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.

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Literature or Lesson
General Resources
CVI & VI Resources
  • Literature

    The Goodnight Train

    by Joan Sobel

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Grand Escape

    by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Great Brain

    by John D. Fitzgerald

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Great Gatsby

    by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Hobbit

    by J. R. Tolkein

    6-12 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Holiday Handwriting School

    by Robin Pulver

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Hunger Games

    by Suzanne Collins

    6-12 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Jungle Book Jungle Friends

    by Bendon Publishing International

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Kidnapping of Christina Lattimore

    by Joan Lowery Nixon

    6-12 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The King and the Oobleck

    by Dr. Seuss

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Kissing Hand

    by Audrey Penn

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Life of Antoni Gaudi

    by Rachel Victor Rodriguez

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Lion King

    by Walt Disney

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe

    by C. S. Lewis

    4-6 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Little Engine that Could

    by Watty Piper

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Little House

    by Virginia Lee Burton

    Prek-4 Grade Level

    General Resources

  • Literature

    The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Very Hungry Bear

    by Don and Audrey Wood

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Very Hungry Bear

    by Don and Audrey Wood

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid Of Anything

    by Linda L. Williams

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources

    CVI & VI Resources

  • Literature

    The Little Red Hen

    by Paul Galdone

    Pre K-2 Grade Level

    General Resources