Storybook Art: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of 100 Great Picture Book Illustrators

by MaryAnn F. Kohl, Jean Potter, Rebecca Van Slyke (Illustrator)

Overview

Children can enjoy their favorite storybook illustrators in a new way by imitating their art with the 100 engaging and simple art projects included in this celebration of children's book illustrators. Featured are famous and award-winning storybook illustrators from the 1930s to present—Good Night Moon’s Clement Hurd, Corduroy’s Don Freeman, Olivia’s Ian Falconer, and more—along with biographical information, open-ended art projects, and portraits created by grade school children. Illustration techniques covered include painting, drawing, cutting and collage, and construction and crafts. Art projects include imitating Jackson Pollock in the “Jackson Piglet Wall Painting” from Olivia and creating a “Photo Story” from children’s photos similar to Sugaring Time. An extensive resource guide of illustrator websites, art materials, and supplies listed by project is provided, as well as complete book information for the featured illustrators’ works.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780935607031
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	09/01/2003
Series:	Bright Ideas for Learning (TM) Series , #5
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.42(d)
Age Range:	4 - 12 Years

About the Author

MaryAnn F. Kohl is the award-winning author of Discovering Great Artists, Mudworks, First Art, and Preschool Art. She is a columnist for Parent & Child and Parenting, has appeared on numerous television shows including the Discovery Channel's Home Matters and the Health Network's 123Grow, and is a consultant for Fisher-Price and Jim Henson Company. She lives in Bellingham, Washington. Jean Potter is the author of Science in Seconds for Kids and Over 100 Experiments You Can Do in Ten Minutes or Less and the coauthor with MaryAnn F. Kohl of ScienceArts, Global Art, and Cooking Art. She lives in Charleston, West Virginia. Rebecca Van Slyke is a teacher and has illustrated numerous titles including Discovering Great Artists and Global Art. She lives in Bellingham, Washington.

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INTRODUCTION
Illustration, Books, & Hands-On Art

"Storybook Art" offers over 100 companion art activities
matched to children’s favorite picture books (ages 4-12) and
the wonderful illustrators of those books.

Literacy
Reading – and enjoying – books has always been the key to
success in school. Literacy is the basis for learning well, with
enjoyment. Comfort with art is natural for most children.
Couple art with books, and literacy becomes inspired.
"Storybook Art" allows children to become more aware of book
illustration by experiencing hands-on art techniques as part
of easy art projects. Children are thereby encouraged to read
– and re-read – their favorite books with new awareness and
enjoyment. Children will be inspired to create individual, self-
authored stories expressed through their choice of artistic style,
such as, drawing, painting,crafts, collage, assemblage, sewing,
and construction.

Reading and books take on new meaning for a child when
integrated with creative art in everyday life."Storybook Art"
invites children to explore hands-on art activities with materials readily available in most homes and schools.
The wide variety of activities require no expertise, and are equally appropriate for ages 4-12. Each activity builds new awareness about books, illustrators, and their art techniques.
Each illustrator is paired with a book, and presented to the child artist for an art activity of value.

"Storybook Art" introduces children to picture book illustrators -
some familiar and others new; to books that are classics and others destined to become classics. Most of the books and illustrators chosen are award-winning and of the highest quality and inspiration.
Enjoy a peek at a short list of the wonderful illustrators and beautiful books brought to children in "Storybook Art":
Maurice Sendak..Where the Wild Things Are
Ian Falconer.......................................Olivia
Ezra Jack Keats.................The Snowy Day
Molly Bang..............When Sofie Gets Angry
Eric Carle..............Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Wanda G?g.........................Millions of Cats
Donald Crew....Ten Black Dots and Carousel
Don Freeman.................................Corduroy
Pat Hutchins..................The Doorbell Rang
Anita Lobel............................Alison’s Zinnia
Patricia Polacco..............The Keeping Quilt
LyndWard.......................The Biggest Bear
Leo Lionni...........Inchworm and Fish is Fish
Chris Van Allsburg.........The Polar Express
Ed Emberley.........................Drummer Hoff
Jan Brett ..............Goldilocks & the 3 Bears
David McKee .....................................Elmer
Joan Steiner .......................Look-Alikes, Jr.
Shel Silverstein...Where the Sidewalk Ends
Clement Hurd...............Good Night, Moon
Faith Ringgold..............................Tar Beach
David Wiesner................................Tuesday
Tomie dePaola........................Strega Nona
Robert McCloskey……….Blueberries for Sal
Tomi Ungerer……………………………..Crictor
and 75 more!

A special feature of ""Storybook Art"" are the amazing portraits of
illustrators sketched by kids. A book synopses adds familiarity
to the art project. Get to know the illustrators through their
personal quotes. ""Storybook Art"" encourages children to love books, to learn by doing hands-on art, to become familiar with
new ideas.

Children will see a relationship of book illustrations to their
own art explorations. A new awareness and appreciation for
books is sure to blossom and flourish.

Adults have a few important (enjoyable) assignments:
• keep children surrounded with good books
• keep the art corner stocked
• read to children every day!

Enjoy reading and art, right along side children.
Sharing together gives learning importance.

Table of Contents

Chart of Contents

4 Credits
5 Thanks
6-7 Introduction
8 Guidelines & Icons
9-11 Chart of Contents
12 Illustrator Birthdays

13 CHAPTER 1: PAINT

14 Molly Bang
When Sophie Gets Angry
Color Outline

15 Robert Bender
The A to Z Beastly Jamboree
Acetate Layers

16 Eric Carle/Bill Martin, Jr.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Multi Paint Picture

17 Donald Crews
Carousel
Motion Effect

18 Ian Falconer
Olivia
Jackson Piglet Wall Painting

19 Don Freeman
Corduroy
Corduroy Bear Print

20 Wanda Gág
Millions of Cats
Cat & Mouse Prints

21 Stephen Gammell
Is that You,Winter?
Winter Mist

22 Barbara Garrison/Marc Harshman
Only One
Collagraph

23 Pat Hutchins
The Doorbell Rang
Decorating Cookies

24 Thea Kliros Shannon/Brenda Yee
Sand Castle
Pencil Watercolor

25 Anita Lobel
Alison’s Zinnia
Alpha Baggie Book

26 Bernard Lodge
There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Glove
Mitten Peek

27 Robert McCloskey
Blueberries for Sal
Blue Fingerdots

28 David McKee
Elmer
Patchwork Parade

29 Pierr Morgan/Carole Lexa Schaefer
The Squiggle
Brown Bag Painting

30 Diana Pomeroy
One Potato Shaded
Potato Print

31 Rémi Saillard/Fanny Joly
Mr. Fine, Porcupine
Wipe Away Fingerpaints

32 John Schoenherr/Jane Yolen
Owl Moon
Stencil Trees

33 Charles G. Shaw
It looked Like Spilt Milk
Shaving Cream Puffs

34 Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
Lights & Snow Paint

35 Neil Waldman/Sarah Waldman, retold by
Light
Window Letters

36 Ellen Stoll Walsh
Mouse Paint
Mixing Mouse Tracks

37 Lynd Ward
The Biggest Bear
Mono Color Painting

38 Taro Yashima
Seashore
Story Etch and Paint Plaster

39 CHAPTER 2: DRAW

40 Jim Arnosky/Dale Fife
The Empty Lot
Border Extension

41 Muriel Batherman\Jan Garten
The Alphabet Tale
See Through Scribbles

42 Patrick Benson/Martin Waddell
Owl Babies
Cross-Hatch & Stipple

43 Marvin Bileck/Julian Scheer
Rain Makes Applesauce
Fancy Words

44 Jan Brett
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Behind the Scene

45 Virginia Lee Burton
The Little House
Four Square Seasons

46 Donald Crews
Ten Black Dots
Spot Dots

47 Bruce Degen/Joanna Cole
The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System
Talking Bubbles

48 Ed Emberley\Barbara Emberley
Drummer Hoff
Bold Marking

49 Marie Hall Ets
Gilberto and the Wind
Accented Pencil

50 Paul Goble
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
Mirror Reflection

51 Crockett Johnson
Harold and the Purple Crayon
All in a Row, One Line Design

52 Beth Krommes/Phyllis Root
Grandmother Winter
Homemade Scratch and Etch

53 Leo Lionni
Fish is Fish
Crayon Rubbing Scene

54 Josephine Martin/Caroline Repchuk
The Snow Tree
Embossed Drawing

55 Clare Turlay Newberry
Marshmallow
Charcoal Sketch

56 Nancy Winslow Parker/John Langstaff
Oh, A Hunting We Will Go
Illustrated Music

57 Daniel Manus Pinkwater
The Big Orange Splot
Fantasy Architecture

58 Patricia Polacco
The Keeping Quilt
Key Element Color

59 Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are
Shaded Watercolor Paint

60 Shel Silverstein
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Pen & Ink Humor

61 Marc Simont/Janice M. Udry
A Tree is Nice
Tree Rubbing

62 Louis Slobodkin/James Thurber
Many Moons
Lightly Sketch

63 William Steig
Sylvester & the Magic Pebble
Classic Illustrating

64 Kurt Wiese/Marjorie Flack
The Story About Ping
Pattern Repeat

65 CHAPTER 3: CUT-COLLAGE

66 Barbara Cooney
Miss Rumphius
Realistic Lupine

67 David Diaz/Eve Bunting
Smoky Night
Mixed Collage Story

68 Dorothy Donohue
Veggie Soup
Thick Paper

69 Lois Ehlert
Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Count On Cut-Outs

70 Lois Ehlert/Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Letter Collé

71 Steve Jenkins
Looking Down
View of My Planet

72 Marthe Jocelyn
Hannah’s Collections
Collection Collage

3 Stephen T. Johnson
Alphabet City
Photo Finish

74 Ann Jonas
The Quilt Memory
Scrap Quilt

75 Ezra Jack Keats
The Snowy Day
Watercolor Snow Collage

76 Christopher Knight
Sugaring Time
Photo Story

77 Suse MacDonald
Sea Shapes
See Shapes

78 Sheila McGraw
Love You Forever
Loving Family Photo

79 Holly Meade Minfong Ho
Hush! A Thai Lullaby
Outline Focus

80 Yaroslava Mills/Alvin R.Tresselt
The Mitten: An Old Ukrainian Folk Tale
Peek-a-Boo Mitten

81 Patricia Mullins/Gail Jorgensen
Crocodile Beat
Tissue Exposé

82 Marcus Pfister
The Rainbow Fish
Glittery Pieces

83 Mira Reisberg/Te Ata & Lynn Moroney
Baby Rattlesnake
Snakeskin Patterns

84 Faith Ringgold
Tar Beach
Tankas Paint

85 Susan L. Roth/Beatrice Orcutt Harrell
How Thunder and Lightning Came to Be
Fine Feather Collage

86 Synthia Saint James/Cheryl Chapman
Snow on Snow on Snow
Cut & Paste Scene

87 Jerome Wexler
Everyday Mysteries
Mystery Clips

88 Candace Whitman
Mem Fox
Zoo-Looking Fuzzy

89 David Wiesner
Tuesday
Surreal Illusion

90 Ed Young
Seven Blind Mice
Clone Collage

91 CHAPTER 4: CRAFT-CONSTRUCT

92 Clare Beaton
How Big is a Pig?
Stitching Time

93 Mark Buehner
Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm
Balloon Sculpture

94 David A. Carter
Feely Bugs
3 D Feelie Bugs

95 Arthur Dorros
Alligator Shoes
One of a Kind Artsy Shoes

96 Roger Duvoisin
White Snow, Bright Snow
Crystal Snowflake

97 Arthur Geisert Pigs
From A to Z
ABC Sticks

98-99 Denise Fleming
Barnyard Banter
Handmade Paper

100 Mort Gerberg/Rita Golden Gelman
More Spaghetti I Say
Silly Spaghetti

101 Karen Katz
Twelve Hats for Lena
Calendar Hat

102 Clement Hurd/Margaret Wise Brown
Good Night Moon
Shoebox Bedroom

103 David Kirk
Miss Spider’s Tea Party
Tea Set

104 Leo Lionni
Inch by Inch
Squeezy Inchworms

105 Wendell Minor/ Charlotte Zolotow
The Seashore Book
Sand Sculpture

106 Beni Montresor\Beatrice Schenk De Regniers
May I Bring a Friend?
Friendship Stick

107 Tomie dePaola
Strega Nona
Noodles

108 Barbara Reid\Joanne Oppenheim
Have You Seen Birds?
Pressed Clay

109 Robert Sabuda
T’was the Night Before Christmas
Pop-Up Scene

110 Allen Say
Grandfather’s Journey
Rozan-Ji Garden

111 Dr.Seuss
The Cat in the Hat
The Kid in the Hat

112 Uri Shulevitz
Snow
Snowy Layers

113 Joan Steiner
Look-Alikes Jr.
Look Alike Sculpture

114 Tomi Ungerer
Crictor
Crazy-for-Crictor Socks

115 David Wisniewski
Golem
Paper Plate Sculpture

116 Don Wood/ Audrey Wood King
Bidgood’s in the Bathtub
Bath-Time Paints

117 Dare Wright
The Lonely Doll
Portraiture

118-144 Chapter 5: Resource Guide

119 Bytes & Books Resource List
120 Illustrator Websites List
121 Publisher List (title, ISBN)
122 Quotes & Cites Source List
123-130 Book Awards List
130-131 Index by Illustrator (A-Z last name)
132 Index by Author (A-Z last name)
133 Index by Book Title
133 Index by Art Activity
143-138 Easy Index (general index of art materials, titles, illustrators, authors)
139 Index of Art Activity (pages 14-117)
140-141 Meet the Authors and Illustrators
142 Illustrator Hall of Fame

Editorial Reviews

I have great respect for the art of imitation—to learn to saw or hammer by watching a good carpenter—a highly perceptive process. Storybook Art honors the ability of creativity and perception within the child.” —Marvin Bileck, illustrator of Rain Makes Applesauce, 1965 Caldecott Honor Book, ALA Notable Book, and New York Times 10 Best Illustrated Books


“Storybook Art takes kids inside the mind and soul of picture book illustrators, offering them a bridge of hands-on art to connect to their favorite books. Every teacher of early readers—and every parent—should have a copy.” —Karen Katz, author illustrator of Counting Kisses, NAPPA 2001 Gold Award, Bank Street Books Best Children's Books 2002

“Arithmetic lesson from Susan L. Roth: 100 great picture book illustrators X 100 great Storybook Art activities=100,000 inspirations.” —Susan L. Roth, illustrator of My Love For You All Year Round


“What an amazing book and great resource! I am sure Storybook Art will bring inspiration and fun to many young artists and older ones too! (Hmm, I think I will make a Crictor snake with all my orphan socks.)” —Barbara Garrison, illustrator of Only One

“Storybook Art is a fantastic way to bridge the gap between literature and real-life hands-on fun!” —Robert Bender, author and illustrator of The A to Z Beastly Jamboree


“As an author I know how important illustrations are, often speaking louder than words. Connecting children to illustrators through their first means of written communication—their artwork—is the best way to make story books more meaningful to them. What a great idea!!!” —Pam Schiller, author of A Chance for Esperanza and Sing a Song of Opposites


“MaryAnn Kohl (with coauthor Jean Potter) continue to make life richer for children with their new book, Storybook Art. We are adding it to our library shelves and those of our grandchildren. We highly recommend it.” —Robert and Marlene McCracken, “Literacy Through Teaching” consultants and authors


“Storybook Art creates, for adults and children alike, a heightened awareness of the role illustrations play in literacy development. Kohl and Potter inspire children to explore their favorite books in new and creative ways.” —Cecile Culp Mielenz, Ph.D., Early Childhood Literacy Specialist, Bureau of Education and Research

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