ACTIVITIES
Download for free! Here are 50+ great questions to ask an author during an interview Ever wondered about your favorite…
REFERENCE
Share the story of Charles Schulz with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…
LESSON PLANS
Choose one of Taylor Mali's poems to use in this poetry lesson plan. You will discuss how the poem changes in perceived…
DAILY WARM-UPS
In this nonfiction printable, students read a short biography on Louisa May Alcott and answer reading comprehension…
Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.
TEACHING RESOURCE
A complete transcript of the premier showing of Authors Live, with Newbery Award-winning author Jerry Spinelli. Mr.…
Learn about Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist and parenting expert.
Jeff Kinney answers questions about his very funny online journal, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal.
WORKSHEETS
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Jules Verne, the first true science fiction writer.
Hang this poster in your classroom to celebrate Roald Dahl Month (September). This poster features favorite quotes by…
A biography of Newbery Award-Winning author Jerry Spinelli. One of his most popular children's book is Maniac Magee,…
Follow this recipe to make your own homemade hot chocolate. Students will enjoy a cup of rich hot chocolate just like…
Students will create questions to ask their favorite authors.
Read about the life and work of Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born English novelist and critic, in this biography.
Sir Thomas More is a Catholic saint. Read this biography to learn more about the life and death of this British writer…
Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Read this biography to learn more about Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish writer who penned the play The Importance of Being…
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 about Julia Ward Howe -- an American suffrage leader.
Brief biography of Agatha Christie.
A brief article about photographer and director Gordon Parks.
