CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak
Death narrates a poignant tale of collecting lives and stories through Nazi Germany while constantly circling back to Liesel, who survives because of the love she shares and her love of language. Selected (6) reading passages (grades...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
Liesel Meminger is only nine years old when she is taken to live with a foster family, the Hubermanns, on Himmel Street in Molching, Germany, in the late 1930s. She arrives with few possessions, but among them is The Grave Digger's...
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Mahfouz: The Thief and the Dogs
Guide to Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs, including historical background, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit with project ideas and essay topics. A radio show, with transcripts, features excerpts from...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
On the first day of summer, 12-year-old Percy Jackson learns that he is a demigod. He joins Camp Half-Blood, where he learns the skills required to travel on a dangerous quest to retrieve Zeus' stolen lightning bolt. Selected (7) reading...
Scholastic
Scholastic: The Lightning Thief Discussion Guide
Book summary and discussion guide for The Lightning Thief. Printable Student Handout available along with suggested answers.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: The New Kid and the Cookie Thief
A video of the book "The New Kid and the Cookie Thief", written by Lisa McCourt and Mary Young. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Just Books Read Aloud
Just Books Read Aloud: Appu Series: The Truthful Thief
A video of the book "The Truthful Thief", written by Appu Series. Just Books Read Aloud is a site that includes children's books read aloud by normal (but enthusiastic) readers.
Google
Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 4: The Lightning Thief: Unit Files
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, The Lightning Thief.
University of Virginia Library
Prism: "Lightning Thief Review From the New York Times" Visualization
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Polly Shulman's review of The Lightning Thief published in the New York Times. Quotations from the text are blue while summaries are red, and the reviewer's...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Thief" by Maurice Baring
The full text of the short story "The Thief" by Maurice Baring. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Thief" by Guy De Maupassant
The full text of the short story "The Thief" by Guy de Maupassant. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Thief in the Night" by e.w. Hornung
A.J. Raffles is a character developed by E.W. Hornung who appears in most of his short stories. Raffles is the very definition of a smooth criminal and a master cricket player. Read several of the short stories containing Raffles in the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Colonel and the Horse Thief by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Read the full text of the short story "The Colonel and the Horse-Thief" by Rex Ellingwood Beach.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: The Book Thief
This Australian novel was pulished in the U.S. in 2006. This young adult fiction novel looks at the life of a young German girl growing up in Nazi Germany. Read about the characters, themes and quotations from the novel in this...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Books Authors: Rick Riordan
Read about Rick Riordan's biography the author of children's books such as The Lightning Thief with Percy Jackson on this website.
Other
Official Site of Rick Riordan: Teacher's Guides
Lots of downloadable teacher guides to accompany Rick Riordan's books.
Other
Read Riordan: Official Web Page
This is the official site for Rick Riordan which offers articles and quizzes about his books including Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Editha's Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the illustrated children's book Editha's Burglar by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1888). It tells the story of a young girl who discovers a burglar in the house and persuades the thief to...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The False Faces by Louis Joseph Vance
This is the full text of the novel The False Faces by Louis Joseph Vance. This is the second book in the Lone Wolf series. Michael Lanyard had turned his back on his career as gentleman-thief and started a respectable life when World War...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins
This is the full text of the British novel The Evil Genius by Wilkie Collins in which a gentleman born in the higher ranks of life is accused of being a thief.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: Selected Poetry of John Milton
This University of Toronto site contains links to selected poetry of John Milton. The poems also contain notations.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Amateur Cracksman by e.w. Hornung
Read the full text of "The Amateur Cracksman" by E.W. Hornung about A.J. Raffles, a gentleman thief in Victorian Great Britain.