Educators and parents can use these resources to help young people unlock the power of reading.
Teaching Resources
Teachers and parents can use these Library of Congress educational resources to bring students and young readers deeper into the world of reading.
- Found Poetry (Primary Source Set) »
- Finding the Heart in History: Making Connections Through Poetry (Online Activity) »
- The Harlem Renaissance and the Flowering of American Creativity (Presentation) »
- The Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection (International Collection) »
- "The Wizard of Oz" – An American Fairy Tale (Exhibition) »
- "The Grapes of Wrath": Scrapbooks and Artifacts (Lesson Plan) »
- "Jacob Have I Loved" (Lesson Plan) »
- Murder and Mayhem - "The Great Gatsby": Facts behind the Fiction (Lesson Plan) »
- "To Kill a Mockingbird": A Historical Perspective (Lesson Plan) »
- Twain’s Hannibal (Lesson Plan) »
- The Young Readers' Toolkit from the 2009 National Book Festival »
- Additional Teaching Resources »
The Exquisite Corpse
Episode 1
A Very Unusual and Completely Amazing Story Pieced Together Out Of So Many Parts That It Is Not Possible To Describe Them All Here So Go Ahead and
Just Start Reading »
The Exquisite Corpse Adventure is a project of the Center for the Book and the National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance. Read more »
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R.L. Stine speaks at the 2008 Natinal Book Festival
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Jon Scieszka: National Ambassador for Young People's Literature
Letters About Literature
Letters about Literature is national contest for grades 4 through 12. Readers write a personal letter to an author, living or dead, explaining how that author's work changed the student's way of thinking.
- Find out more about Letters About Literature »
- Read Winning Letters »
- See also The River of Words Contest
Poetry Resources
- Poetry 180 – A poem for every day of the school year »
- Meet the current Poet Laureate »
- Lyrical Legacy: Explore 18 poems and songs from throughout U.S. history »
Local and Community Reading Resources
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