Mammals come in all shapes and sizes - as big as a human or as small as a mouse! Learn about the life cycle of a mouse with this cut and paste activity.

Want to help your young readers learn to discern the central message or lesson of fictional stories? Have your students read this short version of the classic fable of the "Lion and the Mouse" by Aesop to practice determining the moral.

If your child is writing their first book report, help them get a handle on the characters in their book.

Folktales are a great way to get your child into reading, and to help them consider moral values as well!

A Christmas Carol characters include Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and Jacob Marley. Learn about A Christmas Carol characters with this festive worksheet.

Characters are at the very center of any story, and learning how to create dynamic characters is essential for budding writers. Your students can use this handy organizer to plan rich character development in their creative writing.

Cut out and color these characters to mix and mash them up with scene cards to come up with different stories. What other characters can you come up with?

Have your young reader describe and compare three of their favorite book characters in this triple-sided Venn diagram.

Think back to your favorite tall tale characters and talk with your little reader about the different traits that made them hyperbolic legends.

Being able to describe and compare character development is an important skill for young readers. Using this handy graphic organizer, students will use adjectives to compare characters at the beginning, middle, and end of the story.

Children learn how to spot the protagonist and supporting characters in a work of fiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Characters and Dialogue.

Use this resource to give your students practice identifying characters and their dialogue.

Children practice comparing and contrasting characters in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Children learn how to write the Chinese characters for a few favorite animals in this practice worksheet and template.

How are Little Red Riding Hood and the Big, Bad Wolf different? Do they share any similarities? Challenge your young readers to hone their reading comprehension skills as they compare and contrast characters in a book or story with this Venn diagram works

The Chinese character for "elephant" began as a picture of an elephant! Dive into the Chinese language and use this worksheet to learn how to write characters!

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.

In this Chinese language worksheet, children identify the characters for different colors and then color them in accordingly.

Use this exercise with your students as they work through the realms of realism and fantasy.

Use this resource with your students to give them practice reading a fable and categorizing sentences as either examples of realism or fantasy.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Practice reading and writing words like mouse, brown, and cloud in this colorful phonics worksheet!

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.