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

Secondary navigation - Literacy Central

  • SIGN IN
  • REGISTER
  • SEARCH

Sign up for our Newsletter

  1. Home
  2. Literacy Central
1-15 of 15 results for All Resources
Image
FavoriteScaryStoriesAmChildrenAH.jpg

Favorite Scary Stories of American Children

Written by Richard Young
Kids love a good scare—and these stories, gathered from children themselves, are some of their all‑time favorites. These are the classic spooky tales kids ask for again and again. They’ll lean in to hear how Wylie outsmarted the dreadful Hairy Man, or how Skunnee Wundee and an unlikely friend managed to defeat the mighty Stone Giant.
4th - 6th
Image
Well-Being Book Collection
Image

Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions

Written by Richard Turere and Shelly Pollock and Illustrated by Sonia Possentini

LION LIGHTS is the amazing true story of Richard Turere, a young Maasai living in Kenya. I am co...

2nd - 5th
Image
24991
Pride Collection
Image
13913
Read-Aloud Collection

Exploring Historical Topics Activity Guide for Grades 3-5

This activity guide supports books on exploring historical topics for grades 3-5.

Exploring Historical Topics Activity Guide for Grades 6-8

This activity guide supports books on exploring historical topics for grades 6-8.

Image
17539

The Barefoot Book of Pirates

Written by Richard Walker and Illustrated by Olwyn Whelan
This swashbuckling collection of pirate tales is brimful with drama and adventure on the high seas...
2nd - 6th
Image
5502
NEA Read Across America Collection, 2018-2019
Image
4401
Carter G. Woodson Book Award Collection
Image
16622

Brainstorm!: The Stories of Twenty American Kid Inventors

Written by Tom Tucker and Illustrated by Richard Loehle

Of the thousands of inventions filed each year since 1790 with the United States Patent Office, some...

6th - 8th
Image
16351

This Book Is Out of Control!

Written by Byrne and Richard and Illustrated by Byrne
In this follow-up to This book just ate my dog! and We’re in the wrong book!, Bella and Ben and that...
Pre-K - 2nd
Image
16355

Walking in a Winter Wonderland

Written by Smith, Richard B, Bernard and Felix and Illustrated by Hopgood
The classic and beloved winter holiday song "Walking in a Winter Wonderland" is brought to life with...
1st - 2nd
Image
11327
Storyline Online
Image
15424

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Written by Richard Atwater and Florence Atwater and Illustrated by Robert Lawson
Mr. Popper, a house painter, lives in Stillwater, Oklahoma with his wife and two children. He is...
2nd - 6th

FILTER

Resources

  • Book Resource
  • Collection
  • Support Material

Support Material Types

  • activity

Grades

  • Pre-K
  • K
  • 1st
  • 2nd
  • 3rd
  • 4th
  • 5th
  • 6th
  • 7th
  • 8th

Lexile Range

  • Birth-500
  • 501-900
  • 901-1200

Genre

  • fiction
  • folktale
  • narrative nonfiction
  • nonfiction

Themes

  • adventure
  • animals
  • biography
  • fantasy
  • holidays
  • imagination
  • multicultural
  • perserverance
  • scary stories

Donate

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

Donate

A Trusted Charity

RIF AwardsGuideStarBetter Business BureauCharity 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.