Teaching with picture books - Professional Articles

information literacy

  • The Sad Little Fact by Jonah Winter - JUV FIC WIN

Fahrenheit 451 Companion picture books - CLICK FOR TITLE LIST
bANNED/cHALLENGED pICTURE bOOKS

Teaching about theme

  • The Farmer by Mark Ludy - JUV FIC LUD
  • Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN
  • The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers - JUV FIC JEF
  •  Ida, Always by Caron Lewis - JUV FIC LEW
  • The Invisible Boy by Patrice Barton - JUV FIC BAR
  • The Journey by Francesca Sanna  - JUV FIC SAN
  • Love by Matt de la Pene - JUV FIC PEN
  • The Night Gardener by Fan Brothers - JUV FIC BRO
  • Pop's Bridge by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN
  •  Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey  by Margriet Ruurs - JUV FIC RUU
  • Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts - JUV FIC BOE
  • Somos Como las Nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta - JUV 861.64 ARG  
  • ​When We Were Alone by David Alexander Robertson - JUV FIC ROB
  • The Wildest Race Ever:  The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon by Megan McCarthy - 796.42 MCC
  • The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson  - 
  • Zen Shorts by Jon L. Muth - JUV FIC MUT

teaching about plot

  • A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon - JUV FIC SHA
  • A Bike Like Sergio's by Maribeth Boelts - JUV FIC BOE
  • The Adventures of Beekle: the Imaginary Friend by Dan Santat - JUV FIC SAN
  • Also an Octopus: or a Little Bit of Nothing by Maggie Tokuda-Hall - JUV FIC TOK
  • The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco - JUV FIC POL
  • Children Make Terrible Pets by Peter Brown - JUV FIC BRO
  • Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin - JUV FIC CRO
  • Enemy Pie by Derek Munson - JUV FIC MUN
  • Faithful Elephants: a True Story of Animals, People, and War by Yukio Tsuchiya - JUV  940.53 TSU
  • Gilbert in Deep by Jane Clarke - JUV FIC CLA
  • Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine - JUV FIC LEV
  • How Martha Saved Her Parents from Green Beans by David LaRochelle - JUV FIC LAR
  • Jack and the Beanstalk by Paul Galdone - JUV 398.2 GAL
  • The Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña - JUV FIC PEN
  • The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi - JUV FIC CHO
  • Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson - JUV FIC PEA
  • The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch - JUV FIC MUN
  • The Raft by Jim LaMarche - JUV FIC LEM
  • Rot the Cutest in the World by Ben Clanton - JUV FIC CLA
  • The Skunk by Mac Barnet - JUV FIC BAR
  • Sophie's Squash by Pat Zietlow - JUV FIC ZIE
  • Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts - JUV FIC BOE
  • Tight Times by Barbara Shook Hazen - JUV FIC HAZ

teaching about voice

  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst - ​JUV FIC VIO​
  • Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller - JUV FIC KEL
  • Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair by Patricia Polacco - JUV FIC POL
  • Butterfly House by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN
  • Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin - JUV FIC CRO
  • The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson - JUV 398.21 AND
  • Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN
  • Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O’Neill - JUV FIC MCN
  • Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine - JUV FIC LEV
  • Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by  Kevin Henkes - JUV FIC HEN
  • ​Love That Dog by Sharon Creech - JUV FIC CRE
  • Mailing May by Michael O. Tunnell - JUV FIC TUN
  • The Monster at the end of this Book by Jon Stone - JUV FIC STO
  • Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco - JUV FIC POL
  • My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss - JUV FIC SEU
  • My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco - JUV FIC POL
  • Nettie's Trip South by Ann Turner - JUV FIC TUR
  • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann - JUV FIC RAT
  • Owl Moon by Jane Yolen - JUV FIC YOL
  • The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch - JUV FIC MUN
  • Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini - JUV FIC PAL
  • Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco - JUV FIC POL
  • The Raft by Jim LaMarche - JUV FIC LEM
  • The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant - JUV FIC RYL
  • The Rough-Face Girl by Rafe Martin - JUV 398.2 MAR
  • Stellaluna by Janell Cannon - JUV FIC CAN
  • The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles - JUV  379.2092 COL
  • Tar Beach by Faith Ringgold - JUV FIC RIN
  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett - JUV 398.24 BRE
  • Train to Somewhere by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN
  • The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by John Scieszka - JUV FIC SCI
  • Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Alsburg - JUV FIC VAN
  • The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams - JUV FIC WIL
  • Verdi by Janell Cannon - JUV FIC CAN
  • The Wall by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN
  • We Had a Picnic This Sunday Past by Jacqueline Woodson - JUV FIC WOO
  • When I was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant - JUV FIC RYL

teaching about character and point of view

  • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst - JUV FIC VIO
  • Arnie the Doughnut by Laurie Keller - JUV FIC KEL
  • Bird Boy by Matthew Burgess - JUV FIC BUR
  • Butterfly House by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN
  • The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt - JUV FIC DAY​
  • The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt - JUF VIC DAY
  • Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin - JUV FIC CRO
  • Hey Little Ant by Phillip and Hannah Hoose - JUV 782.42 HOO
  • I am the Dog, I am the Cat by Donald Hall - JUV FIC HAL
  • Love That Dog by Sharon Creech - JUV FIC CRE
  • Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai - JUV 371.8 YOU
  • The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gertsein - JUV 791.34092 GER
  • My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother by Patricia Polacco - JUV FIC POL​
  • Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann - JUV FIC RAT
  • The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch - JUV FIC MUN
  • The Pain and the Great One by Judy Blume - JUV FIC BLU
  • Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini - JUV FIC PAL
  • Pop's Bridge by Eve Bunting - JUV FIC BUN​
  • The Raft by Jim LaMarche - JUV FIC LEM
  • School's First Day of School by Adam Rex - JUV FIC REX
  • Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young - JUV FIC YOU
  • The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles - JUV  379.2092 COL
  • They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel - JUV FIC WEN
  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Jan Brett - JUV 398.24 BRE
  • The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszk - JUV FIC SCI
  • Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Alsburg - JUV FIC VAN
  • Unspoken: a Story from the Underground Railroad by Henry Cole - JUV FIC COL
  • The Very Smart Pea and the Princess to Be by Mini Grey - JUV FIC GRE
  • Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne - JUV FIC BRO
  • The Wolf Story: What Really Happened to Little Red Riding Hood by Toby Forward - JUV FIC FOR

Teaching Inference
  • A Hungry Lion or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals by Lucy Ruth Cummins - JUV FIC CUM
  • Another by Christian Robinson - JUV FIC ROB
  • Boats for Papa by Jessixa Bagley - JUV FIC BAG
  • The Boy and the Gorilla by Jackie Azúa Kramer - JUV FIC KRA
  • Dreamers by Yuyi Morales - JUV 818.603 MOR
  • Duck Rabbit by Amy Krouse Rosenthal - JUV FIC ROS
  • The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers  - JUV FIC JEF
  • I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen - JUV FIC KLA
  • The Other Side by Jackie Woodson - JUV FIC WOO
  • The Red Book by Barbara Lehman - JUV FIC LEH
  • Rules of Summer by Shaun Tan - JUV FIC TAN
  • Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton - JUV FIC HAU
  • The Skunk by Mac Barnett - JUV FIC BAR
  • Small Things by Mel Tregonning - JUV FIC TRE
  • The Whale by Vita Murrow - JUV FIC MUR
  • Who Wet My Pants by Bob Shea  - JUV FIC SHE

teaching Literary Criticism - literary analysis

  • An Illustrated Treasury of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales: The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Princess and the Pea and Many More Classic Stories by Hans Christian Anderson - JUV 398.2 AND
  • The Cat in the Hat - Dr. Seuss - JUV FIC SEU
  • Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault - JUV 398.2 PER
  • Little Red Riding Hood: Little Red-Cap by Brothers Grimm - JUV 398.2 GRI 
  • The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka - JUC FIC SCI
  • Where the Wild Things Are by  Maurice Sendak - JUV FIC SEN