Online Adapted Literature & Lessons

The Sherlock Center is committed to helping students with complex disabilities to participate in the general curriculum. As resources permit, the Sherlock Center creates adapted versions of popular literature for use by students, teachers and families. For questions, email Kristen Cyr.

These resources are searchable in the fields below. You can search by keyword or title in the “Search All Adapted Literature and Lessons” box or you can search by resource type, format, grade level and/or file type. Items are listed alphabetically. 

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Key

CVICortical Visual Impairment

These materials have a black background and are created for students with cortical visual impairments who need resources with minimal movement, reduced color complexity and images with minimal details.

VIVisual Impairment

These resources have a black background and are created for students with a visual impairment who need high-contrast, focused images that convey story concepts.

BKBook

These stories or lessons are presented as simply-stated text with picture symbols.

GDExtended Literacy Guide

These materials provide ideas for using book-specific objects to help with learning and engagement of complex learners.

INTInteractive

These materials present the book in simply-stated text with picture symbols in an interactive manner.

Find an Adapted Literature or Lesson

Literature or Lesson
General Resources
CVI & VI Resources
  • Literature

    The Best Teacher Ever

    by Mercer Mayer

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Biggest Snowman Ever

    by Steven Kroll

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Boy Who Cried Ninja

    by Alex Latimer

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Boy with Pink Hair

    by Perez Hilton

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Bridge to Terebithia

    by Katherine Paterson

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Candy Corn Contest

    by Patricia Reilly Giff

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Cat In the Hat

    by Dr. Seuss

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Cay

    by Theodore Taylor

    6-12 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Lesson

    The Civil War

    by Sherlock Center

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Day the Crayons Quit

    by Drew Daywalt

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Deep Blue Sea

    by Audrey Wood

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Diary of Anne Frank

    by Anne Frank

    6-12 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Fall of the House of Usher

    by Edgar Allen Poe

    6+ Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Feelings Book

    by Todd Parr

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Lesson

    The Food Chain

    by Sherlock Center

    All Grade Levels

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Fox and the Hound

    by Daniel Mannix

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Ghost of Fossil Glen

    by Cynthia DeFelice

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Gingerbread Boy

    by Paul Galdone

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Giver

    by Lois Lowry

    6-12 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Giving Tree

    by Shel Silverstein

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources