Publisher Guides
Some publishers don’t keep their guides online forever.  If you find a guide you think you are going to use at some point, save it or print it.

Bloomsbury USA        http://www.bloomsburyusa.com/ReadingClub/default.asp?cf=1
Reading guides

SCORE: California State Cyberguides    http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html
Organized by grade level.  Due to a lack of funding, no longer maintained.

EDSITEment:  National Endowment for the Humanities    http://edsitement.neh.gov/

English Online: 100 Things to do with a Book    http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/books.html

E-Themes        http://www.emints.org/ethemes/

Farrar Straus Giroux Teaching Guides
http://www.fsgkidsbooks.com/teacherguides.asp

Harcourt Teaching Guides and Reading Group Guides
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/Guides/default.asp
http://www.harcourtbooks.com/BookSearch/readingGuides.asp

Harper Collins:  Harper Teacher
Haper Collins:  Harper Teen
 Organized by grade level, includes:  first chapters, discussion guides, author info, teaching guides, audio and more.
 http://www.harperchildrens.com/teacher/
 http://www.harperteen.com/community.asp

Henry Holt for Teachers
http://us.macmillan.com/Content.aspx?publisher=holtbyr&id=373

Holiday House
 http://www.holidayhouse.com/

Houghton Mifflin
 Teachers guides: includes a variety of books
 http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/librarians/teacher.shtml

Hyperion
Teacher’s guides, discussion guides, audio clips and more.
http://www.hyperionbooksforchildren.com/teachers/index.asp

ISLMC:  Links to author and teaching resources.  Some of the links don't work.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/yalit.htm

Kids Can Press Resource Room.  You need to register, but it is free.
http://resourceroom.kidscanpress.com/resourceroom/

Literary Link:  Young Adult Literature        http://theliterarylink.com/yalink.html
Scroll down for lesson plans for specific titles.

Literature, Reading, Activities and Lesson Plans from Richmond Public Schools
http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/literatureactivities.htm

Little Brown
http://www.twbookmark.com/books/reading_guides.html

Orca Books – teaching guides for almost all Orca Currents and Orca Soundings
http://www.orcabook.com/

Penguin, Teaching Tips and Guides
http://www.penguinputnam.com/static/packages/us/yreaders-new/tl-guides.html

Penguin Teacher’s Club
http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/youngreaders/tl.html

Ramsey, Inez. James Madison University.  Index to Internet sites.   http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/biochildhome.htm

Random, Teachers/Librarians
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/

Scholastic Teacher Guides
http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/tradebooks/discguide/
This list doesn't necessarily match what is available on Scholastic's site.  Double-check by searching the title with Scholastic's search feature.

SimonSays (Simon and Schuster)  Reading Guides
http://www.simonsays.com/content/index.cfm?sid=807

Susan Taylor Brown: Teaching Guides Database    http://www.susantaylorbrown.com/teachingguides.html

Teachingbooks.net – Subscription required
http://www.teachingbooks.net/

Tracie Von Zimmer        http://www.tracievaughnzimmer.com/
Tracie has excellent teaching guides for many books.  She is the author of many of the guides you will find on the publishers’ sites.  She generously has these available on her own site.  Must see.

Web English Teacher, Links to Lesson Plans by Author
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ya.html
 
 

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Updated Fall 2008