illustrated children's books

Presents a compilation of hundreds of Web sites of children's authors, illustrators, and storybook characters to help teachers get biographical information and ideas for stories and how to incorporate those books and ideas into the classroom curriculum.

A biography of the nineteenth-century English illustrator of children's books, for whom the Caldecott medal is named.

More than twenty illustrators of children's books, including James Ransome, Robert Sabuda, Maira Kalman, and Maurice Sendak, talk about their work.

Shows two illustrators going through all the steps involved in creating new picture books of "Jack and the Beanstalk," including layout, scale, and point-of-view.

Dilys Evans selects and discusses picture books she has identified as having earned the distinction of fine art, showcasing a wide range of styles, techniques, and content.

Presents an illustrated picture book that celebrates art and text from around the world and includes riddles, rhymes, songs, and poetry written both in the authors' native languages and in English.

Presents an annotated bibliography of children's picture books, grouped according to the traits of the "Six-Trait Writing" analytical assessment model, including ideas and content, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions, and features a selection of teaching activities and lessons.