illustrated children's books

Offers librarians and teachers easy-to-follow lessons based on Caldecott award-winning books that help students develop and improve their literacy and writing skills.

Contains entries that provide biographical and bibliographical information about one hundred authors and illustrators of picture books for young readers; arranged alphabetically by last name.

Discusses principles and techniques of children's book illustration, covering such aspects as genre, media, and character development, and presents case studies.

A guide to creating children's books, offering tips on how to come up with and develop an idea, discussing story structure and dialogue, looking at different types of books, examining various media and techniques for illustrating stories, and including facts about copyrights, licensing, showing work, and getting paid.

Presents nearly seventy activity plans designed for elementary language arts classes and linked to specific published stories.

Presents more than seventy activity plans, designed for elementary science classes, that links specific published children's stories to such studies as biology and astronomy.

Profiles six Caldecott award winning books and their authors, including Robert McCloskey's "Make Way for Ducklings," Marcia Brown's "Cinderella," Chris Van Allsburg's "Jumanji," and David Wiesner's "Tuesday.".

Presents an examination of the children's picture book, describing the most important authors, illustrators, and titles in the genre that go beyond the intended audience and serve as original works of both art and literature.