Book Guides
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The Teacher's Guide http://www.theteachersguide.com/bookactivities.html
NovelLinks - http://english.byu.edu/Novelinks/Index%20of%20strategies.htm
Linda's Literature Links - a great searchable index of online activities that can be used with children's and young adult literature.
Book Activities
Carol Hurst's Featured Children's Books
A to Z Teacher Stuff This site is a popular web destination for teachers. It includes themed and regular lessons, printable worksheets, teacher submitted tips, articles, discounted teacher resources, chat, and a lesson plan search engine.
I Love That Teaching Idea - Contains activities to go along with various titles.
TeachingBooks.net - utilizes multimedia technologies to give you access to the best children's book authors, illustrators, and teaching materials
Ways to Respond to Books Over 340 ideas for activities that can be done with nearly any book.
A Book-A-Week Lesson Plans Each month 4 books are highlighted based on a theme. Activities focus on language development, acts of writing, artists craft, and related internet links.
Novel & Picture Book Activities Activities for over 60 books.
Literature Learning Ladders Links to sites about Newbery and Caldecott award winning books. Also links to sites about favorite children's books and how to create your own lesson plan for a book.
Teacher Views Pick up reviews and activities for K-8 books, or submit your own lesson.
Doucette Index Search index to find teaching suggestions for specific books.
The Reading Dimension A site where students can discuss good literature to develop literacy skills. Grades 1-8
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site For each featured book there is a review, list of activities, things to notice and discuss, and related books.
S.C.O.R.E. Cyberguides Tasks that revolve around core works of literature. Includes student and teacher editions, related websites, and a rubric. K-12
Anticipation Guides A set of questions that can help teachers create interest and determine attitudes about a topic before reading. Also can be used as a post reading tool to recall important topics and themes. K-12
Kid Reach Lesson plans and activities on books. K-12
Themed Book Ideas A multitude of activities for kindergarten age children based themes of books. Changes monthly. Activities for each book include literacy, math, science, art, social studies, and related books.
Authors and Books - Teaching strategies and discussion guides
K-12 Literature Lessons - Lesson Plans and classroom activities
Reading Rainbow - Teacher resources for the classroom