources for Educators.

American Girls Through Time and Trial
An elementary unit focusing on women of different cultures, races, and religions. It includes three books featuring diverse American women from specific time periods. For nine similar units, go to American Maid: Growing Up Female in Life and Literature.  

Native-American Bedtime Story Collection
Native-American stories with background information and links to related sites.

Native American Children's Literature in the Classroom: An Annotated Bibliography

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Children's Literature Resources
Children's Books from About.com
Though this page is designed primarily for children, it is an excellent resource with featured books and authors as well as information on books of nearly all topics and genres.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Great site for reviews and ideas for teaching with children's literature. Click on curriculum areas for links to sites connecting children's literature with other subjects.

Children's and YA Book Authors and Illustrators on the Web
This site by Cynthia Leitich Smith provides an alphabetical list of links to the web sites of a great many authors and illustrators.

Aesop's Fables
An online collection!

Literature Circles Projects
An excellent site providing information on using literature circles in the classroom.

Webtime Stories
Interactive children's stories with graphics and sound.

Vandergrift's Children's Literature Page
An excellent resource with bibliographies and links to sites on topics related to children's literature, including
censorship.

Author Biographies
Biographies of some favorite authors of children's books.

Children's Literature Web Guide
Links to children's literature sites.


Folk and Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales from Around the World
A K-2 lesson plan from EDSITEment. See also Fables and Trickster Tales Around the World for a lesson plan for grades 3-5.

Fairy Tales - Lesson Plans and Links
From the K-3 Learning Pages.

Fairy Tales Unit Ideas
Ideas for an interdisciplinary unit.

Fairy Tales from Life
A lesson plan for grades 3-5.

Elements of Folk Tales
An excellent middle-grade lesson plan from ArtsEdge.

Tales to Live By
A 1st-grade unit in pdf format from Core Knowledge that uses fairy tales as a tool to introduce basic values. See also All About Aesop and Life's Lessons: Aesop's Fables for additional 1st-grade units from Core Knowledge.

Folktales
A collection of 12 units.

Paul Bunyon
A lesson plan for grades 4-5.

Puerto Rican Folktales
A unit for grades 7-12.

A Moroccan Fairy Tale vs. European Folk/Fairy Tale
A 2nd-grade lesson plan examining similarities and differences between The Girl Who Lived with the Gazelles , an African folk tale from Morocco, and Snow White. See African Folktales for seven similar lesson plans.

An Integrated Unit on Classic Philippine Folk Tales About Fruits
A unit from TASSI.



Lesson Plans for Specific Children's Books (Listed Alphabetically by Title):
A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - XYZ   If the book or author for which you are looking is not listed here, please try The Doucette Index, Literature Activities from A to Z Teacher Stuff, Can Teach: Specific Novel & Picture Book Activities, Random House Teacher's Resource Center, S.C.O.R.E CyberGuides, The Gateway, Web English Teacher - Children's Literature, or Harper Collins Reading Group Guides

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Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
A lesson titled "Help Alexander!" for this book by Judith Viorst. See also Exploring the Subtext Strategy: Thinking Beyond the Text for a grades 3-5 lesson plan using this book.

Alice in Wonderland
This lesson plan titled "Childhood through the Looking Glass" for grades 6-12 from The National Endowment for the Humanities' EDsitement pages explores the vision of childhood created by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland . See also Alice in Wonderland, a lesson plan using The Discovery Channel's video; Senses, Spaces And Structure, an elaborate 7th-grade unit using Alice in Wonderland and two other works to explore space and architecture; and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a page containing the 1928 commentary on Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass .

Amazing Grace
A lesson plan for grades K-3 using this book by Mary Hoffman, illustrated by Caroline Binch.  See also Yes, You Can! for another K-2 lesson plan for this book from Learning to Give.

Amelia Bedelia
A 2nd or 3rd-grade lesson plan using Peggy Parish's book. See also What Are Idioms? for a 4th to 6th-grade lesson plan utilizing this same book, Amelia Bedilia (Persuasive Writing) for another elementary lesson plan,.

Animalia
An intermediate-grade lesson plan in which students use this book by Graeme Base to help them write poems. See also Create an Alphabet Book for another lesson plan using this book.

Annie and the Old One
Six lesson plans from a 2nd-grade unit on Navajo culture using this book by Miska Miles.   

Learn to Read with Arthur
Many activity sheets and online activities from pbskids.org. See also Arthur at PBS Kids.

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Baseball In April & Living Up The Street
A Score CyberGuide unit on these works by Gary Soto for grades 6-8.

Be Good to Eddie Lee
This lesson plan for 1st or 2nd grade titled "Dealing with Differences" uses Virginia Fleming's Be Good to Eddie Lee   to help teach tolerance of students with disabilities. It is part of a unit titled " Differences: Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature. "

Ben and Me
A CyberGuide with a 5th-grade unit for this book about Ben Franklin by Robert Lawson. For a modified version of this unit, click here.  

The Best School Year Ever
A "Literature Guide" with questions and activities for this book by Barbara Robinson.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Printable questions, activities by chapter, and lesson plans for a unit about this book by Barbara Robinson.

The Birchbark House
A 3rd-grade lesson plan from Learn NC. See also Louise Erdrich@Web English Teacher.

Boxcar Children Dictionary
An elementary-grade activity. See also Mystery Unit Plan, which uses this book along with The Westing Game, and Boxcar Children for several vocabulary worksheets and comprehension pages.

The Bracelet
A 5th-grade lesson plan integrating language arts and the social studies using this book by Yoshiko Uchida. Scroll past the end of this lesson for other lesson plans related to Japanese-American internment during WW II. Click here for another 5th-grade lesson plan using this book to connect children's literature and the visual arts.

Bridge to Terabithia
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 using this book by Katherine Paterson.  See also Bridge to Terabithia: Student Study Guide.

By the Great Horn Spoon
A Cyberguide with lessons and activities for this book by Sid Fleischman.  

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Caddie Woodlawn
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for this famous book by Carol Ryrie Brink.  

The Call of the Wild
A summary, "theme openers," activities, and assignments for Jack London's famous novel. See Web English Teacher's Jack London page for more lessons and activities; Jack London Homework Help for links to articles, study guides, and writing guides; as well as Jack London's Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker" for middle-grade lesson plan from EDSITEment.

Caps for Sale
Five days of activities for this book by Esphyr Slobodkina. See also Caps for Sale for a lesson plan from Teachers Net and Caps for Sale/Color Words for a kindergarten lesson plan.

Catherine Called Birdie
A lesson plan from Scholastic for this book by Karen Cushman. See also Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site to find a review additional ideas for teaching about this book.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A chocolate-making activity to accompany a read-aloud of this book by Roald Dahl. For another lesson plans using this book, see Welcome to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (an Internet-based elementary lesson plan).

Charlottes Web
A unit plan from Schlastic for this famous book by E.B. White. See also Predicting with Charlotte's Web for another unit and SCORE CyberGuide Activities one, two, three, and four.  

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Resources for lesson plans and a unit for this book by John Archambault. See also Chicka Challenge and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom: Learning letters and sounds at a zoom!

Holiday Rhyming Lesson Using the Christmas Tree Tangle
A lesson plan for grades 1-3.

Cinderella Stories
Internet resources and teaching ideas from the Children's Literature Web Guide. For the text of 15 Cinderella variants, click here.  

Searching for Cinderella
A lesson for grades 5-8 involving the study of various versions of Cinderella   The lesson could also be adapted for younger students. See also One Story Many Tales for an ESL lesson plan.

Cinderella Lesson Plan
A lesson plan comparing three versions of Cinderella.

Cap o' Rushes
An intermediate or junior high lesson on this English Cinderella variant, Cap o' Rushes.

Cinderella Trilogy
A lesson plan for grades 3-4 comparing fairy tales from different cultures. Also, go to The Story of Tam and Cam , a Cinderella story from Vietnam.

The Rough-Faced Girl
A 4th-gradelesson plan on yet another Cinderella variant. This one, titled The Rough-Faced Girl and written by Rafe Martin, is based on an Algonquin Indian story.

Comparing Cultures
A lesson plan for grade 1-5 using Shirley Climo's The Egyptian Cinderella.

Tattercoats Lesson Plan
An elementary or junior high lesson plan on Cinderella variants. Also, see The Cinderella Project for a text and image archive containing a dozen English versions of the fairy tale.

The Princess and the Golden Shoes
A lesson plan for the middle grades or junior high school for this Scottish Cinderella variant.

Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type
A readers theater for this book by Doreen Cronin. See also Click, Clack, Moo: Reading Word Family Words.

Clouds, Clouds, Clouds!
A lesson plan using The Cloud Book by Tommie dePaola.

Counting Wildflowers
A primary-grade lesson plan integrating literature and math, using this book by Bruce McMillan.

Curious George in the Snow
A kindergarten lesson plan. For other lessons, see  Curious George Goes to the Beach and Pizza Party People.  

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Dateline: Troy
A review as well as discussion topics and teaching ideas for this book by Paul Fleischman.  

The Day of the Dinosaur
An elaborate lesson plan on dinosaurs using this book by S. & J. Berenstain. Click here for other lesson plans on dinosaurs. Also, scroll down the page to Dinotopia and Dinosaurs of Long Ago.

Dear Mr. Henshaw
A CyberGuide for teaching with this book by Beverly Cleary.  See also Dear Mr. Henshaw Literature Guide.

The Desert Is Theirs
A lesson plan for grades 3-5. Also, take a look at the Desert is Theirs CyberGuide and Birthday Bios: Byrd Baylor. For a 6th-grade unit on deserts, click here.  

Diary of Anne Frank (Anne Frank in the World, 1929-1945: Teacher Workbook)
Lesson plans for grades 5-8 for teaching about Anne Frank and Holocaust-related subjects. See also Anne Frank: One in Hundreds of Thousands, another middle school lesson plan; Anne Frank Intro, yet another middle school lesson plan;   Anne Frank WebQuest, an excellent Internet activity for grades 7-9;  an excellent resource; The Anne Frank Center, photographs and information about Anne's journal and how it survived World War II; and Cybrary of the Holocaust, a comprehensive site with images and recollections of survivors, a teacher's guide, and links.

Dinosaur Babies, Fossils, and Make Your Own Dinosaur
An elementary lesson plan that would go well with the book, Digging Up Dinosaurs and Fossils of Long Ago. by Aliki.  

Dinotopia
This is the official Jim Gurney Dinotopia site. Use the pull-down menu on the right to access the Teacher's Resource Page. Also see Gurneytopia for a preview of his new book, The World of Dinosaurs. Click here for lesson plans on dinosaurs.

Lesson Plans on Dr. Seuss Books
Dr. Seuss
K-2 cross-curricular activities for 15 Dr. Seuss books.
The Dr. Seuss Page for Teachers
Information and teaching activities for 4 Dr. Seuss books, including The Cat in the Hat .
Green Eggs and Ham
A K-2 lesson plan for this book titled "Reading Everywhere with Dr. Seuss."
The Cat in the Hat is 50!
Excellent lesson ideas from Education World. See also The Cat in the Hat - A Mini Unit.
My Many Coloured Days
A synopsis and a primary-level activity.
Phonics with Dr. Seuss
A grade 1 lesson plan using One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.
Teaching Phonograms through The Sneetches
Another grade 1 lesson plan.
Oh, the Places You'll Go
A lesson plan for grades 2-3 using this book.

See also Dr. Seuss @ Web English Teacher and Literature-Based Lesson Plans and Resources Using Dr. Seuss's Books.

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The Endless Steppe
A 6th-grade technology-based lesson plan in which students create a multimedia project related to this book by Esther Hautzig. Also, take a look at World War II As Seen Through Children’s Literature, an extensive unit, and read a synopsis, and reviews.

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Families are Different
Kindergarten-level activities for this book by Nina Pellegrini. For other lesson plans and units on families, click here.  

Come Fly With Me
An elementary lesson using the book A Fly Went By.

Frindle
A lesson plan for grades 4-8 from Scholastic. See also Frindle Discussion Guide and Literature Circle Guide to FRINDLE. For information about the Author, go to Andrew Clements.com.

Frog and Toad Are Friends
A Teacher CyberGuide. See also Frogs and Toads Are Different (But Still Friends). For information about the author, go to Featured Author and Illustrator: Arnold Lobel.

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E, Frankweiler.  
A CyberGuide on E. L. Konigsburg's Newbery Medal-winning book. 

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A Gift for Mama
A lesson plan integrating literature and economics based on this book by Esther Hautzig. For many other similar lesson plans, go to Online Elementary Economics Lessons.  

The Giving Tree
A lesson plan on apple trees using this book by Shel Silverstein. See also Character Education - Giving for another lesson plan for this book.

The Goat in the Rug: An Economics and Literature Lesson
A lesson plan for grades 1-3 using this children's book. Click here for other Native American stories.

Good Night Moon
A kdg unit for this book by Margaret Wise Brown.  

Goosebumps in the Classroom
Lesson ideas from Education World for using R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. 

Grandfather's Journey
A brief summary and lesson ideas from Scholastic for this book by Allen Say. See also Grandfather's Journey Teacher CyberGuide and Discussing Immigration Through Literature, a unit using this book and two others.

Grandfather Tang's Story
An upper-elementary, literature based math activity involving manipulation of geometric figures for teaching with this book by Ann Tompert.

The Great Gilly Hopkins
A 6th-grade lesson plan on characterization and prediction. For information on Katherine Patterson, go to her official site.

The Great Pancake Escape
A teachers' guide for this book by Paul Many complete with a summary, reviews, background information, and many suggested teaching activities.

The Grouchy Lady Bug
Many lesson plans and activities for this book by Eric Carle.  

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Harold and the Purple Crayon
A lesson plan from Scholastic. See also Crayon Creation. For information on the author, go to the Crocket Johnson Home Page.

Virginia Hamilton
A biography and many lesson plans for teaching with the books of this Newbery Medal-winning author.

Harriet and the Garden
A 1st-grade lesson plan using Nancy Carlson's book.

Harriet the Spy
An elementary-grade lesson plan from Scholastic. For information about Louise Fitzhugh, go to Purple Socks.

Harry Potter
Many Harry Potter lesson plans, activities, and resources. See also Scholastic's Harry Potter Page, J.K. Rowling @ Web English Teacher, The Harry Potter Home Page, and What's All the Fuss About Harry Potter? For literature guides for individual Harry Potter books, see Harry and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.  

Hatchet
A lesson plan from Scholastic. See also Fiction Elements in Hatchet and Study Guide for Hatchet. For Information Gary Paulson, go to his Home Page.

The Hobbit
An extensive unit from Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. Click here for a J. R. R. Tolkien Teacher Resource File.

Holes, By Louis Sachar
A unit for grades 6-12.  See also Holes by Louis Sachar - Teacher Pages for chapter summaries designed for use with grades 3-6. For information on Sachar, go to his home page.

The House on Mango Street
Teacher's Guide from Vintage Books for this wonderful book by Sandra Cisneros. Also, see Understanding Hispanic/Latino Culture and History Through Children’s Literature.

The Hundred Dresses
A lesson plan from Scholastic.com for this book by Eleanor Estes. See also The Hundred Dresses Lesson Plan: 2nd-5th Grades.

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In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
A 5th-grade lesson plan using this book about an immigrant Chinese girl by Bette Bao Lord. See also Crossing the Border, A Study of Immigration Through Literature. a unit for grades 6-8 which also uses this book. For other lessons on Asian and Asian-American literature, see Teaching With Asian Children's Literature, a thematic unit for K-6, and An Integrated Unit on Friendship Implementing Asian-American Children's Literature, a unit integrating Asian-American children's literature and the theme of friendship. 

The Indian in the Cupboard
A 4th-grade lesson plan. See also The Indian in the Cupboard Writing Prompt. For information on the author, go to the Lynne Reid Banks Official Site.

Inkheart
A lesson plan from Scholastic for this book by Cornelia Funke. See also Cornelia Funke Novels Teachers' Note.

Island of the Blue Dolphins Teacher CyberGuide
Internet-based activities for grade 5. See Scott O'Dell @ Web English Teacher for more lesson ideas.

Cruising the Island of the Blue Dolphins
A 6th-grade unit for the above book.

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Jack and the Bean Stalk
Suggested activities for this version of the classic tale.

James and the Giant Peach
A Teacher Guide for grades 3-4. For information about Roald Dahl, go to his Official Web Site.   

Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato
A brief summary and an activity in which students make potato pancakes after reading this book by Tommy DePaola.

Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Reviews, booktalks, and teaching activities for this book by Bruce Coville.  

Johnny Appleseed
A kindergarten unit using the book, Johnny Appleseed . See also Apples, a primary-grade thematic unit in which this book could also be used.

Julie of the Wolves
A detailed study guide for this book by Jean Craighead George, Also, see also Trial: American Girls through Time and Trial for a unit using this book and others.

Junie B Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes
A lesson plan for grades K-2 from Read-Write-Think. See also Junie B. Jones Lesson Plan, Junie B. Jones Activities and Barbara Park@Web English Teacher.

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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie
An elementary lesson plan involving reading and writing about fiction and character plots using this story about the daughter of a lighthouse keeper. See also Legendary Lighthouses and  Lighthouse Project.

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The Last Safe Place on Earth
A teacher's guide from Random House for this book by Richard Peck dealing with censorship, hypocrisy, and responsibility.

Lazy Ozzie by Michael Coleman
A K-1 lesson plan in which students explain the story line and analyze the characters' possible motives and feelings.

Letters From Rifka
An intermediate-grade lesson plan using this book by Karen Hesse. For lesson plans and resources on immigration, click here.  

Libby Bloom
This teaching guide offers a synopsis as well as thematic and interdisciplinary teaching ideas for using this book by Susan Rowan Masters in grades 3 to 6.

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
A K-2 lesson plan. See also Planning Story Characters Using Interactive Trading Cards. For information on the author, go to Kevin Henkes.com.

The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
A brief summary, vocabulary words, and discussion questions for this book by C. S. Lewis. See also Fantasy: A Study of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe for a lesson plan for grades 7-8.  

Little House in the Big Woods
A unit for grade 3 using this work by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  

Famous Person: Laura Ingalls Wilder
A lesson plan for grades 4/5. Click here to go to Come Home to Little House for additional teaching ideas on Laura Ingalls Wilder and her books.

The Long Way to a New Land
A 1st-grade lesson plan using this book by Joan Sandin. See also Changing Borders, a unit exploring immigration that uses this book and others.

The Lotus Seed
A Teacher CyberGuide with 2nd-grade lessons and activities for this book by Sherry Garland. See also Discussing Immigration Through Literature, a unit using this book and two others.

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Make Way for the Ducklings
An activity guide for this classic book by Robert McCloskey.

Maniac Magee
A unit for Jerry Spinelli's Maniac Magee. See also Sample Unit: The Legend of Maniac Magee. Go to Web English Teacher for other information and ideas for Spinelli's books.

Matilda
A "guide" and sample lesson plan for this book by Roald Dahl.  

Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade
A 4th-grade lesson plan for this book by Steven Kroll.

Medieval Feasts
A 3rd or 4th-grade lesson plan using Aliki's A Medieval Feast.

The Midwife's Apprentice Mock Trial
A lesson plan for grades 6 and 7 for this book by Karen Cushman.

Miss Nelson Is Missing
A "database lesson plan" for Harry Allard's famous children's book. See also The Teacher Is Missing for a lesson plan using this book from Learning to Give.org, or go to Harry Allard @ Web English Teacher for many more  lesson ideas. 

Miss Rumphius
A K-2 lesson plan titled "Making the World a More Beautiful Place" that uses this book by Barbara Cooney.  See also Be a Good Citizen.

Mississippi Bridge
This 5th-grade unit from Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature uses the book Mississippi Bridge by Mildred D. Taylor.  

The Mitten
A differentiated K-2 lesson plan for this book by Jan Brett. See also Making Mittens with The Mitten Book, The Mitten by Jan Brett, and Meeting the Mitten for preschool and kindergarten activities using this book.

Molly's Pilgrim
An activity for grade 4 using this book by Barbara Cohen.  See also Exploring/Comparing Pilgrim Children: Molly's Pilgrim.

Morning Girl
A primary-grade lesson plan titled "The Treasures of Two Worlds" which utilizes this book by Michael Dorris as a class read-aloud. 

Mr. Popper's Penguins
A elemntary lesson plan dealing with the issue of credit using this book by Richard and Florence Atwater. For another book about Penguins, see Tacky the Penguin. if you are doing a thematic unit on penguins.

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
A literature unit created by a gifted resource class. It offers discussion questions, writing suggestions, vocabulary, and quizzes.

My Father's Dragon
Ten days worth of brief activities for this book by Ruth Stiles Gannett. See also My Father's Dragon Learning Unit.

My Side of the Mountain
A Cyberguide providing activities and web resources for this book by Jean Craighead George. For information on the Catskill Mountains, see Catskill Guide.  

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No, David!
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 using this book to teach writing. See also No, David! Paint Lesson Plan and Author David Shannon of No, David Series.

Nothing But the Truth
A literature guide including a summary, suggested activities, and assignments for grades 7-8 . Also, see Avi's Homepage.

Number the Stars
A lesson plan for grades 4-5 using this book by Lois Lowry.  

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Okay, Riders, Set 'Em Up
A summary/review, discussion questions, writing assignments, and extension ideas appropriate for intermediate-grade students. This new book about BMX racing from Main Event Press was written by my friend and colleague, Rich Wielkiewicz.

On the Far Side of the Mountain
A review, discussion guide, and suggested activities from Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site for this book by Jean Craighead George.  

Owls in the Family
Internet-based activities for this book by Farley Mowat.

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Pancakes, Pancakes!
A primary-grade lesson plan using this book by Eric Carle to integrate geography, economics, and children's literature.

Gary Paulsen
A biography and lesson plans for several of this author's works including Canyons, Brian's Winter, and Hatchet . 

The Phantom Tollbooth
A lesson plan for grades 5-6. See also Finding Figurative Language in The Phantom Tollbooth. For a biography of Norman Justor, go to Scolastic.

Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore
A lesson plan titled "Simon Says: Follow Directions" for this book by David McPhail. Click here for lesson plans and units on pigs and other farm animals.

The Polar Express
Lesson ideas for this Christmas book by Chris Van Allsburg.  For other lesson plans, see Take the Polar Express to Learning and Chris Van Allsburg @ Web English Teacher.

Purple Hair? I Don't Care!
A brief synopsis followed by suggestions for using this book in a primary classroom.

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Q is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game
A lesson plan for "struggling readers" using this book.

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The Rag Coat
A primary-grade unit titled "School and Community" which uses this book by Lauren Mills.

Ramona Quimby, Age 8
A 3rd-grade lesson plan for this book by Beverly Cleary.  

Ramona the Pest
A summary, vocabulary, and suggested activities  for this book. See Beverly Cleary @ Web English Teacher to find other lesson plans for this author's books.

Famous Person: Rosa Louis Parks
A unit for grades 3 or 4 using The Story of Ruby Bridges. See also Meet Rosa Parks for an on-line interview as well as additional lesson plans and resources, Rosa Parks for an online activity, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott for a lesson plan adaptable to a variety of grade levels, 
and Riding with Rosa Parks for a lesson plan using that book.

Roxaboxen
An elementary-grade lesson for this book written by Alice McLerran and illustrated by Barbara Cooney.   

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Sadako and the Thousand Cranes
A summary, vocabularu, and ;esson ideas for this book by Eleanor Coerr. Click on the underlined text to go other lesson plans using this book for the 1st grade, 4th-6th grade, 6th-8th grade, and 7th-grade.

Sarah Plain and Tall
Many activities and resources for Charlotte Zolotow's famous work. For a 1st-grade lesson integrating the book with geography, see Promoting Geography through Literature: Sarah Plain and Tall.  

The Secret Garden
A unit for this book by Frances Hodgson Burnett.  

Seed Folks
A lesson plan from Scholastic for this book by Paul Fleischman. See also Seed Folks: Stories that Make a Difference and Planting the Seeds.

Shades of Gray
Teacher's notes from Carolyn Reeder's Official Home Page.   For a literature-based, 4th or 5th-grade unit on the Civil War, go to Literature of the U.S. Civil War.  

Sheep in a Jeep
A primary-grade lesson plan for this book by Nancy Shaw.

Shiloh
A summary and interactive lesson plan for this book by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.  

Sideways Stories from Wayside School
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 emphasizing characterization and story retelling. See also Three Sideways Stories from Wayside School (readers' theater) and Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (questions and activities by chapter). For information about Louis Sachar, go to his Home Page.

Sign of the Beaver
A 4th-grade lesson plan for this book by Elizabeth George Speare.

The Slave Dancer
An extensive teacher's guide from Random House Publishers for this Newbery Medal-winning book by Paula Fox.

Smoky Night
A three-day lesson on courage using this book as well as Terrible Things, both by Eve Bunting.

Snow White
The ultimate Snow White web site with teaching ideas, criticisms, illustrations, alternate versions, and links. See also  A Moroccan Fairy Tale vs. European Folk/Fairy Tale,   a 2nd-grade lesson plan examining similarities and differences between The Girl Who Lived with the Gazelles , an African folk tale from Morocco, and Snow White as well as Additional Assignments for Snow White,   which includes lesson ideas for grades 4-5.

Stellaluna
A K-1 lesson plan titled "Stellaluna and Social Studies" for this book by Janell Cannon.

A Step from Heaven
A lesson plan fro grades 6-8 from Learning through Listening. for information about the author go to An Writing.

Stone Fox
A lesson plan using this book by John Reynolds Gardiner.  designed to teach students about income, capital, saving, taxes, and credit.

The Summer of My German Soldier
A Web Quest exploring the historical backdrop for this novel by Betty Greene. For student study guides, click here. For further information on World War II literature, go to World War II as Seen Through the Eyes of Children's Literature.  

Summer Song
This teaching guide offers a synopsis as well as thematic and interdisciplinary teaching ideas for using this book by Susan Rowan Masters in grades 5 through 8.

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Tacky the Penguin
This primary-grade lesson plan titled "What Makes Us Different?" uses Helen Lester's Tacky the Penguin to explore individual differences.

There is a Nightmare in My Closet!
A 1st-grade lesson plan in which students do a creative art activity that links their own personal knowledge and the knowledge that they acquire from this book by Mercer Mayer.  

Stereotyping and Bias: The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf
A lesson plan for grades 5-7 designed to help students recognize and understand stereotyping and bias in literature and film. See also Focus Story: The Three Little Pigs,  Draw the Three Little Pig's Houses and Folktale Unit: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

The Tiger Rising
A reader's guide. See also About the Author: Kate Di Camillo.

Too Many Tamales
An elementary lesson for this book by Gary Soto. See also Global Diversity through Literature. 

Town Mouse and Country Mouse
A primary-grade activity in which students demonstrate their knowledge of the basic parts of a story by successfully completing a story map of Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett.  

Treasure in the Stream
A 4th-grade unit.

Johnny Tremain
A 5th-grade unit for this book by Esther Forbes. See also Children's Literature and U.S. History , a good source for lesson plans and children's books integrating literature and history.

Tuck Everlasting
A Web-based thematic unit for this book by Natalie Babbitt.

Turtle Knows Your Name
A primary-grade lesson plan using this book by Ashley Bryan to make multicultural connections.

Two Tickets To Freedom
A lesson plan for grades 4-7 using this book by Florence B. Freedman.

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Under the Blood-Red Sun
A 4th or 5th-grade unit integrating literature and history using this book by Graham Salisbury about a Japanese-American boy living in Hawaii during World War II. For further information on World War II children's literature, go to World War II as Seen Through the Eyes of Children's Literature.  

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Velveteen Rabbit
Activities for grades 2-5 for this work by Margery Williams. See also Velveteen Rabbit Lesson Plan and Much-Loved Velveteen Rabbit. 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
A primary grade lesson plan using this book by Eric Carle.  See also The Very Hungry Caterpillar for a lesson plan for basic Spanish vocabulary.

The View from Saturday
A CyberGuide for this book by E. L. Konigsburg for grade 6.

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Walk Two Moons
A Teacher CyberGuide for this book by Sharon Creech. See also Character Traits for a 4th or 5th-grade lesson plan using this book and Walk Two Moons - Integrated Unit for an Integrated 8th-grade unit.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 titled, Graphing Plot and Character in a Novel. See also An Author Study: Christopher Paul Curtis and his Novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 and Newspapers in Education Teachers' Guide to The Watsons go to Birmingham - 1963. For information on Christopher Paul Curtis, go to Random House.

The Wednesday Wars
An Anticipation Guide as well as a Teacher's Guide to the Anticipation Guide for this Newberry-Honor book by Gary D. Schmidt. See also the Discussion Guide for this book.

Where the Red Fern Grows
This Internet-based lesson plan uses  Wilson Rawls famous book.

Where the Wild Things Are
A lesson plan for grades K-2 for this book by Maurice Sendak. See also Wild Things: Texture and Pattern and Where the Wild Things Are Sorting. 

Whipping Boy
Vocabulary, questions, and activities for this Newbery Medal-winning book written by Sid Fleischman.   See also Vocabulary and Writing Ideas.  

Winnie the Pooh
An ESL lesson plan titled "Breaking News English" for this classic book by Christopher Robin Milne. See also Winnie the Pooh for Teachers and Educators.

Wizard of Oz
Lots of lesson suggestions. Also visit The Man Behind the Curtain: L. Frank Baum and Learning Guide to The Wizard of Oz, a guide for using the movie in the classroom.

Wringer
A synopsis and discussion questions for this book by Jerry Spinellli.  

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The Z Was Zapped
A lesson plan for this book by Chris Van Allsburg.

Z for Zacharia
A middle-grade lesson plan titled "Writing Alternative Plots for Robert C. O’Brien’s Z for Zachariah."

Zia
A teacher's guide for this sequel to Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphins.