Beyond the Busy Work.
Literature guides built for homeschool families — from your child's very first story to Shakespeare.
Open it. Hand it over. Walk away. LitPads guides are built for independent work — no lesson prep, no expertise required, answer key included. Just a good book and a kid who actually understands what they read.
Customer Favorites
The guides families reach for again and again — beloved titles, ready to open and hand over today.
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Jazz Age excess, American Dream, and a green light — made approachable for homeschool high schoolers.
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
What happens when civilization falls away. A guide worth the conversation.
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
Love, fate, and family conflict — Shakespeare's most beloved tragedy.
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Justice, empathy, and moral courage — timeless themes for modern readers.
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
Power, betrayal, and rhetoric — Shakespeare's most political play.
Sam & Pip — Book One
Pre-Reader Series
Your child's very first guided reading experience — built for reading together.
She read the whole book. You want to know she actually understood it.
That's exactly why LitPads exists.
Comprehension You Can Trust
Every guide is built around deep understanding, not surface recall. Your child isn't just answering questions — they're learning to think about what they read.
No Teacher Prep Required
Open it. Hand it over. Walk away. LitPads guides are designed for independent work, so you're freed up to be with your other kids.
No Philosophy to Adopt
No classical-education framework to learn first. No faith-specific lens. Just a good book and a guide that asks the right questions. You don't have to join anything to use LitPads.
Answer Key Included
Every guide comes with a complete answer key so you can evaluate with confidence — even for books you haven't read yourself.
We started where most people are scared to go.
Shakespeare is the book most homeschool parents quietly dread. Too dense. Too much context. Too easy to fake your way through and understand nothing.
That's exactly where LitPads began.
Our high school guides take Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and the rest of the canon and make them genuinely approachable — without dumbing them down. And our Sam & Pip series proves the same approach works at the very beginning, with your child's first stories.
The whole arc, the same trusted voice. That's what we're building.
What Homeschool Moms Are Saying
"I handed my daughter the Macbeth guide and walked away. An hour later she was asking me questions about Shakespeare at dinner. I didn't think that was possible."
— Sarah M.
Homeschool mom of 3
"We've tried so many comprehension curricula that end up in a drawer. LitPads is the first one my kids actually ask to do."
— Jessica T.
Homeschool mom of 4
"The Sam & Pip series was the first time my 4-year-old sat still for a whole book and could tell me what happened. I almost cried."
— Amanda R.
Homeschool mom of 2
Not sure where to start?
Grab our free comprehension guide — works for any book, any age.
"5 Questions to Ask After Any Book" helps your child actually process what they read. Discussion-based, no prep required. Just print and go.
One download. No inbox commitment.
Download Your Answer Keys
Lost your answer key? No worries. Grab a fresh copy of any answer key right here.
These answer keys are for purchasers of the corresponding LitPads Comprehension Guide.
Built by a homeschool family, for homeschool families.
LitPads was created because we believe reading should lead to real conversation — not a stack of checked boxes. Every guide is designed to give your child the tools to think deeply, and give you the confidence that it's working. We're building a K–12 curriculum that takes kids all the way from their first story to the classics — and we're just getting started.