Guest Post by Susan L. Roth Many Americans welcome the new year with parties, fireworks, feasts and champagne at midnight. And what do...

by Joan Waites Amate bark paintings are a beautiful type of folk art created by the Otomi Indians of Mexico. These paintings are done on pa...

by Joan Waites This past week, my young art students completed a project based on the Blue Dog paintings by the late artist George Rodr...

guest post by Timothy Young Boxes are incredibly useful and somewhat mystical things. Without boxes, birthdays would be less exciting, ...

by Joan Waites A fun and simple art project to create with your students is a page of character doodles. Starting with a blank sheet of pa...

by Joan Waites In my last blog post, I outlined an art and writing activity based on the classic children’s book, Harold And The Purple...

by Mary Quattlebaum Brian Selznick is acclaimed for his distinctive, detailed artwork and his innovative books .  I talked with him r...

by Joan Waites Early summer has offically arrived, and flowers everywhere are in full bloom. When thinking about art and writing exerci...

by Joan Waites Spring has finally arrived after a very long winter, and it’s time to enjoy what nature has to offer. We know from exper...

by Joan Waites It’s that time of year when librarians, teachers, authors, illustrators and picture book lovers feel the excitement buil...

by Joan Waites I’ve recently become acquainted with the work of sketchbook artist and author Danny Gregory. Inspired by his book Ever...

 by Jacqueline Jules Young writers can be inspired by their own illustrations. Many primary writing curriculums instruct students to dr...

by Joan Waites In my last blog post, I wrote about using picture books in the classroom as a supplemental way to teach art history. Usi...

by Mary Quattlebaum Aesop’s Fables is a classic that should be part of every home and school library, not only for its centuries-long...

by Joan Waites I recently became acquainted with the term “SketchCrawl”, and while this type of artist activity has been around for a few...

by Joan Waites At a recent conference I attended, an artist representative spoke about consistency of character when illustrating a boo...

by Joan Waites Having just received my copy of (three time Caldecott winner) David Wiesner's  new book, Mr. Wuffles , I started to ...

by Mary Quattlebaum Schools are abuzz with talk of Common Core .   What are the challenges for students, teachers of writing, and th...