Contains plans for eight lessons that ask students 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...

Article presents a critical analysis of the depiction of slavery in the children's book, A Fine Dessert.

This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...

A reader's theater script for Janet Schulman's children's picture book, Pale Male: Citizen Hawk of New York City, is provided on these pages. Five character roles are needed in this activity.

Mirandy and Brother Wind by Patricia C. McKissack is a Caldecott Honor Book, based on the cakewalk, a once popular dance in the African-American culture. This site contains a review of the book.

A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of Pictures of Sweden by Hans Christian Andersen, a fiction book for children.

This resource is an article about author Jane Yolen. It gives a little biographical information, pictures of book covers, and great quotes from the author.

Explore this informative teachers' guide for the book, "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi," by Chris Van Allsburg. Students and teachers will enjoy this comprehensive source.

First Come the Eggs, a picture book for young readers, was created by 3rd grade students in Rochester, New York. This is a biography of Seth Green, the father of fish hatcheries in America. The research included the study of the life...

This resource features a profile of Emily McCully, the noted children's book illustrator whose artwork has been included in the International Biennale at Bratislava, and who won a Christopher Award for Picnic, one of the many picture...

This site provides a concise and informative biography of David Weisner.

This children's book about beavers was written and illustrated by 6th graders after extensive field research with experts in the field. The book is unique in that it offers a continuous fictional narrative at the top of each page, an...

This art idea is based off the children's book "Mouse Paint" by Ellen Stoll Walsh. A fun way to introduce young learners to the primary and secondary colors through simple mixing exercises.

This ebook version of Margery Williams Bianco's Velveteen Rabbit has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.