Children's Literature
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Mr. Rover Takes Over by Grace Maccarone
Pre-reading questions, comprehension questions, and ideas for post-reading projects.

The Wolf is Coming by Elizabeth MacDonald
This teacher guide offers a summary, a pre-reading activity, a post-reading activity, and writing activities.

Suse MacDonald
The author's official Web site. Click on "Just for Kids" for printable activities.

Can of Worms by Kathy Mackel
Summary, book talk, and 10 discussion questions.

Patricia MacLachlan
Lesson plans and activities for teaching Sarah, Plain and Tall.

Christine Kole MacLean
Lesson plans for Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms, Everybody Makes Mistakes, Mary Margaret books.

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes
Vocabulary words, discussion questions and activities.

Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days by Stephen Manes
Seven lessons to develop a range of literacy skills, and cross-curricular extension activities.

I Am a Word: Words as Names
In this lesson 1st and 2nd graders learn that some words are the names of persons, places, or things. Secondarily, this activity introduces the idea that words are conventions that are applied to things. Recommended texts include If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff, Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle, or The Great Pancake Escape by Paul Many.

Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin
Synopsis, discussion questions, and ideas for follow-up activities.

A Dog's Life by Ann M. Martin
This unit plan includes 3 lessons, graphic organizers, discussion questions, and vocabulary words.

Bill Martin, Jr.
Lesson plans and teaching resources for Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
This teacher guide includes a summary, background "fast facts," and ideas for writing and research.

Everglades Forever: Restoring America's Great Wetland by Trish Marx
This teacher's guide includes background information, prereading questions, vocabulary words, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles, writing topics, approaches for ESL students, and interdisciplinary connections.

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo
Practice with vocabulary and note-taking as students write a biographical essay.

Sharon Bell Mathis
Lesson plans for The Hundred Penny Box and other books.

Spider Spins a Story: Fourteen Legends from Native America edited by Jill Max
Discussion questions for each story and for the entire book, suggestions for follow-up projects.

Robert McCloskey
Lesson plans and activities to accompany the classic children's book, Make Way for Ducklings.

Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
Discussion questions.

Caravan by Lawrence McKay, Jr.
This teacher's guide includes a summary and background information, prereading, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles and writing, strategies for ESL and interdisciplinary connections, and more.

Journey Home by Lawrence McKay, Jr.
This teacher's guide includes a summary and background information, prereading, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles and writing, strategies for ESL and interdisciplinary connections, and more.

An interview with Patricia and Frederick McKissack
Audio interview clips, biography, and bibliography.

The Little Red Hen by Lucinda McQueen
This 5-day unit plan includes literacy and cross-curricular activities. Scroll down for related links.

Christmas Makes Me Think by Tony Medina
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader response and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.

DeShawn Days by Tony Medina
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader response and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.

Love to Langston by Tony Medina
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader response and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.

William Miller
Teaching guides for Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree and other books.

Finding Zola by Marianne Mitchell
This teacher guide offers a prereading question, comprehension questions using Bloom's Taxonomy, and ideas for projects that address multiple intelligences.

Ken Mochizuki
Lesson plans and teaching ideas for Baseball Saved Us, more.

Pat Mora
Lesson plans for Tomas and the Library Lady, more.

Parsifal's Page by Gerald Morris
Summary, 10 discussion questions, related titles.

Robert Munsch
Lesson plans and other resources for Paper Bag Princess and other books.

Antonyms
This lesson uses The Greatest Gymnast of All by Stuart J. Murphy to teach antonyms. Students read aloud and try both guided and individual practice.

A video interview with Christopher Myers
Biography, bibliography, and short video interviews.