African animals A-Z are on parade in this activity, which provides teachers with a year's worth of coloring and spelling sheets for little writers. Popular animals, such as dolphins and elephants, have their own coloring pages, as well...

Students practice basic reading skills. In this reading lesson plan, students review the letter M, read the story If You Give a Mouse a Muffin. Students will then write a book using their name, for example: If You Give a Taco to Tracy.

Students explore kind behavior. In this values development and literacy lesson, students listen to The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, then generate a class list of ways the tree helped the boy and ways in which the boy helped the tree....

Students create a poster.  In this vocabulary lesson, students use vocabulary words such as squeak, creak, squeal, squawk and quack to identify the sounds and noises of each word.  Students come up with rhyming words and create...

Students participate in various activities that help them build esteem, and explore racism. In this multicultural lesson plan, Students increase their awareness of, and appreciation for, cultural differences and similarities. This...

Students improve their language skills through 11 activities. In this language skills lesson, students listen to picture books, answer questions about elements of a story, enhance their vocabulary and grammar skills, use 5 W questions,...

The de Grummond Children's Literature Digital Collection contains a selection of items from the manuscript collection located at the University of Southern Mississippi. Includes illustrations, manuscripts, letters, photographs,...

This resource is a children's literature web guide.

This site has book reviews for literature for children Grades 9 and under. You can search the reviews by grade level.

What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.

Resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults that includes lesson plans, texts, bibliographies, and so on.

Learn about children's book illustration of swimming scenes in this on-line exhibit of relevant images from popular children's stories.

Read this classic children's ACC book by Kate Greenaway, printed in 1886. Library of Congress presents a scanned copy of the original book.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Children in the Wood, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Children's Book for Sabbath Hours by Asa Bullard, a book of religious stories for children.

A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Good Wishes for the Children by Hans Christian Anderson, a book of stories for children.

A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of My Children, a book of poetry for children.

A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Parents and Children by Henriette Elizabeth Witt, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1863 publication of The Children's Scrap-book by James Perkins Walker, a book of poetry for children.

A scanned copy of the 1863 publication of Pretty Pictures and Pleasant Rhymes for Dear Children by James Perkins Walker, a book of poetry for children.

A scanned copy of the 1875 publication of True Stories for Young Children by Mary Elizabeth Southwell Dudley Leathley, a nonfiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1875 publication of Children of the Parsonage by Kay Spen, a nonfiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1875 publication of The Children's Cinderella, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1899 publication of What the Dragon Fly Told the Children by Frances Bell Coursen, a fiction book for children.