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A-Hunting We Will Go! by Steven Kellogg
A lovable team of animals avoids going to sleep as they set off on a carefree adventure that takes them from woodlands to waterfalls

·         Extension Activity focuses on action words. Scholastic

·         Technology Lesson using rhyming, word processing, and graphics. Madison Metropolitan School District (Wisconsin)

 

A My Name Is Alice by Jane Bayer
The well-known jump rope ditty which is built on letters of the alphabet is illustrated with animals from all over the world.

·         Lesson Plan for reviewing the alphabet and creating an alphabet book. A to Z Teacher Stuff

  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Technology Lesson using KidPix. Howard County, MD, Public Schools

 

A to Z Mysteries series by Ron Roy

·         Teacher's Guide with activities that can be used with all books in the series. Random House

 

Aani and the Tree Huggers by Jeannine Atkins
Based on true events in India in the 1970s, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their forest from developers by wrapping their arms around the trees, making it impossible to cut them down.

·         Teacher's Guide includes background, reading questions, and interdisciplinary activities. Lee & Low Books

 

Aaron and Gayla's Counting Book by Eloise Greenfield
Two children playing in the rain count the things around them.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Aaron's Gift by Myron Levoy
Aaron gives a pigeon to his grandmother for her birthday in hopes of easing some of her pain from the traumatic events of her early life.

·         Lesson Plan includes activities for oral reading, discussion, and real life connections. Class Zone

 

Abarat by Clive Barker
Candy Quackenbush of Chickentown, Minnesota, journeys to the Abarat, an archipelago filled with strange wonders, and has a curious revelation: she has been here before, and it is her responsibility to save this mysterious place from the evil forces that threaten it.

 

Abbie Against the Storm by Marcia Vaughn
A fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a fourteen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856.

 

Abby, My Love by Hadley Irwin
In love since junior high, Chip and Abby finally share Abby's secret: her father is sexually abusing her.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

ABC Mystery by Doug Cushman
An alphabetical list of people, objects, and clues leads Inspector McGroom to a stolen work of art.

·         Activity related to the alphabet. Nancy Polette

 

ABC Yummy by Lisa Jahn-Clough
An alphabetical tour of good things to eat, from Alicia's appetizing asparagus to Zoe's zesty zucchini.

·         Lesson Plan for reinforcing alphabet sounds. A to Z Teacher Stuff

 

Abe Lincoln Goes to Washington by Cheryl Harness
Portrays Lincoln's life as a lawyer in Springfield, a devoted husband and father, and president during the Civil War years.

·         Literature Circle Lesson Appalachian State University

 

Abe Lincoln Remembers by Ann Warren Turner
Abraham Lincoln tells his own story—from his childhood in a log cabin to his Civil War years.

·         Activities include curriculum ideas and discussion topics. Scroll down the page. Ann Turner

·         Teaching Plan includes the study of historical fiction and activities about the life of Abraham Lincoln. Scholastic

 

Abe Lincoln's Hat by Martha Brenner
Abraham Lincoln uses his hat as a filing cabinet.

·         Activities include comprehension. TeacherViews

 

Abel's Island by William Steig
Castaway on an uninhabited island, Abel, a very civilized mouse, finds his resourcefulness and endurance tested to the limit as he struggles to survive and return to his home.

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction of text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities, and word study. Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction of text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities, and word study. Chapter 1, Chapter 5, Chapter 9. Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Lesson Plan includes vocabulary activities, discussion questions and extension activities. Merced County, California, Public Schools

  • Lesson Plan centers around the concept of survival. Learn NC
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

Abhorsen by Garth Nix
Lirael, the young Second Assistant Librarian of the Clayr, is abruptly transformed into the Abhorsen-in-Waiting--a future guardian of the border between life and death--and immediately finds the fate of all life in her hands.

 

Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger 
Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.

·         Activities include character study and research on South Africa. TeacherViews

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

·         Activity Matrix for art and music. University of Chicago

·         Lesson Plan uses the book to introduce maps and globes. Scroll down to page 3. Hanover County, VA, Public Schools

·         Lesson Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Between the Lions

·         Online Copy of the story.

·         Teacher's Guide Reading Rainbow

 

The Abracadabra Kid: A Writer's Life by Sid Fleischman
The autobiography of the Newbery award-winning children's author who set out from childhood to be a magician.

 

Abraham Lincoln by Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Text and illustrations present the life of the boy born on the Kentucky frontier who became the sixteenth president of the United States.

 

Abraham Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President. 

  • CyberGuide from the  that includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education 

 

Abraham’s Battle: A Novel of Gettysburg by Sara Harrell Banks 
In 1863, as the Civil War approaches his home in Gettysburg and he realizes that a big battle is about to begin, a freed slave named Abraham decides to join the ambulance corps of the Union Army.

·         Activities include discussion questions and Internet links. TeacherViews

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

The Absent Author (A to Z Mysteries series) by Ron Roy
Dink Duncan and his two friends investigate the apparent kidnapping of famous mystery author Wallis Wallace.

·         Teacher's Guide includes activities to be used with all books in the series. Random House

 

Absolutely Angels: Poems for Children and Other Believers selected by Mary Lou Carney
Picture-book collection of poetry emphasizes the idea of angels as protectors coming to the aid of people

·         Teaching Ideas include guided writing activities. Boyd's Mill Press 

 

Absolutely Normal Chaos by Sharon Creech
Thirteen-year-old Mary Lou grows up considerably during the summer while learning about romance, homesickness, death, and her cousin's search for his biological father.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Lesson Plan focuses on families and communication through journaling. Glencoe

·         Teacher's Guide HarperCollins

 

Abstract Alphabet by Paul Cox
Abstract symbols representing letters of the alphabet spell out the names of animals from A to Z. 

·         Lesson Plan includes focus questions and activities. Chronicle Books

 

Abuela by Arthur Dorros
While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over the sights of New York City.

·         Activities include writing and learning Spanish vocabulary. TeacherViews 

·         Activities include ideas for writing, character maps, art, and more. Arthur Dorros

·         CyberGuide includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education

·         Hangman online.

·         Lesson Plan for creating a Spanish-English dictionary.

·         Online Games include matching, concentration, and word search. Quia

 

Abuela's Weave by Omar S. Casteneda 
A young Guatemalan girl and her grandmother grow closer as they weave some special creations and then make a trip to the market in hopes of selling them. 
  • Lesson Plan designed to help students make decisions about available goods and services and understand the consequences of those decisions. Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan with multicultural connections includes a technology activity. Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the economic concept of human resources. KidEconBooks
  • Lesson Plan with Internet activities for before, during, and after reading. Ball State University
  • Teacher's Guide includes background, and reading questions, and interdisciplinary activities. Lee & Low Books

 

Acceleration by Graham McNamee
Stuck working in the lost and found department of the Toronto Transit Authority for the summer, seventeen-year-old Duncan finds the diary of a serial killer and sets out to stop him.

 

The Accomplice by Norma Charles
Twelve-year-old Megan is surprised when her father suddenly calls after a year's absence to propose a secret weekend reunion.
  • Teacher's Guide includes vocabulary words, questions by chapter, activities, and curriculum extensions. Raincoast Publishers

 

Ace Hits the Big Time by Barbara Beasley Murphy & Judie Wolkoff 
On the day he enters Kennedy High in Manhattan wearing a patch over one eye, sixteen-year-old Horace Hobart is urged to join the toughest gang at school.

 

Ace: The Very Important Pig by Dick King-Smith
Farmer Tubbs' amazing pig, Ace of Clubs, eventually winds up on television for his cleverness.

 

Achoo! All About Colds by Patricia Demuth
The progress of a cold is illustrated through one child's illness.

·         Activities include weblinks about hygiene. TeacherViews 

 

Ackamarackus by Julius Lester
A collection of six original fables that offer lessons in acceptance, ingenuity, and individuality.
  • Teaching Plan include activities for before reading and creating fables. Scholastic

 

Across America on an Emigrant Train by Jim Murphy
Based on the journals of author Robert Louis Stevenson as he traveled from Scotland to California, this is an account of 19th-century travel and life.

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.
  • Activity includes questions to answer online and print out.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Lesson Plan uses technology (Timeliner). Scroll down the page. Irving, TX, Independent School District

  • Literature Unit with author information and activities. Katy, TX, Independent School District
  • Literature Unit includes suggested activities including vocabulary and scavenger games. Beverly Dawkins
  • Novel Guide with theme openers, cross curricular activities, and research assignments. McDougal Littrell
  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary, guided questions, and activities by chapter.
  • Related Web Links to accompany the book. Scroll down the page.
  • Study Guide includes plot summary, key quotations, essay topics, and a quiz. SparkNotes
  • Study Guide includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities, graphic organizers, assessment instruments, related media links and readings, and reproducible worksheets. Glencoe Literature Library

 

Across the Great River by Irene Beltran Hernandez
A young girl takes the lead in her family after her parents become separated while illegally crossing the border into the United States.
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary and activities for before, during, and after reading. Justus-Liebig University

 

Across the Stream by Mirra Ginsburg
A hen and three chicks are saved from a bad dream by a duck and three ducklings.
  • Activity Card features story sequencing.  University of Virginia Curry School of Education

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

·         Extension Activity for using adjectives. Scholastic

 

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell, 1847 (Dear America series) by Kristiana Gregory
In this fictional diary, 13-year-old Hattie records the details of her family's harrowing journey to Oregon in a covered wagon.

·         Book Test Arcadia Valley Elementary School, MO-Ruth Petsel

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

  • Discussion Guide features an introduction for the discussion leader, a summary of the book, questions designed to encourage conversation, a number of student activities related to the book and its period, and an interview with the book's author. Scholastic
  • Lesson Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Kansas City Public Schools

 

Across the Wide Dark Sea: The Mayflower Journey by Jean Van Leeuwen
A boy and his family endure a difficult nine-week journey across the ocean and survive the first winter at Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts.
  • Activity for making a model of the Mayflower. Houghton Mifflin

 

Action Alphabet by Marty Neumeier
The letters of the alphabet appear as parts of pictures representing sample words, such as a drip formed by a D coming out of a faucet and a vampire with two V's for fangs.
  • Activity related to the alphabet. Nancy Polette

 

Adaline Falling Star by Mary Pope Osborne
Feeling abandoned by her deceased Arapaho mother and her explorer father, Adaline Falling Star runs away from the prejudiced cousins with whom she is staying and comes close to death in the wilderness, with only a mongrel dog for company.
  • Questions by chapter with vocabulary. San Lorenzo Valley, CA Elementary School 

 

Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray 
The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.
  • CyberGuide  includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education
  • WebQuest to discover what life was like as a young person growing up in England in the Middle Ages. Berks County Intermediate Unit-Reading, Pennsylvania

 

Adara by Beatrice Gormley
A slave girl convinces her master, the mighty Syrian general, Naaman, to seek a cure from his leprosy from the prophet Elisha in this novelization of the Old Testament story.

  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Discussion Guide includes discussion topics, activity suggestions, author and illustrator information, and more. Eerdman’s Books

 

Addie Across the Prairie by Laurie Lawlor
Unhappy to leave her home and friends, Addie reluctantly accompanies her family to the Dakota Territory and slowly begins to adjust to life on the prairie.

  • Curriculum Connections includes activities and background information for discussion. Laurie Lawlor
  • Lesson Plan includes discussion questions and extension activities. Lehigh University

 

Addie Meets Max by Don Freeman
Addie doesn't like the new boy next door. He has a big, scary dog that barks at her, and when he collides into her with his bicycle, she wishes he'd move to the moon. But he won't, and Addie's mom has already asked him over for lunch.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities.KYReads

 

Addie's Dakota Winter by Laurie Lawlor
In her new pioneer home of Dakota, ten-year-old Addie finds an unlikely friend and, stranded alone during a blizzard, learns about courage.

 

Addie’s Forever Friend by Laurie Lawlor
While her father is looking for a homestead in the Dakotas, Addie and her mother and brothers spend the summer with her aunt and uncle in Sabula, Iowa, where she rescues her best friend during a flood and where her baby sister is born.

 

Addie’s Long Summer by Laurie Lawlor
Hoping to impress her sophisticated city cousin Elizabeth, Addie betrays a secret that Tilla entrusted to her, and when she finds herself at Elizabeth's mercy, Addie must try to win back Tilla's trust.

 

Adrift by Julie Burtinshaw
Fourteen-year-old David Garrett and his younger sister, sent to live with their aunt when their mother's depression leaves her unable to care for them, overhear a conversation that leads them to take dangerous action.

  • Teacher's Guide include vocabulary words, questions by chapter, activities, and curriculum extensions. Raincoast Publishers

 

Adventure on the Wilderness Road, 1775 (American Sisters series) by Laurie Lawlor
Eleven-year-old Elizabeth dashes impulsively into the wilderness to try to save her younger sister, Martha--their father's favorite and the object of Elizabeth's jealousy--when Martha goes missing during their family's journey to Daniel Boone's new settlement in Kentucky.

 

Adventures in Ancient China by Linda Bailey
Join the Binkertons, twins Josh and Emma and their little sister, Libby, as they return to the Good Times Travel Agency -- and end up knee deep in an ancient Chinese rice paddy!

 

Adventures in Ancient Greece by Linda Bailey
Young Josh, Emma, and Libby Binkerton try to travel into the future but end up in ancient Greece instead, learning about Greek culture, and soon their temporal trip turns chaotic when Libby takes a chariot for a ride.

 

The Adventures of Ali Baba Bernstein by Johanna Hurwitz
Eight-year-old David is convinced that his life will be more adventurous when he changes his name to Ali Baba.

  • Activities include comparing mysteries. TeacherViews
  • Book Quiz Charleston County, SC, School District

·         Games include matching, concentration, and word search based on spelling words in the book. Word List Caryn Dingman - Quia

 

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dave Pilkey
When George and Harold hypnotize their principal into thinking that he is the superhero Captain Underpants, he leads them to the lair of the nefarious Dr. Diaper, where they must defeat his evil robot henchmen.

·         Activities include weblinks. TeacherViews 

·         Guide includes teaching ideas and book connections. Heinemann

 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
A teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim.

  • Book Project features learning about Mark Twain. A Read Across America Project featuring Missouri. University of Virginia Curry School of Education
  • Novel Guide with theme openers, cross curricular activities, and research assignments. McDougal Littrell
  • Study Guide includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities, graphic organizers, assessment instruments, related media links and readings, and reproducible worksheets. Glencoe Literature Library
  • Teaching Guide includes discussion questions. Simon & Schuster

 

The Adventures of Sparrowboy by Brian J. Pinkney 
After an encounter with a sparrow, Henry finds he is able to fly just like his favorite comic book hero HawkMan.

·         Activities include creating a graph and sequencing. TeacherViews 

  • Lesson Plan includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities. Page 11. Reading Is Fundamental

 

The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby by Dav Pilkey
George and Harold, heroes of the Captain Underpants series,  chronicle the adventures of Super Diaper Baby and his sidekick, Diaper Dog. 

·         Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

  • Teaching Plan include activities for before reading and creating super heroes. Scholastic

 

The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra and Sal Barracca
A stray dog in New York City is adopted by a taxi driver, with whom he rides and shares adventures each day.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
An orphan grows up on the Mississippi River.

  • Lesson Plan with activities for each chapter. Includes a Jeopardy game.
  • Study Guide includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities, graphic organizers, assessment instruments, related media links and readings, and reproducible worksheets. Glencoe Literature Library
  • Teaching Guide includes discussion questions. Simon & Schuster

 

Aesop and Company by Barbara Baker
A collection of concise stories told by the Greek slave, Aesop. Includes facts and legends about his life and commentary on the timeless appeal of his fables.

  • Activity for re-writing fables. Nancy Polette

 

Aesop's Fables by Ann McGovern
This collection of stories attributed to a Greek slave named Aesop contains 67 tales.

·         Extension Activity includes writing a fable. Scholastic

 

The African Mask by Janet Rupert
Twelve-year-old Layo, a Yoruba girl living in the area of eleventh-century Africa which is now Nigeria, attempts to reject the man who has been chosen to be her husband.

 

After Hamelin by Bill Richardson
Penelope awakens on her eleventh birthday to discover she can no longer hear, but her unexplained deafness is the only thing that saves her when the Pied Piper returns to Hamelin to claim the town's children with his magical music, leaving her free to try and rescue them.
  • Activities for before, during, and after reading. Annick Press
  • Book Discussion Guide includes summary, discussion questions, and related websites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

 

After the Dancing Days by Margaret Rostkowski
A forbidden friendship with a badly disfigured soldier in the aftermath of World War I forces thirteen-year-old Annie to redefine the word "hero" and to question conventional ideas of patriotism.

 

After the Death of Anna Gonzales by Terri Fields
Poems written in the voices of forty-seven people, including students, teachers, and other school staff, record the aftermath of a high school student's suicide and the preoccupations of teen life.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

After the First Death by Robert Cormier
Events of the hijacking of a bus of children by terrorists seeking the return of their  homeland are described from the perspectives of a hostage, a terrorist, an Army general involved in the rescue operation, and his son, chosen as the go-between.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

  • Reading Guide includes questions discussion topics and author information  intended to guide readers and spark discussion. Random House

 

After the Goat Man by Betsy Byars
An overweight, sensitive boy gains the insight and strength to overcome his problems through his search for and discovery of a friend's grandfather, known as the Goat Man.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

After the Rain by Norma Fox Mazer
After discovering her grandfather is dying, fifteen-year-old Rachel gets to know him better than ever before and finds the experience bittersweet.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

After the War Was Over by Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman describes growing up in post-World War II England and preparing to be an artist.

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

The Afterlife by Gary Soto
A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance.

 

Afternoon of the Elves by Janet Taylor Lisle
As Hillary works in the miniature village, allegedly built by elves, in Sara-Kate's backyard, she becomes more and more curious about Sara-Kate's real life inside her big, gloomy house with her mysterious, silent mother.
  • Lesson Plan includes related activities and discussion questions. Lincoln, NE Public Schools 

 

Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House series) by Mary Pope Osborne
Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
  • Activities include the Internet, research, writing, vocabulary, and more. Marshall County, WV, Public Schools

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 1 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 2 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 3 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 4 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 5 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 6 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 7 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 8 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 9 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

·         Guided Reading Lesson includes introduction to the text, discussion prompts and questions, post-reading activities and word study. Chapter 10 Cobleskill-Richmondville Central School, NY

  • Lesson Plan includes activities for research, vocabulary, writing, and the web. Marshall County, WV, Public Schools
  • Book Test CyberSpaces

·         Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

·         Teacher's Guide with pre-reading activities and classroom connections. Random House

 

Again! by John Prater
Grandbear and Baby Bear share a nice day together, with Baby Bear wanting to repeat their fun again and again.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Agave Blooms Just Once by Gisela Jernigan
Illustrated verses present plants and animals of the desert from A to Z
  • Lesson Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Southwest Children's Literature-University of Arizona

 

The Age of Inventions by Ann Rossi
New inventions change the way America works and plays.
  • Study Guide includes a summary, characters, key ideas, and questions for after reading. National Geographic Book Club

 

Agony of Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Eleven-year-old, motherless Alice decides she needs a gorgeous role model who does everything right; and when placed in homely Mrs. Plotkins's class she is greatly disappointed until she discovers it's what people are inside that counts.

 

Ahoy There, Little Polar Bear by Hans de Beer
While swimming in the ocean, a young polar bear gets caught in a fishing net which brings him to the city where the friendly ship's cat helps him to return home.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Ahyoka and the Talking Leaves by Peter Roop
Ahyoka helps her father Sequoyah in his quest to create a system of writing for his people.

·         Literature Circle Lesson Scroll down the page. Appalachian State University

 

Aida by Leontyne Price
Retells the story of Verdi's opera in which the love of the enslaved Ethiopian princess for an Egyptian general brings tragedy to all involved. 

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Aimee by Mary Beth Miller
Zoe, a high school senior, struggles to survive the aftermath of the suicide of her best friend Aimee, and her own murder trial for her role in the incident, by writing about her feelings in a journal.

 

Ain't Gonna Study War No More: The Story of America's Peace Seekers by Milton Meltzer
Presents a history of pacifism and those who have protested against war, concentrating on war resistance in the United States from colonial days to the present and concerns about nuclear arms and terrorism.

 

Ajeemah and His Son by James Berry
A father and his eighteen-year-old son are each affected differently by their experiences as slaves in Jamaica in the early nineteenth century.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake
Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.
  • Activities include matching, word search, concentration, and flash cards for vocabulary practice. Quia-Cindy Campbell

·         Lesson Plan uses technology. Scroll down the page. Irving, TX, Independent School District

 

Alaska's Three Bears by Shannon Cartwright
A polar bear, a black bear, and a grizzly travel Alaska to find perfect homes.

·         Teaching Plan for reading maps, finding bear facts, and more. Scholastic

 

Albert B. Cub and Zebra by Anne Rockwell
The adventures of Albert B. Cub as he tries to find the culprits who abducted his beloved Zebra.
  • Activity related to the alphabet. Nancy Polette

 

Alchemy by Margaret Mahy
Seventeen-year-old Roland discovers that an unpopular girl in his school is studying alchemy and finds that their destiny is linked with that of a power-hungry magician.

 

Alejandro's Gift by Richard E. Albert
The “gift” Alejandro gives to various desert animals is that of water.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

Alex, Who Won His War by Chester Aaron
In the final months of World War II fourteen-year-old Alex, worried about the fate of his brother fighting in Europe, falls into the hands of two Nazi spies intent on sabotage.
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries

 

Alexander and the Magic Mouse by Martha Sanders
The Old Lady, her Magical Mouse, a Brindle London Squatting Cat, a Yak, and Alexander, the smiling alligator, lived together on a hill without any friends until the thirty-day rain endangered the town below them.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

·         Online Book with illustrations.

 

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Voirst
On a day when everything goes wrong for him, Alexander is consoled by the thought that other people have bad days too.

·         Activities include fill-in-the-blank comprehension statements and curriculum connections. TeacherViews

  • Activity using a KWL chart. KidReach
  • Activity for writing. Teachnet
  • CyberGuide with activities for creating a daily schedule, going to Australia, and other online activities.
  • Extension Activity for writing a story about a very bad day. Scholastic
  • Game Board Game Pieces Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Integrated Literature Unit with curricular connections. University of North Carolina
  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary, activities, comprehension questions, and writing prompts. West Designs
  • Lesson Plan with interdisciplinary activities. Mountain City, TN, Elementary School 
  • Lesson Plan includes identify cause and effect relationships. LessonPlansPage
  • Lesson Plan includes a compare and contrast activity using a Venn diagram. Scholastic
  • Lesson Plan uses the book to focus on technology integration ideas. Montpelier, MD, Elementary School
  • Lesson Plan for creating a class version of the story through a shared writing experience. 
  • Lesson Plan includes multiple writing activities. I
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, creative writing, vocabulary, art, geography, science, and theater activities. California Theater Center
  • Online Trivia Quiz Fun Trivia
  • Questions for a response journal. Nashville, TN, Public Schools
  • Streaming Video The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
  • Study Guide with cross-curriculum activities. Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
  • WebQuest includes graphing shoe styles, researching Australia, and writing poetry. Appalachian State University
  • WebQuest focuses on writing about a bad day.

 

Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse by Leo Lionni
A mouse named Alexander saves his friend Willie, a toy mouse, who is suddenly discarded by his owner.

·         Activities focus on the illustrations. TeacherViews

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

·         Literature Unit includes a discussion guide, extension activity, teaching plan, and vocabulary builder. Scholastic

 

Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life by Elizabeth MacLeod
A fact-filled biography about the famous inventor.
  • Extension Activity for a Reader's Guide about a conversation between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. Scholastic

 

Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday by Judith Viorst
Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar.

·         Activities focus on math and money. TeacherViews

  • Lesson Plan to teach economics of concepts of needs and wants. University of Richmond
  • Lesson Plan includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities. Reading Is Fundamental
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the economic concept of saving. KidEconBooks

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

·         Lesson Plan focuses on probability. Kansas State University

 

Alexander, Who's Not (Do You Hear Me? I Mean It!) Going to Move by Judith Viorst
Angry Alexander refuses to move away if it means having to leave his favorite friends and special places.

 

Alexandra's Scroll by Miriam Chaikin 
Alexandra, a young Jewish girl from Jerusalem, describes her life and the creation of Hanukkah, more than 2000 years ago.
  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

Alfie Gives a Hand by Shirley Hughes 
Holding tightly to his old bit of blanket as he attends his first birthday party, Alfie finds a way to be helpful, but it means putting down his blanket first. 
  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary study, characters, and questions for discussion. University of Iowa
  • Reading Guide includes a summary, vocabulary activities, and discussion questions. Page 4. Drake University

 

Alice and Greta by Steven J. Simmons
Two young witches use their powers in opposite ways, one helping people and the other making mischief.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.

·         Extension Activity includes reading strategies for introducing the book. Scholastic

·         Interactive Adventure with games, puzzles, and other activities. Ruthann Zaroff

·         Worksheet for putting sentences together. Primary Resources

 

Alice the Brave by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.

 

Aliens for Breakfast by Stephanie Spinner
Finding an intergalactic special agent in his cereal box, Richard joins the extraterrestrial in a fight to save Earth from the Dranes, one of whom is masquerading as a student in Richard's class.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Aliens for Lunch by Jonathan Etra and Stephanie Spinner
When their bag of microwave popcorn explodes and a space alien emerges, Richard and Henry join him on a top secret interstellar mission to save the desserts of the universe.

·         Lesson Plan focuses on the main idea to retell a story.

 

Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel
Alison acquired an amaryllis for Beryl who bought a begonia for Crystal--and so on through the alphabet, as full-page illustrations are presented of each flower.

·         Activity related to the alphabet. Nancy Polette

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Alistair in Outer Space by Marilyn Sadler
Alistair is on his way to return his books when he is captured in a spaceship by two creatures called Goots.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

·         Teacher's Guide Reading Rainbow

 

Alistair Underwater by Marilyn Sadler
Exploring an underwater cave in his homemade submarine, Alistair helps the frog people get rid of the dreaded monster Gooze.

·         Activities focus on creative thinking. TeacherViews

 

Alistair's Time Machine by Marilyn Sadler
Alistair’s entry in a science competition takes him to many places and time periods but unfortunately he can’t prove this to the judges.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

All About Frogs by Jim Arnosky
Provides information about all types of frogs and toads, how they develop, and how and where they survive. 

  • Teaching Plan includes activities for simple research about frogs. Scholastic

 

All About Owls by Jim Arnosky
Text and pictures give the reader a glimpse into the owl's night world.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

All About Things People Do by Melanie and Chris Rice
People do all kinds of work indoors and outside, in cities, in factories, on farms, on and under the sea, and in the sky.
  • Lesson Plan for guided reading includes comprehension , oral, and vocabulary strategies, writing activities, and more. Scholastic

 

All About You by Catherine & Laurence Anholt
This rhyming book encourages children to think and talk about
themselves, from their morning and nighttime rituals to all of their favorite things.
  • Fun Sheet with activities related to thinking about yourself and a list of theme-related books. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

 

All Alone in the Universe by Lynne Rae Perkins
Debbie is dismayed when her best friend Maureen starts spending time with ordinary, boring Glenna. 

 

All Along the River by Blair Drawson
Grandpa Joe shares stories from his childhood while having a tea party with his granddaughter.

 

All-American Girl by Meg Cabot
Sophomore Samantha Madison stops a presidential assassination attempt, is appointed teen ambassador to the United Nations, and catches the eye of the very cute First Son.

 

All Around Town by Dinah Johnson
Columbia, South Carolina of the 1920's and 1930's is chronicled by photographs by Richard Roberts and text by the author.

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

All-Bright Court by Connie Rose Porter
Story of the Taylor family and their lives in a housing project over a twenty year span.
  • Reader's Guide includes a summary and discussion questions. Houghton Mifflin

 

All But Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Seventh grader Alice decides that the only way to stave off personal and social disasters is to be part of the crowd, especially the "in" crowd, no matter how boring and, potentially, difficult.

 

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriott
An English veterinarian reminisces about his life, career, and animal patients in a small village.
  • Novel Guide includes background information, chapter summaries, and post-reading activities. Holt, Rinehart and Winston

 

All Day Nightmare (Goosebumps, 42) by R. L. Stine
A choose your own adventure book.
  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities and related Internet resources. TeacherVision

 

All Eyes on the Pond by Michael J. Rosen 
Simple and predictable rhymes encourage readers to chime along as they explore vantages of the pond through the eyes of various inhabitants.
  • Activities includes spelling, vocabulary, crossword puzzle, and writing prompts. Murrieta, CA, School District
  • Lesson Plan uses the book to study freshwater habitats. Lesson Plans Page

 

All Fall Down by Helen Oxenbury
Captures babies at their playful best.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

All I See by Cynthia Rylant
A child paints with an artist friend who sees and paints only whales.

·         Activities include art and painting. TeacherViews

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

All in the Woodland Early: An ABC Book by Jane Yolen
An alphabet book that features birds, animals, and insects of the North American woodland for each letter,

 

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Through the observations of Paul Baumer, a 19-year-old volunteer to the German army during World War I, readers taste war in all its horror.
  • CyberGuide includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education
  • Lesson Plan includes writing activities, discussion topics, and extensions. Discovery School
  • Study Guide includes plot overview, characters, chapter analysis, and a quiz. SparkNotes
  • Study Guide includes pre- and post-reading questions and activities, graphic organizers, assessment instruments, related media links and readings, and reproducible worksheets. Glencoe Literature Library
  • Teacher's Guide includes discussion and comprehension questions, activities, literature analysis, and more. Random House
  • WebQuest StudyGuide

 

All the Answers by Anne C. LeMieux
Failing algebra and being grounded for talking back to his father are bad enough, but when he faces a beautiful new eighth grader and her bullying twin brother, Jason is forced to take another look at his life.
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Junior Book Award

 

All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka
Reveals in verse that, despite outward differences, children everywhere are essentially the same and all are lovable.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. Document must be downloaded. KYReads

  • Lesson Plan focuses on creating a self-portrait. TeacherVision
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, author and/or illustrator profiles, and activities for before and after reading. School-Library.org
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods
  • Technology Lesson using Kid Pix. Maryland Public Schools.

 

All the Colors of the Race by Arnold Adoff
A collection of poems celebrating the family and minority heritages.

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan
A young boy talks about all his favorite places, those of his family and his grandparents, the farm, and the adjacent countryside.

·         Activities include using a sensory chart to record the impressions. TeacherViews

·         Activity for discussion and and art project. I Love That Teaching Idea

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

All the Stars in the Sky: The Santa Fe Trail Diary of Florrie Mack Ryder, The Santa Fe Trail, 1848 (Dear America series) by Megan McDonald   
A girl's diary records the year 1848 during which she, her brother, mother, and stepfather traveled the Santa Fe trail from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe.

  • Discussion Guide features an introduction for the discussion leader, a summary of the book, questions designed to encourage conversation, a number of student activities related to the book and its period, and an interview with the book's author. Scholastic
  • Online Trivia Quiz Fun Trivia

 

All the Way Home by Patricia Reilly Giff
In 1941, circumstances bring together Brick, a boy from New York's apple country, and Mariel, a young girl made shy by her bout with polio, and the two make a journey from Brooklyn back to help Brick's elderly neighbors save their apple crop and to help Mariel learn about her past.
  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, and web links. South Carolina Association of School Librarians

·         Book Quiz Click cancel for network password. Wichita Public Schools

  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Booktalk Random House
  • Curriculum Guide includes synopsis, author information, discussion questions, and activities. William Allen White Children's Book Award
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, author information, cross-curricular activities, and related websites. Scroll down the page. Texas Bluebonnet Award
  • Teacher's Guide includes pre-reading and curriculum connections. Random House
  • Video Book Talk Sagebrush

 

All the Way to Mexico by Norma Charles
A newly “blended” family crams into an old station wagon heading south for a month’s trip from Vancouver to Mexico.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Teacher's Guide include a summary, research topics, activities, and discussion questions. Wordfest
  • Teacher's Guide include vocabulary words, questions by chapter, activities, and curriculum extensions. Raincoast Publishers

 

All Their Names Were Courage by Sharon Phillips Denslow
In 1862, as William Burd fights in the Civil War, he exchanges letters with his sister, Sallie, who is also writing to Confederate and Union generals asking about their horses in order to write a book.

 

All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle
Lists everything that one needs to build the perfect snowman, from the very first snowflake that falls.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Allie and the Alligator, Bob and the Baboon by Alvin Granowsky
Allie and Bob go to the zoo, but the alligator and the baboon don't like them.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Allie's Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber
Determined in her effort to play basketball, a young Afro-American girl gives it one more shot with the support of a special friend.

 

Alligator Baby by Robert Munsch
A little girl takes matters into her own hands after her brother is accidentally born in a zoo and her parents repeatedly bring home the wrong baby.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Alligator Shoes by Arthur Dorros
An alligator with an interest in footwear spends the night locked in a shoe store trying on the merchandise.
  • Activities include ideas for writing, research, discussion, and more. Arthur Dorros

 

Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak
The letters of the alphabet are introduced by alligators engaged in a variety of activities.
  • Alphabet Posters from the book to print out.
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

Almost Famous by David Getz
Ten-year-old Maxine is determined to become a famous inventor so she can take care of her younger brother's heart condition, and she convinces a troubled classmate to help her.
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries

 

Almost Forgotten Teddy Bear by Anne Harler
Teddy Bear finds some other toys that have been forgotten.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Almost Freedom by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Tells the story of a young girl's dramatic escape from slavery via the Underground Railroad, from the perspective of her beloved rag doll.
  • Lesson Plan with review questions and activities. Scholastic

 

Almost Home by Nora Raleigh Baskin
After years of being shuffled from town to town and back and forth between her divorced parents, twelve-year-old Leah, now living permanently with her father and stepmother, finds it difficult to adjust to her new situation and the circumstances that made it possible.

 

Alone at Ninety Foot by Katherine Holubitsky
Pamela Collins, a fourteen-year-old girl living near Lynn Canyon Park in Canada, struggles to deal with changing friendships, school, growing up, and her future while coping with her mother's death.
  • Book Discussion Guide  includes summary, book talk, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

 

Alpha Bugs by David A. Carter
A pop-up alphabet book featuring bugs.
  • Activities include alliteration ideas. TeacherViews

 

Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald
The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in "b" becomes a balloon and "y" turns into the head of a yak.

 

Alphabears: An ABC Book by Kathleen Hague
The bears can finally say their ABCs.

 

Alphabeasts by Wallace Edwards
Introduces the letters of the alphabet through short verses about the animal inhabitants of a remarkable old house.
  • Activity for creating a bar graph. Colorado Blue Spruce Award
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Reading Strategies include a summary, activities, an author profile, and related books. Page 1. Colorado Blue Spruce Award

 

The Alphabet Atlas by Arthur Yorinks
Uses the name of a country to represent each letter.
  • Teacher's Guide includes discussion questions, vocabulary, activities, and web sites. Winslow Press

 

Alphabet Adventure by Audrey Wood
On their way to school, the little letters of the alphabet have to rescue little "i" and then find his dot before they can proceed.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson 
Paintings of objects in an urban setting present the letters of the alphabet.

·         Lesson Plan focuses on mathematical angles. Kansas State University

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip
Nepenthe, an orphan who has been raised by the librarians of the Royal Library of Raine, becomes obsessed with deciphering a supposedly untranslatable book brought to the palace by a young mage, not realizing that the words and her fate are entwined with that of the newly crowned, fourteen-year-old queen.

 

The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni
A strong wind blows most of the letters off the alphabet tree and those that remain hide among the branches. Then a bug and a caterpillar come along and teach them how to arrange themselves into words and sentences to form a special message. 
  • Activity for constructing words. Teachers.net
  • Lesson Plan introduces and reinforces recognition of upper and lower case letters. Scholastic

 

Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
A mouse works his way through the alphabet as he folds the "F," measures the "M," and rolls the "R."
  • Activities include making a  mouse hat, a bookmark, and constructing an alphabet. Denise Fleming

Altoona Baboona by Janie Bynum
Altoona Baboona travels the world in her hot air balloon.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the skills of rhyming and sound manipulation Liverpool, NY, School District

 

Altoona Up North by Janie Bynum
Altoona the baboon goes to visit her aunt in the frigid north, but after some adventures in the snow, Auntie gives everyone a warm surprise.
  • WebQuest features rhyming words. Bowling Green State University 

 

Always and Forever by Alan Durant
A family of forest animals learns to cope with the death of a loved one.

 

Always My Dad by Sharon Dennis Wyeth
A girl, who after her parents divorce doesn’t see her father very often, frequently thinks about him and treasures the time they have together.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman
An ancient prayer shawl teaches Adam the importance of tradition and change in a story that spans six generations, from czarist Russia to the present day. 
  • Lesson Plan includes comprehension questions and activities related to families. Boyds Mills 
  • Teacher's Guide focuses on traditions. Boyds Mills

 

Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas
In this Scottish folk song, a generous family always has room for another person and invites in everyone who passes by. 

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Amanda Pig on Her Own by Jean VanLeeuwen
When her brother goes off to school, Amanda finds new things to do, including ballet dancing, cleaning her room, and making a very sad, mad day go away, with the help of hugs from Mother Pig.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Amandine by Adele Griffin
Her first week at a new school, shy, plain Delia befriends Amandine, not anticipating the dangerous turns their friendship would take.

 

Amaryllis by Craig Crist-Evans
Jimmy and his older brother Frank share a love of surfing and their problems with a drunken father, until Frank turns eighteen and goes to Vietnam.
  • Reader’s Guide includes discussion questions and topics for research. Candlewick Press

 

The Amazing Bone by William Steig
On her way home from school, Pearl finds an unusual bone that has unexpected powers.

·         Guide includes teaching ideas and book connections. Heinemann

·         Lesson Plan using DRTA (Directed Reading Thinking Activity) method. Western Kentucky University

 

The Amazing Book of Mammal Records by Samuel Woods
Introduces, in question and answer format, such record-breaking mammals as the cheetah, blue whale, koala, giraffe, and water buffalo.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
Grace is a little girl who wants to be Peter Pan in the school play. She runs into obstacles, but refuses to give in despite the fact that she is black and a girl.

·         Activities include pre-reading ideas. TeacherViews

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

  • Activity for creating a character collage. CanLearn
  • Activity for retelling the story using dramatic puppet theater. Scroll down the page.
  • Activity Sheet for before, during, and after reading. First Book
  • Lesson Plan includes writing and discussion activities about conflicts and problems. 
  • Lesson Plan using Kidspiration to compare characters.
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, activities for home and classroom, and a booklist. Scroll down to page 12. Vocabulary list on page 25. Memphis, TN, Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan focuses on ideas promoting reading, writing, oral, and critical-thinking skills. ReadWriteThink

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

  • Story Map for determining events.
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods
  • Teacher's Guide Reading Rainbow
  • Teaching Plan includes activities for before and after reading and extension  ideas. Scholastic

 

Amazing Grace: The Story of the Hymn by Linda Granfield
Describes the events of the life of John Newton as a captain aboard a slave trade vessel and later as a clergyman that led to his writing the well-loved hymn, "Amazing Grace."

  • Teacher's Guide includes activities related to music, slavery and creating a timeline. Tundra Books

 

The Amazing Impossible Erie Canal by Cheryl Harness
Describes the history and building of the Erie Canal in the early 1800s, and explains the effects of the canal on the developing nation.

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin
A biography of the eighteenth-century printer, inventor, and statesman who played an influential role in the early history of the United States.

  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, booktalk, and web links. South Carolina Association of School Librarians

 

Amazing Lizards by Fay Robinson
Describes the characteristics of lizards

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

The Amazing Potato by Milton Meltzer
The complete history of the incredible tuber.

·         Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger
Entering fourth grade, Amber faces some changes in her life as her best friend moves away and her parents divorce.

·         Activities include discussion questions. TeacherViews

 

Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon by Paula Danziger
The year she is in the third grade is a sad time for Amber because her best friend Justin is getting ready to move to a distant state. 

  • Activities include spelling, vocabulary, a crossword puzzle, a quiz, and related web links. Murrieta Valley (Calif