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How we express ourselves

A Voice Without Words

Central Idea:

Illustrations allow people to communicate.

An Inquiry Into:

  • Our favorite book illustrators
  • Different ways to illustrate books (techniques)
  • Different tools illustrators use (materials)
  • The impact on the audience

RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THIS UNIT:

Non-Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
028.5 ART The Art of Reading : Forty Illustrators Celebrate RIF's 40th Anniversary
636.8 PUR Purr-- : Children's Book Illustrators Brag about Their Cats
686 STE Stevens, Janet From Pictures to Words : a Book about Making a Book
704.9 JUS   Just Like Me : Stories and Self-Portraits
741.6 CHR Christelow, Eileen What do Illustrators Do?
741.6 UND   Under the Spell of the Moon : Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators
759.13 HON   Honoring Our Ancestors : Pictures and Stories by Fourteen Artists

Fiction Books:

Call Number Author Title
E BAN Bang, Molly When Sophie Gets Angry-- : Really, Really Angry--
E FLE Fleming, Denise In the Small, Small Pond
E HAL Hall, Donald Ox-Cart Man
E HEN Henkes, Kevin Kitten's First Full Moon
E JUS Juster, Norton The Hello, Goodbye Window
E KEA Keats, Ezra Jack The Snowy Day
E MUT Muth, Jon J. Zen Shorts
E RAT Rathmann, Peggy Officer Buckle and Gloria
E STE Steig, William Sylvester and the Magic Pebble

AV Materials:

 

Websites:

Meet the Authors and Illustrators

HarperChildrens.com

Templates:

Big Pumpkin

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