Curated OER
Lemony Snicket Series Comes to an End (Unfortunately)
An informational text about Lemony Snicket leads to a discussion of the books class members have read in the Series of Unfortunate Events series. Children then compare and contrast the settings, plots, and characters in the different...
Curated OER
Left to Their Own (Literary) Devices
Students write scenes for stories using their own original characters. However, they write using the literary and plot devices found in the Lemony Snicket book series.
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Appalachian State University: Literature Circles: Dahl, Rowling, and Snicket
If you've wondered about using literature circles in your classroom, materials are provided here for units on Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, and two Roald Dahl novels. The units can be downloaded as Word documents. They...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: A Series of Unfortunate Literary Allusions
Can you spot the many literary allusions made in the famous "Series of Unfortunate Events" books? This article points them out and explains them.
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: Authors
Click on the children's author link to view an article with biographical information, book titles, and the like.
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Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events
Explore this site for information on Lemony Snicket, his books about the Baudelaire children and Count Olaf, and play some games. If you are familiar with the author, you know that he, of course, discourages you every step of the way,...
Poetry Foundation
Poetry Foundation: All Good Slides Are Slippery
An article from Poetry Magazine by Lemony Snicket, aka Daniel Handler, presents a portfolio of poetry from authors of many different times and places. In addition to the poems themselves, he discusses why he chose certain poems for this...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Books Authors: Lemony Snicket
Kids learn about Lemony Snicket's biography on this site. Find out about the author of children's books such as The Bad Beginning.
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Harper Collins: Lemony Snicket: The Afflicted Author
This resource provides an autobiography of the author of the "Series of Unfortunate Events" books.
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Book Discussion Guide: A Series of Unfortunate Events [Pdf]
Here, you'll find background, related reading suggestions and discussion questions undoubtedly written by the inimitable Lemony Snicket himself.