picture books are not dead

They are alive and well in middle and high school

classrooms

Picture Books Are Not Dead

Christmas ClassicsPOLAR EXPRESS

DECEMBER

CHRISTMAS CAROL

METAFICTIONHAROLD AND THE

PURPLE CRAYON

MONSTER

ORIGAMI YODA

BOOK

PLAYING WITH LANGUAGEJOKE AND RIDDLE

BOOKS

DICKENSIAN NAMES

UNEXPECTED TWISTSPREDICTION

SKILLS

IRONY

ZEN AND STORYTELLING FORMS

METAFICTION, PART DEUXSTORY OF LITTLE

MOUSE TRAPPED IN A BOOK

SEARCH FOR WONDLA

VIEWING AND REPRESENTING

OTHERS IN SERIES

WHAT MAKES A CASSATT A CASSATT?

OTHERS IN THAT SERIES

CREATING CHARACTERS

TEXTLESS STORIESTHE ARRIVAL

THE LION AND THE MOUSE by Pinkney

TUESDAY

MORE TEXTLESSWEB SITE

SEQUELS

SIMPLY PUTOUTSIDE

NARRATORS

PATTERN WRITING

IMAGINATIVE PLAY

SO MUCH TO MINEDICTION

STYLE

REGIONALISM

HUMOR

NONFICTIONILLUSTRATION

EXAMINATION

CONVEYING INFORMATION MEANINGFULLY AND INTERESTINGLY

ALTERNATIVESCHOOSE YOUR

OWN ENDING/ADVENTURE

WHAT A PAIR!UNUSUAL

PAIRINGS

HUMOR

ILLUSTRATION ENHANCING TEXT

FAIRY RETELLINGSSCIESZKA’S

THRTEE LITTLE PIGS, FROG PRINCE CONTINUED, STINKY CHEESE MAN

YA RETELLINGS BY ALEX FLINN, ROBIN MCKINLEY AND OTHERS

MORE VARIANTS

WHO GETS IT?HUMOR IF YOU

KNOW WHAT IS BEING PARODIED

LANGUAGE PLAYHOMONYMS,

HOMOPHONES, HOMOGRAPHS

ELLA MINNOW PEA

RE-ENVISIONING FAMILIAR TALES

AUDIO FUN

RULES, RULES, RULES

TEACH THEME?