The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

• Sequencing Activity
• Eric Carle's Books -- This is a bulletin board where teachers and parents using Eric Carle's books in creative ways can submit their ideas. There are links to ideas about most of his books. Add your own suggestions!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See? by Bill Martin and Eric Carle

• A visit to Bill Martin, Jr.'s Home -- Beautiful pictures and a description of Bill Martin,Jr.'s home, Woodfrost.
• Eric Carle's Books -- This is a bulletin board where teachers and parents using Eric Carle's books in creative ways can submit their ideas. There are links to ideas about most of his books. Add your own suggestions!

First Grade

A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle

• Eric Carle's Books -- This is a bulletin board where teachers and parents using Eric Carle's books in creative ways can submit their ideas. There are links to ideas about most of his books. Add your own suggestions!

Index

Second Grade

Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel

• Lesson Plan for Frog and Toad: A Lost Button
• Lesson Plan for Frog and Toad Are Friends

Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

• The Tale of Peter Rabbit -- On-line version of the book, complete with illustrations.
• Beatrix Potter "More than Just a Rabbit's Tale" -- This is a biographical site for Beatrix Potter, with information that will help her readers see her in a very human light.

Third Grade

*Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

• Lesson plan from SCORE -- This site contains many links to related websites, making it an excellent place to begin linking literature to research on the web.
• Study Guide with questions for each chapter, suitable for printing out. 

Index

Fourth Grade

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein

• Shel Silverstein -- Links to Biography, books plays, records, and texts--poems and words to songs.

Charlotte's Web by E. B. White

• Charlotte's Web Page A series of lessons for Infusing the Internet and other technology into the 3rd grade literacy-based classroom, help students gather information on which to base an opinion, and explore character.
• A Student Activity Page: A SCORE lesson (copywritten by San Diego County Office of Education)
• A Teacher's Page: A wealth of ideas to help busy teachers add a depth to this wonderful story. (from TeachNet.com)

Little House on the Prairie/Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder

• Laura Ingalls Wilder web site 

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

• Beverly Cleary Teacher Resource File -- Many links to lesson plans of other Beverly Cleary books and information
• Beverly Cleary -- This website is the Multnomah County Library site with a pages about the Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children, including pictures of sculptures of Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, and interesting information about the author. 

Index

Fifth Grade

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

• The Official C. S. Lewis Website -- a lot of information and many links to other great sites.
• About C.S. Lewis -- a detailed chronology of his life. 

Index

Sixth Grade

Dragonwings by Lawrence Yep

• Lesson plans (SCORE)
• Links to Lawrence Yep sites

Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

• Activities to accompany the experience (SCORE)
• The amazing story behind the dog book that refused to die

 *Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

Newberry Medal Winner 1986

• Lesson plan from SCORE -- This site contains many links to related websites, making it an excellent place to begin linking literature to research on the web.
• Study Guide with questions for each chapter, suitable for printing out.

Index

Seventh Grade 

Castle in the Attic

• Elizabeth Winthrop Web Site, with excellent links to information about the author

Bridge to Terabithia by Catherine Patterson

• The Official Catherine Patterson Web Site
• Catherine Patterson's Biography 

Robin Hood 

• Robin Hood -- Pages of references to the many legends of Robin Hood

Index  

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle

Newberry Medal Winner, 1963

• Another Unofficial Madeleine L'Engle Web Site 

 Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

• Reading Center for Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry, inlcuding an anticipation guide and activities to o along with the book.
• SCORE's Teacher CyberGuide to Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
• Read the book and post a review or read reviews that others have written.

About the Author

• Biography of Mildred D. Taylor
• Another Biography of Mildred D. Taylor
• The text of Mildred Taylor's acceptance speech for the 1997 Alan Award

Index

 

Extended List

K - 3

Corduroy

• Lesson Plans

Fairy Tales

• Cinderella -- This page from Children's Literature Web Guide's focuses on Cinderella and it variations, including suggestions on using the stories with children.
• Grimm's Fairy Tales --This site is a list of partial text-only Grimm's Fairy Tales, most not the original text.
• Aesop's' Fables

 Index

Blue Willow

• Lesson Plans -- From SCORE, with links to many related sites, including agricultural information and information about California in particular

Paul Bunyan

• Paul Bunyan Trail -- This site has the text of "A Tall Tail" with wonderful illustrations, as well as other features. One of the pages is a TIC-TAC-TOE game with Babe and Paul. Good for the students to visit, it's also linked on Kid's Stuff.
• Visit the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, with an on-line tour of the logging camp.
• Judith Viorst -- information about the author, some of which require special plug-ins.

"Hiawatha" & "Paul Revere's Ride" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

• Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- Biography with links to the text of many of Longfellow's poems.
• Longfellow National Historic Site -- This page is about the National Park Service's Longfellow National Historic Site. For almost half a century (1837-1882) this was the home of one of the world's foremost poets, scholars and educators, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Includes picture.

Jean Fritz Books 

• Jean Fritz -- Biographical Sketch
• Lesson Plan for Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?

Index

Tom Sawyer

• Getting Tom. to Market --The story of how Tom Sawyer came to publication--over a period of three years. Included are many links to pictures and explanations of related memorabilia.
• Mark Twain Birthplace State Historic Site -- includes a map of the park.

 Index

Diary of Anne Frank

• Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl