by Laura Gehl Except When They Don’t is written by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Joshua Heinsz. The book is about how girls always lo...

by Laura Gehl Delivery Bear , written by Laura Gehl and illustrated by Paco Sordo, is the story of a large bear named Zogby whose life...

by Laura Gehl 7 Ate 9: The Untold Story , written by Tara Lazar and illustrated by Ross MacDonald, is a clever mystery and a great book...

by Laura Gehl In Peep and Egg: I’m Not Hatching , Egg is scared of everything—from the too-high roof of the hen house to the too-dark s...

by Joan Waites In the newly released book, Reading Picture Books With Children , by Megan Dowd Lambert, (Charlesbridge 2015), Lambert i...

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

guest post by Hena Khan I never realized that writing a concept book would feel like solving a puzzle. When I sat down to write Golde...

Guest Post by Artie Bennett I’m probably better known for my rhyming nonfiction picture books ( The Butt Book, Poopendous! , and Belc...

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...

b y Joan Waites When teaching a lesson revolving around a famous artist in history, I begin by showing examples of the artist’s work, t...

by Jacqueline Jules Throughout the summer, Pencil Tips bloggers have been suggesting ways to inspire young writers to document their tr...

by Jacqueline Jules With thunderstorm season approaching and subsequent power failures, your students should enjoy an award-winning pic...

by Mary Quattlebaum I’m delighted to welcome Erica Perl to Pencil Tips!  Erica is the award-winning author of many picture books and ...

by Joan Waites With August quickly drawing to a close, teachers, students, and parents are preparing for back to school. Like most teac...

by Joan Waites When I visit schools or teach an illustration class, I’ll often start by asking the question, “What is a picture book?” ...