Curated OER
Helpful Animals and Compassionate Humans in Folklore
Students define elements of stories from around the world that include helpful animals. They explore animal character motivations and use graphic organizers to compare and contrast animal stories from different cultures.
Curated OER
Story Totems
High schoolers write and illustrate a story to describe the habitat and life cycle of a selected animal. They write and publish their story, and create a picture of the animal on a wooden board.
Math Cats
Math Cats: Cat Tails and Other Animal Stories
A great resource for kids stories about animals and mathematics with numerous links to the stories.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Barnum: Squinty, the Comical Pig
This resource presents the text of Richard Barnum's children's story, "Squinty, the Comical Pig." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support...
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Animals
This resource describes the most popular animals at the world-famous San Diego Zoo. Each profile gives background about a specific animal, and more information about the species.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Mitten
This teacher resource includes a review The Mitten, a Ukrainian folktale translated into English, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Jack London's the Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker"?
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Jack London's The Call of the Wild: "Nature Faker"?." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Beatrix Potter's Naughty Animal Tales
In this lesson plan, students will consider Beatrix Potter's Naughty Animal Tales. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
Other
James Herriot and Sanford Sternlicht
This is the review of the book about James Herriot by Syracuse University Professor, Sanford Sternlicht. It offers some insight to the fascinating mind and work of James Herriot.
Other
Database of Award Winning Children's Literature
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Other
Children's Storybooks Online
This site has illustrated online children's stories, riddles, and coloring books.
Other
Literature Unit: "A Day No Pigs Would Die"
This site features questions for each of the chapters in Robert Newton Peck's "A Day No Pigs Would Die."
Other
All Things James Herriot: Main Page
This site from JamesHerriot.org provides information on the life and works of author and veterinarian, James Herriot.
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Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental: Illustrate a Story: The Last Panda [Pdf]
Print this short story about panda bears and about the consequences of human encroachment into their diminishing habitat and then illustrate it and bind it as a book.
Reading Is Fundamental
Reading Is Fundamental: Illustrate a Story: Puppies in Space [Pdf]
Print off this adorable story and draw your own pictures to go with it.
Other
Switch Zoo: Make New Animals
At this site users are able to pick an animal and create funny looking animals by switching the tails and heads with those of other animals. Also offers links to lesson plans, animal drawings, animal poems and animal stories.
Can Teach
Can Teach: African Folk Tales
Eight African folk tales, like "Why the Cheetah's Cheeks Are Stained" to "The Curse of the Chameleon", are at this site. All eight are traditional Zulu stories. The site provides resources for teachers such as lesson plans and games.
Starfall
Starfall: Chinese Fables
This interactive ebook features an introduction and six different Chinese fables.
Other
"Animals You Can See at the Zoo" by Roland Merino
A short story about some of the animals you can see at the zoo and the sounds they make. Requires Real Player to hear the sounds.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
El Dia Especial De Morris
This short story, written in Spanish, about a boy who has lost his pet can be used for reading and listening practice for early intermediate Spanish students.
Other
Unmuseum: Children's Reading Room
Here you'll find a selection of stories you can print out and read to your students over and over again. Enjoy the large print and the bright colors on the story pages.