1. Picture Books Chapter 7

2. "Children's [picture] books are a short literary form, like a sonnet." Rosemary Wells

3. Background

4. Description History

5. Elements

6. Visual Elements Line Color Shape Texture Design / Composition

7. Media

8. Writing Characters / plot / setting Well-composed prose Elements of POOR writing

9. Forms

10. Using Picture Books in the Classroom

11. Selecting Quality Books Awards Building a library Younger students Intermediate and middle schools

12. Ways of Using Picture Books

13. Talking about picture books Talking about the art Character education Writing models Parodies Teaching literacy Higher level thinking

14. Strategies

15. Webbing

16. Writing in author's style

17. Sketch- to- stretch 2nd grader

18. Media

19. Projects The main points in Eric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar

20. Projects Ukrainian eggs made after reading Polacco's Reschenka's Eggs

21. Projects Response to Brett Harvey's Cassie's Journey

22. Projects

23. Performance

24. More strategies Accordion books E-mail, chat rooms Board games Book boxes

25. Considerations for Younger Children

26. Considerations for Older Students

27. Visit the CD-ROM for this entire unit.

28. See the CD-ROM which came with this text for: Searchable database of children's literature Author and illustrator profiles A history of children's literature Bibliographies Visit the COMPANION WEBSITE for: Related websites Picture book awards