Flossie and the Fox - Lesson on Personification Imbedded in a series of four 5th grade science lessons about vertebrates, lesson three has students read Flossie and the Fox and discuss the meaning of personification in literature.  Students are then asked to write their own stories featuring this literary device.  Interesting use of science across disciplines (here language arts). Flossie and the Fox - Writing a News Article A lesson for third and fourth graders that asks them to tell the story from the point of view of the fox.
	Curriculum Connections for Let My People Go: Bible Stories Told by a Freeman of Color This site has suggested assignments in association with the reading of this book along with other websites to visit.
	Color Me Dark - Discussion Guide A very thorough discussion guide produced by Scholastic Books along with suggested student activities and a short interview with the author about how she wrote the book.
	The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural - Storytelling A list of websites to visit that deal with the art of storytelling.
	Nzingha: Warrior Queen of Matamba, Angola, Africa 1595 - Discussion Guide Another Scholastic Books guide with an author interview and student activities.