Skip to main content

Secondary navigation - Literacy Central

  • SIGN IN
  • REGISTER
  • SEARCH
Home Literacy Central Literacy Central Literacy Network
Reading is Fundamental
DONATE

Main navigation Literacy Central

  • Find Book Activities
  • Tools
    • Activity Calendars
    • Puzzle Creator
    • Graphic Organizers
    • Literacy Tracker (Assessment Tool)
    • Reading Incentives
    • BeeLine Reader
    • Skybrary Free eBooks
  • Centers
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Well-Being
    • Sustainable Futures
    • Sense of Belonging
    • Independent Reading
    • Virus and Germ
  • Resources
    • Rally to Read
    • Daily Book Bites
    • Monthly Teaching Resources
    • Lesson Plans
    • Puzzles
    • Read Aloud Videos
    • Leveled Reading Passages
    • Author Interviews
  • DONATE

Secondary navigation - Literacy Central

  • SIGN IN
  • REGISTER
  • SEARCH

Sign up for our Newsletter

  1. Home
  2. Literacy Central
25-39 of 39 results for All Resources

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2

The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza): Word Search

After reading Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds and Paulette Bogen use this printable and...

A Good Night Walk: Memory Match

After reading A Good Night Walk, use this Memory Matching puzzle to help students build familiarity...

A Good Night Walk: Word Search

After reading A Good Night Walk by Elisha Cooper use this printable and interactive Word Search...

A Good Night Walk: Criss Cross

This printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle aligns with A Good Night Walk by Elisha Cooper.

Image

In Our Mothers' House

Written and Illustrated by Patricia Polacco

Marmee, Meema, and the kids are just like any other family on the block. In their beautiful house...

K - 3rd
Image

Come On, Rain!

Written by Karen Hesse

"Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless...

Pre-K - 3rd
Image
19935

A Good Night Walk

Written by Elisha Cooper
As a child and parent walk down the block to the bay and turn to walk back home, evening falls upon the neighborhood.
Pre-K - 1st
Image
19772

The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza)

Written by Philemon Sturges and Illustrated by Amy Walrod
The classic tale of the hardworking Little Red Hen gets a tasty twist when she discovers a can of tomato sauce in her cupboard and decides to make a pizza!
Pre-K - 2nd
Image
19729

Sheila Rae, the Brave

Written and Illustrated by Kevin Henkes
"I am very brave," Sheila Rae said, patting herself on the back. She wasn't afraid of anything—not...
Pre-K - 3rd

King for a Day: Criss Cross

Answer clues based on definitions of the vocabulary words from King for a Day. Look for hints in...

King for a Day: Memory Match

After reading King for a Day, use this Memory Matching puzzle to help students build familiarity...

King for a Day: Word Search

Look for vocabulary words from King for a Day. Circle or click on words across, down, or diagonally...

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse: Word Search

After reading Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes use this printable and interactive Word Search puzzle to extend student learning.

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse: Picture Book Guide

This guide to the many books from Kevin Henkes provides discussion questions, themes, and activities...
Image
15417

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

Written and Illustrated by Kevin Henkes
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1996. Lilly loves school and her teacher, Mr. Singer. But when she brings her favorite possession, her purple purse with all her treasures inside, to school, Mr. Singer takes it away. Lilly learns some hard lessons about revenge and remorse.
Pre-K - 3rd

Pagination

  • 1
  • 2

FILTER

Resources

  • Book Resource
  • Support Material

Support Material Types

  • game
  • vocabulary
  • lesson plan
  • activity

Grades

  • Pre-K
  • (-) K
  • 1st
  • 2nd
  • 3rd

Lexile Range

  • Birth-500
  • 501-900

Genre

  • fiction
  • picture book
  • realistic fiction

Themes

  • acceptance
  • books & libraries
  • community
  • confidence
  • environmental awareness & conservation
  • family
  • friends
  • helping
  • imagination
  • leadership
  • lgbtq
  • love
  • overcoming fears
  • remorse
  • revenge
  • self reliance

Donate

Your contribution will help us to provide free books and literacy resources to children across the nation.

Donate

A Trusted Charity

RIF AwardsGuideStarBetter Business BureauCharity Navigator
Home Literacy Central Literacy Central Literacy Network
Reading is Fundamental

Reading Is Fundamental

750 First Street, NE

Suite 920

Washington, DC 20002

1 (877) RIF-READ

1 (877) 743-7323

  • FAQ
  • CONTACT US   
  • CAREERS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • TERMS OF USE     
  • FINANCIAL INFORMATION

CONNECT

Sign up for our Newsletter

Since 1966

RIF LogoRIF LogoRIF LogoRIF Logo

© Reading Is Fundamental. All rights reserved. RIF is a 501(c)(3).


The logo for Macy's. A white star sits to the left of the company name, Macy's. The apostrophe in the name is replaced with a smaller star.

Literacy Central is a free resources for parents, teachers and children thanks in part to the generous support of Macy’s.