REFERENCE
Read this biography to learn more about Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish writer who penned the play The Importance of Being…
ACTIVITIES
The following exercises are activities for before and after you read The Gorp's Gift.
Read a biography of the fictional secret agent James Bond – created by Ian Fleming – to learn more about this…
Sir Thomas More is a Catholic saint. Read this biography to learn more about the life and death of this British writer…
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the president of Liberia in January, 2006. The first woman ever elected head of an African…
In this poetry reading comprehension activity, students will read an interview with Jose Garcia Villa about his “Lyric…
TEACHING RESOURCE
Assign these essay topics to your class when reading Barbara Robinson's book The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.
Born: Aug. 4, 1961 Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. made history in June 2008, when he became…
Find information about the career highlights of Mordecai Richler, a Canadian novelist and critic.
Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Find out why the tree, mistletoe, stockings, and other icons are linked to Christmas. This is a fun lesson for…
Read an interview with Brian Jacques conducted by his editor.
BOOK GUIDES
Distribute a guide about Lewis's Main Street that provides an overview as well as questions, vocabulary, quotations for…
This biography details the life of So You Want to Be President author Judith St. George.
Read different memorial poems.
Read about Julia Ward Howe -- an American suffrage leader.
A brief article about Alice Walker.
A brief article about Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first African American to win a Nobel Prize.
A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Celebrate the achievements of women with this list of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners.
Read this love poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning with your students.
Explore the meaning of "Hunger", a poem by Emily Dickinson.
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
This gallery features banned or challenged classics from the 20th century. Each slide also features a related literature…
WORKSHEETS
By writing the ending to an Anansi story, children can explore African folk tales.
