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Z  for Zachariah by Robert O'Brien
After living alone for a year, believing herself to be the only survivor of a nuclear holocaust, sixteen-year-old Ann makes a startling discovery--a scientist named John Loomis has also survived--but this pleasant surprise very quickly turns sinister.

·         Activities include fact and opinion, writing, and creating a timeline. TeacherViews

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

·         Novel Guide includes background information, chapter summaries, and post-reading activities. Holt, Rinehart and Winston

 

Z Is for Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet by Matt M. Napier 
Each letter of the alphabet introduces a fact about the game of hockey.
  • Reading Strategies include a summary, activities, an author profile, and related books. Page 14. Colorado Blue Spruce Award

 

The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
Depicts how A was in an avalanche, B was badly bitten, C was cut to ribbons, and the other letters of the alphabet suffered similar mishaps.
  • Activities include an alphabet idea and making a mobile. TeacherViews
  • Activities include matching, word search, and concentration. Quia
  • Activity about verbs. Scroll down the page for activity. Creative Classroom
  • Lesson Plan focuses on alliteration.

 

Zach's Lie by Roland Smith
When Jack Osborne is befriended by his school's custodian and a Basque girl, he begins to adjust to his family's sudden move to Elko, Nevada, after entering the Witness Security Program, but the drug cartel against which his father will testify is determined to track them down.
  • Book Discussion Guide includes a summary, booktalk, discussion questions, and related websites. Multnomah County Public Library (Oregon)

·         Jigsaw Puzzle of the cover to complete online. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

  • Lesson Plan  includes information about the author, book, related titles, activities, puzzles and worksheets, and weblinks for further study. Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
  • Project includes cross-curricular activities. Golden Sower Award

 

Zack in the Middle by Dia L. Michels
Seven-year-old Zack tries to cope with being the middle child, and the only boy in the family.

 

Zak's Lunch by Margie Palatini
Rather than eat his boring old ham and cheese sandwich, Zak conjures up Lou, a waitress who serves him a delectable feast for the imagination.

 

Zathura by Chris Van Allsburg
Left on their own for an evening, two boisterous brothers find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical space adventure board game.

 

Zeke Pippin by William Steig
Disappointed when his family falls asleep as he plays his newfound harmonica, Zeke, a spirited young pig runs away only to undergo harrowing adventures before he, with the aid of his magical sleep-inducing harmonica, can be reunited with his loving family.
  • Activities include cause and effect and vocabulary. TeacherViews

 

Zeely by Virginia Hamilton
Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen.

 

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Based on the fairy tale Rapunzel, the story is told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Zel, her mother, and the nobleman who pursues her, and delves into the psychological motivations of each of the characters.
  • Activities include discussion and writing. Story House

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

 

Zelda and Ivy by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
In three brief stories, Ivy, the younger of two fox sisters, submits to her older sister's schemes, even when they seem a bit daring.

·         Lesson Plan with vocabulary, open-ended questions, and activities. KYReads

 

Zelda and Ivy and the Boy Next Door by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
In three brief stories, two fox sisters meet the boy next door, play pirates, and camp out in the yard in sleeping bags.
  • Activity includes making a list. Nancy Polette

 

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
A father and his eleven-year-old son take a motorcycle trip across the country, and together, the two learn about life, love, and identity.

·         Novel Guide includes background information, chapter summaries, and post-reading activities. Holt, Rinehart and Winston

 

Zia by Scott O'Dell
A young Indian girl, Zia, caught between the traditional world of her mother and the present world of the Mission, is helped by her aunt Karana whose story was told in the Island of the Blue Dolphins.

·         Booktalk Nancy Keane

  • CyberGuide includes writing and reading activities resulting in a student product. San Diego County Office of Education

 

Ziggy and the Black Dinosaurs by Sharon Draper
Something strange is happening in the neighborhood. Someone has buried an old trunk filled with bones, and someone has been writing weird notes and singing strange songs. Before long the four friends who belong to the secret club, the Black Dinosaurs, are on the case.
  • Study Guide with activities and discussion questions. Sharon Draper

 

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss
A trombone begins playing a solo, and soon, ten instruments are taking their parts one by one in a musical performance.

·         Activities for the family. Reading Rainbow

·         Integrated Literature Unit with curricular connections. University of North Carolina

 

Zipped by Laura and Tom McNeal
At the end of their sophomore year in high school, the lives of four teenagers are woven together as they start a tough new job, face family problems, deal with changing friendships, and find love.

 

Zipitio by Jorge Argueta
Rufina's mother tells her the legend of the Zipitio, hoping to prepare Rufina in case the Zipitio appears to her by the river, but when Rufina does see the Zipitio, she runs away in fear, leaving him crying from a broken heart.

 

Zlata's Diary by Zlata Filipovic
The diary of a thirteen-year-old girl living in Sarajevo, begun just before her eleventh birthday when there was still peace in her homeland.
  • Internet Resources with links to background information for the book and a student project. Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools

 

Zlateh the Goat by Isaac Bashevis Singer
With the holiday season approaching, poor Raven, the furrier, has no recourse but to sell the family's beloved goat for supplies.
  • Study Guide includes pre-reading, during reading, and post reading activities. Weston Woods

 

Zomo the Rabbit by Gerald McDermott
Zomo the Rabbit, an African trickster, sets out to gain wisdom.

 

Zoo by Anthony Browne
A boy endures a tedious visit to the zoo with his family.
  • Lesson Plan includes discussion, story elements, activities, and more. Scroll down the page. Irish National Teacher's Organization

 

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I'm Off to the Moon! by Dan Yaccarino
A boy gets in a spaceship and takes a dangerous but exciting trip to the moon.

·         Book Test Join the acceleratedreading Yahoo Group to access the test under Files/Charlotte's Archive.

 

Zoom Broom by Margie Palatini
When her broom breaks down, Gritch the Witch visits a foxy salesman in search of a new Zoom Broom but ends up with something unexpected.

 

Zooman Sam by Lois Lowry
Four-year-old Sam's appearance as a zookeeper at his nursery school's Future Job Day leads him to a number of exciting activities and discoveries, including reading.
  • Activities include summary, related readings, curriculum tie-ins, and web links. South Carolina Association of School Librarians

·         Lesson Plan includes a summary, review, discussion questions, and activities. (Page 8) South Central Kansas Library System

 

Zora Hurston and the Chinaberry Tree by William Miller
The true story of the famous African American writer, who as a young girl learned about hope and strength from her mother.
  • Teacher's Guide includes background, reading questions, and interdisciplinary activities. Lee & Low Books

 

Zulu Dog by Anton Ferreira
In post-apartheid South Africa, a Zulu boy keeps secrets from his family as he cares for an injured dog and befriends the daughter of a white farmer.