Teaching with picture books - Professional Articles
- How to Use Picture Books to Teach Literary Analysis by Dr. Jenna Cooper - September 11, 2019
- Using Picture Books to Teach Literary Theory in High School by Crystalee Calderwood - May 19, 2020
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
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- 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