picture books for children

Whitefish Will is an unemployed sheriff until the bully Bart comes to town.

Presents a guide to nearly 27,000 children's picture book titles grouped in over 1,200 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

Text and annotated bibliographies show how picture storybooks can be used to teach elements of literature to children and young adults.

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.

Discusses how educators can use picture storybooks to teach their students about the importance of character.

Describes the process by which several teams of authors and illustrators have created such picture books as "Louis the Fish," "The Glorious Flight," "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," "Sam and the Tigers," and "The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses.".

Although George is the only monster in his family with one head instead of two, a new neighbor makes him feel better about his situation.

Bud the monster is not a good listener, but when he almost misses a party at his own house he finally figures out a way to solve his problem.

Every time Hannah gets frightened her feet turn to blocks of ice, but her friends figure out the cause of the problem, as well as a solution that gets her back on the diving board and able to speak up in class.

Lizzy, a little witch, is out flying late one night when she sees a house where the lights are still shining and she falls in the window to find herself in a place that has everything she needs.