LibGuides: To Kill a Mockingbird: To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Harper Lee's Novel Achievement

Ten Things to Know about To Kill a Mockingbird

Mockingbird

The northern mockingbird is renowned for its mimicking ability, as reflected by the meaning of its scientific name, 'many-tongued mimic.' The northern mockingbird has gray to brown upper feathers and a paler belly. Its wings have white patches which are visible in flight.

It eats both insects and fruits. It is often found in open areas and forest edges but forages in grassy land.

The northern mockingbird is known for its intelligence. A 2009 study showed that the bird was able to recognize individual humans, particularly noting those who had previously been intruders or threats. Also birds recognize their breeding spots and return to areas in which they had greatest success in previous years.

Analysis and Criticism

SparkNotes: To Kill a Mockingbird Summary

Books in our Library on To Kill a Mockingbird

The Story Behind Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by Byron Giddens-White
Call Number: 813.54
Brodie's Notes by Kenneth Hardacre
Call Number: 813.54
Notes on To Kill a Mockingbird by Rosamund Metcalf
Call Number: 813.54
Penguin Passnotes by Graham Handley
Call Number: 813.54

For Teachers

EQ Four by Theresa Saunders, Michelle Wiliams, et al.
Call Number: 808
ISBN: 9780701634117
Wizard Lit Masters to Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird by Richard McRoberts
Call Number: 813
ISBN: 9781876367589

Other People's Shoes
from McRoberts, Richard. (1991). Integrated English Year 10
Mad Dog
an excerpt from To Kill a Mockingbird with comprehension questions and activities from Sadler, R.K. et al (1982) Word Skills Three

Racism and Context

Crash Course: To Kill a Mockingbird

Race, Class and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird

A Sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird

Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee
Call Number: MF LEE
This book is an historic literary event: the publication of a newly discovered novel, the earliest known work from Harper Lee ... Originally written in the mid-1950s, Go Set a Watchman was the novel Harper Lee first submitted to her publishers before To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Go Set a Watchman features many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird some twenty years later. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch -- Scout -- struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. Exploring how the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird are adjusting to the turbulent events transforming mid-1950s America, Go Set a Watchman casts a fascinating new light on Harper Lee's enduring classic.

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