This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Two Brothers and Other Choice Stories for the Young by William P. Nimmo [1870], a collection of illustrated children's stories.

This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Sybil's Sacrifice and Other Choice Stories for the Young by C. E. Bowen (1884), a collection of illustrated children's stories.

What are the major roles in literature circles? Check out this site to learn more about the individual roles needed to form a literature circle. Includes links to various reading handouts and lessons.

Patricia MacLachlan's "Sarah, Plain and Tall" takes place on a prairie during the late 1800s. Sarah arrives to live with a family and brings them new life. Make a smart choice by reading your favorite novel with a BookFiles reading...

"Holes" by Louis Sachar, is a Newbery winner. Trouble seems to follow Stanley Yelnats and his family. Can Stanley "fulfill" the void/hole that exist? Make the smart choice by enjoying the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The file...

"Bridge to Terabithia", a Newbery Award winner by Katherine Paterson is a contemporary novel of friendship, accepting differences, giving, imagination, and caring for others. Friends, Jess and Leslie live in rural Virginia community....

In Runaway, a novel by Becky Citra, a boy must make some difficult decisions about whether to help another boy that he has seen steal but who is also being physically abused. The story is set in the 1830s in Upper Canada. This teacher's...

This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Storyland of Stars by Mara L. Pratt (1892). This is an illustrated, nonfiction book about astronomy and the stars from Young Folks' Library of Choice Literature.

Welcome to the Zoo! In this two-day activity you will use Dr. Seuss' If I Ran The Zoo book to introduce the economic concepts to your students. You will also get the chance to use actual zoo criteria to help a zoo "choose" new animals.

This resource provides practice finding the main idea by having students read a paragraph and choose the main idea. Then it asks students to take what they have learned and apply it to a book of their choice, and then write a paragraph...