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 73 results for All Resources

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
Image
15300

Charlotte's Web

Written by E.B. White and Illustrated by Garth Williams
The timeless story of the friendship between Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider. When Wilbur...
3rd - 7th
Image
15304

Frog and Toad Are Friends

Written and Illustrated by Arnold Lobel
The story of frog and toad recounts their loving friendship, where they help each other out and have...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15301

Goodnight Moon

Written by Margaret Wise Brown and Illustrated by Clement Hurd
This short, simple story—considered a classic-- helps children put closure on their day and go to...
Pre-K - K
Image
15350

Diary of a Worm

Written by Doreen Cronin and Illustrated by Harry Bliss
Did you ever wonder what it’s like to be a worm? This diary, written from the perspective of a young...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15334

Not a Box

Written and Illustrated by Antoinette Portis
Children explore the power of the imagination with a rabbit as a guide. As the rabbit insists that a...
Pre-K - 1st
Image
15338

Sarah, Plain and Tall

Written by Patricia MacLachlan
When Sarah Wheaton answers widower Jacob Whiting’s ad for a mail-order bride, she leaves her home in...
1st - 5th
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
15321

The Runaway Bunny

Written by Margaret Wise Brown and Illustrated by Clement Hurd
A bunny decides to run away and imagines that he turns into a fish, a rock, a crocus, a sailboat...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15390

Bark, George

Written and Illustrated by Jules Feiffer
George’s mother asks her son to bark, but he makes almost every other animal sound instead. He goes...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15398

Bread and Jam for Frances

Written by Russell Hoban and Illustrated by Lillian Hoban
Frances will only eat bread and jam, so her parents agree that that’s all she will eat. Children...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15358

Bridge to Terabithia

Written by Katherine Paterson
The story of two children, Jesse Aarons and Leslie Burke, who become friends. Jesse was lonely and...
4th - 7th
Image
15399

Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys, and Their Monkey Business

Written and Illustrated by Esphyr Slobodkin
A folktale about a salesman who wears all the caps he's selling on top of his head. While napping, a...
Pre-K - 3rd
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
15411

Harriet the Spy

Written and Illustrated by Louise Fitzhugh
The story of Harriet Welsch, a budding writer who lives in New York, spies on her neighbors and...
3rd - 7th
Image
15468

A Light in the Attic

Written and Illustrated by Shel Silverstein
This volume of Shel Silverstein's illustrated poetry presents a cast of characters including...
1st - 4th
Image
15496

Dragonwings

Written by Laurence Yep
The story of Moon Shadow who grows up in China having never known his father. When Moon Shadow is 9...
3rd - 7th
Image
15460

Little House in the Big Woods

Written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and Illustrated by Garth Williams
The first in a series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder about pioneer life. The family of Ma, Pa...
3rd - 7th
Image
15463

Stuart Little

Written by E. B. White and Illustrated by Garth Williams
Stuart Little is a mouse, but he lives with a family of humans in New York City. They also have two...
3rd - 7th
Image
15511

Houses and Homes

Written by Ann Morris and Illustrated by Ken Heyman
A look at different kinds of houses from around the world. Some are big, and others are small. Some...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15597

Fables

Written and Illustrated by Arnold Lobel
This charming and silly collection of fables created by Arnold Lobel will tickle young readers and...
1st - 4th
Image
15644

Clark the Shark

Written by Bruce Hale and Illustrated by Guy Francis
Clark is an overly boisterous shark who loves life but also needs to be told when to behave properly...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15647

Harry the Dirty Dog

Written by Gene Zion and Illustrated by Margaret Bloy Graham
Harry hates baths, so when he gets very dirty, he runs away to avoid a bath. How will his owners get...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15661

The Kissing Hand

Written by Audrey Penn and Illustrated by Ruth E. Harper & Nancy M. Leak
School is about to start in the forest, but Chester Raccoon doesn't want to go. To encourage him...
Pre-K - 3rd
Image
15954

Proust and the Squid

Written by Maryanne Wolf
In this highly engaging book, Dr. Wolf describes the "reading brain" in light of the many insights...
-

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4

FILTER

Resources

  • Book Resource
  • Collection
  • Support Material

Support Material Types

  • game
  • lesson plan
  • video

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

  • fiction
  • nonfiction
  • poetry
  • realistic fiction
  • autobiography
  • fantasy
  • novel

Themes

  • growing up
  • fantasy
  • family
  • adventure
  • imagination
  • beginning chapter books & early readers
  • friendship
  • animals
  • coming of age
  • nature
  • love
  • addressing fears
  • adolescence
  • african american history
  • american history
  • bedtime
  • chinese-american experience
  • christmas
  • creativity
  • cultural diversity
  • cultural history
  • developing good habits
  • dystopian
  • fables
  • high school
  • houses
  • humor
  • ice cream
  • immigration
  • learn to read
  • museum
  • mystery
  • myth
  • nutrition
  • overcoming challenges
  • peer pressure
  • pet care
  • pioneer life
  • racism
  • self acceptance
  • topical | friendship

Donate

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

Donate

  A Trusted Charity

Certified Seal of Candid Platinum Transparency 2022, Better Business Bureau Seal of Accreditation, and Charity Navigator 4 Star Rating Badge.candid-sealbbb-sealcn-rating
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.