Source: ABC Mouse
Author: Not available
Ages: 5,6,7
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Hard work, Preparation
Find out what happens when a hungry grasshopper asks some ants for food in this classic Aesop’s fable.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Charles Dickens
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Achievement and Success, Loyality, Manners and Conduct
Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 4,5,6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Friendship, assimilation
When Stellaluna is separated from her mother before she is old enough to fly, she finds out that not all winged creatures eat fruit. As Stellaluna adapts to the habits of her new family, she learns the essence of friendship in humorous and touching ways.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Love, Belonging, Kindness
Mr. Hatch is a drab, predictable gentle man who leads a painfully ordered and uninteresting life. One Valentine’s Day a giant candy-filled heart is delivered to Mr. Hatch. Just the thought of someone taking an interest in him completely changes the way Mr. Hatch interacts with his neighbors and co-workers.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: ABC Mouse
Author: Not available
Ages: 5,6,7
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Kindness
Find out what happens when a small mouse approaches a lion in this classic Aesop’s fable.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Lucy Maud Montgomery
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Friendship, Adoption, Country Life
The spunky Anne Shirley, begins her adventures at Green Gables, a farm outside Avonlea, Prince Edward Island. When the freckled girl realizes that the elderly Cuthberts wanted to adopt a boy instead, she begins to try to win them over.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Cleverness, Anticipation, Irony, Etiquette
A round of uneasy hospitality results when Mouse and Dog arrive at Cat’s house for dinner.
Parent Guide: https://www.storylineonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/MiceTwice_FamilyActivityGuide.pdf
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Imagination, Friendship, Bedtime Routine
Ethan is a little boy who can’t fall asleep without the ragged breathing and claw-scratching of his favorite monster, Gabe. But Gabe has left a note that he’s gone fishing, so Ethan knocks on his floor to summon a series of substitute ghoulies.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Homelessness, Poverty, Death, Grief, Loss, School Life
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin’s London school, is left in poverty when her father dies, but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Acceptance, Friendship, Manners, Courage
Chester and Wilson had their own way of doing things, and they did everything together. When they cut their sandwiches, it was always diagonally. When they rode their bikes, they always used hand signals. If Chester was hungry, Wilson was too. They were two of a kind, and that’s the way it was – until indomitable Lilly, who had her own way of doing things, moved into the neighborhood.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 5,6,7
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Fantasy
One evening, when the king is in a hurry, his good-night kiss to the little prince goes astray. The king decides to do something about it. He orders the knight to climb on his horse, ride into the forest, and bring back the kiss. But the forest is filled with spooky things that frighten both the knight and his horse.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Love
Romeow the cat and Drooliet the dog, two star-crossed lovers who meet by chance, marry in secret and are kept apart by a snarling rottweiler, appalled owners and the animal control warden.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 5,6,7,8
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Cultures, love, hope, courage
In this poignant story, the counting rope is a metaphor for the passage of time and for a boy’s emerging confidence facing his greatest challenge: blindness and the approaching death of his beloved grandfather.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 7,8,9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Pets, adventure
It’s 10:00PM… Do you know where your dog is? Have you ever wondered where dogs go at night, and what they do? Well the little boy in this story has reason to believe that there is something funny going on, and he’s ready to find out what it is.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Anna Sewell
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Courage, Bravery, Heroism, Horses, Survival
Black Beauty tells the story of the horse’s own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 6,7,8,9
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Empathy, Empowerment, Education, Ambition
This is the story of Jane Addams, the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, who transformed a poor neighborhood in Chicago by opening up her house as a community center.
Parent Guide: https://www.storylineonline.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/TheHouseThatJaneBuilt_FamilyActivityGuide.pdf
Source: Storyline Online
Author: Not available
Ages: 8,9
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Mystery
Leon the chameleon is missing! But Ace detective Private I. Guana is on the case. When Private I. Guana takes “the case of the missing chameleon,” the fun begins.
Parent Guide: Not available
Source: KidsRead2Kids
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Ages: 9,10
Genre: Not available
Theme(s): Cleverness, Mystery, Violence and Crime
No case is too tricky for the world’s most famous sleuth and his incredible powers of deduction
Parent Guide: Not available
