Students research different awards given by the ALA and do an activity based on one of the awards.

Let children explore an interesting subject—themselves. An online tool will teach them to summarize and organize information as they write.

Use shape and theme poems, or poems that look like the things they describe, as a fun way to introduce children to poetry.

Choose favorite rhyming songs or nursery rhymes then replace the rhyming words with seasonal themes.

Let children practice using different types of words in a fill-in-the-blank-story game before making their own word list for a magnetic poetry set.

After reading about historical figures and other important people that have changed the world, children choose someone that they consider to be "amazing"—either someone they've heard about or someone they know—and create a book page that highlights this person.

Kids learn about weather sayings throughout history while writing and illustrating a book for younger children.

Create a treasure hunt out of word-puzzle clues hidden around the home or yard.

Everyone loves getting a greeting card, especially if it's homemade. Make a funny or thoughtful greeting card or invitation with pictures and a poem, joke, or riddle.

Using a variety of artifacts, mementos, and technologies, teens can create an electronic scrapbook of their most important moments in high school.

After reading a book or magazine, children and teens can choose a section and transform it into what's known as a "found poem."

Before seeing a film based on a book, classic or contemporary, children can learn about filmmaking and create their own scenes based on their favorite moments from the book.