Resources for Classroom Preparation
Good preparation is an essential part of Island Readers & Writers programs. This page provides book-related questions and activities that help prepare readers for an author and/or illustrator visit.
Activity sheets contain numerous clickable links to cross-curricular resources and thoughtful pathways for deep exploration of the subjects and themes in the book.
All activity sheets are PDFs. Clicking on the link will bring you to the PDF; right-click on the PDF to save it to your computer for future access.
Activity sheets contain links and images and may take a minute to fully load.
Activity Sheets
Julia Alvarez
Food for Thought Program: Return to Sender
John David Anderson
Common Core Standards for Posted
Elizabeth Atkinson
Ben Bishop
Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness
Sophie Blackall
Common Core Standards for Hello Lighthouse
Megan Frazer Blakemore
Frankie Sparks and the Class Pet
Calef Brown
Toni Buzzeo
Annette LeBlanc Cate
Look Up! Bird-watching in Your Own Backyard
Common Core Standards for Look Up!
Mary Cerullo
Stephen Costanza
Vivaldi and the Invisible Orchestra
Russ Cox
Kelly Cunnane
Lee DeCora Francis
Robin Orm Hansen
Alexandra Hinrichs
Dr. Karen James
Charles Darwin & the Voyage of the HMS Beagle
Paul Janeczko
Patrick Jennings
Kathy Lasky
Activity Sheets
Cynthia Lord
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Matt Myers
Anne Sibley O'Brien
The Legend of Hong Kil Dong: The Robin Hood of Korea
Richard Peck
A Long Way from Chicago Discussion Questions
Lynn Plourde
At One in a Place Called Maine
Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness
Common Core Standards for Lost Trail and At One in a Place Called Maine
Ellen Potter
Piper Green and the Fairy Tree
Rebekah Raye
The Very Best Bed and Thanks to the Animals
Sample classroom activities for The Very Best Bed
Common Core Standards for Rebekah Raye books
Kimberly Ridley
Extreme Survivors: Animals That Time Forgot
Anica Mrose Rissi
Common Core Standards for The Teacher's Pet and Anna, Banana
Gary Schmidt
Melissa Sweet
Chris Van Dusen
Common Core Standards for If I Built a School