Children's Literature Activities for the Classroom

                                                                 
As a teacher, I have found a tremendous amount of literature activities for the elementary classroom on the internet. I decided to share the results of my internet search with you.I created this web page to share what I have found. It is full of literature activities.

Some of the titles have more than one link listed. All of the links are different.Check out the grade above and below the one you are looking at, too!

Please Note: The links which originate from AOL, will not work on other browsers. You will get an error message. If you find a link you think will benefit your class, ask a friend with AOL to copy it for you.

Under Repairs: Many sites have changed...I hate it when the big publishers rearrange their links....
Visit Marcia's Lesson Links for a comprehensive list of lesson links for elementary teachers.

Children's Literature by Grade Level

Genres of Children's Literature
(and their sources)

Preschool and Kindergarten Literature

Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Waber
The Cat in the Hat
Green Eggs and Ham
A Chair for My Mother
The Snowy Day
The Grouchy Ladybug
Rosie's Walk
Cloudy With a Chance of ...
When I Was Little
Pancakes, Pancakes!
Make Way for Ducklings
Houses and Homes
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti
Corduroy
Benny's Pennies
Big, Small, Short, Tall
The Cake that Mack Ate
The Crayon Counting Book
Nina's Treasures Lesson
Dumpling Soup Lesson
A Birthday Basket for Tia Lesson
Bread and Jam for Francis
Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom/ Chi...
Chicka Chicka B...
Chicka-Chicka -Boom-Boom
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
Caps For Sale
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready...
Charlie, the Caterpillar - A...
Gunniwolf...
Three Little Pi...
The True Story of the 3 Lit...
My Place in Space by Robin and Sally Hirst
In a Cabin In a Wood by Darcie McNally
The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood
If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura J. Nume...
Who was Harriet Tubman?
Harriet Tubman
Teddy Bear Picn...
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Mitten Curriculum Web

First Grade Literature

Strega Nona Language Arts
The African Plains
Abiyoyo
Pop-Up Books and Cards
Pancakes, Pancakes!
Make Way for Ducklings
Comet's Nine Lives
The Goat in the Rug
Clocks and More Clocks
Daddy Makes the Best Spaghetti
Emeka's Gift
Gregory, The Terrible Eater
Pancake Day
The Grouchy Ladybug
The Snowy Day
There's a Nightmare in My Closet
There's an Alligator Under My Bed-
It Looked Like Spilt Milk
The World That Jack Built by Ruth Brown
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women
Watch the Stars Come Out
Watch the Stars Come Out
Swimmy
M & M's Counting Book
Love You Forever
Leo the Late Bloomer
In 1492
Good Night Moon
Freight Train
Dear Mr. Blueberry
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Chicken Soup with Rice
Charlie Needs a Cloak
The Cat in the Hat
Caps For Sale
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Big Sarah's Little Boots
Bedtime for Frances
All I See
Araminta's Paint Box by Karen Ackerman
In a Cabin In a Wood by Darcie McNally
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree...
Dan the Flying Man
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Best School Year Ever
Charlie, the Caterpillar
Chicka B...
Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom
The Kissing Hand
Arthur's New Puppy
Arthur and His Pals
Legend of the Persian Carpet
Iktomi and the Boulder
The Day the Hurricane Happened
The Grouchy Ladybug
Green Eggs and Ham
The Cat in the Hat
The Snowy Day

Second Grade Literature

Abuela's Weave
Apple Picking Time
Get Growing
The Grouchy Ladybug
The Magic School Bus Lost in the...
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato
Rose's Walk
Rose's Walk
There's an Alligator Under My Bed
Masai and I
Pancakes, Pancakes!
When I Was Little
Everybody Cooks Rice
Going To Town
For Rent
The Hummingbirds' Gift
The Ice Horse
Mama is a Miner
The House on Maple Street
How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World
The Big Green Pocketbook
BRINGING THE RAIN TO KAPITI PLAIN
Gregory, The Terrible Eater
Pancake Day
A B C The American Indian Way
Brown Bear Ideas
Bird Watch by Jane Yolen
My Place in Space by Robin and Sally Hirst
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
Emma by Wendy Kesselman
Coyote Dreams by Susan Nunes
Elizabeth and Larry by Marilyn Sadler
The Mud Flat Olympics by James Stevenson
Keep the Lights Burning
Alexander...Ba...
Where the Wild Things A
Miss Nelson is Missing
The Littles to the Rescue
The Littles and the Big...
Polar Express
The Giving Tree...
The Mitten by Jan Brett
The Mitten
The Mitten by Jan Brett (Pre...
The Meanies by Joy Cowley
Charlie, the Caterpillar
The Kissing Hand
Arthur and His Pals
Now One Foot, Now the Other
Miss Rumphius
Miss Rumphius
A River Ran Wild
Whingdingdilly
Long Way to a New Land
The White Stallion
Stellaluna
Very Last First Time Lesson
Three Strong Women
Three Strong Women
Turtle Knows Your Name
Grandfather's Journey
The Gold Coin
Sachiko Means Happiness
Tar Beach
Dreams for a Future
Witches Cat
Where the Wild Things Are
Eric Carle's-Secret B-day Mess
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's ...
The True Story of the Three Litt...
The Rainbow Fish
The Magic Dreidels
Flat Stanley
Daddy Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Chocolate Fever
A Chair For My Mother
Abiyoyo
Barn Dance!
Alexander and the Wind-up Mouse
Molly's Pilgrim
Cloudy With a Chance of ...
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR
Charlotte's Web
A Country Far Away

Third Grade Literature

A Country Far Away
If You Were There in 1492
Pepito's Story Lesson
Pepito's Story Lesson
A Chair for My Mother
The Furry Alphabet Book
Dandelions by Eve Bunting and Greg Shed
The Silk Route
Chocolate Fever
Emma by Wendy Kesselman
And Still The Turtle Watched
Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
legend of sleepy hollow
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective
Miss Nelson is Missing
I HATE ENGLISH!
Lion, Witch, & Wardrob
Best School Year Ever
Charlie, the Caterpillar
The Kissing Hand
The Desert is Theirs
Here a Plant, There a Plant, Everywher...
Dear Mr. Blueberry
Full Worm Moon
Flossie and the Fox
The Flame of Peace
The Black Snowman
friends and amigos
The Divide
Jackson Jones and the Puddle o...
Orphan Train Children
Portraits of Little Women
Witches Cat
Silver Presents: An Appalachian ...
Lily and Miss Liberty
Hill of Fire
The Great Kapok Tree
George Washington's Breakfast
Follow the Drinking Gourd
The Chalk Box Kid
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Chickens Aren't the Only Ones
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky
Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich
Alexander and the Terrible, Horr...
The Hummingbirds' Gift
Uncle Jed's Barbershop
Get Growing
Down Buttermilk Lane
Emeka's Gift
Bananas-From Manolo to Margie
Katie's Trunk
Willy Wonka
Armadillo Rodeo
The Grouchy Ladybug
Rose's Walk
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Courage of Sarah Noble
The Doorbell Rang
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Fourth Grade Literature

A Pocket Full of Seeds
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain by Robert B
Troy by Paul Fleischman
On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craig...
Redwall by Brian Jacques
The Night the Bells Rang by Natalie Kinsey-Wa...
The Night Journey by Kathryn Lasky
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Maniac Magee
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Grasshopper Summer by Ann Turner
The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
Lyddie by Katherine Paterson
I Am Regina by Sally M. Keehn
Everywhere by Bruce Brooks
The Whipping Boy
Amazing Marc Brown
Bridge to Terabithia
The River/Gary Paulsen
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective
The Hockey Sweater
The Sign of the Bea...
My Side of the Mountain
Desert Cactus
Year of the Panda
Blue Willow
Island of the Blue Dolphins
OWLS IN THE FAMILY
Stone Fox
Stone Fox
Treasure in the Stream
THE TRUMPET OF THE SWAN
Great Horn Spoon
Buffalo Soldiers
Sim Chung and the River Dragon Lesson
A River Ran Wild Lesson
Dreams for a Future
The Cricket in Times Square
Gib Rides Home
Satchmo's Blues
The Sweetwater Run
A Blessing in Disguise
Cat Running
The Tucket Adventures
Dear Great American Writers Sc...
The Door in the Wall
The Gypsy Game / The Egypt Game
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs...
If I Forget, You Remember
Seth and Samona
Vampire Bugs: Stories Conjured...
The War With Grandpa
The World of Daughter McGuire
Yang the Youngest and His Terrib...
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Seven Kisses in a Row
Seven Kisses in a Row
Stuart Little
Ramadan
The Cricket in Times Square
Catwings
Beethoven Lives Upstairs
The Day They Left the Bay
Ilsa
California Mission Resource Page
The Pilgrims
The Foxman by Gary Paulsen
Racing the Sun

Fifth Grade Literature

Grandma Essie's Covered Wagon
The Secret Garden
The Red Scarf...
Julie of the Wolves
JULIE and the Wolves
The Big Lie
Twenty and Ten
Under the Red Blood Sun
Letters from Rifka
The Bracelet
The Silk Route
Prairies
Mississippi Bridge
Our Incredible Civil War
Tutankhamen's Gift
Samuel's Choice
Can't You Make Them Behave, King George?
Grandpa's Mountain
The African Plains
The Doorbell Rang-3
Ben and Me

Sixth Grade Literature

Julie of the Wolves
Titanic Crossing
The Sign of the Beaver
Night of The Twisters
Gary Soto Short Stories
Bull Run
Canyons
Dear Mr.Henshaw
the giver
The Young Adult Novels of S.E....
Spite Fences
The Voice on the Radio
Woodsong
The Whipping Boy
The Root Cellar
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cr...
The Phantom Tollbooth
Nelson Mandela
My Side of the Mountain
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mr. Popper's Penguins
Maniac Magee
Grandfather's Journey
Germs Make Me Sick!
THE BRONZE BOW BY ELIZABETH GEORGE SPEARE
Bronze Bow
A Pocket Full of Seeds
The Secret Garden

Genres of Children's Literature
(and their sources)

Afro-American Literature

Islamic books for childern
Afro-American Children's Lit...
Awele Makeba, Teller of All Tales
Multicultural Children's Literature-Afro-American

American Historical Literature

Top 100 Books: American History
Appalachian Resources Page

Asian-Americans in Literature

Asian Canadian Bibliography Home Page
Asian- American Literature
Multicultural
Multicultural Education Links
Children's Multicultural Literature Resource

Fairy Tales

Fairy Tales
Teacher and Librarian Page
Fairy Tale Press
Folk lore
Aaron Shepard's Storytelling Page
Children's Literature-Fables and Folk Tales
Awele Makeba, Teller of All Tales

Hispanic Literature

Selecting Hispanic Books; Bibliographies of J...
Latino Bibliography
Understanding Hispanic/Latino Cultu...
Center for Study of Books in Spanish
Teacher and Librarian Page
Literature Curriculum
Peregrina's Teacher Barrio
Hispanic Literature

Jewish Literature for Children

Multicultural Bibliography. Jewish
Center for Study of Books in Spanish
Traditional Jewish Stories...

Mythology

Mythology
Sources for Mythology

Native American Literature

Marilee's Native Americans Links
Project Willow Main Page
"I" IS NOT FOR INDIAN:
NATIVE AMERICAN BOOKS
Native American Books
Native Americans in Literature

Shakespeare

Five Star Shakespeare Collection

Women's History

Links for Heroines in History

Other Literature Topics

Mister Rogers: The Neighborhood Booklist
Jeanne's Top 100 Children's Books :Math
Picture Books
Notable Books for Young Children
Recommended Youth Literature...
SF Bibliography
Celebrate A People!
Literature of the U.S. Civil War
Bibliography of Books
Japanese Folktaless
Books in Spanish
Kidsnet 2
Kidsnet
Childrens' Books
Children's Literature Connections
Culturally Authentic Books for Children
Countries of Europe : Juvenile Bibliography
Asian Canadian Bibliography
avilion - Multicultural Teache...
Gay Themes in Children's Books
Korean Folktales
Depictions of Multiracial Famil...
Australian Literature
Deaf Literature

Children's Author Links

Author's Page
Children's Authors
Children's Literature Authors & Illustrators
Children's Authors & Illustrators on the Web

Primary Booklists

Grade 3 TeacherViews
Grade 2 TeacherViews
Grade 1 TeacherViews
Grade K TeacherViews
Primary Books
Literature Connections Grades K-3
TeacherViews
Mister Rogers: The Neighborhood Booklist
Notable Books for Young Children
Teacher and Librarian Page
Literature Based Lesson Plans & Activities

Intermediate or Middle School Booklists

Book List for Middle School Students
Intermediate Books
Intermediate Book List
Grade 6 TeacherViews
Grade 5 TeacherViews
Grade 4 TeacherViews
Recommended Youth Reading
Literature Connections- Grades 3-6

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