picture books for children

A guide to 12,000 titles cataloged under 700 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

In a strange land where people must buy and swallow the words they wish to speak, Phileas hopes to communicate his love to Cybele using the small vocabulary he has been able to afford.

Explains the benefits of using picture books to h promote reading and critical thinking in students in grades four through twelve.

Presents retellings of stories featuring the heroic Norse god Thor, who protects the Viking people with his magic belt and hammer.

Profiles more than five hundred titles designed to help students cope with the challenges of growing up, with complete annotations for each title listing publishing information, topics covered, and cultural background.

A guide to over 18,000 titles listed under nearly 1000 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

A guide for writing that provides fourteen explained lessons and a detailed description of the process used by author Lester Laminack to compose his picture book, "Saturdays and Teacakes, " and explains how to read from a writer's perspective. Includes a DVD.

At an auction, a boy accidentally bids on and purchases a variety of objects of questionable value, but one of them turns out to be a real treasure.