Literature Activities and Links to Authors and Stories


Candlelight Stories has a number of activities related to reading. You can choose from reading a story yourself , to hearing a story read to you aloud. Plus other activities....

PBS out does itself in creating a wonderful web site related to reading called Between the Lions.

The Scoop; An Adventure Page... spend hours enjoying stories where you choose a story line and thus change the adventure.

The Case.com explores mystery stories. The Case.com offers Solve-it stories, Writing Contest, Magic Tricks, and more.

The Kids Storytelling Club has a writing project for each month that shows how different kinds of stories are written and gives tips on how to write your own.

HOW A BOOK IS MADE takes you step by step through the process of creating a book.


Good Thinking

Little Painter of Sabana Grande Lon Po Po Animal Fact/Animal Fable Meet an Underwater Explorer

See For Yourself

The Terrible Eek Two Bad Ants OPT: An Illusionary Tale Science Magic

Family Album

The Patchwork Quilt How My Parents Learned to Eat Ramona Forever On Grandfathers Farm

Community Spirit

A Fruit and Vegetable Man Miss Rumphuis The Great Kapot Tree The Streets Are Free

Forces of Nature
Cactus Hotel Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs Tornado Alert Storm in the Night
Teamwork

Dream Wolf Operation Rescue The Rooster Who Understood Japanese Turtle Knows Your Name

Authors and other related links to tradebooks;

Jim Arnosky Judy Blume Jan Brett Ann Cameron Matt Christopher
Joanna Cole Roald Dahl Tommie dePaola Sid Fleischman Mem Fox
Ursula K. Le Ginn Thomas Locker James Marshall Ann McGovern John Peterson
Patricia Polacco Cynthia Rylant Allen Say William Steig E. B. White
Laura Ingalls Wilder Jane Yolen Patricia MacLachlan J.K. Rowling Scholastic
Owls Iditarod Race Underground Railroad Chocolate Titanic

Books that are Too Good to Miss; a list of books compiled by librarians and teachers for third grade.