If you’re interested in a particular author of picture books, chances are that author has a website. Check our list of author websites to learn more about your favorite children’s picture book author. Nurturing the Next Generation Developing the next generation of picture book illustrators is part of the mission of Red Cygnet Press. They provide an opportunity for a select group of students to become published author/illustrators while still in school. Founder Bruce S. Glassman graciously answered questions about Red Cygnet Press and their work with student illustrators.
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40 Read Aloud Chapter Books for Young Children
One of my New Year’s resolutions was to start reading chapter books at bedtime to our sensitive 4 year old son and spunky 2 year old daughter. Okay, the 2 year old might have been a stretch, but we’ll try anyway. Yes, chances are that your preschoolers, too, can sit still enough to listen to a long book while having breakfast (rather than watching TV) or at bedtime, when they’ve likely wound-down and welcome your prolonged presence before the lights are turned off for the night. Even if some of the language or concepts are slightly beyond your children’s understanding and maturity level in some of these books, you’ll be amazed at how much they will enjoy and even start to grasp “big” words and ideas after reading chapter books.
What are Picture Books? The phrase "picture book" is commonly used to describe a book, most often written for children,in which the content, whether a story, an alphabet, or a nursery rhyme, to name just a few possibilities, is conveyed through the use of words and pictures in combination or through pictures alone. A picture book differs from an illustrated book in that the pictures it contains form an essential part of the structure of the book. Illustrations are supplements to a work that can stand on its own. Due to physical factors in the bookbinding process, picture books are conventionally 32 pages long. Picture books, thus defined, are a relatively new form of book, originating in the early twentieth century.
Math in Children's Literature
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5 Read Aloud Books All Teachers Should Read « The Teaching Excellence Program
Written by Daya Cozzolino, TE Instructional Coach In my first year as an elementary school teacher, I learned the beauty of the read aloud. Sure, I had heard about the importance of reading aloud to students from my professors in college, and I was even an avid follower of Jim Trelease. However, it wasn’t until I had my own classroom that I learned the true value of read aloud books.
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Top 10s: My favourite coming-of-age novels - Reading Matters
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (1940) This isn't a typical coming-of-age novel, given that it's told from the perspective of four very divergent characters: a young girl, a drunken socialist, a black doctor and a sympathetic deaf mute. But in many ways each of the characters share similarities: they are yearning for something that will help them "grow" emotionally. But my favourite character from this book is the delightful Mick Kelly, who teeters between being a playful tomboy and a proper young lady.
