Skip to main content

Secondary navigation - Literacy Central

  • SIGN IN
  • REGISTER
  • SEARCH
Home Literacy Central Literacy Central Literacy Network
Reading is Fundamental
DONATE

Main navigation Literacy Central

  • Find a Book
  • Tools
    • Activity Calendars
    • Puzzle Creator
    • Graphic Organizers
    • Literacy Tracker
    • Reading Incentives
    • BeeLine Reader
    • Mobile Apps
    • eBooks
  • Centers
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Well-Being
    • Sustainable Futures
    • Sense of Belonging
    • Independent Reading
    • Virus and Germ
  • Resources
    • Rally to Read
    • Daily Book Bites
    • Lesson Plans
    • Puzzles
    • Read Aloud Videos
    • Reading Passages
    • Author Interviews
  • DONATE

Secondary navigation - Literacy Central

  • SIGN IN
  • REGISTER
  • SEARCH

Secondary navigation - Literacy Central - Logged

Sign up for our Newsletter

  1. Home
  2. Literacy Central
1-24 of 138 results for All Resources

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Image

Encyclopedia of American Indian History & Culture: Stories, Timelines, Maps, and More (Nat Geo Kids)

Written by Cynthia O'Brien

More than 160 tribes are featured in this encyclopedia, which presents a comprehensive overview of...

3rd - 8th
Image

Metamorphosis of Medicine (STEM Careers)

Written by Sharon Coan

Explore the history of medicine and discover some of the inspiring career opportunities in this...

5th - 8th
Image

Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Change

Written by Garth Sundem

Eleven-year-old Tilly saved lives in Thailand by warning people that a tsunami was coming. Fifteen...

4th - 8th
Image

Be a Changemaker: How to Start Something That Matters

Written by Laurie Ann Thompson

Do you wish you could make a difference in your community or even the world? Are you one of the...

7th - 9th
Image

What Linnaeus Saw

Written by Karen Magnuson Beil

In What Linnaeus Saw, Karen Magnuson Beil chronicles Linnaeus’s life and career in readable...

5th - 12th
Image

Rising Water: The Story of the Thai Cave Rescue

Written by Marc Aronson

On June 23rd, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the...

5th - 9th
Image

Sports Illustrated Kids STATS!: The Greatest Number in Sports

Count up the most fascinating numbers behind sports' greatest moments in STATS! The Biggest Numbers...

Pre-K - 12th
Image
20653

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Written by Claire Hartfield
On a hot day in July 1919, five black youths went swimming in Lake Michigan, unintentionally...
7th - 9th
Image
20612

10 True Tales: Young Civil Rights Heroes

Written by Allan Zullo
This book is a collection of 10 vignettes about the civil rights era. The focus of these stories is...
8th - 12th
Image
17727

From Rags to Riches: People Who Started Businesses from Scratch

Written by Nathan Aaseng

The business leaders profiled here, who started with very little, became successful by taking risks...

4th - 8th
Image
17357

Chasing Space

Written by Leland Melvin
Former football player, astronaut, and engineer, Leland Melvin recounts his career and achieving his...
5th - 8th
Image
17350

Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!

Written by Marley Dias

Drawing from her experience, Marley shows kids how they can galvanize their strengths to make...

5th - 10th
Image
17361

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Written by Dashka Slater
If it weren't for the 57 bus, Sasha and Richard never would have met. Both were high school students...
7th - 12th
Image
17352

This Is Our Constitution: Discover America with a Gold Star Father

Written by Khizr Khan
Our Founding Fathers created the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights as a blueprint for American...
5th - 8th
Image
17328

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Written by Frederick Douglass
Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose...
6th - 12th
Image
17109

The Greatest: Muhammad Ali

Written by Walter Dean Myers
A riveting portrait of the world's greatest boxer chronicles his childhood, his rise as a champion...
7th - 10th
Image
17060

Me Llaman Heroe: Recuerdos de Mi Juventud (They Call Me Hero: A Memoir of My Youth)

Written by Daniel Hernandez (author), ‎ Carlos Verdecia (Translator) and ‎ Susan Goldman Rubin (Contributor)
When Daniel Hernandez was twenty years old, he was working as an intern for U.S. Representative...
7th - 12th
Image
16895

Understanding Taxes (Real World Math: Personal Finance)

Written by Cecilia Minden
Taxes are collected to support federal, state, and local governments. Who decides how much tax each...
3rd - 8th
Image
16896

Using Credit Wisely (Real World Math: Personal Finance)

Written by Cecilia Minden
Using credit to make a purchase can be a good option under certain circumstances. This title teaches...
3rd - 8th
Image
16899

Video Gaming (Innovation in Entertainment)

Written by Trudi Strain Trueit
Video games have come a long way since Atari launched Pong back in 1971. The Innovation Library...
3rd - 8th
Image
16902

Voting (Citizens & Their Governments)

Written by Fredrik Liljeblad
The foundation of democracy is the vote of the people. The history of voting in the United States...
4th - 8th
Image
16904

Watershed Conservation (Global Perspectives)

Written by Pam Rosenberg
What is a watershed? Why are watersheds important? What is it like to live where there is no clean...
4th - 8th
Image
16908

Wild Boar (Animal Invaders)

Written by Barbara A Somervill and Susan H Gray
Centuries ago, explorers brought hogs to the Americas as a food source. Some of these boars made it...
3rd - 8th
Image
16910

Women's Rights (Global Perspectives)

Written by Judy Alter
Looks at the status of women and women's rights throughout the world.
4th - 8th

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

FILTER

Resources

  • Book Resource

Grades

  • Pre-K
  • K
  • 1st
  • 2nd
  • 3rd
  • 4th
  • 5th
  • 6th
  • 7th
  • (-) 8th
  • 9th
  • 10th
  • 11th
  • 12th

Lexile Range

  • (-) 901-1200

Genre

  • (-) nonfiction

Themes

  • science and nature
  • science and technology
  • biography
  • environment and ecology
  • careers
  • american history
  • manufacturing and production
  • sports and recreation
  • history
  • politics and government
  • entertainment
  • environment
  • innovation
  • social science
  • sports
  • community
  • education
  • environmentalism
  • fitness
  • government
  • health
  • health and fitness
  • science
  • social issues
  • stem
  • technology
  • transportation
  • black history
  • boats and ships
  • business and economics
  • cars and trucks
  • community helpers
  • criminal justice
  • ecology
  • friendship
  • math and arithmetic
  • money
  • natural resources
  • perseverance
  • reptiles and amphibians
  • social awareness
  • water sports
  • winter sports
  • world war 2
  • activism
  • animals
  • applied math
  • architecture
  • art
  • baseball
  • civil rights
  • civil war
  • coming of age
  • community service
  • computers
  • cultural studies
  • democracy
  • diet and nutrition
  • direction and production
  • education theory
  • electricity
  • electronics
  • feminist theory
  • food science
  • games
  • germs and disease
  • health and wellness
  • hispanic american
  • holocaust
  • imagination
  • innovation and invention
  • lgbtq+
  • manners & etiquette
  • manufacturing
  • marine life
  • math
  • medical
  • musician
  • native americans
  • personal finance
  • planes and aviation
  • poverty
  • prejudice
  • prejudice and racism
  • products and goods
  • programming
  • racial violence
  • records
  • rescue
  • rights for girls
  • school and education
  • scientists
  • slavery
  • space
  • survival
  • television
  • the holocaust 
  • trains
  • trucks
  • uniqueness

Donate

Your contribution will help us to provide free books and literacy resources to children across the nation.

Donate

  A Trusted Charity

RIF AwardsGuideStarLibrary of Congress - Literacy AwardsCharity Navigator
Home Literacy Central Literacy Central Literacy Network
Reading is Fundamental

Reading Is Fundamental

750 First Street, NE

Suite 920

Washington, DC 20002

1 (877) RIF-READ

1 (877) 743-7323

  • FAQ
  • CONTACT US   
  • CAREERS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE     
  • FINANCIAL INFORMATION

CONNECT

Sign up for our Newsletter

Since 1966

RIF LogoRIF LogoRIF LogoRIF Logo

© Reading Is Fundamental. All rights reserved. RIF is a 501(c)(3).


The logo for Macy's. A white star sits to the left of the company name, Macy's. The apostrophe in the name is replaced with a smaller star.

Literacy Central is a free resources for parents, teachers and children thanks in part to the generous support of Macy’s.