picture books for children

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picture books for children

T is for turkey

a true Thanksgiving story
2009
A group of children puts on a play using rhyming couplets, featuring each letter of the alphabet, to provide the facts about Thanksgiving Day.

Bear in a square

2006
Young readers are challenged to find the squares, circles, hearts, ovals, diamonds, and other shapes in the colorful pictures.

Rose's garden

2009
Rose finds a neglected patch of earth in the middle of a bustling city where she can plant the flower seeds collected from her travels in her magical teapot.

Show me a story

writing your own picture book
2009
A guide to writing picture books, presenting a story about a goose that wants his flock to try flying in a formation different from the letter "v," and including an analysis of different elements of the story, with fifteen tools for writing picture books, exercises, writing tips, and a glossary.

Puffling

2009
Puffling, a young puffin dependent on his parents Big Stripy Beak and Long Black Feature, yearns for the day when he will be tall and brave enough to leave the nest on his own.

Look-alikes around the world

2007
Pictures of famous sites around the world, rendered in household objects.

From pictures to words

a book about making a book
1995
Illustrator Janet Stevens introduces the processes involved in making a book, from manuscript to finished book.

From picture to picture book

1988
A brief account of how a picture book is produced, from the work of artist to editor to bookseller.

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