[Free Registration/Login Required] Intended to support elementary students' reading comprehension, information is shared about the history of the New York Public Library and how the purpose of libraries have transformed over the years....

This online library of data files and stories illustrates the use of basic statistics methods. The reader does not need to be a statistician to understand the topics discussed. Many of the short stories are humorous (the F-index of hot...

A teacher resource that explains an online activity through which students explore and find important objects in portraits. Click on the lesson plan link on the left to access a lesson on portraits and a student handout that goes with it.

Biographical information about Queen Elizabeth I of England is shared on this reference. Additional information is presented about her connection to Willaim Shakespeare's plays.

This activity encourages students to explore the real-life context of Oliver Twist, using a range of sources to find information about crime in 19th-century London. Students will work in groups to discover: the types of crimes that...

In this activity, students will consider the economic and political context that informs Charles Dickens's famous novella, A Christmas Carol.

This ebook version of L. M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Fridtjof Nansen by Jacob Breda Bull, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Hero-chums by Will Allen Dromgoole, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Horse and His Ways, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Ingoldsby Legends by Thomas Ingoldsby, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Monkey that Would Not Kill by Henry Drummond, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Peter in Trouble, a book of poems for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of The Pilot of the Mayflower by Hezekiah Butterworth, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of A Puzzling Pair by Amy LeFeuvre, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Two Little Runaways by James Buckland, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of What Came of a Tiger Hunt by E. L. Oxley, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Across the Continent by Kate Tannatt Woods, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Boys' and Girls' Alphabet, an alphabet book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Childhood's Songs of Long Ago by Isaac Watts, a book of poems for children.

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

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of The First Trousers by E. Veale, a fiction book for children.

A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Goody Two Shoes, a fiction book for children.