Help for caregivers and teachers:
https://www.juliefortenberry.com/projects/7158814
art from all over
PRINTABLE DOWNLOADS✂️
Pirate Boy's "What If" story template
Lily's Cat Mask Coloring Pages
Darcy Paper Doll Pearl Paper Doll.
Sadie's Sukkah Breakfast Reading Guide
CRAFTS, GAMES & LESSONS ✏️
Book Jigsaw Puzzles from TeachingBooks
The Wise Owl Factory – over 400 free educational activities.
This Picture Book Life — crafts, plus profiles of authors and illustrators.
Ed Emberley's Drawing Pages – step by step instructions.
Creating Creatives – instructions for making Lily's cat mask and more great projects.
Great Websites for Kids – compiled by the American Library Association.
VIRTUAL STORYTIMES 📖
Virtual storytimes at the Brooklyn Public Library
New York City Children’s Theater
Julie's Library – Julie Andrew's storytime podcast.
INSPIRATION & RESOURCES FOR AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATORS 🖥
The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
Candlewick Press YouTube channel – author and illustrator interviews, book trailers and lessons.
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast – where authors and illustrators share their craft.
Waking Brain Cells – picture book reviews by librarian Tasha Saecker.
One More Page – a podcast for lovers of kids’ books.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library – providing free books to children from birth to age five.
When grandpa bear takes his little cub out for a ride, it's quite an adventure! A walk full of tenderness to discover a magical place where books are king: the library. And read stories together for hours.The perfect gift for all grandpas!
I wonder how often adults read picture books to learn about history. When I was fourteen, I visited Spain during Franco’s rule. But I didn’t learn much about the Spanish Civil War.
‘Different’, is a fictional account of a brother and sister’s experiences during this war. The chapters seesaw between each sibling’s perspective and each chapter is as moving as it is informative.
Importantly, the back pages have a non-fiction account of the war.
The illustrations are colorful, sculptural, and stylistically idiosyncratic.
All and all, a winner.