Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Children's Picture Book Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for eight lessons that ask learners to write their own children's picture book in order to review story structure and literary techniques. Students also write book reviews of each other's work. In addition to objectives...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Our Children's Picture Book by James P. Walker

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Our Children's Picture Book by James P. Walker (1866), a child's book of Bible pictures with poems.
Website
University of Guelph

Imagining Home in Children's Picture Books by Canadian Aboriginal Authors

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the image of "home" in contemporary Canadian Aboriginal context, and how is it--and the forces that threaten it--addressed in children's books? Read a discussion of "home" in Aboriginal children's picture books and how "home" is...
Lesson Plan
Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Looking Critically at Picture Books

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
This site describes several ideas and activities to use with picture books and intermediate/middle school age students. Specific title to use are also given.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Rosy's Picture Book by P. J. Stahl

For Students 1st - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Rosy's Picture Book by P. J. Stahl [1870].
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Red Riding Hood: Picture Book by Harrison Weir

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Red Riding-Hood: Picture Book by Harrison Weir (1865), a collection of illustrated fairy tales and nursery rhymes including the following: "Little Red...
Handout
Miami University

Miami University: Children's Picture Book Database (Abstracts)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This resource offers a large database with abstracts that describe numerous children's picture books.
Activity
Harold D. Underdown

The Purple Crayon: How to "Cook Up" a Great Picture Book

For Students 9th - 10th
An article outlining (in culinary form) the process of developing a successful picture book, from brainstorming to publication. Excellent tips and advice from a successful writer.
Lesson Plan
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Primary Source Picture Book

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Inspired by My Tour Of Europe, by Teddy Roosevelt, students will create a children's picture book based on a topic of historical study to be used as a primary document.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Country Picture Book

For Students K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of The Country Picture Book, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Picture Book Without Pictures

For Students 2nd - 4th
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of A Picture-Book without Pictures by Hans Christian Andersen, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Bible Picture Book by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Bible Picture Book by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [1870]. This is a book of pictures with captions depicting stories from the Bible.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library:the Picture Book of Wild Animals Society for Christian Knowledge

For Students 2nd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Picture Book of Wild Animals by Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [1870]. It features a collection 24 pictures of wild animals and information about each.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Fanny's Pretty Picture Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Aunt Fanny's Pretty Picture Book, a book of poetry for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Friendly's Picture Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker, a book of poetry for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Cock Robin's Picture Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1873 publication of Cock Robin's Picture Book, a fiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Lily's Picture Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1877 publication of Little Lily's Picture-book by John Gilbert, a book of stories and poems for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Cinderella's Picture Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Cinderella's Picture Book by Walter Crane, a book of children's stories and poetry.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Landseer Series of Picture Books by Mrs. Elizabeth Surr

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Landseer Series of Picture Books by Mrs. Elizabeth Surr (c1894), a collection of children's stories.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Buttercup's Picture Book by R. Worthington

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Little Buttercup's Picture Book by R. Worthington, a collection of children's stories, poems, and the ABC's.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Delightful Colored Picture Book

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of The Delightful Colored Picture Book, a nonfiction book for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Friendly's Picture Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of Aunt Friendly's Picture Book by Sarah Schoonmaker Baker, a book of poetry for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Moral Picture Book

For Students 1st - 3rd
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Moral Picture Book, a book of stories for children.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A B C Picture Book

For Students K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of A B C Picture Book by Francis C. Woodworth, a nonfiction alphabet book for children.