Children's Literature
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Natalie Babbit
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Tuck Everlasting, designed for grades 4-9.

Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Four activities to develop literacy skills.

Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
This unit plan includes 3 lessons, graphic organizers, discussion questions, and vocabulary.

Vocabulary from Chasing Vermeer
A list of 49 words drawn from the book.

Interview with Blue Balliet
A series of 14 video clips dated May 2008.

Molly Bang
Official web site of the author of When Sophie Gets Angry, The Paper Crane, Ten, Nine, Eight, and other books.

Saturday at the New You by Barbara E. Barber
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader responde and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies. Access to this 6-page teacher guide requires Adobe Reader or compatible application.

Tiki Barber
The author's presentation at the 2008 National Book Festival.

Judi Barrett
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

J. M. Barrie
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Peter Pan.

T. A. Barron
Lesson plans for The Hero's Trail.

Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Lesson plans for Peter and the Starcatchers.

L. Frank Baum
Lesson plans, vocabulary words, and activities for teaching The Wizard of Oz stories.

Joan Bauer
Lesson plans for Backwater, Hope was Here, Squashed, others.

Marion Dane Bauer
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for On My Honor, more.

Granny the Pag by Nina Bawden
Summary and 12 discussion questions.

The Witch's Daughter by Nina Bawden
Activities to accompany reading. A link at the top leads to printable study guide questions organized by chapter.

Byrd Baylor
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for The Desert is Theirs and other books.

Operation Clean Sweep by Darleen Bailey Beard
Summary, 5 discussion questions, and 5 follow-up activities.

Not Norman: A Goldfish Story by Kelly Bennett
Pre-reading and discussion questions, ideas for post-reading activities.

The Berenstain Bears
Lesson plans and activities to accompany several books from the Berenstain Bears series.

An interview with Holly Black
A series of 14 short videos in which the author discusses both the Spiderwick series and The Good Neighbors series.

Judy Blume
Ideas for teaching Freckle Juice and other works by Judy Blume.

The A+ Custodian by Louise Borden
Summary, 5 discussion questions, and 4 follow-up activities.

The A+ Custodian by Louise Borden
This reading group guide includes discussion questions and ideas for postreading activities.

The President's Daughter by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Summary, 3 discussion questions, and 3 follow-up questions.

Jan Brett
Lesson ideas for The Mitten and other books.

Norman Bridwell
Follow the links to short video interviews with the author/illustrator of Clifford, the Big Red Dog.

Carol Ryrie Brink
Lesson plans for Caddie Woodlawn.

Benny's Pennies by Pat Brisson
Students will listen to the book Benny's Pennies and demonstrate their ability to count pennies, understand proper sequence and rewrite a story.

Bruce Brooks
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for The Moves Make the Man and other books.

Jeff Brown
Lesson plans for Flat Stanley.

Marc Brown
Lesson plans for the Arthur books.

Margaret Wise Brown
Lesson plans to accompany Goodnight, Moon, The Important Book, more.

The World that Jack Built by Ruth Brown
Summary, talking points, activities, and related titles.

Joseph Bruchac
Lesson plans for The Journal of Jesse Smoke, Crazy Horses's Vision, more.

The Berry-Picking Man by Jane Buchanan
Summary, 6 discussion questions, and 3 activities.

Eve Bunting
Lesson plans for Dandelion, Fly Away Home, more.

Ida Early Comes Over the Mountain by Robert Burch
Summary, discussion points, activities, and related titles.

A Thousand Never Evers by Shana Burg
Ideas for discussion and writing, cross-curricular activities, and vocabulary.

Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ideas for teaching The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy.

Sheila Burnford
Lesson plans for The Incredible Journey.

John Burningham
Several ideas for an author study.

Activities for Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Seven printable extension activities involving writing and art.

Betsy Byars
Ideas for teaching Summer of the Swan, The Pinballs, Keeper of the Swan and other works.