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
    • Sustainable Futures
    • Race, Equity, and Inclusion
    • SEL
    • Virus & Germ
    • Independent Reading
  • 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 462 results for All Resources

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Image
15326

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Written and Illustrated by Jeff Kinney

Greg Heffley is a typical middle schooler who happens to keep a journal about his life. This first...

3rd - 8th
Image
15345

The Bad Beginning

Written by Lemony Snicket and Illustrated by Brett Helquist

The Bad Beginning, the first book in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, introduces...

3rd - 8th
Image
15351

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

Written by Brian Selznick

Hugo, an orphan, thief, and clock keeper, lives alone in the walls of a Paris train station. When he...

4th - 8th
Image
15331

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe

Written by C. S. Lewis and Illustrated by Pauline Baynes
In book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia, four children are evacuated to...
3rd - 8th
Image
15361

Holes

Written by Louis Sachar

Stanley Yelnats has terrible luck because of a curse traced back to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig...

4th - 8th
Image
15385

Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices

Written by Paul Fleischman and Illustrated by Eric Beddows

A collection of poems meant to be read by two people. The poems simulate the sounds of the insect...

3rd - 8th
Image
15373

Rules

Written by Cynthia Lord

Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants her life to be normal, and she has tried to get her brother...

3rd - 8th
Image
15389

The Arrival

Written and Illustrated by Shaun Tan
A graphic novel told completely in pictures about a father moving to an imaginary place to find work...
4th - 10th
Image
15412

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Written by J.K. Rowling and Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Harry Potter is miserable living with his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, and his cousin, Dudley. But...

4th - 8th
Image
15418

The Little Prince

Written and Illustrated by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The famous novella about a pilot who is stranded in the desert and meets the little prince, who...
2nd - 12th
Image
15430

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales

Written by Virginia Hamilton and Illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon
A collection of 24 African-American folktales including those featuring animals, fairy tales, the...
2nd - 11th
Image
15456

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Written by L. Frank Baum
During a tornado, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, are swept away from Kansas to the land of Oz. She...
1st - 10th
Image
15466

Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There

Written by Lewis Carroll
In this sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Alice enters a fantasy world by climbing through a looking...
2nd - 12th
Image
15620

Operation Typhoon Shore

Written by Joshua Mowll and Illustrated by Niroot Puttapipat

After being lashed by a typhoon on their uncle's ship, THE EXPEDIENT, intrepid siblings Becca and...

4th - 8th
Image
15621

Zora and Me

Written by Victoria Bond and T. R. Simon

Whether she’s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her...

4th - 8th
Image
15626

Crispin: At the Edge of the World

Written by Avi
“Asta’s son” is all he’s ever been called. It's appropriate because he and his mother are poor...
4th - 8th
Image
15664

To Be a Drum

Written by Evelyn Coleman and Illustrated by Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson
The pulse of the drum, symbolizing the rhythm of the earth, has moved through African culture, over...
K - 8th
Image
15679

Coding, Bugs, and Fixes: Kids Get Coding

Written by Heather Lyons and Elizabeth Tweedale
This book from the Kids Get Coding series shows kids how to get started and learn from mistakes...
3rd - 9th
Image
15683

Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World

Written by Reshma Saujani
Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani's graphically animated book shows what a huge role computer...
3rd - 12th
Image
15906

Achoo! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Germs

Written by Trudee Romanek and Illustrated by Rose Cowles
In the fifth Mysterious You book, Achoo!, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs...
4th - 9th
Image
16001

Bad Boy

Written by Walter Dean Myers

The autobiography of Water Dean Myers, who describes what it's like growing up in Harlem in the...

4th - 8th
Image
15989

Brian's Hunt

Written by Gary Paulsen
This story takes place two years after Brian had been stranded in the Canadian wilderness. When...
4th - 9th
Image
16031

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Happy Heartbreaker

Written by Rachel Renee Russell

In the sixth book in the Dork Diaries series, Nikki Maxwell has a crush on Brandon and is hoping hel...

4th - 8th
Image
16031

Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

Written by Rachel Renee Russell

In the third book in the Dork Diaries series, Nikki is frantic that her friends will find out that...

4th - 8th

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

FILTER

Resources

  • Book Resource
  • Support Material

Support Material Types

  • game
  • activity
  • lesson plan
  • vocabulary
  • video
  • reading passage
  • author interview

Grades

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

Lexile Range

  • 0-500
  • 501-900
  • 901-1200
  • Non-Prose

Genre

  • nonfiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • graphic novel
  • realistic fiction
  • graphic nonfiction
  • historical fiction
  • reference
  • how-to
  • autobiography
  • biography
  • poetry

Themes

  • science and nature
  • environment and ecology
  • science and technology
  • social issues
  • friendship
  • adventure
  • growing up
  • careers
  • comics
  • fantasy
  • biography
  • health
  • manufacturing and production
  • science
  • sports
  • sports and recreation
  • environment
  • business and economics
  • ecology
  • environmentalism
  • fitness
  • math
  • social themes
  • sports & recreation
  • technology
  • addiction and recovery
  • american history
  • animals
  • diet and nutrition
  • entertainment
  • family
  • health and fitness
  • innovation
  • social science
  • government
  • graphic novel
  • history
  • math and arithmetic
  • mystery
  • nature
  • politics and government
  • reptiles and amphibians
  • transportation
  • water sports
  • winter sports
  • activism
  • birds
  • boats and ships
  • cars and trucks
  • classic literature
  • coming of age
  • computers
  • criminal justice
  • education
  • hands on
  • horror
  • money
  • natural resources
  • programming
  • social awareness
  • substance abuse
  • thriller
  • aeronautics and space
  • african american culture
  • african american music
  • animal
  • anti-asian hate
  • applied math
  • architecture
  • art
  • baseball
  • bellwether media
  • belonging
  • boys
  • challenges of immigration
  • change
  • christian
  • civil rights
  • civil war
  • community
  • community helpers
  • courage
  • cultural studies
  • democracy
  • direction and production
  • discovery
  • diversity
  • drugs
  • economics
  • education theory
  • electricity
  • electronics
  • emotions and feelings
  • empathy
  • entomology
  • exploration
  • fairy tale
  • families
  • family dysfunction
  • feminist theory

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

© 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.