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Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
New folks are coming to live in the Big House. The animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

 

Rabbit's Pajama Party by Stuart Murphy
A group of animal friends have fun at a pajama party while demonstrating activities that happen in a particular order or sequence.

 

Rabbit's Wish for Snow (Hello Reader series) by Tchin 
A Native-American folktale about how rabbits got their short, fluffy tails. 

 

Raccoons and Ripe Corn by Jim Arnosky
On a fall evening, a mother raccoon leads her kits into a well-tended cornfield. There, the hungry raccoons pull ears of corn to the ground and begin a night-long feast.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

·         Lesson Plan features literacy and cross-curricular activities.

 

The Race for President by Leigh Hope Wood
Describes the job of the President, how to become the President, who qualifies for President, the political parties, Election Day, how to vote, and famous Presidents.

 

The Race of Toad and Deer by Pat Mora
With the help of his friends, Tio Sapo, the toad, defeats the overconfident Tio Venado, the deer, in a race.

  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities and Internet resources. TeacherVision

 

Rachel Fister's Blister by Amy MacDonald
Rachel Fister's blister sends adults scurrying for a cure, but nothing seems to help until they appeal to the Queen for advice.

  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. Amy MacDonald

 

Rachel's Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl by Marissa Moss
A spirited 10-year-old pioneer girl leaves her childhood home in Illinois and travels by covered wagon to the wilds of California.

  • Activities include research and keeping a journal. Trumpet

 

Radiance Descending by Paula Fox
A boy struggles to ignore his brother who has Down's syndrome.

 

Radio Man by Arthur Dorros
As Diego and his family journey through different states harvesting fruits and vegetables, he relies on his radio to provide him with companionship and comfort, and even to keep in touch with friends.

·         Activities include ideas for learning about migrant workers and families. Arthur Dorros

 

Radio Rescue by Lynne Barasch
In 1923, after learning Morse code and setting up his own amateur radio station, a twelve-year-old boy sends a message that leads to the rescue of a family stranded by a hurricane in Florida. Based on experiences of the author's father.
  • Activities include a summary, curriculum connections, and related titles. Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award
  • Lesson Plan includes information about the author, activities, related books and weblinks. Scroll down the page. Texas Bluebonnet Award

 

The Raft by Jim LaMarche
Reluctant Nicky spends a wonderful summer with Grandma who introduces him to the joy of rafting down the river near her home and watching the animals along the banks.
  • Lesson Plan includes information about the author, activities, related books and weblinks. Scroll down the page. Texas Bluebonnet Award

 

The Rag and Bone Shop by Robert Cormier
Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-year-old friend in Monument, Massachusetts.

 

The Rag Coat by Lauren Mills
Minna proudly wears her new coat made of clothing scraps to school, where the other children laugh at her until she tells them the stories behind the scraps.
  • Activities include creating a paper quilt. TeacherViews
  • Lesson Plan features activities related to geography. Illinois Geographic Alliance
  • Unit includes lessons related to family, neighborhood, community, and school. TeacherLink

 

The Raging Quiet by Sherryl Jordan
Suspicious of sixteen-year-old Marnie, a newcomer to their village, the residents accuse her of witchcraft when she discovers that the village madman is not crazy but deaf and she begins to communicate with him through hand gestures.
  • Book Discussion Guide  includes summary, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

 

Ragweed by Avi
Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.
  • Activities include cross-curricular book extensions. Page 39. North Carolina Children's Book Awards
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Curriculum Links include brief literary elements, a summary, curriculum connections, and related web sites. Sasquatch Reading Award

 

Rain by Robert Kalan
Brief text and illustrations describe a rain storm.
  • Activities include predicting and sequencing. TeacherViews

 

Rain by Manya Stojic
The animals of the African savanna use their senses to predict and then enjoy the rain.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on patterns. Kansas State University

 

The Rain Came Down by David Shannon
An unexpected rainshower causes quarreling among the members of a small community.
  • Teaching Plan includes activities for recalling story sequence and retelling the story using cues from illustrations and knowledge of the storyline.  Scholastic

 

Rain Dance by Kathi Appelt
A story in rhyme about animals dancing in different ways in the rain. 
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Rain Forest by Helen Cowcher
A rain forest and  the wildlife in it are endangered by the coming of machinery to cut down the trees of the rain forest. 

 

Rain Forest Babies by Kathy Darling
Photographs and text describe some of the many unique young animals that live in the world's rain forests, including frogs, iguanas, macaws, orangutans, and tigers.
  • Lesson Plan using the reading strategy of List, Group, Label. Also includes the use of the other books in this series.

 

Rain Forest Secrets by Arthur Dorros
Describes the characteristics, various forms of plant and animal life, and destruction of the world's rain forests.

·         Activities include ideas for letter writing, research, geography, and more. Arthur Dorros

 

Rain Forests: A Nonfiction Companion to Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House Research Guide series) by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne
Jack and Annie uncover the mysteries of the rain forests.

 

Rain Is Not My Indian Name by Cynthia Leitich Smith
In the six months since her best friend died, Rain has succeeded in shutting herself off from the world. However, when her aunt is faced with a crisis, Rain decides to face the outside world again, at least through the lens of a camera. 
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan with discussion questions and activities.
  • Teacher's Guide includes pre-reading activities, comprehension questions, and  multiple intelligence group projects. Tracie Vaughn Zimmer
  • Virtual Tour of the fictional Kansas small town featured in the book with journal or book talk questions, short answer questions, quizzes, behind-the-scenes insights, curriculum tie-in information, related links, author trivia, and more. Designed by the author. Cynthia Leitich Smith

 

Rain Player by David Wisniewski
To bring rain to his thirsty village, Pik challenges the rain god to a game of pok-a-tok.

 

Rain, Rain Rivers by Uri Shulevitz
A young girl watches the falling rain from her bedroom window and imagines it raining all over the world.
  • Teacher's Guide includes before and after reading activities and cross-curricular ideas. Farrar, Straus and Giroux

 

Rain Talk by Mary Serfozo
A child enjoys a glorious day in the rain, listening to the varied sounds it makes as it comes down.
  • Activities include science and physical education ideas. TeacherViews

 

The Rainbabies by Laura Krauss Melmed
The moon presents a childless couple with twelve tiny babies, which they care for with tenderness and love. In the end they are rewarded with their heart's desire - a real child to cherish forever.
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

The Rainbow and You by E.C. Krupp
Explains how rainbows are formed by the colors in sunlight shining through raindrops.
  • WebQuest for exploring rainbows. Bowling Green State University 

 

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
A vain, lonely Rainbow Fish who relinquishes his pride and gives away almost all of his special shiny scales to gain friends.
  • Activities include art, research, and grammar ideas. TeacherViews
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Integrated Literature Unit with curricular connections. University of North Carolina
  • Internet Links to characters in the book including puzzles and a fishbuilder.
    Lesson Plan features getting to know you activities for beginning of the school year. A to Z Teacher Stuff
  • Lesson Plan features a creative writing activity. AskEric
  • Lesson Plan with Internet activities for before, during, and after reading. Ball State University
  • Online Quiz with multiple choice questions for comprehension.
  • Puzzle to work on the Internet.
  • Teacher's Guide from the publisher. North-South

 

Rainbow Fish & Friends: The Copycat Fish by Marcus Pfister
Rainbow Fish overcomes his anger when a small fish copies everything he does. 
  • Teaching Plan includes talking about copycats and math activities. Scholastic

 

Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale by Marcus Pfister 
When a big blue whale comes to live near their reef, there is a misunderstanding between him and Rainbow Fish and his friends that leaves everyone very unhappy and hungry.
  • Teaching Plan includes ideas to introduce the book, activities to encourage literacy skill, an art activity, and a list of books related to conflict resolution. Scholastic

 

Rainbow Fish to the Rescue! by Marcus Pfister
Although his friends want to ignore the new striped fish in their midst, Rainbow Fish must decide whether to help him when a shark attacks.

 

A Rainbow of Friends by P. K. Hallinan
A story in verse about how all friends are special and valuable regardless of differences or difficulties.

 

A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
A small boy imagines what it would be like to have his own rainbow to play with.
  • Activities for science, math, and writing. TeacherViews
  • Lesson Plan for learning about colors and experiments with temperature change and what it does to water. A to Z Teacher Stuff
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

The Rainbow People by Laurence Yep
A collection of twenty Chinese folk tales that were passed on by word of mouth for generations, as told by some old-timers newly settled in the United States.
  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

The Rainbow Tulip by Pat Mora
A Mexican-American first-grader experiences the difficulties and pleasures of being different when she wears a tulip costume with all the colors of the rainbow for the school May Day parade.
  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities and a list of related books. TeacherVision

 

Raindrops and Puddles by Julie Aigner-Clark
A very special puddle sets Violet the mouse off on her latest nature discovery.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
An African American family pursues the American dream of owning a home encounters racism and must decide what is really important in life. 
  • Novel Guide with theme openers, cross curricular activities, and research assignments. McDougal Littell
  • Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Raising the Griffin by Melissa Wyatt
When the people of Rovenia vote to restore their monarchy, sixteen-year-old Alex Varenhoff must suddenly leave his native England to become prince of a land he knows only from his grandfather's stories

·         Booktalk Random House

 

Raising Yoder's Barn by Joan Yolen
Eight-year-old Matthew tells what happens when fire destroys the barn on his family's farm and all the Amish neighbors come to rebuild it in one day.
  • Activities include research and learning about similes and metaphors. TeacherViews

 

The Rajah's Rice by David Barry
When Zandra, the official bather of the Rajah's elephants, saves them from serious illness, she exacts from the Rajah a reward more costly than he realizes.
  • Activity teaching the math concept of exponents and doubling.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on algebra. Kansas State University

 

Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Presents the further adventures of a motorcycle-riding mouse who goes to school and becomes the instigator of an investigation of rodents and the peacemaker for two lonely boys.

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

  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

Ramadan by Suhaib Hamid Ghazi
Describes the celebration of the month of Ramadan by an Islamic family and discusses the meaning and importance of this holiday in the Islamic religion.
  • Activities include studying the illustrations. TeacherViews

 

Ramona and Her Father by Beverly Cleary 
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
  • Activities include spelling, vocabulary, crossword puzzle, and games.
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Games include matching, concentration, word search, and flashcards. Quia
  • Reader's Guide includes questions for discussions. HarperCollins
  • Teacher's Guide Harper

 

Ramona and Her Mother by Beverly Cleary
Ramona at 7 1/2 sometimes feels discriminated against by being the youngest in the family.

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

 

Ramona Forever by Beverly Cleary
Ramona's year in third grade is highlighted by the arrival of Howie's rich uncle, a change in her after-school situation, a surprise wedding, a death and a new arrival in the family, and her father's getting a job.

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

 

Ramona Quimby Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.
  • Activities
  • Activities include writing and drama and related web links. TeacherViews
  • Anticipation Guide with pre-reading questions. KidReach
  • Book Quiz Charleston County, SC, School District
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Game of Sort-It based on words with "kn, wr, gh, ph" in the book changes each time it is accessed. Word List Anne Moncure Elementary School, VA

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

  • Games and Activities Harper
  • Internet Workshop explores a Japanese cookbook. Based on the chapter entitled "The Extra-Good Sunday". Scott Foresman
  • Literature Unit features activities and discussion for each chapter including ideas on cause and effect, summarizing, and sequencing. Teacher Features
  • Literature Unit includes activities such as cause and effect, sequencing, grammar (capitalization, punctuation marks, pronouns, plural nouns, compound words, past and present verbs, contractions, quotation marks), compare and contrast, word processing and searching the internet. TeachNet
  • Literature Unit with activities and assessments by chapters.
  • Simple Questions using yes/no and true/false answers for various chapters. Taking Grades Publishing Company
  • Reader's Guide includes questions for discussions. HarperCollins
  • Study Guide for the play with information that can be applied to the novel. Theaterworks USA
  • Teacher's Guide Harper
  • Vocabulary Activities for the chapter entitled "The Extra-Good Sunday" include matching, word search, concentration, and flash cards. Quia-Heather Kurtenbach

 

Ramona the Brave by Beverly Cleary
Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.

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

·         Literature Unit with integrated arts activities. Ottawa-Carleton District, Canada

 

Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
Ramona meets lots of interesting people in kindergarten class, like Davy whom she keeps trying to kiss and Susan whose springy curls seem to ask to be pulled.
  • Activities include a graphing idea using Halloween costumes and creating pictures from the letters in a name. TeacherViews

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

  • Mini Unit with a summary, vocabulary, and suggested discussion questions and activities. Easy Fun School
  • Reader's Guide includes questions for discussions. HarperCollins
  • Teacher's Guide HarperCollins

 

Ramona's World by Beverly Cleary
Follows the adventures of nine-year-old Ramona at home with big sister Beezus and baby sister Roberta and at school in Mrs. Meacham's class. 
  • Activities include cross-curricular book extensions. Page 40. North Carolina Children's Book Awards
  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, and weblinks. South Carolina Association of School Librarians

·         Activities include a summary, curriculum connections, and related titles. Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award

  • Activities include comprehension questions. TeacherViews

·         Activity Guide Scholastic

  • Book Discussion Guide  includes summary, book talk, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

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

 

Ransom by Lois Duncan
Five are missing on a terrifying ride into a nightmare. 
  • Teacher's Guide includes pre-reading, thematic, and interdisciplinary activities. Random House

 

The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney
In 1704, in the English settlement of Deerfield, Massachusetts, eleven-year-old Mercy and her family and neighbors are captured by Mohawk Indians and their French allies, and forced to march through bitter cold to French Canada, where some adapt to new lives and some still hope to be ransomed. 
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Junior Book Award
  • Teacher's Guide includes thematic and interdisciplinary connections. Random House

 

Rap a Tap, Tap - Think of That!  by Diane & Leo Dillon 
Rhyming text and illustrations describe the dancing of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, one of the most famous tap dancers of all time.

  • Book Talk Opens in Microsoft Word. Scholastic

 

Raptor Pack by Robert T. Bakker
A paleontologist discusses what is known of the physical characteristics and behavior of Deinonychus, a member of the raptor family of dinosaurs.
  • Activity emphasizes research. Scroll down the page. Random House

 

Rapunzel by Paul O. Zelinsky
A retelling of a folktale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is kept imprisoned in a lonely tower by a sorceress. Includes a note on the origins of the story.
  • Book Test CyberSpaces
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary words, discussion questions, and extension activities. TeacherVision
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods
  • Teacher's Guide with discussion questions and enrichment activities. Penguin Putnam
  • Technology Connections for studying and creating fairy tales. Eduscapes

 

Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries by Don Brown
Describes the life of the English girl whose discovery of an Ichthyosaurus fossil led to a lasting interest in other prehistoric animals.

  • Activity using a word pattern. Nancy Polette

 

Rascal by Sterling North
The author's carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.

  • Curriculum Guide includes synopsis, author information, discussion questions, and activities. William Allen White Children's Book Award

 

The Rascally Cake by Jeanne Willis
Rufus Skumskins O'Parsley doesn't eat anything unless it is truly ghastly - fat black tadpoles squashed on toast or pans of slugs in slimy stew. But when Rufus decides to bake an extra-special cake, with more revolting ingredients than you can possibly imagine - it's the cake that wants to eat HIM.

  • Activities include a recipe for a disgusting cake. TeacherViews

 

The Rat's Tale by Tor Seidler
Montague, an artistic young rat living beneath the streets of New York City, is convinced he can do nothing to save his friends from extermination until he achieves a better understanding of both himself and his ne'er-do-well uncle.

  • Teaching Guide includes general discussion questions and suggestions for reaching across the curriculum. Harper

 

Rats! by Jane Cutler
Fourth-grader Jason and his younger brother Edward shop for school clothes, get ready for Halloween, acquire a couple of pet rats, and deal with not-birthday presents from Aunt Bea.
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Discussion Questions Hawaii Association of School Librarians

 

Rats by Paul Zindel
When mutant rats threaten to take over Staten Island, which has become a huge landfill, fourteen-year-old Sarah and her younger brother Mike try to figure out how to stop them.

 

Rats on the Range and Other Stories by James Marshall 
In eight animals stories the reader meets a rat family that vacations at a dude ranch, a pig who takes lessons in table manners, a mouse who keeps house for a tomcat, and a buzzard who leaves his money to the Society for Stray Cats--or does he?

 

Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
In hopes of graduating, Steve York agrees to complete a hundred-page writing assignment which helps him to sort out his relationship with his famous astronaut father and the events that changed him from promising student to troubled teen.
  • Booktalk Washburn University
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan with questions for discussion and journal writing divided into book sections. Newark City, OH, Public Schools

 

Rattlesnake Dance by Jim Arnosky
A rattlesnake slithers into a cave and shakes and wriggles in a rattlesnake dance of pure bliss, while other hissing snakes join the underground ball.
  • Lesson Plan for learning about snakes. Southwest Children's Literature-University of Arizona

 

Rattlesnake Dance: True Tales, Mysteries, and Rattlesnake Ceremonies by Jennifer Owings Dewey
Facts and folk beliefs about rattlesnakes accompany an autobiographical account of three personal encounters with rattlesnakes.
  • Activity for creating a fact box about snakes. Scroll down the page for activity. Creative Classroom
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

 

Rattlesnakes by John Wexo
Discusses the bodies, locomotion, feeding habits, and behavior of rattlesnakes.

 

Rattletrap Car by Phyllis Root
Various disasters threaten to stop Poppa and the children from getting to the lake in their rattletrap car, but they manage to come up with an ingenious solution to each problem.
  • Activity Card for parent and child. Microsoft Word document. Texas 2X2 Reading List

 

Raven: A Trickster Tale from the Pacific Northwest by Gerald McDermott 
Raven, a Pacific Coast Indian trickster, sets out to find the sun.
  • Activities include post-reading ideas. TeacherViews
  • Lesson Plan includes study of Native America myths. Integrates technology activities. Pic4learning
  • Lesson Plan emphasizes comprehension and sentence writing. University of Chicago
  • Lesson Plan for creating a book print related to the book. West Virginia University
  • Technology Connections using KidPix and websites. Eduscapes

 

Raven's End by Ben Gadd
Colin, a young raven, is rescued from a fall by Zack, another raven who belongs to the Raven's End flock at Yamnuska, east of Banff. Colin has lost all memory of his past but the Raven's End flock welcomes him in.
  • Teacher's Guide includes an author profile, a summary, research topics, activities, and discussion questions. Wordfest

 

Raw Head, Bloody Bones by Mary E. Lyons
Fifteen black and African-American tales of the supernatural from various states and several Caribbean countries. Includes commentary on black folklore in the New World.

 

Ravenmaster's Secret by Elvira Woodruff
The eleven-year-old son of the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London befriends a Jacobite rebel being held prisoner there.
  • Lesson Plan with review questions and activities. Scholastic

 

Ray and the Best Family Reunion Ever by Mildred Pitts Walter
When his family attends a reunion in Louisiana, eleven-year-old Ray learns about his Creole roots and about the circumstances that have kept him from ever meeting his father's father.
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. Page 55. North Carolina Children's Book Award

 

Ray Charles by Sharon Bell Mathis
The story of Ray Charles Robinson is one of formidable challenges and incredible successes.
  • Teacher's Guide includes background, reading questions, and interdisciplinary activities. Lee & Low Books

 

Razzle by Ellen Wittlinger
When his retired parents buy a group of tourist cabins on Cape Cod, fifteen-year-old Kenyon Baker's days are filled with repair work until he becomes friends with an eccentric girl and makes her the subject of a series of photographs.
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Young Adult Book Awards

 

Reaching Dustin by Vicki Grove
Fifth-grader Carly's assignment to interview a reclusive, brooding classmate leads her to discover some of the events that have caused his antisocial and abusive family's negative impact on their Missouri farming community, and Carly's family in particular.

·         Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum connections, and weblinks. Scroll down the page. South Carolina Association of School Librarians

  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan includes a synopsis, general review; discussion questions and activity suggestions. Scroll down the page. South Central Kansas Library System

 

Read-Aloud Rhymes for the Very Young by Jack Prelutsky
More than 200 timeless rhymes for every experience that a child encounters.
  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities and related Internet resources. TeacherVision
  • Reader's Guide with questions for discussion. Random House

 

Read for Me, Mama by Vashanti Rahaman
An African-American boy who loves to read helps his mother on the road to literacy.
  • Activities include discussing illiteracy. TeacherViews

 

A Real American by Richard Easton
Eleven-year-old Nathan, his older brother dead, his best friend gone, and his father busy trying to save the family farm in western Pennsylvania, befriends an immigrant boy who has moved to town with his family to work in the new coal mines, but finds it more difficult to convince others to overcome their prejudices.
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Children's Book Awards

 

The Real Johnny Appleseed by Laurie Lawlor
A factual account of John Chapman’s life and times.

 

Real Life by Shanon Butala
A collection of short stories.
  • Teacher's Guide includes an author profile, a summary, research topics, activities, and discussion questions. Wordfest

 

The Real McCoy: The Life of an African-American Inventor by Wendy Towle
A biography of the Canadian-born black American who studied engineering in Scotland and patented over fifty inventions despite the obstacles he faced because of his race.
  • Activities include creating a timeline. TeacherViews
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan features economic concepts of increasing productivity and patents.
  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

The Real Thief by William Steig
When Gawain the goose is deserted by his friends after being unjustly convicted of stealing from his beloved king, the real thief is tortured by his conscience.

·         Literature Unit includes vocabulary, thinking cap questions, literary activities, projects, and puzzles. This is a Zip file. Kyrene, AZ, School District

 

The Reasons for Seasons by Gail Gibbons
Simple, colorful illustrations accompany a text that explains the basic astronomy behind the four seasons.
  • Activities include writing and graphing. TeacherViews
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Integrated Literature Unit with curricular connections. University of North Carolina

 

Rebel by John Schoenherr
A pair of geese build a nest and raise their goslings until they all fly south together.
  • Activities include writing and drawing. Scroll down the page. Georgia Children's Literature Book Awards

 

The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
Mean Jean is the biggest bully on the school playground until a new girl arrives and challenges Jean's status as the Recess Queen.
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. Page 38. North Carolina Children's Book Award
  • Activities Scroll down to page 8. Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award

 

Rechenka's Eggs by Patrica Polacco
An injured goose rescued by Babushka, having broken the painted eggs intended for the Easter Festival in Moskva, lays thirteen marvelously colored eggs to replace them. She then leaves behind one final miracle—in egg form—before returning to her own kind.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
During his service in the Civil War, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.
  • Anticipation Guide with pre-reading questions. KidReach
  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities and related Internet resources. TeacherVision
  • Novel Guide with chapter by chapter analysis of the book. 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 from the publisher. A special edition guide on war.

 

The Red Balloon by Albert Lamorisse
A young boy finds a red balloon with a mind of its own floating across the skies of Paris.

 

Red Bird by Barbara Mitchell
Katie, also known as Red Bird, joins her family and other Indians at the annual powwow in southern Delaware, where they celebrate their Nanticoke heritage with music, dancing, and special foods.
  • Activities include descriptive language and a bread recipe. TeacherViews

 

Red Cap by Clifton Wisler
Thirteen-year-old Ransom (later dubbed "Red Cap") thought fighting in the Civil War would be an adventure--until the day of his first battle.
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries
  • Student Study Guide with chapter questions, vocabulary, and enrichment activities. Brian Thornton

 

Red-Eyed Tree Frog by Joy Cowley
This frog found in the rain forest of Central America spends the night searching for food while also being careful not to become dinner for some other animal.

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

 

Red Flower Goes West by Ann Turner
A flowering plant dug from Ma's garden and set in a wooden box becomes a beacon of hope in this broadly sketched account of a family's arduous wagon trip to California.
  • Activity for making a list. Scroll down page. Nancy Polette

 

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf by Lois Elhert
A young child tells the story of the growth of his sugar maple tree. 

 

Red Midnight by Ben Mikaelsen
After soldiers kill his family, twelve-year-old Santiago and his four-year-old sister flee Guatemala in a kayak and try to reach the United States.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Junior Book Awards

 

Red Ranger Came Calling by Berkeley Breathed
While spending Christmas in 1939 with a well-meaning aunt, a young boy who does not believe in Santa Claus has an unusual experience that changes his thinking.
  • Activities include talking about super heroes. TeacherViews

 

Red Riding Hood by James Marshall
A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest on her way to visit her grandmother.
  • Extension Activity includes writing Red Riding Hood's diary. Scholastic
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods
  • WebQuest for a book retelling of the story from another character's point of view. Madison, AL, Public Schools

 

Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lyn Ray
A child describes all the things there are to do on a rainy day.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji Li Jiang
Ji-Li's life begins to unravel during the Cultural Revolution when her family wants her to turn down a chance to be trained by the government as a gymnast. 
  • Teacher's Guide includes a synopsis, websites and enrichment, vocabulary development, comprehension, timeline activity, map activity, understanding two points of view, and linking the novel to current events.
  • Teaching Guide includes general discussion questions and suggestions for reaching across the curriculum. Harper
  • Questions by chapter with vocabulary. San Lorenzo Valley, CA Elementary School 
  • WebQuest focuses on making choices. Florida State University
  • WebQuest for creating a museum of the Cultural Revolution.

 

The Red Tree by Shaun Tan
When a child awakens with dark leaves drifting into her bedroom, she feels that "sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to, and things go from bad to worse."

 

A Red Wagon Year by Kathi Appelt
Five children and a dog parade through the months of the year, putting their red wagon to various uses.

 

Red, Yellow, Green...What Do Signs Mean? by Joan Holub
An introduction to the concept of signs.

·         Activities include pre-reading ideas and story stretchers. Joan Holub

 

Redcoats and Petticoats by Katherine Kirkpatrick 
Members of a family in the village of Setauket on Long Island are displaced by the Redcoats and serve as spies for the Revolutionary Army of George Washington.

  • Extension Activity includes communicating during the Revolutionary War and colonial games. Scholastic

 

Redwall by Brian Jacques
When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy.

 

Redwoods are the Tallest Trees in the World by David A. Adler
Describes the characteristics of the redwood tree.

 

Reef of Death by Paul Zindel
While helping a beautiful Aboriginal girl search for her people's missing treasure near the Great Barrier Reef, seventeen-year-old PC finds himself fighting an evil scientist and a deadly underwater monster.

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

 

Reese's ™ Pieces Count by Fives  by Jerry Pallotta
Different kinds of trucks moving Reese's Pieces show how to count to 100.

  • Activities include math games for counting and grouping. Trumpet

 

Regarding the Fountain: A Tale in Letters of Liars and Leaks by Kate Klise
When the principal asks a fifth-grader to write a letter regarding the purchase of a new drinking fountain for their school, he finds that all sorts of chaos results.

  • Activities include forms of communication, research, and art. TeacherViews
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Curriculum Links include brief literary elements, a summary, curriculum connections, and related web sites. Sasquatch Reading Award
  • Book Discussion Guide includes summary and discussion questions. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries
  • Lesson Plan includes information about the author, book, related titles, activities, puzzles and worksheets, and weblinks for further study. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
  • Resource Guide includes activities and program ideas. One Book New Jersey

 

Regards to the Man in the Moon by Ezra Jack Keats
With the help of his imagination, his parents, and a few scraps of junk, Louie and his friends travel through space.

  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Regina's Big Mistake by Marissa Moss
When told to draw a jungle in art class, Regina experiences feelings of failure and creative insecurity, but manages to create a beautiful picture that's all her own

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

Regular Guy by Sarah Weeks
Because he is so different from his eccentric parents, twelve-year-old Guy is convinced he has been switched at birth with a classmate whose parents seem more normal.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan includes an annotation, information about the author, realia, food, and curriculum connections. Scroll down to page 8. Sunshine State Young Reader's Award

 

The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
The relatives come to visit from Virginia and everyone has a wonderful time.
  • Activities include making a photo album and writing. TeacherViews
  • Activities include creating a mural and an experience chart. Scholastic
  • Activities include matching, concentration, flashcards, and word search. Quia
  • Activity to introduce before reading. Ball State University
  • Activity Card for writing about experiences. University of Virginia Curry School of Education
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan about the migration of family members. Jefferson County, CO, Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan for before and after reading. Kansas City Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan covers families. Michigan Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan using the book to teach plural endings. 
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Lesson Plan for writing about details. Ames Community School District, IA
  • Lesson Plan includes a vocabulary worksheet and powerpoint presentation. Solution Site

 

The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame
The boy who finds the dragon in the cave knows that it is a harmless one, but now he must convince the frightened villagers.
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, creative writing, vocabulary, art, geography, science, and theater activities. California Theater Center
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Mini Unit with a summary, vocabulary, and suggested discussion questions and activities. Easy Fun School

 

Reluctantly Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Alice experiences the joys and embarrassments of seventh grade while advising her father and older brother on their love lives.
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Reading Response ideas for each chapter. Our Lady of Peace School

 

Rem World by Rodman Philbrick
Eleven-year-old Arthur Woodbury's attempt to lose weight fast and escape his nickname of Biscuit Butt takes him to an endangered dream world where he faces fantastic adventures and learns the true meaning of courage.

·         Activities include cross-curricular ideas. Dr. Alexa L. Sandmann

 

The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen by Lloyd Alexander
Bearing six unusual gifts, young Prince Jen embarks on a perilous quest and emerges triumphantly into manhood.
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries

 

The Remarkable Riderless Runaway Tricycle by Bruce McMillan
An exciting adventure takes place when police officers, a jogger, garbagemen and townspeople give chase to a riderless tricycle. Despite its pursuers, the tricycle pedals home and is happily reunited with its owner.
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

The Remarkable Voyages of Captain Cook by Rhoda Blumberg
An account of the historic adventures and achievements of the great British explorer and discoverer of Australia, Hawaii, and other Pacific Ocean lands and peoples.
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries

 

The Remembering Box by Eth Clifford
Nine-year-old Joshua's weekly visits to his beloved grandmother on the Jewish Sabbath give him an understanding of love, family, and tradition which helps him accept her death.
  • Activities include exploring literary elements and cross curricular connections.

 

Remote Man by Elizabeth Honey
Thirteen-year-old Ned and his depressed mother leave Australia for a rest in America, but he is soon on the trail of international smugglers of exotic animals, with help from his Internet friends.

 

Rent a Third Grader by B. B. Hiller
Third grade students need to make some money. Unless they can come up with enough money to save Partner, the police horse will be pet food.

 

The Report Card by Andrew Clements
Fifth-grader Nora Rowley has always hidden the fact that she is a genius from everyone because all she wants is to be normal, but when she comes up with a plan to prove that grades are not important, things begin to get out of control.
  • Teaching Guide includes a summary, discussion topics, and project and research ideas. Simon & Schuster

The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events series) by Lemony Snicket
After narrowly escaping the menacing clutches of the dastardly Count Olaf, the three Baudelaire orphans are taken in by a kindly herpetologist with whom they live happily for an all-too-brief time.

 

Rescue Josh McGuire by Ben Mikaelsen
When thirteen-year-old Josh runs away to the mountains of Montana with an orphaned bear cub destined for laboratory testing, they both must fight for their lives in a sudden snowstorm.
  • Activities include a book talk, curriculum connections, and web links. Salisbury State University
  • Lesson Plan includes a synopsis, book talks, biographical information, suggested activities, postcards, journal writing, theater script, and related books. California Young Reader Medal Program
  • Lesson Plan includes related activities and discussion questions. Lincoln Public Schools (Nebraska)
  • Lesson Plan includes a a crossword puzzle and a character attribute web. Ben Mikaelsen
  • Lesson Plan includes a character attribute web, vocabulary alphabet find and a story pyramid. Ben Mikaelsen

 

The Return of the Buffaloes: A Plains Indian Story About Famine and Renewal of the Earth by Paul Goble 
Based on a Lakota myth in which a mysterious woman returns the buffalo and the other animals to the Indian people.

·         Activity for creating a traditional parfleche with geometric designs. Instructor Magazine

 

The Return of the Home Run Kid by Matt Christopher
Sylvester Coddmyer III is having a dismal baseball season until he takes
advice from a mysterious ex-ballplayer named Cheeko and starts to play more aggressively.

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

 

The Return of the King (Lord of the Rings series) by J. R. R. Tolkien
As the Shadow of Mordor grows, the companions find their way through danger and mystery as they defeat the Dark Lord and celebrate Aragorn's ascent to become King of the West.
  • Teacher's Guide includes a plot summary and questions for discussion and writing. Random House

 

Return of the Third-Grade Ghosthunters by Grace Maccarone 
Something is haunting the third grade's class trip. And it's up to the ghosthunters to find out what it is!

 

The Return of the Vampire (Vampire Trilogy) by Caroline B. Cooney
A teenage girl battles a blood-sucking vampire that just won't go away.

 

A Return to Christmas by Chris Heimerdinger
Until he was three years old, Artemus Holiday and his twin brother, Andrew, had shared the adventures of life together. But when young Artemus lost his brother in a terrible tragedy on Christmas day, the miracle of the Christmas season seemed forever shrouded by a cloud of sadness and despair.
  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm
Tired of being bullied and picked on, three seventh-grade outcasts join forces and, using scientific methods and the power of the Internet, begin to create a new atmosphere at Parkland Middle School.

 

Revolutionary War on Wednesday (Magic Tree House series) by Mary Pope Osborne
Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
  • Lesson Plan includes online and printable questions and activities for each chapter. Mountain City, TN, Elementary School

·         Literature Circle Lesson Pages 1-41 Appalachian State University

·         Literature Circle Lesson Pages 42-69 Appalachian State University

 

Rewind by Sleator
Not long after learning that he was adopted, eleven-year-old Peter is hit by a car and then given several chances to alter events that could lead to his death.
  • Book Discussion Guide  includes summary, book talk, discussion questions, and related web sites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

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

  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

A Ribbon of Shining Steel by Julie Lawson
In 1882, 12 year-old Kate Cameron moved to Yale, B.C. because her father, John, was working to build a section of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, along the Fraser River through an area called Hell’s Gate.
  • Teacher's Guide includes an author profile, a summary, research topics, activities, and discussion questions. Wordfest

 

Ribbon Rescue by Robert Munsch
A young girl unselfishly gives away the ribbons from her new dress to help various people on their way to a wedding.

 

Ribsy by Beverly Cleary
When Ribsy, a city dog, strays from Henry Huggins, he sets off a chain of hilarious events as he tries to make the best of his separation from home.

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

  • Questions for comprehension. Scroll down the website.

 

Rice Is Life by Rita Golden Gelman
Text and illustrations demonstrate the importance of rice to life on the island of Bali in the country of Indonesia, where rice is consumed for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
  • Activities about where rice is grown and used around the world. Scroll down the page for activity.

 

Richard Wright and the Library Card by William Miller
Based on a scene from Wright's autobiography, Black boy, in which the seventeen-year-old African-American borrows a white man's library card and devours every book as a ticket to freedom.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Teacher's Guide includes background, reading questions, and interdisciplinary activities. Lee & Low Books

 

Riches by Esther Hautzig
After following the advice of the wisest rabbi in the area, a rich storekeeper discovers that giving of himself is better than merely giving money. 
  • Activities include ideas related to character education. TeacherViews

 

The Riddle of Penncroft Farm by Dorothea Jensen
Twelve-year-old Lars Olafson's move to his great-aunt's farm near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, brings him friendship with the ghost of an eighteenth-century ancestor who recounts his adventures during the American Revolution, helping Lars adjust to his new home and playing a part in the search for a missing will.
  • Book Quiz Charleston County, SC, School District

·         Teacher's Guide includes a synopsis, discussion questions and activities for before, during and after reading, and cross-curricular activities. Harcourt 

·         Vocabulary Quizzes include matching, concentration, flashcards, and word search. Quia-Kathy Farley

 

Ride a Purple Pelican by Jack Prelutsky
A collection of short nonsense verses and nursery rhymes.
  • Activities include creating a poem book. TeacherViews

 

A Ride into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick by Ann Rinaldi
When unrest spreads at the Revolutionary War camp in Morristown, New Jersey, under the command of General Anthony Wayne, a young woman cleverly hides her horse from the mutinous soldiers who have need of it.

 

Ride the Red Cycle by Harriette Gillem Robinet 
A crippled boy struggles to realize his dream of riding a bicycle. 

 

Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
  • Activity for creating a quilt square. Pam Munoz Ryan
  • Book Test CyperSpaces
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Riding the Ferry with Captain Cruz by Alice K. Flanagan
Simple text and photographs describe the duties and responsibilities of Captain Cruz, a ferry boat captain who takes people back and forth from Staten Island to New York City.

 

Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
A young farm boy joins the Union forces, and becomes a scout.
  • Activity includes questions to answer online and print out.
  • Comprehension Questions
  • Internet Connections to accompany the book focus on the Civil War. Annette Lamb
  • Teacher's Guide includes a synopsis, websites and enrichment, vocabulary development, comprehension, timeline activity, map activity, understanding two points of view, and linking the novel to current events. Omaha Public Schools

 

Right Here on This Spot by Sharon Hart Addy
While digging a ditch in his cabbage field, Grandpa uncovers various items that provide clues to what has happened in that area of Wisconsin from the time of the Ice Age to the twentieth century.

 

The Righteous Revenge of Artemis Bonner by Walter Dean Myers
Fifteen-year-old Artemis journeys from New York City to Tombstone, Arizona, in 1882, to avenge the murder of his uncle.

 

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling
Illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.
  • Activities include character study. TeacherViews
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Internet Workshop about how animals can help people. Scott Foresman
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

Rimshots: Basketball Pix, Rolls, and Rhythms by Charles Smith
Stories and poems about playing basketball.
  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC

 

Rio Grande Stories by Carolyn Meyer
A collection of connected stories  about a fictitious group of seventh graders from Native American, Hispanic, African-American, and Anglo cultures in Albuquerque who develop a better understanding of their city and of each other when they write and sell a book about their individual heritages.
  • Lesson Plan with discussion topics by chapter and curriculum connections. Carolyn Meyer

·         Teacher's Guide includes a synopsis, discussion questions and activities for before, during and after reading, and cross-curricular activities. Harcourt 

 

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving (illustrated by William Moses)
A man in the Catskill Mountains sleeps for 20 years and awakes to a
much-changed world.
  • Activity for discussing change. Nancy Polette

 

The River by Gary Paulsen
Because of his success surviving alone in the wilderness for fifty-four
days, fifteen-year-old Brian, profoundly changed by his time in the wild, is asked to undergo a similar experience to help scientists learn more about the psychology of survival.

  • Activities include researching wilderness animals and writing a diary for a character.
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • CyberGuide includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. Stockton Unified School District

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

  • Simple Questions using yes/no and true/false answers for various chapters. Taking Grades Publishing Company

 

River Day by Jane Mason
Alex goes canoeing on the river with her grandfather, in the hope of seeing the bald eagle that is nesting nearby.

 

A River Dream by Allen Say
While sick in bed, a young boy opens a box from his uncle and embarks on a fantastical fishing trip.

  • Activities include writing and discussion. TeacherViews
  • Book Quiz Charleston County, SC, School District

 

River Friendly, River Wild by Jane Kurtz
A family experiences a renewed appreciation for home and community after they are evacuated during a spring flood and then return to survey the damage. Illustrated by Neil Brennan.

 

The River Ran Wild by Lynne Cherry
An environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up that revitalized it. 
  • Anticipation Guide with pre-reading questions. KidReach
  • Book Quiz Charleston County, SC, School District
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • CyberGuide includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education
  • Lesson Plan using the book to study pollution. Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan features before and during reading investigations and book extensions. Fulcrum's Resources
  • Lesson Plan focuses on pollution and ecology with graphing and writing connections. St. Clair, IL, Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan features activities related to geography. Illinois Geographic Alliance

·         Teacher's Guide includes a synopsis, discussion questions and activities for before, during and after reading, and cross-curricular activities. Harcourt 

 

River Thunder by Will Hobbs
Despite some reservations, sixteen-year-old Jessie joins her companions from the previous year's adventure on the Colorado River for a legal rafting trip through the Grand Canyon.
  • Activities suggested by the author.
  • Teacher's Guide includes pre-reading activities, thematic connections, cross-curricular connections, and suggestions for vocabulary. Random House

 

The Road from Home by David Kherdian
A biography of the author's mother, concentrating on her childhood in Turkey before the Turkish government deported its Armenian population
  • Teacher's Guide includes a synopsis, websites and enrichment, vocabulary development, comprehension, timeline activity, map activity, understanding two points of view, and linking the novel to current events.

 

The Road to Chlifa by Michèle Marineau
Tells the tale of Karim, a refugee boy from Lebanon.
  • Teacher's Guide includes an author profile, a summary, research topics, activities, and discussion questions. Wordfest

 

The Road to Memphis by Mildred D. Taylor
Sadistically teased by two white boys in 1940's rural Mississippi, a black youth severely injures one of the boys with a tire iron and enlists Cassie's help in trying to flee the state.
  • Questions by chapter with culminating activities. San Lorenzo Valley, CA Elementary School 

 

Robert and the Great Pepperoni by Barbara Seuling
Second-grader Robert, who desperately wants a dog of his own, starts a pet sitting business, but when he finds a stray dog, the best he can do is to keep him temporarily and train him so he can be adopted by someone else.

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

 

Robert and the Scariest Night (Oh No, It’s Robert #9 series) by Barbara Seuling
A young boy is proud to have a Dad who’s the best at frightening just about everybody!
  • Activities for before and during reading. Scholastic

 

Robert the Rose Horse by Joan Heilbroner
Robert the Rose Horse is allergic to flowers- they make him sneeze!
  • Book Test CyberSpaces
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

The Robbery at the Diamond Dog Diner by Eileen Christelow
Lola Dog doesn't wear her usual diamonds to the Diamond Dog Diner when she hears there are jewel thieves in town, but she doesn't take into account Glenda Feathers' loud talk about where Lola should hide her jewels.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

The Robobots by Matt Novak
.When the Robobots move onto
Littlewood Lane they create controversy with their strange ways, but eventually they convince the neighbors that they are a family worth knowing.

·         Activities Scroll down the page. Matt Novak

·         Lesson Plan include plot, characters, questions, and activities. Golden Duck Award

 

Robots Don't Catch Chicken Pox (Adventures of the Bailey School Kids series) by Debbie Dadey and Marcia Thornton Jones
The Bailey School Kids investigate to see if the drama teacher is a robot.

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

 

Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam
This is an account on audiotape of NASA engineer Hickam's high school days in West Virginia in the 1950s. When 14-year-old Homer watches Sputnik fly over his home town, his life is changed forever. His group of "Rocket Boy" friends launch their own rocket into space, and unite a town and a family.
  • Activities include research. TeacherViews
    • See also October Sky

 

Rockin' Reptiles by Stephanie Calmenson 
Because the new girl on the block has only one extra ticket for the most exciting concert ever, two best friends must decide which of them gets to go.

 

Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst
A young man has a lifelong love of rock collecting that eventually leads him to work at a science museum.
  • Activities. Scroll down the page. Washington Children's Choice Picture Book Award
  • Activities with curriculum content connections. Scroll down to page 46. North Carolina Children's Book Award
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Rodzina by Karen Cushman
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.

 

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
  • Activities for writing.
  • Activities for art, research, and writing. Global Book Club
  • Activities include a book talk, curriculum connections, and web links. Salisbury State University

·         Activities Help4Teachers

  • Anticipation Guide with questions to introduce the book.
  • Book Discussion Guide includes summary and discussion questions. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)
  • Book Project features writing about an incident in the book. A Read Across America Project featuring Mississippi. University of Virginia Curry School of Education
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Book Test Arcadia Valley Elementary School, MO-Ruth Petsel
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • CyberGuide includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education
  • Discussion Questions by chapter.
  • Games include matching, flashcards, and word search.
  • Internet Connections to accompany the book focus on the depression in the South in the early 1900s. Annette Lamb
  • Internet Hunt
  • Lesson Plan that concentrates on reading predictions.
  • Lesson Plan includes sample vocabulary exercises and questions. Progeny Press
  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities and related Internet resources. TeacherVision
  • Lesson Plan includes historical information, questions by chapter, and activities.
  • Lesson Plan features an activities about fact and opinion. SuccessLink
  • Lesson Plan includes vocabulary and guided questions by chapter.
  • Lesson Plan includes content questions, discussion questions, and an activity. St. Bonventure University
  • Literature Circle Lesson  Appalachian State University
  • Literature Unit features a discussion guide, writing prompt, extension activity, and vocabulary builder. Scholastic

·         Literature Unit with pre-reading activities, vocabulary, and chapter quizzes. Hawaii Department of Education

  • Novel Project for individual and group reading and presentation.
  • Questions to ask before and after reading. Family TLC
  • Questions for content and discussion. St. Bonaventure University 
  • Related Web Links to accompany the book. Scroll down the page.
  • Simple Questions using yes/no and true/false answers for various chapters. Taking Grades Publishing Company
  • Study Guide with questions, activities, and literary concepts by chapter.
  • Study Guide includes a summary, critical analysis by chapter, and study questions. SparkNotes
  • Study Questions for advanced discussion and writing.
  • Unit includes activities, strategies, and worksheets. Novelinks-Brigham Young University
  • WebQuest focuses on life during the time period of the book.
  • WebQuest focuses on the social and historical aspects in the South in the 1930's.
  • WebQuest about segregation. Bowling Green State University 

 

Roll Over! by Mordicai Gerstein
The animals that are crowded in a child's bed fall out one by one until only the child is left.
  • Lesson Plan for singing the song. Includes drawings of the animals in the story.

 

Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
The discoveries and adventures of ten-year-old Lucinda, who spends a wonderful year exploring the New York City of the 1890's.

 

Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper
Romiette, an African-American girl, and Julio, a Hispanic boy, discover that they attend the same high school after falling in love on the Internet, but are harassed by a gang whose members object to their interracial dating.
  • Lesson Plan comparing the book to Romeo and Juliett.
  • Study Guide with activities and discussion questions. From the author

 

Ronald Morgan Goes to Bat by Patricia Reilly Giff
Ronald is an awkward but enthusiastic baseball beginner who is grateful to be on the team. Initially discouraged because he cannot hit the ball, Ronald eventually discovers his error and starts to improve.
  • Activities  include a crossword puzzle, computer project, vocabulary, and related web links. Ameritech
  • Crossword Puzzle for words containing the /ûr/ sound. Ameritech
  • Lesson Plan using the guided reading technique. Deb Smith
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, activities for home and classroom, and a booklist. Scroll down to page 15. Vocabulary list on page 25. Memphis, TN, Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Matching Worksheet  SchoolDiscovery.com

 

Ronia, The Robber's Daughter by Astrid Lindgren
Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble when she befriends the son of a rival robber chieftain.

 

Room for Ripley by Stuart Murphy
Uses a story about a young boy who is getting a fish bowl ready for his new pet to introduce various units of liquid measure.

 

Room on a Broom by Julia Donaldson
A witch finds room on her broom for all the animals that ask for a ride, and they repay her kindness by rescuing her from a dragon.
  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

The Rooster Who Understood Japanese by Yoshiko Uchida
Miyo, a young Japanese American, helps her neighbor find a home in the country for her pet.

 

Rooster Who Went to His Uncle's Wedding by Alma Flor Ada
In this cumulative folktale from Latin America, the sun sets off a chain of events which results in the cleaning of Rooster's beak in time for his uncle's wedding.

 

Rooster's Off to See the World by Eric Carle
A rooster off to see the world is joined by fourteen other animals.
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Teaching Plan includes activities for simple addition and subtraction strategies. Scholastic
  • WebQuest for studying China, Africa, Australia, and Canada. Bowling Green State University

 

The Root Cellar by Janet Lunn
Twelve-year-old orphan Rose, sent to live with relatives on a farm in Canada, ventures into her aunt's root cellar and finds herself making friends with people who lived on the farm more than a century earlier.
  • Activities include research and writing. TeacherViews

 

The Rope Trick by Lloyd Alexander
Motivated by her quest to learn a legendary rope trick, the magician Princess Lidi and her troupe embark on a journey through Renaissance Italy that intertwines adventure, love, and mystery.
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Junior Book Awards

 

Rosa Parks by Eloise Greenfield
A biography of the black woman whose acts of civil disobedience led to the 1956 Supreme Court order to desegregate buses in Montgomery, Alabama.

·         Lesson Guide includes theme, vocabulary, strategies and skills, and activities, Scroll down to page 28. Dakota Valley, ND, Public Schools

 

Rosa Parks: From the Back of the Bus to the Front of a Movement by Camilla Wilson
The story of Rosa Parks, a truly remarkable woman, also known as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement. 

 

Rosa Parks: My Story by Jim Haskins and Rosa Parks
The story of Rosa Parks written in her own straightforward and moving language. 

 

A Rose for Pinkerton by Steven Kellogg
Pinkerton's family decides he needs a friend, but is a cat named Rose really suitable?
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink by Diane de Groat
On Valentine's Day, Gilbert brings a tin of homemade cookies and his original nice or nasty poems to school.

·         Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

Roses in My Carpets by Rukhsana Khan
When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning to weave.
  • Teacher's Guide includes pre-reading activities, comprehension questions, and  multiple intelligence group projects. Tracie Vaughn Zimmer

 

Rosie and Michael by JudithViorst
Two friends tell what they like about each other - even the bad things.
  • Activities include ideas for home and classroom and a related book list. Scroll to page 19. Memphis, TN, Public Schools
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan about being a friend and writing a friendly letter.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on friendship related to the book. Education Cooperative

 

Rosie's Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Rosie has four roses for her aunt's birthday, but after four animals "borrow" one, her gift is reduced to a rainbow ribbon.

 

Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins
Although unaware that a fox is after her as she takes a walk around the farmyard, Rosie the hen still manages to lead him into one accident after another.
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas from math to health. Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools
  • Activities include learning about prepositions and map-making. TeacherViews
  • Activities include creating an obstacle course.
  • Activity Card features a printable game. University of Virginia Curry School of Education
  • Activity Cards for learning about prepositions, the artist's illustrations, linking to life, and letter to sound relationships. University of Virginia Curry School of Education
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Extension Activity includes a writing activity for outsmarting the fox. Scholastic
  • Guided Reading Lesson includes position words, farm life, discussion questions, and story elements. Teachers.net
  • Lesson Plan with activities for math, science, language arts, and vocabulary.
  • Lesson Plan for discovering the solution to a problem. Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan includes cross curricular activities. Montgomery County, Maryland, Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin
In this Algonquin Indian version of the Cinderella story, the Rough-Face Girl and her two beautiful but heartless sisters compete for the affections of the Invisible Being.
  • Activities include comprehension questions and cross-curricular ideas. TeacherViews
  • Booktalk Washburn University
  • CyberGuide  includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. Metro-Nashville School System
  • Discussion Questions
  • Lesson Plan for creating a story map while recognizing the different literary elements. AskEric
  • Lesson Plan with Internet activities for before, during, and after reading. Ball State University
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Rough Waters by S. L. Rottman
After their parents' death in an automobile accident, two teenage brothers are sent to Colorado to live with an estranged uncle, owner of a white-water rafting outfit.
  • Teacher's Guide includes a book introduction, information for before, during, and after reading, and cross-curricular activities. Peachtree Publishers

 

Round and Round the Money Goes by Melvin Berger
Discusses how the practice of using coins and paper money evolved and explains the circle money travels as it is earned, saved, and spent.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the economic concept of trade and money. KidEconBooks

 

Roughing It on the Oregon Trail by Diane Stanley
Twins Liz and Lenny, along with their time-traveling grandmother, join a group of pioneers journeying west on the Oregon Trail in 1843.
  • Activities include map skills and technology. TeacherViews

 

Round Trip by Ann Jonas
Black and white illustrations and text record the sights on a day trip to the city and back home again to the country. The trip to the city is read from front to back and the return trip from back to front, upside down.

 

Rowan Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest by Nancy Springer
In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess, and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her elfin heritage.

 

Rowan of Rin by Emily Rodda
Because only he can read the magical map, young, weak and timid Rowan joins six other villagers to climb a mountain and try to restore their water supply, as fears of a dragon and other horrors threaten to drive them back.
  • Book Discussion Guide includes a summary, booktalk, discussion questions, and related websites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)
  • Lesson Plan includes curriculum connections and activities, book talk suggestions, summary, and related websites. Scroll down the page. Sasquatch Reading Award
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Junior Book Awards

 

Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
A hill covered with rocks and wooden boxes becomes an imaginary town for Marian, her sisters, and their friends.
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. TeacherViews
  • Lesson Plan features using technology for creating a model community. Encarta
  • Lesson Plan for teaching about setting. Lesson Plans Page
  • Lesson Plan about neighborhoods and communities. Teacher Link
  • Lesson Plan features activities related to geography. Illinois Geographic Alliance
  • Lesson Plan includes a book summary, activities, and a bibliography. Maine Association of School Libraries

 

The Royal Bee by Frances Park and Ginger Park
In the days when only wealthy Korean children are allowed to attend school, a poor boy named Song-ho learns by listening outside a schoolroom door, which eventually earns him a chance to better himself and make life easier for his widowed mother.
  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, booktalk, and weblinks. Click on 2002-2003 Activities (in Word format). South Carolina Association of School Librarians
  • Teaching Ideas Ohio Literacy Resource Center

 

Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.
  • Activities with curriculum content connections. Scroll down to page 47. North Carolina Children's Book Award
  • Book Discussion Guide includes summary, discussion questions, activities, and related websites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan includes an annotation, information about the author, realia, food, and curriculum connections. Scroll down to page 9. Sunshine State Young Reader's Award
  • Lesson Plan includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Children's Book Awards
  • Lesson Plan 2 includes a summary, related books, curriculum connections, related websites, and a booktalk. South Carolina Junior Book Awards
  • Teaching Guide Harper

 

Ruby the Copycat by Peggy Rathmann
Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.
  • Activities include discussion questions and writing. TeacherViews
  • Book Test CyberSpaces
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan using the guided reading technique. Deb Smith
  • Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Ruby's Wish by Shirin Yim Bridges
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
  • Lesson Plan includes reading and writing connections and activities. New Jersey Writing Project in Texas

 

Rules of the Road by Joan Bauer
Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.

·         Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum connections, and author information. Scroll down the page. South Carolina Association of School Librarians

  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Booktalk Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Reading Guide with discussion questions. Penguin Putnam

 

Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton
A junior high school boy idolizes his older brother, the coolest, toughest guy in the neighborhood, and wants to be just like him.

 

Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae
A poetic exploration of the hippos, leopards, chimpanzees, and other animals found in the jungle.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the skills of alliteration and segmenting. Liverpool, NY, School District

 

The Rumor by Jan Thornhill
A retelling of a traditional story from India about a constantly worried hare who starts a stampede after a noise in the grove convinces her the world is breaking apart.
  • Reading Strategies include a summary, activities, an author profile, and related books. Page 8. Colorado Blue Spruce Award

 

Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky
A strange little man helps the miller’s daughter spin straw into gold for the king. The only condition she must make is that she will give him her firstborn child.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde
A collection of variations on the familiar story of a boastful miller and the daughter he claims can spin straw into gold.

  • Teaching Plan includes activities for writing a news articles. Scholastic

 

Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter by Diane Stanley
Rumpelstiltskin's daughter may not be able to spin straw into gold, but she is more than a match for a monarch whose greed has blighted an entire kingdom.

  • Activities include comparing and contrasting different versions of the story. Scroll down the page. Georgia Children's Literature Book Awards
  • Book Test CyberSpaces
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Lesson Plan focuses on the economic concept of goods and services. KidEconBooks

 

Run Away Home by Patricia McKissack
In 1886 in Alabama, an eleven-year-old African American girl and her family befriend and give refuge to a runaway Apache boy
  • Activities include researching the historical aspects of the story. Scroll down the page. Georgia Children's Literature Book Awards
  • Activities include comprehension questions and writing. TeacherViews

 

Run If You Dare by Randy Powell
Fourteen-year-old Gardner, trying to find some direction in his life, is shocked to discover that his unemployed father considers himself a failure.

 

Runaway Dreidel! by Leslea Newman 
In this rhyming tale in the style of "The Night before Christmas," a family's preparations for Chanukah are disrupted by a wildly spinning dreidel.

  • Questions to ask before, during, and after reading. Family TLC

 

The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
A little rabbit who wants to run away tells his mother how he will escape, but she is always right behind him.

 

The Runaway Duck by David Lyon
Sebastian’s pull-toy duck, Egbert, has many adventures after Sebastian ties him to the bumper of his father’s car.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

The Runaway Racehorse (A to Z Mysteries series) by Ron Roy
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
  • Teacher's Guide includes activities to be used with all books in the series. Random House

 

Runaway Ralph by Beverly Cleary
Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp.

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

  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

The Runaway Tortilla by Eric Kimmel
In this Southwestern version of the Gingerbread Man, a tortilla runs away from the woman who is about to cook him.
  • Activities include links to online games and ideas. Winslow Press 
  • Lesson Plan includes activities for before, during, and after reading. Kansas City Public Schools
  • Lesson Plan uses technology to compare versions of the story. Zwolle, LA, Elementary School
  • Lesson Plan with discussion questions and cross-curricular activities. Eric A. Kimmel

 

The Runaways by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Twelve-year-old Dani hates living in the small desert town of Rattler Springs, Nevada, but her plans to run away get complicated when a pesty young boy and an imaginative new girl decide they want to go along.
  • Book Project features creating an advertisement for Nevada. A Read Across America Project featuring Nevada. University of Virginia Curry School of Education

 

The Runner by Cynthia Voigt
As a dedicated runner, a teenage boy has always managed to distance himself from other people until the experience of coaching one of his teammates on the track team gradually helps him see the value of giving and receiving.
  • Lesson Plan includes before, during, and after reading. The Governor's Music & Education Program-Utah

 

Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Louie, a high school senior in a small Idaho town, learns about sportsmanship, love, and death as he matures into manhood.
  • Activities from research to book reviews to timelines. KidReach
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan includes enrichment activities and related Internet resources. TeacherVision
  • Teacher's Guide with discussion topics and activities. Harper

 

Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix
When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.
  • Book Discussion Guide includes summary, discussion questions, and activities. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)
  • Book Project features visiting living museums. A Read Across America Project featuring Indiana. University of Virginia Curry School of Education
  • Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Runt by Marion Dane Bauer
Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the rest of the pack and to earn a new name.
  • Activities include a booktalk and curriculum tie-ins. Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award
  • Activities include cross-curricular ideas. Page 56. North Carolina Children's Book Award

 

Rush Hour: Sin by Michael Cart
Features original stories, essays, art, and poems.

 

Russell and Elisa by Johanna Hurwitz
Three-year-old Elisa's new rag doll goes along on the adventures she and her seven-year-old brother Russell have with friends and family in their apartment building and outside.

·         Literature Unit includes vocabulary, thinking cap questions, literary activities, projects, and puzzles. This is a Zip file. Kyrene, AZ, School District

 

The Rusty Trusty Tractor by Joy Cowley
Celebrates the connection between an old farmer and his 50-year-old tractor.
  • Activity emphasizes character education. Georgia Humanities Council

 

Ruth Law Thrills a Nation by Don Brown
This true story describes the record-breaking flight of a daring woman pilot, Ruth Law, from Chicago to New York in 1916.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

 

Ruthie's Gift by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Just before the beginning of World War I, eight-year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.
  • Booktalk Nancy Keane
  • Lesson Plan includes a synopsis, general review; discussion questions and activity suggestions. Scroll down the page. South Central Kansas Library System